Meg Aiken
@megaiken.bsky.social
✨ PhD Candidate, PT Political Science faculty | critical policy studies, Canadian politics & government, health & social policy ✨
Reposted by Meg Aiken
We shouldn’t accept forced removals and involuntary treatment that ignore people’s rights and dignity. Real support means compassion, not control.
We need evidence-based, trauma-informed care not harmful policies disguised as “help” to desperate families.
#ableg continues to harm Albertans. 😡
We need evidence-based, trauma-informed care not harmful policies disguised as “help” to desperate families.
#ableg continues to harm Albertans. 😡
April 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We shouldn’t accept forced removals and involuntary treatment that ignore people’s rights and dignity. Real support means compassion, not control.
We need evidence-based, trauma-informed care not harmful policies disguised as “help” to desperate families.
#ableg continues to harm Albertans. 😡
We need evidence-based, trauma-informed care not harmful policies disguised as “help” to desperate families.
#ableg continues to harm Albertans. 😡
Reposted by Meg Aiken
300 characters can't capture the depth .. This sketch contrasts public safety narratives with the lived reality of marginalized people. Surrounded by words like "trauma," "evicted," and "no beds," it highlights how systemic barriers and stigma leave many feeling unsafe, unseen, and unsupported.
Full sketch from my profile - an old piece but sharing again here 💜
April 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
300 characters can't capture the depth .. This sketch contrasts public safety narratives with the lived reality of marginalized people. Surrounded by words like "trauma," "evicted," and "no beds," it highlights how systemic barriers and stigma leave many feeling unsafe, unseen, and unsupported.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
#RPVSky #WritingSky #AcademicSky
I've been making great progress on a manuscript I'd been struggling with. This morning, while reflecting on the writing process of this specific paper, I figured out 3 things that have been working well and have helped me move forward with this paper:
🧵
I've been making great progress on a manuscript I'd been struggling with. This morning, while reflecting on the writing process of this specific paper, I figured out 3 things that have been working well and have helped me move forward with this paper:
🧵
April 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#RPVSky #WritingSky #AcademicSky
I've been making great progress on a manuscript I'd been struggling with. This morning, while reflecting on the writing process of this specific paper, I figured out 3 things that have been working well and have helped me move forward with this paper:
🧵
I've been making great progress on a manuscript I'd been struggling with. This morning, while reflecting on the writing process of this specific paper, I figured out 3 things that have been working well and have helped me move forward with this paper:
🧵
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Just finished Mark Carney's presser, no media questions about the trans community (come on, people) and no mention of Trans Day of Visibility from Carney in the press conference.
It’s Trans Day of Visibility today, and we’re in an election campaign.
I’ll definitely be watching to see who mentions trans folks’ rights and who doesn’t!
I’ll definitely be watching to see who mentions trans folks’ rights and who doesn’t!
March 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just finished Mark Carney's presser, no media questions about the trans community (come on, people) and no mention of Trans Day of Visibility from Carney in the press conference.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
This probably deserves some attention in English Canada.
March 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This probably deserves some attention in English Canada.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Forced data collection by Recovery Alberta will potentially be used in the implementation of forced treatment.
Drug user rights are willfully eroded while the recovery industry scores sole source contracts.
Must read by @drugdatadecoded.ca 👇
drugdatadecoded.ca/coercion-at-...
Drug user rights are willfully eroded while the recovery industry scores sole source contracts.
Must read by @drugdatadecoded.ca 👇
drugdatadecoded.ca/coercion-at-...
"Coercion at its finest": Ministry mandating My Recovery Plan participation for recovery service access
The app owned by Last Door Recovery Society was legally obligated to be voluntary for recovery program clients. But in a bait-and-switch, the Alberta government is now telling service providers to ens...
drugdatadecoded.ca
March 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Forced data collection by Recovery Alberta will potentially be used in the implementation of forced treatment.
Drug user rights are willfully eroded while the recovery industry scores sole source contracts.
Must read by @drugdatadecoded.ca 👇
drugdatadecoded.ca/coercion-at-...
Drug user rights are willfully eroded while the recovery industry scores sole source contracts.
Must read by @drugdatadecoded.ca 👇
drugdatadecoded.ca/coercion-at-...
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Forced treatment is another way of criminalization of people who use drugs. We need rapid access to voluntary evidenced based treatment, housing, support for trauma and investment in harm reduction to keep people well.
#ABpoli
#CareIsNotCoerced
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTP...
#ABpoli
#CareIsNotCoerced
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTP...
Albertan Drug Policy Advocacy group opposing involuntary addiction treatment centres
YouTube video by CityNews
www.youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Forced treatment is another way of criminalization of people who use drugs. We need rapid access to voluntary evidenced based treatment, housing, support for trauma and investment in harm reduction to keep people well.
#ABpoli
#CareIsNotCoerced
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTP...
#ABpoli
#CareIsNotCoerced
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTP...
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Not so “compassionate intervention” - criminalization with a different name - has been announced in Alberta. While those who want treatment still wait weeks and months, those who don’t, will be forced into privately run treatment jails.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjB-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjB-...
Keeping promises for treatment and recovery – February 24, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.
