It's been an absolute privilege getting to work with the West Coast team this summer 💙

PM Carney is bringing a U.S.-style attack on refugee rights to Canada.

Under Bill C-2, people who are rightfully refugees under international law will be denied protection if they apply more than a year after they first entered Canada.

ccrweb.ca/en/statement... #cdnpoli #cdnimm #refugeeswelcome

Heads up, health justice allies! On May 10, #MillionsMissing BC is calling for improved #MECFS healthcare in BC. Don a mask & join in-person at Jack Poole Plaza at 1 pm, or submit a message online.

Details/access info: www.facebook.com/share/1AkW1E...
RSVP/send message: forms.gle/uWWfUx34VNNX...

I'll be hosting the livestream for this year's #MillionsMissing BC event -- this Saturday at 1 pm! See you there (in person in Vancouver or online)? RSVP & send your message to our provincial officials here: forms.gle/cbinScBXST3J... (Photos from 2024, by Lung Liu) @meactnet.bsky.social #MECFS #pwME

At Kerrisdale today, they were sending those of us with mobility aids to an alternate entrance with multiple stairs (!!!)

My friend with invisible chronic health challenges wasn't offered the opportunity to use the priority access line.

bsky.app/profile/mssi... #VancouverVotes #vanpoli #disability

Thank you CTV News Vancouver for having me on behalf of the @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social.

Five years into #COVID, BC urgently needs more investment into healthcare for #LongCovid & associated post-infectious chronic conditions like #MECFS. @josieosborne.bsky.social

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

It's been 2yrs since @thetyee.ca published my #LongCovid essay. I've been so grateful to see improvements in my health, thanks to accessing a doctor with expertise. But my return to law school (p/t) has only underscored how little we learned from the pandemic about enabling remote & flexible access

On the heels of the big climate win at Vancouver City Hall keeping gas out of new buildings, I gifted my mum this beautiful heat pump water colour by @nicolekelner.bsky.social for her bday. It’s a hit and proudly up on our kitchen. Check out Kelner’s work for some sweet nerdy climate art!

NYT columnist @zey.bsky.social has written about PLRC & how we've made some of the best #LongCovid research possible, despite being a small group of chronically ill people.

She's very kindly chosen us as this year's nonprofit to donate to, and we're deeply honored!

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...

I'd love to see some international attention on this! cc: @sunsopeningband.bsky.social @putrinolab.bsky.social @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @polybiorf.bsky.social @patientled.bsky.social #LongCovid #MECFS

Feels like a good time for a thread about all things exercise for people living with infection (and exposure)-associated complex chronic illnesses (IACCs) such as #MECFS, #LongCOVID and chronic #Lyme /tick- and vector-borne illness. Let’s start with a trip down memory lane.
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Hi Bluesky! Intro post: I'm Sophie (she/her), a law student in Vancouver BC. Interested in Constitutional, Aboriginal, enviro, refugee & public law more broadly. Currently studying disability and extreme heat.

I live w #LongCovid #MECFS and serve on the board of the ME & Fibromyalgia Society of BC.