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Reminders for Pride Month and Beyond
With rampant misinformation, be sure to listen to how the LGBTQ+ community actually feels. Pride Month is celebrated every June to honour...
Raquel
Jun 13, 20235 min read
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Ontarians: The Ford Government Does Not Care About You
Re: Ford's announcement yesterday about efforts to improve police recruitment. What Did Ford Do Now? Doug Ford is the current premier of...
Raquel
Apr 26, 20235 min read
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Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah)
A day chosen by Jewish people, rather than the UN, to honour our victims. Yom Hashoah On November 1, 2005, the UN General Assembly...
Raquel
Apr 18, 20237 min read
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International Transgender Day of Visibility
Your allyship is needed now more than ever to ensure the safety of trans individuals. What is TDOV? First held on March 31, 2009,...
Raquel
Mar 31, 20238 min read
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Privatization is NOT the Answer
Whether it's incompetence or selfishness, Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones are failing us. 5 Years of Ontario Premier Doug Ford This crisis has...
Raquel
Mar 22, 20237 min read
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Who is Pierre Poilievre and What Does He Stand For?
A look at what's at stake if the MP becomes the next Prime Minister of Canada. Disclaimer: Me criticizing Poilievre doesn't mean I like...
Raquel
Mar 2, 202313 min read
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Toronto City Council Continues to Fail Unhoused People
City councillors decide that people freezing to death isn’t a public health crisis. Yesterday, despite the recommendations by the Toronto...
Raquel
Feb 9, 20236 min read
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February is Black History Month
Celebrating Black Canadians while giving the police millions more $$ each year. It is frustrating to see politicians claim to celebrate...
Raquel
Feb 1, 20234 min read
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
A day to honour the victims of the Holocaust and a reminder to stay educated. What was the Holocaust? The Holocaust, or Shoah, was the...
Raquel
Jan 27, 20238 min read
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Bell Let's Talk About Practicing What You Preach
A look at the good and the bad to come out of #BellLetsTalkDay Introduction to Bell Let’s Talk Day Bell Let's Talk Day was founded in...
Raquel
Jan 25, 20237 min read
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What is Transformative Justice?
How recognizing the systems within us allows us to create systems change. Transformative Justice (TJ) is a political framework and...
Raquel
Sep 7, 20223 min read
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How Do We Fix the Nursing Crisis in Ontario?
How the current provincial government is failing us by pushing for privatization. What is Happening? The Ontario nursing shortage is...
Raquel
Aug 17, 20225 min read
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Listen to Jewish People When We Call Out Antisemitism
Disclaimer: I am not claiming to be any kind of expert on anything. I am just a Jewish woman who is terrified by the antisemitism I see...
Raquel
Jul 27, 20229 min read
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What is the ACE Study and Why Is It Still Relevant?
What is the ACE Study? The adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study was a study conducted at Kaiser Permanente from 1995 to 1997. It is...
Raquel
Jul 13, 20222 min read
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How Has Canada Responded to the TRC Calls to Action?
What are the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 94 Calls to Action? These calls to action were created and published in 2015...
Raquel
Jul 6, 20224 min read
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It's Time to Decriminalize Drugs in Canada
The catastrophic effects set in motion by the Canadian opioid epidemic will continue to disproportionately hurt those negatively affected...
Raquel
Jun 15, 202210 min read
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How Healthy Public Policy and the Social Determinants of Health Shape Our Lives
The social determinants of health (SDH) are the non-medical factors that impact our health outcomes (World Health Organization, n.d.)....
Raquel
May 25, 20223 min read
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Accepting Privilege and the Commitment to Growth in True Allyship
Disclaimer: I aim to offer suggestions for those who have been too scared to mess up that it prevents action, not tell those familiar...
Raquel
May 19, 20223 min read
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