Calling all grad students. You have until the end of the week to submit an op-ed into the Policy Options contest. Win some cash and a trip to Ottawa for our 50th anniversary. We will be publishing select finalists. Details:

NDP leadership candidate David Eby has dropped his housing platform. It’s huge, and represents one of the most sweeping shifts in BC housing policy I’ve seen. Among the highlights...

province overriding municipalities might make munis mad. But it might also be a relief that the province is willing to put in the political capital (and take the political heat) for some controversial but important decisions.

We need more support from MPs like Mike Morrice . Pierre Poilievre we implore you to instruct your MPs to stop the politicking. Disabled people need this bill to advance now. Disability Without Poverty @DWP_BC

According to ⁦Yellowhead Institute⁩ report by ⁦@ebaans_⁩ and ⁦@Ian_Mosby⁩ only THREE Calls to Action were done by 2021. Join us tonight at Beechwood Cemetery at 7 pm and all day tomorrow starting at 9 to learn from history & help make the Calls to Action a reality🧡

Beginning next week! #WishYouWereHere #WishHereWasBetter is a mobile event series that makes space for people impacted by the ongoing overdose crisis to mourn and imagine a more just future. Visit our website for the full program: buff.ly/3flZZHb #WYWHWHWB

Without the advocacy and contributions of Survivors, Sept. 30 would be just another day in the calendar. Survivors led us to this moment on the journey of reconciliation, while they have been on their own personal journeys of healing. See my #NDTR #NDTR2022 statement attached.

Starting tomorrow! Full program on the website. Mobile pop ups at several locations in Brampton and Mississauga. Archive talk at U of T. Overdose response training. Feast honouring those we’ve lost. ❤️

Does anyone remember the series of policy roundtables or forums or whatever that Ignatieff (as LPC leader) hosted on Parliament Hill in like 2010? This wasn't the Can150 conference in Montreal, I think it was before that. What were they called? Is Twitter better than Google?

😻Cat's out of the bag. I'm launching a research lab at Political Science in U of T Arts & Science—an international Indigenous politics research collaboratory. We're officially opening at the end of the month. AND...we're hiring! University of Toronto students, check out the ad below. Email me to apply.

I have voted AGAINST every ABC Vancouver candidate because they accepted the inappropriate police union endorsement. If Lisa Dominato, City Councillor, Rebecca Bligh, City Councillor, Peter Meiszner or Mayor Ken Sim are elected, they will need to recuse themselves on every vote affecting police action. #vanpoli

My latest on the beautiful Choose Life land-based ⁦Nishnawbe Aski Nation⁩ initiative. This is what hope looks like: driven by First Nations, supported by allies, run by love and a commitment from all to make sure each child feels pride in who they are. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Hi Toronto. I'm giving a talk about how historic protests against police racism and violence in 1980s Montreal enflamed the racial anxieties of the Far Right and the police brotherhood and resulted in the creation of the city's first street gang squad. Would love to see you.

Next week! Come join our panel with Karen Chapple Matt Elliott Gabriel Eidelman Alison Smith and @bigcitypolitics discuss what the strong mayor powers mean on October 19 at 4:30 pm. uoft.me/StongerMayors

I'm hiring a Communications Coordinator in the Indigenous Politics Collaboratory at Political Science. $28/hr for maximum 20 hr/week! Advanced University of Toronto students working in Indigenous Politics should apply with CV & letter of interest. Looking for experience & innovation. Email to apply.

Hmm, is there anyone else who could pay the reasonable price of a living wage for care and support workers who are essential to education…? The government. The answer is the government.

In this episode of In/Equality, @debthompsonphd to Alison Smith. What are the roles of cities, provinces, and the federal government in preventing extreme #housing insecurity? Tune in for a deep dive into policy on #homelessness. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/apri…

C O N G R A T S 👏👏Political Science UTM Political Science Alison Smith on being shortlisted for "Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada," University of Toronto Press in 🇨🇦 CPSA-ACSP 🇨🇦 2023 Donald Smiley Prize!