Chris Houston
@chrishouston.ca
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism (U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org
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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).
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after failing to curb an outbreak of the virus for 12 consecutive months.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Canada loses measles elimination status, with US on track to follow
The country hasn't been able to curb an outbreak of more than 5,000 cases over the last year, while US cases are at a 33-year high.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after failing to curb an outbreak of the virus for 12 consecutive months.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
People so scared of crime, they shoot innocent lost people.
And I'll bet most people can guess the country correctly.
Cleaner arriving at wrong house: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lost delivery driver www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And I'll bet most people can guess the country correctly.
Cleaner arriving at wrong house: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lost delivery driver www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
People so scared of crime, they shoot innocent lost people.
And I'll bet most people can guess the country correctly.
Cleaner arriving at wrong house: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lost delivery driver www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And I'll bet most people can guess the country correctly.
Cleaner arriving at wrong house: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lost delivery driver www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Chris Houston
My latest report highlights the work of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. And the multiple crises they face. And the mental health impact on first responders.
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told Dahdaleh Community Fellow Chris Houston on November 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s gra...
www.yorku.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My latest report highlights the work of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. And the multiple crises they face. And the mental health impact on first responders.
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
My latest report highlights the work of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. And the multiple crises they face. And the mental health impact on first responders.
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told Dahdaleh Community Fellow Chris Houston on November 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s gra...
www.yorku.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My latest report highlights the work of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. And the multiple crises they face. And the mental health impact on first responders.
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
My latest report on events in Sudan has been published by @dighr-yorku.bsky.social
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told Dahdaleh Community Fellow Chris Houston on November 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s gra...
www.yorku.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My latest report on events in Sudan has been published by @dighr-yorku.bsky.social
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
Reposted by Chris Houston
On Sunday, I spoke with Hanin Ahmed, communications officer for Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. The grassroots organization is dealing with multiple simultaneous massacres.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told me on Nov. 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s grassroots network known as Emergency Respon...
chrishouston.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
On Sunday, I spoke with Hanin Ahmed, communications officer for Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. The grassroots organization is dealing with multiple simultaneous massacres.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
🎼 Is Canada joining Eurovision Song Contest?
Budget 2025, page 172 "The government will explore modernising CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate to strengthen independence, and is working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision."
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Budget 2025, page 172 "The government will explore modernising CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate to strengthen independence, and is working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision."
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
budget.canada.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🎼 Is Canada joining Eurovision Song Contest?
Budget 2025, page 172 "The government will explore modernising CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate to strengthen independence, and is working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision."
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Budget 2025, page 172 "The government will explore modernising CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate to strengthen independence, and is working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision."
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again - @colleenfuller.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again - CCPA
Insulin was discovered by four Canadians, who famously sold the patent for $1 each to the University of Toronto—enabling the public manufacture of the new miracle drug for people with diabetes. That w...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again - @colleenfuller.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
On Sunday, I spoke with Hanin Ahmed, communications officer for Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. The grassroots organization is dealing with multiple simultaneous massacres.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told me on Nov. 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s grassroots network known as Emergency Respon...
chrishouston.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
On Sunday, I spoke with Hanin Ahmed, communications officer for Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. The grassroots organization is dealing with multiple simultaneous massacres.
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
Kentucky plane crash: "The explosion engulfed at least two nearby businesses, including a petroleum recycling company."
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Kentucky plane crash: "The explosion engulfed at least two nearby businesses, including a petroleum recycling company."
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That seems like a poor location to situate a fuel recycling operation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Canadian government releases 2025 budget.
▪️493 pages budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
▪️23-page summary budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Opening words "The world is changing, profoundly and in real time; we are no longer living in an era of calm, but of significant change."
▪️493 pages budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
▪️23-page summary budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Opening words "The world is changing, profoundly and in real time; we are no longer living in an era of calm, but of significant change."
budget.canada.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Canadian government releases 2025 budget.
▪️493 pages budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
▪️23-page summary budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Opening words "The world is changing, profoundly and in real time; we are no longer living in an era of calm, but of significant change."
