Gabrielle Peters
@mssinenomine.bsky.social
Outgoing co-chair of Vancouver City Planning Commission, Co-founder of Disability Filibuster, words in Policy Options, Macleans, CBC & chapter author in 3 anthologies. Disabled af. Poor af. Lived experience + learned expertise applied to policy analysis.
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Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo...
I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.
I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo...
I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.
I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.
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Join us this November for the Inaugural PHC CREST Conference!🎺
Focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist, this event will feature two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more.
📆 Nov 6
📍St. Paul's Hospital/Virtual
Register:
https://bit.ly/4nBsOx9
Focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist, this event will feature two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more.
📆 Nov 6
📍St. Paul's Hospital/Virtual
Register:
https://bit.ly/4nBsOx9
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join us this November for the Inaugural PHC CREST Conference!🎺
Focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist, this event will feature two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more.
📆 Nov 6
📍St. Paul's Hospital/Virtual
Register:
https://bit.ly/4nBsOx9
Focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist, this event will feature two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more.
📆 Nov 6
📍St. Paul's Hospital/Virtual
Register:
https://bit.ly/4nBsOx9
"Abundance has political influence, but it is not a fighting manifesto, or a plan to build an organized, participatory mass party, and its vision is reheated forty-year-old deregulation mixed with Internet YIMBYism."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
How to Blow Up a Planet | Trevor Jackson
What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared
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September 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Abundance has political influence, but it is not a fighting manifesto, or a plan to build an organized, participatory mass party, and its vision is reheated forty-year-old deregulation mixed with Internet YIMBYism."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
If you follow me on the other place you are familiar with some of what I've gone through recently using wheelchair taxis. Some asked why I didn't use transit or HandyDart, I decided to answer that question.
Paypal link at bottom of post for those inclined. 🙏
mssinenomine.substack.com/p/is-handyda...
Paypal link at bottom of post for those inclined. 🙏
mssinenomine.substack.com/p/is-handyda...
Is HandyDart Accessible? It Depends.
If wheelchair taxis aren't accessible then why not use regular public transit or Handydart?
mssinenomine.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you follow me on the other place you are familiar with some of what I've gone through recently using wheelchair taxis. Some asked why I didn't use transit or HandyDart, I decided to answer that question.
Paypal link at bottom of post for those inclined. 🙏
mssinenomine.substack.com/p/is-handyda...
Paypal link at bottom of post for those inclined. 🙏
mssinenomine.substack.com/p/is-handyda...
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Just got to the Learning Bitcoin conference. The current panelist is talking about why there’s a drop in testosterone. The panel is called Decentralized Health and Wellness.
August 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just got to the Learning Bitcoin conference. The current panelist is talking about why there’s a drop in testosterone. The panel is called Decentralized Health and Wellness.
A priest and his power: Consent and the doomed rape case against a residential school principal
Roechelle Becker & @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
“There is no consent when agreement is induced by an authority figure,” @igrantubc.bsky.social
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Roechelle Becker & @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
“There is no consent when agreement is induced by an authority figure,” @igrantubc.bsky.social
theijf.org/oconnor-resi...
A priest and his power: Consent and the doomed rape case against a residential school principal
Judge who found Bishop Hubert O’Connor guilty says concept of ‘genuine consent’ decided trial
theijf.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A priest and his power: Consent and the doomed rape case against a residential school principal
Roechelle Becker & @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
“There is no consent when agreement is induced by an authority figure,” @igrantubc.bsky.social
theijf.org/oconnor-resi...
Roechelle Becker & @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
“There is no consent when agreement is induced by an authority figure,” @igrantubc.bsky.social
theijf.org/oconnor-resi...
I can't be certain based purely on this photo but it appears to me that what is really bad here is that there is a ramp leading to a platform where there is no space for a wheelchair user to sit. They do this then blame accessibility as one of the reasons for this ugly lump of painted concrete.
