@nicollneedschange.bsky.social
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"Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Frost Bites is therapy for the winter blues! Six fun filled days and nights jam packed full of indoor and outdoor programming spread over two winter weekends is fun for the entire family. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Frost Bites is therapy for the winter blues
Frost Bites, six fun filled days and nights jam packed full of indoor and outdoor programming spread over two winter weekends is fun for the entire family.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Frost Bites is therapy for the winter blues! Six fun filled days and nights jam packed full of indoor and outdoor programming spread over two winter weekends is fun for the entire family. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
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Burlington artist and archeology technician offers 'views from the field' in Oakville exhibition
Burlington artist and archeology technician offers 'views from the field' in Oakville exhibition
Nelson High School graduate Cate Killin takes inspiration from her work as an archeology field technician.
www.insidehalton.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Burlington artist and archeology technician offers 'views from the field' in Oakville exhibition
Hmilton gritLit presents, In Conversation: Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Hosted by Annette Hamm
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton 170 Dundurn St. South
Get TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kate-quinn...
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton 170 Dundurn St. South
Get TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kate-quinn...
Kate Quinn and Janie Chang in Conversation
gritLIT is pleased to welcome Kate Quinn and Janie Chang to the First Unitarian Church of Hamilton.
www.eventbrite.ca
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Hmilton gritLit presents, In Conversation: Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Hosted by Annette Hamm
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton 170 Dundurn St. South
Get TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kate-quinn...
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton 170 Dundurn St. South
Get TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kate-quinn...
GPO Leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner and I discuss the failing grade the Ford government has earned when it comes to integrating renewable energy, protecting water rights and ensuring meaningful consultations with First Nations. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
GPO Leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner and I discuss the failing grade the Ford government has earned when it comes to integrating renewable energy, protecting water rights and ensuring meaningful consultations with First Nations. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
An afternoon of music and solidarity, featuring Arab
and international musicians. All proceeds will support relief efforts in Gaza.
SONGS FOR GAZA
MARCH 22ND AT 3 PM
ST PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
454 REBECCA STREET, OAKVILLE $30 / PERSON
For tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
and international musicians. All proceeds will support relief efforts in Gaza.
SONGS FOR GAZA
MARCH 22ND AT 3 PM
ST PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
454 REBECCA STREET, OAKVILLE $30 / PERSON
For tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
February 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
An afternoon of music and solidarity, featuring Arab
and international musicians. All proceeds will support relief efforts in Gaza.
SONGS FOR GAZA
MARCH 22ND AT 3 PM
ST PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
454 REBECCA STREET, OAKVILLE $30 / PERSON
For tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
and international musicians. All proceeds will support relief efforts in Gaza.
SONGS FOR GAZA
MARCH 22ND AT 3 PM
ST PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
454 REBECCA STREET, OAKVILLE $30 / PERSON
For tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
Tomorrow on Small Change, GPO Leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner discusses the failing grade the Ford govt has earned when it comes to integrating renewable energy, protecting water rights and ensuring meaningful consultations with First Nations. #GPO
doreenn.substack.com
doreenn.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Tomorrow on Small Change, GPO Leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner discusses the failing grade the Ford govt has earned when it comes to integrating renewable energy, protecting water rights and ensuring meaningful consultations with First Nations. #GPO
doreenn.substack.com
doreenn.substack.com
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Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies
OPEN ACCESS
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OPEN ACCESS
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies
OPEN ACCESS
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.....
OPEN ACCESS
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.....
Please RSVP: Talk Back: A Virtual Town Hall About Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario www.kristynwongtam.ca/talkback?rec...
Talk Back: A Virtual Town Hall About Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario
www.kristynwongtam.ca
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Please RSVP: Talk Back: A Virtual Town Hall About Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario www.kristynwongtam.ca/talkback?rec...
Brilliant article by Paul Kahnert outlining Ford's plans to privatize water and hydro. Prices will go up because corporations need to make hefty profits. Will you still be able to afford water and to keep the lights on?
rabble.ca/politics/can...
rabble.ca/politics/can...
What happens when you can't afford your water bill?
Investors and corporations will be lined up ten deep to buy our water utilities.
rabble.ca
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Brilliant article by Paul Kahnert outlining Ford's plans to privatize water and hydro. Prices will go up because corporations need to make hefty profits. Will you still be able to afford water and to keep the lights on?
rabble.ca/politics/can...
rabble.ca/politics/can...
An important read!
marysimmerling.substack.com/p/the-mornin...
marysimmerling.substack.com/p/the-mornin...
The Morning After the Big Game
Let's take a look at the numbers: sports, gambling, violence, and sex trafficking.
marysimmerling.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
An important read!
marysimmerling.substack.com/p/the-mornin...
marysimmerling.substack.com/p/the-mornin...
Deeply affordable rent looks like residents paying $200 a month for their unit while the City of Hamilton contributes an $800 monthly subsidy. Find out how St. Matt's ED, Renée Wetselaar, created 15 units for Black and Indigenous folks. Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Deeply affordable rent looks like residents paying $200 a month for their unit while the City of Hamilton contributes an $800 monthly subsidy. Find out how St. Matt's ED, Renée Wetselaar, created 15 units for Black and Indigenous folks. Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Send a letter to Senators: Stop C-12. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
Tell Senators: Vote NO on C-12
Speak up against this attack on migrants
actionnetwork.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Send a letter to Senators: Stop C-12. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
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Starting to think the unreleased files might actually be a lot more conversations like this.
Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to Jeffrey Epstein:
“I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates 'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'"
“I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates 'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'"
February 6, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Starting to think the unreleased files might actually be a lot more conversations like this.
Actress, producer, singer Alma Sarai talks about Tottering Biped Theatre's 10th anniversary of Shakespeare By Nature in August. Support the fundraiser, The Ides of March, taking place, of course, on March 15, 2026 at the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton. #TBT #RBT
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Alma Sarai discusses the serendipitous encounter that set her career in motion
Alma Sarai is an actor, producer, singer and teacher. She explains her family's role in embedding the belief that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Actress, producer, singer Alma Sarai talks about Tottering Biped Theatre's 10th anniversary of Shakespeare By Nature in August. Support the fundraiser, The Ides of March, taking place, of course, on March 15, 2026 at the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton. #TBT #RBT
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Alma Sarai is an actor, producer, singer and teacher. She explains her family's role in embedding the belief that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. #ToteringBiped #RBT
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Alma Sarai discusses the serendipitous encounter that set her career in motion
Alma Sarai is an actor, producer, singer and teacher. She explains her family's role in embedding the belief that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Alma Sarai is an actor, producer, singer and teacher. She explains her family's role in embedding the belief that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. #ToteringBiped #RBT
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Waterloo Region Health Coalition compiled a summary of the National Health Care System of Scotland. 980 CFPL London Live shared a 16-min audio summary featuring Dr. Allyson Pollock, professor Emeritus at Newcastle University & OHC Executive Director, Natalie Mehra.
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Ontario needs to adopt the Scottish Public Health Care System now!
National Health Care Services Scotland (NHSS) is entirely publicly funded and thriving when compared with the disastrously corrupt, inefficient and virtually bankrupt private, for-profit English NHS.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Waterloo Region Health Coalition compiled a summary of the National Health Care System of Scotland. 980 CFPL London Live shared a 16-min audio summary featuring Dr. Allyson Pollock, professor Emeritus at Newcastle University & OHC Executive Director, Natalie Mehra.
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
While Ontario’s public hospitals have been pushed into deficit and ordered to make even deeper cuts, the Ford government has been redirecting hundreds of millions of public dollars to private, for-profit clinics. #OHC #SNHS #CHC
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Ontario needs to adopt the Scottish Public Health Care System now!
National Health Care Services Scotland (NHSS) is entirely publicly funded and thriving when compared with the disastrously corrupt, inefficient and virtually bankrupt private, for-profit English NHS.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
While Ontario’s public hospitals have been pushed into deficit and ordered to make even deeper cuts, the Ford government has been redirecting hundreds of millions of public dollars to private, for-profit clinics. #OHC #SNHS #CHC
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Wolsak & Wynn has been publishing challenging, enchanting, unusual and often award-winning books for 40 years. Owner Noelle Allen also founded Sharp Words Hamilton's Winter Book Fair happening Sat. Jan. 31 at Bridgeworks.
