Beth Wilson
@bethwilson416.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, Social Planning Toronto. she/her
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Immigrant and racialized women comprise the majority of home care personal support workers in the GTA.
Our new report, Caring About Care Workers, finds that they are subsidizing Ontario's home care system with their unpaid labour: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/carework
Our new report, Caring About Care Workers, finds that they are subsidizing Ontario's home care system with their unpaid labour: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/carework
Caring about Care Workers: Centring Immigrant Women Personal Support Workers in Toronto’s Home Care Sector
www.socialplanningtoronto.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Immigrant and racialized women comprise the majority of home care personal support workers in the GTA.
Our new report, Caring About Care Workers, finds that they are subsidizing Ontario's home care system with their unpaid labour: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/carework
Our new report, Caring About Care Workers, finds that they are subsidizing Ontario's home care system with their unpaid labour: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/carework
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We are so proud of our placement student, Rebecca Smith, whose social justice advocacy has been featured in this TorontoMet Today article. Check out all of TMU planned events for International Day of Persons with Disabilities: www.torontomu.ca/news-events/...
TMU marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
TMU student advocate draws on lived experiences to support disability inclusion on and off campus
www.torontomu.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are so proud of our placement student, Rebecca Smith, whose social justice advocacy has been featured in this TorontoMet Today article. Check out all of TMU planned events for International Day of Persons with Disabilities: www.torontomu.ca/news-events/...
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Carney's C-2 makes "sweeping changes to immigration policy that would make the process much more precarious for refugees and could pave the way for mass deportations."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it's taking cues from him."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it's taking cues from him."
With his immigration bill, Canada’s prime minister is bowing to Trump | Tayo Bero
Mark Carney’s Strong Borders Act would mean a crackdown on refugees as Canada seeks to bolster its relationship with the US
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Carney's C-2 makes "sweeping changes to immigration policy that would make the process much more precarious for refugees and could pave the way for mass deportations."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it's taking cues from him."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it's taking cues from him."
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Big new story from @dmehro.bsky.social
and @dell.bsky.social: WIRED got 911 records from a number of immigrant detention centers and the results, which may not be surprising, are shocking. Audio included www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
and @dell.bsky.social: WIRED got 911 records from a number of immigrant detention centers and the results, which may not be surprising, are shocking. Audio included www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Big new story from @dmehro.bsky.social
and @dell.bsky.social: WIRED got 911 records from a number of immigrant detention centers and the results, which may not be surprising, are shocking. Audio included www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
and @dell.bsky.social: WIRED got 911 records from a number of immigrant detention centers and the results, which may not be surprising, are shocking. Audio included www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
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In its announcement that it'll start charging a fee for the COVID-19 vaccine, Alberta cited the FDA decision to stop recommending routine COVID vaccines for pregnant people and healthy children. globalnews.ca/news/1124074...
Alberta to begin charging residents a fee to get the COVID-19 vaccine | Globalnews.ca
Albertans who want to continue to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus will have to pay out of pocket for it starting in the fall of 2025, the province announced on Friday.
globalnews.ca
June 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In its announcement that it'll start charging a fee for the COVID-19 vaccine, Alberta cited the FDA decision to stop recommending routine COVID vaccines for pregnant people and healthy children. globalnews.ca/news/1124074...
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In recent months, BC's Information Commissioner issued three orders and had to obtain a court order — a first in the province — in an effort to get the Northern Health Authority to respond to FOI requests.
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
BC Privacy Office Forced to Obtain Court Order for FOI Request | The Tyee
Commissioner says the ‘unprecedented step’ reflects the growing problem of the government neglecting its duty to provide records.
thetyee.ca
June 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In recent months, BC's Information Commissioner issued three orders and had to obtain a court order — a first in the province — in an effort to get the Northern Health Authority to respond to FOI requests.
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
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Union president "injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity." https://seiuca.org/press-releases/2025/06/06/seiu-california-president-david-huerta-injured-detained-at-ice-raid-in-los-angeles/
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Union president "injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity." https://seiuca.org/press-releases/2025/06/06/seiu-california-president-david-huerta-injured-detained-at-ice-raid-in-los-angeles/
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Not (apparently) nation-building projects: Expanding pharmacare, expanding mental health coverage, building affordable housing www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney to brief premiers on plan to fast-track major nation-building projects
Prime Minister hopes to pass bill by July 1 imposing two-year approval process for key infrastructure
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Not (apparently) nation-building projects: Expanding pharmacare, expanding mental health coverage, building affordable housing www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions.
This is such a huge story.
This is such a huge story.
This should be seen as evidence of the crisis: federal judges fear that Trump will order U.S. Marshals to stand down on securing the safety of judges whose decision they don’t like. This is just devastating.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
May 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions.
This is such a huge story.
This is such a huge story.
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The U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun assisting Trump's 'mass deportation' effort, sources and records show
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
April 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun assisting Trump's 'mass deportation' effort, sources and records show
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Interesting move to starve kids and kneecap the businesses that feed them while passing the proceeds back to billionaires
“.. would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits ..”
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May 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Interesting move to starve kids and kneecap the businesses that feed them while passing the proceeds back to billionaires
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HUD and state officials, attorneys and advocates describe a dismantling of federal fair housing enforcement efforts, with every step of the work of fighting discrimination slowed, constrained or halted entirely.
