Christopher Canning

It’s “Team by team reporters, baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped,
Look at that low playing,
fine, then

It’s ‘Left of west and coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck

Epidemiological research without action is just counting oppression. I will die on this hill.

Accused in Vancouver festival vehicle attack was under mental-health supervision, source says Adam Lo had been placed in a psychiatric ward in 2023 against his will, and was detained in hospital in 2024

Accused in deadly Vancouver festival vehicle attack was under mental-health supervision by his local health authority and meant to be abiding by certain conditions after being released from a forced stint in hospital www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

On April 30th from 12:00 - 1:00 pm on Zoom, Christopher Canning, Sevil Deljavan, and Ryan Neil will be speaking about supporting the uptake of patient-oriented research (POR) in forensic mental health care settings.

Mark Your Calendars! 📅

Join us virtually next Wednesday on April 30th from 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT to learn more about supporting the uptake of patient-oriented research in forensic mental health care settings from @cgcanning.bsky.social , Sevil Deljavan, and Ryan Neil.

Zoom Link: lnkd.in/eiuE82FR

Join us virtually on April 30th from 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT to learn more about supporting the uptake of patient-oriented research in forensic mental health care settings from Christopher Canning (@cgcanning.bsky.social), Sevil Deljavan, and Ryan Neil.

Zoom Link: lnkd.in/eiuE82FR

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.

When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

I’ve watched Adolescence twice now. Completely gutted both times. So real, so powerful. I have a few critiques but can’t remember the last time a show hit me so hard. I’m definitely not alone in this feeling.

“The best clinicians I know are the ones who figure out how to use their own lived experiences to connect with the people they work with. The ones who understand that we aren’t just applying techniques—we’re engaging in relationships.” 👇🏽

Masked agents whisk away Tufts student from sidewalk, video shows The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves through the academic community.

"Whisk away" makes it sound as if she's on her way to Disneyland for a surprise vacation. No, #BrokenPost, she was abducted, kidnapped by masked agents.

These stories are always troubling and staff need to be protected at all costs. There is good evidence on implementing relational security practices to help reduce instances of violence, rather than a focus on physical and procedural security. It’s worth being part of these discussions.

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Headline from CTV news Calgary that says “measles case confirmed in Calgary area; potential exposures in Airdrie, Balzac.”

If only we had a way of helping to prevent this.

Canada’s Correctional Service dictates much of Marvin Starblanket’s life — a member of the Mistawasis First Nation, he is nearing the halfway point of a supervisory order imposed after his most recent prison stint reut.rs/3DcalWs @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social

‘Etched in my mind’: reporter describes South Carolina firing squad execution Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press recalls experience of watching Brad Sigmon die for 2001 murders

This is so fucked up. The United States of America is so fucked up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Toronto’s Safe Injection Site Became a Model. Now It May Close Moss Park set the stage for New York and Ontario, where support for supervised injection sites shifted from outright opposition to growing support. Today, shifting politics have left the future of th...

Ugh #HarmReduction #PHEthx #SUDStigma #Stigma

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This.

Program to divert mental health, drug crisis calls shows early impact, city says The $8.85 million pilot project is known as the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) program.

Program to divert mental health, drug crisis calls shows early impact. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... @arieltroster.bsky.social

I just saw a post on Reddit from someone upset that there were people using drugs the Scotiabank ATM at Somerset and Bronson.

The Somerset West Community Health Centre just closed its supervised consumption site on Friday, after being forced to by the Ford government.

Decisions have consequences.

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As I said earlier this week, when we send police to people who are vulnerable & in mental heath crisis, we're making that person more vulnerable to experiencing a range of harms including death.

Tragically, 2 people died in Halifax this week during police interactions.

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YouTube video by MDSH Coffee House Baths - Eyewall

Enjoying this one. I’ve always loved a prolonged instrumental outro. youtu.be/CampzCC-0W4?...

and, (even more) people who use unregulated drugs will die

I’ve enjoyed their last few for sure! I relate to their songs about parenting and mid-life exhaustion.

A few I’d add: Apologies to the Queen Mary, The Life Pursuit, Let’s Get Out This Country, It Still Moves, Five Roses. The later aughts are a bit of a dead zone for me too.

Sound of Silver is amazing but I agree with you here. Never really got into their full albums. All My Friends I could listen to on repeat.

Nice! We are of the same ilk for sure.

You Follow Me (Nina Nastasia & Jim White) is a standout for me. I like all the ones you name, too.

I saw Jens Lekman in Toronto in 2007 on a snowy winter night and he took the show outside. Was magical. What a year!

I was just saying the other day that ‘07 is one of the best years for music in my lifetime. 1988 also up there for me!

I am almost relieved that this happened in front of cameras for the whole world to witness. No more backrooms, no more facades of reasonableness or bargaining. We now know what side the United States is on, and in whose interests they’re acting. It isn’t their people’s, and it isn’t ours