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[Carol Off @CarolOff_]

An auditorium in Scarborough with 500 people about to swear an oath.
And become Canadian citizens.
Everyone here has a story of how they came to this moment.

[Eden Dranger @Eden_Eats]

If I was a marriage counselor, I would make the couple each use ANY dating app for 3 minutes.

[Pat Castaldo @PatC]

The boomers seem to love Facebook because it's a newspaper about themselves where they also get to write a letter to the editor for every single article published.

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

To wrap up Indigenous Peoples Day I’ve curated a list of native journalists/storytellers you should follow! It’s not an exhaustive list, there is so much talent out there. But here are 24 of some exceptional media makers I admire, along with their handles
👌🏽🙌🏽👌🏽RETWEET & FOLLOW

[FOSTER @weareyourfek]

This, from Megan Rapinoe, reads as a very decent summation of the correct answer to any “trans person in sports” debate, and also, a pristine example of what personal politics look like when you operate with the value of compassion first.

[S. Bear Bergman @sbearbergman]

Thinking a lot about queer labor: the work of organizing our own chosen families if our original ones couldn’t welcome us, the work of always being/expected to be understanding and forgiving of people who have been hateful in the past. No wonder so many of us are tired.

[Most @Most]

HEARTSTOPPER IS OUT NOW!!!!!!!

[@keavyrhymeswithtv.bsky.social @Keavy_Lynch]

The gravitational pull of whiteness in the Canadian TV industry is exhausting & Sisyphean.

It's burning yourself out fighting to move beyond it only to see whiteness creep back in from every angle.

[Ahmar Khan @AhmarSKhan]

quitting a near six-figure career with incredible job security and then act like you’re the victim because you’re a white woman — takes real courage. I cannot imagine how hard it must be.

[Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon]

Exactly how I think about whose work and influence I'll miss at CBC. Loss of talent due to racism is much greater than loss of talent due to anti-racism and equity. Which is what "woke" means. Fairness.

@waub and @Nanaaba come to mind immediately, and there are many others.

[Avery Francis @AveryFrancis]

Honestly, my biggest career hack has been leaving environments where my manager / boss / leader didn’t give a sh*t about my growth. If you find a leader that genuinely cares about your professional growth — they will do wonders for your career.

[Dr. Monica Cox @DrMonicaCox]

I think about bell hooks dying at 69.

When I was a dept chair, I thought about my life expectancy often.

I thought about the stress of working with a small group of people who never wanted me to be hired and who tortured me daily. 1/

[Avery Francis @AveryFrancis]

White women are really bothered by how Miranda is framed as a white liberal nightmare in the SATC reboot. Was it her all-white friend group, Ivey league education or the gentrified neighbourhoods she owned property in that made you think she would be anything but a fumbling ally?

[Jenni Gritters | Biz Coach & Strategist @jenni_gritters]

Your career (& life) will come in seasons: seasons of power, seasons of recovery, seasons of grief, seasons of hustle, seasons of rest.

If you're in a season you don't love, hang in there. The seasons always, always change. And this one could be teaching you something powerful.

[Sam @SamTecle]

please, please, please stop writing you "gave voice" to xyz marginalized group. No you didn't, and you didn't "make space" either, you just started listening. that's what you did, sit down. be humble. listen better. listen quieter.

[TRISH @TRISHCOSMETICS @canaryyella_]

I’m 27 years old. I opened my store front. I have 2 employees. And I still live at home with parents. Don’t listen to these people.

[katie @KatieFujihara]

when a company you were bullied out of posts an inspirational post about how they take mental health seriously so all employees got world mental health day off 🥴

[aubrianna snow @aubrisnow]

canada and the vast majority of its institutions at 11:59 tonight: