Joan Faux
@joantelferfaux.bsky.social
Concerned about our future. Bioregional regeneration, truth & reconciliation, equity, healthcare, public education, water, democracy, design, research, integrity, empathy. Doing many things
Banner: photo looking up blue sky through cedar trees
Banner: photo looking up blue sky through cedar trees
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Essential Reading:
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
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"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
A Movement That’s Quietly Reshaping Democracy For The Better | NOEMA
Citizens’ assemblies can help us better address societal challenges, overcome polarization and strengthen trust.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Essential Reading:
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
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BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
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Doug Ford. Climate denier. Liar. The thief of your children's future.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Doug Ford. Climate denier. Liar. The thief of your children's future.
#onpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
#onpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
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The Ontario Autism Coalition, Community Living Ontario, ETFO, and countless parents have spoken out: special education is in crisis. Chronic underfunding continues to fail children with disabilities. The Minister of Education needs to fund our schools and protect our students.
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Ontario Autism Coalition, Community Living Ontario, ETFO, and countless parents have spoken out: special education is in crisis. Chronic underfunding continues to fail children with disabilities. The Minister of Education needs to fund our schools and protect our students.
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The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality. While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services #canpoli #onpoli ricochet.media/labour/class...
The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality
While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services
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November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality. While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services #canpoli #onpoli ricochet.media/labour/class...
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The truth about those Ring of Fire ads Ontario paid for during Blue Jays games:
Doug Ford’s World Series advertisements might have you think mines are up and running in the remote region, but that’s far from the truth #onpoli #environment #climate #RingOfFire
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Doug Ford’s World Series advertisements might have you think mines are up and running in the remote region, but that’s far from the truth #onpoli #environment #climate #RingOfFire
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
thenarwhal.ca
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The truth about those Ring of Fire ads Ontario paid for during Blue Jays games:
Doug Ford’s World Series advertisements might have you think mines are up and running in the remote region, but that’s far from the truth #onpoli #environment #climate #RingOfFire
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Doug Ford’s World Series advertisements might have you think mines are up and running in the remote region, but that’s far from the truth #onpoli #environment #climate #RingOfFire
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
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Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’
Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’
For decades, Zlatko Starkovski has leased the historic Exhibition Place building, which hosted PC fundraisers and the party’s campaign manager’s wedding in recent years
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November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’
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Is this the reason the Minister of Education ended school board meeting livestreaming? Now they can sell TDSB school board land from right under our nose! What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove... #topoli #onted
What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local
The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Is this the reason the Minister of Education ended school board meeting livestreaming? Now they can sell TDSB school board land from right under our nose! What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove... #topoli #onted
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So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Ford government supervisors can charge $350K per year to school boards | Globalnews.ca
Several school boards in Ontario, including Toronto public, Toronto Catholic and Ottawa-Carleton, have been under the management of supervisors for months.
globalnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
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“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎
The Nature of David Suzuki | The Tyee
The celebrated Vancouver scientist turns 90 next year. And shows no signs of slowing down.
thetyee.ca
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎
NEW: The Ford government is amalgamating Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into just seven and creating a new centralized agency to govern them, promising the change will not result in job losses or changes to their mandate. #onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1150461...
globalnews.ca/news/1150461...
Ford government amalgamating Ontario’s conservation authorities | Globalnews.ca
The minister of the environment, conservation and parks announced the changes Friday morning, along with the creation of the Ontario Provincial Conservation Authority.
globalnews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ontario is so broken #ONpoli
UPDATED: The AG's office confirms changes to elections in Ontario will be "effective immediately" if they are passed.
Means Doug Ford could stay on as premier until 2030 without calling an election, which was previously scheduled for 2029. #onpoli
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Means Doug Ford could stay on as premier until 2030 without calling an election, which was previously scheduled for 2029. #onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1149664...
Ford government to raise donation limits, scrap fixed-term elections | Globalnews.ca
The sweeping changes to how elections will work in the province were announced through a news release by the provincial government on Monday afternoon.
globalnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ontario is so broken #ONpoli
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The Ford government has been picking away at Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, which enshrines the public’s power to know and influence decisions that affect the environment. Here’s what’s left of it: thenarwhal.ca/environmenta...
Does Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights have teeth? | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government has picked away at the law that enshrines the public’s power in decision-making that affects Ontario’s environment. Here’s what’s left
thenarwhal.ca
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Canada’s plant hardiness zone maps and website get an update
natural-resources.canada.ca/stories/simp...?
natural-resources.canada.ca/stories/simp...?
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Canada’s plant hardiness zone maps and website get an update
natural-resources.canada.ca/stories/simp...?
natural-resources.canada.ca/stories/simp...?
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Whilst PM @mark-carney.bsky.social plans on expanding fossil fuels prod’n, the world is reaching tipping pts, from which we can expect more severe weather events, esp in northern hemisphere:
“The findings, published on Thursday in Science Advances, examined
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
“The findings, published on Thursday in Science Advances, examined
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
New study shows disruption of ocean currents that stabilize the global climate
Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Whilst PM @mark-carney.bsky.social plans on expanding fossil fuels prod’n, the world is reaching tipping pts, from which we can expect more severe weather events, esp in northern hemisphere:
“The findings, published on Thursday in Science Advances, examined
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
“The findings, published on Thursday in Science Advances, examined
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
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CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
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As of September 30th, “85% of the country was classified as Abnormally Dry (D0) or Moderate to Extreme Drought (D1 to D3), including 76% of the country's agricultural landscape.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As of September 30th, “85% of the country was classified as Abnormally Dry (D0) or Moderate to Extreme Drought (D1 to D3), including 76% of the country's agricultural landscape.”
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Wanted to respond to some of the arguments put forward against the idea postal banking.
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wanted to respond to some of the arguments put forward against the idea postal banking.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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By investing huge amounts of money on car infrastructure and underinvesting in everything else, the government is basically creating another tax: you need a car to participate in society. It’s another cost that the government forces you to incur due to its transportation and land use decisions
September 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
By investing huge amounts of money on car infrastructure and underinvesting in everything else, the government is basically creating another tax: you need a car to participate in society. It’s another cost that the government forces you to incur due to its transportation and land use decisions
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House of Commons Petition, e-6811 (Health), petition to the Minister of Health. Petition to the federal government, calling on them to enforce the Canada Health Act in Ontario where the Ford government is violating it with their private clinics.
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www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6811 - Petitions
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September 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
House of Commons Petition, e-6811 (Health), petition to the Minister of Health. Petition to the federal government, calling on them to enforce the Canada Health Act in Ontario where the Ford government is violating it with their private clinics.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2025...
‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency
‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2025...
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The Goldilocks Zone of North America: Why Ontario is Worth Saving youtube.com/shorts/KUFOk... via @YouTube
The Goldilocks Zone of North America: Why Ontario is Worth Saving
YouTube video by Ontario Greenbelt Alliance
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September 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The Goldilocks Zone of North America: Why Ontario is Worth Saving youtube.com/shorts/KUFOk... via @YouTube
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Well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas will not help and could harm, warn experts. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas will not help and could harm, warn experts
Five well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems, communities, international relations, and our chances of reaching net zero by 2...
news.exeter.ac.uk
September 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas will not help and could harm, warn experts. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...