Diane Dyson
@dianedyson.bsky.social
Data geek in TO's #nonprofit sector
I do research & policy on equitable, livable urban places, poverty, neighbourhoods, education, housing, employment, immigration
Montrealer, so love to debate, dance
Local Garden Club member 'cause it makes me smile 🫛🪴😁🌼🌱
I do research & policy on equitable, livable urban places, poverty, neighbourhoods, education, housing, employment, immigration
Montrealer, so love to debate, dance
Local Garden Club member 'cause it makes me smile 🫛🪴😁🌼🌱
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Diane Dyson
@dianedyson.bsky.social
· Apr 16
“We're born problem solvers. We're compelled to deduce and to deduct...Make the audience put things together. Don't give them four, give them two plus two. The elements you provide and the order you place them in is crucial to whether you succeed or fail at engaging the audience.” – Andrew Stanton
New peer-reviewed study of legislation to protect working conditions of domestic workers shows drop in "extremely long hours in Years 6–9 post-enactment, without negatively impacting earnings." across 12 American states. #cdnlab
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January 30, 2026 at 2:13 PM
New peer-reviewed study of legislation to protect working conditions of domestic workers shows drop in "extremely long hours in Years 6–9 post-enactment, without negatively impacting earnings." across 12 American states. #cdnlab
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Reposted by Diane Dyson
Hey everyone - I started a Toronto East-enders starter pack. I'm always curious about who else lives in our zone - roughly Don Valley to Victoria Park, waterfront to Taylor Creek (but flexible). I know there's people I follow who I didn't include, so reply for me to add you. go.bsky.app/9psq3Hq
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Hey everyone - I started a Toronto East-enders starter pack. I'm always curious about who else lives in our zone - roughly Don Valley to Victoria Park, waterfront to Taylor Creek (but flexible). I know there's people I follow who I didn't include, so reply for me to add you. go.bsky.app/9psq3Hq
Reposted by Diane Dyson
Housing starts up 58% in Montreal (2024->2025), 38% in Ottawa, 24% in Quebec City, 16% in Edmonton, 14% in Calgary.
Down 3% in Vancouver, 31% (!!!) in Toronto.
Down 3% in Vancouver, 31% (!!!) in Toronto.
Housing starts up 5.6% in 2025 from 2024
A snapshot of Canada’s housing starts data for December 2025.
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Housing starts up 58% in Montreal (2024->2025), 38% in Ottawa, 24% in Quebec City, 16% in Edmonton, 14% in Calgary.
Down 3% in Vancouver, 31% (!!!) in Toronto.
Down 3% in Vancouver, 31% (!!!) in Toronto.
Reposted by Diane Dyson
Don't look for the helpers. That was advice for children.
BE the helpers. BE the good-doers. BE the protectors.
We are the grown ups now, and our children our looking to us.
BE the helpers. BE the good-doers. BE the protectors.
We are the grown ups now, and our children our looking to us.
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Don't look for the helpers. That was advice for children.
BE the helpers. BE the good-doers. BE the protectors.
We are the grown ups now, and our children our looking to us.
BE the helpers. BE the good-doers. BE the protectors.
We are the grown ups now, and our children our looking to us.
When someone dressed as #Batman nearby, even unobtrusively, people behaved better on transit offering their seats to others. #Prosocial #Behaviour #remedy #Research #TTC?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When someone dressed as #Batman nearby, even unobtrusively, people behaved better on transit offering their seats to others. #Prosocial #Behaviour #remedy #Research #TTC?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The prize recognized efforts to raise ECE's wages, an unfulfilled promise when $10/day #childcare arrived. #CanLab #Cdnlab #CdnEcon
Congratulations to the OCBCC, the AECEO, and CUPE for winning the 2025 Good Fight Prize!!
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The prize recognized efforts to raise ECE's wages, an unfulfilled promise when $10/day #childcare arrived. #CanLab #Cdnlab #CdnEcon
A good summary of the small win for #InclusionaryZoning in the city of #Toronto, and how three years later, the province finally approved the regulations to enforce some minimal standards to include #AffordableHousing in new builds.
www.socialplanningtoronto.org/inclusionary...
www.socialplanningtoronto.org/inclusionary...
City of Toronto’s Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw Finally Takes Effect After Years of Provincial Delay and Interference in Local Democracy
www.socialplanningtoronto.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A good summary of the small win for #InclusionaryZoning in the city of #Toronto, and how three years later, the province finally approved the regulations to enforce some minimal standards to include #AffordableHousing in new builds.
www.socialplanningtoronto.org/inclusionary...
www.socialplanningtoronto.org/inclusionary...
One of my favourite academics @alexvitale.bsky.social has joined Mamdani's transition team to focus on community safety. His decades-long work on #policing is fabulous so feeling optimistic!
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One of my favourite academics @alexvitale.bsky.social has joined Mamdani's transition team to focus on community safety. His decades-long work on #policing is fabulous so feeling optimistic!
WSIB protections for lost income cuts people off at the age of 65 even though more people are working past retirement age. Other provinces have re-adjusted legislation. Today @oniwg.bsky.social is calling for Ontario to recognise older workers' rights and this new labourforce reality #CanLab #CdnLab
It's here!
Read the full #RightsDontRetire report now. It details why the #WSIB's arbitrary age 65 cut-off is out of touch with labour market realities and hurts all injured workers.
