Joachim Stroink was born on April 24,1972 and is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election.
23 Facts About Joachim Stroink
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Joachim Stroink attended Queen Elizabeth High School and King's-Edgehill School.
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Joachim Stroink graduated from Saint Mary's University in 1999 with a degree in Geography.
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Joachim Stroink joined a number of successful local businesses in launching a petition to save the Emera Oval after the 2011 Canada Winter Games.
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Joachim Stroink served as President of the Learning Disabilities Association of Nova Scotia as a person living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and severe dyslexia.
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Joachim Stroink was a key figure in the development of the Blue Nose Marathon, named its Race Director in 2004, a position he held for four years, he remains a volunteer at the event.
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Joachim Stroink ran the full marathon in its inaugural year.
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Joachim Stroink is a founding partner of the Brigadoon Village camp for children with chronic illnesses.
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Joachim Stroink donated office space in the Trail Shop to help get the camp off the ground.
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Joachim Stroink has been a member of the board and a volunteer.
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Joachim Stroink came up with the idea on the heels of the Halifax Harbour clean-up.
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Joachim Stroink joined other representatives of the Government of Nova Scotia to launch the government's annual United Way fundraising campaign in September 2016 by swimming across Halifax Harbour.
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Joachim Stroink is the co-founder of the iconic Not Since Moses run which takes place in the floor of the Bay of Fundy.
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Joachim Stroink is actively involved with the Canadian Sport Climbing community.
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Joachim Stroink has served on the board of directors of Climbing Escalade Canada since 2019 and has been chair of the board since 2022.
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Joachim Stroink was the MLA in the Halifax Chebucto riding in the Liberal government of Stephen McNeil from 2013 to 2017.
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Joachim Stroink made the development of the Ocean Tech sector a key part of his mandate as MLA.
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Joachim Stroink spearheaded a project in his constituency inspired by local municipal Participatory Budgeting programs where he sought input from constituents on the development of a community-driven Private Members' Bill coining the term Community Members' Bill.
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Joachim Stroink joined Labi Kousoulis, MLA for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island and Minister of Internal Services, in calling on Municipal Affairs Minister Zach Churchill to make changes to the tax system.
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Joachim Stroink has been an advocate of the Select Nova Scotia campaign encouraging people to buy local and actively supporting the expansion of the program.
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Joachim Stroink has publicly supported the United Nations' Joachim Stroink for She campaign calling on men across Nova Scotia to participate actively in the struggle for gender equality.
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Joachim Stroink called on members of the Nova Scotia legislature to donate to the campaign on Pay Equity Day in 2015.
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In December 2013 Joachim Stroink came under controversy after being photographed sitting on the lap of a man in black face dressed as Black Peter at a local Dutch Christmas party.