Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
@chrisnayler.bsky.social
Advocate, Educator, Community Organizer, Ordained Interspiritual Minister, Progressive, Vegan
Co-founder and Director of Ryan's Hope @ryanshope.bsky.social
#harmreduction #drugpolicy #homelessness #autism #4Ryan #MSTH #DrugSky #cdnpoli #onpoli
Co-founder and Director of Ryan's Hope @ryanshope.bsky.social
#harmreduction #drugpolicy #homelessness #autism #4Ryan #MSTH #DrugSky #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Petition e-6782 - Petitions
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I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
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#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
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#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Worth a listen. As someone who has worked on the frontlines Dr. Chown understands the harsh realities our unsheltered friends face.
An excellent interview with Dr. Mac Chown who supports our street outreach and encampment support teams. Listen and learn.
it is the Barrie Encampment Update segment. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#streetoutreach
#HousingCrisis
#Barrie
#cdnpoli
##StopTheSweeps
it is the Barrie Encampment Update segment. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#streetoutreach
#HousingCrisis
#Barrie
#cdnpoli
##StopTheSweeps
Ontario Morning with Ramraajh Sharvendiran | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Ontario Morning tells you what's happening in your world — whether it's down the road or around the globe. Get the latest national and international news on World Report and local newscasts on the hal...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Worth a listen. As someone who has worked on the frontlines Dr. Chown understands the harsh realities our unsheltered friends face.
Our petition closes in 10 days. If you are a Canadian citizen or resident please consider signing and sharing. An apology is a vital step towards healing. #AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Petition e-6782 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our petition closes in 10 days. If you are a Canadian citizen or resident please consider signing and sharing. An apology is a vital step towards healing. #AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Canada’s postwar adoption policies have caused irreparable harm and trauma to these unmarried mothers, their children, and families. Please consider signing and sharing this petition.
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
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#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
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Petition e-6782 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Canada’s postwar adoption policies have caused irreparable harm and trauma to these unmarried mothers, their children, and families. Please consider signing and sharing this petition.
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
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Housing is #harmreduction
It's cheaper to house the homeless - and Dr. Andrew Boozary and his team at Toronto's University Health Network have the economic data to prove it.
Monthly costs:
* Prison: $12,000
* Hospital bed: $30,000
* Supportive housing: $4,000
Housing is humane and cheaper.
Monthly costs:
* Prison: $12,000
* Hospital bed: $30,000
* Supportive housing: $4,000
Housing is humane and cheaper.
Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home
Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home
www.thestar.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Housing is #harmreduction
#Barrie residents concerned about the housing crisis facing our community and country are encouraged to attend this important and informative discussion.
##HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
www.barrietoday.com/local-news/b...
##HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
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Barrie housing crisis sparks call for 'innovative' solutions
Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) and Redwood Park Communities invites public to Oct. 22 forum aimed at tackling city's housing emergency
www.barrietoday.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#Barrie residents concerned about the housing crisis facing our community and country are encouraged to attend this important and informative discussion.
##HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
www.barrietoday.com/local-news/b...
##HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
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"Regardless of the societal pressures or social norms of the
day, cruelty has never been an acceptable part of Canadian society."
Please sign and share this petition and help the healing to begin.
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
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day, cruelty has never been an acceptable part of Canadian society."
Please sign and share this petition and help the healing to begin.
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6782 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Regardless of the societal pressures or social norms of the
day, cruelty has never been an acceptable part of Canadian society."
Please sign and share this petition and help the healing to begin.
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
day, cruelty has never been an acceptable part of Canadian society."
Please sign and share this petition and help the healing to begin.
#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Our city's response to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis is cruel and costly! It costs a lot let to house people than it does to criminalize them.
#Barrie
#Homelessness
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#onpoli
#Cdnpoli
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#Barrie
#Homelessness
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#onpoli
#Cdnpoli
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency
The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care
ricochet.media
October 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our city's response to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis is cruel and costly! It costs a lot let to house people than it does to criminalize them.
#Barrie
#Homelessness
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#onpoli
#Cdnpoli
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#Barrie
#Homelessness
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#onpoli
#Cdnpoli
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
"Canada must take steps immediately to try to atone for the harm to some of those lives, to relieve some of the suffering, and to let these individuals know that their stories have been heard and that we are sorry for what they have lived through. "
#cdnpoli
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The Shame is Ours: Forced Adoptions of the Babies of Unmarried Mothers in Post-war Canada
It is time to begin the healing process for unwed mothers and the children they were pressured into giving up in the decades after the Second World War.
sencanada.ca
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Canada must take steps immediately to try to atone for the harm to some of those lives, to relieve some of the suffering, and to let these individuals know that their stories have been heard and that we are sorry for what they have lived through. "
#cdnpoli
sencanada.ca/en/info-page...
#cdnpoli
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"Where are they supposed to go? You're just shuffling them all around the city at the taxpayers' expense, causing more harm and trauma every single time that you do this,"
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
As Barrie, Ont., moves to clear encampments, some people say they have nowhere to go | CBC News
As the City of Barrie works to remove the encampments that prompted the mayor to declare a state of emergency, some homeless people worry about what comes next.
www.cbc.ca
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Where are they supposed to go? You're just shuffling them all around the city at the taxpayers' expense, causing more harm and trauma every single time that you do this,"
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The City of Barrie's reactive and punitive response to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis is harmful, ineffective, and a waste of tax dollars.
Housing Solves Homelessness!
youtu.be/-a3by-brvr4?...
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#streetoutreach
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
Housing Solves Homelessness!
youtu.be/-a3by-brvr4?...
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#streetoutreach
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
Outreach workers voice concern over Barrie encampment clearing
YouTube video by The Canadian Press
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The City of Barrie's reactive and punitive response to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis is harmful, ineffective, and a waste of tax dollars.
Housing Solves Homelessness!
youtu.be/-a3by-brvr4?...
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#streetoutreach
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
Housing Solves Homelessness!
youtu.be/-a3by-brvr4?...
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#streetoutreach
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
If you tried to sign the petion in the past few days and were unable the issue has been resolved. Please try again and like and share. We are 127 signatures away from our goal!
I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Petition e-6782 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
October 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you tried to sign the petion in the past few days and were unable the issue has been resolved. Please try again and like and share. We are 127 signatures away from our goal!
We are more than 1/2 way to our required 500 signatures. If you are a Canadian citizen or resident of Canada please consider signing. Reminder, you need to respond to verification email for your signature to count.
#ForcedAdoption
##AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#Cdnpoli
#ForcedAdoption
##AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#Cdnpoli
I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Petition e-6782 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are more than 1/2 way to our required 500 signatures. If you are a Canadian citizen or resident of Canada please consider signing. Reminder, you need to respond to verification email for your signature to count.
#ForcedAdoption
##AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#Cdnpoli
#ForcedAdoption
##AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
#Cdnpoli
Premier Ford was in Barrie for a photo op to help further his and Mayor Nuttall's harmful narrative on PWUD and experiencing homelessness. Residents of this encampment told me neither man stepped foot inside the encampment or spoke with any residents. They used it as a backdrop for their photo op.
Doug Ford needs to "get his butt moving". With Ford, everything thing is federal except for cheesecake
Ontario premier calls on Ottawa to take action on homelessness after Barrie encampment tour share.google/kPD0vy3Kpr4q...
Ontario premier calls on Ottawa to take action on homelessness after Barrie encampment tour share.google/kPD0vy3Kpr4q...
Ford calls on Ottawa to act on homelessness after Barrie encampment tour
Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited Barrie over the weekend to witness the city’s homeless encampment crisis firsthand, and expressed frustration with Ottawa, saying, “the federal government has to get ...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Premier Ford was in Barrie for a photo op to help further his and Mayor Nuttall's harmful narrative on PWUD and experiencing homelessness. Residents of this encampment told me neither man stepped foot inside the encampment or spoke with any residents. They used it as a backdrop for their photo op.
I was grateful to be panelist and a part of this informative and insightful discussion. Lived Experience Matters!
Housing Solves Homelessness!
Housing Solves Homelessness!
On September 19th we held a panel discussion on The State of Emergency our City is currently under. Our panelists each brought their own unique lived experience to the conversation.
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
youtu.be/UbIMjDIWh_o?...
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
youtu.be/UbIMjDIWh_o?...
State of Emergency Panel Discussion
YouTube video by Simcoe Community Media
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I was grateful to be panelist and a part of this informative and insightful discussion. Lived Experience Matters!
Housing Solves Homelessness!
Housing Solves Homelessness!
I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Petition e-6782 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
1/
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli
Join myself and others Barrie advocates for an important discussion on the State of Emergency our City is currently under.
#StopTheSweeps
#HomesNotHandcuffs
#SolidarityNotCharity
#StopTheSweeps
#HomesNotHandcuffs
#SolidarityNotCharity
Join us on Friday September 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm for a panel discussion on the State of Emergency the City of Barrie is currently under.
Each panelists brings their own unique experience to the conversation.
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
Each panelists brings their own unique experience to the conversation.
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
September 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join myself and others Barrie advocates for an important discussion on the State of Emergency our City is currently under.
#StopTheSweeps
#HomesNotHandcuffs
#SolidarityNotCharity
#StopTheSweeps
#HomesNotHandcuffs
#SolidarityNotCharity
Yesterday I was at the encampment to witness and document what was taking place. It was heartbreaking to bear witness to but we needed to be there.
We will continue to show up to challenge the false narrative that people are refusing housing. No one refufed housing! A SHELTER BED IS NOT HOUSING!
We will continue to show up to challenge the false narrative that people are refusing housing. No one refufed housing! A SHELTER BED IS NOT HOUSING!
#Barrie is under a #StateofEmergency to rid the city of encampments. #RyansHope volunteers were on site today at the Mulcaster Encampment to witness the eviction that was taking place and to offer emotional support to encampment residents during this traumatic situation.
#HousingCrisis
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#HousingCrisis
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September 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yesterday I was at the encampment to witness and document what was taking place. It was heartbreaking to bear witness to but we needed to be there.
We will continue to show up to challenge the false narrative that people are refusing housing. No one refufed housing! A SHELTER BED IS NOT HOUSING!
We will continue to show up to challenge the false narrative that people are refusing housing. No one refufed housing! A SHELTER BED IS NOT HOUSING!
I will be one of the panelists for this important discussion on the State of Emergency our City is now under.
#HousingSolvesHomelessness
#HealingStartsWithHousing
#Barrie
#HousingSolvesHomelessness
#HealingStartsWithHousing
#Barrie
Join us on Friday September 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm for a panel discussion on the State of Emergency the City of Barrie is currently under. Our discussion will focus on the Mayor’s State of Emergency declaration,
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#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
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#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie
September 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I will be one of the panelists for this important discussion on the State of Emergency our City is now under.
#HousingSolvesHomelessness
#HealingStartsWithHousing
#Barrie
#HousingSolvesHomelessness
#HealingStartsWithHousing
#Barrie
I spoke with Pam yesterday about the atmosphere at the encampment and she said it's wasn't goid. People are tired and scared. Some have been evicted multiple times this year each time adding to trauma and a feeling of hopelessness.
Pam, an encampment resident shares her experience and challenges finding shelter and the atmosphere. She says people have no where to go and they are scared.
Healing Starts with housing!
#HousingCrisis
##HousingIsAHumanRight
#Cdnpoli
#Onpoli
#Barrie
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Healing Starts with housing!
#HousingCrisis
##HousingIsAHumanRight
#Cdnpoli
#Onpoli
#Barrie
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September 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I spoke with Pam yesterday about the atmosphere at the encampment and she said it's wasn't goid. People are tired and scared. Some have been evicted multiple times this year each time adding to trauma and a feeling of hopelessness.
Reposted by Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
Pam, an encampment resident shares her experience and challenges finding shelter and the atmosphere. She says people have no where to go and they are scared.
Healing Starts with housing!
#HousingCrisis
##HousingIsAHumanRight
#Cdnpoli
#Onpoli
#Barrie
www.instagram.com/reel/DOgElCB...
Healing Starts with housing!
#HousingCrisis
##HousingIsAHumanRight
#Cdnpoli
#Onpoli
#Barrie
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September 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Pam, an encampment resident shares her experience and challenges finding shelter and the atmosphere. She says people have no where to go and they are scared.
Healing Starts with housing!
#HousingCrisis
##HousingIsAHumanRight
#Cdnpoli
#Onpoli
#Barrie
www.instagram.com/reel/DOgElCB...
Healing Starts with housing!
#HousingCrisis
##HousingIsAHumanRight
#Cdnpoli
#Onpoli
#Barrie
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Reposted by Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
Newly elected PM Carney has committed to making Canada a leader on the global stage — however, he has been vague about what actions he will take in response to the ongoing genocide in #Gaza.
Tell Carney and MPs to implement a full, two-way #ArmsEmbargo without delay 👉 leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...
Tell Carney and MPs to implement a full, two-way #ArmsEmbargo without delay 👉 leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Newly elected PM Carney has committed to making Canada a leader on the global stage — however, he has been vague about what actions he will take in response to the ongoing genocide in #Gaza.
Tell Carney and MPs to implement a full, two-way #ArmsEmbargo without delay 👉 leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...
Tell Carney and MPs to implement a full, two-way #ArmsEmbargo without delay 👉 leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...
Reposted by Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
Reposted by Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
I wish you'd be consistent in either helping me access your visual content with Alt text. Every fifth one is a weird way to be exclusive.
May 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wish you'd be consistent in either helping me access your visual content with Alt text. Every fifth one is a weird way to be exclusive.
Reposted by Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Doug Ford’s attack on Judges today:
#cdnpoli #onpoli #lawtwitter
#cdnpoli #onpoli #lawtwitter
May 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Doug Ford’s attack on Judges today:
#cdnpoli #onpoli #lawtwitter
#cdnpoli #onpoli #lawtwitter
Reposted by Christine Nayler 🇨🇦
Ontario chief justice, superior court chief justice and court of justice chief justice issued a joint statement on judicial independence and constitutional democracy in wake of premier Ford's comments on judges. #onlaw #onpoli www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/files/Tr...
May 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ontario chief justice, superior court chief justice and court of justice chief justice issued a joint statement on judicial independence and constitutional democracy in wake of premier Ford's comments on judges. #onlaw #onpoli www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/files/Tr...