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LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for Oct 1st This week's lineup has: Bike lane politics, Trump's shadow on Canada, and fibroids in the spotlight. h/t @ambermac.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tvotoday.bsky.social @justinling.ca @namshine.bsky.social medium.com/@lanrickbenn...

“Endometriosis behaves very much like a cancer.” Why does it take 5–7 years to diagnose in Canada? @drmathewleonardi.bsky.social (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social) asks @namshine.bsky.social on the next episode of (MIS)Treated. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m... | Producer: @matthewomara.bsky.social

When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“In 264 of the 412 prosecutions Pregnancy Justice tracked between 2022 and 2024, health care providers contributed information to police that eventually was used as evidence against the defendants during their prosecutions.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Watch. Subscribe. Share. (MIS)Treated is a critically important new podcast series about women's health. Thank you @namshine.bsky.social and TVO. These stories matter. youtu.be/0Ocoj8Rdk7s?...

"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."

Today’s the launch of @tvotoday.bsky.social (MIS)Treated, a podcast on women’s health. Thank you for the support & messages🙏❤️. About 7% of Canada’s federal spending goes to women’s health & women weren’t included in clinical trials until 1993 in USA and 1997 in Canada m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oco...

#StarInvestigation: A Toronto surgeon who was previously found by a medical watchdog to have been “essentially experimenting on patients” with risky and unproven procedures has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm of a woman in his care.

With September 30 marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, APTN News looks at how many of the 94 Calls to Action have been answered since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivered its final report in 2015.

The road to reconciliation begins with truth Mishiikenh Kwe ~ Anishinaabe c. 2022

YouTube link: youtu.be/0Ocoj8Rdk7s?...

Venus Williams says doctors dismissed her fibroids for 30 years. What happens to the quality of your life when no one takes your pain seriously? Or when care is out of reach? @ambermac.bsky.social joins @namshine.bsky.social on the first episode of (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...

"There just hasn't been a lot of money put into researching women's health issues. And so what ends up happening is that women do end up suffering in silence." — @ambermac.bsky.social talks to @namshine.bsky.social on the first episode of (MIS)Treated on Sept. 30. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

Launching September 30, (MIS)Treated, a new TVO Today podcast hosted by Nam Kiwanuka @namshine.bsky.social examines how medicine has historically failed women, and why urgent change is still needed. Read more: tvo.me/tvo-podcast-... Watch the trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=mYX7...

As Canada redefines its global role, three women leaders share their insights. @namshine.bsky.social speaks with @senatorsenior.bsky.social, Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux (@lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social) & Alexandra Chyczij (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

"I hope we start to take women's health much more seriously than we've done so to date. Women are not just baby making machines who are important up to the point where they give birth," @ambermac.bsky.social tells @namshine.bsky.social on (MIS)Treated on Sept. 30. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

"We need to be present, visible, outspoken, honest... we need to be there. Put yourself where it is happening." — Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux (@lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social) on women leaders. Tonight at 8pm with @namshine.bsky.social at AMO on @wearetvo.bsky.social.

"We need to have more women elected, because we can create the right policies in order to have a better gender balance in politics." — @senatorsenior.bsky.social on women in leadership roles, at 8pm with @namshine.bsky.social at AMO | Producers: @britweaver.bsky.social & @mayaabramson.bsky.social

Grateful to @ambermac.bsky.social for being the first guest for (MIS)Treated, a podcast on women’s health. Women’s health is underfunded, under researched and in the process, women’s pain has become normalized. On this podcast, we hope to create conversations that can push for change. Out Sept 30🙏

"I allow myself to cry once a day, and then the anger, adrenaline, and coffee take over." — Alexandra Chyczij (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) tells @namshine.bsky.social about the toll helping people flee the conflict in Ukraine has taken. Tonight at AMO at 8pm on @wearetvo.bsky.social.

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed five people Sunday, including three children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said four of the killed, the three children as well as their father, held U.S. citizenship. https://to.pbs.org/4nifYnI

How are mental health and addictions linked to Ontario’s housing crisis? @namshine.bsky.social speaks with Andrew Boozary (@uhn.ca), Camille Quenneville (CMHA Ontario), and Matthew Pegg (Wounded Warriors Canada) at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

"When I started as a firefighter... I never would have put my hand up and said 'I'm struggling with what I saw today." — former fire chief Matthew Pegg (Wounded Warriors Canada) on mental health, at 8pm with @namshine.bsky.social at AMO | Producers @britweaver.bsky.social & @mayaabramson.bsky.social

Who is really struggling with addictions? "Most often it's somebody who actually has a job and a mortgage, and they may have children and a family," Camille Quenneville (CMHA Ontario) tells @namshine.bsky.social at AMO. Tonight at 8pm | Producers: @britweaver.bsky.social & @mayaabramson.bsky.social

"The band-aid solutions you can try to do — in a shelter, in an emergency department, in a primary care clinic — cannot really undo the real pathologies of poverty that come from homelessness," Andrew Boozary (@uhn.ca) tells @namshine.bsky.social at AMO. Tonight at 8pm

(MIS)Treated launches on Sept 30th with @ambermac.bsky.social Amber was a great source of connection when I was navigating my fibroids journey. We will talk about how she fought for the care she needed and why women’s health needs more research and funding. Thank you to all who have reached out ❤️🙏

“A 62-year-old homeless man was sleeping on a bench in Nathan Phillips Square, near Bay and Queen streets, after 6 a.m. on Aug. 31 when he was approached by two people. The pair began “violently beating” the man with a hammer, unprovoked, and then fled..” www.thestar.com/news/gta/man...

