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Renee M. 🇨🇦
@vanillawonder.bsky.social
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Yukon-raised. Systems thinker with roots in care, shaped by chronic illness + Northern living. Consultant for businesses that nourish people and planet & MBA candidate. Building dignity into business | Vancouver, BC | #UBI4All | she/her 🌱

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#DrawTheLine #Vancouver #protest #solidarity #landback ✊✌️🇵🇸
A protest gathering called Draw The Line showing with a woman with blue hair and a jean jacket with her back to the camera holding a black sign with large white lettering that says “THIS SIGN ISN’T BIG ENOUGH TO LIST EVERYTHING I’M PROTESTING”. A protest in Vancouver, British Columbia called, Draw The Line, where in the photo someone has built a large structure on wheels that is a long, black piece of plumbing pipe tied into a knot in the middle. Below the pipe is a sign that says “knot another pipeline”. A woman at the Draw the Line protest taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The woman is holding a white sign with a large, red stop sign. On the sign are white letters that say, “Stop Israel’s Genocide in Gaza! End Canada’s Complicity” and the website endgenocidebc.ca. The woman is in a black hoodie with the word LANDBACK in large pink font and a rose underneath. Two friends meeting at the Draw the Lime protest in Vancouver, British Columbia. One friend has an arm around the other’s shoulder. They are both smiling. Behind them is a pink Unifor Women union flag. They are middle aged and one is in a grey t-shirt, a ball cap and sunglasses on his head, the other is in a black Boyz in the Hood hoodie, glasses and a blue cross-body bag.
September 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
vanillawonder.bsky.social
📘 Just finished Universal Basic Income by @karlwiderquist.bsky.social UBI isn’t just an economic fix—it’s a democratic one.
As Karl writes, deeper democracy = more justice.
The threat? Nationalism & fear.
The answer? Unconditional support, not judgment.
#Booksky #UBI #Democracy #EconomicJustice
A paperback copy of Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist rests on a light-coloured fabric surface. The cover is black with a red hot air balloon featuring a dollar sign. The spine is slightly curved, indicating the book is in use. A yellow library sticker reads “Vancouver Public Library, on-demand at STRATHCONA BRANCH.” The back cover includes a quote describing the book as “an accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.”
July 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I attended my first protest, the No Kings/No Tyrants gathering in Vancouver, Canada because watching democracy fall in the US has been heartbreaking. Standing in solidarity with those in my community who care about democracy felt important.
Photo of No Kings/No Tyrants protest in Vancouver, Canada. Shows people in a crowd facing the speaker and a person holding a protest sign that says “I’m not tariff-ied, I’m in-führer-iated”.
July 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM