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Farzana Doctor

@farzanadoctor.bsky.social
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Author of 7 books: fiction, poetry, self-help Activist and Reg Social Worker/Psychotherapist 🇵🇸📚🌈🐾

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literasian.bsky.social @literasian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Did you miss LiterASIAN Toronto 2026? Watch the recording of "Re-Generation" featuring authors Farzana Doctor, Jack Wang, and June Hur, moderated by Larissa Lai. Presented by the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library and the ACWW. youtu.be/A8JWI8JQhJw?... #asiancanadian #literasian
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LiterASIAN Toronto 2026: Re-Generation
YouTube video by East Asian Library (University of Toronto)
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30th is a day to reflect, learn, and act. 📣 Less than 1% of philanthropic contributions in Canada go to Indigenous-led organizations. This September 30, give One Day’s Pay to support Indigenous-led organizations and the communities they serve. 🧡 Visit onedayspay.ca to give what you can.
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One Day's Pay | Take Action Today: Support Indigenous Causes
Support Indigenous-led initiatives through donations on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Join us in honoring culture, history, and community resilience.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New free track up on Insight Timer insig.ht/3cC1BHoaC6b ✨It uses breath, a body scan and awareness to respond to pain, tension or discomfort and help the nervous system settle.
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Tension And Pain Relief For A Midday Reset Or At Bedtime | Insight Timer
Use this 8 minute guided meditation for a midday reset or as a bedtime wind down. It uses breath, a body scan and awareness to respond to pain, tension or discomfort and help the nervous system settle. It employs gratitude, visualization and a somatic technique in which a part of the body that experiences ease supports a part of the body feeling discomfort.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New free track up on Insight Timer insig.ht/3cC1BHoaC6b ✨It uses breath, a body scan and awareness to respond to pain, tension or discomfort and help the nervous system settle.
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Tension And Pain Relief For A Midday Reset Or At Bedtime | Insight Timer
Use this 8 minute guided meditation for a midday reset or as a bedtime wind down. It uses breath, a body scan and awareness to respond to pain, tension or discomfort and help the nervous system settle. It employs gratitude, visualization and a somatic technique in which a part of the body that experiences ease supports a part of the body feeling discomfort.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Triggered by your last conflict? ✨This new free track might help. A 9 min guided meditation that uses breath, a body scan and guided parts work/IFS questions to go inward, reduce overwhelm, calm the nervous system. #conflict #meditation #partsWork #InternalFamilySystems insig.ht/85KXciL7v6b
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After A Conflict: A Parts Work Approach For Calm And Clarity | Insight Timer
This is a brief guided exercise to use after a conflict. It uses breath, a body scan and guided questions to go inward, reduce overwhelm, calm the nervous system and identify emotions and parts that are present. We then witness and support wounded parts to gain clarity about the conflict which will hopefully help you navigate it from a more grounded, adult self place. You can do this exercise alone, or with others as a mutually supportive process. It can be done seated, lying down, or even while walking. There are pauses during this exercise, but feel free to hit pause if you need more time along the way. This track uses concepts from mindfulness, and parts work, also known as Internal Family Systems theory. It is under 10 minutes long. Music is included in the guided meditation part of the recording.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 17/09/2026
Ms. Rachel announces she will match Macklemore and donate $1 million to organizations supporting Palestine: “I will match Macklemore’s donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.”
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Triggered by your last conflict? ✨This new free track might help. A 9 min guided meditation that uses breath, a body scan and guided parts work/IFS questions to go inward, reduce overwhelm, calm the nervous system. #conflict #meditation #partsWork #InternalFamilySystems insig.ht/85KXciL7v6b
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After A Conflict: A Parts Work Approach For Calm And Clarity | Insight Timer
This is a brief guided exercise to use after a conflict. It uses breath, a body scan and guided questions to go inward, reduce overwhelm, calm the nervous system and identify emotions and parts that are present. We then witness and support wounded parts to gain clarity about the conflict which will hopefully help you navigate it from a more grounded, adult self place. You can do this exercise alone, or with others as a mutually supportive process. It can be done seated, lying down, or even while walking. There are pauses during this exercise, but feel free to hit pause if you need more time along the way. This track uses concepts from mindfulness, and parts work, also known as Internal Family Systems theory. It is under 10 minutes long. Music is included in the guided meditation part of the recording.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"In sum, Carney seems to be planning to sell off public infrastructure we need to help fund private infrastructure we don’t—with our money covering the risk, while investors make off with the profits."
