Reposted by Jen RinaldiAshley @ashleyquan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026A cop car carrying a flashing neon sign that says "DOUG FORD HATES YOU." Perfect, no notes, thanks for the great visual @ TV writers of the universe! 18557208
Reposted by Jen RinaldiOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"Today I want to consider how aspirational fascism never goes away in a society. It can only be politically beaten into submission..." no amnesty 333384
Reposted by Jen RinaldiDo Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Sing it. @jessiewelles on TikTok Sing it. 28751
Reposted by Jen RinaldiErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 14/10/2026New from me. I wrote about the immigration questions on Alberta’s referendum ballot. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/14/s... 16835
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In Alberta for the Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses conference 020
Reposted by Jen RinaldiSenator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026⚠️ Trigger warning. This video contains distressing footage and discussion of self-harm, use of force and prison isolation. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/hidden-... #TonasLaw #BillS205 #SolitaryConfinement #PrisonIsolation #PrisonJustice #HumanRights #IndigenousJusticeijb.utoronto.caHidden solitary: Canada's growing use of prison isolation - Investigative Journalism BureauNew data obtained by the IJB shows a dramatic rise in the use of observation and dry cells—a form of hidden solitary confinement in Canadian prisons that disproportionately impacts Indigenous inmates. 194
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Presenting this week at the Joint Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses (CAPWHN) and Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses (CANN) Annual Conference, in Calgary, Alberta. The talk is titled Beyond Clinical Policing: Dismantling Carceral Approaches to Perinatal Care in Canada. 010
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There are social service agencies in Ontario that have been on strike for 17 weeks. This is such an important but undervalued sector, already underpaid before Bill 124 limited public sector wage increases. 040
Reposted by Jen RinaldiTrapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Doug Ford is privatizing education at the expense of teachers, students, and taxpayers springmag.ca/doug-ford-is...springmag.caDoug Ford is privatizing education at the expense of teachers, students, and taxpayers - SpringMany of Ontario’s teachers started the school year underfunded, with no contract, and potentially with no supplies. We must continue to support educators and education workers in Ontario, as their fig... 0105
Reposted by Jen RinaldiAmanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread. 19371751172
Reposted by Jen RinaldiBrainiac Kim 🇨🇦 @brainiackim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Charging phones while Black. “My daughter got slapped by the [plainclothes] cop. Obviously my son’s going to react because that’s his sister. They’re twins. Boy & girl twins.” He said the teenagers wouldn't have fought back if they had known they were dealing with police to begin with. #TOpolictvnews.ca‘I want justice’: Father demands answers after twins ‘manhandled’ by Toronto police officers at McDonald’sA Toronto father is speaking out after video surfaced showing his 15-year-old twins being arrested and “manhandled” by plainclothes police officers at a Scarborough McDonald’s last week. 053
Reposted by Jen RinaldiCanadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Canada has scrapped its only dedicated federal mechanism for reviewing allegations of human rights abuses by Canadian companies abroad—while its new free trade deal with Ecuador grants sweeping protections to Canadian mining investors. NEW from Arturo Ezquerro-Cañete of @miningwatch.bsky.social:canadiandimension.comCanada protects mining investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdogCanada is strengthening legal protections for Canadian investors abroad while abandoning any pretense of holding those same corporations to account at home for their conduct. The Canada-Ecuador Free T... 01914
Reposted by Jen RinaldiHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today is a National Day of Action to protect public health care. Danielle Smith is pushing two-tier, American-style health care in Alberta. Mark Carney’s government has a duty to enforce the Canada Health Act and stop it. Tell Ottawa: enforce the law and protect Medicare. 1012163
Reposted by Jen RinaldiI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026People consistently argue more surveillance will reduce policing but we’re just not seeing that actually manifest on the ground, instead we get this. 173060982
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A Levinasian analysis of disability service providers’ work witnessing documented institutional abuse, published in the Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 120
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026An open-access publication in Atlantis using digital storytelling to complicate disability recovery. We just presented the work at a Critical Femininities conference. atlantisjournal.ca/atlantis/en/...atlantisjournal.ca The Cruelty of the Curative | Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice 020
Reposted by Jen RinaldiJohn Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The simple reality is that the turn to 'forced addition treatment' is motivated by any concern for health and well-being but by a desire to drive inconvenient social problems from sight. www.sudbury.com/local-news/f...sudbury.comForced addiction treatment ‘extremely dangerous and problematic’, groups sayNot only that, a community coalition says in a joint letter that research shows forced treatment rarely works, that police are not health care professionals able to diagnose a person’s needs and Ontar... 01210
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I was in Munich for a European Congress on intellectual disability service provision research. 130
Reposted by Jen RinaldiLibby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 13/08/2026JFC ban these sex crime glasses in healthcare. If anyone you know buys them it is your duty to mock them until they stop wearing them.fashiontimes.co.ukWoman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'A woman's discomfort with a doctor wearing smart glasses during a consultation has sparked debate over privacy and the use of camera-equipped technology in healthcare settings. 35470772119
Reposted by Jen RinaldiThe Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 13/08/2026"When you look through the bars, you see a catwalk and then windows facing a big yard. The sun blazes into those windows intensely enough that we have to use our hands as visors."themarshallproject.orgMy Prison Gets So Hot, the Floors SweatSurvival tips include, “Wait it out” and “Buy another fan, bro.” 074
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Went to Slovenia to present at the Violence and Society working group interim workshop. 010
Reposted by Jen RinaldiKyla Lee @kylalee.ca · 30/07/2026I just published Your Rights at a Traffic Stop, and What ‘Racial Profiling’ Means in Law medium.com/p/your-right...medium.comYour Rights at a Traffic Stop, and What “Racial Profiling” Means in LawQuebec’s police ethics tribunal has found that two Sûreté du Québec officers racially profiled a Black driver during a highway traffic… 021
Reposted by Jen RinaldiT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Coming soon: Carney caves to Alberta on equalization, uses it as an excuse to cut provincial transfers. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...ctvnews.caCarney weighs in on upcoming review of equalizaton formulaWhat’s fair when it comes to equalization payments may depend on your definition of fair. 1177
Reposted by Jen Rinaldiℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026There are a few big fat Canadian political eye-openers in just these three paragraphs... 44318
Reposted by Jen RinaldiDiana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I spoke to CBC about proposed regulations on Bill 6. Bluntly put, I am vehemently opposed to criminalizing people on the TTC suspected of using drugs. While the law is aimed at homeless people, what does someone who uses drugs look like? This is a recipe for profiling. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caOntario could give TTC special constables new powers to arrest drug users on transit | CBC NewsOntario is considering changes to legislation that could give special constables new powers to arrest people using drugs on public transit — a move constables say needs to come with an increased abili... 22921
Reposted by Jen RinaldiCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 12/07/2026 The PM needs to explain the math of the Gordie Howe Bridge deal. The tolls were supposed to pay the taxpayer back. Now 50% for the first 15 years is being put into a development fund. The New York Times is reporting that 50% will be controlled and accessed by Americans. 93371151
Reposted by Jen RinaldiShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The police demanded full time paid duty. The greatest legal shakedown in Ontario. www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...thestar.comBudget for Toronto’s Church Street pedestrianization pilot project more than triples due to policing, security costsPolice say requirements for any future such projects will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. 2922087
Reposted by Jen RinaldiCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Hair as trophies, officers suspended and reassigned: What we know about Montreal’s police racism scandal Sixteen officers are under scrutiny and two have been suspended as police look into allegations of racist conduct. montrealgazette.com/news/montrea...montrealgazette.comHair as trophies, officers suspended and reassigned: What we know about Montreal’s police racism scandalTwo officers from a Montreal North patrol unit have been suspended while 14 others have been reassigned or relocated. 001
Reposted by Jen RinaldiRobert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Thanks Ben Cohen from @thestar.com for speaking with me recently about pedestrian streets, as well as the need to secure political support and funding for such programs (and open streets), as well as the need to address high policing costs. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/wil...thestar.comWill Toronto’s ‘baby steps’ with Church Street lead to a giant leap for car-free streets in the city?A move to have city staff look for candidate streets for next summer has supporters of car-free streets hopeful. 64417
Reposted by Jen RinaldiToronto Star @thestar.com · 18/05/2026#New: Three Toronto Police Service officers have been arrested in Spain following an allegation of sexual assault.thestar.comThree Toronto police officers arrested in SpainThree Toronto Police Service officers, who were off-duty at the time, were arrested in Spain last week following an allegation of sexual assault. 32312
Reposted by Jen RinaldiTrapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed. Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list' pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...pressprogress.caMark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list' 195
Reposted by Jen RinaldiErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Kristi Noem has landed on her feet in Canada at a mining company. The fact that Canadian mining companies are the worst violators of human rights in the world makes this hire a meeting of values. That is the real Canada. Look up their records in Central and S America globalnews.ca/news/1190912...globalnews.caKristi Noem hired in strategic advisory role for B.C. mining company | Globalnews.caIn March, Kristi Noem was reassigned from Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after serving in the role for 13 months. 23252127
