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Dr. Hannah Main
Hannah Main is a Community Legal Worker in Eviction Prevention at Dalhousie Legal Aid Service in Halifax. She has a PhD in sociology.

A version of this article was previously published in the Chronicle Herald on February 14, 2026.
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