Chris Houston
@chrishouston.ca
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism (U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org
Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
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Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
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Chris Houston
@chrishouston.ca
· Jan 26
🧵👋 Hi, I'm a university instructor and writer about peace, health, human rights and humanitarianism.
Given the unprecedented times we're in, here's a 🧵 of thoughts and resources for:
PROTECTING YOUR WELL-BEING AND ADAPTABILITY DURING AND BEYOND 2025 (I'll keep adding to this over the next week).
Given the unprecedented times we're in, here's a 🧵 of thoughts and resources for:
PROTECTING YOUR WELL-BEING AND ADAPTABILITY DURING AND BEYOND 2025 (I'll keep adding to this over the next week).
Donald Trump, 2024: "I was never on Epstein's Plane..."
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Donald Trump, 2024: "I was never on Epstein's Plane..."
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
US Department of Justice, 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)"
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Congratulations to @hassanvalji.bsky.social, who, last night, triumphantly won a three game set to take the 2025 Chris🆚Hassan Catan Cup.
I will return to the competition in 2026 after the mandatory rest period and reflect on my gameplay.
I will return to the competition in 2026 after the mandatory rest period and reflect on my gameplay.
two trophies sit on a table in front of a stadium
Alt: two trophies sit on a table in front of a stadium
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations to @hassanvalji.bsky.social, who, last night, triumphantly won a three game set to take the 2025 Chris🆚Hassan Catan Cup.
I will return to the competition in 2026 after the mandatory rest period and reflect on my gameplay.
I will return to the competition in 2026 after the mandatory rest period and reflect on my gameplay.
"The police should not be leading mental health calls" says the police.
So perhaps we can all agree to this now?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So perhaps we can all agree to this now?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police officers shouldn’t be leading mental health calls, Toronto police chief says | CBC News
For years, police have been on the front lines of mental health crisis calls in Toronto, but the city's police chief believes it's now time to rethink that approach.
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The police should not be leading mental health calls" says the police.
So perhaps we can all agree to this now?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So perhaps we can all agree to this now?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Stop the violence. Stop the hatred.
I wish all my Jewish friends and followers a happy and peaceful Hanukkah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I wish all my Jewish friends and followers a happy and peaceful Hanukkah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Minute's silence held to remember Bondi Beach attack victims
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed as he arrived at the memorial event.
www.bbc.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Stop the violence. Stop the hatred.
I wish all my Jewish friends and followers a happy and peaceful Hanukkah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I wish all my Jewish friends and followers a happy and peaceful Hanukkah.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wow, @janshalom.bsky.social shared a story with me that is more powerful than I expected.
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
Love of Enemy / Spiritualité et pratique de la non-violence - Conscience Canada
Love of Enemy It is crucial that we stop trivializing nonviolence and refuse the false choice of “nonviolence or force”. The true choice is between the force of hatred/violence and the force of love w...
www.consciencecanada.ca
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wow, @janshalom.bsky.social shared a story with me that is more powerful than I expected.
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
If you read one thing this week, let it be this:
www.consciencecanada.ca/love-of-enemy/
As illustrated by Michael de Adder
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
As illustrated by Michael de Adder
Reposted by Chris Houston
It's not a great month for people who wish that Canadian corporations didn't supply armoured vehicles to ICE.
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
A Canadian company is selling armoured vehicles to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is spending over C$10 million on armoured vehicles designed to protect against bomb blasts and military-grade weapons. The supplier of the 20 vehicles is...
chrishouston.ca
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's not a great month for people who wish that Canadian corporations didn't supply armoured vehicles to ICE.
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Things I did not expect today: praise from local government for my occasional newspaper reporting.
I'll need to get this one framed.
I hope you are proud, @natesmelle.bsky.social.
I'll need to get this one framed.
I hope you are proud, @natesmelle.bsky.social.
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Things I did not expect today: praise from local government for my occasional newspaper reporting.
I'll need to get this one framed.
I hope you are proud, @natesmelle.bsky.social.
I'll need to get this one framed.
I hope you are proud, @natesmelle.bsky.social.
Reposted by Chris Houston
Today we fixed the furnace drain. This might be the last day photo of our man hall with a wet floor. Renovations are ongoing - thanks to the ongoing generous donations that people keep making.
