alex 😬

🎧 just passing through

[Jemaine Clement @AJemaineClement]

I've forgotten what twitter is useful for.

[Arielle Nissenblatt (sounds like 'this & that') @arithisandthat]

A podcast where parents try to explain what their adult children do for a living

[Indigenous Clean Energy @IndigClnEnergy]

Episode 2 of the Decolonizing Power podcast series is out! We invite you to continue the journey with AJ Esquega from Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek - Gull Bay First Nation (KZA), Ontario, Canada.

Listen Here: https://t.co/giorSvm6yn

[Cindy Blackstock @cblackst]

I can’t believe politicians are debating whether Quebec’s Bill 21 is discriminatory. Of course it is- it should be stopped @JustinTrudeau

[Shelby Lofton @newswithShelby]

journalist: "Is there anything I didn't ask you about that you'd like to mention?"
interviewee: "No, I----*best soundbite of the entire interview.*
Happens almost every day. 🙂

[alex 😬 @alexjurecko]

Read this:

[Anishinabek Nation @AnishNation]

We have a free resource that helps one understand about the Indian Residential School System here: https://t.co/DxqbMpPxeL

[𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒐 🌹 @veenathevibe]

Every day around midnight, I'm shocked to find out it's only 6pm.

[Akilah Green @akilahgreen]

A gender reveal party where you reveal all of the harmful things you learned about gender roles and norms and vow not to pass them onto the next generation.

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

Over the last week, journalists of color have been talking about the racism and discrimination they've faced while working in newsrooms. Their experiences show that that racism in news media is institutionalized. We're collecting their tweets here (THREAD).

[Ricochet Media @ricochet_en]

The Montreal protest was peaceful, but after many people had left the police moved in on a small number of demonstrators and deployed what appears to be tear gas. #BlackLivesMatter

[Ricochet Media @ricochet_en]

More footage from the aftermath of the Montreal demonstration, showing police firing tear gas indiscriminately as protestors flee.

[m @mary__retta]

WHITE AND NON BLACK JOURNALISTS: here are some things you can do to uplift Black voices in your reporting, support the many Black journalists who will not be given as big a voice in mainstream media right now, and ensure that you are not erasing Black history in your journalism:

[alex 😬 @alexjurecko]

@andrewphung Congratulations!

[The Ethnic Vote @EthnicVoteMTL]

Episode 5 "The New Normal" is on our feed now! Hosts Shazma and Karan discuss the new realities we're all facing in the wake of #COVID19. Also: the QC government's coronavirus response and the impact on healthcare and migrant workers on the frontlines of the crisis.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

How convenient for Hungary's PM Viktor Orban that the coronavirus came along. He's using it to seek a state of emergency that will allow him to sentence journalists to five years in prison for "spreading false information." Guess who decides what's false. https://t.co/RFHxGGjb18

[jamie @gnuman1979]

Quarantine day 6.

[The Ethnic Vote @EthnicVoteMTL]

Episode 3 is now on the feed! We discuss the #coronavirus #infodemic & uneven media coverage, how not to be racist with a looming pandemic, rail blockades in the fight for Indigenous rights, & violence against minorities in India.
#cdnpoli #qcpoli #COVID19 #India #Wetsuweten