Greg Van Alstyne @gregvan
Designer, futurist, director @OCADsLab + @DesignJamCA @OCAD U, teaching @ocadu_sfi & investigating #designthinking #systems #emergence #media. Opinions my own. gregvanalstyne.com Toronto Joined September 2008-
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This is mind-boggling. Ontarians are being told that one political staffer was able to take over the machinery of government and override civil servants to remove land from the cherished, protected Greenbelt, increasing the value of developers’ - who are key donors to the…
From a historical-futures perspective the events of 2023 dramatically fulfill the dire models of structural demographics and other methods unpopular in speculative #foresight. But man they were spot on. Give Turchin, Howe, even Spengler some credit.
At the #report launching event of #Uzbekistan 🍃 transition #foresight and how the government can benefit from it. Thanks for the invite @MatildaDimovska and @UNDP_Uzbekistan. I believe this start will lead to huge positive impacts in the country.
If you’ve ever used Arxiv.org for science pre-prints, but you’re really a cultural-creative type, check out mediarxiv.org Open Archive for Media, Film, and Communication Studies
Eddie Segel & I's work on Narrative Visualization won an #ieeevis InfoVis 10 Year Test-of-Time Award. We are humbled and honored, and also shell-shocked by the speed of time's arrow (and just about everything else these days). Here is our decade-old paper: idl.cs.washington.edu/papers/narrati…
"This, too, is part of whiteness: the belief that to be white is to be non-racial. That to live white in America somehow elevates us out of a racial experience. We think we are immune and exempt. Race is therefore about being Black or brown, not white."aapf.org/theforum-targe…
I am now a proud patron of seedkeeper Rowen White on @Patreon #NewPatron … keen to co-read Tyson Yunkaporta’s Sandtalk … to learn more: patreon.com/rowenwhite?utm…
We’re responding to an outage in the west end of the city, affecting customers in and around the following approximate boundaries: Davenport Rd. south to The Queensway and Runnymede Rd. east to Lansdowne Ave. Crews have been dispatched. We appreciate your patience.
Why are we so fixated on pat solutions for puzzling problems? mintzberg.org/blog/playful-s…
Just a few days left to provide your input to our Butterfield Park Revitalization Survey! Tell us what functions of the park are most important to you by July 10. buff.ly/38jnmcD
RIP and thank you for the haunting melodies, #EnnioMorricone
Many of you said some characters were missing in the first part of my video “Creating your quarantine character”. I heard you! The second is on its way!🙃 ⠀ During filming I got an idea. Should I make a tutorial video, how I did this so smooth? Would it be interesting to you?
The Color of Surveillance is a consistently brilliant, insightful and important gathering - year on year. This time you can hear from @iajunwa talking about worker surveillance - attend if you can! (is there a livestream again, @alvarombedoya?) eventbrite.com/e/the-color-of…
GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS! It's "Black Mirror Writers' Room" with the first cohort of Responsible Computing Fellows! Stay tuned for some awesome examples of speculative ethics. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, check this out: tinyurl.com/blackmirrorwri… ) #ResponsibleCS
Did you enjoy your experience at the Toronto Global Goals Jam this past weekend? Want to continue working on your project? Join @cooperathon for the largest open innovation competition in Canada. Use promo code OntarioGO for 50% OFF. ow.ly/E44750wn0hn #iwbTO #cooperathon19
Did you know that in 2017 we embarked on a multi-year project that sought to identify some of the barriers faced by #women #entrepreneurs? Check out our 5 key findings. bit.ly/2lIlx5g
Yesterday 200 CEOs including Apple, Pepsi, Walmart, argued that companies should invest in employees, protect the environment and deliver value to customers.
Shawn Micallef 🏳�.. @shawnmicallef
50K Followers 4K Following Columnist @TorontoStar / Cofounder @spacing / Teach @UofT / Books: Stroll, Full FrontalTO & The Trouble w Brunch / NEW: Frontier City - TO on Verge of Greatness
Dr Wendy L Schultz @wendyinfutures
6K Followers 3K Following Futurist: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hawai'i, Texas, England -- track change, explore possibilities, envision sustainable success. Director, Infinite Futures
Sean Hertel @Sean_Hertel
3K Followers 1K Following Consulting planner helping plan & build around transit. Speak, write & facilitate. Teach planning @yorkUEUC @envwaterloo & @TMUsurp. Harrow-Windsor-Detroit son.
Tai Huynh @taimhuynh
7K Followers 988 Following editor-in-chief @TheLocal_TO / creative director @uhnOpenLab / cofounded @ChooseWiselyCA
Andee🐙Pittman (the.. @andeepittmanux
3K Followers 5K Following Human-centred designer in the Canadian federal public service. I also have a disability. I am also queer. I tweet about these things.
Dylan Sherlock @DylanSherlock
679 Followers 5K Following Dad. Policy wonk by day (food systems and climate); tired by night. Passionate about doing government better. Opinions my own. RTs ≠ endorsements.
Systemic Design Assoc.. @RSDSymposium
2K Followers 1K Following Systemic Design Association | Relating Systems Thinking & Design Symposium | #RSD13 | posts @cheryl_maysie | RSD13 cartographic images https://t.co/VwqsWcGldQ
Peter Stoyko @Prugelmeister
1K Followers 2K Following Interdisciplinary social-scientist, visual-thinking information designer, overly curious globe-trotting flâneur, future-minded ideavore. 🦣 @[email protected]
Larendu @Larendup5wp3
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Eleanore @shiraka53120078
1 Followers 742 Following
Melanie_US_ @MelanieUS251083
21 Followers 2K Following
OCADFA @ocadfa1
398 Followers 392 Following The official Twitter feed of OCAD University Faculty Association (OCADFA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Valérie Français Ta.. @TardyValerie
53 Followers 348 Following Consultant & PhD student Social Sciences • Systemic Design • Complex Systems • Environmental Public Policies at local level • Sustainability • Biodiversity
Alfyx @Alfyx
153 Followers 654 Following industrial design, strategic foresight and innovation, climate action
ReMed Project @ProjectReMed
63 Followers 543 Following EPSRC-funded research project CirculaR Economy for small Medical devices (ReMed), collaboration between @lborouniversity, @universityleeds and @NottmTrentUni
Boris @BJ_Dyakov
1K Followers 2K Following new incentives for science 🔬 PhD candidate @gingraslab1 @MoGen_Grad @UofT 🧬 eight(?)–time jokerace winner, jokedao gov council member @jokerace_io 🃏
Alek @alek_dimi
224 Followers 671 Following ML engineer productionizing Gemini @Google, previously PhD @UTAustin
Jim McDonald @Jimtwi4
233 Followers 1K Following Chief Investment Strategist at Northern Trust @NorthernTrust
cj solana @cjsolana
14 Followers 476 Following
Inez @brown13inez
241 Followers 3K Following
Doug Reid @dougreid
277 Followers 1K Following In search of meaningful technology...and the keg of glory.
Franziska Beeler @franziskabeeler
161 Followers 549 Following Independent Learning Designer & Strategist | Writer & Musician
Kory McGrath @RememberNetwork
580 Followers 802 Following A study in 'spacemaking': Beginnings-Endings. Midwife & Mortician. Current MDes student of Strategic Foresight & Innovation @OCAD University
Lotus @GetLotusRing
45 Followers 261 Following A @Techstars portfolio company. Meet Lotus - the world’s first ring to control your home.
Rapolas @KarolisRapolas
9 Followers 18 Following
Colombia.algo @nicorasss
1K Followers 4K Following Creator of @AlgOrigins Learning about AI , Biotechnology, Computer science, Philosophy, Desci, Blockchain, IoT, Oracles and Algorand
ImaginalAIsthetics - .. @SelflessAgency
11 Followers 578 Following Using Midjourney to explore the infinite depths of our collective imagination. When it comes to beauty, ignore trends, trust only what deeply resonates within.
Sarah Kemmers @SarahKemmers
61 Followers 468 Following Songwriter. Musician. Leader. Lover of ideas and innovation. Strategic thinker. Humour enthusiast.
Abhay Singh Sachal @AbhaySachal
608 Followers 1K Following 22 🇨🇦 | Co-Fndr + Exec Director @BreakTheDivide_ | Global Health, Peace & Conflict ‘23 @UofT | #ClimateMentalHealth 🌎 | #Canucks
Sensible Futures @SensibleFuture1
152 Followers 310 Following Toolkit for futures thinking and actionable transformation. Tried & tested in the real world. Designed to catalyse positive social impact ✨
Tanja Schindler @TanjaFuturist
1K Followers 1K Following Award-winning and passionate #Futurist #Founder of @Futures2All and @FuturesSpace and #ViceChair at @profuturists #APF #mindset #strategy #futurist #leadership
Adrienne G. Thompson @AdrienneGT
977 Followers 4K Following EECS hacker CRYing FREEDOM from the shackles of #Abertheid. Sole Author/Inventor | Principal & Chief Code Artist @GNUcgraph #FreeSoftware #Art https://t.co/EIsXQfZbfl
Milena Bogavac @milena_bogavac
2 Followers 56 Following
Pedro Bonatto @pedrobonatto
137 Followers 217 Following Fine Art and Advertising Photographer. Podcaster. Musician.
Lawrence Ly @DesignerLLy
569 Followers 1K Following Service designer in health & aging, aspiring multipotentialite | my ❤️ flickers like neon signs on a rainy night | he/him 🏳️🌈
Brian MacMillan @brmacmillan
467 Followers 3K Following Researcher, software developer, digital artist. Artworks and professional projects: https://t.co/L0IwhfvPtm; political satire: https://t.co/Bdno3Yt1eH.
Ward 4, Parkdale-High.. @gordperks
25K Followers 2K Following Account managed by the office of City Councillor Gord Perks, Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park. Reach us at [email protected]
Erich Richards @ErichBruce
350 Followers 2K Following I will serve up the best investment, business, I.P. and Green Economy Solutions while outperforming those with a profit only mandate. Follow Medium For the $$$
Futures_Toronto @Futures_Toronto
52 Followers 93 Following We are the Toronto chapter of the Design Futures Initiative @Futures_Design Here we discuss all things related to design, futures, and foresight.
Al̤̤̈ë̤̤xan̤�.. @discomplex
1K Followers 2K Following Leading anticipation plus other tricks @EUeic #EUeic @EU_Commission ▓ Tech Foresight ░ Strategic Intelligence ░ Public Innovation ▓ here mostly Sound and Fury
Kate Sellen, PhD @sellen_kate
219 Followers 285 Following Canada Research Chair in Health Design (Tier 2), Associate Prof Design at OCADU
Julián Vargas @javargasc
375 Followers 2K Following 🇨🇴 PoliticalScientist, Futurist & Podcaster. #Futures #Foresight #Complexity #Data #SciTechPolicy #SocialChange #Strategy #Climate #Ecology / Tw 🇪🇸🇬🇧
princesstrinidad @princesstrinid2
73 Followers 239 Following #PRINCESS TRINIDAD SPIRITUALLY INCLINED POSITIVE RESPECTABLE FUN TO BE AROUND. ARTIST SONGWRITER ONLINE DISC JOCKEY [email protected] #SAMESOHITGOH. COM
VINIT SONEJI @SonejiVinit
31 Followers 280 Following Foresight Practitioner | Designer and Researcher at OCADu
Vincent @crackpotrealism
295 Followers 3K Following
Nelson Reyes @Nryes15
633 Followers 4K Following Ex Candidato Cámara de Representantes Bogotá. Emprendedor, @UCL, co fundador @ProjectColombi2, co-creamos la nueva Colombia @colcreando
Sam Welbourn (she/her.. @samwelbourn1
475 Followers 1K Following Visual Arts Teacher | Design Thinking Educator | Creativity Coach | CIS Ontario Student Visual Arts Festival Founder | #cohort21 Coach | Photographer | She/Her/
Alejandro Andrade @AndradeAzcona
480 Followers 3K Following Trabajemos juntos para hacer de este mundo un lugar mejor. Música, educación, comunicación y ciencia. Too much fun for me. Sigue mi trabajo en @bizbatmusic
Tamara B. @thriving15
25 Followers 3K Following Growth & Innovation strategist. Design Thinking & Future Thinking Evangelist. Advancing human-centered experiences. Startup & Business Model Enthusiast.
Raúl Montiel Calder�.. @rmontielc
2K Followers 5K Following CEO @greenpretzel 💚 Green MBA 🧭 Sustainable Business Expert 🚀 Professor @umamexico 📚 Exploring Regeneration 🐌 & Systems Change 🦋
David Miller T.O. @iamdavidmiller
52K Followers 676 Following Author of Solved: how the worlds great cities are fixing the climate crisis. Was Mayor T.O. Find my thoughts here: https://t.co/BUasG7krGf
Shawn Micallef 🏳�.. @shawnmicallef
50K Followers 4K Following Columnist @TorontoStar / Cofounder @spacing / Teach @UofT / Books: Stroll, Full FrontalTO & The Trouble w Brunch / NEW: Frontier City - TO on Verge of Greatness
Dr Wendy L Schultz @wendyinfutures
6K Followers 3K Following Futurist: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hawai'i, Texas, England -- track change, explore possibilities, envision sustainable success. Director, Infinite Futures
Ontario Arts Council @ONArtsCouncil
37K Followers 2K Following The Ontario Arts Council offers funding programs for Ontario-based artists and arts organizations. Français : @ConseilartsON
Sean Hertel @Sean_Hertel
3K Followers 1K Following Consulting planner helping plan & build around transit. Speak, write & facilitate. Teach planning @yorkUEUC @envwaterloo & @TMUsurp. Harrow-Windsor-Detroit son.
Tai Huynh @taimhuynh
7K Followers 988 Following editor-in-chief @TheLocal_TO / creative director @uhnOpenLab / cofounded @ChooseWiselyCA
Code for Canada 🇨�.. @code4ca
7K Followers 3K Following We help governments and communities in Canada harness the power of digital. Newsletter: https://t.co/cHeilq0cZo
Waterfront Toronto @WaterfrontTO
28K Followers 2K Following Waterfront Toronto is the public advocate and steward of Toronto's waterfront revitalization. Building a better waterfront. Not monitored 24/7. #TOtheWaterfront
Mar Hicks @histoftech
37K Followers 4K Following Historian of technology & labor. Professor now, sysadmin before. Tells dad jokes (sorry). Find me on the other sites too.
Farrah Khan @farrahsafiakhan
33K Followers 2K Following After winter must come spring. On a break from here, just on IG @farrahsafiakhan.
Systemic Design Assoc.. @RSDSymposium
2K Followers 1K Following Systemic Design Association | Relating Systems Thinking & Design Symposium | #RSD13 | posts @cheryl_maysie | RSD13 cartographic images https://t.co/VwqsWcGldQ
Peter Stoyko @Prugelmeister
1K Followers 2K Following Interdisciplinary social-scientist, visual-thinking information designer, overly curious globe-trotting flâneur, future-minded ideavore. 🦣 @[email protected]
Nicholas Charney @nickcharney
4K Followers 943 Following The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.
Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat
99K Followers 3K Following President and CEO, Collecdev-Markee Developments. Former Chief Planner, Toronto. Distinguished Visitor in Planning Emeritus, University of Toronto. Optimist.
