Amara Possian
@amarapossian.bsky.social
Taking care of my ancestors’ unfinished business & organizing for justice. Team Lead (350Canada). Archives nerd (UVic). Trainer, facilitator & coach.
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Draw the Line is getting national media attention! Read & share this article and make a plan to join us in the streets THIS SATURDAY 📢
"We're living in historic times and it requires a historic unity of struggle ... We need a common front."
#DrawTheLine
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/pro...
"We're living in historic times and it requires a historic unity of struggle ... We need a common front."
#DrawTheLine
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/pro...
Progressive groups rally 'common front' to march, challenge elements of Carney agenda
Canada-wide protests are planned this weekend, a coalition of progressive civil society groups say, in what organizers call an emerging "common front" to elements of the new Liberal government's agend...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
September 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Draw the Line is getting national media attention! Read & share this article and make a plan to join us in the streets THIS SATURDAY 📢
"We're living in historic times and it requires a historic unity of struggle ... We need a common front."
#DrawTheLine
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/pro...
"We're living in historic times and it requires a historic unity of struggle ... We need a common front."
#DrawTheLine
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/pro...
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On Saturday, Sept. 20, an unusual coalition of climate, migrant, and Indigenous groups are getting together to draw a line.
They're pushing back against @mark-carney.bsky.social's hard right turn against Indigenous Peoples and migrants.
I spoke to organizers about what the road ahead looks like:
They're pushing back against @mark-carney.bsky.social's hard right turn against Indigenous Peoples and migrants.
I spoke to organizers about what the road ahead looks like:
As Canada's new prime minister bends to big business and Donald Trump, a coalition of climate, migrant, Indigenous and anti-war activists are putting up a fight. Draw The Line rallies are being held across Canada on Saturday, including in Toronto. By @desaima.bsky.social.
‘Drawing the Line’ on Carney’s Right-wing Agenda
As the new prime minister bends to big business and Donald Trump, a coalition of climate, migrant, Indigenous and anti-war activists are putting up a fight.
www.thegrindmag.ca
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On Saturday, Sept. 20, an unusual coalition of climate, migrant, and Indigenous groups are getting together to draw a line.
They're pushing back against @mark-carney.bsky.social's hard right turn against Indigenous Peoples and migrants.
I spoke to organizers about what the road ahead looks like:
They're pushing back against @mark-carney.bsky.social's hard right turn against Indigenous Peoples and migrants.
I spoke to organizers about what the road ahead looks like:
I’ve launched my #Substack! My first story, shared after what would’ve been my mom’s 74th birthday, is now live.
Planning to write twice a month. I’m not active on here often so if you want new stories delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe here: amarapossian.substack.com
Planning to write twice a month. I’m not active on here often so if you want new stories delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe here: amarapossian.substack.com
377 etch | Amara Possian | Substack
Grief, inheritance, and home through the fragments that survive — one etch, one page at a time. Click to read 377 etch, by Amara Possian, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.
amarapossian.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ve launched my #Substack! My first story, shared after what would’ve been my mom’s 74th birthday, is now live.
Planning to write twice a month. I’m not active on here often so if you want new stories delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe here: amarapossian.substack.com
Planning to write twice a month. I’m not active on here often so if you want new stories delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe here: amarapossian.substack.com
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Member Spotlight: @amarapossian.bsky.social! 🌟
Meet Amara: an educator, community organizer, and 2024 IALA mentee. Based in Toronto, Amara uses storytelling to bridge her personal experience with social change for @350.org. Now, she’s turning inward with a memoir-in-progress! 📚
Meet Amara: an educator, community organizer, and 2024 IALA mentee. Based in Toronto, Amara uses storytelling to bridge her personal experience with social change for @350.org. Now, she’s turning inward with a memoir-in-progress! 📚
August 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Member Spotlight: @amarapossian.bsky.social! 🌟
Meet Amara: an educator, community organizer, and 2024 IALA mentee. Based in Toronto, Amara uses storytelling to bridge her personal experience with social change for @350.org. Now, she’s turning inward with a memoir-in-progress! 📚
Meet Amara: an educator, community organizer, and 2024 IALA mentee. Based in Toronto, Amara uses storytelling to bridge her personal experience with social change for @350.org. Now, she’s turning inward with a memoir-in-progress! 📚
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📢✊ On September 20, we are joining a mobilization of tens of thousands across climate, migrant & economic justice, and anti-war movements to unite to reject Prime Minister Carney’s attacks.
Join us to DRAW THE LINE: drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine
Join us to DRAW THE LINE: drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine
Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.
Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.
drawtheline.world
July 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📢✊ On September 20, we are joining a mobilization of tens of thousands across climate, migrant & economic justice, and anti-war movements to unite to reject Prime Minister Carney’s attacks.
Join us to DRAW THE LINE: drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine
Join us to DRAW THE LINE: drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine
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📣 100+ groups are urging PM Mark Carney to build an electricity grid powered by #renewables, not fossil fuels.
Updating Canada's grid can:
✅ Bring cheaper, more secure power
✅ Bring good jobs, better health
✅ Uphold Indigenous & workers’ rights
Full release: dsfdn.org/PressRelease...
Updating Canada's grid can:
✅ Bring cheaper, more secure power
✅ Bring good jobs, better health
✅ Uphold Indigenous & workers’ rights
Full release: dsfdn.org/PressRelease...
July 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣 100+ groups are urging PM Mark Carney to build an electricity grid powered by #renewables, not fossil fuels.
Updating Canada's grid can:
✅ Bring cheaper, more secure power
✅ Bring good jobs, better health
✅ Uphold Indigenous & workers’ rights
Full release: dsfdn.org/PressRelease...
Updating Canada's grid can:
✅ Bring cheaper, more secure power
✅ Bring good jobs, better health
✅ Uphold Indigenous & workers’ rights
Full release: dsfdn.org/PressRelease...
The statement they put out on wildfires doesn't even mention climate change?!
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Kananaskis Wildfire Charter
We, the Leaders of the G7, are deeply concerned that the world has experienced record-breaking wildfires across every forested continent over the past decade, often overwhelming available national res...
www.pm.gc.ca
June 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The statement they put out on wildfires doesn't even mention climate change?!
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
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🚫 The Senate is fast-tracking Bill C-5—shortening their review & effectively shutting people out of decisions that affect them.
Bill C-5 jeopardizes democratic process, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights. The Senate must send it back to the drawing board.
shorturl.at/nXN1u
Bill C-5 jeopardizes democratic process, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights. The Senate must send it back to the drawing board.
shorturl.at/nXN1u
Climate Action Network Canada calls on Senate to send Bill C-5 back to the drawing board - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
The Senate is abdicating their vital role as the chamber of sober second thought by shortening the review process. Hearings of Bill C-5 start this week.
shorturl.at
June 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🚫 The Senate is fast-tracking Bill C-5—shortening their review & effectively shutting people out of decisions that affect them.
Bill C-5 jeopardizes democratic process, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights. The Senate must send it back to the drawing board.
shorturl.at/nXN1u
Bill C-5 jeopardizes democratic process, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights. The Senate must send it back to the drawing board.
shorturl.at/nXN1u
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At the same time, those of us who want strong climate & social policy & a fairer tax system should be very wary of a sweeping Liberal majority.
For an excellent reminder of what that regret could feel like, check out this piece by @amarapossian.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
For an excellent reminder of what that regret could feel like, check out this piece by @amarapossian.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
The Liberal surge is a warning, not a solution
For those of us fighting for climate action, affordable housing and workers’ rights, Mark Carney's lead in the polls is an opportunity and a warning.
www.nationalobserver.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
At the same time, those of us who want strong climate & social policy & a fairer tax system should be very wary of a sweeping Liberal majority.