YouTube video by YourAlberta (Government of Alberta)
www.youtube.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Not so “compassionate intervention” - criminalization with a different name - has been announced in Alberta. While those who want treatment still wait weeks and months, those who don’t, will be forced into privately run treatment jails.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjB-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjB-...
Toronto you’ve gotta be kidding me.
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Toronto you’ve gotta be kidding me.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
My favorite PhD cohort mate had his state grant application (not the Feds!) pulled because he submitted to a diversity PA.
They won’t add it to omnibus so it can get reviewed, it’s just trashed because he’s Latino and expressly said so in the application.
This is racism enforced by policy.
They won’t add it to omnibus so it can get reviewed, it’s just trashed because he’s Latino and expressly said so in the application.
This is racism enforced by policy.
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My favorite PhD cohort mate had his state grant application (not the Feds!) pulled because he submitted to a diversity PA.
They won’t add it to omnibus so it can get reviewed, it’s just trashed because he’s Latino and expressly said so in the application.
This is racism enforced by policy.
They won’t add it to omnibus so it can get reviewed, it’s just trashed because he’s Latino and expressly said so in the application.
This is racism enforced by policy.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
As Canada’s Fentanyl Czar, I would create a massive safe supply program that would starve organized crime. Why score lethal street crap when the czar can hook you up with a script to the good pharma shit? Where do I apply? m.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBo...
Canada to appoint ‘fentanyl czar’ as part of tariff pause
YouTube video by CBC News
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As Canada’s Fentanyl Czar, I would create a massive safe supply program that would starve organized crime. Why score lethal street crap when the czar can hook you up with a script to the good pharma shit? Where do I apply? m.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBo...
If there’s one thing that goes to get me libbed up as a Canadian, it’s anti-Americanism. Truly nothing like it. 🥹
February 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If there’s one thing that goes to get me libbed up as a Canadian, it’s anti-Americanism. Truly nothing like it. 🥹
Reposted by Meg Aiken
I just want a political 'left' that has clear, strong ethics and that can just be direct — say the shit that we're all thinking. Put your foot in your mouth a little, don't be shy. It's not the time to be middling.
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I just want a political 'left' that has clear, strong ethics and that can just be direct — say the shit that we're all thinking. Put your foot in your mouth a little, don't be shy. It's not the time to be middling.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
From New York to LA, huge fires have torched both the East and West coasts in the middle of winter. Climate change is making these extreme events more frequent and devastating. We cannot afford to keep dragging our feet on climate action.
January 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
From New York to LA, huge fires have torched both the East and West coasts in the middle of winter. Climate change is making these extreme events more frequent and devastating. We cannot afford to keep dragging our feet on climate action.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
New 🧪 report out from our team. We conducted an epidemiological survey of 499 people who use drugs in central Edmonton to assess their health, wellbeing, and service needs. #yeg
December 11, 2024 at 8:19 PM
New 🧪 report out from our team. We conducted an epidemiological survey of 499 people who use drugs in central Edmonton to assess their health, wellbeing, and service needs. #yeg
Crazy how they adapted a feature length film of Nosferatu from that one SpongeBob SquarePants episode.
December 25, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Crazy how they adapted a feature length film of Nosferatu from that one SpongeBob SquarePants episode.
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Just a reminder: Workers on strike use strikes as leverage. You apply some uncomfortable pain to pressure points in our system.
Here, Canada Post workers made the right move: apply pressure in the busiest time of the year regarding deliveries. That's what strikes are all about. (1/3)
Here, Canada Post workers made the right move: apply pressure in the busiest time of the year regarding deliveries. That's what strikes are all about. (1/3)
December 16, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Just a reminder: Workers on strike use strikes as leverage. You apply some uncomfortable pain to pressure points in our system.
Here, Canada Post workers made the right move: apply pressure in the busiest time of the year regarding deliveries. That's what strikes are all about. (1/3)
Here, Canada Post workers made the right move: apply pressure in the busiest time of the year regarding deliveries. That's what strikes are all about. (1/3)
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Looks great!
I have good news for you, Eric Wickham and anyone who wants “Canadaland but good.” I launched The North State in October with the express intent to bring actual critical views of the news to people in Canada. I spent the first three episodes diving deep into the Canadian relationship to Palestine!
Introducing Our News Criticism Podcast... The North State
Canada's honest news media criticism in podcast form is finally here
readthecatch.ca
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Looks great!
Anyone made a feed for Canadian political scientists yet? 👀
November 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Anyone made a feed for Canadian political scientists yet? 👀
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Watch this amazing episode on TVO to learn about supervised consumption services. This is one of the sites the province is slating close. Closures will have deadly consequences. Legislation is apparently being tabled Monday but they’ve already defunded them for april 1. www.tvo.org/video/how-do...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 16, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Watch this amazing episode on TVO to learn about supervised consumption services. This is one of the sites the province is slating close. Closures will have deadly consequences. Legislation is apparently being tabled Monday but they’ve already defunded them for april 1. www.tvo.org/video/how-do...
Reposted by Meg Aiken
Going to preemptively post this.
November 15, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Going to preemptively post this.