Garrett Scott 🕳 @thegarrettscott
26K Followers 4K Following CEO at @pipedream_labs // Making underground logistics happen this decade
Kate Sellen, PhD @sellen_kate
219 Followers 285 Following Canada Research Chair in Health Design (Tier 2), Associate Prof Design at OCADU
Carl Skelton @betavillenews
150 Followers 12 Following Toronto-BFA-MFA-Dr.-Ing.-New York; art & technology & vice-versa.
Metaverse Standards F.. @Metaverse_Forum
5K Followers 104 Following Standards cooperation for an open and inclusive metaverse
Common Future @commonfutureco
13K Followers 3K Following As a think and do tank, Common Future incubates, co-creates, and funds the work of the community leaders developing promising economic innovations.
Andrew D. Huberman, P.. @hubermanlab
1.3M Followers 1K Following Professor of Neurobiology & Ophthalmology at Stanford Medicine • Host of the Huberman Lab podcast • Focused on science & health research & public education
Jeffrey Heer @jeffrey_heer
13K Followers 852 Following UW Computer Science Professor. Data, visualization & interaction. he/him. @uwdata @uwdub @vega_vis ex-@trifacta
Martin Wattenberg @wattenberg
18K Followers 509 Following Human/AI interaction. Visualization as design, science, art. Professor at Harvard, and part-time at Google's People+AI Research initiative.
Marc Sommerville @mstrsommerville
28 Followers 27 Following Lifelong learner and currently drama, music, and French teacher at Island Public School.
Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks
188K Followers 1K Following Professor @ColumbiaLaw and @UCLA_law; Executive Director @AAPolicyForum; Host @IMKC_podcast; Views expressed here are my own!
Digital Pedagogy Lab @DigPedLab
12K Followers 3K Following New approaches to teaching w/ technology. Professional development in Critical Digital Pedagogy. #digped
OPTA @ON_PublicTrnsit
930 Followers 761 Following Ontario Public Transit Association (OPTA). Supporting Ontario's public transit agencies and the communities they serve
monica contreras @conmonii
91 Followers 83 Following architect, project manager, freedom fighter, in love with the people in my life, committed to changing the world by designing and building a responsible future
Lindsay Roxon @laroxon
32 Followers 283 Following ideas. design. intrigue. post-consumerism. this is basically just my reading list.
GreenBiz @GreenBiz
108K Followers 559 Following Reaching a global audience of 500,000+ people, GreenBiz is the leading media and events company at the intersection of business, sustainability and innovation.
Evolution Green - Chr.. @evolutiongreen
2K Followers 1K Following Chris Chopik is a Real Estate Expert focussed on the Future of Housing, Property Value Impacts from Climate Change and Sustainability. #GPI #GNH #QOL
Adam Vaughan @TOAdamVaughan
19K Followers 2K Following Past Member of Parliament & fmr Toronto City Councillor
Ward 4, Parkdale-High.. @gordperks
25K Followers 2K Following Account managed by the office of City Councillor Gord Perks, Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park. Reach us at [email protected]
Brian MacMillan @brmacmillan
467 Followers 3K Following Researcher, software developer, digital artist. Artworks and professional projects: https://t.co/L0IwhfvPtm; political satire: https://t.co/Bdno3Yt1eH.
Typotheque @typotheque
48K Followers 357 Following Type Company giving shape to language, designing for communication in a world that is increasingly digital and multicultural. Tweets by the founder @PeterBilak
Occasional Papers @occasionalpaper
4K Followers 545 Following A non-profit publisher of affordable books devoted to the histories of architecture, art, design, film and literature
WE BE IMAGINING @WeBeImagining
1K Followers 232 Following WE BE IMAGINING applying the black radical tradition to developing public interest technology @Columbia
rigo @chicanocyborg
793 Followers 447 Following tech worker / conduit & enzyme | land, data, computation 🪲 senior producer @datasociety | 🦣 : @[email protected]
PERSPECTIVA @Perspecteeva
5K Followers 934 Following An urgent 100 year project; a collective of scholars, artists & activists working on ‘the pickle‘ through insight, praxis, realisation, & emergence.