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Noelle Allen is owner of award winning Wolsak and Wynn literary press in Hamilton, ON
Wolsak & Wynn has been publishing challenging, enchanting, unusual and often award-winning books for forty years. They also have the most creative, hand-made storefront window on all of James St.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Wolsak & Wynn has been publishing challenging, enchanting, unusual and often award-winning books for 40 years. Owner Noelle Allen also founded Sharp Words Hamilton's Winter Book Fair happening Sat. Jan. 31 at Bridgeworks.
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Noelle Allen, owner of award winning Wolsak and Wynn literary press in Hamilton, ON., started by publishing 6 books of poetry/year before expanding to over 16 books of various genres. Definitely a Hamilton success story.
Hear my interview with Noelle on Small Change tomorrow: doreenn.substack.com
Hear my interview with Noelle on Small Change tomorrow: doreenn.substack.com
Small Change | Doreen Nicoll | Substack
Welcome to my site where the topics and issues not covered by mainstream media find a home. If you find yourself asking, "How did she know that?" then you're in the right place, because a little Nicol...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Noelle Allen, owner of award winning Wolsak and Wynn literary press in Hamilton, ON., started by publishing 6 books of poetry/year before expanding to over 16 books of various genres. Definitely a Hamilton success story.
Hear my interview with Noelle on Small Change tomorrow: doreenn.substack.com
Hear my interview with Noelle on Small Change tomorrow: doreenn.substack.com
This is why we need to robustly fund and actively support arts and culture workers including collections and conservation staff.
‘Punching In: The Work of Hamilton Music’
Juno exhibition curated by Hamilton Civic Museums.
Cost: Free at Lister Block.
www.thespec.com/entertainmen...
‘Punching In: The Work of Hamilton Music’
Juno exhibition curated by Hamilton Civic Museums.
Cost: Free at Lister Block.
www.thespec.com/entertainmen...
Explore ‘Punching In’: A free exhibition celebrating Hamilton’s vibrant music scene
Arkells, artifacts and activism feature in the city’s new art exhibit.
www.thespec.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is why we need to robustly fund and actively support arts and culture workers including collections and conservation staff.
‘Punching In: The Work of Hamilton Music’
Juno exhibition curated by Hamilton Civic Museums.
Cost: Free at Lister Block.
www.thespec.com/entertainmen...
‘Punching In: The Work of Hamilton Music’
Juno exhibition curated by Hamilton Civic Museums.
Cost: Free at Lister Block.
www.thespec.com/entertainmen...
If you enjoyed my interview with Jason Allen and how he's helping folks fall in love with Hamilton, then be sure to listen to my interview with his editor and publisher, Noelle Allen this Thurs. Noelle is the owner of Wolsak and Wynn publishing in Hamilton. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
Jason Allen is helping folks fall in love with Hamilton
52 Things to Do in Hamilton: The Insider’s Guide to Fun in the Hammer offers readers one festival, hike, sports event or gallery to engage with each week over the course of an entire year.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
If you enjoyed my interview with Jason Allen and how he's helping folks fall in love with Hamilton, then be sure to listen to my interview with his editor and publisher, Noelle Allen this Thurs. Noelle is the owner of Wolsak and Wynn publishing in Hamilton. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...
“The exhibit consists of 10 artworks that bring together my areas of study, depicting an experience of being a worker in the field of archeology, collecting and preserving buried culture,” Cate Killin said. On until April 27 at Glen Abbey Community Centre, Oakville.
www.thespec.com/things-to-do...
www.thespec.com/things-to-do...
Burlington artist and archeology technician offers ‘views from the field’ in Oakville exhibition
Nelson graduate Cate Killin takes inspiration from her work as an archeology field technician.
www.thespec.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“The exhibit consists of 10 artworks that bring together my areas of study, depicting an experience of being a worker in the field of archeology, collecting and preserving buried culture,” Cate Killin said. On until April 27 at Glen Abbey Community Centre, Oakville.
www.thespec.com/things-to-do...
www.thespec.com/things-to-do...