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Francesca Bouaoun
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Toronto/Scotland.
Art, nature, city walks, probably birds.
Museums + archives. Travelling Fifer.
She/her. Views own.
A different kind of winter dip today.
#Toronto
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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THREAD.

A selection of notes I have made in my notebook about my dad, and the things he does.

1. The Public Swimming Pool
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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That glorious clear water meant for beautiful contrast under all the various black and white ducks. In a mixed raft I couldn’t find any redheads (often a few with scaups) but many scaups, a few buffleheads (underwater most of the time), goldeneyes and a few photobombing geese.
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Black Public Joy is on shelves in large and local bookstores across Canada & the U.S. Through practice stories across many cities & research, I assert that Black public joy, and public joy of all kinds is civic, cultural & spatial infrastructure. DM for book talk & public joy mapping engagements.
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Simon Leclerc, Reader, 2025, Gouache
March 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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🍉 TMR 57 • PALESTINE: Discover a powerful lineup of stories illuminating Palestine through fiction, non-fiction, and young adult literature. 🔗 Explore the full list here: bit.ly/notable-and-forthcoming-books-centered-on-palestine.

#TheMarkazReview #ReadingList #BooksToRead #TMR57Palestine
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
📍 Trillium Park #Toronto
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
📍 Lake Ontario #Toronto
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Very curious to learn about this project! Spent plenty of time in the Meedies growing up - this industrial heritage is part of the fabric of Fife.
From pit baths to surviving Scottish pumping and winding #enginehouses. We are currently compiling the definitive list. Remarkably up to 17. Today featuring Kilmux Colliery #Kennoway #Fife built 1838 housed a 47hp engine. Pit closed in the 1880s scheduled 1998. #MiningHeritage
February 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
📍 First and Last #Toronto
February 7, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Southern Ontario prairies need fire to flourish, and a place to grow: thenarwhal.ca/alderville-b...
A First Nation’s prairie grows in Ontario, then burns | The Narwhal
A portion of the Alderville Black Oak Savanna is burned each year, giving way to new life. Conservation efforts have revived the rare tallgrass ecosystem that was nearly lost to colonialism
thenarwhal.ca
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Sannia’s Shop: surviving the ‘ceasefire’ in Lebanon | Documentary
Sannia’s Shop: surviving the ‘ceasefire’ in Lebanon | Documentary
In the past few days, Israel has bombed two villages in southern Lebanon, saying it warned residents to leave before carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets. Iran-backed Hezbollah, a proscribed terr...
www.channel4.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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🌇🕊️ MO(U)RNING DOVE

#formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
📍 Jean Sibelius Square | Christie Pits #Toronto
February 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
📍 Liberty Village #Toronto
February 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I love this crew.

"When I get out of the lake all my anxieties stay at the bottom of the lake; I am serene, I am calm, I am changed"

Here's to the rest of the season of winter dipping.
#Toronto

ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Baignades en eau glacée à Toronto | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Dans la mosaïque : Baignades en eau glacée à Toronto
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Great film screening alert, followed by a panel discussion #Toronto

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Thu, Mar 12 2026, 6:30 - 8pm
📍 Daniels Building, 1 Spadina Crescent, Main Hall

www.daniels.utoronto.ca/events/17733...
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces | Daniels
www.daniels.utoronto.ca
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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The Tripoli International Fair — Ruins of a Modern Dream (By Oscar Niemeyer in Tripoli, Lebanon. Built 1962-1975, Unfinished) r/brutalism
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Looking forward to this with Toronto Ornithology Club - "Birds of Anishinaabe Aki": us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Creators Garden Birds works on educational resources in the Anishinaabe language, including this beautifully illustrated Anishinaabe Bird Guide: outdoorlearning.com/product/anis...
Anishinaabe Bird Names Nature Guide - Outdoor Learning School & Store
This pamphlet includes 15 carefully chosen bird species and their Anishinaabe names, pronunciation, and how their names relate to different aspects of Anishinaabe ecological knowledge. This knowledge ...
outdoorlearning.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Escorted over to Ward’s Island this morning #Toronto
February 1, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Today’s #FullMoon is Makwa Giizis, the Bear Moon.

Learn more with Grandmother Kim Wheatley: youtu.be/oVS9Iq183sY?...

Art by Frank Polson
nativecanadianarts.com/artist/frank...
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📍 The Great Hall #Toronto

Austra | Chin Up Buttercup 💛
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
📍 Coronation Park #Toronto
January 31, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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“Much like the literal whistleblowers currently helping keep their streets safe from federal agents in cities around the U.S., the people of Pollokshields were simply ready to drop everything and stand up for a stranger”

—The @avclub.com on Everybody To Kenmure Street
www.avclub.com/everybody-to...
A timely Sundance doc is an ICE-breaker around community action
Everybody To Kenmure Street shows what's possible when immigration officials aren't allowed to murder at will.
www.avclub.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM