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Brenda Roche
@Brenroche
Director of Research, Wellesley Institute. ICPHR member. Tweets are my own
Toronto, Ontario. Katılım Nisan 2011
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🆘It’s 34C feels like 46C. Weather network says 47C. This is going to be deadly. We need cooling centres 24/7 @MayorOliviaChow

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@JakePyne Hi Jake, two really great anthropology texts worth reading are Formations of Violence by Allen Feldman and Shattering Silence by Begona Aretxaga
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Homeless in Ontario and want to vote in the upcoming provincial election? It isn't super easy, but I made you a one-page resource to help you to cast your ballot and make your voice heard!
You can download and print a PDF copy here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lkIX_a…

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For decades we've been trying (and failing) to get builders to build affordable housing. There's a better, simpler way thestar.com/opinion/for-de… via @torontostar
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The City of Toronto wants your feedback on addressing high indoor temperatures in apartment units. As the climate changes, tenants without air conditioning are at higher risk to heat-related health impacts.
Share your thoughts by September 30. ⬇️
toronto.ca/community-peop…
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Very important point: overdose death rates in Northern Ontario are double rates in Southern Ontario. Sites in Timmins & Sudbury were forced to close because the Ford govt refused to fund them. Now the only site left in Northern Ontario - in Thunder Bay - is being forced to close.
miki fern (covid 1, furious)@miki_fern
@GillianKolla this... northernontario.ctvnews.ca/extremely-conc…
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Delighted to see the wonderful @SheilaBlockTO receive the Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research! Well-deserved recognition for a brilliant, progressive career. #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnecon

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❄️TDIN HOLIDAY MEAL LIST❄️ View list of meal programs here tdin.ca/resource.php?i… that people experiencing homelessness can access during the winter holidays from Dec 22 to Jan 1, 2024. List will be updated regularly!

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The price of groceries in Canada has risen significantly. To help Canadians better understand their food-related costs, we have launched the new Food Price Data Hub, with @ISED_CA and @AAFC_Canada: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…

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"What started out as a temporary measure to help people during hard times has ballooned to the point where there are four times more food charities in the country than grocery stores" tinyurl.com/hwtrzbxt
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📢Tonight every @cityoftoronto councillor should be inundated with messages to provide immediate shelter to refugees & asylum seekers & Toronto's unhoused. Those councillors need to take a stand & ask @MayorOliviaChow & city manager to act.
Right now this federal armoury empty.

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Stop Barrie City Council Criminalizing Homelessness
Please sign.
When Toronto did this it was cruel, people suffered badly. The law prevented workers from feeding people and preventing freezing deaths. @SHJNetwork @TODropinNetwork
action.caeh.ca/barrie
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