How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are…
www.propublica.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
HUD and state officials, attorneys and advocates describe a dismantling of federal fair housing enforcement efforts, with every step of the work of fighting discrimination slowed, constrained or halted entirely.
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Tomorrow, Toronto City Council will consider a bylaw that would limit where protests are allowed to take place.
Social Planning Toronto and 66 other organizations co-signed a letter expressing our concerns while the bylaw was still being drafted: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/bubble_zone_...
Social Planning Toronto and 66 other organizations co-signed a letter expressing our concerns while the bylaw was still being drafted: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/bubble_zone_...
67 Community Groups Call On City Council to Reconsider "Bubble Zone" Bylaw
www.socialplanningtoronto.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tomorrow, Toronto City Council will consider a bylaw that would limit where protests are allowed to take place.
Social Planning Toronto and 66 other organizations co-signed a letter expressing our concerns while the bylaw was still being drafted: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/bubble_zone_...
Social Planning Toronto and 66 other organizations co-signed a letter expressing our concerns while the bylaw was still being drafted: www.socialplanningtoronto.org/bubble_zone_...
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Professor Martine August said the report proves the long-standing theory of researchers and activists that financial landlords are the worst offenders for rising rents and diminishing affordability.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
‘Financial landlords’ more aggressive on raising Toronto rents than other landlords, study finds
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), asset managers and private equity firms raised rents farther above Toronto’s average rents than chains and individual landlords, the University of Waterloo study...
www.thestar.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Professor Martine August said the report proves the long-standing theory of researchers and activists that financial landlords are the worst offenders for rising rents and diminishing affordability.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
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Ombudsman: "As fall turned to winter, the tenants remained in unhabitable conditions. They slept under multiple blankets. Wore jackets to bed. Had their clothing and bedding ruined by mildew. And lived without running water to cook or bathe. One tenant described it as torture."
May 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ombudsman: "As fall turned to winter, the tenants remained in unhabitable conditions. They slept under multiple blankets. Wore jackets to bed. Had their clothing and bedding ruined by mildew. And lived without running water to cook or bathe. One tenant described it as torture."
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The Ombudsman tells the story. After a rooming house fire resulted in the utilities turning off service, Municipal Licensing & Standards decided not to enforce a bylaw that would require restoration of service.
"They were more sympathetic to the landlord than to the tenants."
"They were more sympathetic to the landlord than to the tenants."
May 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Ombudsman tells the story. After a rooming house fire resulted in the utilities turning off service, Municipal Licensing & Standards decided not to enforce a bylaw that would require restoration of service.
"They were more sympathetic to the landlord than to the tenants."
"They were more sympathetic to the landlord than to the tenants."
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Up first: the Ombudsman's report on the city's failure to properly help out rooming house tenants who were left without heat and hot water for six months. Ombudsman Kwame Addo is in the room and he's got a presentation for us. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda Item History 2025.CC30.3
Agenda Item History 2025.CC30.3
secure.toronto.ca
May 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Up first: the Ombudsman's report on the city's failure to properly help out rooming house tenants who were left without heat and hot water for six months. Ombudsman Kwame Addo is in the room and he's got a presentation for us. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
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For those interested and playing along at home, Council has scheduled the bubble zone protest bylaw as the first item of business for TOMORROW. No bubble talk until then.
May 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For those interested and playing along at home, Council has scheduled the bubble zone protest bylaw as the first item of business for TOMORROW. No bubble talk until then.
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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She was jailed for writing an opinion column
May 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
She was jailed for writing an opinion column
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Someday we'll look back at these everyday Bostonians resisting ICE's illegal abductions and remember them as the canaries in the coal mine. www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
Chaotic ICE arrest in Worcester leads to second arrest by local police
Witnesses believe that the two women who were arrested were mother and daughter, with ICE arresting the mother and Worcester police arresting the daughter.
www.masslive.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Someday we'll look back at these everyday Bostonians resisting ICE's illegal abductions and remember them as the canaries in the coal mine. www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
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We didn't learn much from Mark Carney's widely publicized meeting with Trump this week. What does the future of North American economic integration look like? By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnecon
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canada’s murky North American future - CCPA
USMCA “was actually very effective, and it’s still very effective” People “haven’t followed it” (yeah, we know) It was “a transitional step a little bit” It “terminates very shortly” It “gets renegoti...
www.policyalternatives.ca
May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We didn't learn much from Mark Carney's widely publicized meeting with Trump this week. What does the future of North American economic integration look like? By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnecon
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Election 2025 is done and women lost. The Liberals jettisoned the feminist cause to pivot from the Trudeau record; the CPCs harped on about "woke ideology". The needs and aspirations of women didn’t factor in at all. A blog. bit.ly/4m09XeZ
Gender equality was sidelined during the election. It’s time for a reset - CCPA
The Liberal Party’s election win caps a remarkable reversal in its fortunes over a few short months, with Canadians placing their bet on leader Mark Carney to confront and contain American threats to ...
bit.ly
May 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Election 2025 is done and women lost. The Liberals jettisoned the feminist cause to pivot from the Trudeau record; the CPCs harped on about "woke ideology". The needs and aspirations of women didn’t factor in at all. A blog. bit.ly/4m09XeZ