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How a dad and his son visited 100 @torontolibrary branches this year tvo.org/article/curren by @namshine
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ⓘ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 tweet is extremely true #TweetsAreMineByDefault
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“The City is committed to advancing reconciliation, confronting anti-Black racism & encouraging greater equity and inclusion in our public spaces.”During the first week of #BHM I was asked about the progress of #RenameDundasStreet
#TorontoDanforth didn’t bother voting
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Good Morning to day 1 of @cityoftoronto's NEW Commemorative Framework! 
Last eve in 20-3 vote Council passed the recommendations and reports created by city staff w/o motions or amend!
to all who contributed to, wrote letters supporting, & voted for this policy!
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"Only 12 of 44 councillors, or 25%, of the councillors who made the original Gardiner decision remain in place"
Hand up here in #TorontoDanforth.
Have to wonder what would have happen had we had an elected municipal representative with the #PoliticalWill to say NO!
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Join the growing list of Community Groups who are joining a call for an accounting of the #EastGardiner rebuild in the context of a city budget that is cutting services:
Gardiner East rebuild - call for updated account of costs & lost revenues
bit.ly/GardinerRebuil
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After 20 years of making groundbreaking documentaries, and founded & to support and empower emerging Black creatives.
shedoesthecity.com/the-black-wome
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"Why can't our kids walk, bike and roll a single mile to school like they did in the past? We can change this, we just continually choose not to"
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Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my 14 y/o daughter this weekend.
• cbc.ca/arts/february-
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• nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/
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• cbc.ca/listen/live-ra
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I think they're worth #Amplifying
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BLACK PEOPLE. Im illustrating us for #BHM . If you want a free illustration, RT this & drop a selfie. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Early morning ride on Friday for #WorldCancerDay A nod to Sabrina Bennett and her ride teammates for #BikeTO
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Thank you to everyone who joined at this morning at @pmcancercentre for the @theride2conquer event hosted by @thePMCF in honour of #WorldCancerDay2023!
We appreciate our researchers, doctors, nurses and cancer survivors who participated and supported!
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The TDSB will be voting on replacing traditional English literature classics like Shakespeare and Dickens for Grade 11 with a great focus on works of Indigenous authors. The motion is spearheaded by .
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—26C with the windchill
Again community members in #TorontoDanforth were able to use S. Walter Stewart branch to keep warm during the day…but tonight, across the street, East York Civic Centre won’t be open as an emergency warming shelter.
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Warming Centres in #TorontoDanforth is still 0 @TDNDP
Potential Spaces include:
@eastviewcentre, East York Community Centre, Matty Eckler Recreation Centre, Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre & East York Civic Centre
Map here via @felt felt.com/map/No-Warming
HT @ECAlertON143
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1/ New updates to "#HousingNow Unit Tracker - Phase 1, 2 & 3" at next week's Board Meeting in #TOPoli. Tracker Document was updated on January 23, 2023.
🗓️Still a gap before Construction begins on these #AffordableHousing sites...
DETAILS - secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda
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#FYI for #TorontoDanforth
Feb 15 ~ 7pm-9pm - Community Meeting
654-668 Danforth Avenue & 717-723 Pape Avenue toronto.ca/654DanforthAve
You are required to pre-register at toronto.webex.com/webappng/sites
Keeping tabs on new housing in #Ward14 here felt.com/map/Building-H
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Looking forward to the start of ’s 2023 ESG Symposium: Delivering on the “S” in ESG
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it's hard to craft the development of housing across Danforth Av when the #NIMBYs you're fighting aren't just the neighbours.
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Follow up with @HousingNowTO but the list of heritage designation is strange. A blanket to stop (or at least slow down) development.
The list below for reference
TE34.59Ward: 14
Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment
app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgen
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Thx for this In a couple of weeks we're going to have a community consultation about creating new housing in two locations metres away from subway stations.
Painful how much our elected municipal leader as stood in the way of housing now.
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In our new issue, housing and homelessness experts told us what it will actually take to create A Fully Housed Toronto.
Interviews by : Ali Amad
: Elicser Elliott
Presented as part of a year long multimedia partnership with @maytree_canada
westendphoenix.com/stories/a-full
: Elicser Elliott
Presented as part of a year long multimedia partnership with @maytree_canada
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#FYI for #TorontoDanforth
Feb 13 ~ 7pm-9pm - Community Meeting
975 Danforth Av toronto.ca/975DanforthAve & 1095-1111 Danforth Av toronto.ca/1095DanforthAve
You are required to pre-register at toronto.ca/cpconsultations
Keeping tabs on new housing in #Ward14 here felt.com/map/Building-H
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NEWS RELEASE – TDSB Approves Mandatory Indigenous Education in Grade 11
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On Feb. 15, the Centre for Black Studies in Education, , and present a special conversation. This year's theme is: "Building belonging between, within, and across Black communities and spaces."
Register here: oise-utoronto.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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Proud to join & on with for BHM as 1 of 3 newly elected Black Councillors. Equity & inclusion must be at the forefront of city-building. Black people deserve to be seen, respected, and able to thrive in the City.
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Listening to the ‘Origin Story’ of President and CEO of & Board Chair Mazyar Mortazavi
“…finding the clarity in the work that you do…” Honestly has the room completely silent hanging on each of his stories.
