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Queer. Writer. Runner. Former host @CM_SunCoast & @Toronto_CM. Comms forever. altairanorthe.com Vancouver, British Columbia Joined August 2008-
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How depressing it is that Toronto’s public libraries aren’t only not priority one, they’re not even priority ten? You can’t tell me that if, say, City Hall got hit like this, that a fix could be kicked ahead to the new year.
How depressing it is that Toronto’s public libraries aren’t only not priority one, they’re not even priority ten? You can’t tell me that if, say, City Hall got hit like this, that a fix could be kicked ahead to the new year.
Next week! A.J.'s work is so important, and they're an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent speaker. If you're interested in how to effectively and equitably address gender and sex in research, this talk should not be missed!
Next week! A.J.'s work is so important, and they're an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent speaker. If you're interested in how to effectively and equitably address gender and sex in research, this talk should not be missed!
We already know what the problem is, we need action, not more consultation with police and icbc.
We already know what the problem is, we need action, not more consultation with police and icbc.
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Sue Johanson was ahead of her time. For many Canadian youth, we giggled at her candid talks, but in a pre- early-internet era this was our only real access to frank sex ed. RIP to a true innovator, legend, and national treasure. cbc.ca/news/entertain…
Continuously increasing lending power is a short term and short sighted fix that only drives up housing costs. We need affordability measures, not more debt.
Continuously increasing lending power is a short term and short sighted fix that only drives up housing costs. We need affordability measures, not more debt.
Over 1000 academics (and counting), including CGSHE researchers, have signed an open letter in response to the inhumane & harmful forced evictions & policing of encampments in Vancouver's DTES. Learn more ➡️ themainlander.com/2023/04/14/an-…
A mass decampment of Hastings Tent City is looming. If you support our unhoused neighbours, demand the city drop its decampment plans. Evictions like this violate human rights. #StopTheSweeps Send an email & stay tuned for further actions! act.newmode.net/action/pivot-l…
Hear me out, a new benefit where childless employees are offered extended medical insurance for their pets instead.
Trans women are women. Full stop.
Trans women are women. Full stop.
Today's CGSHE Speaker Series talk is gonna be goooooood. There's still time to register!
Today's CGSHE Speaker Series talk is gonna be goooooood. There's still time to register!
I'm glad that menopause & peri-menopause are starting to get the attention that they deserve. They don't have to be a mystery and it's possible for those experiencing symptoms to get the support they need to thrive. We just need to keep talking about it. nytimes.com/2023/02/01/mag…
Shoutout to @WestJet who now doesn't seat you with your travel companion unless you pay for seat selection. 🤙
Merry christmas to all the parents out there
Merry christmas to all the parents out there
Sex work is work. And sex workers deserve the same workplace protections and human rights as all other workers. On #IDEVASW and every day, #CGSHE & the #AESHAproject support the evidence-based call to #DecrimSexWork.
SAVE THE DATE! For our next #CGSHESpeakerSeries, we're joined by Dr. Amaya Perez-Brumer @amaya_pb, Assistant Professor @UofT_dlsph in Critical Global Health, to explore the question “Does global health make data or health?” WED, DEC 14 | 12 pm | RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/APBrumerTR
K but why do so many style guides hate on the Oxford comma? It doesn't detract from the sentence and often adds clarity. Set the Oxford comma free!
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca
12K Followers 3K Following it's "see-sa" | nêhiyaw | journalist | editor @thenarwhalca | writer @thewalrus | contributing editor @macleans | she/her. ✌️
Naben Ruthnum / Natha.. @NabenRuthnum
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David (P) Leonard @davidpleonard
6K Followers 4K Following Optimist. Curious. ED: @writerstrust. Vol: @torontoWOTS, @DalhousieU. Launched #WalrusTalks. Ran global program on inclusion. Eponymous weather service (#DLWS).
Minor Canon @saelantwerdy
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Milo Ira @bonmotmilo
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Wendy V Norman @wvnorman
1K Followers 1K Following Professor, Family Planning Research Chair, @UBC , @UBCFamPractice , Family Doctor @cartgrac @womensresearch
Willer Fils Aime @WillerFilsAime
63 Followers 584 Following Entrepreneur, Bachelor Degree on Healthcare Administration, Artist/Designer. Nearly 50 years of experience in fine arts, Actor, Polyglot, Song Writer,Vocalist.
