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RGD to RSW BA(Than) She/Her Settler | BereavedMom | Grief Counsellor | Ambivert | Nature | Social Issues | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Grief | Suicide+Opioid Loss Survivor | #griefsky #griefispolitical IG: @mourningbreaks

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This gorgeous immersive #publicart installation invites visitors to reflect on loss, memory, care in a shared community space. I visited the installation, spent time with the creators last year and left inspired/hopeful that a more grief-informed, grief-literate society is absolutely possible💛

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08.10.2025 00:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Very cool #volunteer opportunity available at #EvergreenBrickWorks #Toronto this November, supporting the creative @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation at the Good Mourning Festival!

👉 Learn more / sign up here: lnkd.in/ghDqrC6i

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08.10.2025 00:33 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Today we remember that Israel's colonization of Palestine has been ongoing for 125+ years. As Jenan Matari said: "Not 2 years. 77, and 125+". And we stand firm in our support of the Palestinian Peoples' right to resist.

07.10.2025 21:24 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Colonial imperialism is an ongoing process. This process has been unfolding in Palestine for DECADES.

REPOST from Global Sumud Flotilla👇

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07.10.2025 20:47 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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“Like all the wars and evil that the Palestinian people endured throughout history, we survived and will prosper”

~ @sliman.mansour 💛🇵🇸🕊️

#october7 #freepalestina

07.10.2025 23:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
k.w.bogen
October 7th 

Two years into a genocide. Or, let's be precise, 77 years into a genocide. Or, let's be specific, 80+ years into an exercise in ethnic cleansing & displacement. Or, let's be more honest, over a hundred years into a political project of ethnonationalism (Zionism) that has violated and brutalized Palestine, and utterly failed in its purported mission of keeping global Jewry safer.
You don't get to do to others what was done to your ancestors. Genocide is never self-protective, never defensible.

k.w.bogen October 7th Two years into a genocide. Or, let's be precise, 77 years into a genocide. Or, let's be specific, 80+ years into an exercise in ethnic cleansing & displacement. Or, let's be more honest, over a hundred years into a political project of ethnonationalism (Zionism) that has violated and brutalized Palestine, and utterly failed in its purported mission of keeping global Jewry safer. You don't get to do to others what was done to your ancestors. Genocide is never self-protective, never defensible.

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#FreePalestina🇵🇸

07.10.2025 23:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Whether named or ignored, grief is a hidden architect, shaping governance, culture, design, decision making, and the choices we think are rational. - Ziyan Hossain, Method Collective

Whether named or ignored, grief is a hidden architect, shaping governance, culture, design, decision making, and the choices we think are rational. - Ziyan Hossain, Method Collective

Listen in - so much wisdom in this conversation.

“…grief is a hidden architect…” indeed! 🙌🏼💛

🎧 futureshub.ca/s2ep5/

It is paramount that we understand the necessity of being grief-informed in every realm, especially at a systems level.

@spaceforgrief.bsky.social #spaceforgrief

07.10.2025 01:48 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The ever awesome @jameskingsley.ca made the shirt! I have it in four different colors. :)

More info here: www.jameskingsley.ca

04.10.2025 23:10 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Food drives expose the deeper character of a city, showing whether its citizens see hunger as someone else’s problem or everyone’s shared responsibility. London has always made clear where it stands, and it's with compassion. Thank you, as ever London.
#LdnOnt

06.10.2025 11:43 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Can’t wait to hear more! Less than a month away! #spaceforgrief

07.10.2025 01:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Has anyone ever stayed at the UofT guesthouse?

06.10.2025 02:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Flowers

Flowers

Back to school is cool

Back to school is cool

Have fun

Have fun

You’ve got this!

You’ve got this!

It takes a village, truly. 💛🥹🥰❤️
#ldnont #backtoschool

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01.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Share a smile

Share a smile

Dream big

Dream big

New friends ahead

New friends ahead

Nervous? It’s okay (most kids are)

Nervous? It’s okay (most kids are)

It often feels surreal that they’re gone. Hard to explain. Nor would I really ever want you to know how that feels.

