Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Diane Dyson

@dianedyson.bsky.social

460 followers 970 following 160 posts

Data geek in TO's #nonprofit sector I do research & policy on equitable, livable urban places, poverty, neighbourhoods, education, housing, employment, immigration Montrealer, so love to debate, dance Local Garden Club member 'cause it makes me smile 🫛🪴😁🌼🌱

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Apr 16

“We're born problem solvers. We're compelled to deduce and to deduct...Make the audience put things together. Don't give them four, give them two plus two. The elements you provide and the order you place them in is crucial to whether you succeed or fail at engaging the audience.” – Andrew Stanton

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · 15h

This, moments after getting off the weekly Zoom call for the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups. Morrison why a moment of silence is always held, and why organizing is important. #InjuredWorkers #ONhealth #CdnLab

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 15h

#Breaking: Four workers critically injured after explosion at North York condo construction site.

In total seven people have been taken to hospital. Four were sent to a trauma centre with critical injuries, according to paramedics, while three others were hospitalized with minor injuries.

Four workers critically injured after explosion at North York condo construction site

Toronto fire responded to the North York area following reports of a natural gas explosion in the area.

www.thestar.com

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · 8d

Westmount, where potholes are a decades-old strategy to slow drivers down!

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · 13d

If "mixed feelings" mean asking why the Minimum Wage is lower than a Living Wage and brushes against the poverty lines.

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · 18d

The racialized responses must be partly driven by the fact younger people are more likely to be ethnically diverse, so a strong overlap.

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · 18d

This is my brother-in-law, one more cyclist injured by poor road conditions in #Montreal.
He has a neck fracture now (thankfully a First Aider made sure he didn't move after he landed face first). #Bikes
youtu.be/eZnq2fyX_4w?...

Cyclist badly hurt after pothole crash in Westmount

YouTube video by CTV News

youtu.be

1 3

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Sep 14

Bonus Summer Saturday in east end Toronto! #dlws

1 5

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fair point on the wider issue, but this sounds more like issue of driver error and a parking lot facing plate windows into a childcare centre.🙁

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Sep 10

Orillia now sixth municipality to declare food emergency. The vote was unanimous after local community service agencies made presentation about rise in numbers. District Health Unit reports increase from 1/5 households to almost 1/3 (31%) facing #foodInsecurity
www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/s...

Sharp rise in food insecurity prompts emergency declaration in Orillia

With demand at local food banks surging, Orillia city council has passed a motion urging provincial and federal governments to step in before the situation worsens further

www.orilliamatters.com

Reposted by Diane Dyson

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · Sep 10

NEW: Ontario's Education Minister says he won't eliminate French or Catholic school board trustees, largely because of constitutional protections.

English trustees have no cover "whatsoever," Paul Calandra said #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1140699...

Ford government won’t eliminate French, Catholic trustees but English board has no cover | Globalnews.ca

Constitutional language and religious rights offer some protection to Catholic and French trustees, but the English public system could see them scrapped entirely.

globalnews.ca

1 8 3

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Sep 10

I regularly climbed into that bubble at the front and then got caught there, immobilised by its height and precarity.😂

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Sep 10

The highest rates of #homelessness are in the biggest cities and the smallest towns.
housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/images/homel...

1 1

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 27

New Stats Can study on disparity in rental #housing costs and tenure with implications for mobility as renters stay in the same home longer.
In 2021, longstanding tenants (5+ years) paid about 19% less than recent renters (under 1 year), up from a 6% gap in 1996.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28...

www150.statcan.gc.ca

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 26

Put on my blue @housingnowto.bsky.social Tshirt to discuss mentorship opportunities this coming school year for capstone projects at @uoftcities.bsky.social
#AffordableHousing

1 3

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 25

Confusing map colours on an important topic: orange represents prohibition of violence, green tones allow corporal punishment, and purple (another hot colour) has no restrictions.

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · Aug 25

Where countries stand on prohibiting all corporal punishment of children

brilliantmaps.com/corporal-...

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 24

This fight for walkable streets by Parma Court was also complicated by separate municipal divisions (Scarborough/North York), gender (mothers), and class (public housing residents).

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 22

#Africa is actually about 14x larger than Greenland. #CorrectTheMap #Geography

NPR @npr.org · Aug 22

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

n.pr

2 8

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ugh, and seemingly foregrounded by the invasive Tree of Heaven. #TorontoNature #TorontoRavines

1 1

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Precision to the point of pedantry? Someone thought this level of accuracy was important!
#Statistics #UrbanGuerrillaism

A diamond-shaped Caution sign is attached to a telephone pole. On it is a black arrow pointing up (or ahead). Below it is a red hexagon with white lettering that reads "43m". The numbers are slightly askew, as if someone had attached them independently of the overall design of the sign.

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Aug 1

And actually rebranded this spring as Buffalo Toronto Public Media (BTPM PBS)!

1 3

Reposted by Diane Dyson

Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 1

By design, federal statistical agencies operate independently to guard against politicization of data collection and reporting.

This is an alarming and dangerous move that threatens the scientific integrity of independent statistical agencies across the government. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Trump Orders Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief After Weak Jobs Report

President Trump said he directed his team to fire the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official after the bureau issued a weak jobs report on Friday. Trump in a social media post said Erika McEntarfer, ...

www.wsj.com

9 52 130

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Jul 28

NPR / PBS Buffalo is hosting a "State of the Stations" discussion and call-in on now, with their senior leadership, addressing their campaign to preserve public media. They are addressing their viewers on both sides of the border. They want to address the "new math" of what is being cut - everywhere

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Jul 24

The landlord at 500 Dawes deserves Acorn's Golden Cockroach award.

David Rider @dmrider.bsky.social · Jul 24

Mayor Chow signed a pledge to tenants' rights group ACORN to push the city to try to use remedial action, where the city hires contractors to make fixes and then bills the owner. She expects a report on how to do that in Sept. My story here: www.thestar.com/news/gta/oli...

Olivia Chow vows action for East York tenants living in ‘unacceptable’ conditions

The mayor visited the building Tuesday and vowed to push for tougher action as problems persist, despite the city issuing multiple fines against the owner who has received more than 86 violation notic...

www.thestar.com

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Jul 17

Saw my first Monarch of the season today
#TOnature

Reposted by Diane Dyson

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · Jul 7

"People who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has found"

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds

Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns

www.theguardian.com

7 66 180

Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social · Jul 2

I hear that very wish already from aging neighbours. (And vertical townhouses are not the answer for an aging population.)

1 4