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Cultural Worker | Arts Leader | Proud Queer | West Coast | Canada | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonjdubois
“Vancouver is a confluence of every single capitalist engine of misery, and that’s leading people to die on the streets. And that makes people uncomfortable. Which they should be,” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’: the radical plan to prevent overdoses with better drugs
Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front believes we shouldn’t blame users for the ills of capitalism: if so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff?
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Vancouver is a confluence of every single capitalist engine of misery, and that’s leading people to die on the streets. And that makes people uncomfortable. Which they should be,” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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New season unveiled at New Works: www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
Pop Up Dances and Isak Enquist’s Fall(se) Cirque(us), as New Works reveals 2025-26 season — Stir
Packed program features Dance Film Masterclass, Jezebel at the PuSh Festival, residency showings, and more
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August 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New season unveiled at New Works: www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
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Artists Judith Colibrí, Sudhesna Mohapatra, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James are performing at the upcoming edition of New Works's All Over the Map.
www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
All Over the Map brings capoeira moves, traditional Nahuatl songs, and more to Granville Island, August 17 — Stir
Part two of New Works series highlights artists Sudhesna Mohapatra, Judith Colibrí, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James
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August 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Artists Judith Colibrí, Sudhesna Mohapatra, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James are performing at the upcoming edition of New Works's All Over the Map.
www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
www.createastir.ca/articles/new...
Really great opening weekend at #DOTE!
June 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Really great opening weekend at #DOTE!
“People need off-ramps: treatment, long-term care. But we don’t offer them any of that.”
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@victoria.ca @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“People need off-ramps: treatment, long-term care. But we don’t offer them any of that.”
globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2814...
@victoria.ca @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social
globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2814...
@victoria.ca @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social
“We’ve got to learn to differentiate between good ideas that we disagree with and downright foolish talk. … those notions that are patently ridiculous need to be set aside.” Peter L. Biro
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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May 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“We’ve got to learn to differentiate between good ideas that we disagree with and downright foolish talk. … those notions that are patently ridiculous need to be set aside.” Peter L. Biro
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas w/ Nahlah Ayed: Democracy needs 'heroic citizens' to defy autocracy, www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Enjoyed this review on many levels:
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Robbie Williams: Radical Honesty review – ‘Tone deaf, self-important, incredibly bad art’
The former Take That singer’s show features line drawings filled with therapy speak, greeting-card banter and meaningless affirmations. Can this really be presented as art?
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Enjoyed this review on many levels:
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“Maybe this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish, …” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
No surprises here. Hoping that the American majority finds the will to fight back.
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage
The recent wave of GOP-led bills comes as Trump becomes emboldened in orders against LGBTQ+ communities
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
No surprises here. Hoping that the American majority finds the will to fight back.
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Republican state lawmakers galvanize to attack same-sex marriage”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Terrifying ‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com
‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes
The president’s full-court press to dominate media and control cultural institutions is straight out of the authoritarian playbook
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#Terrifying ‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com