Refugees Welcome banner unfurled for the second match in the row after a community resistance led to MLSE overturning a previous decision to bar “Refugees Welcome” banners from the stadium. We were kindly invited to bring the banner over to RPB Supporters Group Section 112, where the banner received a raucous reception.
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May Day 2015 – Part 2
May Day 2015 – Part 1
Cross-Canada Day of Action: No 4 and 4! Toronto
I also have a photo of some of the unsavoury characters that had staged a white supremacist counter protest. The flag the person is holding is the old Canadian red ensign.
Solidaridogs of CUPE
CUPE 3902/3903 Support Rally
I finally bought a used Olympus OM-D E-M5, which will serve as my primary camera. Very impressed with its capabilities considering its small size. I still need a prime lens, but the kit lens was fairly sharp for what it is. Sceneries are from Princess Point in Hamilton, ON.
Social Work as a ‘Bullshit Job’: Critiques of Social Work’s Potential for Social Justice in the Context of Professionalization and its Code of Ethics
I recently participated in a focus group examining “contemporary social work students’ responses to social justice practice principles as stated in the Social Work Code of Ethics”, and thought I’d collect some of the ideas I had shared about the topic. Some see the code of ethics and mobilization within Continue Reading
UTSU Takeover
In light of the recent developments at University of Toronto student politics, thought I’d bring up the time student activists took over UTSU, in opposition to their tacit support of university policies that would have led to the eviction of APUS and increase in student fees to subsidize athletic facilities.
Anarchist Re-Imaginations of Mental Healthcare
Today, I attended a great talk by Bonnie Burstow on anarchist re-imaginations of mental health care, entitled ‘Toward a World with Commons and without Psychiatry: an Anarchist Vision’. The talk spoke to a lot of my concerns having worked in the mental health field for the past couple years, but Continue Reading