Andrea Burke

PhD candidate @WesternU. studies violence and women and pandemics and degrowth and work. not normally violent. she/her. 🌈

[Andrea Burke @laandreaburke]

Another day, another chill and easy meeting* where no one yelled at me 💪🏻

*that I was incredibly anxious about and resulted in me being very stressed all week and cranky at my poor girlfriend for no good reason 😬

[Andrea Burke @laandreaburke]

Attending the 3rd Annual CareWork Summit by @CareworkN! So impressed by the first panel so far, can’t wait for the rest of it!

[Farrah Khan @farrahsafiakhan]

A Toronto police officer has been charged with sexual assault, which is reported to have happened while he was on duty attending to a domestic assault call. She called the police to report intimate partner violence and was subjected to further harm #MeToo
https://t.co/Nb1gqB9Y5V

[Michelle Cyca @michellecyca]

For @thewalrus I wrote about the troubling instinct among settlers to diminish the impact of residential schools. Indigenous friends, read with care: https://t.co/ezUnCRrwoM

[Rachel Edwards @underthenettle]

it's Good Friday, which means it's time to share my favourite tumblr post of all time

[Farrah Khan @farrahsafiakhan]

Years ago I ran a support group for women in Scarborough. We did an survey asking what would help them be safer from violence. Their number 1: accessible public transit, being able to afford to get to social services, health care, school & work. This service cut has deep impact.

[Andrea Burke @laandreaburke]

@TOffinga @IRPP Yikes, Andrea Burke the gender studies grad student (me) wrote this piece, not Andrea Burke the litigator! Thank you for interacting, sucks when others have your name

[Andrea Burke @laandreaburke]

I wrote a piece! Critical wins and losses with the CERB give us some food for thought on equity and vulnerability moving forward:

[IRPP @IRPP]

CERB was administered over 5 months almost three years ago.

But Canadians cannot seem to forget about it, amid concerns over repayment, praise and critique from analysts, and a recent audit.

Andrea Burke explains the assitance and gaps of #CERB.

https://t.co/B2EoQGmkIf

[wasian dawn wiener @henryevil]

Working on site today

[Andrea Burke @laandreaburke]

I’ve had church moms push my knees together bc they perceived me as “spreading my legs” + people squinting while I was singing or doing creative arts (also deeply controlled but still somehow sexual) to see if my bra was visible. This is rampant

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

🧵I’ve said before that American evang. churches basically raise girls who are pre-groomed. I’ve attributed that to undue trust in men in the church and excessive suspicion of people outside of it (who could tell girls that what they’re experiencing is not healthy or normal).

[Doctors For Defunding Police @DrsDefundPolice]

DISTURBING FACT: Indigenous women now make up 50% of the women in Canadian federal prison

[Derek Silva (derekcrim.bsky.social) @Derekcrim]

If people actually understood what it really means to “do my own research” I’d bet people would stop saying it.

[CBC London @CBCLondon]

New program for Western University students tackles legal info gap on sexual assault https://t.co/BjM27S5O5q

[Andrea Burke @laandreaburke]

My gf found out about a cookie game online from an 11 year old at work so now I get to hear things like “ooh a golden cookie!” on this, the lord’s day

[Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social @fatimabsyed]

So why should you care?

We still don't have any details and there's A LOT (2 Great Lakes watersheds) at stake. Even the Ontario government-appointed panel advised great caution.

Will they?

Read the story, learn more and watch this space https://t.co/Z8IM4BcqGA

[Joshua Sealy-Harrington @JoshuaSealy]

Ontario court rules that when the number of homeless people exceeds accessible shelter beds homeless encampment prohibitions infringe s 7 of the Charter: encampment evictions risk death, violate dignity, & exacerbate poverty, drug addiction, & disability.
https://t.co/tXrxRrNgRK

[TA/PD Union@ Western @PSAC610]

Enough is enough. It's time to pay grad students at #WesternU a livable wage.

For years, we have struggled to make ends meet, taking on other jobs and living off credit cards, all while @WesternU reports millions in excess revenues.

Let's make some noise and demand action!

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Immunocompromised, elderly, and higher risk people deserve a return to some sense of normalcy too.