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Teresa (she/her)

@termcqui.bsky.social
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Fierce mama. Down syndrome & disability advocate. RN. 🇨🇦 Waterloo region 🚲. Free 🍉

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Jennifer Baumbusch @geronursing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1. Disabled women are not SKIPPING cancer screening. 2. Cancer screening is not ACCESSIBLE in most places for disabled women. 3. Hence, disabled women also have higher rates of untreated cancers.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Last month, Justice Gibson ruled that the encampment residents at 100 Victoria could not be legally evicted unless the Region provides viable alternative shelter options or establishes a tenting by-law. Learn more in this week's Citified.
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100 Victoria encampment ruling
Last month, Justice Gibson ruled that the Region cannot evict residents from the encampment at 100 Victoria unless it provides viable alternatives such as shelter or public tenting options.
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 28/05/2026
In the past year I’ve read > 100 books & if I could recommend only one it would be After Shock by the truly tremendous @ranaawdish.bsky.social Preorder from your favorite indie bookseller today to help put her on those bestseller lists where she belongs. literatibookstore.com/book/9781250...
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After Shock: Learning to Reinhabit My Body After Illness
In this powerful follow-up to her bestselling memoir In Shock, a doctor asks: What does it truly mean to heal? In the aftermath of her own critical illness, physician and writer Dr. Rana Awdish finds ...
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/05/2026
From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.
Line chart showing vehicles exceeding 60 km/h on Parkside Drive from January to April, comparing enforcement periods with and without speed cameras. The data shows a dramatic increase in speeding violations after the camera ban in November 2025
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Tri-Cities Transport Action Group @tritag.ca · 01/05/2026
Buses are still running tomorrow!
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Tentative agreement reached at Grand River Transit
WATERLOO — Unifor Local 4304 and the Region of Waterloo have reached a tentative agreement covering approximately 850 Grand River Transit workers, averting a strike that would have begun at 12:01 a.m....
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Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Feeling stressed? Badly draw a horse and then watch your badly drawn horse run with other badly drawn horses 💜
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"Sidewalks are so clogged with ice and snow, it makes it extremely difficult for wheelchair users to get around and that affects their quality of life." #Snowbility www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
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‘It feels almost like I’m in prison’: Uncleared snow is hardest on people with disabilities
One man in a wheelchair has gone out of his house only once since Boxing Day, because the snow clogs the sidewalks and intersections, Luisa D’Amato writes.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Walkable and accessible streets should be provided by all municipalities - not left to individual property owners. (Thanks to Phil and Rodney for taking this upon themselves though!) #Snowbility
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Charlotte Prong @charlotteprong.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Hey Waterloo Region - the $173 million police communications centre was approved - and how it happened seems shady as hell
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Fun fact: The Ontario Legislative Assembly sat for 13 four-day weeks in 2025. It's now done sitting until February 17. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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‘You have to come back to work,’ Doug Ford tells Ontario’s public servants
The Star previously revealed that 10,913 of about 60,000 provincial civil servants have requested alternative work arrangements.
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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Influenza is here and she isn’t playing.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Obit from @thesicktimes.org by Alice’s friend @mileswgriffis.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Checks out.
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Kashif Pirzada, MD @kashprime.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Even if tons of food goes in, a lot of people are still going to die. Once malnutrition and famine conditions set in, the body adapts to consuming its own muscles and fat. If you give carbs too quickly, insulin gets secreted, crazy electrolyte shifts happen, and hearts just stop.
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Teresa (she/her) @termcqui.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
KW locals - anyone know what the new condo/apartment building they’re constructing in front of Grand River Hospital on King is going to be called? Will it be rentals or units for purchase? Or know where I can get info on it? (Google isn’t working for me…)
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
This is right on. A focus on decent housing would do much to narrow the 40 fold increased risk of tuberculosis Canadian indigenous people face www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: If Canada is seeking an ideal nation-building project, it should invest in First Nations infrastructure
Instead of trampling Indigenous rights, Canadian governments should focus on closing the infrastructure gap – which would unlock serious economic benefits, too
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🇨🇦 Kari Raymer Bishop @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In our family, we're playing the long game and avoiding the virus. It's called adaptation.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The Nazis targeted disabled people first. They knew no one would speak up for us They tested the gas chambers on us Ableism and eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice. Help us resist.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen. This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board. Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 06/06/2025
Guys wear your good masks outside I’m serious
Air quality index 8 (high risk) in Kitchener
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Sonja B @sonjalovesbikes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Folks don’t sleep on this The CMOH implying this baby only dies of measles bc they were premature and had other health conditions is unabashed ableism Justifying the death of a disabled child is as low as it gets People with healthy children: I promise you it doesn’t stop here
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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
When we know that vax + mask + clean air = trifecta vs airborne diseases, but don’t implement these measures, the potentially life altering impacts on children getting preventable illnesses are entirely our fault. We KNOW how to keep kids safe and we’re NOT doing it. Inexcusable. Criminal.
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Irwin Elman @irwinelman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Every 60 hours, in Ontario, of every week a child connected to the system meant to protect them dies. Sit with that for a minute. It’s a record high. It’s a scandal. It’s terrifying. Fundamental change is needed now. globalnews.ca/news/1119062...
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Number of kids who died under Ontario’s care network reaches new high | Globalnews.ca
Internal government data tracks the number of children who died in care, with an open social work file or a case that had closed within a single year.
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 07/05/2025
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/04/2025
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
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For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
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Amy Tan, MD @amytanmd.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Vote accordingly, Canada. Don't vote for the party that has 25-33% of its base who are Trump supporters (like my neighbour across the street 🤯). Please vote for sovereignty protection, humanity, competence over rage, division & bluster. Please!!!!!!! Go vote!
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Couldn't agree more with this slide from @tritag.ca shared in a recent delegation to #WRcouncil in support of GRT's proposed business plan. pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
Left image is a blocked view from a bus that has an ad wrap over the windows, right side says: Moving billboards are second-class transportation.
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Amy Tan, MD @amytanmd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
23% of Manitobans with positive COVID PCR tests from 2020-2021 have Post-Covid Condition aka Long COVID. 1 in 4. That's a massive proportion of infected. COVID IS and continues to be a mass-disabling event that has sacrificed people over capitalism.
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Amy Tan, MD @amytanmd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Appalling dehumanization+ cruelty. He's simply not fit to be PM. We need electorate to NOT reward such repugnant attitudes. BTW: anyone is at risk of becoming homeless: lost job, disability/illness/injury/death of breadwinner, family breakup or violence, trauma, oppression can all cause cascade./1
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Irwin Elman @irwinelman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"What we heard over and over again from parents, teachers, principals, unions is that there aren't enough supports…” This is an outrageous human rights violation www.thestar.com/news/gta/kid...
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Kids held on the ground by staff. Others sent home. Ontario students with disabilities are in crisis, report finds
A report by Community Living Ontario shines a light on the use of secluding, restraining and excluding students.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Another reminder: Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs. Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections. Respirators work better than masks. Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
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Amy Tan, MD @amytanmd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
You can't say you don't know. Heed the warnings!! Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... 1) Decrease role of govt (ie cut social services, decrease health & safety checks) 2)Assaulting freedom (attacks on LGBTQ+ ppl, human rights, ⬆️censorship)/1
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Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump | The Tyee
Taken together they would radically change Canada to reflect what’s being imposed in the US.
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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Measles case has been confirmed at Three Bridges school. Waterloo Region Residents who think they may have been exposed should call 519-575-4400. An updated list of potential public exposure locations is here: regionofwaterloo.ca/measles www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-an...?
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Measles
Measles is a highly contagious disease and is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths in children worldwide. The measles vaccine is required in Ontario.
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🇨🇦 Kari Raymer Bishop @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Here in Ontario, Doug Ford gave us a handy map so we can always find the booze closest to us.
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Amy Tan, MD @amytanmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
When they tell you what they are going to do, believe them. There's no denying what their plans are. Don't let them have the ability to follow through.
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Amy Tan, MD @amytanmd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Despite what they try to tell you, caring about others, fighting for the rights of ALL human beings, honouring differences amongst us all, are NOT threats to you, or to your way of life. Striving to be better always is honouring your own humanity, while protecting others' humanity. Imagine that.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Oh my fucking god. It looks like Israel murdered eight Palestine Red Crescent Society workers, a UN employee, and five civil defense staff. They crushed up and buried entire ambulances and civil defense vehicles in the fucking mass grave. www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/m...
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Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...
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Teresa (she/her) @termcqui.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This is infuriating & devastating.
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Elegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Clearing sidewalks should be a municipal responsibility, period. Job creation, accessibility, and reduced likelihood of accidents for everyone (including mail carriers & delivery folks) all in one go!
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meshell @meshell.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Hey so someone took the via rail train from London to Toronto and then back again. And they have measles, I guess. So anyone that travelled that route with them could also have been exposed to measles. Good luck everyone.
A screen shot from Middelsex London public health about a potential measles exposure.


