Meg Aiken

We shouldn’t accept forced removals and involuntary treatment that ignore people’s rights and dignity. Real support means compassion, not control.

We need evidence-based, trauma-informed care not harmful policies disguised as “help” to desperate families.

#ableg continues to harm Albertans. 😡

300 characters can't capture the depth .. This sketch contrasts public safety narratives with the lived reality of marginalized people. Surrounded by words like "trauma," "evicted," and "no beds," it highlights how systemic barriers and stigma leave many feeling unsafe, unseen, and unsupported.

#RPVSky #WritingSky #AcademicSky

I've been making great progress on a manuscript I'd been struggling with. This morning, while reflecting on the writing process of this specific paper, I figured out 3 things that have been working well and have helped me move forward with this paper:

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Just finished Mark Carney's presser, no media questions about the trans community (come on, people) and no mention of Trans Day of Visibility from Carney in the press conference.

I feel like this is going to be an evergreen essay. Unfortunately?

This probably deserves some attention in English Canada.

"Coercion at its finest": Ministry mandating My Recovery Plan participation for recovery service access The app owned by Last Door Recovery Society was legally obligated to be voluntary for recovery program clients. But in a bait-and-switch, the Alberta government is now telling service providers to ens...

Forced data collection by Recovery Alberta will potentially be used in the implementation of forced treatment.

Drug user rights are willfully eroded while the recovery industry scores sole source contracts.

Must read by @drugdatadecoded.ca 👇

drugdatadecoded.ca/coercion-at-...

YouTube video by CityNews Albertan Drug Policy Advocacy group opposing involuntary addiction treatment centres

Forced treatment is another way of criminalization of people who use drugs. We need rapid access to voluntary evidenced based treatment, housing, support for trauma and investment in harm reduction to keep people well.
#ABpoli
#CareIsNotCoerced
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTP...

YouTube video by YourAlberta (Government of Alberta) Keeping promises for treatment and recovery – February 24, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

Not so “compassionate intervention” - criminalization with a different name - has been announced in Alberta. While those who want treatment still wait weeks and months, those who don’t, will be forced into privately run treatment jails.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjB-...

Toronto you’ve gotta be kidding me.

My favorite PhD cohort mate had his state grant application (not the Feds!) pulled because he submitted to a diversity PA.

They won’t add it to omnibus so it can get reviewed, it’s just trashed because he’s Latino and expressly said so in the application.

This is racism enforced by policy.

YouTube video by CBC News Canada to appoint ‘fentanyl czar’ as part of tariff pause

As Canada’s Fentanyl Czar, I would create a massive safe supply program that would starve organized crime. Why score lethal street crap when the czar can hook you up with a script to the good pharma shit? Where do I apply? m.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBo...

If there’s one thing that goes to get me libbed up as a Canadian, it’s anti-Americanism. Truly nothing like it. 🥹

I just want a political 'left' that has clear, strong ethics and that can just be direct — say the shit that we're all thinking. Put your foot in your mouth a little, don't be shy. It's not the time to be middling.

Honestly that sounds sick so I say go for it regardless of obnoxiousness 🤷‍♀️

YOOOO

Jennings Creek wildfire in New York and New Jersey, 2024

Palisades fire in California, 2025

From New York to LA, huge fires have torched both the East and West coasts in the middle of winter. Climate change is making these extreme events more frequent and devastating. We cannot afford to keep dragging our feet on climate action.

Infographic of main findings of the report.

New 🧪 report out from our team. We conducted an epidemiological survey of 499 people who use drugs in central Edmonton to assess their health, wellbeing, and service needs. #yeg

Crazy how they adapted a feature length film of Nosferatu from that one SpongeBob SquarePants episode.

Just a reminder: Workers on strike use strikes as leverage. You apply some uncomfortable pain to pressure points in our system.

Here, Canada Post workers made the right move: apply pressure in the busiest time of the year regarding deliveries. That's what strikes are all about. (1/3)

I think Baldurs Gate 3 should’ve won again but Balatro would’ve been cool too. :(

I mean we already know the answer, but still.

Honestly I can’t support you here

Headline from a rich person who writes: "Don't replace the culture war with the class war"

Counterpoint: Do

Looks great!

lmao freak

STARTER PACK. WHATEVER.