Curriculum integrating T&R Calls to Action. Students wanting less technology in the classroom. Students and homelessness. The Big Thinking Summit is shifting the focus of education and it's happening in Edmonton from June 9 to 11. rabble.ca/education/th...

A study by the ON Auditor General of home care showed by 2015, billing rates to tax payers for private companies were double what nurses and PSWs were actually paid plus an 18% admin charge. May 28: Stop Ford’s Hospital Privatization Train Wreck - join the protest. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Natalie Mehra, ED of OHC, has a message for everyone invested in protecting Universal Healthcare from privatization. Join OHC at Queen's Park May 28 & tell Ford No More Profit Over People! Details of logistics and links to GO train rides at the end of the article. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Min Sook Lee inherited animism from her mother. Animists recognize the personhood, intrinsic value and unique spirit inhabiting all life forms and must play a central role when it comes to addressing the multiple crises initiated by patriarchy and capitalism. #NFB open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

During our conversation about her new doc, There Are No Words, Lee Min Sook capably establishes the intersectionality of historical & present day geopolitical violence, genocide & strict social order with the violence women & children experience in private spheres.

During our conversation about her new doc, There Are No Words, Lee Min Sook capably establishes the intersectionality of historical & present day geopolitical violence, genocide & strict social order with the violence women & children experience in private spheres. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Tomorrow on Small Change, Min Sook Lee discusses, There Are No Words, that came from visiting her 90-year-old father during the pandemic. That’s when Min Sook realized when her father dies she'll have no direct connection to her mother who died by suicide. doreenn.substack.com

bol, brown boy, bol (speak, brown boy, speak) is a cheeky, heartfelt solo performance showcasing Nawaaz Makhani's journey of reclaiming his voice and cultural inheritance through learning tabla, a northern Indian percussion instrument. See it at Aki Studio now. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Nawaaz Makhani speaks up about the impact of Canadian racism on his identity and shares his story of finding his way back to himself in his solo performance, bol, brown boy, bol. Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com

In 1990, billionaire wealth was 2.5% of global GDP. Their wealth is now 14.1% of GDP. In the UK, it's now 22% of their GDP We absolutely have to get inequality under control. It's the extreme level of inequality that's causing so many of our problems. We need to tax wealth + transactions and do UBI

Brilliant article by my friend, Paul Kahnert! Can't wait for the next installment. rabble.ca/education/th...

Basic Income helps people find and keep jobs. That finding inverts the usual objection. The safety net doesn't replace work. It replaces the desperation that makes people take bad work. Better floor, better choices.

Looking for work still costs money.

A Basic Income could play a role in reducing crime and recidivism; folks finding appropriate employment and being able to keep that job; and simply improving people’s overall health and wellbeing as well as that of their children. So why don't we have one?! open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Sherrie Sweeney knows a Basic Income would help folks find and keep jobs. We discuss all the reasons for a BI before We Sherrie answers the most important question — why don’t Canadians have a Basic Income/Guaranteed Standard of Living yet?!!! open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com: Sherrie Sweeney knows a Basic Income would help folks find & keep jobs. She worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association in their employment group as the intake co-ordinator before Ford hired Serco, a global, for-profit company to run it.

While ‘polycrisis’ might not yet be a common word, people around the globe live it daily and the impacts can’t be solved in siloes. Basic Income is a key to averting that dystopian future. - Sheila Regehr, Chair of BICN open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Add your voice now to support Marit Stiles' Youth Summer Jobs Plan share.nwmd.social/s/aTDCgt8f

“Mark Carney is right that Canada needs bold nation-building projects. A Basic Income is nation-building too. It creates the stability people need to weather economic change with dignity rather than fear,” Tom Cooper, co-facilitator OBIN. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Monday: Why a Basic Income is Key to Averting a Dystopian Future. The 2026 Basic Income Earth Network Congress in Toronto August 20 to 22 examines the theme, Basic Income & the Polycrisis: The key to unlocking the puzzle. Hear from organizers Sheila Regehr and Tom Cooper. doreenn.substack.com

Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera could just as easily be a commentary on the politics, policies and political will of Donald Trump, Doug Ford and their ilk. Or, the Weston, Thomson, Bronfman and Roger’s families along with all the rest of the 0.01%. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Don't forget: my old Yale Law classmate Clarence Thomas refused to recuse from Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's involvement in the plot. And he's taken at least 100 gifts worth over $2 million while serving, including from GOP donor Harlan Crow. He's a disgrace to the Court.

In Beyond Food Charity to Systems Change: Pedagogical Application of Bertolt Brecht’s Songs & Poems to the Problems of Food Insecurity & Hunger, Dennis Raphael highlights Brecht’s comments about food charity in the 1920s. Those observations are still relevant today. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Tomorrow on Small Change, Prof Dennis Raphael expands on Bertolt Brecht’s poetry explaining how a century later it’s still incredibly relevant particularly when it comes to addressing food security and hunger across Canada. doreenn.substack.com

Thanks to Doreen Nicoll, NAWL | ANFD and more for spotlighting how Bill #S206 and guaranteed livable basic income can help prevent violence against women and meaningfully enhance equality! -Senator Kim Pate. A shout out from Senator Pate means this is a must read. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

No one should work for free. Support Bill C-250. cupe.ca/no-one-shoul...

