Marianne Quirouette

Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I  was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…

"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"

Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project

published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...

The Immigration Department has banned only one member of the controversial Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap from entering Canada, it told CBC News in a statement, contradicting a Liberal MP's claim in September that none of them would be let in. It’s the first time Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has publicly commented on the cases of the three men since Vince Gasparro, parliamentary secretary for combatting crime, published a social media video two months ago saying “effective immediately, the members of Kneecap have been deemed ineligible from entering Canada.” Gasparro accused the band of support for organizations on Canada’s terror list, Hezbollah and Hamas.

Canadian parliamentary secretary for combating crime Vince Gasparro LIED when he said all of Kneecap was banned from Canada, per CBC.

Only one member was prohibited.

This is an incredible overreach of power and violation of public trust and the rights of these men. He must be held to account.

This. Especially because I believe that writing is thinking (for me). I don’t want to lose that.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

Le regard de notre caricaturiste Chloé sur l'actualité du 3 novembre 2025 👉https://bit.ly/4oTsjiE

Ontario Cities Are Clearing Homeless Encampments. Where Are People Supposed to Go? Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused

Sharing this article again because it's the culmination of a few months of work from me - and people should be reading about it.

Tomorrow!
Oct 16
7-8pm ET

Fast paced and interactive but cameras/mics are off, so you're never on the spot.

You leave with 5 super practical techniques to de-escalate and safely intervene.

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"$8,492 for Flip-Flops: The Price of Punishment Without Support", by Emily Stewart.

New John Howard Society series "Within the System" covers stories from people navigating release from prison. Based on fieldwork from our longitudinal re-entry study. #criminology

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A screenshot of the website contexts.org shows a photo of a person in a graduation gown holding up a hand-written sign that reads "Now What?" The caption is "Young, mostly liberal law students in this study navigated the ethical conflicts of their career paths through a series of moral justifications." The article below is titled "Good Lawyer, Bad Lawyer," and it is written by Elena G. Van Stee.

🚨Fresh #sociology alert! In "Good Lawyer, Bad Lawyer," @elenavanstee.bsky.social summarizes
@mathuclair.bsky.social and Sophia Hunt's research into the decision-making processes of young progressives entering professions they see as perpetuating #inequality
contexts.org/articles/goo...

Just bought this from my local bookshop! Posting since you might be interested too :)

YouTube video by CanadaBoatGaza 🆘 Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.

Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.
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#EndGazaBlockade

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

When I was a little girl I wanted to be like Jane Goodall.

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Nothing is inevitable. In either direction. Hope and work.

BCCLA condemns the Liberal government’s unfounded, biased, and authoritarian decision to bar Irish-language rap group @kneecapceol.bsky.social from Canada, preventing them from performing their October shows.

Email your MP and tell them to Reverse Kneecap's Travel Ban! bit.ly/ReverseKneec...

Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population | CBC News COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be free for all Quebecers starting this fall, the province’s Health Ministry announced Wednesday.

Anti-science creeps northward. 😳 Dr. Boileau's comments suggest ignorance of asymptomatic spread, the exponential harm of each infection (including long COVID risk), and the effectiveness of layered protections (vaccines, masking in public, cleaning the air):

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hey Canada, how do you feel about spending taxpayer dollars to cover the cost of a lawsuit because our government decided to defame righteous critics of genocide? Is that fiscally prudent governance?

(Below posts from Kneecap in response to the Canadian government.)

‘It’s time to prepare for war:’ Forest defenders in ancient Walbran valley ready for RCMP raid These ancient trees are almost certainly doomed. Meet the people risking everything to protect them all the same

‘It’s time to prepare for war:’ Forest defenders in ancient Walbran valley ready for RCMP raid.

Award-winning journalist Brandi Morin has been on the ground in the upper Walbran valley this week to report on a new blockade challenging old growth logging.

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If you’re canceling subscription services with giant companies with ties to terrible people, you should think about replacing them with a library card. Many library systems give you access to physical media (some of which you can’t find on streaming!) as well as other great stuff.

When we think of sexism, it's easy to think of *active* efforts to discriminate against women. But sexism also operates *passively* - like through our inaction on issues like childcare and paid family leave. In that context, return-to-office policies are sexist in consequence, even if not in design.

Stand up against Street Harassment September 4, 2025 Noon - 1pm EST

There are so many awful things happening in the world right now and so many of us feel powerless to change anything.

But community care is a skill we can all learn. We CAN show up for each other when we see our fellow neighbours being targeted.

Let me teach you how!

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🚨Windsor Law is hiring! 🚨
@windsorlaw.bsky.social is looking for 4 asst/assoc profs who bring social justice & critical perspectives to our core curriculum, esp environmental law, torts, constitutional, family, evidence, int'l trade & Indigenous law. Deadline: Sep 24
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It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion…

… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.

Infuriating.

Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.

Buried in the regime's political takeover letter of the Smithsonian is the worst bit. Unlike exhibits, which are non-destructive towards primary materials, temporary in nature, and reversible, the foundational collections are irreplacable. They want to be able to throw stuff out.

Palestine on Campus: the Student Movement in Montreal Schools Since the first student encampment in solidarity with Palestine went up at McGill University last year, the student movement has only grown, organizing and diversifying tactics to pressure schools to divest academically and financially from Israel. In Palestine on Campus, The Rover’s Savannah Stewart and Justin Khan look back on the events of the last school year at McGill, Concordia and Dawson College, revealing how pro-Palestinian activism has raised tensions between university administrations and their student bodies and been the target of pushback from a variety of sources. Our investigation highlights an apparent lack of communication between university administrations and the student movement for Palestine, which enjoys broad support among the student body as evidenced by incredibly successful strike votes and divestment votes at both universities. In the absence of a meaningful reconciliation between the goals of the administrations and the demands of the students, we hope this documentary can help initiate the necessary conversations to chart a path forward. — Find in-depth investigative journalism, political commentary, podcast episodes and more at https://therover.ca/ Don’t miss out! Subscribe to the newsletter at https://therover.ca/newsletter/ Follow us on: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/therover.community/ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/therovermedia.bsky.social

Less than 24 hours after posting this documentary to Instagram, we got locked out of our account. It’s about the crackdown on pro Palestinian protests on campuses across Montreal. We need your help to get the word out. 🙏 l.instagram.com?u=https%3A%2...

Teen Vogue has been doing better journalism than the top papers in the country for years now