‘Hilariously bad’ Granville Connector bench design only temporary, city says
‘Hilariously bad’ Granville Connector bench design only temporary, city says
An eyebrow-raising design on Vancouver’s new Granville Connector walking and cycling path is only “temporary,” according to the city.
bit.ly
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I can't be certain based purely on this photo but it appears to me that what is really bad here is that there is a ramp leading to a platform where there is no space for a wheelchair user to sit. They do this then blame accessibility as one of the reasons for this ugly lump of painted concrete.
A society that withholds treatment that could ease a child’s suffering & possibly prolong her life reflects & reinforces a cruelty that doesn’t so much creep as it does march. A big boot just breached the threshold in BC.
NEW post by me about Charleigh Pollock.
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NEW post by me about Charleigh Pollock.
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On Cruelty And The BC NDP Government's Decision to Not Fund Charleigh Pollock's Treatment.
It seemed impossible not to feel hopeful when radio host Adam Stirling shared that Josie Osborne, BC Minister of Health was, with very little notice, going to provide an update about the government’s ...
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July 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A society that withholds treatment that could ease a child’s suffering & possibly prolong her life reflects & reinforces a cruelty that doesn’t so much creep as it does march. A big boot just breached the threshold in BC.
NEW post by me about Charleigh Pollock.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
NEW post by me about Charleigh Pollock.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
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Absolutely shameful of the BC NDP to pretend to not be playing politics with a disabled girl's life, particularly in the context of a rare disease (especially one which can result in multiple hospital stays in a year due to seizures and other sequelae). Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
NEW post by myself and @jhallinpeel.bsky.social responding to the pro-govt attack editorial in Times Colonist today.
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
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Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
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Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP And Their Apologist Press
This is post is jointly co-authored by Jeff Hall and Gabrielle Peters responding to the Editorial by The Times Colonist about Charleigh Pollock
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Absolutely shameful of the BC NDP to pretend to not be playing politics with a disabled girl's life, particularly in the context of a rare disease (especially one which can result in multiple hospital stays in a year due to seizures and other sequelae). Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
NEW post by myself and @jhallinpeel.bsky.social responding to the pro-govt attack editorial in Times Colonist today.
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP And Their Apologist Press
This is post is jointly co-authored by Jeff Hall and Gabrielle Peters responding to the Editorial by The Times Colonist about Charleigh Pollock
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
NEW post by myself and @jhallinpeel.bsky.social responding to the pro-govt attack editorial in Times Colonist today.
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
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“The dying are alive. Killing us more quickly - via MAiD or denying us treatments necessary to live - will not protect anyone else from death. In fact it will do the opposite and put everyone at greater risk of being among the dying prematurely.”
NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
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BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“The dying are alive. Killing us more quickly - via MAiD or denying us treatments necessary to live - will not protect anyone else from death. In fact it will do the opposite and put everyone at greater risk of being among the dying prematurely.”
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Bureaucrats deciding to withhold physician-recommended care. And the elected politicians refusing to intervene. Why do we even need you if you aren't willing to serve your purpose to the electorate?
@davidebybc.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
@davidebybc.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bureaucrats deciding to withhold physician-recommended care. And the elected politicians refusing to intervene. Why do we even need you if you aren't willing to serve your purpose to the electorate?
@davidebybc.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
@davidebybc.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
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Do we as a society withhold medical care during the palliative stage of life? Care that is recommended by their physicians, makes them more comfortable, and prevents complications? I didn't think we did. This is the exact opposite of what palliative care is about.
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Do we as a society withhold medical care during the palliative stage of life? Care that is recommended by their physicians, makes them more comfortable, and prevents complications? I didn't think we did. This is the exact opposite of what palliative care is about.
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Sharing @mssinenomine.bsky.social important and timely post "BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication." For those not familiar with the case, the BC Ministry of Health has cut funding for a child with a rare disease.
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BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
mssinenomine.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sharing @mssinenomine.bsky.social important and timely post "BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication." For those not familiar with the case, the BC Ministry of Health has cut funding for a child with a rare disease.
mssinenomine.substack.com/p/bc-governm...
mssinenomine.substack.com/p/bc-governm...
NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
open.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Omg the amazing and incredible @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
just won silver in the Scoop category at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards!!!
So deserved! Here's the story that won her the award.
