Farzana Doctor
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social
Author of 7 books: fiction, poetry, self-help
Activist and Reg Social Worker/Psychotherapist
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Activist and Reg Social Worker/Psychotherapist
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Farzana Doctor
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social
· May 21
I was on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social The Next Chapter!
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Antonio Michael and I
talked about the thruline for my books (and our inner 11 year olds had a moment together) that began with my 1st poem and ended in my most recent novel The Beauty of Us. @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Antonio Michael and I
talked about the thruline for my books (and our inner 11 year olds had a moment together) that began with my 1st poem and ended in my most recent novel The Beauty of Us. @ecwpress.bsky.social
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🤝As Sahiyo’s male allyship program, Bhaiyo supports the education of male allies in their support of FGM/C survivors and to prevent this form of gender based violence.
English application: bit.ly/BhaiyoApplication
Hindi application: bit.ly/BhaiyoHindiApp
English application: bit.ly/BhaiyoApplication
Hindi application: bit.ly/BhaiyoHindiApp
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
🤝As Sahiyo’s male allyship program, Bhaiyo supports the education of male allies in their support of FGM/C survivors and to prevent this form of gender based violence.
English application: bit.ly/BhaiyoApplication
Hindi application: bit.ly/BhaiyoHindiApp
English application: bit.ly/BhaiyoApplication
Hindi application: bit.ly/BhaiyoHindiApp
NEW: Canada’s Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026
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Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026
A new CCPA report found Canada is increasingly a country of exorbitant wealth alongside persistent poverty.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
NEW: Canada’s Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026
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This is tonight!
7:00pm
Assembly Hall (Lakeshore and Kipling)
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social in conversation with Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.
Register below, or pay at the door.
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
7:00pm
Assembly Hall (Lakeshore and Kipling)
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social in conversation with Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.
Register below, or pay at the door.
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
By the Lake Book Club
Join leading Canadian authors as they dive into conversation about their latest books with Humber Polytechnic alumni at Assembly Hall. The 2026 lineup features Maggie Helwig, Patty Krawec, Matha Bátiz...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This is tonight!
7:00pm
Assembly Hall (Lakeshore and Kipling)
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social in conversation with Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.
Register below, or pay at the door.
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
7:00pm
Assembly Hall (Lakeshore and Kipling)
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social in conversation with Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community.
Register below, or pay at the door.
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
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We’re thrilled to share that Farzana Doctor has been shortlisted for the Feminist Creator Prize 2026.
Her work powerfully weaves writing, psychotherapy, and activism, creating space for healing, justice, and connection. Winners will be chosen by our judging panel and announced on March 8, 2026.
Her work powerfully weaves writing, psychotherapy, and activism, creating space for healing, justice, and connection. Winners will be chosen by our judging panel and announced on March 8, 2026.
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Farzana Doctor has been shortlisted for the Feminist Creator Prize 2026.
Her work powerfully weaves writing, psychotherapy, and activism, creating space for healing, justice, and connection. Winners will be chosen by our judging panel and announced on March 8, 2026.
Her work powerfully weaves writing, psychotherapy, and activism, creating space for healing, justice, and connection. Winners will be chosen by our judging panel and announced on March 8, 2026.
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88-year-old author Mary Lou Dickinson's memoir Late Bloomer is now available for preorders. Mary Lou's first book was published when she was 70. #CanLit #NonFiction
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Late Bloomer - Inanna Publications
Born in the shadow of World War II, Mary Lou Dickinson came of age in an era that expected women to conform—but she never did. This powerful memoir traces her path as a feminist writer of the Silent G...
inanna.ca
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 PM
88-year-old author Mary Lou Dickinson's memoir Late Bloomer is now available for preorders. Mary Lou's first book was published when she was 70. #CanLit #NonFiction
inanna.ca/product/late...
inanna.ca/product/late...
ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics
UPDATED: Stop Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, as it will criminalize dissent! - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
Since you’re here… … we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in C...
iclmg.ca
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 PM
ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics
ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics
UPDATED: Stop Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, as it will criminalize dissent! - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
Since you’re here… … we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in C...
iclmg.ca
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics
I’m honoured to be shortlisted for this prize, alongside some truly inspiring people!
canadianwomen.org/feminist-cre...
canadianwomen.org/feminist-cre...
Feminist Creator Prize 2026 Shortlisted Nominees - Canadian Women's Foundation
Highlighting the 25 nominees shortlisted for the 2026 Feminist Creator Prize
canadianwomen.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I’m honoured to be shortlisted for this prize, alongside some truly inspiring people!
canadianwomen.org/feminist-cre...
canadianwomen.org/feminist-cre...
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📝 Dear Maasi answers everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! Read the full column at https://f.mtr.cool/cghwdhgbfl
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
📝 Dear Maasi answers everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! Read the full column at https://f.mtr.cool/cghwdhgbfl
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Watch before it disappears. www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Watch before it disappears. www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Tuesday!!!
Toronto! Drunk fiction at the Caledonian December 16, 6pm: featuring @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, @lucianchilds.bsky.social, Allyson McOuat Jason Pearce. Hosted by @emilyweedon.bsky.social #CanLit
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Tuesday!!!
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Toronto! Drunk fiction at the Caledonian December 16, 6pm: featuring @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, @lucianchilds.bsky.social, Allyson McOuat Jason Pearce. Hosted by @emilyweedon.bsky.social #CanLit
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Toronto! Drunk fiction at the Caledonian December 16, 6pm: featuring @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, @lucianchilds.bsky.social, Allyson McOuat Jason Pearce. Hosted by @emilyweedon.bsky.social #CanLit
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Join me and Allyson McOuat, Jason Pearce and @lucian_childs for a night of readings organized by Emily Weedon
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join me and Allyson McOuat, Jason Pearce and @lucian_childs for a night of readings organized by Emily Weedon
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
Join me and Allyson McOuat, Jason Pearce and @lucian_childs for a night of readings organized by Emily Weedon
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join me and Allyson McOuat, Jason Pearce and @lucian_childs for a night of readings organized by Emily Weedon
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
-Dec 16, 6pm at The Caledonian (College/Ossington).
Bonus: help me celebrate my birthday!
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Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025).
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025).
newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...
newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...
Tonight! Join us to listen to poetry and raise funds for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social
Join us this Saturday! In-person at Glad Day (32 Lisgar) and on FB Live:
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November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tonight! Join us to listen to poetry and raise funds for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social
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A snow plow operator drove her vehicle through a crowd of Palestine supporters in Toronto this week.
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
Snowplow Operator Drives Through Pro-Palestine Demonstration
Despite videos of the incident being published and a photo showing the driver giving the finger to the pro-Palestine crowd, Toronto police say there was “no reason to believe there was any malicious…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A snow plow operator drove her vehicle through a crowd of Palestine supporters in Toronto this week.
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
