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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

First 100% Indigenous-owned department store returns to Toronto mall next month www.blogto.com/fashion_styl...

First 100% Indigenous-owned department store returns to Toronto mall next month

aaniin Retail Inc., the first 100 per cent Indigenous owned department store, is bringing its celebrated pop-up back to CF Toronto Eaton Centre this …

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

"Now, the situation is reversed: ... Numerous studies show that underprivileged children spend more time with screens than their privileged counterparts, with respective negative outcomes in academic performance and health"

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

This Shared Space Serves People of All Ages.
Emeryville, California's 'Center of Community Life' shows how communities save money, and residents mingle more, when public buildings and facilities meet multiple needs and benefit the most people.
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This Shared Space Serves People of All Ages - Emeryville, California

The Center of Community Life in Emeryville, California, is an example of how communities save money, and residents mingle more, when public buildings and facilities meet multiple needs and benefit the...

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

How Churches Can Create Spaces for their Neighborhood.
An interview with Sara Joy Proppe of Proximity Project
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How Churches Can Create Spaces for their Neighborhood

An interview with Sara Joy Proppe of Proximity Project

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

Ontario’s grocery oligarchs are betting Ford will chicken out. He shouldn't.
The province says grocery stores must process bottle returns if they want to sell beer and wine. So why aren’t they

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

‘Nature needs a rest’: One of B.C.’s best-loved parks takes a vacation
A month-long closure ends Oct. 3. Here’s what Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Park looks like when it’s quiet and closed to the public
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What Joffre Lakes Park looks like at rest | The Narwhal

A month-long closure ends Oct. 3. Here’s what Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Park, or Pipi7íyekw, looks like when it’s quiet and closed to the public

thenarwhal.ca

Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

11,000-year-old Indigenous village uncovered near Sturgeon Lake.
Archaeologists including Dr. Glenn Stuart (PhD) of the USask Department of Anthropology worked with the community to study one of the oldest known Indigenous sites on the continent.
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11,000-year-old Indigenous village uncovered near Sturgeon Lake

Archaeologists including Dr. Glenn Stuart (PhD) of the USask Department of Anthropology worked with the community to study one of the oldest known Indigenous sites on the continent

artsandscience.usask.ca

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 5d

All about the audiobook listener
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All about the audiobook listener — BookNet Canada

A look at audiobook listeners, who they are, and their listening preferences.

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 6d

How the arts strengthen newcomer settlement in Canada
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How the arts strengthen newcomer settlement in Canada

Historically, we’ve understood immigration settlement as something that happens after a hierarchy of needs are met - new research suggests this logic is flawed.

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 6d

Here's when fall colours in Ontario will peak this year www.blogto.com/travel/2025/...

Here's when fall colours in Ontario will peak this year

Fall colours in Ontario are a sight to behold and one of the province's most impressive natural attractions. For anyone looking for the right time to…

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 6d

Ontario Expanding Internet Access in First Nations Libraries
Increased funding will help people in small and rural communities access online services at their local library
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Ontario Newsroom

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 6d

How Many Countries Fit in Africa? Visualizing the Continent’s True Size
www.visualcapitalist.com/how-many-cou...

Graphic which investigate how many countries fit in Africa and discover why map projections hide the continent’s true size.

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 7d

"Magnetic spaces open doors to lasting hope by pointing us toward the gospel." www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/chur...

Why Churches Need ‘Magnetic Spaces’

We’re all searching for answers to life’s biggest questions. What if the church created spaces where people could find them?

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 7d

Children Designed This Award-Winning Pavilion. And It Only Cost $1000... www.yankodesign.com/2025/10/01/c...

Children Designed This Award-Winning Pavilion. And It Only Cost $1000… - Yanko Design

It’s easy to get lost in the sea of glossy architectural renders that flood our feeds daily; projects with nine-figure budgets and materials sourced from another planet. Every so often, though, a proj...

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 7d

Free and low-fare transit programs fail to reach many in need: report
More outreach programs and automatic enrollment could make these programs accessible to more people, says a report from the Regional Plan Association, a New York nonprofit.
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/free-lo...

Free and low-fare transit programs fail to reach many in need: report

More outreach programs and automatic enrollment could make these programs accessible to more people, says a report from the Regional Plan Association, a New York nonprofit.

www.smartcitiesdive.com

Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 7d

Report: A Third of Americans Can’t Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All
So why do we plan our cities like everyone can and does get behind the wheel every day? usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/r...

Report: A Third of Americans Can't Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All — Streetsblog USA

So why do we plan our cities like everyone can and does get behind the wheel every day?

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 7d

" Parties are a public service, and the guests will (hopefully) pay you back for this by inviting you to parties of their own."

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21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties

Parties are a public service; here's how to throw them.

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 8d

This is how people in Ontario are marking National Truth and Reconciliation Day www.blogto.com/city/2025/09...

This is how people in Ontario are marking National Truth and Reconciliation Day

Today officially marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which recognizes the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools in Canada, re…

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 8d

Here's why a block of Toronto buildings is covered in orange shirts www.blogto.com/city/2025/09...

Here's why a block of Toronto buildings is covered in orange shirts

A group of Toronto buildings near Bathurst and St. Clair are covered in orange shirts right now in observance of the National Day for Truth and Recon…

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 9d

How do we commemorate the sites of former residential schools?: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...

What should happen to residential school sites? | The Narwhal

Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 9d

Free event at Toronto park to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation www.blogto.com/radar/2025/0...

Free event at Toronto park to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Na-Me-Res, a non-profit organization in Toronto that helps unhoused Indigenous men access outreach programs and secure permanent housing in the city,…

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 9d

The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 9d

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

#NationalDayfoTruthandReconciliation #94CallToAction

Image on a white background, with orange artwork showing an eagle, a narwhal, a beaded flower, a circle and a winding path. Text reads: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30.

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Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 10d

Why Are We Still Building Car-Oriented Development Next to Transit?
Op-ed: Transit-oriented developments across North America continue to be designed with cars in mind, dooming our transit systems.
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Why Are We Still Building Car-Oriented Development Next to Transit?

Op-ed: Transit-oriented developments across North America continue to be designed with cars in mind, dooming our transit systems.

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