Shawna Lewkowitz

I did a Friday Round Table with @jmccall54.bsky.social , @shawnalewk.bsky.social and @scottkitching.bsky.social to so we could look at those issues and more!

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It was an emotional night if you are an NDP supporter but none of the parties walked away getting exactly what they wanted. Listen in on our last election panel.

Many thanks to CBC and my co-panelists. It’s been great to do this weekly political panel with you.

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And that's a wrap. Our fourth and final CBC London Morning Political Panel. host @browncbc.bsky.social, @shawnalewk.bsky.social, Nathan Caranci and I talk: Is Pierre Poilvievre seat at risk?, Advance Polls, Donald Trump is back, Sign Wars, local campaigns and more. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Thanks to @shawnalewk.bsky.social mentioning the Greens exclusion from the debates on the CBC political panel w/ @browncbc.bsky.social. Each election I/we are pressured to drop out & not split the vote. This is why I don't agree; our voices are silenced & democracy suffers. #cdnpoli #elxn45 #ldnont

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Week 3 of CBC’s London Morning Political Panel. T minus 18 days. Joe Preston, @shawnalewk.bsky.social and I join @browncbc.bsky.social to talk: The doldrums/ ground hogs days for local candidates, la grande orange to the south, slogans changing faster than socks and more! www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Thx Carol. To expand, attending debates and being available to the media (not just on your terms) is being accountable to the people you want to represent. Avoiding either means your campaign is about you and your quest for power. Yes I’m talking about the Conservatives. #cdnpoli

Are you seeing claims or accusations out there — from any party, about any party? — that you're not sure what to make of? Let us know! @emilybaroncadloff.bsky.social and @rachelgilmore.bsky.social are on it 👇

London CBC political panel week 2. @shawnalewk.bsky.social, Nathan Caranci & I talk w/ @browncbc.bsky.social : Tariffs & responses, Cons wishing for a Time Machine, Lucy (Trump) & the Football, local campaigns (keep your eye on London F.), P.P. parachute candidates & more! www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The question on all of our minds! 😉

Thanks for sharing, Nadine!

This conference aims to inspire young women and non-binary youth to realize their leadership potential and become changemakers in their communities. If you are or know young female-identifying and/or non-binary folx interested in attending, please share with them www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/...

Do Women and Caregivers Need More From The 'Mobility Hub'? — Streetsblog USA It's one of the buzziest planning concepts around. So why is there so little research on how well "mobility hubs" work for women and caregivers?

“Transport officials need a radically new framework for undrstndg the mobility needs of women + caregivers in our cities – and a good place to start is reimagining the "mobility hubs" where so many of their journeys begin,” says a new report. Feminist geographers have been studying this for decades!

Shocking But Not Surprising Strikes Again (and Again) The Caprices of the Oligarchs Shocking but not surprising is a phrase I've often reverted to in the past eight years, for things that are both hideous and predictable, maybe transgressive against the...

If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.

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5th & last Prov. Election panel on @browncbc.bsky.social ‘s London Morning. @shawnalewk.bsky.social ,Scott Collyer & I talk voter turn, local results, what’s next for the NDP & Libs, did skipping debates and dodging media help Ford but hurt local PC candidates & more.
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CBC election panel. @browncbc.bsky.social, Scott Collyer, @shawnalewk.bsky.social & I talk: Seinfeld election? Doc shortage, Premier’s foot in mouth syndrome, no news is good news (for local PC candidates), Close races (LNC) +s! We’ll be back Friday to talk results. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The Right to Pee Is Everything Trans peoples' basic right to exist in the world is under assault. Bathrooms are at the heart of that fight.

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#transrights #publictoilets

Yes. Sorry about that omission Carol and credit to Mike Schreiner on all of his good work.

As an advocate I'm never surprised when horrible things happen. But I'm always shocked. That's why I keep fighting. If you lose the capacity to be shocked, you lose the ability to be human. Don't.

Indeed. I have a colleague who is doing research on toilets and people who are unhoused in San Diego and the politics are rough

There are some options but I’m in favour of washrooms that provide access to people who are unhoused as they need them most.

Yes, it stays open along with a couple of others in Springbank and one on Victoria park

Here is the article. I have an update that at the committee meeting today, City of London staff agreed to open the Gibbons Park washrooms year round, likely beginning early in the new year when staff are in place.
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Very much agree. That’s why I proposed a pilot in Gibbons and some extended signage. I’d like to see more but trying to ask for what I think is possible, while pushing for what is needed.

Good to see the City of London doing a report to inform future plans. I hope we can move beyond if washrooms are available to also include accessibility, quality and safety, privacy and dignity as key criteria, as per the UN framework on access to sanitation. #publictoilets #ldnont

This isn’t my specific area of focus but access for unhoused people is a big concern, especially when washrooms close in the winter. If someone menstruates or can’t covertly toilet, there are dignity and safety issues. Public washroom access is a human right, not a nice to have.

I was able to share some of my research on parks and access to good quality public toilets today on CBC London Morning. My research looks primarily at gendered access but I didn’t get a chance to talk about the impact on unhoused people, which is also gendered.