Informed Perspectives

Calgary Stampede is back this Friday, and so is the debate over rodeo animal welfare. #CdnMedia, need an expert for your coverage? Contact: @camillelabchuk.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/6ydku66f Victoria Shroff - tinyurl.com/32zv2sx9

CUSMA comes up for review tomorrow, July 1. #CdnMedia, working on a story? We have Canada-US-Mexico trade experts ready to comment. Reach out to: @jeniferbartman.bsky.social (only available after July 6) - tinyurl.com/3umjtyr4 Sherena Hussain - tinyurl.com/udp72jb4

Extreme heat hitting Canada & Europe. #CdnMedia: need an expert on climate change or health impacts for your story? Contact these experts: Dr. Anabela Bonada - tinyurl.com/y63vsp8s Dr. @drmelissalem.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/5hap4bc8 Dr. Sarah Wiebe - tinyurl.com/38b35pj7

Peace talks between Iran and the US continue this week. #CdnMedia, contact these experts for comment: Dr. @maralkay.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/4vetav8f Catherine Morris - tinyurl.com/356bwhzx Somia Sadiq - tinyurl.com/2f448a78

The suspect in yesterday's deadly shooting in Montreal is linked to incel extremism space #CdnMedia, Esli Chan, @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social PhD Candidate available for comment. Contact @ tinyurl.com/354pk3cw

"By grounding AI governance in predictable rules, respect for rights, & democratic values, Canada can position itself as a leader in responsible innovation," writes Monifa Brooks via @hilltimes.com Media, contact Brooks @ tinyurl.com/3hbrscmy www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/04/w...

Ontario's Dog Owners' Liability Act establishes what animal law lawyer Victoria Shroff calls "leash liability" — & it could affect anyone who cares for someone else's dog via Rhianna Schmunk CBC News Media, contact Shroff @ tinyurl.com/nyz4afyv www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nearly 70% of our decision-makers are men. That gap has consequences. MP Jenny Kwan shares why it matters. Add your voice: "I support gender parity in parliament because..." #BalanceThePower

More leaders are stepping up. MP Jean Yip stands with #BalancethePower: “If women held the balance of power, the world would be a more compassionate and efficient place.” - MP Jean Yip, Scarborough—Agincourt, Ontario Join the campaign: informedperspectives.org/btpcampaign/ #BalanceThePower.

"When women lead, we don't just imagine better systems, we build them." 💪 Thank you MP Ginette Lavack (St. Boniface–St. Vital) for supporting our #BalanceThePower campaign. Join us in building a gender-balanced Parliament: informedperspectives.org/btpcampaign/

Could the closure of the Strait of Hormuz trigger a worldwide food crisis? #CdnMedia, experts available for comment: Rebecca Ellis - tinyurl.com/22jpnfz3 Verena Seufert - tinyurl.com/3u9tvrkr Tammara Soma - tinyurl.com/299xc33n

Areas in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba face flooding #CdnMedia, experts available for comment: Dr. Anabela Bonada @ tinyurl.com/y8rab5kr Barbara Robinson @ tinyurl.com/4pf4faph

Canada is facing record-high aviation fuel costs and concerns of shortages. #CdnMedia, Cathy Press, CEO Chinook Helicopters Ltd. available for comment @ tinyurl.com/2pc3v764

At this rate, Canada won't reach gender parity in Parliament until 2115. Politicians need to hear that's unacceptable. Join Courtney and tell us why you want a gender-balanced Parliament — the more voices, the harder we are to ignore.  LINK IN COMMENTS

Period products should be free and in Manitoba, they are. From free menstrual products in schools and community spaces, to now being the first province in Canada to require employers to provide them to workers. This is what happens when nearly half of your cabinet is made up of women.

"It's not about supply & demand. It's about extracting maximum possible price based on information that someone didn't necessarily knowingly volunteer." @vassb.bsky.social on surveillance pricing via Anastasia Blosser Media, contact Bednar @ tinyurl.com/t7yff7uh www.thestar.com/business/you...

