Matatag: Filipina Care Workers During COVID-19, a photo exhibit by our ates and titas on the frontlines of the pandemic LAUNCHES TOMORROW at A Space Gallery (401 Richmond St W) until Jan 2022
https://t.co/VzAINXoWbR
#PrideMonth is not only a time to celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ communities, but a call for more equitable policies. Too many 2SLGBTQ+ people experience homelessness. This blog by @maurienejean and @rishika_w proposes solutions. #healthequity https://t.co/amC15YdDyo
We are one of over 150 orgs that signed an open letter to @JustinTrudeau govt demanding #RacistRestrictions end & the visa process expand for Sudanese & Palestinians seeking safety. No more racist double standards. #HealthCareforAll & #StatusForAll.
https://t.co/ZsTfjig3Vd
As Canadian healthcare workers, we need to be able to talk about the attacks on healthcare in Gaza. This was a graphic shared with me by @WHO when I was on the ground in Rafah. There is a systematic campaign of targeting and attacking healthcare and healthcare workers in Gaza.
Non-Indigenous people: please remember that September 30th isn’t a day of celebration or joy for us. For many of us, it’s a day that reminds us of loss and is a day of mourning and remembrance. Please remember this when smiling with your friends for a pic in your orange shirts.
Attention Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Fraser: Now is the time for Canada to take a strong stance on inclusion and equity.
Extend permanent residence to 1.7 million migrants and 500,000 undocumented migrants.
#StatusForAll@MigrantRightsCA
So many people I know are hanging on by a thread mentally and financially. The grief folks have endured over last 2 years of pandemic, combined with the trauma they already had from living in a capitalist nightmare is a lot to handle.
Long THREAD 🧵- RE: cis people who feel the need to mourn when someone comes out as trans
As a therapist, I understand that change can be a big adjustment for people & that people need to acknowledge those feelings to move forward
Mourning/grieving a gender identity isn’t that:
OPEN INVITATION FOR GTA AGENCIES: FREE DATA EQUITY WORKSHOP!
'Be Yourself, See Yourself' is a project to allow social sector agencies in the Greater Toronto Area to get free capacity building training and practice on how to collect social identity data with an equity lens.
I originally made this for Canada 150, and I’m just going to repost it every year. I refuse to celebrate 155 years of genocide, ongoing colonial violence, erasure and systemic racism. 🧵
We didn't ask the police for an apology, we demanded lasting change from @JohnTory and Toronto's political class. we continue to demand police defunding and ultimately abolition, and no apology can substitute for that
a statement from @NoPolicing