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here’s a petition against the war show: c.org/6Gpp6qbX8H Spotted around the Humber Campus.
SHUT DOWN THE WAR SHOW WAR IS NOT A SPECTACLE

And 3 b/w photos of war planes. Also a qr code
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here’s a petition against the war show: c.org/6Gpp6qbX8H Spotted around the Humber Campus.
SHUT DOWN THE WAR SHOW WAR IS NOT A SPECTACLE

And 3 b/w photos of war planes. Also a qr code
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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'No place for genital mutilation in a modern society, and it’s not just a Bohra issue'
More than a decade ago, when Masooma Ranalvi first spoke publicly about being subjected to khatna (the local term for female genital mutilation or FGM) at age seven, she helped push the practice withi...
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The rift between popular sentiment and the need of Western establishments to enable #Israel's crimes is emerging as juries in Britain won't provide the convictions the state requires.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Eli Susman, Ph.D. @micropractice.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thrilled to see Micropractice on the front page of Mindful Magazine today in @mistypratt.bsky.social's wonderful piece. And grateful to @farzanadoctor.bsky.social for her thoughtful perspective. Micropractice is out Sept. 29—can’t believe we’re only weeks away. www.mindful.org/do-something...
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A huge thanks to the 2026 White Pine Teen Committee for including THE BEAUTY OF US on your BEST summer reading list! These are recos for readers in grades 9-12. View the full list by visiting bit.ly/49ZXrrq @ecwpress.bsky.social @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social
Red background with 10 book covers and the words 2026 White Pine Teen Committee List
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A huge thanks to the 2026 White Pine Teen Committee for including THE BEAUTY OF US on your BEST summer reading list! These are recos for readers in grades 9-12. View the full list by visiting bit.ly/49ZXrrq @ecwpress.bsky.social @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social
Red background with 10 book covers and the words 2026 White Pine Teen Committee List
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Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) @asiancanadian.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thank you to the Toronto Spark magazine for sharing this post about LiterASIAN Toronto. There will also be a Chinese classical musical performance at the festival in the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library on May 22. torontospark.ca/literasian-t... #literasian #asiancanadian
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LiterASIAN Toronto features Farzana Doctor, Jack Wang, and June Hur - Toronto Spark
There will also be a Chinese classical musical performance at the LiterASIAN Toronto event in the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library on May 22.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
As wildfires burn across Canada, the Carney government is plowing ahead with plans to list a West Coast tar sands pipeline as a "project of national interest." Use 350 Canada's online tool to flood the public consultation before September 18! share.nwmd.social/s/fANW1jNj
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No Pipelines on a Burning Planet
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
There has never been a crime against humanity so blatant, so well-documented and so utterly irrefutable as the #GazaGenocide and yet the perpetrators continue on their murderous course with impunity.
Mass funeral in Gaza.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So glad i caught Trip to the Cottage by the late Stuart McLean on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social this civic holiday morning. Such clever storytelling. Made me think about how much I miss The Diamond Lane. Can someone bring that out of the archives?
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Rocco De Giacomo made this lovely highlight reel from last week’s Poets for Palestine. youtu.be/hzZX2Y-VTgc Wonderful readings by Roula Said, Khadija Farooq, Salman Haider, Sheniz Janmohamed and Nadia Shammas This was a fundraiser for eleelnaelak.org Thank you everyone who came out!
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Poets for Palestine Highlights
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 30/07/2026
A new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
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Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The Breach
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
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Davide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 28/07/2026
These efforts began in February 2025 after I published Find IDF Soldiers, a database that now contains profiles of 206 Canadians who have joined the Israeli military. It hasn’t stopped since. I detail what it looks like, and who is involved. www.readthemaple.com/i-asked-peop...
