Dr. Faisal Moola @faisal_moola Twitter profile

Pinned Tweet

Dr. Faisal Moola

4 years

Today is the first anniversary of downing of #PS752 and the deaths of 176 people, including my dear PhD student and friend Ghanimat Azhdari. One only dreams of having a student as clever and passionate and inspirational as Ghanimat. I have written a few reflections about her🦋 1/

41

258

1K

Last Seen Profiles

@mobymartin

@robinthicke

@stwmaniax

@szszsz_252525

@Vocalo

@riin12683191

@thedarkflex

@ratemyskyperoom

@Rewkang

@4OZARK

@Sakae_Izumi

@adlhfn

@bigcat_mia

@meowonges

@loqi38

@rabti_sali29461

@cukienaknikmati

@d_kbtan70696

@CBP

@AVARY

@bokeplokalmalam

@Orr__rrO

@CottonBowlGame

@othermolls

@bria_ai_

@stw_pdg

@linuxfoundation

@KhaledAli718044

@valeria_elordi

@TigresFemenil

@cukienaknikmati

@HolyNameFR

@miii_837

@pradip0519

@davidsheen

@KeerBablesh

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

One of my wonderful PhD students, Ghanimat Azdahri, was on the plane that crashed in Tehran this morning. Ghanimat was on her way back to @uofg after visiting her family and traditional Indigenous territories in Iran over the December break. The students and I are in so much pain

619

2K

12K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

Just got off the phone w my elderly dad who fought in resistance against Apartheid in S. Africa. He asked me what freedoms have #FluTruxKlan lost? - are they banned from public places because of their skin colour? arrested & tortured in prison? homes raided? loved ones murdered?

110

1K

5K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

I was violently detained by police for carrying my sleeping infant daughter into my home w porch lights off. A white neighbour called the police on me for "breaking into my own home". The cops didn't hug me. They had me on the ground, screaming obscenities #WhitePrivilege

Courtney Theriault

@cspotweet

3 years

RCMP say they are aware of video of members hugging protesters in Coutts and says they are looking into the matter. #yeg #Yyc #ableg #covid19ab

435

392

2K

68

865

4K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

Indigenous Peoples are at forefront of conservation & climate action around the world. But this latest atrocity is painful reminder of how vulnerable Indigenous Peoples are for standing up to protect their lands and waters. Global community must speak out:

Illegal loggers kill Amazon Indigenous warrior who guarded forest | CBC News

Illegal loggers in the Amazon ambushed an Indigenous group that was formed to protect the forest and shot dead a young warrior and wounded another, leaders of the Guajajara tribe in northern Brazil...

www.cbc.ca

13

2K

3K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

The #Greenbelt is actually made up of number of sections, including Niagara Escarpment. It is the most biodiverse place in 🇨🇦 and designated a United Nations Biosphere Reserve. Today the organization in charge of the NE Biosphere Reserve told @fordnation hands off #Greenbelt

60

965

2K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Retweet if you think we should be growing food in the #Greenbelt and not monster homes @fordnation

35

1K

2K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Until a few weeks ago none of us knew @fordnation was about to hand over chunks of #Greenbelt to his billionaire developer buddies or gut broader environmental protections w #Bill23 . If he gets away with this, none of protections we hold dear for clear air, water, nature are safe

93

868

2K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

Well @PierrePoilievre - I am now hell bent to personally work with my neighbours and friends and other Canadians to ensure you don’t come within an inch of power. Pathetic, petty and verging on an anti-Indigenous intolerance. We don’t need this type of politics in Canada. 👎

Clay Thompson.

@harryt59_harry

1 year

Pierre Poilievre refuses to bow his head for a moment of silence to recognize national indigenous day. WOW!

43

1K

2K

472

463

2K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

#Greenbelt doesn't just include protected farmland & forest outside of cities, but urban river valleys in Toronto, Oshawa, Ajax and more. If @fordnation gets away with #Bill23 what is stopping him from destroying the parks and greenspace in heart of our cities as well? see map 👇

69

733

1K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

@uofg Ghanimat was a beloved member of our research group. Her PhD research was devoted to advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples in conservation and protection of biocultural knowledge. Our @ICCAConsortium colleagues have released a beautiful statement: …

20

222

1K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

@uofg @ICCAConsortium 14 other students at Sharif Industrial University (Tehran) perished on flight and there may be other Iranian students studying in Canada who were killed. My heart is breaking at the loss of so many precious young Iranian lives and their potential to make the world a better place.

