Quentrel Provo

• Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians: book celebrates 50 Black heroes

  'Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians' by Lindsay Ruck features more than 50 stories and was published just in time for Black History Month.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2021
  
• ‘True definition of white privilege,’ Nova Scotia activist says after Capitol chaos

  'We just want to be equal. That’s all we ask. To be seen as equal, to be treated equally. The cure is not something special. The cure is in the hands of people of privilege.'

  Politics

  Jan 7, 2021
  
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• ‘Blindsided’: Black Nova Scotians say their community was left out of new restorative process

  'Whatever this process is, the design process, it really hasn’t been engaged with any kind of broad consultation with the African Nova Scotian community.'

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2020
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• Quentrel Provo nominated for Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award

  Halifax's 33-year-old advocate against violence has been nominated for a national Top 40 Under 40 award.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2020
• ‘There’s still a lot to do,’ says Halifax activist on Stop the Violence Day

  Quentrel Provo is the founder of 'Stop the Violence, Spread the Love', an initiative that advocates for peace, ending gun violence and improving the lives of Black youth in Halifax.

  Education

  Jun 10, 2020
• Thousands participate in anti-racism rally in Halifax

  "We can’t be silent anymore. People who have a voice of privilege need not to be silent"

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2020
• Calls for peace resound in the wake of Triston Reece’s death

  The young man – a beloved athlete and youth leader – was shot and killed on Friday in the area of Joseph Howe and Scot Street.

  Crime

  Jul 29, 2019
• ‘This is our award’: Halifax activist named to global influential people list

  Provo is the founder and CEO of Stop the Violence, Spread the Love. He has organized several peace walks throughout the city in recent years.

  Canada

  May 25, 2019
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• Questions of diversity raised as Halifax appoints new police chief

  The new chief was hired after a nationwide search which the selection panel says brought forward a diverse group of candidates from both a gender and cultural perspective.

  Canada

  May 1, 2019
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• Halifax police address moratorium on street checks in Nova Scotia

  A street check ban is the first option recommended in the 186-page Street Check Review report issued by Professor Scot Wortley, a doctor of criminology at the University of Toronto.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2019