Lorraine Cameron
@raineycameron.bsky.social
❤️💧🌳🦉🐝🦍🐋🦌☮️ 🍉she/her settler on treaty 29 territory Respectfully Residing on Turtle Island
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January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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An emerging model is quietly turning Canadian patient medical records, and patients themselves, into lucrative commercial assets – often without patients’ explicit knowledge or consent.
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The quiet commercialization of primary care records - Healthy Debate
An emerging model is quietly turning Canadian patient medical records, and patients themselves, into lucrative commercial assets – often without patients' explicit knowledge or consent.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
An emerging model is quietly turning Canadian patient medical records, and patients themselves, into lucrative commercial assets – often without patients’ explicit knowledge or consent.
healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topi...
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I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level.
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.
globalnews.ca
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level.
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s passionate speech to global leaders last week was simply ironic.
PM’s rallying cry exuded passion — and irony
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s passionate speech to global leaders last week was simply ironic.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s passionate speech to global leaders last week was simply ironic.
"Advocate now for better funding for staffing and supplies. This is on the provincial government and will only get worse with increased privatization." #OnHealth #HealthCare #HealthCareForPeopleNotProfit
I’ve been away from Substack, and other social media platforms for almost three months.
Here’s why.
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Here’s why.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"Advocate now for better funding for staffing and supplies. This is on the provincial government and will only get worse with increased privatization." #OnHealth #HealthCare #HealthCareForPeopleNotProfit
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🚨 CPJ condemns the harsh 12-18 year prison sentence handed down to Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio after she was found guilty of financing terrorism. We call on authorities to immediately free her and stop targeting journalists.
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio
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#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🚨 CPJ condemns the harsh 12-18 year prison sentence handed down to Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio after she was found guilty of financing terrorism. We call on authorities to immediately free her and stop targeting journalists.
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio
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Join us for a meaningful evening of solidarity and creativity as we make Valentine cards to send to our Prime Minister and our Member of Parliament, calling for justice and equity for First Nations children
🗓 Jan 27th
⏰ 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 Amnesty International Toronto Office
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🗓 Jan 27th
⏰ 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 Amnesty International Toronto Office
amnesty.ca/event/cards-...
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Join us for a meaningful evening of solidarity and creativity as we make Valentine cards to send to our Prime Minister and our Member of Parliament, calling for justice and equity for First Nations children
🗓 Jan 27th
⏰ 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 Amnesty International Toronto Office
amnesty.ca/event/cards-...
🗓 Jan 27th
⏰ 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 Amnesty International Toronto Office
amnesty.ca/event/cards-...
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Thousands of people in Ontario are living in encampments, facing unsafe and unstable conditions every day. According to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)’s 2025 Homelessness Report Update, nearly 2,000 encampments now exist across Ontario, a 43% increase since 2023.
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thousands of people in Ontario are living in encampments, facing unsafe and unstable conditions every day. According to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)’s 2025 Homelessness Report Update, nearly 2,000 encampments now exist across Ontario, a 43% increase since 2023.
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As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation.
What appear as isolated historical “debates” are part of a coordinated strategy to erode confidence in Indigenous testimony and survivor truth.
What appear as isolated historical “debates” are part of a coordinated strategy to erode confidence in Indigenous testimony and survivor truth.
Confronting the far-right’s war on reconciliation
As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation. As professor and author Sean Carleton explains, w...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation.
What appear as isolated historical “debates” are part of a coordinated strategy to erode confidence in Indigenous testimony and survivor truth.
What appear as isolated historical “debates” are part of a coordinated strategy to erode confidence in Indigenous testimony and survivor truth.
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I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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Support Our Journalism Defence Fund PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in recent Canadian history. A former star candidate for ...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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EXCLUSIVE: In my 1st @rollingstone.com story, internal
@hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
@hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority”
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January 16, 2026 at 9:31 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In my 1st @rollingstone.com story, internal
@hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
@hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
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Amber Bracken "isn’t alone in experiencing this kind of censorship or interference at the hands of police ... The Canadian Association of Journalists has documented multiple examples of how law enforcement across Canada too often arrest or detain journalists." caj.ca/caj-stands-w...