March 21st, 2025
• Via Rail London - 6:05 am - 8:20 am
• Train 82 from London to Toronto - 6:20 am - 10:50 am
• Train 83 from Toronto to London - 4:10 pm - 8:30 pm
• Tim Hortons- 1322 Commissioners Road West, London
7:45 pm - 9:55 pm
BUREAU
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 25/03/2025
The new cases have led to specific exposure alerts for two locations in Waterloo, occurring on Friday, March 21:

Pharmasave Campus — 170 University Ave. W., Waterloo: Between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Shoppers Drug Mart — 50 Weber St. N., Waterloo: Between 12:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
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Teresa (she/her) @termcqui.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Some delight to break up your doom scrolling.
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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Toronto, will you join me in saving our bike lanes? My husband and I have pledged to give $1,000 for every donation - no matter the size - for up to 100 gifts! This will support our fight for safer streets, stronger communities, & a healthier environment! ecojustice.donorsupport.co/-/XMARHWMZ
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I do think we have to stop blaming lousy actions on mental illness. There must be a better way to say this because those of us who work with mental illness have been trying to end the stigma and part of that is to not confuse mental illness and being a lousy human being.
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Erin Caton @caton.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Carney scraps ministries of women and gender equality and youth, seniors, and disability. Not looking promising for his purported @liberalparty.bsky.social values. globalnews.ca/news/1108172...
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Mark Carney is officially Canada’s new prime minister - National | Globalnews.ca
Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister, while unveiling the smallest federal cabinet and ministry in years.
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds “As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?”
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Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds
As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco. youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ
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Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility
YouTube video by UCSF Documents & Media Photography
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