Ann Decter
@anndec.bsky.social
Feminist settler, writer, advocate. All posts my own. Pacifist and prairie raised.
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This webinar is excellent.
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This webinar is excellent.
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
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Nov 25 is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
linktr.ee
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nov 25 is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
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Sexual assault, femicide, domestic violence, etc. stories are all over the news these days and it can make us feel really overwhelmed and powerless.
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
linktr.ee
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sexual assault, femicide, domestic violence, etc. stories are all over the news these days and it can make us feel really overwhelmed and powerless.
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
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How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry. Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever, by @jasonkirby.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis
How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry
Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry. Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever, by @jasonkirby.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis
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🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
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Recent poll finds majority of British Columbians still want the provincial government to deliver on its $10aDay commitment
British Columbians Still Committed to $10aDay Child Care
The public is divided on the idea of families reducing expenses and keeping a parent at home if child care is not available.
researchco.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Recent poll finds majority of British Columbians still want the provincial government to deliver on its $10aDay commitment
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More on the study on @concordia.ca 's website ⤵️
"Operating costs for electric buses averaged 40 to 60% lower than their diesel counterparts, potentially saving the agency ( @stm.info ) up to $3,500 a day for comparable routes."
#publictransit #montreal
"Operating costs for electric buses averaged 40 to 60% lower than their diesel counterparts, potentially saving the agency ( @stm.info ) up to $3,500 a day for comparable routes."
#publictransit #montreal
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
More on the study on @concordia.ca 's website ⤵️
"Operating costs for electric buses averaged 40 to 60% lower than their diesel counterparts, potentially saving the agency ( @stm.info ) up to $3,500 a day for comparable routes."
#publictransit #montreal
"Operating costs for electric buses averaged 40 to 60% lower than their diesel counterparts, potentially saving the agency ( @stm.info ) up to $3,500 a day for comparable routes."
#publictransit #montreal
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‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown: Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story Location Pantanal, Brazil Disaster Wildfires, a number of years Abbie Martin splits her time...
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown: Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story Location Pantanal, Brazil Disaster Wildfires, a number of years Abbie Martin splits her time...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown: Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story Location Pantanal, Brazil Disaster Wildfires, a number of years Abbie Martin splits her time...
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"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.
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Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too
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Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too
Child-care expansion should be as high a priority for public capital investment as housing and other infrastructure.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too
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Help a Native mom and kiddo stay housed next month, which happens to be National American Indian Heritage Month. Rent's due in less than a week. Even if you can't donate, you can repost to reach someone else who can. Let's take care of each other.
October 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Help a Native mom and kiddo stay housed next month, which happens to be National American Indian Heritage Month. Rent's due in less than a week. Even if you can't donate, you can repost to reach someone else who can. Let's take care of each other.
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This goddamn rules
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This goddamn rules
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"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
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TB rates remain high in Nunavik, despite a 2018 pledge to halve rates by 2025 and eradicate the disease by 2030.
NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Feds risk missing deadline for reducing tuberculosis rates in Inuit communities
Tuberculosis rates remain high in Nunavik, despite a 2018 pledge to halve rates by 2025 and eradicate the disease by 2030. NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political…
www.hilltimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
TB rates remain high in Nunavik, despite a 2018 pledge to halve rates by 2025 and eradicate the disease by 2030.
NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first.
Germany has seen boom in balcony solar, but murky regulations mean North America slower to adopt
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Germany has seen boom in balcony solar, but murky regulations mean North America slower to adopt
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first | CBC News
How would you like to lower your electricity bill and help power your home using an abundant renewable energy source — the sun? There is an affordable, do-it-yourself solution for people who own house...
www.cbc.ca
August 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first.
Germany has seen boom in balcony solar, but murky regulations mean North America slower to adopt
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Germany has seen boom in balcony solar, but murky regulations mean North America slower to adopt
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
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Thousands of people in Spain were forced to evacuate and three lives were lost this week after a deadly heatwave intensified wildfires throughout the Mediterranean region.
One four-year-old boy suffered irreversible brain damage caused by heatstroke.
#ThisIsClimateChange.
One four-year-old boy suffered irreversible brain damage caused by heatstroke.
#ThisIsClimateChange.
Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires
Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Thousands of people in Spain were forced to evacuate and three lives were lost this week after a deadly heatwave intensified wildfires throughout the Mediterranean region.
One four-year-old boy suffered irreversible brain damage caused by heatstroke.
#ThisIsClimateChange.
One four-year-old boy suffered irreversible brain damage caused by heatstroke.
#ThisIsClimateChange.
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I get to do the most gratifying things at work. We’ve been offering our transformative domestic violence at work education program for almost a decade now and we are now engaged in refreshing our roster of facilitators. Excited to see this initiative continue to flourish #canlab
August 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I get to do the most gratifying things at work. We’ve been offering our transformative domestic violence at work education program for almost a decade now and we are now engaged in refreshing our roster of facilitators. Excited to see this initiative continue to flourish #canlab
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We cannot afford to ignore the carbon cost of wars any longer, writes Ellen Field. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...
Why warfare must be seen as a threat to our climate
According to the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, at current emission rates, we have just four years left before we exhaust the carbon budget required to limit warning to 1.5°C. We canno...
www.nationalobserver.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We cannot afford to ignore the carbon cost of wars any longer, writes Ellen Field. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...
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“It’s really scary that services that are designed to support sex workers are dwindling and will soon be gone, which means we’re losing the safety and continuum of care which is so vital for this community...”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
PACE Is Closing After 31 Years of Supporting Sex Workers | The Tyee
The result will be a dangerous lack of supports and resources for highly marginalized people, community members warn.
thetyee.ca
July 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“It’s really scary that services that are designed to support sex workers are dwindling and will soon be gone, which means we’re losing the safety and continuum of care which is so vital for this community...”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
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Less than 24 hours after posting this documentary to Instagram, we got locked out of our account. It’s about the crackdown on pro Palestinian protests on campuses across Montreal. We need your help to get the word out. 🙏 l.instagram.com?u=https%3A%2...
Palestine on Campus: the Student Movement in Montreal Schools
Since the first student encampment in solidarity with Palestine went up at McGill University last year, the student movement has only grown, organizing and diversifying tactics to pressure schools to divest academically and financially from Israel. In Palestine on Campus, The Rover’s Savannah Stewart and Justin Khan look back on the events of the last school year at McGill, Concordia and Dawson College, revealing how pro-Palestinian activism has raised tensions between university administrations and their student bodies and been the target of pushback from a variety of sources. Our investigation highlights an apparent lack of communication between university administrations and the student movement for Palestine, which enjoys broad support among the student body as evidenced by incredibly successful strike votes and divestment votes at both universities. In the absence of a meaningful reconciliation between the goals of the administrations and the demands of the students, we hope this documentary can help initiate the necessary conversations to chart a path forward. — Find in-depth investigative journalism, political commentary, podcast episodes and more at https://therover.ca/ Don’t miss out! Subscribe to the newsletter at https://therover.ca/newsletter/ Follow us on: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/therover.community/ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/therovermedia.bsky.social
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July 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Less than 24 hours after posting this documentary to Instagram, we got locked out of our account. It’s about the crackdown on pro Palestinian protests on campuses across Montreal. We need your help to get the word out. 🙏 l.instagram.com?u=https%3A%2...
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Pipelines won’t unite Canada. Clean energy will.
Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be, write Andréanne Brazeau and Charles-Édouard Têtu
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/29/o...
Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be, write Andréanne Brazeau and Charles-Édouard Têtu
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/29/o...
Pipelines won’t unite Canada. Clean energy will
Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be.
www.nationalobserver.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Pipelines won’t unite Canada. Clean energy will.
Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be, write Andréanne Brazeau and Charles-Édouard Têtu
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/29/o...
Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be, write Andréanne Brazeau and Charles-Édouard Têtu
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/29/o...
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Again, my column, written before this disgusting verdict.
My column: beyond the legal verdict, why did none of the junior hockey players involved in the alleged sexual assault in London simply do the right thing: leave the room and call police.
www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
Todd: As judgment day looms in Hockey Canada case, I’m thinking about right and wrong
Former junior hockey stars Michael McLeod, Dillon Dubé, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Cal Foote face sexual assault charges.
www.montrealgazette.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Again, my column, written before this disgusting verdict.
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Police have released photos of two individuals believed to be involved in the security incident at my office on June 27.
Anyone who can help identify the suspects is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 236-481-9100, quoting file number 25-13204.
More info: nvan.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.act...
Anyone who can help identify the suspects is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 236-481-9100, quoting file number 25-13204.
More info: nvan.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.act...
July 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Police have released photos of two individuals believed to be involved in the security incident at my office on June 27.
Anyone who can help identify the suspects is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 236-481-9100, quoting file number 25-13204.
More info: nvan.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.act...
Anyone who can help identify the suspects is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 236-481-9100, quoting file number 25-13204.
More info: nvan.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.act...
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Oh dear, looks like the federal govt may be about to abandon another core climate policy.
Please, @mark-carney.bsky.social, hold the line and don't acquiesce to the auto industry call to repeal the zero-emission vehicle mandate... 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Please, @mark-carney.bsky.social, hold the line and don't acquiesce to the auto industry call to repeal the zero-emission vehicle mandate... 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Automakers ask Carney to repeal zero-emission vehicle mandate
As U.S.-Canada trade talks continue, sector CEOs warn Ottawa’s targets would be impossible to reach amid drop in EV sales
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oh dear, looks like the federal govt may be about to abandon another core climate policy.
Please, @mark-carney.bsky.social, hold the line and don't acquiesce to the auto industry call to repeal the zero-emission vehicle mandate... 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Please, @mark-carney.bsky.social, hold the line and don't acquiesce to the auto industry call to repeal the zero-emission vehicle mandate... 🧵
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Reupping because it's National Indigenous People's Day and Canada has a new government and a new chance to address the mass incarceration of the country's first peoples.
Canada's mass incarceration of Indigenous people is worsening and an insidious driver is the stickiness of Canada's carceral system - when people should get a shot at freedom, but often don't. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Despite Trudeau promises, more Indigenous people being jailed in Canada
Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules.
www.reuters.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reupping because it's National Indigenous People's Day and Canada has a new government and a new chance to address the mass incarceration of the country's first peoples.