Chris Houston
@chrishouston.ca
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism (U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org
Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
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Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
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The BBC are at it again. 😉
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The BBC are at it again. 😉
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
🧵2/ Thanks to everyone who has donated time, wisdom, money to help us open the museum.
The fundraising, the renovations, the peace promotion continues.
📷: our main hall. Thanks to volunteers for their efforts to tidy up ahead of the painting and installation of museum-appropriate lighting.
The fundraising, the renovations, the peace promotion continues.
📷: our main hall. Thanks to volunteers for their efforts to tidy up ahead of the painting and installation of museum-appropriate lighting.
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
🧵2/ Thanks to everyone who has donated time, wisdom, money to help us open the museum.
The fundraising, the renovations, the peace promotion continues.
📷: our main hall. Thanks to volunteers for their efforts to tidy up ahead of the painting and installation of museum-appropriate lighting.
The fundraising, the renovations, the peace promotion continues.
📷: our main hall. Thanks to volunteers for their efforts to tidy up ahead of the painting and installation of museum-appropriate lighting.
🧵 1/ What a delight to host our first public event at the Canadian Peace Museum
Book launch: biography of local artist @antifascistwizard.bsky.social, written by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social and published by an independent local-ish press
Packed room, brilliant conversations.
Book launch: biography of local artist @antifascistwizard.bsky.social, written by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social and published by an independent local-ish press
Packed room, brilliant conversations.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
🧵 1/ What a delight to host our first public event at the Canadian Peace Museum
Book launch: biography of local artist @antifascistwizard.bsky.social, written by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social and published by an independent local-ish press
Packed room, brilliant conversations.
Book launch: biography of local artist @antifascistwizard.bsky.social, written by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social and published by an independent local-ish press
Packed room, brilliant conversations.
Just had my first social media post take down.
A video I shared of Ripley’s Aquarium over 4 years ago. Because the Little Mermaid tune I used is owned by someone. 😁
A video I shared of Ripley’s Aquarium over 4 years ago. Because the Little Mermaid tune I used is owned by someone. 😁
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Just had my first social media post take down.
A video I shared of Ripley’s Aquarium over 4 years ago. Because the Little Mermaid tune I used is owned by someone. 😁
A video I shared of Ripley’s Aquarium over 4 years ago. Because the Little Mermaid tune I used is owned by someone. 😁
This seems like a 📺Black Mirror episode.
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This seems like a 📺Black Mirror episode.
Book launch
📍 @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, Bancroft, Ontario
📆 Saturday, 12noon
📕 Biography of artist Arne Roosman, AKA @antifascistwizard.bsky.social by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social
📍 @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, Bancroft, Ontario
📆 Saturday, 12noon
📕 Biography of artist Arne Roosman, AKA @antifascistwizard.bsky.social by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Book launch
📍 @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, Bancroft, Ontario
📆 Saturday, 12noon
📕 Biography of artist Arne Roosman, AKA @antifascistwizard.bsky.social by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social
📍 @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, Bancroft, Ontario
📆 Saturday, 12noon
📕 Biography of artist Arne Roosman, AKA @antifascistwizard.bsky.social by local journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social
Kentucky plane crash: "The explosion engulfed at least two nearby businesses, including a petroleum recycling company."
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Kentucky plane crash: "The explosion engulfed at least two nearby businesses, including a petroleum recycling company."
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Was nice to watch baseball with Cornell West.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Was nice to watch baseball with Cornell West.
“The genocide in Gaza impacts us all” - @toronto.ca Mayor Olivia Chow.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“The genocide in Gaza impacts us all” - @toronto.ca Mayor Olivia Chow.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
My column: chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
October 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
My column: chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
I was quite sure you were building up to a Spinal Tap joke there.
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I was quite sure you were building up to a Spinal Tap joke there.
From the enthusiasts of “small government” and fiscal responsibility.
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
From the enthusiasts of “small government” and fiscal responsibility.
In Canada, it is considered normal to fund healthcare through gambling competitions....
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In Canada, it is considered normal to fund healthcare through gambling competitions....
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
....where the prizes include the same oversized vehicles that increase safety risks to kids.
I’m trying to enjoy the supermoon, but my roomies only care about dinner. Typical trash pandas.
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’m trying to enjoy the supermoon, but my roomies only care about dinner. Typical trash pandas.
10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...
Abnormalize the prison-industrial complex
September 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Abnormalize the prison-industrial complex
Bill Clinton: in this world of political BS, what is the one thing we can do?
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bill Clinton: in this world of political BS, what is the one thing we can do?
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
Newsom: help people understand that we CAN shape the future, and also reconcile our ambitions with those of others.
Newsom: there is a lot to do about boy’s and men’s mental health.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Newsom: there is a lot to do about boy’s and men’s mental health.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
One key thing (of many) is the lack of men in teaching roles for our kids.
Gavin Newsom on forest fires:
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
September 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Gavin Newsom on forest fires:
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
The hot is getting hotter. The dry dryer. The wet wetter.
California has more firefighters per sq-mile, largest fire truck fleet, doubled vegetation management budget, and yet in winter had a devastation fire.
100 mph winds a major factor. 16,000 structures affected
I’m very lucky to live here.
September 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I’m very lucky to live here.