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michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Sep 11

Not @heyneighbourcollective.ca @neil21.bsky.social - we're not developers 😀

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Hey Neighbour Collective @heyneighbourcollective.ca · Jun 4

HNC recently convened nearly 200 people from across sectors for a two-day ‘collective action’ event to explore the connections between housing, social health, and resilience. The recap is up + more is coming in our June newsletter! 🫧 www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/05/symp...

Symposium recap: Living Together 2025

Two-day ‘collective action’ event gathers nearly 200 people to dig into the connections between housing, social health and resilience.

www.heyneighbourcollective.ca

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Mar 11

This bestselling Canadian author says she didn't think twice before cancelling U.S. book-tour dates in response to Trump's tariffs. Q+A w/ @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social by @mattgalloway.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur... via @cbcnews.ca

Author Louise Penny says she didn't think twice before cancelling U.S. book-tour dates | CBC Radio

The novelist first announced the decision last week in a social media post. She says the choice isn’t a political one, but a moral one.

www.cbc.ca

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 11

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Mar 3

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michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Feb 21

Yeah....really didn't need more cortisol running through my system today!

michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Feb 21

Holy shit yes. Whole house trembled.

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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is a letter-writing campaign to Ontario political party leaders created by Diana Chan McNally.
Please have a look and sign. #onpoli

#Humanrights approach to #homelessness #encampment

homelessrights.ca/get-involved

Meme. Yellow wording on Black. I can’t stay healthy when I’m homeless.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 17

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · Feb 17

Target's shareholders lost $15 billion of net worth in their holdings of Target common stock when Target announced they were dropping DEI initiatives.

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michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Feb 7

Way to go @jenstden.bsky.social !!!

michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Feb 7

Ah, love this! What a fun night that was @katemulligan.bsky.social

Kate Mulligan @katemulligan.bsky.social · Jan 19

So inspiring & energizing to spend time with these amazing women advancing health & community in housing!

Michelle Hoar, Hey Neighbour Collective
Andrea Nemtin, Social Innovation Canada
Srija Biswas, @cisp-icps.bsky.social
Sue Lantz Collaborative Aging
Jen Recknagel, NORC Innovation Centre

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michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Feb 3

You might enjoy these resources from @heyneighbourcollective.ca & @happycities.com, @strongtowns.org!

www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2023/12/buil...

www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/topic/commun...

Building social connections: Case studies to inspire socially connected multi-unit housing

Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and Simon Fraser University are working with six local governments in Metro Vancouver to co-create policies for social wellbeing in multi-unit housing.

www.heyneighbourcollective.ca

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · Feb 3

If we're all taking a moment to celebrate Canadian and local food, then there's no better time to re-post this amazing series by @bychrischeung.bsky.social about delicious local food made by family-owned businesses here in B.C.
thetyee.ca/News/2023/05...

When We Celebrate ‘Local Food,’ What Gets Left Out? | The Tyee

Diasporas produce a vital but unheralded food industry in Canada. Can we make it easier to set up shop and grow? Last in a series.

thetyee.ca

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · Feb 3

Please read this thoughtful essay by @melwoods.me

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Feb 1

The world is in the midst of a Trump 2.0-sized reckoning, and the social media infrastructure upon which we’ve built our society suddenly feels a lot less stable.

@melwoods.me writes. 🦋

Goodbye, Musk. The ‘X-odus’ Is Here | The Tyee

A great social media shakeup is in full swing. But why is it so hard to break up with Zuck?

thetyee.ca

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 3

"Europeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americans now entering the second Trump era.... stay united, safeguard your civic institutions and never, never give up." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up

With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutions

www.theguardian.com

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · Feb 3

BTW, if you're into Buy Canadian remember that basically all mainstream print media in Canada... Isn't

Choose @thetyee.ca @thenarwhal.ca hell, even @thebeaverton.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Feb 3

My new favourite protest sign.

Via @altnps.bsky.social

Cardboard protest sign saying “First they came for the scientists and the National Park Service said ‘lol, no’ and went rogue, and we were all like ‘I was not expecting the Park Rangers to lead the Resistance. None of the dystopian novels I’ve read prepared me for this.’”

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · Feb 2

"Boycotting American produce, meat, and dairy isn't just a matter of Canadian patriotism, it's also a matter of public health."

Quite aside from the damage to the goodwill, which is already incalculable, the US is no longer a safe supplier of unprocessed food, because it's no longer tracking outbreaks of infections. No sane purchaser will buy produce that might contain E. coli, dairy that might contain listeria, mean that might contain salmonella, and the US is keeping it secret. Boycotting American produce, meat, and dairy isn't just a matter of Canadian patriotism, it's also a matter of public health.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Feb 2

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

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michellehoar.bsky.social @michellehoar.bsky.social · Feb 3

I won't be boycotting all things US. Let's make sure that in our haste to focus on buying Canadian, that we also support the bright lights in the US fighting against #fascism in their own country. Please consider subscribing like I just did - and paying. We need to start paying for good #journalism.

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 2

I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency

We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...

meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Feb 1

“I want to be in the moment, just not this moment.” via @newyorker.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 1

Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Feb 1

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jan 31

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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