Andrea Krüsi @AndreaKrusi
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Daniel Gray 🍉 @Dannygrayfox
659 Followers 1K Following BSW; MADEM. Risk & Emerg Mgmt. Open discourse, data-driven policy, resilient communities. Guest on Songhees & Esquimalt land. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
Dr Laura Schummers @DrLSchummers
741 Followers 1K Following Reproductive epidemiologist | Asst Prof @UBC_CORE @ubcpharmacy | @HarvardEpi Alum | Mama; she/her/Dr
Christina Moon @Christi94910911
22 Followers 401 Following deixando tudo nas mãos de Deus, porém atéia . . . Ela/She/Elle ♥️
varentiama @varentiama
42 Followers 244 Following the number 1 disease killer of children💪🏻 yet the least funded ❤️ when are you going to join the fight? 🎗
Patient Advisors @PatientAdvisors
4K Followers 3K Following A national group of patient & family advisors engaged with healthcare.
Lindsey Freeman ⚛�.. @lindseyafreeman
2K Followers 3K Following Atomic things, feelings, queerness, soccer, and distance running. New book 'Running' (2023, @DukePress). Insta: atomic_lindsey_freeman
Kathryn Mockler @themockler
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elle rose 🌈 @scretladyspider
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WP @WendyPa63987769
2K Followers 5K Following Vibrating to the pulse of life in a natural way without having to own the source of music.🤘🇨🇦🫶🏳️🌈 she/her. Tweets are my own.
Eucalyptus @eucalypt_us
184 Followers 940 Following Tempo Giusto. Aiming for a life lived well. 📚 |🧳|🚴|🧘🏻♀️|🎵 | 🐕 | 🧶
Gradient Spaces @gradientspaces
161 Followers 113 Following 👋🌈 Your friendly neighbourhood not-for-profit. Carving intersectional spaces in tech and entrepreneurship for 2S and LGBTQIA+ people.
Courtenay Badran 🇨.. @CourtenayWith_C
496 Followers 2K Following I help students & new grads find success in Canada 🇨🇦 | A degree is not enough | Founder @ Phase Change | DM for career advice & support ☕️
Brian Watson @iambrianwatson
2K Followers 3K Following Memoir-in-progress. More queer than gay, less he than they. Learn how Japan and my queerness intersect at https://t.co/eFaM8Vch5r
Domenica Martinello @domenicahope
3K Followers 2K Following Poet, loud talker, aspiring writer of other stuff | ADIDAS (2019) 🌊 | Good Want (@coachhousebooks spring 2024) ❤️🔥 | MFA @IowaWritersWksp | views mine!
Youth Mental Health C.. @YMHCanada
13K Followers 11K Following https://t.co/7ZwvuM1CbQ 🧠Mental Health Education 👩🏫Workshops & Courses 📘Workbooks & Guidebook 📚 Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, educator-led 💪 Ed access
GoCocora @CocoraGo
139 Followers 2K Following Helping restore the natural state of men's manhood - Intimate Skincare MCT Cococnut Oil
Phantom of the Intern.. @lynncasper
2K Followers 1K Following • @AIRmedia's weekly newsletter & New Voices Program Manager • intentional podcast strategy @podcastivist • creator of @homoground & @queercoworking space
Scott Doherty @ScotttDoherty1
3K Followers 4K Following
Roland Nadler @RolandNadler
312 Followers 482 Following PhD candidate & Vanier Scholar @AllardLaw; Governance Cmte @neuroethicsinfo. In my “tweet even less” era. Law, neuro, ethics, expertise, democracy, cats
Sylvia Schmidt @SylviaSchmidtTO
705 Followers 372 Following Toronto Real Estate Agent. Lover of music, classic motorcycles, urban exploring and street art.
WIPP @WIPPWELLNESS
1K Followers 4K Following Making Holistic Wellness more accessible to you! Listen to our POD search: wcrpodcast on Instagram MIND〰️BODY〰️SPIRIT
Vancity Class Action @ClassVancity
85 Followers 4K Following Have you lost rental income or property value because of Vancity credit union? Email vancityclassaction at https://t.co/7Hp67tUu2u
The Primary Care Comp.. @PCC_CNSDisord
718 Followers 2K Following #PrimaryCare Companion for #CNS Disorders is an international peer-reviewed source on #neurologic + #psychiatric disorders for PCPs. Follow us @PsychiatristCNS.