▪️493 pages budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
▪️23-page summary budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Opening words "The world is changing, profoundly and in real time; we are no longer living in an era of calm, but of significant change."
The Canadian Peace Museum's first event is a book launch. Join journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social and heart about @antifascistwizard.bsky.social's incredible stories of war, resistance and art.
Please join @natesmelle.bsky.social and @antifascistwizard.bsky.social on November 15th for an afternoon of art, stories, and book signings.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Canadian Peace Museum's first event is a book launch. Join journalist @natesmelle.bsky.social and heart about @antifascistwizard.bsky.social's incredible stories of war, resistance and art.
Advocates push to revive Canada’s peacekeeping legacy - @jdl56.bsky.social
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/03/a...
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/03/a...
Advocates push to revive Canada’s peacekeeping legacy
A grassroots movement of Peace Trainers is urging Ottawa to establish a Canadian peacekeeping centre and revive Canada's peacekeeping heritage
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Advocates push to revive Canada’s peacekeeping legacy - @jdl56.bsky.social
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/03/a...
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/03/a...
Was nice to watch baseball with Cornell West.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Was nice to watch baseball with Cornell West.
“The genocide in Gaza impacts us all” - @toronto.ca Mayor Olivia Chow.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“The genocide in Gaza impacts us all” - @toronto.ca Mayor Olivia Chow.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Announces: investment in anti Islamophobia advertising campaign.
Readers should note: we may all be running off different definitions of “dancing”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump hails 'amazing' meeting with Xi in South Korea
The US president and his Chinese counterpart met face-to-face for the first time in six years.
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Readers should note: we may all be running off different definitions of “dancing”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Chris Houston
The majority of Senators don’t support Trumps suggestion to impose tariffs on Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
U.S. Senate votes to nullify tariffs imposed on Canada
The U.S. Senate votes to terminate the national emergency declared by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The majority of Senators don’t support Trumps suggestion to impose tariffs on Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
The majority of Senators don’t support Trumps suggestion to impose tariffs on Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
U.S. Senate votes to nullify tariffs imposed on Canada
The U.S. Senate votes to terminate the national emergency declared by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The majority of Senators don’t support Trumps suggestion to impose tariffs on Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
More peace, no nukes
My latest piece talks about my recent trip to Ottawa
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
My latest piece talks about my recent trip to Ottawa
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
More peace, no nukes
On Wednesday 22nd October, parliamentarians of all major political parties attended a breakfast in the Senate to discuss the need for more peace and to abolish nuclear weapons.
chrishouston.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
More peace, no nukes
My latest piece talks about my recent trip to Ottawa
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
My latest piece talks about my recent trip to Ottawa
chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
This week's learning included how many random social media users think they could negotiate global trade deals.
It's OK to not have an opinion on stuff, folks.
It's OK to not have an opinion on stuff, folks.
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This week's learning included how many random social media users think they could negotiate global trade deals.
It's OK to not have an opinion on stuff, folks.
It's OK to not have an opinion on stuff, folks.
I met someone at an event that the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca hosted, and she told me that she cut out my newspaper columns and passed them around her church group. I often wonder how many folks read the newspaper I write for. These moments keep me going.
Disheartening to see all these urgent, impassioned articles in serious and thoughtful publications warning about the American descent into fascism, given that most Americans don't read anymore. They barely watch television.
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I met someone at an event that the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca hosted, and she told me that she cut out my newspaper columns and passed them around her church group. I often wonder how many folks read the newspaper I write for. These moments keep me going.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital and a prominent voice of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector, is still being arbitrarily detained by Israeli authorities since his arrest on 27 December.
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!
Act now to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!
www.amnesty.org
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital and a prominent voice of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector, is still being arbitrarily detained by Israeli authorities since his arrest on 27 December.
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Donation link, in case any one thinks we need a peace museum more than a White House ballroom:
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
Canadian Peace Museum
The Canadian Peace Museum promotes peace and is fundraising to launch a physical museum.
www.canadahelps.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Donation link, in case any one thinks we need a peace museum more than a White House ballroom:
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...