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just won silver in the Scoop category at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards!!!
So deserved! Here's the story that won her the award.
theijf.org/bc-publicly-...
One third of B.C.’s ‘publicly funded substance-use treatment beds’ don’t provide any treatment
Victoria advocate ‘furious’ to learn province includes low-barrier housing in its total
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June 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Omg the amazing and incredible @bethanylindsay.bsky.social
just won silver in the Scoop category at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards!!!
So deserved! Here's the story that won her the award.
theijf.org/bc-publicly-...
just won silver in the Scoop category at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards!!!
So deserved! Here's the story that won her the award.
theijf.org/bc-publicly-...
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unions: they get the job done
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
unions: they get the job done
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Absolutely amazing thread!
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Absolutely amazing thread!
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The “tragic” element having less to do with their arrested adolescent angst than our obligation to live in the world they make of it.
May 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The “tragic” element having less to do with their arrested adolescent angst than our obligation to live in the world they make of it.
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It is a uniquely boring & unsympathetic but nevertheless instructive sort of tragedy that some of the world’s wealthiest men are so transparently, desperately miserable.
Two most petulant men on the planet grow apart www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It is a uniquely boring & unsympathetic but nevertheless instructive sort of tragedy that some of the world’s wealthiest men are so transparently, desperately miserable.
Arguments like the one BC Ministry is making here only make sense if you live in a candy unicorn universe where employers are not motivated by efficiency and max profit and only ever act in the best interests of workers.
I am not understanding this argument from Ministry.
It's true that protective clothing, physical demand of work etc. can impact. This is actually why it's even more important to establish a maximum temperature appropriate to the kind of work, apparel, equipment.
www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
It's true that protective clothing, physical demand of work etc. can impact. This is actually why it's even more important to establish a maximum temperature appropriate to the kind of work, apparel, equipment.
www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
May 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Arguments like the one BC Ministry is making here only make sense if you live in a candy unicorn universe where employers are not motivated by efficiency and max profit and only ever act in the best interests of workers.
We need comprehensive laws guaranteeing people access to mechanical cooling in their homes & workplaces as well as laws protecting safety of those who work outside.
"BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change"
@michellegamage.bsky.social
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"BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change"
@michellegamage.bsky.social
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BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change | The Tyee
The rising threat of deadly heat waves increases the urgency, say workers.
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May 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We need comprehensive laws guaranteeing people access to mechanical cooling in their homes & workplaces as well as laws protecting safety of those who work outside.
"BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change"
@michellegamage.bsky.social
www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
"BC Has No Workplace Temperature Limits. Advocates Want Change"
@michellegamage.bsky.social
www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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BIG SMILES EVERYONE
so so proud of doing this without having to pass legislation that would immediately be successfully challenged. instead the government contracts Dr Vigo to
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
so so proud of doing this without having to pass legislation that would immediately be successfully challenged. instead the government contracts Dr Vigo to
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
New beds improve care for incarcerated people with mental-health, addiction issues
New involuntary care beds are now open at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, providing people in custody who are in crisis and have overlapping mental-health and addiction challenges, as well as brain i...
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April 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
BIG SMILES EVERYONE
so so proud of doing this without having to pass legislation that would immediately be successfully challenged. instead the government contracts Dr Vigo to
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
so so proud of doing this without having to pass legislation that would immediately be successfully challenged. instead the government contracts Dr Vigo to
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
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it is just so wild to me that this is something they are openly bragging about. not that long ago putting people in solitary for an episode of psychosis would have been a scandal that would come out from investigative reporting, not from some press release
May 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
it is just so wild to me that this is something they are openly bragging about. not that long ago putting people in solitary for an episode of psychosis would have been a scandal that would come out from investigative reporting, not from some press release
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If you are not prepared to love a disabled child, do not have children.
This photo was part of a feature Macleans magazine did at the time about whether Tracy's murder was 'justified' and 'mercy killing' (aka homicide) of disabled children & adults should be legal. The mom in this photo is quoted as saying she'd like 'mercy killing' as option for her disabled child.
May 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you are not prepared to love a disabled child, do not have children.