Kendra Milne

Lawyer and ED of @HealthJusticeCA | Passionate about health equity and human rights

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@A2JamieMac Currently co-teaching a seminar at UBC structured very similarly (guests each class, etc.). A lot of work for very little pay is accurate! We are having folks with lived experience in as guests and we’re using our pay to compensate them, so I might be in the hole!

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@dougswhite @BCFerries Hey Doug, I’m on the ferry floating around off Duke Pt that can’t dock. Apparently a suspected homicide on board the docked ferry and it’s up to the RCMP to decide whether we can get off and they can take the last run. :( I hope you’re well.

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@jchapnick @reijagrrl @garthmullins I don’t think it’s public anywhere, unfortunately- UBC’s online system requires log-in. ☹️

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@kwardvancouver @IvaCheung And any service like this should be designed (and likely delivered) with people with lived experience!

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@kwardvancouver @IvaCheung They don’t without an accessible independent (outside the health authority system) rights advice service. This is focused on hospitalization, but a service like this would be triggered on every cert renewal. https://t.co/DpsJXA1huj

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@kwardvancouver @IvaCheung I guess I personally try to have hope, but space to feel that comes from privilege and I sure get why other folks feel differently.

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@Ferencz_Sarah @jchapnick Congratulations!

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

"To treat someone who's at their most vulnerable and ill and not doing well in such a harsh way is so much worse than the illness itself.''

[CBC British Columbia @cbcnewsbc]

One week after giving birth, Shareen Nimmo was detained at a psychiatric facility without being informed of her rights or having independent legal advice — provisions available in most provinces. She's now calling on B.C. to change the Mental Health Act. https://t.co/bEt9oEDkvb

[Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @CANdrugpolicy]

"Discussion on decriminalizing drugs should be considered in wake of #opioid deaths: 'You cannot keep pretending that prohibition will work if we try it just a little bit harder.'" https://t.co/uuFK2Q3eQN @donaldmacmac #cdnpoli #harmreduction #DecrimNow

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@garthmullins @AndreaWoo @fumano @loriculbert 14-16k people are certified annually in BC already-we have some of the highest rates in Canada. BC has a culture of relying on involuntary (often traumatizing and/or alienating) treatment as an entry point for services. Time to recognize that it’s part of the problem.

[Andreas Pilarinos (he/him), PhD, MPP @a_pilarinos]

Dr. Bailey and I share our concerns with Bill 22 and the proposed involuntary admission of youth into hospitals after an overdose. @DarcyJudy @AdamPOlsen @SoniaFurstenau @georgiastraight @ubcisgp @UBCNursing @HRNA_AIIRM @bccla @bcgreencaucus #bcpoli https://t.co/NHCpljO1W7

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@jchapnick @BCCSU @HealthJusticeCA @DrBonnieHenry https://t.co/qaxJVewc9Z

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@JeanSwanson_ Humane drug policy.

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

B.C.'s latest overdose numbers confirm what people have been reporting on the ground: overdose deaths have surged during the #COVID19 pandemic.

At least 113 deaths in March - compared to 77 in Jan, 70 in Feb. Last time we had triple digits was March 2019 (117)

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

We’ve learned from COVID-19 that independent monitoring and oversight is crucial to try to ensure marginalized people don’t experience further inequities during crisis.

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

People can thrive when they have the supports they need in community.

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing @adequatehousing]

We must stop forcibly evicting homeless encampments during #COVID.

It is time for a #Right2Housing approach.

Today @leilanifarha releases a human rights guide to help Canadian governments get there, outlining 8 key principles.

Read it here: https://t.co/Qh5yVFqKpb

[The CCPA–BC @CCPA_BC]

One group has been largely absent from advocacy for people at higher risk during the #COVID19 pandemic because of the conditions in which they are forced to live: people detained in psychiatric settings, writes lawyer Kendra Milne. @kfmilne #canpoli https://t.co/3KMtQ92fAr

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

@PhilipRDwyer Thanks!

[Kendra Milne @kfmilne]

What I’ve been working on the past couple of months!