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Writer looking for stories about people and the land. Emergency comms @YukonPS. MSc @ecioxford, MJ @RyersonU. Settler. Bi. She/her.
Jul 6, 2020 45 tweets 35 min read
"Not now, not later, you won't evict our neighbours!"
Several hundred tenants are gathered at Queen's Park to demand no Covid-related evictions.
#topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli A group of people bearing flags and signs gathered under gre Organizer Ashleigh from Parkdale says Bill 184 takes power away from the Landlord and Tenant Board and puts it into the hands of landlords, while tenant resources are being undermined. She says this is no coincidence.
#topoli #onpoli #housing A person with a loudspeaker
Feb 8, 2020 8 tweets 7 min read
People have blocked a rail line in Toronto's west end. "No water, no peace." "How do you spell racist? R-C-M-P" are the chants in support of Wet'suwet'en.
#cdnpoli #Wetsuweten A train is halted in the distance at this action for Wet'suwet'en in west Toronto.
Chants include:
"No justice, no peace, no racist police."
"When Indigenous rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!"

#Wetsuweten #cdnpoli Two people holding a pink sunburst flag on the train track with the light of a train in the distance
Nov 13, 2019 89 tweets 23 min read
The Road Map to Environmental Action is kicking off @SwanseaTownHall. #ParkHP residents are designing a community action plan to tackle the climate crisis. "We're trying to change the world," says Sarah Doucette, former Ward 13 city councillor and founder of @Green13Toronto. A poster saying A brochure with The event runs from 7-9pm at 95 Lavinia Ave. It's a nearly full room and the event will be starting a minutes late.
Attendees are ticking their priorities for climate action on the local, provincial and national scale.
#TOpoli #ONpoli #cdnpoli
#climateaction #ClimateCrisis BuildingsTransportationFood and agriculture
Oct 22, 2019 93 tweets 24 min read
I'll be attending this meeting as an observer and tweeting what Toronto Public Library decides. A contingent of folks is heading into the Boardroom now at the @torontolibrary to advocate against TPL allowing Meghan Murphy to be featured at an event at Palmerston public library. The TPL board meeting gets underway at 6pm.