Sharon Reiner
@sreiner.bsky.social
I live, work and play on Treaty 6 Land. Often on a golf course. #bookish #curious #NotUS
If every day is #BlackFriday, no day is #BlackFriday. But if you must: #MadeInCanada #BuyCanadian #ShopCanada -- and don't forget that #GivingTuesday is coming soon. How about "Paint a Dream" - give.charityvillage.com/32dvd0?ref=a...
Paint Their Dreams: Giving Tuesday $4,000 Sleeping Room Refresh
Help McDougall House paint a brighter future this Giving Tuesday, Dec. 2nd, by donating to our $4,000 Sleeping Room Refresh project to transform bedrooms into calming spaces for women in recovery!
give.charityvillage.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If every day is #BlackFriday, no day is #BlackFriday. But if you must: #MadeInCanada #BuyCanadian #ShopCanada -- and don't forget that #GivingTuesday is coming soon. How about "Paint a Dream" - give.charityvillage.com/32dvd0?ref=a...
I love this!
I just watched a video claiming the goal is to start Recall Petitions for every UCP-CONservative MLA in 🇨🇦Alberta; including Premier Danielle (Marlaina) Smith. How very, very interesting - birds coming home to roost maybe?
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I love this!
At McDougall House women find a safe environment to rebuild their lives after #homelessness, #hospitalization & #addiction. We combat #poverty in #Edmonton
Please support & share our #GivingTuesday @andrewknack.bsky.social @lleohn.bsky.social @nhgrown.bsky.social @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
Please support & share our #GivingTuesday @andrewknack.bsky.social @lleohn.bsky.social @nhgrown.bsky.social @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
Let’s put #BlackFriday behind us and embrace #GivingTuesday - Breathe. Give. Back. The McDougall House healing space needs a boost. Donations to #RefreshForRest as well as any end of the year giving is greatly appreciated.
#GiveBack #Life #Strength #MentalHealth #Addictions #Recovery #Success
#GiveBack #Life #Strength #MentalHealth #Addictions #Recovery #Success
Paint Their Dreams: Giving Tuesday $4,000 Sleeping Room Refresh
Help McDougall House paint a brighter future this Giving Tuesday, Dec. 2nd, by donating to our $4,000 Sleeping Room Refresh project to transform bedrooms into calming spaces for women in recovery!
fnd.us
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At McDougall House women find a safe environment to rebuild their lives after #homelessness, #hospitalization & #addiction. We combat #poverty in #Edmonton
Please support & share our #GivingTuesday @andrewknack.bsky.social @lleohn.bsky.social @nhgrown.bsky.social @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
Please support & share our #GivingTuesday @andrewknack.bsky.social @lleohn.bsky.social @nhgrown.bsky.social @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
Let’s put #BlackFriday behind us and embrace #GivingTuesday - Breathe. Give. Back. The McDougall House healing space needs a boost. Donations to #RefreshForRest as well as any end of the year giving is greatly appreciated.
#GiveBack #Life #Strength #MentalHealth #Addictions #Recovery #Success
#GiveBack #Life #Strength #MentalHealth #Addictions #Recovery #Success
Paint Their Dreams: Giving Tuesday $4,000 Sleeping Room Refresh
Help McDougall House paint a brighter future this Giving Tuesday, Dec. 2nd, by donating to our $4,000 Sleeping Room Refresh project to transform bedrooms into calming spaces for women in recovery!
fnd.us
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Let’s put #BlackFriday behind us and embrace #GivingTuesday - Breathe. Give. Back. The McDougall House healing space needs a boost. Donations to #RefreshForRest as well as any end of the year giving is greatly appreciated.
#GiveBack #Life #Strength #MentalHealth #Addictions #Recovery #Success
#GiveBack #Life #Strength #MentalHealth #Addictions #Recovery #Success
Public Education itself is at risk by the UCP - via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee
MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.
thetyee.ca
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Public Education itself is at risk by the UCP - via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why is this not bigger news? @theglobeandmail.com @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @cbcqueenspark.bsky.social @carrietait.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Potential cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada could take us back to the Harper days - CCPA
On April 28, women voters delivered a major victory for the Liberal party, turning around the electoral fortunes of a party that had been trailing its major opponent by 25 points in the year leading u...
www.policyalternatives.ca
August 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I want to mail something with this stamp right now #Pride2025
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
Stamp release pays homage to Calgary’s iconic Club Carousel
The members-only establishment was a pioneering safe space for the queer community in the Prairies
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I want to mail something with this stamp right now #Pride2025
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
DOGE is coming here, or maybe it's already here. Like this article says -- our version of it anyway. Be afraid, be very afraid. Thanks for a great piece @vassb.bsky.social
Rich tech leaders are sharing their ideas about how political decisions should be made. Vass Bednar, executive director of McMaster University’s master of public policy in digital society, has to wonder: Is a Canadian version of DOGE in our future? thewalrus.ca/are-a-handful-of...
