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Punk planner | Housing justice, radical planning, and community care | SSHRC Postdoc, University of Ottawa | PhD Urban Planning, McGill | firstgen scholar | tenant | bassist | she/her Ottawa, Canada previously @sbg_arch on 🐦
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I was honoured to be part of the Neha Review Panel dialogues with women, two-spirit and gender-diverse people in the provincial and federal prisons in Nova Scotia this week. The conversations exposed the myriad of ways in which housing precarity and homelessness are connected to criminalization.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

All the fuss Ottawa made about Halifax library when we should have been envying the ferry.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

It’s June, which means Let’s Bike Month! Sign up and log your beautiful low-emissions, high-joy trips around town. #OttBike #GreenMobility #LetsBikeMonth

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Working on a quilt from a stack of Kris' decommissioned band/music tees. Super happy with this weekend's progress. Maybe borders next weekend and then quilting the batting and backing.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Well done, Halisky and friends. Thanks. Some great suggestions. My map is full.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Halifax recommendations? There next week for work but would have a bit of spare time.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Hope the vegans who snack took cover in time. We were planning to head over but those skies did not look friendly. #ottcity #hail #onStorm

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I love when folks visiting from Montreal point out how great Ottawa cycling infrastructure is and how much nicer it is to bike here than in Montreal. That was absolutely my experience after moving back to Ottawa from Montreal. I much prefer biking in Ottawa.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Shelly Moore-Frappier, chief of Temagami First Nation said that while First Nations in northern Ontario aren’t against development, “that doesn’t mean we’ll stand by while our lands and rights are stream-rolled by a short-sighted desire for profit and prestige.” #NotRedTape

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

New piece coauthored piece with Sophie O’Manique in @breachmedia.ca 💗

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“Our Treaty is not red tape. Our children’s future is not red tape.” Testimony from @gcfiddler torches Ford’s push to fast-track development at the expense of Indigenous rights. Bill 5 isn’t just flawed—it’s an assault on Treaty obligations, on justice, on the future. (Repost: Lise Vaugeois)

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The pair of tulips from my garden that survived the squirrels. Can they survive Delaware?

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

"The supply and demand myth of housing" canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Never knowing when the last time you'll see all your new and old conference buddies before everyone takes off is always the saddest part of the conference. Safe travels, everyone. I look forward to the next time we reconnect. #CAG2025

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Another strategic flyer drop. This time at #CAG2025. Join the feminist geography syllabus project. Watch the video to learn more bit.ly/43tYUUt?r=qr @queergeog.bsky.social @wiley.pink

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Making the finishing touches on our presentation. See you tomorrow at #CAG2025!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Great experience so far with BCtransit in Victoria. Big plus compared to OCtranspo is that a day pass is equivalent to 2 rides not 3. Out-and-return fare ($6) open free transit for the rest of the day.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Had a bit of time to wander Victoria yesterday and today before the conference started. Will have Saturday still, probably for some bike adventures.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest academic event in Canada every year. I have attended every one since 2005 (excluding a two year experiment where the Cdn Poli Sci Association held its annual meeting separately). That they couldn't find a host institution...

submitted 25 days ago • 13 comments

Because it's 2025.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

First long #TeamSilverBird #ottbike ride of the year to our favourite ice cream destination for our first Brett's razzle of the year.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

The OG Megan LeForte 2023

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment