Executive Director at a Social Good Enterprise in Toronto. Shareholder at a building engineering firm. Philanthropic trustee. Any opinions are my own
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This is a great headline: "Our leaders think we're idiots, Chapter 4,329: Milk", Better if it said "our politicians" who are often far from leaders. But the article is a good example of the political analysis we need these days. Macleans.ca macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/…
More people should be caring about the pathetic excuse we are letting passfor democracy...A depressing day for democracy in Ontario thestar.com/politics/politic… via @torontostar
Gotta love the message. Before raking the forests, commit to a real climate change program. Rake Finland Great Again | #rakenews youtu.be/w6dscK90V3g via @YouTube
I could not resist....70 Bad One-Liners About the Great Conservative Resistance Photo vice.com/en_ca/article/qvq4a… via @vicecanada
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This is awesome for my first Twitter read in months. Thanks for the share and I am happy to pass it on. Let's #MDGA (Make Democracy Great Again)
A must read thread about the link between media coverage in the 905 (and other parts of Ontario outside big cities) and civic engagement like voter turnout in municipal elections.
Join in the celebration of great folks like Alan
Join us on NOV 1 to honour Alan Broadbent, the 2018 recipient of the #JaneJacobs Lifetime Achievement Award. Alan is recognized for his significant role in creating and supporting #civic engagement projects to strengthen public discourse on civil society. goo.gl/VraQKA
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Voting as a "collective hiring process". A great idea from @CivicActionGTHA mailchi.mp/a39e9174fa3e/civi…
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'Adults in the room': Greens surge across Europe as centre-left flounders
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100 Canadian CEOs urge Doug Ford to rescue Ontario’s basic income project thestar.com/news/queenspark/… via @torontostar
He thinks of Canada as one big city — so he made a transit map of our ‘urban nation’ thestar.com/news/canada/2018… via @torontostar
Another abnormality about #POTUS press secretaries occurred to me (as I rode by #KellyLeitch's house). In biological systems the mouth is upstream of the ass. Somehow that got all mixed up in Washington. But in any event there's no brain involved.
How true. If we started clearly communicating budgets, maybe people and politicians would pay more attention to promises. Good for democracy. teapawt.net/zhadu/status/100665700…
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We are pleased to announce the election of 3 new Directors to our Board: Marcy Burchfield - The Neptis Foundation, Audrey Jamal - University of Guelph & Matthew Kanter - Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. Congratulations & welcome to the team! canurb.org/team
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Attended my first @CANURB AGM & BOD meeting today. Looking forward to working with a talented staff and BOD and helping to facilitate more collaboration among the UrbNGOs. canurb.org/team/ cc
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“We don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
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How to Save the Earth by the Lorax is one of my daughter’s favourite books... thanks to it, she gets mad when we leave lights... facebook.com/greenathome/vid…
Lana Popham: Ban Neonic Pesticides in BC - Sign the petition! chn.ge/2IiUfLY via @CdnChange
Let's stop using our kids as pawns. Carbon pricing is working in Ontario, so hands off thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Great line, unlike the subway it describes:"A $3.35 billion bonfire of taxpayer cash." Look also at the Ford era bonfire: a 10km streetcar tunnel. thestar.com/opinion/star-col… via @torontostar