Deepika F

Idealist | Pragmatist | Working mom | Politics junkie | Museum lover | Yoga addict

[Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime]

Why herd immunity and letting the virus run rampant will never work: an infographic. Simply put, the cost in innocent lives is too great for these 3 reasons. A good quick way to rebut things like the 'Great Barrington Declaration' nonsense.

[Tanya Talaga @TanyaTalaga]

My first Globe Opinion: Under guise of COVID-19 emergency preparedness bill Ontario erases decades of environmental protections and ignores First Nations treaty rights /via @globeandmail https://t.co/SAaBCTWGF9

[Dr. Jennifer Kwan @jkwan_md]

Simply by shortening the school day by 48 mins & redeploying specialty teachers, class sizes could be reduced to ensure a #SafeSeptemberON.

Excellent piece by @Sue_Innovates & @yonanestel... will @Sflecce reconsider? ⏳🏫⌛️ #onted #onpoli
https://t.co/6Daux8FOyn

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

📖 Important weekend reading.
https://t.co/MonFcloKQM

[Kelly Iggers @msiggerslibrary]

This is SO IMPORTANT to be aware of:
Opting for online does not = smaller classes in school.
Under the #OntEd plan, there are no smaller classes.
#smallerissafer #ontariosafe #SafeSeptemberON #OntarioDemandsBetter

[neil @rejects]

If I could wish one thing for every single American today, it would be that you get a few minutes to sit with and carefully read this conversation between @ava and Angela Davis. It is filled with wisdom and hope: https://t.co/aFl596AxPh

[Ahmar Khan @AhmarSKhan]

While many Canadians are celebrating Alphonso Davies, as they should, I just want to remind people he's a refugee who was displaced and eventually his family settled in Canada.

Refugees can amount to greatness and above, if we give them the same chances.

[Deepika F @DcfernanDeepika]

Someone erected plaques around Toronto telling the slave-owning pasts of prominent historical families | CBC News https://t.co/SksbeIcaVW

[MUSEUM OF TORONTO @Museumoftoronto]

https://t.co/LqiMDkUjav

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Adani against Adivasis (and against environmental responsibility too) : an important story that should get much more play in the Indian press:
https://t.co/ZvtM1n7LO1

[MUSEUM OF TORONTO @Museumoftoronto]

https://t.co/4ayf9fA0Ps

[Deepika F @DcfernanDeepika]

Calgary estate sale auctioning Indigenous items brings calls for repatriation | CBC News https://t.co/oAoBiGDguT

[The Walrus @thewalrus]

This country has spent centuries destroying Indigenous food systems. What would it take to restore them? https://t.co/GRKPpaCwLK #IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousHistoryMonth

[nam kiwanuka @namshine]

“Women’s lives are absolutely being put at risk because of ill-fitting PPE. We know that properly fitted PPE works, but masks are designed for a male template, with the irony being that 75% of workers in the NHS are female.”

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

All eyes on Montreal, please: developers will be required by law to set aside 20% of new housing units for social housing, 20% for affordable housing, and 10 to 20% for family-size units, or pay the city compensation in land or cash. #Leadership https://t.co/hPc8LgXFHG

[The York Pioneers @YorkPioneers]

New plaque honours black community that helped 'forge the identity' of Leslieville
https://t.co/3a0oGgo9zd

[Maclean’s Magazine @macleans]

Jane Philpott: If you don’t already know someone who has lost a loved one because of an accidental opioid overdose, it’s only a matter of time until you will https://t.co/vm3DwjDSD3

[Jody Wilson-Raybould (JWR), PC, OBC, KC 王州迪 @Puglaas]

30 years ago today—December 6, 1989—14 women were murdered at l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. They died because they were women.

#WeRemember #TakeActionAgainstViolenceAgainstWomen 🌹

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

Dominion Bank, 1912
Hakim Optical, 2019

A city grows around a local landmark.