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Brampton, Ontario
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“You can make change within your organization by examining how you can help the most marginalized. Those furthest away from the centre of power are the most volnerable.” Anita Hill @cdnwomenfdn #ExchangeYYZ – at Toronto, Ontario
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
How much are Ontario taxpayers paying for the Ford government's education ads?
Earlier this week, Treasury Board President Kinga Surma said to ask Education Minister Paul Calandra.
Today, Calandra said to ask Surma.
So far, no one has provided an answer on how much the ads are costing:
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
NEW: Ontario’s Health Ministry spent $13.3M on advertising last year, new FOI records show.
That brings our tally of the Ford government's advertising spending to more than $90 million across five ministries.
The health minister's office says advertising remains an "important tool" for informing families about programs & initiatives.
Opposition says the government should be using that funding on life-saving treatments or relieving hospital pressures. thetrillium.ca/news/health/o…
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
Chanting #solidarity in support of #AirCanada CUPE component workers!!
The government’s attack on CUPE Air Canada Component workers’ right to strike is an attack on the entire labour movement and every worker in Canada.
#OnLab #CdnPoli #unfaircanada
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
OFL Statement: This is genocide, stop starving Gaza.
Read our full statement: ofl.ca/statement-this-is-gen…
#CdnPoli #StopStarvationInGaza #OnPoli
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
An important conversation. “White normativity” is something that I’ve been aware of long before there was a term for it. Nearly everything outside of my family that I was exposed to growing up presented “white” as the human default.
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Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
On June 10, health workers around the world will take the #Pledge4Humanity to end 🇮🇱 impunity and war crimes in Gaza. We are calling out silent and complicit health institutions and politicians, to ACT NOW to end the g3nos1de
Read the letter and demands:
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Sign the petition: forms.gle/5MQhPbMKn9gtYghZ9
What you can do:
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Video explainer attached here.
Tanks encircle Nasser hospital in Southern Gaza. Israel takes hostage those people of conscience on Madleen who wanted to break the illegal siege to deliver humanitarian aid.
Follow the campaign at @eyewitnessgaza on IG or X.
Post YOUR 30-45 second video June 10!
#AllEyesOnNasser #Pledge4Humanity
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
Chicago is a city built on labor struggle, and for Black workers, that fight has always been about more than wages—it’s been aboutdignity and freedom.
One hundred years ago, thePullman portersorganized the first all-Black labor union in the country, led byA. Philip Randolph and Chicago’s own Milton P. Webster.For decades, these porters endured low wages, brutal hours, and racism on the job. They were called “George” instead of their real names—a dehumanizing reminder of slavery. Butthey fought back.
Through relentless organizing, theyforced the Pullman Company to negotiatein 1937, securing better wages and protections. But their legacy goes far beyond the railroads—these union leaders spread organizing strategies throughout Black communities, fueling the Civil Rights Movement and the Great Migration.
TheChicago Teachers Union salutes the Pullman portersfor showing us that labor fights are fights for justice. Their spirit lives on in every worker standing up today.
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
Doug Ford doesn't think nurses are first responders.
The @fordnation government announced a new mental health program for first responders to provide a 24-hour call line & web portal for therapy & peer support.
Nurses were not included. #onpoli #onhealth
therecord.com/opinion/contri…
Did you know that Air Canada flight attendants often work over 35 hours a month unpaid? I just emailed them to say this is absolutely unfair, you should too: nwmd.social/s/twitter/5Q2GZF…
"If they keep dipping into their reserves or making cuts ... the student impact is that students don't have the best education opportunities that they would have if we didn't have to use our reserves, or if we were properly funded," she said #CutsHurtKids
More Ontario school boards in deficit, using reserves: ministry documents.
toronto.ctvnews.ca/more-onta…
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
Daily marijuana use linked to increased risk of deadly head and neck cancers, study finds cp24.com/lifestyle/daily-mar…
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
1. Today is Simcoe Day in Toronto. So let's talk about John Graves Simcoe & his strange, complicated relationship with slavery.
The founder of Toronto was a professed abolitionist... who also once fought a war to *preserve* slavery.
Here's my annual thread...
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
Did you know the LCBO puts $2.5 billion into Ontario public services every year?
Money from #LCBO sales goes toward health care, education, housing, and more.
Doug Ford would rather that money went to his rich friends.
sofundme.ca #ONpoli #ONlab
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
We’re so proud of our very own @VirkGym, featured on the front page of the @TorontoStar for her book, We Remember The Black Battalion. thestar.com/news/gta/this-gt…
Gail Bannister-Clarke retweeted
"I can't breathe."
During the 2021-22 season, a Black hockey player on a U15 AAA team in Gatineau, Quebec, was allegedly forced to the ground by a teammate who pressed their knee on the player's neck.
The Black player was only released after repeating the final words of George Floyd, who was murdered by Minneapolis police in 2020.
The locker room incident was detailed in a Hockey Quebec investigation report obtained by Le Droit's @justinemercier.
The report documented at least 14 instances of "racist gestures and remarks" by six players and criticized both the hockey organization and the team's head coach, who continues to coach minor hockey.
The report noted two Black players have since left the team.
ledroit.com/sports/2023/10/2…
