Glen Hansman

I was pleased to be a panelist tonight in the discussion accompanying the viewing of this excellent documentary about the Vriend decision, one of the most important court decisions in Canada for 2SLGTBTQI+ people.

This is your teen’s brain on phones and social media, according to science A wave of new studies is shedding light on the risks of early smartphone access and heavy screen use for adolescent mental health and development.

This is your teen’s brain on phones and social media, according to science. A wave of new studies is shedding light on the risks of early smartphone access and heavy screen use for adolescent mental health and development.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... via @washingtonpost.com

Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta protects professionals from witch hunts and forced diversity training Regulators have been abusing their power for political ends

Show me on the doll where the diversity touched you.
Honest to Hermes, this is risible.

MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...

3/ We got photos of all of them and got to work finding their names. CBC verified our identifications and added two. By bringing in the CBC, we were able to reach a much larger audience to talk about the threat of white nationalism in Canada.

Read CBC's reporting here:

I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.

And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.

What does OpenAI offer the world?

Rob Shaw: B.C. taxpayer cash fuelling condos, documentaries and cushy new jobs While British Columbians cut back, MLAs find creative new ways to spend public money

If you haven't heard about the film One BC's been promoting, now you have. It's called Making a Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide and Plunder in Canada

And it seems they used public funds from their caucus budget for it

"The splinter group nobody actually voted for" gets $650k a year, btw #bcpoli

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate

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Flu and COVID shots taken care of for this fall. I'm glad that BC still makes them available for free.

'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

Incredible, heartbreaking interviews by @reportrix.bsky.social.

Quote: "“You show your love really weird," the girl says of [Premier] Smith." 💔

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/well-...

The kids, they know what's going down. They're fighting for their actual lives. No bluster. No exaggeration.

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours, writes @journodale.bsky.social

Take Back Your Images Have you had your intimate images shared without permission? Support is available.

If you or someone you know has had images shared or is being threatened with having images shared, you are not alone. Help is available. Visit takebackyourimages.gov.bc.ca to learn about your rights and options, or call VictimLinkBC for confidential support 24-7.

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/3286

Sextorters are targeting young boys online — and flaunting how rich the scam is making them | CBC News There's a network of overseas scammers targeting and blackmailing teens, and in some cases driving them to suicide within hours of falling into a trap known as sextortion. CBC's Marketplace created fa...

Absolutely heartbreaking piece. Full episode will be released tonight at 8 p.m. ET on CBC.

How many more Canadian children will be taken from us before we start forcing online platforms to stop sextorters from preying on our kids?

www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...

“Remigration”: How White Nationalists Are Repackaging Ethnic Cleansing White nationalists in multiple countries, including Canada, are pushing for mass deportations of non-Europeans to be part of the political platforms of their right-wing parties.

NEW: “Remigration” and “mass deportations” is the new rallying cry of white nationalists. Experts say it’s a call for ethnic cleansing. A new Canadian group is trying to "normalize" the concept and get the Conservative Party of Canada to talk more about immigration.

www.antihate.ca/remigration_...

For everyone in public sector collective bargaining right now in BC.

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Finally I'll just say that most of the "solutions" to online harm to kids are offline. If all queer kids were accepted and loved, less of them would get groomed, exploited, and hurt online. If all kids had access to a safe place to sleep at night and a mental health councilor in their school...

We have to protect the children by suspending their constitutional rights

The current language from the city is pretty useless.

BC Government Quietly Cuts $20 Million School Affordability Fund | The Tyee ‘Transformative’ program had allowed schools to cut fees and provide supplies to vulnerable students.

SCOOP: The BC government has quietly cut a $20 million fund that schools used to waive fees for vulnerable children, pay for school supplies. Last year, an NDP MLA called the fund 'transformative' and the education minister said parents could 'count on the program's help'

thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Back to School with Egale Canada - Egale Canada Access our toolkit for Pride 2023 attendees and organizers, or use our interactive map to find your local Pride 2023 event in Canada.

This school year, take action against hate in your classroom and school community with our back-to-school resources.

learn more at egale.ca/BackToSchool

Is the decision posted anywhere? I can't find the decision itself.

New Report Examines the Impact of Andrew Tate and Male Supremacy on Classrooms and Teachers The most prominent theme that emerged from the analysis of comments and posts in /r/Teachers about Tate’s influence was “the direct impacts on the teachers themselves, especially on women-identifying ...

1/ NEW: Researchers at Dalhousie University have found large numbers of teachers dealing with explicit misogyny and male supremacist ideology - such as the influence of Andrew Tate - in schools. 🧵

www.antihate.ca/new_report_a...

New Alberta school library standards ban ‘sexually explicit’ books | Xtra Magazine After previously flagging several LGBTQ2S+ titles as “inappropriate,” the province says schools must removed “sexually explicit” books by Oct. 1

ICYMI: I broke down what Alberta's new school library standards actually include (a ban on "sexually explicit content"! But the bible is excluded!) and what comes next

xtramagazine.com/video/albert...

In addition to BCgov's initial (inadequate) salary offer, the other thing to watch is whether employers are willing to meaningfully:
- address staffing shortages, recruitment, retention & workplace safety
- improve working conditions & staffing levels, rather than eroding.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social

YouTube video by British Columbia Teachers' Federation It's time for BC to hire more teachers so we can help more kids.

"We need to pay attention to education and properly fund it to make a difference in the lives of students." #BCEd #HireMoreTeachers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=trUq...

More of this, please, @cityofvancouver.bsky.social

Judge blocks Alberta's ban on gender-affirming health care for youth, says it would risks "irreparable harm" and psychological integrity to trans and gender-diverse youth. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

My weekly visit is for that very purpose.

Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36, Supreme Court of Canada (20 December 2002) | ICJ Procedural Posture The plaintiff teacher sought legal intervention when the Surrey School Board refused to approve three books that depicted same

This case also has direct application in this situation:

www.icj.org/sogicasebook...

'Our future depends on it': Teachers, parents and students call for more education funding Teachers, parents and students from across the province gathered outside the B.C. Legislature Monday calling for increased funding to the education budget.

"Even though that funding is going up, it’s not filling all of the needs ... to make sure students get the services they require"
cheknews.ca/our-future-d...

@bctf.bsky.social

YouTube video by British Columbia Teachers' Federation It's time for BC to hire more school counsellors so we can help more kids.

Many students today are really struggling with anxiety and other mental health challenges. They need more support from #bcpoli. Children and youth deserve access to school counsellors when they need it and where they're at - which is at their own #bced school. youtu.be/F1IZzcCN8RQ?...