Emerge @whatisemerging
4K Followers 572 Following Emerge is a media platform sowing the seeds of a new civilization | supported by @perspecteeva | Join our Mighty Network here: https://t.co/MmgkBYovSs
nora bateson @NoraBateson
15K Followers 626 Following Filmmaker,lecturer,author Founder #WarmData #PeopleNeedPeople #symmathesy #aphanipoiesis Ecology & society reframing & shifting perception,complexity,tenderness
Kian F @KianFerriolo
62 Followers 130 Following Thinking about possible futures // MDes @OCADU_SFI // they/them
Bigtrendsguy @bigtrendsguy
831 Followers 2K Following Big trends are reshaping the world. #Futures #Scenarios - Author of 'Learning from Tomorrow' on Strategic #Foresight (https://t.co/sBbiWmmyCj). On #Threads at bart.edes.
Mathis Wackernagel @MaWackernagel
2K Followers 241 Following Sustainability enthusiast, pedal powered.
The White House 45 Ar.. @WhiteHouse45
24.2M Followers 12 Following This is an archive of a Trump Administration account, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Systemic Design Toolk.. @systemictoolkit
1K Followers 30 Following The Systemic Design Toolkit helps you co-create interventions to tackle organisational and societal complexity. #systemicdesigntoolkit #systemicdesign
Health Design Studio @HealthDesStudio
187 Followers 183 Following The Health Design Studio at OCADU uses human-centered, inclusive and interdisciplinary design approaches to solve health and healthcare challenges
Decolonising Design @DecolDesign
8K Followers 40 Following
ECU Health Design Lab @EmilyCarrHDL
1K Followers 988 Following Emily Carr University of Art + Design's Health Design Lab is a research centre that applies human centred design to address health challenges. [email protected]
Michelle Wyndham-West @MWyndhamWestPhD
700 Followers 2K Following #medanth PhD. Program Director, Inclusive Design/Design for Health @OCADUgrad. #aging #policysystems #healthequity #housing #codesign. she/her.
OCAD U Design4Health @d4healthOCADU
336 Followers 39 Following Responding to the complexity of health care through design. Empowering designers to create solutions to challenges across the health sector.
barbara bok (she/her) @barbarabok
469 Followers 287 Following post-phd; foresight and futures studies, STS; researcher and teacher
Henry Mintzberg @Mintzberg141
21K Followers 548 Following I write mgt books but this is a TWOG (TWeet2blOG), about lots more. Every few weeks, from pithy pronouncements in a line or 2 to provocative fun in a page or 2.
Office of Research & .. @RESEARCHatOCADU
89 Followers 161 Following The Office of Research & Innovation supports research and scholarly activity at OCAD University. #thisisresearch #thisisresearchatocadu
Craig Damian Smith @CraigDamian
1K Followers 1K Following Co-founder, Executive Director @ https://t.co/cywKs7d9qs | Research Affiliate @CRSYorku | Snark & rage about Toronto cycling & infrastructure
We Create Futures @FuturesWeCreate
2K Followers 787 Following We create futures to shape action in the present | Tools and approaches to win on your own terms | Tweets on strategy, foresight & design.
Donna Dupont @dupont_donna
438 Followers 1K Following Chief Strategist, Foresight & Design at Purple Compass, climate change, DRR, SDG, social capital, health, public safety, security
Pupul Bisht @BishtPupul
765 Followers 241 Following Envisioning plural futures through inclusive storytelling
School Of Internation.. @SOIFutures
5K Followers 3K Following Not for profit practice using #StrategicForesight to help policy-makers, business leaders & communities make change for the better #SOIF2023
Futures Present @FuturesPresent1
120 Followers 137 Following The future begins with you. Futures Present is a strategic foresight and design consultancy founded by @maggie_greyson and @davidbuwalda
Prateeksha Singh @mpathyDesigns
1K Followers 2K Following Designing for inclusion. Systems. Shared futures. Arts. Values driven. Intersectionality matters. Innov consultant @UNDP, ex @Ricap_undp + BoD @profuturists.