HT #StoryTeller #CityBuilder
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“Volunteering is the most unbelievable growth-opportunity…” - @mazyarmortazavi from @tas_impact at tonight’s fundraiser for the #RealStories Impact Scholarship Fund in Toronto…
Our @HousingNowTO #AffordableHousing volunteers agree 100%..!
Our @HousingNowTO #AffordableHousing volunteers agree 100%..!3
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Thanks & for putting this on. Always happy to add our unique perspective to Toronto's housing discourse #purposebuiltrental
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4/ …thanks to @gill_plan & the #Fitzrovia team for taking our MUCP students on at tour around your “Streetcar-Oriented Rental Housing” development on Spadina Ave. Learning about real-world floor-plans, common shared-amenities, accessible units & design challenges in #TOPoli… 
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Rosemary Sadlier was the driving force in securing February as Black History Month at all levels of government. She is one of 40 inspirational Black Women in Leadership at the #CityOfTO and exhibit at the #TorontoArchives. More info: toronto.ca/blackhistory
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Really appreciate this .
Going to pivot a little, and observe how different my government reps on a local and provincial level from the create space, stage & amplification beyond these 28 days of February, for Black community members here in #TorontoDanforth
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If your corporation is "celebrating" BHM, but has practices that raises your eyebrow - be aware! The corporate awakening that you thought began with the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd, is resting. Again. In fact, it may never have woken up to begin with.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Join us on Thurs., Feb. 9 at 6:30 pm as we bring together a panel of Black-identifying professionals demonstrating excellence in their respective fields. Panelists include , , Jason Faulkner, & Kevin Allwood. Find out more: ow.ly/XkwJ50MywLw
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Hey look: Toronto just got the six-month report from the non-police Community Crisis Support Team pilot and 78% of calls were diverted without involving police. Imagine if we gave that a $50 million raise. Instead, it's an increase of maybe $3 million*.
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Throughout #BlackHistoryMonth, TFS will be spotlighting the stories and contributions of our Black members, celebrating the rich heritage and culture of #Toronto's diverse Black communities, and reflecting on the history that has brought us to where we are today.
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Did you hear? Dis/Mantle art exhibit has been extended at Spadina Museum to May 2023!
Visit #DisMantle through a free guided tour. For details & tour times, visit: Toronto.ca/DisMantle.
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yes, you can build responsibly in Toronto -- purpose-built rentals, a new library branch on the main floor -- creating inclusive housing is so much more than putting up four walls.
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There is precedence: "The completed building will include a 10,000 ft² library branch...The library will be joined in the building base by new retail space, anchoring the 237 purpose-built rental units above" via @Urban_Toronto HT @tas_impact @teeplearch urbantoronto.ca/news/2021/04/2
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Feb 1st of #BHM ~ 's It's Been A While
Mary Ann Shadd the first Black female newspaper publisher in Canada & William Peyton Hubbard, Toronto's first Black elected politician.
Find out more about these two Black trailblazers.
#TellTheFullStory
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#BlackHistoryMonth starts today. The opportunity to share stories, ideas & movements from the past, present & peering into the future, is needed in #TorontoDanforth.
But unlike past years, I'm only going to do 1🧵encouraging others to add to this #BHM post over the next 27 days.
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With the near glacier movement of implimenting Black History into our Canadian History curriculum and the lack of forward movement to talk about anti-Black racism in #TorontoDanforth I'm tagging @tdndp's MPP @Peter_Tabuns & @jenniferstoryTO help #Amplify #BHM stories for February
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In advance of tomorrow's #ESG Symposium - "Delivering on the 'S' in ESG", it is worth reading the 's new ESG Performance Report and noting that "Maintain & create housing that's affordable" is a key Strategic Priority... 🏗️
PDF - toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2
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"'s call for the pilot project to be made permanent has the support of more than 8,000 residents, 12 residents associations, & numerous environmental, road safety and community organizations. "
Congrats for moving our city forward
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My Bonus #HumpdayPodcastPick ~ "We’re so excited to be back. Check out everything that’s going down this season!
Our first season 3 episode drops Friday February 3rd everywhere you get podcasts." via ✊🏾
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My #HumpdayPodcastPick 5 ~ Hard Know Podcast w/ - A narrative look at the ways we love to lie, and be lied to. Diving into the forces behind the scams and schemes that fill up our world. HT
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My #HumpdayPodcastPick 4 ~ w/ - Call it kismet, a respite from existential dread, whatever you choose, was meant to be on our podcast, and it took a few tries, but we got him!
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My #HumpdayPodcastPick 3 ~ ' MindTheDisruption w/Bernice Yanful - How can #publichealth advance body liberation as a vital piece of food justice in Canada? & Lillian Yin dismantle the barriers that constrain people’s access to food nccdh.ca/learn/podcast/
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My #HumpdayPodcastPick 2 ~
w/ - Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, but how they're impacting those very issues. #BHM
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My #HumpdayPodcastPick 1 ~ & 's With Opened Mouths The Podcast - Dr Qanita Lilla, Associate Curator, Arts of Africa sits down with artists, musicians, curators and spoken word poets to discuss the expression of their practice. #BHM
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