Show Up Toronto - February 24, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, The Senate social affairs committee has recommended removing the immigration-related sections from the border bill that migrant...
Show Up Toronto - February 17, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan Mubarak. I hope you enjoyed the long weekend if you you had the extra time off. The weather is...
Show Up Toronto - February 10, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, Since I am usually in the business of bringing you bleak news, here's a slightly heartening story from last week: the Advocacy...
Show Up Toronto - February 3, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, A pile of you joined the newsletter after last week's email! Welcome! It is always lovely to know that something I've written is...
Show Up Toronto - January 27, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, I really thought I would be spending this newsletter talking about Carney's speech at Davos, widely and largely uncritically...
Show Up Toronto - January 20, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, The news continues to be a horror-show both abroad and at home, so I was a little bit cheered to see that the Supreme Court of...
Show Up Toronto - January 13, 2026
Hi friends and neighbours, This past weekend there was a so-called "Canada First" rally at Nathan Philips Square promoted by a group of ideologues parroting...
Show Up Toronto - January 6, 2026
Hello friends and neighbours, Happy new year, and I hope you were able to get some rest the past few weeks. Unfortunately 2026 is already on notice, opening...
Show Up Toronto - December 16, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, When I started this project back in May, it was after a couple of months of research and interviewing organizers in the city to...
Show Up Toronto - December 9, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, The afternoons are dark and cold but we're less than two weeks away from the days getting longer again. Hang in there. There's a...
Show Up Toronto - December 2, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, The federal government is considering Bill C-9, which criminalizes protest with up to 10 years in prison if protestors are accused...
Show Up Toronto - November 25, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, Yesterday protestors packed the public gallery at Queen's Park and created an organized disruption of the Bill 60 vote (including...
Show Up Toronto - November 18, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, The Palestinian Flag Raising ceremony at Toronto City Hall went forward yesterday despite legal challenge from a Zionist group....
Show Up Toronto: November 11, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, Winter has arrived with a vengeance, and with it always comes the reminder that not everyone gets to stay warm indoors. The city...
Show Up Toronto - November 4, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, A regional piece of news you may not have heard about is that a man broke into a women's prison in Kitchener and assaulted...
Show Up Toronto, October 28 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, It will not come as a surprise to you that this newsletter's official political stance is that Doug Ford is a nightmare human...
Show Up Toronto - October 21, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, Happy Diwali, and happy Blue Jays winning the American League Championship Series for the first time in 32 years! I am not a...
Show Up Toronto - October 14, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, I hope you had yesterday off, and were able to enjoy the day with loved ones. I appreciated this post from the Migrant Worker's...
Show Up Toronto - October 7, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, Not much of a preamble today, as I'm feeling under the weather. For folks who have joined recently, thank you and welcome! A quick...
Show Up Toronto - September 30, 2025
Hi friends and neighbours, It is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to reflect on the atrocities of the residential schools system, the...