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca
12K Followers 3K Following it's "see-sa" | nêhiyaw | journalist | editor @thenarwhalca | writer @thewalrus | contributing editor @macleans | she/her. ✌️
Pulpfiction Books @pf.. @pfbvan
7K Followers 794 Following YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2024 certified Living Wage employer.
Naben Ruthnum / Natha.. @NabenRuthnum
3K Followers 854 Following
@realSarahPolley (she.. @realsarahpolley
65K Followers 1K Following My Mom was one of the 30 Helens on Kids In The Hall. She/Her
David (P) Leonard @davidpleonard
6K Followers 4K Following Optimist. Curious. ED: @writerstrust. Vol: @torontoWOTS, @DalhousieU. Launched #WalrusTalks. Ran global program on inclusion. Eponymous weather service (#DLWS).
Jessica Hische @jessicahische
122K Followers 971 Following Lettering Artist & New York Times Bestselling Author. Mostly on Threads these days.
Pride at Work Canada/.. @PrideatWorkCAN
4K Followers 632 Following We empower employers to build workplaces that celebrate all employees regardless of gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
On Canada Project @oncanadaproject
4K Followers 448 Following Bridging info gaps so more Canadians can participate in convos about culture and politics | social enterprise: content • consulting • community | est 2020
Anna Fitzpatrick @bananafitz
27K Followers 3K Following i used to tweet jokes now i mostly tweet about parking lots | kids books at @fitzywrites
Milo Ira @bonmotmilo
2K Followers 2K Following Métis. 2S. My gender is advocate. Autistic crip. social epidemiology 💚✨🐌
HIM @HIMtweets
2K Followers 205 Following Health Initiative for Men (HIM) is a community organization based in Vancouver, BC. We work to strengthen the health and well-being of gay men.
Wendy V Norman @wvnorman
1K Followers 1K Following Professor, Family Planning Research Chair, @UBC , @UBCFamPractice , Family Doctor @cartgrac @womensresearch
Meech CEO of PinePals @MediumSizeMeech
54K Followers 548 Following Handsome writer. Chris Pine lover. Humble Xeeter. Subscribe to my Newsletter 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙩! he/him [email protected]
Shit Facilitators Say @ShitFacilitator
34K Followers 1K Following I facilitate groups. But really, I'm just holding the space. Newly on IG (same handle)
ADHD Designer 🟣�.. @ADHDdesigner
47K Followers 1K Following I design apps & tweet about being a freelancer and creative with #ADHD. Dx'd Apr 2020 @ age 30. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧 ADHD Coach in Training ADHD coaching waitlist ⬇️
Andrea Krüsi @AndreaKrusi
392 Followers 836 Following Assistant Prof @UBCmedicine; Research Scientist @CGSHEquity; @msfhr Scholar; Settler; she/her
Daniel Gray 🍉 @Dannygrayfox
659 Followers 1K Following BSW; MADEM. Risk & Emerg Mgmt. Open discourse, data-driven policy, resilient communities. Guest on Songhees & Esquimalt land. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
Respectful Memes @RespectfulMemes
1.9M Followers 5 Following #1 Source of Memes to show your Grandma
Dr Laura Schummers @DrLSchummers
741 Followers 1K Following Reproductive epidemiologist | Asst Prof @UBC_CORE @ubcpharmacy | @HarvardEpi Alum | Mama; she/her/Dr
The Nap Ministry @TheNapMinistry
104K Followers 1K Following We examine the liberating power of naps. The originator & creator of Rest Is Resistance framework. Pre-Order: WE WILL REST! Out November 12th.
Maria Uloko MD @MariaUloko
7K Followers 2K Following Urologist, comphrehensive sexual medicine, - sexual health for all genders. Researcher, advocate, Beyonce stan.
Centre for Gender & S.. @CGSHEquity
4K Followers 2K Following Advancing gender equity & sexual health for all through research, policy & practice | Academic centre @UBCmedicine @SFU 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ | RTs ≠ endors.
