10 provinces have said no to immigration detention in their jails. Instead of community-based alternatives, the feds plan on incarcerating migrants in its penitentiaries, a 'betrayal of the notion of our country as a nation of refuge," says Allan Rock. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot….

Four years ago today. The Mass Casualty Commission's final report gives us the tools to prevent violence and build safer communities for everyone. Today would be a great day to read the Commission's findings and recommendations: masscasualtycommission.ca

📢📢REGISTRATION NOW OPEN. Join Fernwood Publishing and El Jones for a symposium on policing and prison justice: the Abolitionist Intimacies Symposium.June 29-July 1, 2024 Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Register at bit.ly/3xwrLcS #abolition

Had an opportunity to listen in on the court case today for #Policy713 in Fredericton. Thank you to @egalecanada, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Chroma/Imprint, Equality New Brunswick and all of the allies who are standing up for the kids! It means so much to us and the affected families. 💙🩷🤍🏳️‍⚧️

What not to do is to be like Brad.

Folks, who is the reporter who persisted with Brad? Would love to know.

About 77,000 women are sitting in state prisons today, including almost 19,000 for drug crimes alone. 39% were single moms living with their kids at the time they were arrested.

When people protested Meghan Murphy, the head librarian said the Toronto Public Library was committed to the democratic value of free speech, whether or not it offended people. And now they’re banning poems by Palestinian academics and writers. The Palestinian exception yet again

I wrote this four years ago. It’s still relevant today. “Men who are privately dangerous to women are publicly dangerous to everyone.” halifaxexaminer.ca/mass-murders-2…

This case should also remind people why we have bail and the importance of it. If Mr. Zameer had not been granted bail he would have sat in prison for 3 years serving time for a crime he did not commit.

Three hundred bodies exhumed from a mass grave *in a fucking hospital* including the bodies of medics *still in scrubs and wearing handcuffs* and the loudmouths are sucking up all the energy arguing over whether students and other people are protesting the correct way

Embargo just lifted! A new study with over 700,000 patients shows, once again, that patients have better outcomes when cared for by female physicians. The benefit, as shown in some previous studies, is greatest for female patients. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

both funny and infuriating to see elected officials and media outlets portray Columbia University students who support Palestine as violent mobs when in reality, we are a bunch of nerds sitting on the grass.

Global Halifax #Boycott

In the absence of extensive changes to the text, I would argue that the pandemic treaty isn't worth the paper it's written on. If we push on without change, Canada cannot claim to be working in the service of health equity. Shame on us.

How are reproductive justice and the liberation of Palestine connected? Let’s talk about it! Tomorrow at 3pm ET join me & HEART’s Nadia & Jenin on IG Live to talk about what’s happening, what we can do to show up, and how we can build together towards reprojustice for all.

Canada will put Viola Desmond on the $10 bill for refusing to move her seat, but then people don’t want to support Sarah Jama when she refuses to move her seat. Always want to celebrate Black protest once Black people are safely dead.

We are so pleased to welcome Dr. DrDryden (JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies) to Dal Nursing! Dr. Dryden will be submitting a proposal for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair: Anti-Racism in Health Professions Education and Practice. dal.ca/faculty/health…

In the last 11 days in Canada FOUR Indigenous People, including a youth, were killed by POLICE- the latest killing happened yesterday: -August 30 Hoss Lightning, 15, shot and killed by RCMP -September 3, Tammy Bateman, struck (with cruiser) and killed by Winnipeg police