I’m grateful that I can sense them with us every September when we spend these precious hours sharing love, encouragement and inspiration with the community. ❤️❤️‍🩹🥹
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01.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
New friends this way

New friends this way

Teachers care, ask us!

Teachers care, ask us!

Shine bright

Shine bright

Be strong

Be strong

What a heartwarming legacy in the midst of the ongoing sorrow and absence.🥹

It’s always an emotional weekend for us, remembering our #EmilyCarrPS years. Colin and Brad are missed beyond measure, by many.
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01.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
You rock

You rock

Remember…be kind to yourself and others

Remember…be kind to yourself and others

You’ve got this!!!

You’ve got this!!!

You are capable and wise

You are capable and wise

One woman whose children have since moved on to high school shared that her kids carry fond memories of these encouraging messages when they walked to school every September. We hadn’t considered how we’re creating warm, lasting childhood memories for other families over these years.
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01.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Your teachers care about you
Welcome back

Your teachers care about you Welcome back

Welcome back
Share a smile with a new friend

Welcome back Share a smile with a new friend

Woo Hoo You!

Woo Hoo You!

Have fun!

Have fun!

Spoke to SO many people—some new to the area who were curious, they’d not seen this before, many others who watch for this every year and were excited this time to catch us in the act (adults and kids alike)! So many who simply walked past extending thanks for doing this for the neighbourhood.
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01.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Photo taken of me a number of years ago while chalking the pathways in the neighborhood.

Photo taken of me a number of years ago while chalking the pathways in the neighborhood.

Welcome back, have fun! ❤️

Welcome back, have fun! ❤️

Your teachers care about you

Your teachers care about you

Just be you, you’re perfect just as you are

Just be you, you’re perfect just as you are

Another successful community #chalkitup day! A HUGE thank you to Kathy W for ALWAYS showing up for this special Labour Day weekend tradition (Kathy was the boys’ Montessori teacher and her support for our family has never wavered 🥰❤️) #ldnont #backtoschool
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01.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
time doesn’t erase love, it just changes how it looks.

time doesn’t erase love, it just changes how it looks.

I can honor them in the way I choose to live now.

I can honor them in the way I choose to live now.

my story didn’t end when theirs did.

my story didn’t end when theirs did.

#grief #griefsky #griefmantras #griefsupport #walkingwithgrief #selfcompassion #takeyourtime #begentlewithyourself #seasonsofgrief #changingseasons #grievingmindfully #validation #permission #selfcare #griefliteracy #griefeducation #griefrevolution #griefcounselling #mourningbreaks #ldnont

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01.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I’m allowed to carry this love with nowhere new to put it.

I’m allowed to carry this love with nowhere new to put it.

grief will always be part of me — but it’s not all of me.

grief will always be part of me — but it’s not all of me.

I can say their name and smile through the tears.

I can say their name and smile through the tears.

my grief is valid, no matter how much time has passed.

my grief is valid, no matter how much time has passed.

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01.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
my worth isn’t measured by how “over it” I seem.

my worth isn’t measured by how “over it” I seem.

grief can live in me and I can still laugh, still dream, still hope.

grief can live in me and I can still laugh, still dream, still hope.

it’s not weakness to still cry years later.

it’s not weakness to still cry years later.

I can let joy in without it meaning I’ve let them go.

I can let joy in without it meaning I’ve let them go.

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01.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
I don’t have to pretend the ache has gone away.

I don’t have to pretend the ache has gone away.

I’m allowed to have days where getting out of bed is the victory

I’m allowed to have days where getting out of bed is the victory

love this deep will always leave a mark, and that’s okay.

love this deep will always leave a mark, and that’s okay.

healing doesn’t mean I stop longing for them.

healing doesn’t mean I stop longing for them.

Enter this season slowly, with compassion for all you’ve been through.