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I Asked People Trying To Get Me Imprisoned How It’s Going
My journalism on Canadians who join the IDF has made me the target of pro-Israel forces.
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Feed: "Cha" By: t on Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Beauty of Becoming: Farzana Doctor’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑠” by Hana Kim
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Beauty of Becoming: Farzana Doctor’s The Beauty of Us” by Hana Kim Farzana Doctor. The Beauty of Us, ECW Press, 2024…
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
'Protesters occupying the central parts of Delhi, India were triumphant on Saturday evening after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government accepted all demands raised by the movement’s leaders...' www.dropsitenews.com/p/india-cock...
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India’s Cockroach Protests End as Modi Government Bows to Demands
Hundreds of thousands of young protesters assembled in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar every day to demand the resignation of the education minister and accountability from the Modi government.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remember when flying WestJet actually felt different? That airline is gone. WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom. endunpaidwork.ca
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WestJet Flight Attendants: Ready to strike to end unpaid work | CUPE 8125 WestJet Component
WestJet flight attendants aren't paid for boarding, safety checks or ground delays — up to 35 unpaid hours a month. See the facts about the possible strike and take action.
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Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) @asiancanadian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
LiterASIAN honoured to gather in Toronto at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library for LiterASIAN Toronto, featuring Jack Wang, Farzana Doctor, Jane Hur, and moderated by Larissa Lai. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Photos courtesy of the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of Toronto.
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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When your podcast guest is the person whose voice helps you survive 3 AM hot flashes 😅 Author & psychotherapist @farzanadoctor.bsky.social discusses somatic tools and her FREE guided meditations on #InsightTimer app. 🎙️Watch the full episode: youtube.com/shorts/GvMN0... #hotflashes #perimenopause
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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How to Maintain Your Emotional Balance When You're Triggered? @farzanadoctor.bsky.social Provides tips on balancing the nervous system and emotional well-being when managing #chronicillness and daily life. #windowoftolerance #healthyboundaries #mentalhealthmatters #FarzanaDoctor 🎙️🔗Links in Bio
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Freedom To Know Wellness @ftkwellness.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Living with a #chronicillness often means fighting your own body—especially when you’re prone to over-giving. Author & psychotherapist @farzanadoctor.bsky.social breaks down how to recognize and heal these #traumaresponses. 🎙️Listen on #Substack: open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #SomaticHealing
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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Junction Reads SEASON FINALE with donuts! TYPE Books Junction. 2887 Dundas St. W. @farzanadoctor.bsky.social hosts this special event w/ Chanel Sutherland, @hollay.bsky.social & Alison Gadsby! Register for the livestream, or PWYC at the door. #canlit www.eventbrite.ca/e/1596371904...
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At TYPE: Chanel Sutherland, Hollay Ghadery, Alison Gadsby (Livestreaming)
Farzana Doctor hosts readings and Q&A with Chanel Sutherland, Hollay Ghadery & Alison Gadsby. Register for live-stream or pay at the door.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
DONUTS!
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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'No place for genital mutilation in a modern society, and it’s not just a Bohra issue'
More than a decade ago, when Masooma Ranalvi first spoke publicly about being subjected to khatna (the local term for female genital mutilation or FGM) at age seven, she helped push the practice withi...
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Canadian COVID Forecast: May 9 - May 22, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB HIGH: CAN, BC, MB, NL, North, SK MODERATE: NS, ON, PEI, QC About 1 in 188 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the May 9 - May 22, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 5.4
Alberta: VERY HIGH - 10.1
British Columbia: HIGH - 5.7
Manitoba: HIGH - 5.2
New Brunswick: MODERATE - 5.0
Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 8.6
North: HIGH - 5.9
Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 4.4
Ontario: MODERATE - 5.0
Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 4.3
Quebec: MODERATE - 4.0
Saskatchewan: HIGH - 5.4

A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We're revisiting some old favourites and new-to-some titles from Freehand Books, an award-winning publisher of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by celebrated authors and exciting new voices. Check them out here: alllitup.ca/press-playba...
