Nicole Chaland
@nicolechaland.bsky.social
Currently working as a labourer on Nootka Island, territory of the Nuchatlaht, who won Aboriginal Title to the land just last year. I am slowly returning to a state of wellness so I can rejoin the struggle to end homelessness in Victoria, BC.
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Mass homelessness did not exist in Canada when I was growing up. Someone tell the kids it ain't normal.
It was created by successive austerity governments. We can reverse those policy directions and end mass homelessness.
It was created by successive austerity governments. We can reverse those policy directions and end mass homelessness.
“Rather than steamrolling through that place, why don’t you drive through with just a little reverence,” said former MLA and Tsartlip lead negotiator Adam Olsen. 🍃
Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/10/23/m...
Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/10/23/m...
Malahat widening protesters bring Goldstream fight to Victoria - Victoria News
The 400 strong crowd believe B.C.’s plans will harm salmon-spawning grounds
vicnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Rather than steamrolling through that place, why don’t you drive through with just a little reverence,” said former MLA and Tsartlip lead negotiator Adam Olsen. 🍃
Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/10/23/m...
Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/10/23/m...
Can anyone confirm if the BC government has enacted a freeze on constructing new supportive housing?
Should unhoused people expect to remain unhoused for the foreseeable future?
@christineboyle.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social @jfatkey.bsky.social @ahmabc.bsky.social
Should unhoused people expect to remain unhoused for the foreseeable future?
@christineboyle.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social @jfatkey.bsky.social @ahmabc.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Can anyone confirm if the BC government has enacted a freeze on constructing new supportive housing?
Should unhoused people expect to remain unhoused for the foreseeable future?
@christineboyle.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social @jfatkey.bsky.social @ahmabc.bsky.social
Should unhoused people expect to remain unhoused for the foreseeable future?
@christineboyle.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social @jfatkey.bsky.social @ahmabc.bsky.social
"these 4 reports ... are really political choices wrapped in statistical models. The question isn’t just how many homes Vancouver needs—it’s which people we are building for, and what kind of city we want to create."
spacing.ca/vancouver/20...
@jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social
spacing.ca/vancouver/20...
@jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social
Four Projections, One Crisis - Spacing Vancouver
What happens when four different reports give four different answers to the same housing question? Every few months, a new report is released with a headline number meant to define the scale of Canada...
spacing.ca
October 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"these 4 reports ... are really political choices wrapped in statistical models. The question isn’t just how many homes Vancouver needs—it’s which people we are building for, and what kind of city we want to create."
spacing.ca/vancouver/20...
@jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social
spacing.ca/vancouver/20...
@jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social
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The underlying assumptions of 4 competing federal housing need assessments betray different visions of ‘housing 4all’. Featuring my rights-based work for @housinglogement.bsky.social spacing.ca/vancouver/20...
Four Projections, One Crisis - Spacing Vancouver
What happens when four different reports give four different answers to the same housing question? Every few months, a new report is released with a headline number meant to define the scale of Canada...
spacing.ca
October 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The underlying assumptions of 4 competing federal housing need assessments betray different visions of ‘housing 4all’. Featuring my rights-based work for @housinglogement.bsky.social spacing.ca/vancouver/20...
Reposted by Nicole Chaland
Mandatory recovery treatment doesn't solve homelessness, building affordable housing does.
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mandatory recovery treatment doesn't solve homelessness, building affordable housing does.
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
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9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"
In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation
Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m
In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation
Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m
October 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"
In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation
Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m
In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation
Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m
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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
Reposted by Nicole Chaland
If you'd like to watch an excellent & informative webinar video recording of Iglika offering a reality-check on BC finances, check out this BC Policy Solutions video here: bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...
🎬 BC isn’t broke: the truth behind the deficit (and other austerity narratives)
Take a data-driven look at BC’s fiscal health and equip yourself with arguments to challenge austerity narratives in favour of more sustainable and progressive policy solutions.
bcpolicy.ca
September 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If you'd like to watch an excellent & informative webinar video recording of Iglika offering a reality-check on BC finances, check out this BC Policy Solutions video here: bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...
Reposted by Nicole Chaland
@mark-carney.bsky.social, do you hear us yet? Today, our message fills Canada’s biggest newspapers: @theglobeandmail.com, @thestar.com and @lapresse.ca.
Doctors can’t stop genocide. World leaders can.
Doctors can’t stop genocide. World leaders can.
September 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social, do you hear us yet? Today, our message fills Canada’s biggest newspapers: @theglobeandmail.com, @thestar.com and @lapresse.ca.
Doctors can’t stop genocide. World leaders can.
Doctors can’t stop genocide. World leaders can.
Reposted by Nicole Chaland
my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”
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UBCM delegates endorsed a resolution to ask the province to declare housing a human right
Resolution was brought forward by a consortium of 9 local governments with Langford as listed sponsor
No Con speakers, it passed with little opposition but fairly sparse support #bcpoli
Resolution was brought forward by a consortium of 9 local governments with Langford as listed sponsor
No Con speakers, it passed with little opposition but fairly sparse support #bcpoli
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
UBCM delegates endorsed a resolution to ask the province to declare housing a human right
Resolution was brought forward by a consortium of 9 local governments with Langford as listed sponsor
No Con speakers, it passed with little opposition but fairly sparse support #bcpoli
Resolution was brought forward by a consortium of 9 local governments with Langford as listed sponsor
No Con speakers, it passed with little opposition but fairly sparse support #bcpoli
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“Too often, shelters and transitional programs lack privacy, support, doors that lock, adequate hygiene facilities, and basic requirements that most people associate with the concept of housing. These inadequacies prevent healing, family reunification, wellbeing and community connections.”
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Too often, shelters and transitional programs lack privacy, support, doors that lock, adequate hygiene facilities, and basic requirements that most people associate with the concept of housing. These inadequacies prevent healing, family reunification, wellbeing and community connections.”
Canada has announced major housing initiatives, but not targeted the “deeply affordable housing” required to end & prevent homelessness.
"Governments should adopt clear, consistent income-based definitions of “affordable” and “deeply affordable” housing across programs."
irpp.org/research-stu...
"Governments should adopt clear, consistent income-based definitions of “affordable” and “deeply affordable” housing across programs."
irpp.org/research-stu...
Homeward Bound: How to Create Deeply Affordable Housing - IRPP
Co-ordination between governments needed to solve Canada's housing crisis.
irpp.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Canada has announced major housing initiatives, but not targeted the “deeply affordable housing” required to end & prevent homelessness.
"Governments should adopt clear, consistent income-based definitions of “affordable” and “deeply affordable” housing across programs."
irpp.org/research-stu...
"Governments should adopt clear, consistent income-based definitions of “affordable” and “deeply affordable” housing across programs."
irpp.org/research-stu...
“All forms of homelessness are unsafe, need immediate attention, and can be solved with affordable, adequate homes,” they (The Housing Justice Project) said.
www.vicnews.com/local-news/h...
www.vicnews.com/local-news/h...
Homelessness count shows 5% jump in Greater Victoria
The Capital Region’s unhoused population jumped from 1,665 in 2023 to 1,749 in 2025
www.vicnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“All forms of homelessness are unsafe, need immediate attention, and can be solved with affordable, adequate homes,” they (The Housing Justice Project) said.
www.vicnews.com/local-news/h...
www.vicnews.com/local-news/h...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(Updated Version)
(Updated Version)
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(Updated Version)
(Updated Version)
Reposted by Nicole Chaland
IN THE USA…
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…
www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…
www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
IN THE USA…
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…
www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…
www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...
Reposted by Nicole Chaland
"In a single generation, the combined economic weight of the countries that escaped Russia's orbit now exceeds that of Russia itself, a stunning reversal of fortunes."
September 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"In a single generation, the combined economic weight of the countries that escaped Russia's orbit now exceeds that of Russia itself, a stunning reversal of fortunes."
Please tell me the standing ovation thing isn't true. Or has been badly interpreted by social media.
September 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please tell me the standing ovation thing isn't true. Or has been badly interpreted by social media.
Raising the shelter rate to 2025 Market Rental Rates would eliminate 95% of homeless experiences in BC.
I mean, why have income assistance if it doesn't prevent homelessness?
chng.it/7Z9jFYWxj4
I mean, why have income assistance if it doesn't prevent homelessness?
chng.it/7Z9jFYWxj4
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Raise B.C. Disabled Peoples' Shelter Rates from $500 / month to 2025 Market Rental Rates
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September 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Raising the shelter rate to 2025 Market Rental Rates would eliminate 95% of homeless experiences in BC.
I mean, why have income assistance if it doesn't prevent homelessness?
chng.it/7Z9jFYWxj4
I mean, why have income assistance if it doesn't prevent homelessness?
chng.it/7Z9jFYWxj4
Relevant webinar at 4pm PST today "Billionaires versus All of Us
More info:
www.facebook.com/events/80855...
More info:
www.facebook.com/events/80855...
September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Relevant webinar at 4pm PST today "Billionaires versus All of Us
More info:
www.facebook.com/events/80855...
More info:
www.facebook.com/events/80855...
Accessing health care in BC makes me feel like I am dealing with the cell phone monopoly in Canada.
September 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Accessing health care in BC makes me feel like I am dealing with the cell phone monopoly in Canada.
Taxpayers will be asked to subsidize more billionaires to 'get BC's economy back on track' in the face of growing, unmanageable debt.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ho...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ho...
Here's how much B.C.'s richest billionaires are worth | Business & Tech
These B.C. moguls are stacking billions 💰
dailyhive.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Taxpayers will be asked to subsidize more billionaires to 'get BC's economy back on track' in the face of growing, unmanageable debt.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ho...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ho...
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I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit
Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.