October 26 & 27, 2017 two-part public and academic symposium “Over the Line: A Conversation About Race, Place & The Environment” at the Halifax Central Library. This free two-part event that takes place on Thursday, October 26 from 7 pm-8:30 pm at Ondaatje Hall at Dalhousie’s Marion McCain Building and from 9 am-5 pm in the Paul O’Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library will bring together American, Nova Scotian, and Canadian experts to engage in a solution-based, cross-cultural conversation about the social, economic, political, and health impacts of the relationship between race, place, space, and the environment in Indigenous and Black communities. Topics: environmental racism, climate justice, community-based aspects of renewable energy, urban planning, and gentrification. Please register at Eventbrite at the Facebook Event Page here: https://tinyurl.com/y9qedgop