Jennifer Bell

Traveller | RN | PhD | President of Awesome | maker of things | proud auntie

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

I support mandatory masking in #yeg

[Don Iveson @doniveson]

Tomorrow (July 23, 2020) City Council will be discussing the topic of mandating masks for the City of #Edmonton. Read my statement below.

#yegcc #COVID19AB #COVID19 #yeg

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

@unicornwheels This is a hard NO! Cloth masks ARE a good barrier to spreading infection compared to no mask.

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

@drdagly Yeah, it was a tough week. People are suffering and they need MORE social spending and support, not less.

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

@DrCChambers @lmgarland38 Oh geez...I love both of these! #confusedbutgood

[Bill Namagoose, C.M. @billnama]

Quebec Cree Nation police force have never shot at anyone in 36 years of policing. The 110 constables serve 9 communities with a population of 20,000. All incidents are deescalated. #INDIGENOUS #Police #PoliceBrutality

[Rachel Notley @RachelNotley]

This is so dangerous. You're putting your life at risk. Please Albertans let's work together to get rid of COVID-19. #ableg #abhealth

https://t.co/8Lk8e2tMAX

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

Also, why is it so hard for find Metro grocery on Twitter? https://t.co/OSGm2GpQoQ

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

@sobeys @LoblawsON and Metro are on the wrong side of this. #livingwage #COVID19 https://t.co/fO7989sIBy

[Marie Renaud 🇨🇦 @MarieFrRenaud]

Resign.
#ableg

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Poverty & homelessness are not choices.

In fact, none of the people I have ever cared for wanted to be in poverty or experience homelessness.

These constructs are the result of oppressive policies, discrimination and an overall lack of compassion.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Just a gentle reminder that the average life expectancy for people experiencing homelessness in Canada is still 34-47 years old.

Housing
literally
saves
lives

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

Take note @jkenney THIS is #yeg

[Explore Edmonton @ExploreEdmonton]

Discover all the outdoor adventure that's in your own backyard, right here in Edmonton. https://t.co/6eIALGHpSc

[Bukola Salami @BukolaKSalami]

"No one wants to call it outright #racism nowadays because we don’t like using that word anymore because Canada is supposed to be wonderful and multicultural but it’s still there and you can see it there in institutional like ways" (Immigrant Service Provider, 2016 Focus Group)

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

@jkenney @MattWolfAB Because you thought it would get your base mobilized to support you, but it backfired in a painful and embarrassing way that reminded you how many people actually do t support you??? #ableg #abpoli

[Jennifer Bell @docjennbell]

@ECOHH_

[Don Iveson @doniveson]

I want to assure anyone who wishes to address #YEGcc on issues of racism and injustice, as well present alternative approaches to community safety, that tomorrow (among other steps) I will be calling for a Public Hearing ASAP to hear from our community. #blmyeg #blacklivesmatter

[Omayra Issa @OmayraIssa]

Dispatches from the Prairies.
A thread
1/ A little over a week ago, I tweeted some of my experiences as a Black woman on the Prairies. I have been Black on the Prairies for 20 years. Here, blackness is considered foreign, an oddity in the landscape, at best a question mark.

[Bukola Salami @BukolaKSalami]

Most people do not wake up and say my mission is to be racist today. However many have conscious bias, unconscious bias, assumptions, fear and insecurities etc and all these can lead to racism especially in situations of unequal power relations

[Pam Palmater @Pam_Palmater]

Dear media: Racism is a fact - it is not alleged. Racism is against the law - it is not a debate. There are no sides to racism - there is perpetrator & victim. There are no bad apples - the bunch is rotten. The media plays a key role in racism - you can excuse it or call it out.

[Jasvir Deol @JasvirDeol_]

Disgusting: It tells quite a bit about @Alberta_UCP, when its Founding Chairman ignorantly curses at @HonAhmedHussen, upon raising the existing issue of Racism in Canada. Rather than deleting his account, I call on @jkenney & @LeelaAheer to condemn this ignorance. #AbLeg #abpoli