Disrupting for Good: Possibility Imagining

Last month I wrote about a new word for me, acurpar. And then within days, I had a chance to practice acurpar as encampment residents were forced out of a park in Barrie.

And then our premier went on TV and said people in encampments just needed to get off their A-S-S and get a job. And then the BC government yoinked harm reduction supplies. And then multiple provinces started talking about legislating involuntary treatment for mental health and addictions. And then the House of Commons went back in session, and the divisive rhetoric ramped up to 11, to the point where it seems impossible that any conversations of substance can take place this fall among our federal elected policymakers.

So it’s been a rough month for the hope-y change-y crowd. It feels like a lot of ground has been lost. Mix in some energy-draining conversations in my own life, and my September fresh-start optimism had worn thin. 

And then. 

A couple of things happened. 

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