Thinking of you.💛🥰

Images created by: William Hunter Howell @prettypainfulgriefbook (IG)

#griefsky

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01.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
some little grief mantras to carry into September

some little grief mantras to carry into September

I don’t need to “move on” to keep moving forward.

I don’t need to “move on” to keep moving forward.

I can miss them forever and still build something worth living for.

I can miss them forever and still build something worth living for.

grief is proof that they mattered—and I’m not ashamed of it.

grief is proof that they mattered—and I’m not ashamed of it.

Some gentle little grief mantras to carry into September.

I love the validation and permission they provide to let #grief move through you in the ways it’s meant to.

Take your time.

There is no need to rush your heart as it continues to learn how to hold these tender experiences.

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01.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Let's talk parks | Get Involved London Instructions: This survey will be available until September 30, 2025, and should take about 10 minutes to complete. All responses will be kept confidential and will be reproduced i...

Hey #ldnont! The city is gathering feedback on city parks, and I know a lot of you have thoughts to share. Submit them here: getinvolved.london.ca/talk-parks/s...

Looking for inspiration? Check out this great article in Spacing on how to revitalize parks in Toronto: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

31.08.2025 23:24 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Thanks, @sameervasta.bsky.social! I’ll read through it tomorrow when I have some time to consider it within the context of my work. Curious, given the notes I’ve received. Could the headline be any more sensationalist? Horrid. Hope the article is more balanced and considerate of the complexities.

20.08.2025 17:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can anyone send me a copy of this paywalled article? Screenshots? I’ve had a few people sharing concerns about the headline and the article itself and I would love to review it. #MAiD (yes I do know I can sign up for a free trial) :)

20.08.2025 12:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Text from this graphic was quoted in the first slide

Let this be your wake-up call!
Act now. Get involved in your community!
Organize or join the care networks already organizing!
We cannot afford to wait.
Outraged? Good!
Now move from outrage to action.

Let this be your wake-up call! Act now. Get involved in your community! Organize or join the care networks already organizing! We cannot afford to wait. Outraged? Good! Now move from outrage to action.

16.08.2025 02:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Trump has federalized DC police, deployed the National Guard, and ordered the removal of homeless encampments

Trump has federalized DC police, deployed the National Guard, and ordered the removal of homeless encampments

Ontario is seeing a rise in authoritarian, fascistic policy (graphic goes on to highlight parallels to Ford government’s Notwithstanding Clause power grabs and Bill 6 which criminalizes our most vulnerable neighbours)

Ontario is seeing a rise in authoritarian, fascistic policy (graphic goes on to highlight parallels to Ford government’s Notwithstanding Clause power grabs and Bill 6 which criminalizes our most vulnerable neighbours)

16.08.2025 02:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Londoners protest Israeli military escalation and killing of Palestinian journalists | CBC News Londoners marched through the downtown core on Monday in protest of Israel's escalating military offensive in Gaza, and the deaths of six Palestinian journalists from an Israeli airstrike over the wee...

Myself and another colleague covered this on Monday evening www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #LdnOnt

16.08.2025 00:45 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Red text box with a purple duotone image of many small tents set up in a city park. Soft mauve text says, in capital letters
TRUMP IS TARGETING THE HOMELESS 
HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD CARE IN ONTARIO

Image by @fightbackkw on Instagram

Red text box with a purple duotone image of many small tents set up in a city park. Soft mauve text says, in capital letters TRUMP IS TARGETING THE HOMELESS HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD CARE IN ONTARIO Image by @fightbackkw on Instagram

“Capitalism creates the conditions for fascism. Those who protect capital over people—yes, including Liberal MPs, MPPs, CITY and REGIONAL COUNCILLORS—are protecting corporate interests, enabling displacement, and violating Charter rights.”

Image: @fightbackkw IG

#ldnont #kwawesome #kitchener

16.08.2025 01:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#griefispolitical #slowdown #mindfulness #selfcompassion #selfcare #griefliteracy #griefrevolution #mourningbreaks #griefcounselling #online #inperson #walkandtalk #ldnont

13.08.2025 21:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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