Vicky Smallman
@offhandremarks.bsky.social
Feminist. Trade Unionist. Mom of teens. Learning and unlearning constantly and working to make things better. She/her
Big clump of something just fell from the roof of the arena on to the ice. Realllly hope that fire retardant on the pipes is not asbestos #Lansdowne #OSEG
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Big clump of something just fell from the roof of the arena on to the ice. Realllly hope that fire retardant on the pipes is not asbestos #Lansdowne #OSEG
There’s just something about women’s hockey. Major misconduct and a Vancouver player removed from the ice within just a few minutes of the first period. Wowza
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There’s just something about women’s hockey. Major misconduct and a Vancouver player removed from the ice within just a few minutes of the first period. Wowza
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During the #16Days Against Gender Based Violence we remember that violence is a workers issue.
Unions have led the fight for paid domestic violence leave, safer workplaces, and real support for frontline services. We need governments to step up and fund the protections workers deserve.
#16days
Unions have led the fight for paid domestic violence leave, safer workplaces, and real support for frontline services. We need governments to step up and fund the protections workers deserve.
#16days
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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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
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
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I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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The notwithstanding clause allows a province to make laws overriding parts of the charter of rights for five years.
The Assembly of First Nations expressed concerns over Alberta’s use of the clause to limit the rights of two-spirit and trans youth.
The Assembly of First Nations expressed concerns over Alberta’s use of the clause to limit the rights of two-spirit and trans youth.
Notwithstanding clause in Alberta raises concerns from Assembly of First Nations | APTN News
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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The notwithstanding clause allows a province to make laws overriding parts of the charter of rights for five years.
The Assembly of First Nations expressed concerns over Alberta’s use of the clause to limit the rights of two-spirit and trans youth.
The Assembly of First Nations expressed concerns over Alberta’s use of the clause to limit the rights of two-spirit and trans youth.
Kickoff meeting got tomorrow’s @canadianlabour.bsky.social Lobby Day - pretty sure this is one of the biggest crowds we have had. Tonight they talk about the issues, tomorrow they bring their voices to MPs and Senators.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Kickoff meeting got tomorrow’s @canadianlabour.bsky.social Lobby Day - pretty sure this is one of the biggest crowds we have had. Tonight they talk about the issues, tomorrow they bring their voices to MPs and Senators.
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Carney on Africa:
“Yes, Africa is part…Is it the first thing we worked on in terms of priorities? No…Because we have a responsibility to have that highest return.”
What a foolish, stupid thing to say/believe. Canada needs all the friends we can get, and he just told an entire continent to screw off.
“Yes, Africa is part…Is it the first thing we worked on in terms of priorities? No…Because we have a responsibility to have that highest return.”
What a foolish, stupid thing to say/believe. Canada needs all the friends we can get, and he just told an entire continent to screw off.
The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Carney on Africa:
“Yes, Africa is part…Is it the first thing we worked on in terms of priorities? No…Because we have a responsibility to have that highest return.”
What a foolish, stupid thing to say/believe. Canada needs all the friends we can get, and he just told an entire continent to screw off.
“Yes, Africa is part…Is it the first thing we worked on in terms of priorities? No…Because we have a responsibility to have that highest return.”
What a foolish, stupid thing to say/believe. Canada needs all the friends we can get, and he just told an entire continent to screw off.
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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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
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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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Management wants shorter wait times at CRA call centers — while cutting the very workers who answer the phones. You can’t improve service by shrinking the workforce. Simple math.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Management wants shorter wait times at CRA call centers — while cutting the very workers who answer the phones. You can’t improve service by shrinking the workforce. Simple math.
Some topical signs here tonight: “You can’t downsize a revolution” and “Hey Sutcliffe/Size Matters”
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Some topical signs here tonight: “You can’t downsize a revolution” and “Hey Sutcliffe/Size Matters”
Home opener! Let’s goooo!
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Home opener! Let’s goooo!
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🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ Huge crowds are out tonight at McDougall Centre in Calgary to rally against anti-trans Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause.
#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ Huge crowds are out tonight at McDougall Centre in Calgary to rally against anti-trans Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause.
#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
transactionalberta.ca
savethecharter.ca
#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
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Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Sending love and solidarity to trans folk in Alberta.
While Albertans face real crises, Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating trans and gender-diverse people with Bill 9, overriding Charter rights to push hate-filled politics.
Canada’s unions won’t stand by. #cdnpoli #abpoli
Full statement: canadianlabour.ca/statement-of...
Canada’s unions won’t stand by. #cdnpoli #abpoli
Full statement: canadianlabour.ca/statement-of...
Statement of solidarity from Bea Bruske with Albertan communities impacted by Bill 9 | Canadian Labour Congress
Yesterday, Danielle Smith’s conservative government introduced its latest in a series of legislative attacks on the rights of its own community members, trans, and gender diverse Albertans. Attacks on...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
An injury to one is an injury to all. Sending love and solidarity to trans folk in Alberta.
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Bill 9 is cruelty disguised as policy.
Using the notwithstanding clause to block gender-affirming care for trans Albertans during Trans Week of Awareness is a disgrace.
Using the notwithstanding clause to block gender-affirming care for trans Albertans during Trans Week of Awareness is a disgrace.
While Albertans face real crises, Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating trans and gender-diverse people with Bill 9, overriding Charter rights to push hate-filled politics.
Canada’s unions won’t stand by. #cdnpoli #abpoli
Full statement: canadianlabour.ca/statement-of...
Canada’s unions won’t stand by. #cdnpoli #abpoli
Full statement: canadianlabour.ca/statement-of...
Statement of solidarity from Bea Bruske with Albertan communities impacted by Bill 9 | Canadian Labour Congress
Yesterday, Danielle Smith’s conservative government introduced its latest in a series of legislative attacks on the rights of its own community members, trans, and gender diverse Albertans. Attacks on...
canadianlabour.ca
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bill 9 is cruelty disguised as policy.
Using the notwithstanding clause to block gender-affirming care for trans Albertans during Trans Week of Awareness is a disgrace.
Using the notwithstanding clause to block gender-affirming care for trans Albertans during Trans Week of Awareness is a disgrace.
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“Albertans rely on the protections guaranteed by the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Suspending those rights, particularly for vulnerable groups, places the freedoms of all Canadians at serious risk.”
CCLA strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.
Read more here.
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Read more here.
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CCLA Condemns Alberta’s Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Undermine Rights of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten t...
ccla.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Albertans rely on the protections guaranteed by the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Suspending those rights, particularly for vulnerable groups, places the freedoms of all Canadians at serious risk.”
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Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
What is Trans Day of Remembrance? | Xtra Magazine
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
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November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
I don’t think I can overstate just how furious I am at Danielle Smith and her government. Using trans kids, their families, teachers and doctors as a political scapegoat to rile up her base. Just vile. And to think that the federal government are going to reward her by fast tracking pipelines… grr!
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I don’t think I can overstate just how furious I am at Danielle Smith and her government. Using trans kids, their families, teachers and doctors as a political scapegoat to rile up her base. Just vile. And to think that the federal government are going to reward her by fast tracking pipelines… grr!
Work shouldn’t hurt. Incredible discussion about mental health and injury at the @nlfl.bsky.social convention today. We need to do so much better at identifying and removing psychosocial hazards at work
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Work shouldn’t hurt. Incredible discussion about mental health and injury at the @nlfl.bsky.social convention today. We need to do so much better at identifying and removing psychosocial hazards at work