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Mira Oreck

@miraoreck.bsky.social
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Executive Director, The Houssian Foundation.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/04/2026
Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman, said on Sunday that he is suspending his campaign for California governor in the wake of allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staff member and engaged in sexual misconduct with other women. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...
Eric Swalwell stands behind a lectern. A headline reads: "Swalwell Suspends Run For California Governor Amid Sexual Assault Accusations." Photo by Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13/04/2026
Orbán’s electoral defeat is not simply some abstract thing happening in a far away country overseas Orbán’s government played a big role in convening the international far-right. Groups funded by Orbán’s gov’t even sponsored Canadian Conservative MPs to attend ultra social conservative conferences:
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Conservative MP Who Opposed Conversion Therapy Bill Spoke at Conference Organized By European Far-Right, Anti-LGBTQ Groups
Garnett Genuis has been one of Canada’s most outspoken critics of legislation banning gay conversion therapy
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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Vancouver police search for woman missing in the Downtown Eastside vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
What @julieslalonde.bsky.social said. Also survivors of IPV suffer head injuries at a horrendous rate and very few people care. Witness the closure of a program studying brain trauma in IPV survivors www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Clients, clinicians grieve loss of program for survivors of intimate partner violence with brain injuries | CBC News
A Winnipeg-based pilot program offering medical support to survivors of intimate partner violence with traumatic brain injuries — the only program of its kind in Canada, advocates say — abruptly ended...
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Here’s my full video on Day 5 of the Ken Sim and Sean Orr saga. A bit of today’s news, a bit of historical context to the story, a bit of answering @seanorr.bsky.social’s challenge to me earlier this week. I *think* the story will recede now, but given the weirdness of it all, we’ll see!
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 11/02/2026
NEW from me today: Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come. xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
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The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
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LizaYuzda @lizay.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Support…. Translife line 1-877-330-6366 is a peer support service run by trans people, for trans and questioning callers. translifeline.org/hotline/
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Hotline - Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans
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LizaYuzda @lizay.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Support… www.transcarebc.ca/how-to-get-c...
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Peer support directory | Trans Care BC
Connect to peers in your community.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community? You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
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Steven Guilbeault @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.
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Maria Dobrinskaya @mdobrinskaya.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I would love to see some progressive politicians run on reducing bureaucracy. It’s a right wing purview & generally limited to being “for business” rather than for people, but the people most burdened by it are poor/disabled, but as with everything else these days, that struggle is trickling up. 1/
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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
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Mira Oreck @miraoreck.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
WINNIPEG JETS!!!
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 16/04/2025
How well is congestion pricing doing? Very.
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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Vancouver's by-election was poorly organized with 1/2 the locations & 800% less staff than 2017. As a result there's been extremely long lines. I wrote a quick post about the consequences of this for access & how considering disabled people in design prevents this. open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
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Vancouver By-Election Line-Ups And Accessibility
Long lines are barriers to the right to vote.
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Maria Dobrinskaya @mdobrinskaya.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Currently in line at the 3rd voting place I’ve been to today. I couldn’t wait the 1-2 hours earlier so didn’t, but also not sure I’m going to be able to wait long enough to vote right now. It’s beyond infuriating. Completely unacceptable. #vanpoli
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I've cracked the code of why byelection lineups are so long in Vancouver today. It's not just a turnout question. Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT. From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around. This was a staff recommendation.
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Mira Oreck @miraoreck.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It never occurred to me that I wouldn’t be able to vote in Vancouver’s by-election, but after trying twice for a total of 2.5 hours of my time, it looks like it’s not going to happen. I’m really frustrated and mad.
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The Philanthropist Journal @thephilanthropist.ca · 19/02/2025
Pearson talks to five new foundation leaders about the profound changes underway: @miraoreck.bsky.social Arti Freeman, Jane Rabinowicz, Michelle LeDonne and @nadiaduguay.bsky.social #philanthropy #funding #leadership
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/01/2025
Some members of a Vancouver synagogue say they have questions for when Pierre Poilievre visits their community Sunday. But while Poilievre will make a speech and have a photo op, questions won’t be allowed.
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Poilievre’s Vancouver Synagogue Visit Is Raising Concerns | The Tyee
The planned speech and photo op leaves some members troubled by the leader's refusal to take questions.
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Mira Oreck @miraoreck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is really important work on school exclusion from BC's ombudsperson. I encourage anyone impacted to fill it out- this kind of exclusion often goes unreported. We experienced this with our son, largely due to a lack of resources to support him. #bcpoli #bced bcombudsperson.ca/school-exclu...
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Exclusion of students from school - Office of the Ombudsperson
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