"Neutrality often functions to preserve existing divisions of power...shapes how decisions made, whose experiences recognized & whose concerns minimized" Karine Coen-Sanchez via @policyoptions.irpp.org Media, contact Coen-Sanchez @ tinyurl.com/2txp2cn4 policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/neut...

"I don’t like what I see: less local democracy, weaker public oversight, and more centralized control over #PublicEducation. This is not accountability. It is centralization." @bdhuey.bsky.social @thestar.com Media, contact Dhuey @ tinyurl.com/37be2uw6 #OnPoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

"To truly protect women's sport, govts, athletes & civil society must strongly oppose exclusionary policies of IOC & int sport federations" @wpgsarah.bsky.social, Marcus Mazzucco & Silvia Camporesi @theconversation.com Media contact Teetzel @ tinyurl.com/y4fm4ku3

Early menopause doesn't doom women to heart disease — but severe symptoms like night sweats & insomnia might. Dr. Jerilynn Prior explains via @laurenpelley.bsky.social CBC News Media, contact Prior @ tinyurl.com/54c5z7mr www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

In most recent @cmaj.ca, recommendations were included to benefit a person's heart & cardiovascular system as well as lower their risk of dementia. #CdnMedia, contact these experts for comment: Dr. Sarah Hanafi - tinyurl.com/3z2h8baj Dr. Stéfanie Tremblay - tinyurl.com/mwxukysk

I also speak Hindi and Gujarati… in case any South Asian news outlets are interested!

NASA's Artemis II moon mission launches today. #CdnMedia, contact these experts for comment Dr. @scicommsara.bsky.social tinyurl.com/z2vyypwk Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette tinyurl.com/2wexan5w Dr. @parshatipatel.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5x83a3t3 Dr. @planscib.bsky.social tinyurl.com/42te7ndb

The danger the #manosphere poses to girls, women and gender diverse people - @philofwrite.bsky.social discussed with Gloria Macarenko via CBC's On The Coast Media, contact Celestini @ tinyurl.com/34adt3yr www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

"Gender equity is impossible without caregiver equity. Policy should reflect that." Janet McLaughlin, Vanessa Fong & Margaret Schneider via @policyoptions.irpp.org Media, contact McLaughlin @ tinyurl.com/48sdpsev policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/03/auti...

"Something must be done about the notwithstanding clause. Governments show no slowdown in its use, while the wider public seems unaware of its fundamental threat to basic freedoms" Sheema Khan @theglobeandmail.com Media, contact Khan @ tinyurl.com/2h6v4cdz www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Pierre Poilievre’s misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast disrespects Canadians by Jaigris Hodson, Brianna Wiens, Nick Ruest & @shanamacps.bsky.social via @ca.theconversation.com Media, contact MacDonald @ tinyurl.com/2eyze3fc theconversation.com/fact-check-p...

"Manitoba is the first government in Canada to recognize and address the potential issues with pricing algorithms that use your data against you." @vassb.bsky.social via @cstarnino.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca Media, contact Bednar @ tinyurl.com/t7yff7uh thewalrus.ca/manitoba-mov...

What is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and how does it affect people? @drmelissalem.bsky.social explains via @danburritt.bsky.social CBC News Media, contact Lem @ tinyurl.com/579ke8ky www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

"We need humanitarian intervention, we need policy intervention & we need to understand the agency of Iranian people. War negates all of that." @maralkay.bsky.social via Wendy Kaur @yahoocanada.bsky.social Media, contact Karimi @ tinyurl.com/3stwujwy #IranWar ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-war-its...

