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Abe Oudshoorn

@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social

Associate Professor and Assistant Dean EDIDA, Faculty Scholar, Western University https://uwo.ca; Managing Editor - International Journal on Homelessness https://ijoh.ca; Fighting to end #homelessness; some triathlon on the side

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You probably haven't heard the parasite infected lettuce was also being sold at Walmart as recently as the end of this week. And that's not by accident:

paris martineau@paris.nyc · 2mo ago

The way this recall has been handled so far is absolutely bizarre. Instead of listing brand names, Taylor Farm used internal abbreviations for all the products impacted I was able to get Walmart and Sysco to confirm their products were impacted, but the lack of details is a nightmare for consumers

The recall notices posted by Taylor Farms and the FDA are notably sparse on the essential details consumers need to easily identify affected products. The recall notice does not list the full brand names of the implicated products, and instead lists only what appears to be the abbreviations used internally by Taylor Farms to identify brands. Walmart’s Marketside house brand, for instance, was listed as “MKTSD” and Sysco, the U.S.’s largest food distributor, was listed as “SY.” Both companies confirmed that their products were part of the recall after being contacted by Consumer Reports. CR is working to confirm the identities of the six additional brands whose names are abbreviated in the recall notice. Taylor Farms did not immediately respond to CR’s questions about the identity of these brands. Given the lack of details, CR’s food safety experts advise consumers in the 27 states where Taylor Farms’ products were distributed to discard all iceberg lettuce out of an abundance of caution.
Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For metric-based professions like academia, AI is like you just gave the whole team unlimited access to cocaine. Everyone's activity goes way up, but things can rapidly devolve into nonsense. (This analogy was human-generated.)

Melissa Bowman@dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“We don’t have a place of last resort,” Cllr. Wolf said in frustration back then. “We don’t have enough (shelter space) for everybody. I don’t know what you’re saying: ‘Disappear’?” #WRcouncil

We’re making a big mistake, hitching our wagon to Premier Ford on homelessness issue

Waterloo regional council voted to follow the province and appeal the court ruling that prevents the region from clearing a homeless encampment. But there wasn’t time for a proper debate, Luisa…

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As requested by Jeff Neven I have provided further analysis and reflection on why mental illness does not cause #homelessness, high housing prices does: truths-and-loves.ghost.io/mental-illne...

Mental Illness Does Not Cause Homelessness

I have been meaning to write about Gregg Colburn and Clayton Aldern's book Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns (UC Press, 2022) for a while now. A request f...

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Courtesy of Colburn & Aldern ("Homelessness is a Housing Problem"), mental illness and drug use don't cause homelessness, they discriminate for who will be homeless when housing is expensive, limited, and unregulated.

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When you, City Council, keep giving homelessness agencies 1-2 year funding contracts, how can you be annoyed when they constantly come asking for funding renewals? Coun. Stevenson speaks out on Ark Aid funding shortfall share.google/8fcNuGCECI3u...

‘Surprised continually’: Repeated funding crises at local homeless agencies frustrates Coun. Stevenson

As Ark Aid Street Mission scales back its services for homeless Londoners at 696 Dundas St., Coun. Susan Stevenson is pressing for answers about a funding model that seems to lead to crisis after cris...

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Service providers working in #homelessness and housing feel the pains of a broken system in many ways themselves. Service bans are one of the processes that have been linked to moral distress. This will be a meaningful webinar exploring the issue: www.sjmhlab.com/event-detail...

“It Hurts My Soul”: Service Bans and Moral Distress Among Homelessness Service Providers | Social Justice In Me

In this presentation, Shauna Perez will discuss her findings from a study that explored how service bans contribute to the experience of moral distress among service providers working with individuals...

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I really appreciate Steve Cordes outlining in this podcast why a "Good Neighbours" policy actually just becomes another barrier to services that are helping marginalized people: the-matt-brown-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ste...

Steve Cordes has a new project and I think it’s something you are going to be interested in. | The Matt Brown Podcast

Steve Cordes led Youth Opportunities Unlimited, a local not profit here in London that serves youth from London in a myriad of ways. The growth the organization experienced under Steve’s decades long ...

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Abe Oudshoorn@abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

And housing benefits are least effective where rent controls are weakest, Canada being a good example of that. In the context of rent control, rent supplements are a safer investment.

Diana Chan McNally@dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In theory, I've never liked the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, which bridges the gap between a person's income and market rent — it's a landlord subsidy. But it's also one of the only ways we move people into housing. These cuts will leave people on the streets. www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1161124...

Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca

Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.

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