Happy Thanksgiving!
From stunning fall colours near Stratford (Ontario), I am dispatching joy, hope and positivity across Canada and beyond.
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Fiddle addition: Cynthia MacLeod of Prince Edward Island.
Why are Iranian women burning their hijabs and cutting their hair?
Al Jazeera's @DorsaJabbari explains how Mahsa Amini has become a symbol for Iranian women’s rights after her death ⤵️
Solidarity with the courageous women and allies in Iran protesting for their freedom.
Mahsa Amini was senselessly murdered by the same patriarchal and autocratic forces repressing women the world over.
The right to choose belongs to us all, from hijabs to reproductive care.
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"When we interrogate the history of Lohri it becomes apparent that the festival has always been about women and girls. The emergence of the son festival came about in a heavily patriarchal society as an invented tradition."
#Lohri#Lohri2022
https://t.co/boglGIHOOC
In Mississippi, more than one in 10 citizens of voting age can’t cast a ballot because of a felony conviction.
Mississippi also makes it nearly impossible for anyone convicted of a felony to get their voting rights back.
https://t.co/fafZpcbuLI
It takes curiosity to learn. It takes courage to unlearn.
Learning requires the humility to admit what you don't know today.
Unlearning requires the integrity to admit that you were wrong yesterday.
Learning is how you evolve. Unlearning is how you keep up as the world evolves.
19-YEAR-OLD LEYLAH FERNANDEZ DOES IT AGAIN!
She becomes the youngest player to defeat two WTA Top-5 players at the same major since 17-year-old Serena Williams at the 1999 #USOpen
It is not acceptable to throw objects at anyone. Ever.
No matter how angry you are.
And, it’s never ok to try to intimidate people who don’t agree with you - or the media.
Enough.
On Jaswant Singh Khalra day, we commemorate the bravery of the human activist who exposed the systemic killings of 25,000 innocent Sikhs in India. His commitment and shaheedi to the preservation of truth echoes through the continued campaigns of justice in Punjab.