Kate Shannon
@prof-ks.bsky.social
UBC prof I researcher, consultant, policy advisor, advocate I sexual & repro health, social & climate justice, gender & sexuality I uninvited settler, intersectional feminist I mama, ocean & nature lover I she/her 🌈
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My latest for @thenation.com: "Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender"
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender
It's time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My latest for @thenation.com: "Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender"
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
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“If actually implemented by auditors, [the] memo would effectively suspend numerous protections under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act for trans and intersex people.”
It sickens me that transmisogynists ever convinced anyone they care about rape. This is a transparent call for sexual violence.
It sickens me that transmisogynists ever convinced anyone they care about rape. This is a transparent call for sexual violence.
Trump admin ‘immediately’ stops enforcing LGBT+ prison rape protections: report
The Department of Justice instructed prison auditors across the country to simply stop assessing whether facilities are violating laws designed to shield LGBT+ prisoners from sexual abuse
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“If actually implemented by auditors, [the] memo would effectively suspend numerous protections under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act for trans and intersex people.”
It sickens me that transmisogynists ever convinced anyone they care about rape. This is a transparent call for sexual violence.
It sickens me that transmisogynists ever convinced anyone they care about rape. This is a transparent call for sexual violence.
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Budget 2025 didn't include further financial investment to expand Pharmacare & ensure free universal access to contraceptives everywhere in Canada. The SOGC calls on Ottawa to commit to moving forward with agreements nationwide.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Is pharmacare on ice? Health minister says no new deals with provinces in the works | CBC News
Canada’s public drug insurance program appears to be in limbo, with the Carney government failing to earmark any new money to expand coverage to the rest of the country.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Budget 2025 didn't include further financial investment to expand Pharmacare & ensure free universal access to contraceptives everywhere in Canada. The SOGC calls on Ottawa to commit to moving forward with agreements nationwide.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Nov 28, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Liu Institute: Mojan Farshchi will examine how the right to a healthy environment, rooted in international human rights and environmental law, can help fill protection gaps for climate and environmental migrants.
🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...
🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Nov 28, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Liu Institute: Mojan Farshchi will examine how the right to a healthy environment, rooted in international human rights and environmental law, can help fill protection gaps for climate and environmental migrants.
🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...
🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...
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From the archives:
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors and they shouldn’t pretend to be.
Canada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
From the archives:
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
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Our new position paper on Reproductive Care Violence - which is any form of harm, coercion, neglect, or discrimination that occurs in the context of accessing, providing, or withholding reproductive health services.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our new position paper on Reproductive Care Violence - which is any form of harm, coercion, neglect, or discrimination that occurs in the context of accessing, providing, or withholding reproductive health services.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...