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Gabrielle Peters
@mssinenomine.bsky.social
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Outgoing co-chair of Vancouver City Planning Commission, Co-founder of Disability Filibuster, words in Policy Options, Macleans, CBC & chapter author in 3 anthologies. Disabled af. Poor af. Lived experience + learned expertise applied to policy analysis.
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Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities, by nearly 300%
Exclusive CBC News/IJF data shows crime rates still well above pre-pandemic levels

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Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities, by nearly 300%
Exclusive CBC News/IJF data shows crime rates still well above pre-pandemic levels
theijf.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
. @ivacheung.com compelling, insightful, and beautifully written post reflecting on her mother-in-law and dementia. Unpretentious. Erudite. Profundity. A restrained and yet all encompassing presence of love.

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On sunshine and shadows - Iva Cheung
My mother-in-law, Jean Mottershead, has died. She would have been 85 next month. I vacillated about how much of this event to process publicly. After all, her story isn’t mine to tell, and I’m not sur...
ivacheung.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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ivacheung.com
Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo...

I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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advancinghealth.bsky.social
Join us this November for the Inaugural PHC CREST Conference!🎺

Focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist, this event will feature two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more. 

📆 Nov 6
📍St. Paul's Hospital/Virtual

Register: 
https://bit.ly/4nBsOx9
Date: November 6, 2025 Time: 8:00AM – 4:00PM Where: St. Paul’s Hospital Conference Centre, virtual attendance Brief description: This is the inaugural conference for the PHC Centre for Research Training (CREST) for Nursing and Allied Health. This event features two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more, focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist. Attendance information: No cost, registration encouraged (drop-ins welcome)
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
"Abundance has political influence, but it is not a fighting manifesto, or a plan to build an organized, participatory mass party, and its vision is reheated forty-year-old deregulation mixed with Internet YIMBYism."

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
How to Blow Up a Planet | Trevor Jackson
What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared
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September 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
If you follow me on the other place you are familiar with some of what I've gone through recently using wheelchair taxis. Some asked why I didn't use transit or HandyDart, I decided to answer that question.
Paypal link at bottom of post for those inclined. 🙏
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Is HandyDart Accessible? It Depends.
If wheelchair taxis aren't accessible then why not use regular public transit or Handydart?
mssinenomine.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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isabellazavarise.bsky.social
Just got to the Learning Bitcoin conference. The current panelist is talking about why there’s a drop in testosterone. The panel is called Decentralized Health and Wellness.
August 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
A priest and his power: Consent and the doomed rape case against a residential school principal
Roechelle Becker & @bethanylindsay.bsky.social

“There is no consent when agreement is induced by an authority figure,” @igrantubc.bsky.social

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A priest and his power: Consent and the doomed rape case against a residential school principal
Judge who found Bishop Hubert O’Connor guilty says concept of ‘genuine consent’ decided trial
theijf.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
I can't be certain based purely on this photo but it appears to me that what is really bad here is that there is a ramp leading to a platform where there is no space for a wheelchair user to sit. They do this then blame accessibility as one of the reasons for this ugly lump of painted concrete.
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
A society that withholds treatment that could ease a child’s suffering & possibly prolong her life reflects & reinforces a cruelty that doesn’t so much creep as it does march. A big boot just breached the threshold in BC.

NEW post by me about Charleigh Pollock.

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On Cruelty And The BC NDP Government's Decision to Not Fund Charleigh Pollock's Treatment.
It seemed impossible not to feel hopeful when radio host Adam Stirling shared that Josie Osborne, BC Minister of Health was, with very little notice, going to provide an update about the government’s ...
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July 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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wheelimm.bsky.social
Absolutely shameful of the BC NDP to pretend to not be playing politics with a disabled girl's life, particularly in the context of a rare disease (especially one which can result in multiple hospital stays in a year due to seizures and other sequelae). Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
NEW post by myself and @jhallinpeel.bsky.social responding to the pro-govt attack editorial in Times Colonist today.

Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.

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Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP And Their Apologist Press
This is post is jointly co-authored by Jeff Hall and Gabrielle Peters responding to the Editorial by The Times Colonist about Charleigh Pollock
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July 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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shannonhammond.bsky.social
“The dying are alive. Killing us more quickly - via MAiD or denying us treatments necessary to live - will not protect anyone else from death. In fact it will do the opposite and put everyone at greater risk of being among the dying prematurely.”
mssinenomine.bsky.social Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · Jun 26
NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
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BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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geronursing.bsky.social
Bureaucrats deciding to withhold physician-recommended care. And the elected politicians refusing to intervene. Why do we even need you if you aren't willing to serve your purpose to the electorate?
@davidebybc.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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geronursing.bsky.social
Do we as a society withhold medical care during the palliative stage of life? Care that is recommended by their physicians, makes them more comfortable, and prevents complications? I didn't think we did. This is the exact opposite of what palliative care is about.
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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geronursing.bsky.social
Sharing @mssinenomine.bsky.social important and timely post "BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication." For those not familiar with the case, the BC Ministry of Health has cut funding for a child with a rare disease.
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BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
mssinenomine.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
open.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
Omg the amazing and incredible @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
just won silver in the Scoop category at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards!!!

So deserved! Here's the story that won her the award.

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One third of B.C.’s ‘publicly funded substance-use treatment beds’ don’t provide any treatment
Victoria advocate ‘furious’ to learn province includes low-barrier housing in its total
theijf.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social
unions: they get the job done
IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION “Slip the switch” by flipping it while the trolley’s front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt. Thank a rail worker today!
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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suw.bsky.social
Absolutely amazing thread!
ellamchawk.bsky.social Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · May 29
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.
May 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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normative.bsky.social
The “tragic” element having less to do with their arrested adolescent angst than our obligation to live in the world they make of it.
May 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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normative.bsky.social
It is a uniquely boring & unsympathetic but nevertheless instructive sort of tragedy that some of the world’s wealthiest men are so transparently, desperately miserable.
May 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
Arguments like the one BC Ministry is making here only make sense if you live in a candy unicorn universe where employers are not motivated by efficiency and max profit and only ever act in the best interests of workers.
mssinenomine.bsky.social Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · May 28
I am not understanding this argument from Ministry.
It's true that protective clothing, physical demand of work etc. can impact. This is actually why it's even more important to establish a maximum temperature appropriate to the kind of work, apparel, equipment.

www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
In response to questions from The Tyee, the Ministry of Labour said it would not be regulating workplace temperature because heat stress and injury are caused by a combination of things such as humidity, radiant heat, the physical demands of work, individual health, hydration and clothing. “Because of this complexity regulations do not set a specific indoor temperature limit,” the ministry’s emailed statement said. “Instead, a risk-based approach is needed to account for all contributing factors.”
May 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
mssinenomine.bsky.social
We need comprehensive laws guaranteeing people access to mechanical cooling in their homes & workplaces as well as laws protecting safety of those who work outside.
"BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change"

@michellegamage.bsky.social

www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change | The Tyee
The rising threat of deadly heat waves increases the urgency, say workers.
www.thetyee.ca
May 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
BIG SMILES EVERYONE

so so proud of doing this without having to pass legislation that would immediately be successfully challenged. instead the government contracts Dr Vigo to

news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
New beds improve care for incarcerated people with mental-health, addiction issues
New involuntary care beds are now open at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, providing people in custody who are in crisis and have overlapping mental-health and addiction challenges, as well as brain i...
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April 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM