Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦
@kathleenogradyca.bsky.social
Founder & CEO, QUOI Media Group www.quoimedia.com
Ottawa Valley girl #cdnpoli enthusiast
Ottawa Valley girl #cdnpoli enthusiast
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I love this artwork. It's so perfectly integrated into the hill
The contempt the city has shown for this expensive and genuinely impressive piece of art it bought and proudly installed is just perfectly symbolic of how it treats both the public realm and its own investments.
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Artist fears Lansdowne installation may become '$2 million of scrap metal'
The final Lansdowne 2.0 report recommends decommissioning the art installation Moving Surfaces because there's no budget to restore it.
ottawacitizen.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I love this artwork. It's so perfectly integrated into the hill
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I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
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Governments must modernize the way they engage with citizens
"While Canada may not be in an American-style democracy crisis, trouble is brewing..."
#cdnpoli #democracy #legacysystems
"While Canada may not be in an American-style democracy crisis, trouble is brewing..."
#cdnpoli #democracy #legacysystems
Governments must modernize the way they engage with citizens
While Canada might not be in an American-style democracy crisis, trouble is brewing — trust is lacking in our democratic institutions...
quoimedia.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Governments must modernize the way they engage with citizens
"While Canada may not be in an American-style democracy crisis, trouble is brewing..."
#cdnpoli #democracy #legacysystems
"While Canada may not be in an American-style democracy crisis, trouble is brewing..."
#cdnpoli #democracy #legacysystems
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Me, after being asked to leave Chili's after having one too many happy hour margaritas:
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Me, after being asked to leave Chili's after having one too many happy hour margaritas:
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Putin did not show any respect to the U.S. - U.S. delegation had to wait for three hours for Putin and then he rejected the U.S. peace plan.
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Putin did not show any respect to the U.S. - U.S. delegation had to wait for three hours for Putin and then he rejected the U.S. peace plan.
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Medical students call for prevention and cessation initiatives with tobacco settlement monies
healthydebate.ca/2025/11/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2025/11/topi...
Medical students call for prevention and cessation initiatives with tobacco settlement monies - Healthy Debate
As medical students, we hope for a future where fewer of our patients suffer from preventable tobacco-related illness. A future within reach if we act now.
healthydebate.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Medical students call for prevention and cessation initiatives with tobacco settlement monies
healthydebate.ca/2025/11/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2025/11/topi...
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Opinion: Women entrepreneurs in the North face distinct social, cultural, and geographic obstacles
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Women entrepreneurs in the North face distinct social, cultural, and geographic obstacles
It is time for the federal government to adopt innovative funding and policy solutions that recognize and respond to the realities of women entrepreneurs in the North.
www.hilltimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Opinion: Women entrepreneurs in the North face distinct social, cultural, and geographic obstacles
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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For buy-local movements to be successful, product labels should tell the whole story of what we are paying for when we take out our wallets.
Read Zita Cobb's argument for Economic Nutrition labels, a new tool introduced by Shorefast.
Read Zita Cobb's argument for Economic Nutrition labels, a new tool introduced by Shorefast.
Product labels should do more to help people ‘Buy Canadian’ | Corporate Knights
OPINION | Economic Nutrition labels on products can be a powerful tool for buy-local movements to better support communities
www.corporateknights.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For buy-local movements to be successful, product labels should tell the whole story of what we are paying for when we take out our wallets.
Read Zita Cobb's argument for Economic Nutrition labels, a new tool introduced by Shorefast.
Read Zita Cobb's argument for Economic Nutrition labels, a new tool introduced by Shorefast.
Reposted by Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦
Mindblowing conversation with the Shorefast Institute for place-based economies - asset based community development at its best. Intrigued that their economic nutrition labels are being trialed by localgov authorities shorefast.org/economic-nut...
Economic Nutrition - Shorefast
Transform your business with Economic Nutrition – get started today! Every day we make choices about how we spend our money. Most people want to make buying decisions that have a positive impact on th...
shorefast.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mindblowing conversation with the Shorefast Institute for place-based economies - asset based community development at its best. Intrigued that their economic nutrition labels are being trialed by localgov authorities shorefast.org/economic-nut...
NEW economic Institute launching in Canada today
#cdnpoli
Here's their video:
shorefast.org/work/the-sho...
#cdnpoli
Here's their video:
shorefast.org/work/the-sho...