April 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
DOGE is coming here, or maybe it's already here. Like this article says -- our version of it anyway. Be afraid, be very afraid. Thanks for a great piece @vassb.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Highly recommend.
This is today, 5 ET! So much to unpack now that the push- back is rolling. Which fights to pick? What should we learn from past successes and disappointments? Send requests!
Trump's Hammer, Our Hope 🌱
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the cascading crisis and how we can fight back.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the cascading crisis and how we can fight back.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
April 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Highly recommend.
I guess Golden Age means Gilded Age. The previous one was a lovely dream for some, but a nightmare for most. On a related note, I wonder who will build the libraries, opera houses, and theatres this time? Asking for a friend.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Trump’s quest for a new Gilded Age
The Wall Street Journal warns that Trump’s “dumbest trade war in history” could lead to recession. But, as McGill University professor Daniel Cere explains, his policies might not be born out of ignor...
canadiandimension.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I guess Golden Age means Gilded Age. The previous one was a lovely dream for some, but a nightmare for most. On a related note, I wonder who will build the libraries, opera houses, and theatres this time? Asking for a friend.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Feels like we should be able to pull this off in Alberta, eh?
April 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Feels like we should be able to pull this off in Alberta, eh?
Unless we examine capitalism to reflect true environmental costs, it will collapse under its own weight. Starting with the insurance companies I guess.
@canrac.bsky.social is trying to get climate on the ballot. Given @mark-carney.bsky.social 's background on this, it really should be.
@canrac.bsky.social is trying to get climate on the ballot. Given @mark-carney.bsky.social 's background on this, it really should be.
Trump is using several methods to destroy the world economy. A tariff war is one, but the biggest one is his war on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Unless we examine capitalism to reflect true environmental costs, it will collapse under its own weight. Starting with the insurance companies I guess.
@canrac.bsky.social is trying to get climate on the ballot. Given @mark-carney.bsky.social 's background on this, it really should be.
@canrac.bsky.social is trying to get climate on the ballot. Given @mark-carney.bsky.social 's background on this, it really should be.
For anyone thinking there is little difference in the election campaigns, here @lindamcquaig.bsky.social makes some good points.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For anyone thinking there is little difference in the election campaigns, here @lindamcquaig.bsky.social makes some good points.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Yes! Be "concerned that the incoming Prime Minister, whoever it may be, won’t understand that this threat isn’t just an economic one" Big #Elextn2025 ideas welcome. Great insight from @sandela.bsky.social on her pod this week #NotUS #ElbowsUp #StopHate @antihate.ca
www.antihate.ca/election_202...
www.antihate.ca/election_202...
Election 2025: Canadian Anti-Hate Network’s Concerns
We must avoid following in the footsteps of the United States, which has embraced far-right authoritarianism.
www.antihate.ca
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yes! Be "concerned that the incoming Prime Minister, whoever it may be, won’t understand that this threat isn’t just an economic one" Big #Elextn2025 ideas welcome. Great insight from @sandela.bsky.social on her pod this week #NotUS #ElbowsUp #StopHate @antihate.ca
www.antihate.ca/election_202...
www.antihate.ca/election_202...
Nonviolent resistance to this mess! Love it. @riverasun.bsky.social @paceebeneorg.bsky.social #NotUS
Just learned about this on Maddow! Check out “resistance labs”. SHARE SHARE SHARE! And sign-up! #REPOST #resist #resistance www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back”
The former leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus discusses her recently launched “Resistance Lab,” where Democratic leadership is failing, and what must be done.
www.thenation.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nonviolent resistance to this mess! Love it. @riverasun.bsky.social @paceebeneorg.bsky.social #NotUS
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🎧 Discover thought-provoking Canadian podcasts from The Walrus. From untold histories to bold ideas shaping the future, each series brings deep storytelling and fresh perspectives. Listen now: thewalrus.ca/podcasts/
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎧 Discover thought-provoking Canadian podcasts from The Walrus. From untold histories to bold ideas shaping the future, each series brings deep storytelling and fresh perspectives. Listen now: thewalrus.ca/podcasts/
"Equality is not yet achieved in any way, shape or form" - Hawa Dumbuya-Sesay, executive director for YWCA N.W.T.