NAWL supports a Basic Income because addressing poverty and gender-based violence means investing in systemic, structural solutions. Women and gender-diverse people are more likely to experience poverty, remain poor for longer periods, & face intersecting barriers. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

A great way to end May Day is reading 2 rabble.ca top picks: my piece about NDP MPP Robin Lennox calling for Ford govt to sign onto the pharmacare agreement & Paul Kahnert's article, The Oligarch Chronicles Part 1. Remember, People Have the Power! In Solidarity!

Midwives were bullied into mediation by Health Minister Jones. When the mediator found overwhelmingly in favour of the midwives, Jones rejected the report & all recommendations. On May Day, demand the ON govt to pay midwives what they are worth! www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Happy May Day! Celebrate by learning more about how neoliberal policies like Carney's Canada Strong Fund - a fancy name for P3s - is not the answer to government austerity policies nor is it a safeguard against what is happening the United States. In Solidarity! open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

The Ford govt is trying to avoid paying pay equity adjustments despite giving MPPs a 35% raise in 2025. If Ford really believed Ontario’s children are the future, then it would fulfill Mathers' recommendations. In fact, it would strive to exceed them. www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Prof Stephen McBride wants Canadians to escape dystopia. He explains how neoliberal ideologies and policies combined with globalization contributed to the downward spiral in Canada. Keeping infrastructure and essential services in the public realm is essential. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

NDP MPP Robin Lennox calls on the Ford govt to sign the pharmacare agreement for universal access to diabetes and contraceptive coverage. Then to expand coverage to all meds on the Ontario drug benefit list. #ONDP #OHC rabble.ca/health/ontar...

Anthony Marco's article is a must read that lays bare Carney's Canada Strong Fund is a P3 in disguise and that what's really needed is robust investment in publicly owned infrastructure and services NOT more corporate welfare. open.substack.com/pub/theradco...

Carney's National Wealth Fund is just a fancy name for public-private partnerships or P3s. Prof Stephen McBride explains why neoliberal outsourcing of publicly funded services is not the answer to government austerity policies tomorrow on Small Change: doreenn.substack.com

The lovely folks at Minnow are about to launch a third issue! A mag about conservation in the Great Lakes Region and the small but mighty species often overlooked.

Made in Ethiopia challenges the idea that no matter how much economic growth there is, gross domestic product (GDP) is not a reflection of how workers on the ground nor the environment are doing. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Vince Fiorito argues, if corporations have legal rights, then forests, rivers and wildlife should too. Canadians can no longer indulge in destructive cognitive dissonant behaviours that kill Nature. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Add your voice now to support Marit Stiles' motion to Ban Predatory Pricing in Ontario! share.nwmd.social/s/cnxO6cj2

Vince Fiorito argues the City of Burlington is forcing Karen Barnes, and other naturalized gardeners, to violate Natural Law in order to fall within the current property standards bylaw. We discuss why wise stewardship needs to be championed by politicians. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

ON midwives fought for over a decade before winning major pay equity rulings in 2018 and 2020. Those rulings were upheld in 2022. Yet, midwives are still waiting for those pay equity adjustments & in some cases, retroactive pay owed to them by the Ford govt. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

If the Ford government really believed that Ontario’s children were the future, then it would not hesitate to fulfill Mathers’ recommendations. In fact, it would strive to exceed them. Time to tell the Ford government that Ontario needs midwives everywhere! open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Add your voice now to support Marit Stiles' motion to Ban Predatory Pricing in Ontario! share.nwmd.social/s/T9ptu6j7

Catch Hamilton author, artist, musician Gary Barwin at gritLit tonight interviewing Jamie Tennant host of Get Lit. Sat morning Gary’s back at 10:30 am, one of 11 poets taking part in Poetry in Place: Poetry and Environmental Hope in a Southern Ontario Bioregion. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Today on Small Change, Gary Barwin discusses his early life in Northern Ireland where he was born to South African parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent & how his lived experience influenced his art, writing and language. Catch him at gritLit this weekend. #gritLit open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Today on Small Change, Gary Barwin discusses his early life in Northern Ireland where he was born to South African parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent and how his lived experiences have influenced his art, writing and language. Catch him at gritLit this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Catch my interview tomorrow with author/poet/musician Gary Barwin. Sat morning Gary’s 1 of 11 poets taking part in Poetry in Place: Poetry and Environmental Hope in a Southern Ontario Bioregion, at gritLit. I can’t think of a better start to a Saturday! doreenn.substack.com

Over 40% of the intravenous immune globulin used worldwide has no clinical evidence backing its use. In other words, markets are being created for non-essential plasma products that Grifols profits handsomely from. Read today's rabble.ca article: rabble.ca/health/ontar...