The last few months have been the most rewarding professionally but also frightening 🙈 because I want to get this right. Women’s health has been historically underfunded & under researched. The ripple effects impact our health, personal and professional lives. Look for (MIS)Treated Sept 30th on TVO.

“There is actually zero GYN oncologists in Fraser Health region, which is the biggest health authority actually in the province and probably the fastest growing one … How can you serve more than two million people and not have a single surgical GYN oncologist?” he said. globalnews.ca/news/1140303...

Ontario’s Auditor General to probe $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund amid questions about grants www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

“You're taking advantage of people who are still trying to recover.” 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of the Ninth Ward are still fighting for survival. The latest threat? A $5 billion canal project that could drown them all over again. Our collab with @capitalb.bsky.social:

“The start of school looked a lot different for many students in the town of Parry Sound, Ont., when they found out weeks before the start of classes that there was no actual school to attend.” globalnews.ca/news/1139337...

Toronto’s unhoused pop more than doubled in 3 yrs. Last year, 1/3rd of food bank users were kids. According to OntLivingWage you need to earn $26/h to make ends meet. In Toronto, 1500 to 2000 youth are unhoused. I wrote about the lack of outrage @tvotoday.bsky.social amp.tvo.org/article/anal...

"In a province as wealthy and prosperous as Ontario, nearly one in every four people who are unhoused are children and young people. I was surprised at the lack of public outcry." — @namshine.bsky.social

“…during this 28-hour period, Sidhu recalled his wife being in extreme pain. She couldn’t walk to the washroom without his help and started crying out from her discomfort. She also had low blood pressure periodically and a consistently high heart rate.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...

A woman in Canada waited 11 years for a gynaecological diagnosis!! Women’s health is under funded and under researched. In Sept, I’ll be hosting a podcast on women’s health and how we got here. I hope you can listen to (MIS)Treated on TVO. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“They’re going to kill me here,” Neri Alvarado thought. Alvarado was allegedly targeted by the Trump administration because of his tattoo of an autism awareness ribbon. Now, free from El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison, Alvarado wants the world to know what they lived through.

The new pro-AI super-PAC network dubbed Leading the Future aims to use campaign donations and digital ads to advocate for favorable AI regulation and oppose candidates that the group thinks will stifle the industry.

Sports betting is booming as apps attract young users, but experts say the number of addicts is rising. Inside the hobby that's costing young men tens of thousands of dollars: https://cnn.it/4mysu1Y

“An Ontario family is calling on the provincial government to introduce legislation that would set maximum emergency room wait times for children after their teenage son died following an eight-hour wait for a doctor in a hospital last year.” toronto.citynews.ca/2025/08/22/o...

‘Housing starts have been the strongest ever in Canada in the last 4 years and remain robust in much of the country…However, while the rest of the country saw a bump in housing starts, Ontario saw a steep decline, with the decline centred in the Greater Toronto Area’ globalnews.ca/news/1134226...

That’s a wrap AMO!! Much appreciation to the TVO crew. We road tripped and did what we do best in service of the people of Ontario. My thanks to Matt Pegg Dr. Andrew Boozary & Camille Quenneville for this discussion on housing, mental health & addiction. Look for broadcast on TVO in Sept.

[Ottawa, ON] Great panel w/ Andrew Boozary MD & ‪ @namshine.bsky.social talking about this smart #ModularHousing project in #Parkdale w/ @uhn.ca , #FredVictorTO & @toronto.ca at #AMO2025 -- "Innovative Approaches to Supporting Mental Health & #SupportiveHousing"...

Always such a pleasure to be a part of AMO. Much appreciation to the incredible team working behind the scenes and my TVO colleagues and our amazing panelists. Thank you AMO for the invitation to come back to Ottawa. Look for conversations on TVO in September @tvotoday.bsky.social

“An eight-year-old boy has died after being struck by a stray bullet while he was in bed at home in a North York apartment building, police say.” This was in Toronto. May his memory be a blessing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

‘…include a mother who said she couldn’t readily access formula for her baby; a three-year-old boy who was throwing himself on the ground due to lack of sleep and anxiety; and a six-year-old with leukemia who had no access to his regular cancer treatment’ www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

We need to talk about gun violence. On Thread, @namshine.bsky.social and @jeyantvo.bsky.social confront the urgent issue of gun violence in our communities, exploring the complexities of this crisis, the impact on individuals, and the vital work being done to find solutions. youtu.be/I7U8P5b8jxQ

Back from vacation and of course TTC is running behind. How are we waiting more than 4 minutes between trains at Union during rush hour on a Monday?? 😫 @metrolinx.bsky.social @ttcalerts.bsky.social

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...