Let's not regress @mark-carney.bsky.social #ElbowsUp #NotUS
Election watch: @thewalrus.ca @thetyee.ca @readthemaple.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @briarpatchmag.bsky.social
Let's not regress @mark-carney.bsky.social #ElbowsUp #NotUS
Election watch: @thewalrus.ca @thetyee.ca @readthemaple.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @briarpatchmag.bsky.social
Reinstate federal minister for women, gender equality and youth, say northern organizations | CBC News
Northern women's organizations are calling on the prime minister to reinstate a dedicated federal minister for women and gender equality and youth (WAGE).
www.cbc.ca
March 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Equality is not yet achieved in any way, shape or form" - Hawa Dumbuya-Sesay, executive director for YWCA N.W.T.
Let's not regress @mark-carney.bsky.social #ElbowsUp #NotUS
Election watch: @thewalrus.ca @thetyee.ca @readthemaple.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @briarpatchmag.bsky.social
Let's not regress @mark-carney.bsky.social #ElbowsUp #NotUS
Election watch: @thewalrus.ca @thetyee.ca @readthemaple.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @briarpatchmag.bsky.social
Where is our choice that is committed to fighting the anti-feminist global shift to the right? Cutting the Women's Ministry doesn't feel like Liberal is the choice. Do better @mark-carney.bsky.social if you want my vote. @criaw-icref.bsky.social #DemandBetter #feminism #cdnpoli
Feminist organizations fear loss of representation because of cabinet cuts
Mark Carney cutting the Ministry for Women, Gender Equality, and Youth from cabinet has raised concerns with feminist organizations.
rabble.ca
March 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Where is our choice that is committed to fighting the anti-feminist global shift to the right? Cutting the Women's Ministry doesn't feel like Liberal is the choice. Do better @mark-carney.bsky.social if you want my vote. @criaw-icref.bsky.social #DemandBetter #feminism #cdnpoli
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We need Hillary Clinton here.
March 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We need Hillary Clinton here.
This is a bad sign. Let's watch for gender in the @mark-carney.bsky.social platform. Should be coming next week. Thank you @criaw-icref.bsky.social and the list.
So many of you were quick to paint me as a hysterical overreactor but my concern is shared by the broader women's & labour movements in Canada.
Numerous Groups like CRIAW, Action Canada, Women's Shelters Canada, CUPE, Canadian Women's Foundation & others protested the decision while at the UN. ⬇️
Numerous Groups like CRIAW, Action Canada, Women's Shelters Canada, CUPE, Canadian Women's Foundation & others protested the decision while at the UN. ⬇️
March 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is a bad sign. Let's watch for gender in the @mark-carney.bsky.social platform. Should be coming next week. Thank you @criaw-icref.bsky.social and the list.
Will @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social enforce Canadian laws so our newspapers are Canadian-owned? This feels fundamental, especially in light of threats to the @savethecbc.bsky.social . Looking forward to this in the Liberal platform #NotUS
@lindamcquaig.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
@lindamcquaig.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Will @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social enforce Canadian laws so our newspapers are Canadian-owned? This feels fundamental, especially in light of threats to the @savethecbc.bsky.social . Looking forward to this in the Liberal platform #NotUS
@lindamcquaig.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
@lindamcquaig.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Capitalism for the win.
March 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Capitalism for the win.
"Maple Washing" - I love it! Thanks @vassb.bsky.social The Big Fix is an impressive take on what is really making us poor in Canada. No easy answers to buying Canadian, but it's great to see people making an effort and caring to learn.
What should Canadian consumers do amidst tariff threats from the U.S.? @jimbostanford.bsky.social is joined by @vassb.bsky.social and Jim Hinton to discuss what more "Made in Canada" could mean with @spaikin.bsky.social on The Agenda tonight at 8pm and 11pm ET. Producer: @britweaver.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Maple Washing" - I love it! Thanks @vassb.bsky.social The Big Fix is an impressive take on what is really making us poor in Canada. No easy answers to buying Canadian, but it's great to see people making an effort and caring to learn.
