Film: My Week on Welfare
A Special Film Screening in conjunction with BRAG: Benefits Reform Action Group
My Week on Welfare by Jackie Torrens
Award-winning documentarian – and former teenage welfare mother – Jackie Torrens explores stereotypes about welfare recipients by going back on welfare for a week. She finds out what the day-to-day reality of life is really like for people on income assistance in Nova Scotia. During her week-long stay, she discovers unexpected insights and encounters the complex issues facing those on the system.