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Read the full #RightsDontRetire report now. It details why the #WSIB's arbitrary age 65 cut-off is out of touch with labour market realities and hurts all injured workers.
buff.ly/o0qYwSu
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
WSIB protections for lost income cuts people off at the age of 65 even though more people are working past retirement age. Other provinces have re-adjusted legislation. Today @oniwg.bsky.social is calling for Ontario to recognise older workers' rights and this new labourforce reality #CanLab #CdnLab
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
Wildlife groups seek to ban sale of invasive plant species from garden centre nurseries rabble.ca/environment/...
Wildlife groups seek to ban sale of invasive plant species from garden centre nurseries
Halton Master Gardeners and Canadian Coalition for Invasive Species Regulation (CCIPR), want to ban sale of invasive species.
rabble.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wildlife groups seek to ban sale of invasive plant species from garden centre nurseries rabble.ca/environment/...
"It's not necessarily your responsibility, but it's your response ability," Tessa Blakie Whitecloud, quoting an elder from Grassy Narrows, on how we can use our own privilege to support those who need it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"It's not necessarily your responsibility, but it's your response ability," Tessa Blakie Whitecloud, quoting an elder from Grassy Narrows, on how we can use our own privilege to support those who need it.
When Dr @stephen-hwang.bsky.social asked what moral suasion a "housing czar" has, Tessa Blakie Whitecloud explained the ethos in Winnipeg [Canada] is that we push each other's cars out of snowbanks. "When someone needs help, you find your boots." #Homelessness
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
When Dr @stephen-hwang.bsky.social asked what moral suasion a "housing czar" has, Tessa Blakie Whitecloud explained the ethos in Winnipeg [Canada] is that we push each other's cars out of snowbanks. "When someone needs help, you find your boots." #Homelessness
Ontario is the only province which has downloaded social housing and assistance to municipalities, Councillor @alejandrabravo.bsky.social reminds attendees at the Odette Family lecture.
Cities are addressing #affordablehousing
canurb.org/publications...
Cities are addressing #affordablehousing
canurb.org/publications...
A Municipal Comparison of Affordable Housing and Homelessness Delivery: Profiles across 11 Canadian city regions - Canadian Urban Institute
Governments across Canada are responding to the housing crisis. At the municipal level, affordable housing and homelessness often stretch the limits of urban finance and responsibilities. This technic...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ontario is the only province which has downloaded social housing and assistance to municipalities, Councillor @alejandrabravo.bsky.social reminds attendees at the Odette Family lecture.
Cities are addressing #affordablehousing
canurb.org/publications...
Cities are addressing #affordablehousing
canurb.org/publications...
People want housing - as long as they trust who is offering it and it meets their needs.
People want community and belonging more...
Housing design will solve homelessness,
Tessa Blake Whitecloud on her move to the Collaborative #Housing REIT
People want community and belonging more...
Housing design will solve homelessness,
Tessa Blake Whitecloud on her move to the Collaborative #Housing REIT
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
People want housing - as long as they trust who is offering it and it meets their needs.
People want community and belonging more...
Housing design will solve homelessness,
Tessa Blake Whitecloud on her move to the Collaborative #Housing REIT
People want community and belonging more...
Housing design will solve homelessness,
Tessa Blake Whitecloud on her move to the Collaborative #Housing REIT
Starting now: St. Michael's Annual Louis L. Odette Family Lecture, focused on #homelessness, brings perspectives from Manitoba first.
stmichaelsfoundation.com/odettelecture
stmichaelsfoundation.com/odettelecture
St. Michael's Hospital Foundation | The Annual Louis L. Odette Family…
We help St. Michael's Hospital deliver a powerful promise: Exceptional care. Without exception.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Starting now: St. Michael's Annual Louis L. Odette Family Lecture, focused on #homelessness, brings perspectives from Manitoba first.
stmichaelsfoundation.com/odettelecture
stmichaelsfoundation.com/odettelecture
For those like my sister-ex-law who need this because they don't have access to tonight's #WorldSeries game, it's all here:
www.youtube.com/live/XufY3YM...
www.youtube.com/live/XufY3YM...
Dodgers at Blue Jays | World Series Game 7 #FirstPitch | MLB on FOX
YouTube video by FOX Sports
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
For those like my sister-ex-law who need this because they don't have access to tonight's #WorldSeries game, it's all here:
www.youtube.com/live/XufY3YM...
www.youtube.com/live/XufY3YM...
Truth
Confidently deciding to proceed in French, getting every other word wrong, but maintaining 100% confidence behind your words is Anglo Montrealer excellence on the international stage
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Truth
That different singers adapt the national anthem, shifting words to suit, seems super-Canadian. Worth showing up to hear what will be.
#WorldSeries
#WorldSeries
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
That different singers adapt the national anthem, shifting words to suit, seems super-Canadian. Worth showing up to hear what will be.
#WorldSeries
#WorldSeries
The Canadian Supreme Court decision on our Good Samaritan law provide telling contrast to law and order. As Pivot Legal Society lawyer says, "Overdoses are a medical emergency. They're not a policing opportunity."
October 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Canadian Supreme Court decision on our Good Samaritan law provide telling contrast to law and order. As Pivot Legal Society lawyer says, "Overdoses are a medical emergency. They're not a policing opportunity."
Just the right blend of bread and circus
wait did ronald reagan just say go blue jays
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Just the right blend of bread and circus