For an excellent reminder of what that regret could feel like, check out this piece by @amarapossian.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
For an excellent reminder of what that regret could feel like, check out this piece by @amarapossian.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
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350 Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social ran the Vote Together campaign that helped defeat Harper, but she also saw the pitfalls of "strategic" voting. Read her new op-ed in @nationalobserver.com on how we can avoid repeating those mistakes in #elxn45
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
The Liberal surge is a warning, not a solution
For those of us fighting for climate action, affordable housing and workers’ rights, Mark Carney's lead in the polls is an opportunity and a warning.
www.nationalobserver.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
350 Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social ran the Vote Together campaign that helped defeat Harper, but she also saw the pitfalls of "strategic" voting. Read her new op-ed in @nationalobserver.com on how we can avoid repeating those mistakes in #elxn45
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/o...
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Our Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social joined us to talk about how we’ve been here before.
In 2015, we defeated Harper but without pressure, Trudeau broke key promises (remember electoral reform & TMX?).
We need a plan to defeat Pierre AND push Carney to deliver real change in #elxn45 👇
In 2015, we defeated Harper but without pressure, Trudeau broke key promises (remember electoral reform & TMX?).
We need a plan to defeat Pierre AND push Carney to deliver real change in #elxn45 👇
April 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Our Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social joined us to talk about how we’ve been here before.
In 2015, we defeated Harper but without pressure, Trudeau broke key promises (remember electoral reform & TMX?).
We need a plan to defeat Pierre AND push Carney to deliver real change in #elxn45 👇
In 2015, we defeated Harper but without pressure, Trudeau broke key promises (remember electoral reform & TMX?).
We need a plan to defeat Pierre AND push Carney to deliver real change in #elxn45 👇
We're just getting started with @350canada.bsky.social's #elxn45 campaign launch.
Join us on zoom right now and get involved in the plan for the weeks ahead: dontgetplayed.ca/election-call/
Join us on zoom right now and get involved in the plan for the weeks ahead: dontgetplayed.ca/election-call/
Election Launch Call
Pierre pretends to be a friend to young people and workers struggling with economic uncertainty, but we can expose him for who he is: an Elon Musk-endorsed ally of the corporate billionaire class who ...
dontgetplayed.ca
April 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We're just getting started with @350canada.bsky.social's #elxn45 campaign launch.
Join us on zoom right now and get involved in the plan for the weeks ahead: dontgetplayed.ca/election-call/
Join us on zoom right now and get involved in the plan for the weeks ahead: dontgetplayed.ca/election-call/
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They're not calling it Project 2025, but don't be fooled- the Maple MAGA crowd is pulling their ideas straight from the same playbook:
☑️More oil and gas
☑️Reneging on net-zero commitments
☑️Roll back conservation and environmental protection
☑️Climate denial and delay
☑️More oil and gas
☑️Reneging on net-zero commitments
☑️Roll back conservation and environmental protection
☑️Climate denial and delay
Jordan Peterson is building a transatlantic movement to sabotage net-zero climate action.
Reporters with @desmog.bsky.social and @nationalobserver.com went behind the scenes in London to track how he's doing it.
Read more today from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/03/24/h...
Reporters with @desmog.bsky.social and @nationalobserver.com went behind the scenes in London to track how he's doing it.
Read more today from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/03/24/h...
How Jordan Peterson Became a Global Anti-Net Zero Power Broker
This special investigation between Canada’s National Observer and DeSmog was produced in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action and TRACE Foundation. “No more carbon...
www.desmog.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
They're not calling it Project 2025, but don't be fooled- the Maple MAGA crowd is pulling their ideas straight from the same playbook:
☑️More oil and gas
☑️Reneging on net-zero commitments
☑️Roll back conservation and environmental protection
☑️Climate denial and delay
☑️More oil and gas
☑️Reneging on net-zero commitments
☑️Roll back conservation and environmental protection
☑️Climate denial and delay
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🚨 It’s official: the federal election is set for April 28. The stakes could not be higher.
Canada is facing a climate crisis, a cost-of-living crisis, and a global trade war driven by Trump. And if Pierre Poilievre wins #elxn45? He'd make every single one of those crises worse. 🧵
Canada is facing a climate crisis, a cost-of-living crisis, and a global trade war driven by Trump. And if Pierre Poilievre wins #elxn45? He'd make every single one of those crises worse. 🧵
March 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🚨 It’s official: the federal election is set for April 28. The stakes could not be higher.
Canada is facing a climate crisis, a cost-of-living crisis, and a global trade war driven by Trump. And if Pierre Poilievre wins #elxn45? He'd make every single one of those crises worse. 🧵
Canada is facing a climate crisis, a cost-of-living crisis, and a global trade war driven by Trump. And if Pierre Poilievre wins #elxn45? He'd make every single one of those crises worse. 🧵
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Shocking, but not unexpected, given the very close links between Smith and the American far right. What is more concerning is the possibility Smith has been leaking Canadian strategy to her US friends 🧵
Smith to Breitbart: “What I fear is the longer this dispute goes on, politicians posture, and it seems to be benefiting the Liberals right now. So I would hope we could put things on pause is what I’ve told administration officials. Let’s just put things on pause so we can get through an election.”
Exclusive--Canadian Premier Danielle Smith: Trudeau Blew Tariff Negotiations in First Mar-a-Lago Meeting
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conseravtive Party told Breitbart News Saturday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set Canada back in tariff negotiations with America during a meeting wit...
www.breitbart.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Shocking, but not unexpected, given the very close links between Smith and the American far right. What is more concerning is the possibility Smith has been leaking Canadian strategy to her US friends 🧵
@mark-carney.bsky.social's first move as PM was to scrap the carbon tax, a concession to Big Oil and the Conservatives at a time when Canadians want more climate action, not less.
So, what’s his plan for a sustainable, affordable future?
So, what’s his plan for a sustainable, affordable future?
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@mark-carney.bsky.social's first move as PM was to scrap the carbon tax, a concession to Big Oil and the Conservatives at a time when Canadians want more climate action, not less.
So, what’s his plan for a sustainable, affordable future?
So, what’s his plan for a sustainable, affordable future?
Some great ideas in here by @avilewis.bsky.social: breachmedia.ca/trumps-econo...
Trump’s economic war is ours to win—if we ditch the corporate playbook and think big ⋆ The Breach
The tariff attack calls for bold, people-first solutions, not doubling down on the broken status quo
breachmedia.ca
March 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Some great ideas in here by @avilewis.bsky.social: breachmedia.ca/trumps-econo...
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350 Canada team lead @amarapossian.bsky.social breaks down why a made-in-Canada Green New Deal is the best response to Trump's tariff threats.
Instead of scrambling to prop up the system that made us so vulnerable, let's build something better. #cdnpoli #AllOfUs
allofustogether.ca/resilient-ca...
Instead of scrambling to prop up the system that made us so vulnerable, let's build something better. #cdnpoli #AllOfUs
allofustogether.ca/resilient-ca...
We saw this coming. Now, it’s time to fight for a Green New Deal for a Resilient Canada.
When Trump first took office, he wasted no time making reckless decisions—pulling out of the Paris Agreement, attacking migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, and emboldening far-right movements. Now, wit...
allofustogether.ca
February 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
350 Canada team lead @amarapossian.bsky.social breaks down why a made-in-Canada Green New Deal is the best response to Trump's tariff threats.
Instead of scrambling to prop up the system that made us so vulnerable, let's build something better. #cdnpoli #AllOfUs
allofustogether.ca/resilient-ca...
Instead of scrambling to prop up the system that made us so vulnerable, let's build something better. #cdnpoli #AllOfUs
allofustogether.ca/resilient-ca...
We are living in a dark timeline.
How are all of you approaching your socials? Trying to figure out what to do over here and would love some advice!
How are all of you approaching your socials? Trying to figure out what to do over here and would love some advice!
