The Sunflower is true affordable housing - meaning rents are no more than 30% of a household’s pre-tax income. As we prepare lease agreements for folks who will soon be moving in with rents of $289 and $303 per month, we are again reminded of how grossly inadequate incomes are
Scientific evidence is not meant to be taken personally, it’s not meant to hurt your feelings, it’s not meant to judge your character. Scientific evidence serves to either support or counter a hypothesis, and be critically evaluated in a systematic way using consistent logic.
it’s wild that people think vegans have some hidden agenda. we simply don’t want animals to be used, abused, exploited and murdered. it’s as simple as that and people think that that alone is bizarre and vegans *must* have some other ulterior motive
I keep hearing that Canada is divided on vaccines. But we’re nearing 80% of the entire population with at least their first dose. We are probably more divided over Nickelback collectively as a country then we are over vaccines. This is a very vocal minority.
Some people will see this ⬇️ and dismiss it saying, oh that's a big city, we're not like that.
Please stop.
Think about what this means, the lives lost and futures cut short.
Because our systems and priorities are failing people, failing some people even more than others.
Can’t believe that today a gynaecologist told me that a hysterectomy wouldn’t be considered as an option for my debilitating period pain on the off chance that I divorce my wife, my sexual orientation changes, I meet a man and decide I want children 🙃🙃🙃
When I was a resident I once had a patient in ICU who died from complications of a tooth infection. I think about her lot 10 years later, and how we pretend to have universal health care but millions of Canadians can’t afford to see a dentist and this one died because of it.
*MISSING* since July 13 in NS, may be in QC. Anyone with any information about #AdriaGloade of Millbrook FN is asked to contact the RCMP 902-893-6819 Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). #MMIWG
63% of Canadian medical students come from families that earn >$100,000/year. This is double the income for Canadians at large.
Wealth unfortunately is correlated to medical school admission. We must include class analysis in medical school admissions.
#DRUGALERT We’ve received reports that an unknown substance is circulating in the #Halifax area. It has led to a number of overdoses, including 2 deaths. The only description we have is that the drug may be being sold on a blotter (small squares of paper, typically used for acid)