Amie Tsang

recent fellow in global journalism @UofT_dlsph | health equity facilitator @CMHAToronto | she/her | views are my own | currently on twitter hiatus

[Amie Tsang @amietwo]

What’s happening in Toronto’s encampments is happening across Canada. https://t.co/Egfv6ipYot via @ConversationCA @CV19PHI

[Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon]

Hey look: Toronto just got the six-month report from the non-police Community Crisis Support Team pilot and 78% of calls were diverted without involving police. Imagine if we gave that a $50 million raise. Instead, it's an increase of maybe $3 million*. https://t.co/IlHrrUnTvu

[Ben Spurr @BenSpurr]

From me today: Senior city staff told council in May that security guards hired to prevent park encampments wouldn't make arrests. But procurement docs list arrests and "physically removing individuals" as among the guards "major responsibilities" https://t.co/5csmaQgApn

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

I’m learning the hard way that saying no to some things, is really saying yes to life, to family, to mental wellbeing.

[Doug Johnson Hatlem @djjohnso]

Really important five minutes on the radio. As @MooreintheAM notes, this data puts the story @bradrossTO and @JohnTory have repeatedly insisted is true about shelters and homelessness into very serious question. https://t.co/cVEnOnYzxZ

[IMPACToronto @ImpacToronto]

We obtained more info via FOI

👉48,111 callers told no shelter available for them when called
👉 at least 28,878 people unable to access space in Toronto’s shelter system
👉Q2 2022 Avg of 83 ppl/day unable to access a bed

Our 24 pp analysis on data 👇 https://t.co/0kd5ERmBaw

[Ombudsman Toronto @ombudsmanTO]

ICYMI: We released an interim report with early recommendations that we believe the City should act on immediately to improve the fairness of their response to encampments. Visit https://t.co/U0QgeNS2xB to learn about our recommendations and what we found during our investigation

[Ombudsman Toronto @ombudsmanTO]

We are grateful to all those who spoke with us for this investigation and shared their complaints with us. We know it is not always easy. Thank you. Highlights from the report are available in the attached image. The full report is available at https://t.co/gbzDub6Kq8 (7/7)

[Amie Tsang @amietwo]

follow this new account for info on city accountability

[IMPACToronto @ImpacToronto]

Thanks for following!

As Wednesday is the 1 year anniversary of the "militarized" clearing of Trinity Bellwoods, we thought we would release 10 more documents not covered so far by reporting on FOI documents we have obtained.

We will tweet them individually, then thread.

[IMPACToronto @ImpacToronto]

Police and City officials, as so often, tried to deny knowledge at Trinity Bellwoods (and later at Lamport) that they used chemical attacks against unhoused people and their supporters.

They knew.

Link to more full discussion with Councillors: https://t.co/vsOhEL3Gwo 2/

[ESN Parkdale @ESNParkdale]

2/

Media Alert with more info

[Min Jin Lee @minjinlee11]

Our bodies are not designed to absorb and process this much violence, loss, and grief.

[Barbara J Poppe @bjpoppe]

Gary Blasi~ “Many poor people have the experience of being offered ‘services’ of little value that consume more of the recipient’s time and energy better spent dealing with survival needs on their own.” https://t.co/h0o8UFw6Of

[Paul Kulig @PaulKulig_TO]

Council’s ‘Housing Advocate’ @anabailaoTO just voted to hire security guards to keep homeless people out of city parks. 🤔

[Doug Johnson Hatlem @djjohnso]

"A detailed, military style operation was being planned for months"

Well-done piece on encampment FOI docs by @McAllister_Mark

From Bellwoods resident Xiao "No negotiation steps to allow us to do anything. Just destroy! And evict! Invasion!"

https://t.co/MKavUmpYLa

[Briarpatch Magazine @briarpatchmag]

"In other words, the system logged 253 fire events in 2020, which simply reflects the number of times TFS showed up to encampments, not the actual number of fires requiring suppression."

@TheAJWithers and @amietwo on encampment evictions in Toronto:
https://t.co/9NuZE13ikr

[Briarpatch Magazine @briarpatchmag]

NEW: Freedom of Information documents show the City of Toronto’s efforts to control the media narrative around encampment evictions last summer – inflating the number of fires in encampments and using media exclusion zones.

By @TheAJWithers and @amietwo: https://t.co/9NuZE13ikr

[Amie Tsang @amietwo]

@BrianneKohl French friend tells this story. She comes home from school & mom says: “your gym called. your trainer doesn’t work there. il est mort (he is dead).” friend is v sad, made worse by how casual her mom is being… if u haven’t figured it out yet say “anymore” w/ a thick French accent

[CAOT_ACE @CAOT_ACE]

We look forward to welcoming Dr. Barry Trentham to deliver this year’s Muriel Driver Memorial Lecture at #CAOT2022.

There's still time to get your spot for CAOT Conference 2022: Hybrid at discounted rates. Prices go up March 16th, so register soon- https://t.co/H9Tdnabi90
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