Thanks to everyone helping our work.
Donation link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
Thanks to everyone helping our work.
Donation link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today we fixed the furnace drain. This might be the last day photo of our man hall with a wet floor. Renovations are ongoing - thanks to the ongoing generous donations that people keep making.
Thanks to everyone helping our work.
Donation link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
Thanks to everyone helping our work.
Donation link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
In a world of rising hatred, I am grateful to read stories of people rushing to help others. Bravo, Ahmed al-Ahmed,
In a world of rising division, we must resist hatred and antisemitism.
I hope that xenophobes & islamophobes are taught a lesson by al-Ahmed's actions.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
In a world of rising division, we must resist hatred and antisemitism.
I hope that xenophobes & islamophobes are taught a lesson by al-Ahmed's actions.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
Ahmed al Ahmed knew shooting victims were Jews | The Jerusalem Post
“Ahmed knew they were Jews. He is a human being. He wanted to save their lives and would do it again. He didn't care about their religion or nationality," said Ahmed's lawyer, Sam Issa.
www.jpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In a world of rising hatred, I am grateful to read stories of people rushing to help others. Bravo, Ahmed al-Ahmed,
In a world of rising division, we must resist hatred and antisemitism.
I hope that xenophobes & islamophobes are taught a lesson by al-Ahmed's actions.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
In a world of rising division, we must resist hatred and antisemitism.
I hope that xenophobes & islamophobes are taught a lesson by al-Ahmed's actions.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
It's not a great month for people who wish that Canadian corporations didn't supply armoured vehicles to ICE.
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
A Canadian company is selling armoured vehicles to ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is spending over C$10 million on armoured vehicles designed to protect against bomb blasts and military-grade weapons. The supplier of the 20 vehicles is...
chrishouston.ca
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's not a great month for people who wish that Canadian corporations didn't supply armoured vehicles to ICE.
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
It seems a lot of people don't know about this.
So I wrote about it:
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Peace promotion feels more urgent than ever.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2025 to get to the point of owning a building and having some of the funds needed to renovate it.
canadianpeacemuseum.ca
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2025 to get to the point of owning a building and having some of the funds needed to renovate it.
canadianpeacemuseum.ca
We're in the news:
Public consultations and renovations happening at Canadian Peace Museum
www.mybancroftnow.com/71968/news/c...
Public consultations and renovations happening at Canadian Peace Museum
www.mybancroftnow.com/71968/news/c...
Public consultations and renovations happening at Canadian Peace Museum : My Bancroft Now
My Bancroft Now delivers the latest local news, events, contests, and radio features for Bancroft, Ontario.
www.mybancroftnow.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Peace promotion feels more urgent than ever.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2025 to get to the point of owning a building and having some of the funds needed to renovate it.
canadianpeacemuseum.ca
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2025 to get to the point of owning a building and having some of the funds needed to renovate it.
canadianpeacemuseum.ca
"we are in a space between peace and war" says the UK spy chief.
You might think the importance of promoting peace would be clear to political leaders.
Oddly, as we launch the Canadian Peace Museum, it's civil society, that is funding us.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
You might think the importance of promoting peace would be clear to political leaders.
Oddly, as we launch the Canadian Peace Museum, it's civil society, that is funding us.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
MI6 'operating in a space between peace and war', new chief warns
The new head of Britain's overseas spy agency has warned about an interlocking web of security challenges.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"we are in a space between peace and war" says the UK spy chief.
You might think the importance of promoting peace would be clear to political leaders.
Oddly, as we launch the Canadian Peace Museum, it's civil society, that is funding us.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
You might think the importance of promoting peace would be clear to political leaders.
Oddly, as we launch the Canadian Peace Museum, it's civil society, that is funding us.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Horrified by the antisemitic violence in Australia. Impressed by the heroic civilian who disarmed one of the gunmen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bondi Beach shooting: What we know so far about Hanukkah attack
Eleven people have been killed in an attack targeting a Hanukkah event on the beach.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Horrified by the antisemitic violence in Australia. Impressed by the heroic civilian who disarmed one of the gunmen.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in getting a building (which we fully own) and funding renovations (which are only partly funded).