SheRatesDogs @SheRatesDogs
637K Followers 20 Following the dogs are your exes/someone’s exes - submit to DMs! ~sometimes funny sometimes heinous~ @michaelaokla
Aja Barber @AjaSaysHello
36K Followers 2K Following She/her/they. Author of Consumed. Contributing editor at @ElleUK. Fashion is best when it is slow, ethical and inclusive! https://t.co/AOWSwVPjX1
Anjali Appadurai @AnjaliApp
15K Followers 1K Following Campaigns Director at the Climate Emergency Unit (@climate_unit)
Alexis Nikole Nelson @blackforager
82K Followers 604 Following if I’m tweeting, gingerly tell me to go finish my book. probably eating weeds somewhere 🌱🤘🏾she/her [email protected]
HLiAConference @HLiAConference
23 Followers 1 Following
Naheed Dosani @NaheedD
92K Followers 970 Following Palliative care physician. Health justice activist. Believer and dreamer. Assistant Professor @UofTMedicine. | Instagram: NaheedD
BC Rural Health Netwo.. @BCRHNetwork
1K Followers 1K Following The BC Rural Health Network is a registered charity serving the health and wellness interests of rural residents in British Columbia, Canada.
Patient Advisors @PatientAdvisors
4K Followers 3K Following A national group of patient & family advisors engaged with healthcare.
Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster
1.1M Followers 1K Following noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore
117K Followers 37 Following Hi! I'm Molly and I'm interested in feline history and welfare. Owner of 2 amazing FIV+ cats! Header by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from 1908.
Andrea MacNeill @Ecosurgeon
1K Followers 157 Following Surgical Oncologist @VCH @BCCancer, Clinical Associate Professor @UBC, Director Planetary Healthcare Lab, #swiftie, reader, nature lover, tugboat enthusiast
New West Anchor @newwestanchor
1K Followers 430 Following ⚓Your leading online news, food & events newsletter in #NewWest. Subscribe below! Managing editor & digital reporter: @riarenouf
𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗇𝗂�.. @bionicreading
28K Followers 20 Following 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗍𝖾𝗋. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗍𝖾𝗋. 𝗠𝗼𝗋𝖾 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗌𝖾𝖽. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗂𝗇𝗀. | 𝗚𝗼𝗅𝖽 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗋𝖽-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗁𝗈𝖽. |🇨🇭
Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit
498K Followers 310 Following The labor market is a mess. Here to show you why. Highlighting workers conflict with poor management, corporate greed, bad business, and the economy.
Ask a Manager @AskAManager
94K Followers 5K Following Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
Knowledge Translation.. @kt_program
2K Followers 576 Following We support a range of knowledge users in their quest to create improved health outcomes. https://t.co/tTB33VaJzY
Blair Peters, MD (he/.. @queersurgeon
22K Followers 805 Following Queer 🌈 2x fellowship Plastic Surgeon|Asst Prof @ohsusurgery @ohsuurology |Gender Affirming+Nerve Surg|Activism|No Med Advice|Views Own [email protected]
Christine Boyle @christineeboyle
15K Followers 3K Following Vancouver City Councillor with OneCity. Climate Leader. Community Builder. BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Little Mountain.
Slow Factory @theslowfactory
18K Followers 1K Following Designing & creating climate positive solutions for our collective liberation. We are a school & a lab for and by people of the Global Majority 🌍
Walking Eagle News @TheEagleist
67K Followers 1K Following Founded in 2017, we are proud purveyors of only the finest Indigenous news. Editor-in-Grand-Chief: @anishinaboy
cats with jobs 🛠 @CatWorkers
2.2M Followers 172 Following Good cats being workers • Unionized • Mascot @JobertTheCat • Takedown/credit/submissions: [email protected]
Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat
221K Followers 2K Following Jorts the cat. Jean helps me. [email protected]
Can Global Health │.. @CAGH_ACSM
4K Followers 977 Following The Canadian Association for Global Health (CAGH) brings together a vibrant global health community working to create a healthier and more equitable world.
