Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her)

Artist in thought and deed. Also a passionate public servant, which requires quite a lot of artistry.

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

@spncrd Being a single-parent mom with a disability and two higher-needs neurodiverse kids, in entry-level management - yes. The GC consistently proves to me that they don't actually want my skillset, despite my track record of improving every team I've been on. It's pretty sad.

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

Wings https://t.co/CUX7S2kyaT

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

@thomkearney It's too boring to be useful to citizens, too. Just because it's easy, or comfortable, to release, doesn't mean that that meets the need.

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

A small lifting of depression https://t.co/PYYp0dr4Xc

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

Winter poem https://t.co/KmMG9kkIiy

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

I'm waking up. It's been a long, long stretch of depression, and loneliness, and loss. Deeper than deep. But I think I'm waking up now.

Turns out that here I was, thinking that my foundation was what was weak. Or… https://t.co/VFyroTiG3R

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

I spend a lot of time paddling on the Ottawa River, and at countless lakes while camping in Eastern Ontario. These days, I also spend a lot of time at home staring at a screen, trying to work-while-parenting. This radio show today combined the two very different spaces, for me.

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

Listening to this brought back memories. But it also made me think, in this new Covid context, how and why the work of #OneTeamGov matters. It's about being more humane. Unconferences are a more participatory method of knowledge exchange - making government govern differently.

[🎙️mastodon.social/@toddlyons 🎛️ @toddrlyons]

A joyful exchange with @OneTeamGovCan featuring @IFiniq @Joel_B and @ColleenTiernan https://t.co/BJSLUkQ1qK

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

@IFiniq Oh, I needed to hear this today. Thank you!! Things have been overwhelming on all fronts for months (as for so many of us, I know), and I'm getting to that depleted point, and this is such a lovely reminder that I-still-got-it and will be OK.

Today, I ♥️ community!

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

I can't believe I got a shout-out! And some lovely inspiration, and affirmation, that the OTG spirit is alive and well.

[🎙️mastodon.social/@toddlyons 🎛️ @toddrlyons]

A joyful exchange with @OneTeamGovCan featuring @IFiniq @Joel_B and @ColleenTiernan https://t.co/BJSLUkQ1qK

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

The amount of time I spend trying not to cry, and instead find solutions that work for me is ridiculous.

Why is most of the burden of finding and creating accommodations placed on the shoulders of the person needing accommodation?

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

@worldofabe Indeed. What jaded, mid-career public servant hasn't?

But, I think the solution is a) not giving up, and b) not participating in managing expectations.

We can always say "this is what we're going to do about this, for now". But we don't have to be silent about the "and then".

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

@Roguevogon I've got a small circle of phenomenal women friends, all moms, who have each been going through their own personal hells. We are TIGHT. We videocall, as a group, every 2 weeks, and we tell each other like it is. No holding back.

I think we all need this.

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

@Roguevogon I wish I had a mom to turn to. Unfortunately, due to complex family dynamics and her mental health, not an option for me.

Some of us tired moms don't have anyone to turn to. And that's pretty tiring too.

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

Is it really that much of a stretch to be seeing corporate management through a racism lens, and finding equivalency with the disability lens?

Lived experience. It's a thing. For a reason.

7/7

[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

I'm listening to this podcast this morning: https://t.co/h3S5vWDrMn

It's about the importance of lived experience in reporting fairly on issues of race.

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[Rae Bourassa (Payette) (she/her) @BourassaRae]

And to see that including a single, disability-based voice, on behalf of all people with countless variations of disabilities, is a nice-to-have? Lovely little disclaimer for CYA purposes?

Seriously?

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