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First Comes Love: Nakabingwit is an engaging film that delves into the impacts race, class and difference have on three Filipina–white couples navigating modern love and real-world problems. #NFB doreenn.substack.com/p/first-come...

Glencore: don't mine Argentina's glaciers -- protect them now. action.eko.org/a/glencore-d...

NEW: A UN report found Israel is committing "mediacide." A fundamental aspect? Western news helped. "Canadian news media has not only helped Israel commit mediacide and covered for their genocide of Palestinians, they refuse to report that their role in doing so has been established by the UN."

Escaping the Canadian polycrisis Deepening social and economic crises demand a democratic socialist response canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Women Among Monuments: Solitude, Permission, and the Pursuit of Female Genius has been described as a lyrical meditation on the enduring obstacles women artists and women writers face in a world still unaccustomed to recognizing and acknowledging female genius. doreenn.substack.com/p/more-women...

Beyond food charity to systems change: Pedagogical application of Bertolt Brecht’s poems and songs from plays to the problems of food insecurity and hunger journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It's Women's History Month and time to discuss why we need more Women Among Monuments. Kasia Van Schaikan has written an engaging memoir with incisive biographies of female solitude, constraint, perseverance & the need for a room of one’s own to really create. doreenn.substack.com/p/more-women...

Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com: Women Among Monuments is an engaging memoir interwoven with incisive biographies of female solitude, constraint, perseverance and the absolute need for a room of one’s own to really create. Hear my conversation with author Kasia Van Schaik.

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URGENT: MPs have a chance to fix Bill C-39 before it becomes law. Send a message now to protect our right to strike! share.canadianlabour.ca/s/AaULHrIW

@beynate.bsky.social OP-ED: Right-wing populism comes to Toronto’s mayoral race www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...

Hear Olympian Clara Hughes in conversation with Robin Lacambra discussing her new memoir, Leaning to Breathe. Small Change readers can use the link to get 25% off their tickets. doreenn.substack.com/p/olympian-c...

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Live in Burlington Ward 6 and still deciding who should be your councillor? Listen to the entire all candidates debate from Oct. 6 before you vote: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UClf...

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Toronto Sin endorses Brad Bradford If you liked Rob Ford and Doug Ford, you’ll love Brad Bradford.

Learning to Breathe is a vulnerable, funny, wise and fascinating memoir chronicling Clara’s healing journey through the joys and terrors of menopause and discovering that new beginnings are possible at any stage of life. Small Change readers get 25% off tickets. doreenn.substack.com/p/olympian-c...

Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com: Olympian Clara Hughes on Learning to Breathe. Clara Hughes is launching her new memoir, Learning to Breathe at the Playhouse Cinema, Tues. Oct. 20 at 7 pm. Small Change readers receive 25 per cent off pre-purchased tickets.

Wellbeing economy a Trojan horse for post-capitalist socialist economy open.substack.com/pub/doreenn/...

Burlington, consider your choices for mayor carefully. Lisa Kearns worked for 8 years in procurement for LifeLabs when it was a for-profit Canadian owned company and left not long before it was sold to the current American owner. That means she participated in privatizing healthcare.

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It took until 1950 for Norma Berti to land a job in the Tin Mill at Stelco where she became a member of United Steelworkers Local 1005. About 200 women worked alongside more than 12,000 men. There was extreme gender discrimination that Norma helped fight. doreenn.substack.com/p/norma-bert...

Today's op-ed: www.thespec.com/gift-redeem?... Burlington before voting Lisa Kearns for mayor, consider she comes from the for-profit model of LifeLabs. When it comes to procurement are they going to have in-house staff do the work or are they going to privatize? Think carefully before voting.

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The sociological imagination by C Wright Mills, 1959, chapter 1 the promise. bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.middle...

