“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable cities.

Wildlife groups seek to ban sale of invasive plant species from garden centre nurseries rabble.ca/environment/...

"It's not necessarily your responsibility, but it's your response ability," Tessa Blakie Whitecloud, quoting an elder from Grassy Narrows, on how we can use our own privilege to support those who need it.

When Dr @stephen-hwang.bsky.social asked what moral suasion a "housing czar" has, Tessa Blakie Whitecloud explained the ethos in Winnipeg [Canada] is that we push each other's cars out of snowbanks. "When someone needs help, you find your boots." #Homelessness

Ontario is the only province which has downloaded social housing and assistance to municipalities, Councillor @alejandrabravo.bsky.social reminds attendees at the Odette Family lecture. Cities are addressing #affordablehousing canurb.org/publications...

People want housing - as long as they trust who is offering it and it meets their needs. People want community and belonging more... Housing design will solve homelessness, Tessa Blake Whitecloud on her move to the Collaborative #Housing REIT

Starting now: St. Michael's Annual Louis L. Odette Family Lecture, focused on #homelessness, brings perspectives from Manitoba first. stmichaelsfoundation.com/odettelecture

Epic, either way

Maybe we should all just go to bed now 😭 #GoJaysGo

For those like my sister-ex-law who need this because they don't have access to tonight's #WorldSeries game, it's all here: www.youtube.com/live/XufY3YM...

Truth

That different singers adapt the national anthem, shifting words to suit, seems super-Canadian. Worth showing up to hear what will be. #WorldSeries

The Canadian Supreme Court decision on our Good Samaritan law provide telling contrast to law and order. As Pivot Legal Society lawyer says, "Overdoses are a medical emergency. They're not a policing opportunity."

Jays, Raptors, and Leafs all playing/played tonight #Toronto

Just the right blend of bread and circus

Love for #TTC shared by a teacher returning from #TMU with 3 grades from Scarborough school, possible because kids ride free. #TOprosperity Toronto's poverty reduction strategy expanding kids' worlds. They take a trip almost every month! #TOpoli

This, moments after getting off the weekly Zoom call for the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups. Morrison why a moment of silence is always held, and why organizing is important. #InjuredWorkers #ONhealth #CdnLab

This is my brother-in-law, one more cyclist injured by poor road conditions in #Montreal. He has a neck fracture now (thankfully a First Aider made sure he didn't move after he landed face first). #Bikes youtu.be/eZnq2fyX_4w?...

Bonus Summer Saturday in east end Toronto! #dlws

Orillia now sixth municipality to declare food emergency. The vote was unanimous after local community service agencies made presentation about rise in numbers. District Health Unit reports increase from 1/5 households to almost 1/3 (31%) facing #foodInsecurity www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/s...

NEW: Ontario's Education Minister says he won't eliminate French or Catholic school board trustees, largely because of constitutional protections. English trustees have no cover "whatsoever," Paul Calandra said #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1140699...

The highest rates of #homelessness are in the biggest cities and the smallest towns. housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/images/homel...

New Stats Can study on disparity in rental #housing costs and tenure with implications for mobility as renters stay in the same home longer. In 2021, longstanding tenants (5+ years) paid about 19% less than recent renters (under 1 year), up from a 6% gap in 1996. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28...

Put on my blue @housingnowto.bsky.social Tshirt to discuss mentorship opportunities this coming school year for capstone projects at @uoftcities.bsky.social #AffordableHousing

Confusing map colours on an important topic: orange represents prohibition of violence, green tones allow corporal punishment, and purple (another hot colour) has no restrictions.

#Africa is actually about 14x larger than Greenland. #CorrectTheMap #Geography

Precision to the point of pedantry? Someone thought this level of accuracy was important! #Statistics #UrbanGuerrillaism

By design, federal statistical agencies operate independently to guard against politicization of data collection and reporting. This is an alarming and dangerous move that threatens the scientific integrity of independent statistical agencies across the government. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

NPR / PBS Buffalo is hosting a "State of the Stations" discussion and call-in on now, with their senior leadership, addressing their campaign to preserve public media. They are addressing their viewers on both sides of the border. They want to address the "new math" of what is being cut - everywhere

The landlord at 500 Dawes deserves Acorn's Golden Cockroach award.

Saw my first Monarch of the season today #TOnature

"People who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has found" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I love that our local crossing guard was wearing shorts with Maple Leafs and a cowboy hat with Pride flags today to send kids off for the summer. #LastDayofSchool #cdnpoli

"They walked so we could tweet," @mollyjongfast.bsky.social, Erica Jong's daughter on second generation feminists. And on being mothered by a damaged person, "sometimes your best is mediocre." #Motherhood #Feminism #Books h/t The View

Damn, we're back in the 90s. Condolences to all those in the system now. I spent that decade fighting to keep school libraries, music and tech programs, and, closest to my heart, Education Assistants. #CanEd #CdnEdu #CanEdu #cdned #OnPoli (what hashtag do we use!?!) www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

If you want to be safe, walls are not the answer. If you travel, you know bridges are," @ricksteves.bsky.social to on lessons learned from world. He mourns "the loss of 'Bon Voyage!' Now people say 'Have a safe trip.' I want to say 'Have a safe stay.'" #travel h/t @mattgalloway.bsky.social

"While it [separate programs set by Ministers] makes for great press for the government, for people on the ground trying to work with applicants, the challenges and obstacles trying to navigate these programs have been real.” #cdnimm

“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.”

Social connections help vulnerable people survive, as so artfully documented in "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago" by @ericklinenberg.bsky.social when over 700 people died in 1995 #heat #heatwave #urbanheatisland #Toronto

ONCA directs #Nonprofit Directors to "act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation" and those "best interests" are interpreted as accomplishing the mission of the corporation. Risk-mitigation and other factors are considered secondary: ACLCO Board training

New report on Canadian #Nonprofits shows 70% of workers are women, 33% are racialized. Nonprofit salaries average 13% less than the Canadian norm - and 31% less in community nonprofits. This #StructuralDiscrimination means women and People of Colour face lower incomes and retirement savings.

Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.

Three managers and two clerks is not a great staffing complement for a #Friday afternoon. Six of us in line here @bankofmontreal.bsky.social

Report to next week’s Planning & Housing Committee recommends allowing six-unit multiplexes city-wide. Max height permissions will increase from 10 metres to 10.5 metres, to allow for better windows in basement units. But no other changes to the size of buildings. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Canada also wants to deny hearings to asylum-seekers crossing by land from the U.S. who wait two weeks so as not to be turned back.

Our analysis starts from an understanding of the everyday experiences of life for families on a low-income; experiences characterised by 'everyday crisis', by inadequate social security & by jobs that simply do not enable escape from poverty changingrealities.org/writings/get...

"We have to do everything we can to demand an end to these atrocities and war crimes committed by Israel," says Greta Thunberg, speaking from the Mediterranean Sea. She and other activists are sailing to Gaza to deliver badly needed humanitarian aid being blocked by Israel.

10 nominations for @crowstheatre.bsky.social, and the majority of them for Flex, the co-production with Obsidian Theatre. Bravo! Brava!!

“… the average Canadian immigrant has now become younger, lower-skilled and more likely to hail from poorer regions… They’re also paid less. Since 2015, “the average nominal wage gap between temporary and Canadian-born workers has more than doubled,” multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/05/28/c...

Are you or someone you care for 65+ living in an apartment building? If so, you may be eligible to apply for a free AC unit as part of the Air Conditioning Assistance pilot program. Applications open from May 26 until June 6. 📝 Find out more at toronto.ca/ACProgram