What a weekend. Before he's even inaugurated, President-elect Donald Trump has all the major tech platforms under his thumb.
• Musk a MAGA henchman
• Zuckerberg, Bezos vassels
• Google in DOJ antitrust cross hairs
• TikTok regards Trump as savior
• Musk a MAGA henchman
• Zuckerberg, Bezos vassels
• Google in DOJ antitrust cross hairs
• TikTok regards Trump as savior
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We are living in a dark timeline.
How are all of you approaching your socials? Trying to figure out what to do over here and would love some advice!
How are all of you approaching your socials? Trying to figure out what to do over here and would love some advice!
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📢 Today, Canada’s federal government released the final Clean Electricity Regulations, marking an important and hard-won step towards affordable, reliable energy for Canadians. 🎉
Read our full statement, with quotes from civil society: 👇
shorturl.at/8PyZe
Read our full statement, with quotes from civil society: 👇
shorturl.at/8PyZe
December 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM
📢 Today, Canada’s federal government released the final Clean Electricity Regulations, marking an important and hard-won step towards affordable, reliable energy for Canadians. 🎉
Read our full statement, with quotes from civil society: 👇
shorturl.at/8PyZe
Read our full statement, with quotes from civil society: 👇
shorturl.at/8PyZe
Yesterday feels like a fever dream.
December 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Yesterday feels like a fever dream.
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"Canada remains hostage to an outdated oil-driven agenda that clings to the energy past, when the future demands bold action and leadership on climate."
Full statement from @350org.bsky.social Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social on Canada's 2035 climate target: 350.org/press-releas...
Full statement from @350org.bsky.social Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social on Canada's 2035 climate target: 350.org/press-releas...
Canada’s Climate Target is Inconsistent with Preventing Climate Chaos
December 12, 2024 – The Canadian federal government announced its 2035 climate target: a reduction of 45-50% greenhouse gas emissions...
350.org
December 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
"Canada remains hostage to an outdated oil-driven agenda that clings to the energy past, when the future demands bold action and leadership on climate."
Full statement from @350org.bsky.social Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social on Canada's 2035 climate target: 350.org/press-releas...
Full statement from @350org.bsky.social Canada Team Lead @amarapossian.bsky.social on Canada's 2035 climate target: 350.org/press-releas...
Holding onto @pacinthe.bsky.social’s words:
“I’ve stopped looking up for leadership. I’m looking next to me. I’m going where the momentum is. Turn towards the momentum, the good, the dynamic that you want to see more of and support it. The more of us do this, the less risky it becomes.”
“I’ve stopped looking up for leadership. I’m looking next to me. I’m going where the momentum is. Turn towards the momentum, the good, the dynamic that you want to see more of and support it. The more of us do this, the less risky it becomes.”
December 3, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Holding onto @pacinthe.bsky.social’s words:
“I’ve stopped looking up for leadership. I’m looking next to me. I’m going where the momentum is. Turn towards the momentum, the good, the dynamic that you want to see more of and support it. The more of us do this, the less risky it becomes.”
“I’ve stopped looking up for leadership. I’m looking next to me. I’m going where the momentum is. Turn towards the momentum, the good, the dynamic that you want to see more of and support it. The more of us do this, the less risky it becomes.”
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🚨New Campaign Alert! 🚨
The biggest companies in the world are making record profits while we pay the price. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s time to tax their billions and build a future for #AllofUs.
Check it out: allofustogether.ca
The biggest companies in the world are making record profits while we pay the price. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s time to tax their billions and build a future for #AllofUs.
Check it out: allofustogether.ca
All of Us Together
All of us deserve better
allofustogether.ca
November 28, 2024 at 2:34 PM
🚨New Campaign Alert! 🚨
The biggest companies in the world are making record profits while we pay the price. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s time to tax their billions and build a future for #AllofUs.
Check it out: allofustogether.ca
The biggest companies in the world are making record profits while we pay the price. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s time to tax their billions and build a future for #AllofUs.
Check it out: allofustogether.ca