Reposted by Jen RinaldiAndrás Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Most Predictable Thing happened 25425
Reposted by Jen RinaldiRobert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 12/06/2026This comes just days after we published an interview where the head of the new PoliceAI centre said they'd told a number of forces to stop using AI to produce witness statements and other material destined for court: as.ft.com/r/5d325f4e-8...as.ft.comPolice in England and Wales told to halt AI use in court statementsSafeguards must be in place before forces automate justice tasks, says head of Police.AI 311138
Reposted by Jen RinaldiToronto Star @thestar.com · 08/06/2026Star Exclusive: The Canadian government is considering the use of #AI to save time creating assessment profile reports of offenders as they go to federal prisons, and is running a small-scale trial to test it. New from @markramzy.bsky.social:thestar.comCarney government testing use of AI in prisons to create profile reports of offendersMentioned in lengthy documents tabled in Parliament and confirmed by Correctional Service Canada, the test run comes as the Carney government tries to ramp up AI adoption. 127
Reposted by Jen Rinaldiocufa.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social · 05/06/2026After years of funneling public dollars into the private system, the response to an “unsustainable” bill is to cut OSAP and leave all students with more debt. Make it make sense. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caOntario spent $465M more on OSAP last year. 95% of that went to private career college students, docs show | CBC NewsWhen Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government drastically cut student assistance grants earlier this year, it cited "unsustainable" costs, but new figures show nearly all of the recent growth was among ... 035
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Spent a few days in Montreal at McGill University, for an Advanced Studies Institute writing workshop. I mostly panicked about my paper but the dinners were fancy. 030
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The kind of speech that graduates at convocation would boo 021
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026A rather remarkable two days learning from a cross-Canada gathering of residential school survivors and site stewards at the Woodland Cultural Centre. 010
Reposted by Jen RinaldiFaisal Hassan @faisalhassan.bsky.social · 26/05/20264,500 OPSEU Local 511 workers are striking for fair wages and the 6.5% pay owed since Bill 124. They support families of children with special needs. Ontario NDP stands with them: pay what you owe and treat workers with respect. #WorthFightingFor #ONpoli 033
Reposted by Jen RinaldiCeleste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 25/05/2026What happened to "Canada is not for sale"? thewalrus.ca/trump-wants-...thewalrus.caTrump Wants to Tap Your Phone. Ottawa Might Let Him | The WalrusBill C-22 will lay the legal groundwork for giving the US warrantless access to our data 188554
Reposted by Jen RinaldiHarsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Canada is using borders to police Palestine solidarity, with pro-Pal advocates increasingly facing interrogations, visa revocations, and denials of entry. The weaponisation of immigration law, surveillance powers and institutional pressure is becoming normalised.aljazeera.comCanada is using its borders to police Palestine solidarityCritics of Israel’s war on Gaza are increasingly facing interrogations, visa revocations and denials of entry. 613387
Reposted by Jen RinaldiAnodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 23/05/2026"[M]ass incarceration is a factory that transforms millions of people a day into permanent prisoners. Even when it spits them out and they are technically 'freed,' they face poverty, depression, and stigma that drives them right back ... [G]enerations of people are destroyed so money can be made." 076
Reposted by Jen RinaldiJeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 22/05/2026A referendum on whether we should have a referendum lmao 610717
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I attended the National Conference on Critical Perspectives in Criminology and Social Justice, at Brock University. Picked up a print by artist and activist Peter Collins. 120
Reposted by Jen RinaldiPressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 18/05/2026NEW: Alberta separatist group’s controversial voter ID app has links to US Ambassador, MAGA influencers and wealthy Michigan Republicans US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told @pressprogress.ca he was ‘not aware’ an American-made app he previously promoted was used to help an Alberta separatist grouppressprogress.caAlberta Separatist Group’s Controversial Voter ID App Has Links to US Ambassador, MAGA Influencers and Wealthy Michigan RepublicansUS Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says he was ‘not aware’ American-made app he previously promoted was used to help Alberta separatist group 59484314
Reposted by Jen RinaldiJason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult" 18564221
Reposted by Jen RinaldiAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 12/05/2026BC is settling its birth alert class action - would be the first such settlement in the country. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/b-c-to-... Meanwhile Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario are all fighting similar suits.ijb.utoronto.caB.C. to settle class action over birth alerts that separated newborns from mothers - Investigative Journalism BureauB.C. is set to become the first province to settle a class-action lawsuit over birth alerts — the practice of child welfare workers contacting pregnant people’s medical practitioners, frequently resul... 1510