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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Get yourself a mayoral candidate whose rally opens with a drag performance about OC Transpo. #JeffLeiper

Red artist dressed in red dances with their hands in the air. The number is dedicated to Ottawa’s beleaguered transit system

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Getting the most of the view before the Undockening next weekend

View of lake with mist rising and sun shining. Water is like glass. Sky is blue.

View of lake at sunset, with orange sky, clouds and silhouetted trees reflected perfectly in the water

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is it a parenting win if your teen wears a 20 year old tshirt with your name on it to school, especially during election season?

Teen on sidewalk wearing a tshirt under a back bomber jacket. Tshirt reads “I want Vicky Smallman to be my city councillor “

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And there is definite lodge building happening around the old raft that washed up and the rocks along the bank

Old dilapidated raft along a wooded shoreline. The side closest to the bank is piled up with sticks and branches, some with the bark completely stripped

Branches being piled up in between and beside rocks along a lakefront

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Beaver took away all the branches we left after we cleared the tree that fell on our cottage - the tree the beaver took down

A wooded clearing by the water, devoid of the cut branches we had left there two weeks ago

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finally spotted the culprit that’s been felling trees on our property

Head of a beaver swimming through still lake water. The water is orange, reflecting the sunset

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Big hugs and solidarity to everyone marching in Ottawa’s trans march tonight! With you in spirit and strength, as always.

Middle aged blonde woman with glasses and short hair wearing a “you will have to go through me” short with lettering in trans flag colours

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Good food processing day today - crabapple liqueur, jelly and crabalopeno jelly, fruit scrap vinegar. Pat looked after relish and pickles. Delish corn and bean salad for supper. Chalet week FTW

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Come on down to the Carleton Tavern - it’s Kitchissippi trivia night, a fundraiser for council candidate Joanne Chianello. Come on down!

A crowd of folks in a tavern ready for trivia

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Not sure what the heck that was but it was a nice surprise for a Thursday night

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When in Winnipeg… solo dinner at the Forks followed by some quality river watching

Legs propped up on a concrete wall over looking a fast-moving river. In the middle of the river is a large concrete and metal structure with lamps at the top. The sky is cloudy and trees line both sides of the river.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

With our AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center colleagues, gearing up for a day of prep meetings with the workers’ group at the ILC! Two weeks of hard work ahead here in Geneva.

A group of people -6 women and one man - smile at the camera. They are all wearing conference badges

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Date night in Toronto. Waiting for Cake to begin!

Two bespectacled people look awkwardly into the sun for a selfie. He is bearded and wearing a grey baseball cap and a purple tshirt that says “Alpha Male”. She has short blonde hair and is wearing a jean jacket

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We are not here because we want to exchange polite conversations. We are here because democracy is being squeezed. The forces coordinated against us are well funded and relentless. This is a deliberate global pattern. Toni Moore from Barbados at tonight’s international solidarity forum

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We fight for peace. We fight for democracy. We fight for the stability of our societies: Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary, Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU). This international solidarity forum is always a convention highlight

A Somali man wearing glasses and a black jacket and white shirt speaks at a lectern.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Wow. Never had a morel pop up in my front yard before

Grey brown mushroom coming out of a bed of dried leaves. It looks like a misshapen brain.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Dr Pam Palmater offers her reflections on the harms and devastation caused by the virus of inequality which is deeply embedded in our government, democracy, systems. It’s because of activists and movements that we make progress

An Indigenous woman wearing long red earrings speaks at a lectern

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

At an impressive gathering at the Senate of Canada, honouring four important femtors and reflecting on the “virus of inequality”. Senator Marilou McPhedran provided opening remarks

A grand space in a former train station - a crowd is sitting at tables on the right hand side and rows of chairs on the left. At the front is a lectern with a number of women seated beside.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

obligatory Charge game selfie. Let’s do this! #PWHL #OttawaCharge

Bespectacled couple in a hockey arena, wearing Ottawa Charge gear

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Show’s done. Contents of box revealed. Hardware awarded. Another fine round of CIG finals. Congrats to all!

A plastic storage bin and many coloured raffle tickets on a black stage floor

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

There is a LOT of enthusiastic theatre teen energy in the NAC theatre this evening. I’m exhausted already and the Canadian Improv Games finals haven’t even started! #improv

A stage with a red curtain at the rear, and a sign suspended that says Canadian Improv Games. On the stage are a bunch of differently sized wooden boxes. Stage floor is lit with funky white lighting.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Just spent a couple of days strategizing and planning with the @childcarenow.bsky.social board. There’s a lot of work ahead to defend and grow our fledgling system, but we are ready to take on the challenge! It’s such a joy to work with these brilliant and determined women.