A graphic labelled "Press Playbacks with Freehand Books," featuring six book covers: Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me by Sarah Leavitt; The Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel; Detachment: An Adoption Memoir by Maurice Mierau; One Madder Woman by Dede Crane; You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor; Tales for Late Night Bonfires by G.A. Grisenthwaite.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Cheering on my comrades in India, including WeSpeakOut’s founder, Masooma Ranalvi www.thenewsminute.com/news/supreme...
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Supreme Court to hear female genital mutilation case after 7 years of legal limbo
Follow TNM's&nbsp;WhatsApp&nbsp;channel for news updates and story links.After more than seven years of uncertainty, the Supreme Court is set to hear a crucial
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 31/03/2026
A Tamil refugee is set to be deported—even though he risks jail and torture back in Sri Lanka. An error in his papers raises the stakes: his lawyer alleges border agents changed his arrival date to justify removing him from Canada, reports @desmondcole.bsky.social. breachmedia.ca/tamil-refuge...
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He spent years defending Tamil refugees. As Minister, he’s refusing to stop a deportation back to danger in Sri Lanka ⋆ The Breach
Kumar Thuraisinkam is facing deportation—but the minister who once decried the treatment of his community isn’t stepping in to stop it
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Sahiyo @sahiyovoices.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
💌Dear Maasi aka @farzanadoctor.bsky.social talks about clitoral anatomy and pleasure, read the full colum: sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/... 👉Submit your question: bit.ly/DearMaasi
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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The Breach’s NDP leadership race coverage - LIVE from Winnipeg
YouTube video by The Breach
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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
SIGNED COPIES available at TYPE Books Junction! I am so darn lucky! I feared crickets, I feared an empty store, but friends and family showed up and wow, what a day. It was truly special and I am grateful!
Photo of the author, Alison Gadsby, holding a copy of BREATHING IS HOW SOME PEOPLE STAY ALIVE, seated with a bookstore in the foreground.Five photos of people hugging. You can't see faces. Text: Every hug is worth a thousand words.Five photos, centre, a book being signed. Photos with authors in blue shirt with various friends.Five photos, centre photo is photo of the book, BREATHING IS HOW SOME PEOPLE STAY ALIVE. Four other photos with various friends, smiling.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Condemn Canadian support for US/Israeli war on Iran
Mark Carney has endorsed the US/Israeli war on Iran. Tell the Prime Minister to condemn this effort to balkanize Iran in service of US imperialism and genocidal Jewish supremacy.
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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
How lucky am I? In this NBN episode, award-winning and celebrated novelist Farzana Doctor interviews me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou, which was released by Palimpsest Press on February 15, 2026. Listen to the conversation: newbooksnetwork.com/the-unravell... #litfic
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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A powerful decentralized campaign forced Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms ⋆ The Breach
A major bank sells its shares in Elbit Systems, in one of Canada’s biggest BDS victories to date
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure www.readthemaple.com/scotiabank-d...
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Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure
“I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to in this way.”
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure www.readthemaple.com/scotiabank-d...
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Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure
“I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to in this way.”
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Sahiyo @sahiyovoices.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🤝As Sahiyo’s male allyship program, Bhaiyo supports the education of male allies in their support of FGM/C survivors and to prevent this form of gender based violence.  English application: bit.ly/BhaiyoApplication Hindi application: bit.ly/BhaiyoHindiApp
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
NEW: Canada’s Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026 www.readthemaple.com/top-paid-ceo...
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Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026
A new CCPA report found Canada is increasingly a country of exorbitant wealth alongside persistent poverty.
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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This is tonight! 7:00pm Assembly Hall (Lakeshore and Kipling) @farzanadoctor.bsky.social in conversation with Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community. Register below, or pay at the door. www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
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By the Lake Book Club
Join leading Canadian authors as they dive into conversation about their latest books with Humber Polytechnic alumni at Assembly Hall. The 2026 lineup features Maggie Helwig, Patty Krawec, Matha Bátiz...
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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We’re thrilled to share that Farzana Doctor has been shortlisted for the Feminist Creator Prize 2026. Her work powerfully weaves writing, psychotherapy, and activism, creating space for healing, justice, and connection. Winners will be chosen by our judging panel and announced on March 8, 2026.
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Stop the Contract: No Canadian Weapons to ICE - Leadnow
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