I’m seeing early career researchers reporting COVID infections after dropping their guard and socialising without masks in crowded academic events, following the example of their senior leaders. Please lead by example and find ways for safe socialising for the people you lead
MS: Human development and energy consumption
Eddie Segel & I's work on Narrative Visualization won an #ieeevis InfoVis 10 Year Test-of-Time Award. We are humbled and honored, and also shell-shocked by the speed of time's arrow (and just about everything else these days). Here is our decade-old paper: idl.cs.washington.edu/papers/narrati…
Transit systems across Ontario are rolling out courtesy campaigns, as workers, students and seniors return to public transit. Remember to stand up for your neighbours. If you are able, offer your seat to other passengers. #AccessibleTransitMatters
Carbon markets channel money into reducing #GHGs by protecting forests. But less than 1/4 of countries with tropical forests recognize Indigenous carbon rights. How can investors ensure those rights are upheld? @SJodoin @katherinelofts @LawMcGill explain. corporateknights.com/leadership/car…
Today someone I loved died. We aren’t built to handle moments like this.
I am devastated to learn of the sudden death of my high school friend and brilliant man, John Duffy. I really can’t believe he’s gone. #RIP old friend. 💔💔💔
Tributes and condolences are pouring in (from across the political spectrum) over the sudden death of John Duffy, veteran Liberal political organizer and founder of @StrategyCorp. #cdnpoli #onpoli
Our Friendly Neighbour Hotline volunteers knocking on doors in Toronto Community Housing buildings to sign up seniors for on-site vaccination and discuss any hesitancy concerns. We're 700 strong, speak 39 languages and have been working these buildings for a year now.
Maybe one day, in the (distant?) future, all nations of the world will actually live up to the ideals & aspirations set forth in the Universal Declaration of #HumanRights, approved on this day 72 years ago: un.org/en/universal-d… . Let us continue to fight for these rights.
1.4 million elderly Canadians are lonely. Learn, get a pet, go outside, volunteer, but don't expect tech to fix it. buff.ly/2fdqavr
I was not far off! Data from @StanfordEng Professors @yicuistanford & Steven Chu show #N95masks can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency using 70C heat for 30 min. Alcohol & bleach should not be used.
I thought I had a very good idea about perceptual learning and accepted several invitations to give talks about it next week. But I have just discovered a fatal flaw in the idea, so I am cancelling all those talks. I apologize.
Fighting for algorithmic justice takes all of us. We believe in the power of storytelling for social change. So, if you’re aware (as an employee, creator or consumer) of AI harms or biases, we want to hear from you. Share your #CodedBias story with us at ajlunited.org
Systemic racism must be dismantled, brick by brick. This is huge first step in achieving that. It's also just good education policy. Kudos @Sflecce and @jamiljivani #onpoli
Ontario to end academic streaming in Grade 9, end suspensions for youngest students ift.tt/2VQ4SLX
My 86 year old mum, who is ill, has just been made to feel an inadequate nuisance by her GP surgery because she couldn't fill in an online form & wanted to speak to someone on the phone. I'm actually very angry about this. Not everyone can access/understand online things.
Reposting, because it needs re-saying: despite "We're In This Together" the COVID-19 experience was already pre-determined by structural inequities in our society, cities. Planning's fixation on "design and mobility" in these times doubles down on social inequities. @rkeil
I think it deserves to be here🙃
Dear anyone who has ever said that government employees (1) don't work hard, (2) aren't high performing, and/or (3) government in general can't get things done: I wish you could share in what I've had the privilege of witnessing the past couple weeks; and Shut the front door.
Building a mirror capable of reflecting all light rays may sound futile, but it would be a major breakthrough for scientists' ability to detect gravitational waves, @nattyover writes. on.theatln.tc/Dcw3UdM
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