CAJ stands with Amber Bracken as landmark press freedom trial begins - Canadian Association of Journalists
It’s been more than four years since Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken was unjustly arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) while on assignment for The Narwhal in northern British Co...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Amber Bracken "isn’t alone in experiencing this kind of censorship or interference at the hands of police ... The Canadian Association of Journalists has documented multiple examples of how law enforcement across Canada too often arrest or detain journalists." caj.ca/caj-stands-w...
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Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah defeats pro-Israel lawfare in landmark GMC ruling
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January 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah defeats pro-Israel lawfare in landmark GMC ruling
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www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260112-pal...
Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Housing Instability Among US Health Care Workers url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Housing Instability Among US Health Care Workers
This study examines rates of poverty, food insecurity, and housing instability among US health care workers.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Housing Instability Among US Health Care Workers url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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By standing up to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh is reshaping the Middle East - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/standing-abu-dhabi-riyadh-reshaping-middle-east
By standing up to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh is reshaping the Middle East
The UAE and Israel, backed by the US, have long sown the seeds of civil war and conflict across the region. Will they finally be held accountable?
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January 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
By standing up to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh is reshaping the Middle East - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/standing-abu-dhabi-riyadh-reshaping-middle-east
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This Sunday! Join me, Gabor Maté, Bill McKibben, Anjali Appadurai, Libby Davies, El Jones, Judy Rebick, Nas Yadollahi, and other guests for an All Day Outreach Party.
Together, we’ll invite thousands of new members into the NDP before the Jan 28 deadline.
RSVP: https://avilewis.link/january-11
Together, we’ll invite thousands of new members into the NDP before the Jan 28 deadline.
RSVP: https://avilewis.link/january-11
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This Sunday! Join me, Gabor Maté, Bill McKibben, Anjali Appadurai, Libby Davies, El Jones, Judy Rebick, Nas Yadollahi, and other guests for an All Day Outreach Party.
Together, we’ll invite thousands of new members into the NDP before the Jan 28 deadline.
RSVP: https://avilewis.link/january-11
Together, we’ll invite thousands of new members into the NDP before the Jan 28 deadline.
RSVP: https://avilewis.link/january-11
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Historical PFAS trends in the Great Lakes using four decades of archived fish.
#GreatLakes 🧪
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#GreatLakes 🧪
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January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Historical PFAS trends in the Great Lakes using four decades of archived fish.
#GreatLakes 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#GreatLakes 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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"I look for the day when there will be an investigation on the role of Western corporate media in this genocide. Because this is not a genocide that has been just overlooked. This is a genocide that has been justified and enabled by the media." — Francesca Albanese
#GazaGenocide #media #journalism
#GazaGenocide #media #journalism
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"I look for the day when there will be an investigation on the role of Western corporate media in this genocide. Because this is not a genocide that has been just overlooked. This is a genocide that has been justified and enabled by the media." — Francesca Albanese
#GazaGenocide #media #journalism
#GazaGenocide #media #journalism
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And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered:
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered:
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Francesca Albanese and the Lonely Road of Defiance
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Francesca Albanese and the Lonely Road of Defiance
The U.N. special rapporteur is one of the most courageous crusaders against the genocide in Gaza. Because of this, she is blacklisted and treated as if she is a terrorist.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Francesca Albanese and the Lonely Road of Defiance
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One of the most cited #cancer studies defending the safety of the world’s most used pesticide has officially been retracted, 25yrs later.
There should be
🚫 no renewals, registrations, or amendments of glyphosate-based products
✅ an expedited special review of its toxicity
👉https://bit.ly/4s2k1au
There should be
🚫 no renewals, registrations, or amendments of glyphosate-based products
✅ an expedited special review of its toxicity
👉https://bit.ly/4s2k1au
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One of the most cited #cancer studies defending the safety of the world’s most used pesticide has officially been retracted, 25yrs later.
There should be
🚫 no renewals, registrations, or amendments of glyphosate-based products
✅ an expedited special review of its toxicity
👉https://bit.ly/4s2k1au
There should be
🚫 no renewals, registrations, or amendments of glyphosate-based products
✅ an expedited special review of its toxicity
👉https://bit.ly/4s2k1au