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If you aren’t familiar with CIVIX then check out their critical thinking resources - PoliTalks, CNTL-F, Student Vote, Student Budget Consultations. @kenboyd.bsky.social @civixcanada.bsky.social politalks.ca/workshops/ #canadapoli #canada

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Did Doug Ford deliver on his promises to fix Ontario health care? From hospitals to long-term care and mental health, here’s what’s changed www.thestar.com/news/canada/... @thestar.com 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

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"All the research points to the necessity to curb the demand for highway travel rather than create new highways on the supply side," said Steven Farber, a human geography professor and director of the Mobility Network at the University of Toronto.

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Let’s go TO! #nomoreDoFo www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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“The MAGA cancer has been growing within Canada for years, aided by a Conservative Party whose ideology is dominated by American-funded libertarian think tanks that traffic in disinformation.”

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Price comparisons of surgeries done at private facilities vs AHS costs, courtesy of the new documents obtained by the Globe and Mail. Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.

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I encourage everyone to hit the link below and read the first article: ‘Tech giant with deep DOGE ties widens grip on health data’ And within that note several important links regarding security of our health information. If you are not yet following Canada Healthwatch - you need to.

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Across my life I have seen middle and upper class demand that the money they spent on their kids yield preferential access to things they want, crying “meritocracy” something goes sideways. This article, The Myth of Meritocracy, is good to reread from time to time. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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Highly recommend - North American Indians; A Very Short Introduction. Really dense but a good overview of the known history of North American peoples and practices, colonial invasion and expansion, and oppression, dispossession, displacement. Audiobook from @torontopubliclibra.com 📚#booksky

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Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power. Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building

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What is your power/privilege dynamic?

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Goals.

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Day 3 of the 2000 push-up challenge. Today I substituted 1/3 of my pushups with 2h of shoveling snow. #mentalhealth #cmha

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Snow day here in Toronto. Playing in the snow is good for the souls of all ages. #canada #snowday

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Small acts of defiance make me happy.

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#Ontario 🇨🇦 "...throws a spotlight on a contract that raised questions when it was first announced in November, and which now raises many more in light of Mr. Musk’s discomforting proximity to the Trumpian version of American power." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... #BuyCanadian 📢

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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

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Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

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Beware the scammers. #politics #corruption open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Trustees with the Toronto District School Board are calling on the Province to help fund new schools and renovations in Toronto after a recent $1.3 billion provincial announcement completely omitted projects in Canada’s largest school board. Read the full news release: bit.ly/4hseG6D

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🇨🇦: Facing #droughts, #floods, and shifting seasons, Canadian farmers are stepping up to protect their land and future. A new CA$300M boost to the On-Farm #Climate Action Fund empowers 13 organizations to support cover cropping, nitrogen management, and rotational grazing. #CriticalZone

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As politicians deal with the threat of punishing U.S. tariffs, there’s one idea that those from both the left and the right are keen to push: improving the free flow of goods and services within Canada. @jenstden.bsky.social reports.

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Who is Doug Ford in bed with? You know whose company digs big tunnels? The sanctioned Russian oligarch/Putin's favourite election rigger, Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska, via Strabag, already has a billion in Metrolinx contracts. #cdnpoli #onpoli #peipoli www.corruptario.ca/metrolinx-an...

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The hat won’t protect Ontario/Canada from tariff threats and neither can a government put into caretaker mode for an unnecessary election. #nomoreFord #onpoli #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/doug-ford-tr...

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Just finished - interesting perspectives to compliment my overall learning - we fail at DEI when we focus on individual feelings and one-on-one relationships rather than engaging in concrete institutional reform; enjoyed the perspectives on navigating intersecting identities & advocacy 💙📚 #edusky

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An old English word that fell out of use but that is very much relevant today:

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Yikes 2000 Pushups!! I am participating in #CMHA February Push-up Challenge. So many people in my life impacted by addiction & mental health challenges and so few supports. We need better #Canada. Please & advocate for sustainable #ongov funding. www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraiser/m...

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Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrw

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Very cool Canadian research that informed the development of modern diabetes treatments. #Canada #Science! globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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“Instead of standing up for Canada, he pandered to the MAGA crowd in America, and the many MAGA supporters in his own party. …Given the opportunity, Poilievre might give our country away” #womenagainstpoilievre #nevercons #cdnpoli www.brandonsun.com/opinion/colu...

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OMG, subjected to JAQing off all the time in public meetings. Wasting everyone’s time, badgering with the same political-view-framed-as-question over and over.

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This is painfully familiar: "what we call “Just Asking Questions” or “JAQing off,” when someone pretends to want to know more but ignores the answers to keep on badgering an expert with the same question, over and over. Playing Devil’s advocate ad nauseum" h/t www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

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Thank you Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs for providing me extra funds to donate to your political opposition. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #ONPoli #Ontario #OntarioPC

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Healthcare is THE election issue, no matter how Ford & media distract us with tariffs Hallway Medicine. Wait Times. Overworked Staff. Ontario’s Healthcare System is Facing It’s ‘Worst Crisis’ Ever. ‘Healthcare in Ontario has never been in such disarray’ experts say pressprogress.ca/hallway-medi...

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Just got my Doug-bucks so making a donation to Marvellous @marymargaretbey.bsky.social ‘s campaign. Smart, fiery, hardworking, dedicated. If you can afford to, please consider supporting the campaigns of non-PCO candidates and of course a local Foodbank with your #bribecheque & time #onpoli #vote

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In the lead up to the Super Bowl taking place this Sunday, the NFL unveiled a football designed by an artist from Nipissing First Nation in Ontario. Quentin Commanda, known as Que Rock, was commissioned by NFL Canada to design an official ball last fall.

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