If you want to donate, we’re a charity and give 🇨🇦 tax receipts:
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
If you want to donate, we’re a charity and give 🇨🇦 tax receipts:
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
December 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thanks to everyone who has supported us in getting a building (which we fully own) and funding renovations (which are only partly funded).
If you want to donate, we’re a charity and give 🇨🇦 tax receipts:
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
If you want to donate, we’re a charity and give 🇨🇦 tax receipts:
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
USA was the only state to vote against a resolution on protecting humanitarian staff
Also, for the first time in 33 years, a omnibus motion on humanitarianism didn’t pass by consensus.
press.un.org/en/2025/ga12...
Also, for the first time in 33 years, a omnibus motion on humanitarianism didn’t pass by consensus.
press.un.org/en/2025/ga12...
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
USA was the only state to vote against a resolution on protecting humanitarian staff
Also, for the first time in 33 years, a omnibus motion on humanitarianism didn’t pass by consensus.
press.un.org/en/2025/ga12...
Also, for the first time in 33 years, a omnibus motion on humanitarianism didn’t pass by consensus.
press.un.org/en/2025/ga12...
Reposted by Chris Houston
This week I wrote about how the global effort to repair the ozone layer is working.
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Repairing the Ozone, the First World War, and Building a Museum
Peace museums are places where we can be inspired by powerful stories of people making a better world. This week, I’ve been inspired by my neighbours, by the decades-long efforts to repair the ozone l...
chrishouston.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This week I wrote about how the global effort to repair the ozone layer is working.
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Canadian corporation Roshel Defence Solutions (based in Brampton, Ont.) to supply 20 armoured vehicles to 🇺🇸 ICE.
ICE is an American law enforcement agency increasingly described as a "paramilitary force" (Source: www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICE is an American law enforcement agency increasingly described as a "paramilitary force" (Source: www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm | CBC News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb bla...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Canadian corporation Roshel Defence Solutions (based in Brampton, Ont.) to supply 20 armoured vehicles to 🇺🇸 ICE.
ICE is an American law enforcement agency increasingly described as a "paramilitary force" (Source: www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICE is an American law enforcement agency increasingly described as a "paramilitary force" (Source: www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Chris Houston
"...her plan had two key principles: no nation could be humiliated by the peace, and there could be no compromises that might later lead to another war. Professor van den Dungen...suggested that these principles were worth highlighting as people negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia." #Peace
This week I wrote about how the global effort to repair the ozone layer is working.
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Repairing the Ozone, the First World War, and Building a Museum
Peace museums are places where we can be inspired by powerful stories of people making a better world. This week, I’ve been inspired by my neighbours, by the decades-long efforts to repair the ozone l...
chrishouston.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"...her plan had two key principles: no nation could be humiliated by the peace, and there could be no compromises that might later lead to another war. Professor van den Dungen...suggested that these principles were worth highlighting as people negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia." #Peace
This week I wrote about how the global effort to repair the ozone layer is working.
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Repairing the Ozone, the First World War, and Building a Museum
Peace museums are places where we can be inspired by powerful stories of people making a better world. This week, I’ve been inspired by my neighbours, by the decades-long efforts to repair the ozone l...
chrishouston.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This week I wrote about how the global effort to repair the ozone layer is working.
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Also about a peace plan for the First World War devised by a Canadian woman.
And also about building the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Yesterday was the Canadian National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
The epidemic of intimate partner violence
It's been ten years since the Renfrew County triple femicide
chrishouston.ca
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Yesterday was the Canadian National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
😬 Perhaps take the helmet off before doing the piece-to-camera?
📸 Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri's coup leaders, when they took over national TV in Benin today.
📰 www.france24.com/en/live-news...
📸 Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri's coup leaders, when they took over national TV in Benin today.
📰 www.france24.com/en/live-news...
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
😬 Perhaps take the helmet off before doing the piece-to-camera?
📸 Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri's coup leaders, when they took over national TV in Benin today.
📰 www.france24.com/en/live-news...
📸 Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri's coup leaders, when they took over national TV in Benin today.
📰 www.france24.com/en/live-news...