๐ #Canada's impact depends on the choices made by our political leaders.
That's why I'm calling on all leaders to stand up for humanity in this pivotal moment.
Read more in my opinion piece for @hilltimes.com โฌ๏ธ
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22.04.2025 15:51
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If youโre going to @hotdocs.bsky.social catch a screening of Ai Weiweiโs Turandot. With his unique creative vision he masterfully reimagines Turandot & infuses the opera with todayโs most pressing global emergencies and contemporary themes of conflict, refugees and class. Powerful and important art.
26.04.2025 03:32
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Text within image reads: The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency. How US cuts to foreign aid are hurting people caught in conflict and crisis.
100 days.
โThese sudden cuts by the Trump administration are a human-made disaster for the millions of people struggling to survive amid wars, outbreaks, other emergencies."
US cuts to foreign aid are hurting people caught in conflict & crisis: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/first...
24.04.2025 19:08
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โค๏ธโ๐ฉนPoignant poem from Serge Bakor Lambey, our water and sanitation supervisor in a transit camp in eastern Chad.
His inspiration for writing? His humanitarian work. Serge and his team provide clean drinking water & maintain sanitation facilities for refugees.
#NationalPoetryMonth #TalkAboutSudan
23.04.2025 15:24
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YouTube at 20: From โLazy Sundayโ to โHot Onesโ
The video-streaming platform has revolutionized how we watch things. Hereโs a timeline of its biggest moments.
YouTube is now 20 years old. For every video you have watched, there are hundreds of millions you will never see. Hereโs a look back at some of the biggest moments in YouTube history.
23.04.2025 18:05
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The war in Sudanโa war on peopleโis entering its third year. The numbers are staggering: About 13 million people have been displaced, according to the UN. Of these, 3.9 million have crossed into neighboring countries. #TalkAboutSudan
15.04.2025 14:25
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John Greenโs brand is optimism. On book tour, heโs fighting despair.
Some people get tennis elbow; John Green has bestseller shoulder. His doctor said โ no joke โ that Green, 47, was developing arthritis from signing so many books: more than 700,000, he estimates, over...
โI have to fight despair every day. For me, hope is not some abstract concept. It is a prerequisite for my survival. And so I donโt have room for hopelessness in my life. Iโve got to fight it. Because my life kind of depends on it.โ @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
30.03.2025 12:13
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Maestro David Briskin led the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and the audience in a rousing rendition of O Canada before the opening of Swan Lake. #ElbowsUp is not one of balletโs traditional positions of the arms, but everyone in Canada is adapting.
13.03.2025 22:22
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Water Is Not Political
Gaza is struggling to keep clean water flowing.
Israel and Hamas are in a stalemate over their cease-fire, and Arab nations and Donald Trump are proposing very different plans to rebuild Gazaโall while 2 million people are running out of clean water. Claudine Ebeid discusses on "Radio Atlantic":
13.03.2025 16:47
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UN Web TV is available 24 hours a day with selected LIVE programming of United Nations meetings and events as well as with pre-recorded video features and documentaries on various global issues.
#NewYork: @chrislockyear.msf.org, Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders, will speak to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in #Sudan during a briefing at 10 a.m. and 12 noon ET, today.
Hear his full remarks: webtv.un.org.
13.03.2025 13:40
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#Gaza: On March 2, a Palestinian man was shot next to the entrance of the Doctors Without Borders-supported Al-Shaboura clinic, in #Rafah.
This was then followed by a round of bullets shot near the facility, leading our team to take shelter inside the clinic. A bullet hit the building.
06.03.2025 14:47
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When Worlds Collide: Photography in Service to Nature
Free with RSVPPhotographyโs power lies in its ability to move the viewer, create empathy, and enact change. In her Highly Commended image from this yearโs competition, award-winning photographer Patri...
Our current issue features a profile of wildlife photographer Patricia Homonylo's work with the FLAP program that works to save birds from collisions with buildings. Homonylo will be speaking about her work at the @romtoronto.bsky.social on March 23 as part of a panel, www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...
04.03.2025 15:11
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Crossing the border: Fleeing #Gaza with her son
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres
#Gaza: The road to #Rafah is a scene of destruction. Most people have been displaced multiple times.
Hear five of our colleagues share their journey from Gaza to Rafah, in our video series: "Crossing the border: Palestiniansโ journeys of war and survival."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrYV...
05.03.2025 21:13
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Does Anyone Really Know You?
Our yearning to be fully known is inevitableโand, perhaps, misleading.
Does anybody really know you? Itโs a question that arises at odd momentsโsometimes, perversely, when weโre surrounded by people who know us well.
04.03.2025 01:43
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Join us on March 12, 2025, at 6:30 PM for "Art Creates Change" featuring artist Sandra Brewster. Hosted at OCAD University's Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond St. W., Toronto. Free admission. Don't miss this inspiring event! Learn more: www.ocadu.ca/events-and-e...
18.02.2025 16:58
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One and Thousands: Stories of Women on the Migration Route
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres
#Migration: In recent months, our teams have identified more cases of women and girls who have repeatedly suffered extreme violence such as kidnapping and sexual assault, either on the migration route or in their home countries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0T...
04.02.2025 16:29
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The Best-Selling Novelist Kaveh Akbar Leans Into His Poetic Roots
With the dawn of a ceasefire in Gaza, the writer reflects on collections by Palestinian poets that donโt lose sight of love and wonder in the face of exile and destruction.
Kaveh Akbar most recently published a novel, โMartyr!โ, but he began his career as a poet. He recommends four collections by Palestinian writers, each of which grapples with the status of being Palestinian in the world.
30.01.2025 02:18
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Art prof works with Mount Sinai Hospital on groundbreaking surgical training
#OCADU Prof Francis LeBouthillier creates medical simulation models for groundbreaking surgical training at Mount Sinai Hospital. Learn more: bit.ly/3WlfKRb @SinaiHealth #MountSinaiToronto
14.01.2025 19:32
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