Algorithmic pricing - @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Professor Jennifer Quaid breaks down the legal and ethical concerns via CBC News Media, contact Quaid @ tinyurl.com/f9yauyy www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

For comment on the impact of the rising cost of gas and a volatile stock market on the economy, #CdnMedia contact: Jenifer Bartman (@jeniferbartman.bsky.social) @ tinyurl.com/3encn553 Sherena Hussain @ tinyurl.com/ye56yfbk

#CdnMedia, for comment on the energy crisis, Karen Ziegler, currently in Dubai, can be contacted @ tinyurl.com/yc6v3whp

Hearings at the Supreme Court of Canada for the legality of Quebec’s Bill 21 began yesterday #CdnMedia,👇 for comment on this issue

“I would really like employers to just consider employees as humans, as caregivers – not just someone who shows up at work." Dr. Janet McLaughlin via Elissa Mendes @theglobeandmail.com Media, contact McLaughlin @ tinyurl.com/48sdpsev www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

We celebrate EVERY time one of our workshop participants or clients publishes commentary that illuminates an important issue, but this op ed cleaves especially close to our heart:

Canada has dropped 45 places for women’s political representation this century, while other countries move ahead. It’s time to balance the power. Learn more: informedperspectives.org/balance-the-...

World Water Day 🌊 is Sunday, March 22 #CdnMedia, for comment on this issue, contact: Tyler Ball (@tylerball.bsky.social) - tinyurl.com/2wjzw2kp Manvi Bhalla (@manvi.bsky.social) - tinyurl.com/2kzjtajp Dr. Satinder Brar - tinyurl.com/ypmvn299

New research suggests nearly 30% of life-threatening complications happen to people who have given birth within 6 weeks postpartum #CdnMedia, for comment on this issue, contact: Dr. Stephanie Ferguson @ tinyurl.com/ymhmmev9 Melissa Gallagher @ tinyurl.com/533n83x3

Amid an energy crisis with the Strait of Hormuz fuel route closed, Canada does not have oil reserves #CdnMedia, contact Karen Ziegler (currently in Dubai) for comment @ tinyurl.com/yc6v3whp

The Supreme Court challenge to Quebec’s #Bill21 begins Monday, March 23 #CdnMedia, for comment on this issue, contact: Amira Elghawaby (@amiraelghawaby.bsky.social) - tinyurl.com/5ybfkx36 Dr. Nadia Hasan - tinyurl.com/yud6fpx9

Thank YOU, @nativecalgarian.bsky.social for sharing your informed perspective last night on our panel and every time you're contacted by media. We all benefit and learn from your insights ❤️

informedperspectives.org #Women #Media #Indigenous

"Having a job isn’t enough." Meghan Nicolls, CEO Food Banks Mississauga explains that food insecurity is getting worse with nearly 30% of food bank visitors in the city being employed via @cp24.bsky.social Media, contact Nicholls @ tinyurl.com/3nfn9bdu www.cp24.com/video/2026/0...

What are the tax implications of converting an RRSP to an RRIF? Advice-only financial planner Janet Gray of Money Coaches Canada explains via Lora Grady @thestar.com Media, contact Gray @ tinyurl.com/ysact56d www.thestar.com/business/mon...

"The rate at which women are accessing shelters in Canada is rising, with the severity of harms intensifying." Anuradha Dugal, Executive Director @endvaw.bsky.social via Robin Della Corte CTV News Media, contact Dugal @ tinyurl.com/mey5zkc9 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

"Despite increasingly severe wildfires, floods & extreme heat events, climate adaptation in Canada remains marginal to federal & provincial governments." James K. Stewart & Anabela Bonada via @policyoptions.irpp.org Media contact Bonada @ tinyurl.com/y8rab5kr policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/03/clim...

"Most music platforms lack clear labelling for AI music, and this places the difficult task of identification on listeners," write @utoronto.ca's Dr. Cate Cleo Alexander & Lauren Knight via @ca.theconversation.com Media, contact Alexander @ tinyurl.com/5n98uw8b theconversation.com/could-you-te...

Insights from physician @drshazmamithani.bsky.social on when you should go to the ER via CTV News Media, contact Mithani @ tinyurl.com/444pcm5p www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...

"It is easy to assume representation is determined on election day. In reality, the foundations of political leadership are laid much earlier," write Heba Akrouch & @ziyanakotadia.bsky.social via @calgaryherald.com Media, contact Kotadia @ tinyurl.com/4unzb9e2 calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...