Found this curious insect in my garden. If you haven't seen a praying mantis in your yard then it's time to stop cutting, spraying and start cultivating a naturalized garden that encourages biodiversity and life. #NoGMOs #NoPesticides #LetNatureThrive

Norma Berti left a legacy that remains Strong As Steel. Ed Thomas describes Norma’s journey from the shop floor to Financial Secretary for the executive of Local 1005 & what that meant for all Stelco workers – not just women. doreenn.substack.com/p/norma-bert...

Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com: Norma Berti made history by becoming the first woman elected to the executive of USW local 1005 in 1976. Her union and social justice advocacy was so far reaching it still reverberates today. Hear my interview with labour historian, Ed Thomas.

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Watch Kinfolk that unites Vanada Shiva, the “Gandhi of grain,” who fiercely, rails against GMOs and seed patenting & Maria Westerberg, Wild Heart, a Swedish author, artist, poet & forest restorer protesting against “the forest eaters." It's worth your time! doreenn.substack.com/p/shiva-and-...

Hamilton is Home held a mayoral debate in Hamilton that's worth listening to. Andrea Horwath has intersectional solutions grounded in financing. Scarlett Gillespie gave creative solutions. Keanin Loomis didn't do his homework and was a lost cause (35:15). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nO4...

There are many ways of killing. You could stick a knife into someone’s stomach, take someone’s bread away, not cure someone’s illness, put someone in poor accommodation, work someone to death, drive someone to suicide, take someone to war and so on. In our country, some of this is forbidden. Brecht

Kinfolk is an invitation to everyone trying to make a difference. In fact, your small act may already be part of something much larger. Enjoy this impactful film of two ecofeminists making history through their unique work. Then, go and fearlessly hug a tree! doreenn.substack.com/p/shiva-and-...

Tomorrow on doreenn.substack.com: Kinfolk is a film that brings together Dr. Vandana Shiva and artist and poet Maria Westerberg, two women who believe humans must recognize they are part of the interconnected web of life that patriarchy, capitalism and greed are destroying.

Watch the mayoral debate facilitated by Hamilton is Home here: hamiltonishome.org/events/3 Pay attention to Keanin Loomis @ 35:15 when he says he can keep renters in their units by encouraging them to get $300 in free groceries weekly at Gage Park so they can put that money towards rent. Really?!

Heading into the long weekend when many folks with be gathering with community to give thanks, make time to listen to my conversation with artist, poet and founder of Kakhwa’on:we/Real People Eat Real Food, Chandra Maracle. doreenn.substack.com/p/chandra-ma...

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Chandra Maracle is a PhD candidate at York University in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, researching Haudenosaunee foodways and feeding and nourishing postpartum women and families. She is also feeds community through her artist and poetry. doreenn.substack.com/p/chandra-ma...

Tomorrow on Small Change: Chandra Maracle’s food and artistic endeavours convey the unravelling of colonial constructs and constrictions to reveal the stories of women who have been holding it all together for generations. doreenn.substack.com

Mayor Meed Ward discusses affordable housing; her motion for a Basic Income & the Elect Respect campaign along with her proven track record incl chairing the Ontario’s Big City Mayors Caucus & being named Mayor of the Year by Municipal World in November 2025. doreenn.substack.com/p/burlington...

Tomorrow on Small Change: Mayor Marianne Meed Ward addresses the cost of living in Burlington, her Basic Income & Elect Respect motions passed by Regional Council & being named "Mayor of the Year" by the editorial board of Municipal World (2025). doreenn.substack.com

Monday Mayor Marianne Meed Ward is on Small Change. In the meantime, hear my conversation with Frank Domenic, Ward 6 councillor candidate. Frank combines critical thinking with a background in history and politics to make informed decisions: doreenn.substack.com/p/frank-dome...

This week's top headlines for rabble.ca included my article about Frank Domenic, Ward 6 candidate for Burlington Councillor. Check it out then think critically about who you want to represent you. rabble.ca/politics/fra...

Lisa Kearns worked in procurement for US-based Life Labs before entering politics. False Positive: Private Profit in Canada’s Medical Laboratories, argues privatizing Canadian lab services compromises public health in the name of foreign owned corporate profit. doreenn.substack.com/p/ohc-calls-...