Richard Johnson @writing_richard
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I’m honored to receive the Pulitzer Prize today. Great thanks to the prize’s jury and board members for honoring me. I dedicate this success to my family, friends, teachers, and students in Gaza. Blessings to the 31 members of my family who were killed in one air strike in 2023.…
🧵1/8: A Meta-Deliberative Citizens Assembly took place for the first time in Bogotá, Colombia. 🌎 This could be the first instance globally of deliberation of this kind. What is a meta-deliberative citizens assembly? 🤔
The Summer of McIntosh. The Summer of Hammers. 🇨🇦
“The essence of Zionism is not a Jewish state in the land of Israel; it is a Jewish home in the land of Israel. It’s time to envision a Jewish home that is a Palestinian home, too,” wrote @PeterBeinart in a seminal 2020 essay in @JewishCurrents. thewalrus.ca/two-state-solu…
Were you one of the 10,000 people who received an invitation to volunteer for the Victoria-Saanich Citizens’ Assembly on Municipal Amalgamation? The deadline to respond is May 30. Be a part of shaping the future of our great region. Find out more at victoriasaanich.ca.
Calling all freelancers: Pitch @hakaimagazine and editors @judeisabella and @cestmoiLanglois. They are smart, thoughtful, interested in storytelling — and they care DEEPLY about how they treat their writers. Trust me. It's a special place. hakaimagazine.com
Watch your mailbox! The Citizens’ Assembly on Municipal Amalgamation is mailing 10,000 invitations to randomly selected households in Victoria and Saanich in search of volunteers for the upcoming Assembly. The deadline to respond is May 30. More info at victoriasaanich.ca.
Watch your mailbox! The Citizens’ Assembly on Municipal Amalgamation is mailing 10,000 invitations to randomly selected households in Victoria and Saanich in search of volunteers for the upcoming Assembly. The deadline to respond is May 16. More info at victoriasaanich.ca.
Premiers want a conference with the Prime Minister on carbon pricing ? Do it! And televise it to Canadians! But need to set the stage with an updated climate briefing from the one given in the 2015 meeting with the PM & Premiers. climatechangenews.com/2015/11/24/ins…
March 18th is a vital anniversary in the #SyrianRevolution: the 1st mass protest in #Daraa & the 1st protesters killed by the regime. To honor their courage, I'm reposting a thread on how that turning-point protest happened, based on interviews with people who participated👇
March 18th is a vital anniversary in the #SyrianRevolution: the 1st mass protest in #Daraa & the 1st protesters killed by the regime. To honor their courage, I'm reposting a thread on how that turning-point protest happened, based on interviews with people who participated👇
“Memory is at once my source material and my tool. Without it, there’s nothing.” — Gabriel García Márquez nytimes.com/2024/03/10/boo…
We've distilled all of what we heard into what we are calling the OurCare Standards: six simple statements that summarize what every person in Canada should expect from the primary care system
The Online Harms Act, C-63, has been tabled. My initial read of the new regulator, the 3 duties, and the transparency requirements (more considered thoughts in coming days): 🧵
What a day! 1. The 🇨🇦 gov has tabled its online harms bill that takes up many of the most important recommendations of the Citizens' Assemblies on Democratic Expression commissioncanada.ca ✔️ New Regulator ✔️ Risk assessments ✔️ Duty to act responsibly ✔️ Child protection
Over the last 16 months, our team has conducted the largest public engagement ever on the future of #primarycare in Canada Today we release our final report✨ 10,000 people 10,000 participant hours 1 vision for primary care OurCare.ca🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=DKKL7R…
Ten thousand Canadians spoke up about how primary care is falling short of expectations and how it can be improved. The result is OurCare. ourcare.ca
What if AI wasn’t allowed to do anything else until it first learned whale? theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
The vociferous and sudden opposition to the idea of Citizens' Assemblies having a major policy role in the UK is a total retread of the elite scorn — from left and right — heaped on Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform circa 2006. Let's not learn these lessons again.
Great to have the chance to talk a bit about how citizens’ assemblies can counteract polarization and misinformation
Great to have the chance to talk a bit about how citizens’ assemblies can counteract polarization and misinformation

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National Magazine Awa... @MagAwards
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Great Canadian Longfo... @GCLongform
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The Walrus @thewalrus
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Sandra E. Martin @SandraEMartin
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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon
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