The Shorefast Institute - Shorefast
Uncovering and harnessing the Power of Place. A national initiative to catalyse the holistic development of local economies, big and small.
shorefast.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW economic Institute launching in Canada today
#cdnpoli
Here's their video:
shorefast.org/work/the-sho...
#cdnpoli
Here's their video:
shorefast.org/work/the-sho...
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There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers
by Carole Estabrooks and Janice Keefe.
hospitalnews.com/there-is-a-b...
by Carole Estabrooks and Janice Keefe.
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There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers – trauma-informed workplaces are a solution
Addressing the burnout crisis among LTC workers is vital. Find out how government action can improve mental health in care environments.
hospitalnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers
by Carole Estabrooks and Janice Keefe.
hospitalnews.com/there-is-a-b...
by Carole Estabrooks and Janice Keefe.
hospitalnews.com/there-is-a-b...
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Launch of new national economic engine – The Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies
New initiative aims to grow Canada’s economy from the ground up
#cdnpoli #innovation #economicdevelopment #placebased
#Canada
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New initiative aims to grow Canada’s economy from the ground up
#cdnpoli #innovation #economicdevelopment #placebased
#Canada
quoimedia.com/launch-of-ne...
Launch of new national economic engine - The Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies
A new initiative launched today to address Canada’s complex economic challenges by equipping communities with proven tools and networks...
quoimedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Launch of new national economic engine – The Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies
New initiative aims to grow Canada’s economy from the ground up
#cdnpoli #innovation #economicdevelopment #placebased
#Canada
quoimedia.com/launch-of-ne...
New initiative aims to grow Canada’s economy from the ground up
#cdnpoli #innovation #economicdevelopment #placebased
#Canada
quoimedia.com/launch-of-ne...
When #MAGA go after #SelenaGomez or use the songs of left-leaning big named pop stars, they don't do it unwittingly, they do it intentionally.
It generates tremendous media buzz.
Someone said early on, the cruelty is the point. That's the point here too: broadcasting more widely their cruelty.
It generates tremendous media buzz.
Someone said early on, the cruelty is the point. That's the point here too: broadcasting more widely their cruelty.
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When #MAGA go after #SelenaGomez or use the songs of left-leaning big named pop stars, they don't do it unwittingly, they do it intentionally.
It generates tremendous media buzz.
Someone said early on, the cruelty is the point. That's the point here too: broadcasting more widely their cruelty.
It generates tremendous media buzz.
Someone said early on, the cruelty is the point. That's the point here too: broadcasting more widely their cruelty.
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Ladies and gentlemen, make sure to keep your elbows firmly up while inside the vehicles bound for a country that's going to use them to illegally kidnap innocent men, women, and children share.google/ANhrgIX5WcIm...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, make sure to keep your elbows firmly up while inside the vehicles bound for a country that's going to use them to illegally kidnap innocent men, women, and children share.google/ANhrgIX5WcIm...
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I want everyone to recognize how shocking these words are coming out of the mouth of a US president.
Any other president would be removed immediately.
Any other president would be removed immediately.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I want everyone to recognize how shocking these words are coming out of the mouth of a US president.
Any other president would be removed immediately.
Any other president would be removed immediately.
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💕 it’s #InternationalDayOfPeopleWithDisabilities, which is a good time to talk about disability rights and justice.
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
💕 it’s #InternationalDayOfPeopleWithDisabilities, which is a good time to talk about disability rights and justice.
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It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Imagine using your wealth and power and intelligence to exclude a handful of the most vulnerable members of the community.
I mean, was this even really an issue beyond the hardline politicos? Doubtful
I mean, was this even really an issue beyond the hardline politicos? Doubtful
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Imagine using your wealth and power and intelligence to exclude a handful of the most vulnerable members of the community.
I mean, was this even really an issue beyond the hardline politicos? Doubtful
I mean, was this even really an issue beyond the hardline politicos? Doubtful
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Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
People are skating along the shore of the #OttawaRiver already!
(Yes, that's open water just beyond the skaters).
A yellow sky turning to pink and blue hues as the sun set.
#BritanniaPark #Ottawa
(Yes, that's open water just beyond the skaters).
A yellow sky turning to pink and blue hues as the sun set.
#BritanniaPark #Ottawa
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
People are skating along the shore of the #OttawaRiver already!
(Yes, that's open water just beyond the skaters).
A yellow sky turning to pink and blue hues as the sun set.
#BritanniaPark #Ottawa
(Yes, that's open water just beyond the skaters).
A yellow sky turning to pink and blue hues as the sun set.
#BritanniaPark #Ottawa