A group of women stand in front of a mural

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Our seat neighbours have the best sign. Hope they pass their bio test! #PWHL #OttawaCharge

Sign at PWHL game: came early for the bags but had to study Bio. Rest of sign is notes about the mitochondria

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Obligatory Ottawa Charge home game selfie, complete with new kazoo holder

Middle aged couple in hockey arena, sporting Ottawa charge hoodies and a charge branded Barbie fanny pack

Middle aged bespectacled woman shows off her new bag, perfect for holding her silver kazoo

Two Barbie/charge Fanny packs. Colour/ bubble gum pink

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Seen at the GT express today. Please caption accordingly.

Home decor statuette - bottom half is banana with duck feet, top half is duck with mullet.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Obligatory Charge game selfie, CT centre-style

A bespectacled couple takes a selfie in a hockey arena. He’s sporting a beard, gray hat and Ottawa Charge gear. You can’t see but she is wearing Canadian tuxedo and a Charge hoodie

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Young BC organizer kicks off Tony McQuail’s showcase, talking about how his campaign has inspired him as a young New Democrat

Convention hall. On the screen is tony mcquail’s slogan “From the Ground Up”

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Showcase time! Avi’s team kicks off, with a backdrop of supporters and speeches, including from MP Leah Gazan and spouse Naomi Klein

A convention hall, with tables set up facing a stage and three screens. On the stage is a crowd of people with signs supporting Avi Lewis for leader

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Powerful words about the importance of women being in the spaces where decisions are made from NDP leadership candidate Heather MacPherson. Proud to be supporting her campaign.

A woman with dark shoulder length hair wearing a black turtleneck and an orange skirt stands at a lectern

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Gender equality issues are bread and butter issues: Leah Gazan at the NDP Women’s Commission meeting this morning. Only the NDP is raising gender issues in the House

A petite Indigenous Woman speaks at a lectern. Seated next to her at a table are a white woman with glasses and a pink blazer and a Black woman with a blue and white top and navy blazer.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

CUPE’s Candace Rennick gave a barn burner of a speech in favour of the resolution on public child care! Had to show my support, of course #ChildCareNow

A group gathers around a microphone at a convention. A woman with long hair and a pink scarf is speaking.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

here’s @canadianlabour.bsky.social EVP @siobhanvipond.bsky.social speaking forcefully in support of a resolution calling out the Carney government for abandoning a feminist foreign policy. We’ve seen the pushback up close at the UN. Glad to see this resolution pass

A tall woman with long red hair, wearing blue, stands at a Pro Microphone on a convention floor. She is surrounded by supporters

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Get yourself a premier that opens up your convention in a good way #NDP

Indigenous men, seated around a large drum, drumming and singing. One of the men is Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, wearing a blue suit and tie

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Last night in NYC. Bar steak at the Horny Ram. Have always been leery about this place but I gotta say it was super tasty after a long day. Can’t wait to get home tomorrow

A plate full of sliced grilled hangar steak, accompanied by a green salad, fries and a beer

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Glorious walk in sunny Central Park today. Just the antidote I needed after a long, weird week #CSW70 these Central Park zoo seals pretty much capture my mood as I turned to start the walk back

Two seals raise their noses to the sun in Central Park zoo.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Week one at #CSW70 is officially done! Most of our delegates are heading home. I’m planning a quiet weekend of prep for next week. Last event today was a reception for the LBTI+ caucus at the offices of one of my favourite organizations

A window in an office building in NYC. Propped up against the windows are signs with pro-2SLGBTQI+ rights slogans: existence is resistance. Stop the worldwide attack against trans people. Solidarity without borders

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This is for all girls in Latin America and the global south, she says. We have been able to close the gap and establish law to address cyber violence and AI. What is virtual is also real, and we must treat it as such. Girls and women must be put at the centre.

Screen in a UN meeting room with a young Mexican woman speaking at a microphone

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Here at the UN for the consideration of the draft agreed conclusions of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Care work powers our communities - it deserves respect, protection, and fair pay. ✊ #IWD

3 million plus workers power Canada’s care economy, roughly 19 percent of all Canadian jobs.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Get ready for a deluge of #CSW70 posts, as Canadian trade union delegates prep to head to the UN Join us at our parallel session in person or online

Ad for a Canadian Labour Congress event: Union women rise up for gender justice. Wednesday March 11 8:30-10am CCUN 8th floor, or join online https://bit.ly/RISEUPCLC

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is what solidarity looks like. Unions united for an economy that works for all of us, against austerity and trade deals that leave communities and workers behind.

Leaders from dozens of public and private sector unions stand behind a podium. Behind them are windows showing a view of Parliament Hill and the Chateau Laurier

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Obligatory Charge game selfie featuring my new Charge earrings and the Brianne Jenner bobblehead they were giving away tonight. Let’s go!

White bespectacled smiling couple at a hockey game. She’s wearing yellow lightning bolt earrings. He’s wearing a red Ottawa Charge tuque. A box containing a bobblehead version of Charge captain Brianne Jenner peeks in from the side

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