Kanahus Manuel @KanahusFreedom
29K Followers 434 Following Secwepemc / Ktunaxa / Indigenous Land Defender / Woman Warrior / Freedom Fighter / Mother of Freedom Babies / Traditional Birthkeeper & Tattoo Artist
Ryan D. Anderson @ItsRyanAnderson
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Brandi Morin @Songstress28
50K Followers 8K Following Edward R. Murrow award winning Cree/Iroquois/French Human Rights Journalist. Mother. Warrior. A Force. BESTSELLING AUTHOR Our Voice of Fire #MMIWG #landback
Canadian Neurological.. @CNSFNeuroLinks
2K Followers 837 Following #CNSF supporting #neuroscience professions in Canada @JournalCJNS #CNSFCongress #CNS @SocCdnNSx #CSCN #CACN @TheCSNR @CSC_Stroke
Western BrainsCAN @Brains_CAN
3K Followers 563 Following Cognitive neuroscience research initiative @WesternU. Transforming brain research in Canada and around the world. Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)
Canadian Women's Foun.. @cdnwomenfdn
27K Followers 1K Following Our vision is that every woman, girl, and gender-diverse person has the power, safety, support, and rights to thrive, today and tomorrow.
CAMH Research @CAMHResearch
11K Followers 658 Following CAMH is Canada's leading research centre on mental illness, including addictions.
@KenSimCity How can you claim profound sorrow @KenSimCity when you’re displacing people from parks and clearing them from streets to push your own agenda? You care very little about homelessness and addiction.
On this episode of AI for Social Good, @DrDevSK, an emergency physician at @SickKidsNews, talks about the @HeroAI_Health platform and how it can empower patients and practitioners to receive and provide quality care. 🎧Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-…
@KenSimCity Christ... can an intern or somebody with access to Sim's phone please delete the word "swagger" from his dictionary.
From hospital food-related pollution to medical supply chain emissions, the UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab is tackling the environmental impacts of our #HealthcareSystem. 🏥🌎 Learn more in the latest issue of Pathways. bit.ly/3MDulm4
@KenSimCity Year 8 of the affordability crisis and ABC is claiming this is "bold" action. Even the Trudeau government has done more, faster. ABC has: handed money back to Developers, removed affordable rental requirements on Little Mountain. Bold action indeed - bold and transparent.
@KenSimCity We can build middle income housing. But if it isn’t bought by middle income people then what is it? What is it if it’s just another home for a portfolio? We need policy Ken. Supply alone won’t fix anything.
"This didn’t start on the 7th of October." BBC Question Time guest on Israel's long-standing occupation of Palestine.
“The recognition of Indigenous sovereignty would have profound implications for social justice and sustainability, for the economic insecurity of Indigenous peoples, and for ecological stability more broadly,” writes @astradisastra. thewalrus.ca/the-age-of-ins…
this Victoria politician subtweeting a BC MLA who is planning to keep working after giving birth are fascinating... the belief that a mother's career is conditional but a father's is sacred, that only (and always) mothers should sacrifice their professional lives to parenting.
My friend, the first real big press published writer who took my stuff seriously, a generous teacher, a terrific writer, getting his due. simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Doub…
Reminder that wage theft costs workers $50 billion a year. All the larcenies, burglaries, robberies, motor vehicle thefts account for $14 billion a year.
NEW: @GavinNewsom says CA is poised to make largest-ever single investment to combat organized retail theft: $267M to 55 law enforcement agencies. "When shameless criminals walk out of stores with stolen goods, they’ll walk straight into jail cells," Newsom says in statement.
@KenSimCity Mayor, are you still drunk from the Khatsahlano Festival? You literally just voted to kick vulnerable low income people out of their homes by refusing to extend the leases for the modular housing? These folks have no where to go and you appear not to care at all.
@TheRealDaetwan They could have replaced her at any time, but didn’t. Why? Because she became a name and a brand synonymous with the show. There are certain shows where viewers don’t like change.
in awe & terror of the hustle of mom influencers on TikTok: “Get ready with me one day postpartum, “Day in the life with a two-day-old newborn,” “Morning routine after a C-section” honey please stop Creating Content and lie down on the couch
"Today the water is glassy, making it easy to spot humpback whales and their exhalations of breath, which send plumes of mist high into the air." Gorgeous story on Indigenous marine protected areas & Gitdisdzu Lugyeks from @Michelle_Gamage in @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/2…
Some exciting news: Heavyweight is back on all podcast platforms. This goes for the new season, too, which starts in September and will be available everywhere. Start polishing your earbuds.
thought about this a lot while writing on newsrooms for @thewalrus a few weeks ago— so many of these takes are just about older/senior employees feeling uncomfortable with changing norms that reflect, in many cases, healthier environments & better boundaries for their colleagues
Everybody go back to the office NO NOT LIKE THAT
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