30

133

1K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

He's honestly bewildered that some Canadians who are privileged live in one of the best countries in the world would purposely harass and harm their fellow residents because of vaccine mandates that keep us all safe. Dad says "they have no idea what it means to be oppressed"

34

250

1K

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

I absolutely hate the Toronto airshow. No need to glorify and normalize weapons of war. As well as wasteful carbon emissions and the trauma and discomfort they cause pets and other animals. Time we finally canned this stupid thing.

186

121

981

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

8 months

While Canadians hold candlelight vigils in the memory of health workers murdered by the Israeli military in Gaza, CBC reports that some senior physicians in Canada are ratting out medical students who had the audacity to sign a letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Sickening 🤮

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

@MSF_canada

8 months

On December 19, we held candlelight vigils in solidarity with health workers in Gaza. We gathered in cities across Canada to remember our colleagues who have been tragically killed since October 7. We continue to call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire.

54

368

865

77

429

847

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Only @fordnation and his developer buddies can come up with a plan of logging 800 trees on the Ontario Place waterfront and replacing them with a giant tacky glass box in the middle of a critical flyway for birds.🙄

Ontario Place for All ©

@ONPlace4All

2 years

Incredible diversity of birds visit Ontario Place, as part of the migratory birdway that is our waterfront. Can't see a glass spa being very good for those birds.

11

114

299

35

378

835

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

The experience of Black, Indigenous and other people of colour and the poor with the police in 🇨🇦 could not be more different from the nauseating displays of affection and support given to the white supremacists holding this country hostage. We have always known this.

7

111

782

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Let's just admit it. @fordnation plan to create a giant tacky glass-covered spa on the site of our beloved #OntarioPlace is essentially a clearcut in downtown Toronto. 800 tress will be logged for this monstrosity in the middle of an important flyway for birds and butterflies.

Ontario Place for All ©

@ONPlace4All

2 years

All the red dots are trees that will have to be removed.

25

152

238

44

443

777

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Ontario's #Greenbelt is over 800,000 ha in size and is the largest protected zone of near-urban nature and farmland on the 🌎. @fordnation plan to open it up to development sets a terrible precedent. None of our protected areas, ecological sites are safe if he gets away with this

26

368

757

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

10 months

X is full of images of Palestinian kids blown to pieces by Israeli bombs. And apologists for genocide like @BenMulroney have the audacity to smear tens of thousands of Canadians calling for a ceasefire as terrorist sympathizers??!!!! You’re a useful idiot for warmongers Ben 😕

24

169

768

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

People are messaging me that I lied about my experience with the police to get likes. I didn't. This is the lived experience of Black, Indigenous and other people of colour and the poor. Just because you haven't experienced racism personally, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

4

43

675

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

@marksaunders_TO Your priorities are all wrong. If you truly wanted to make Toronto "safer" then announce a plan and budget to support much needed safe-injection sites, housing for the vulnerable and improved mental health supports.

24

26

650

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Repeat again. @fordnation entire premise for taking protected farmland and forest out of the #Greenbelt to give to developers is based on a lie. There is more than enough land OUTSIDE of the Greenbelt that is already zoned to be built on. Carving up the Greenbelt is greed 🤑🤮

Friends of the Golden Horseshoe

@GGHfriends

2 years

Govt own housing taskforce advised there is no need for more land for #housing but province doubles down on secret promises made to developers to remove land from Ontario's #Greenbelt #greenbeltgate

0

96

158

14

293

649

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

As an alumnus of @DalhousieU Biology's PhD program, I'm glad to see the department come out strongly in support of Mi'kmaw Fishers and against racism. I hope other academic units across Canada do the same, including my own @CSAHS_UoG #FightHate #MikmaqRights

2

181

636

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

White people please watch. This is trauma that Indigenous, Black & other People of Colour face from our experiences w police. I still fear police from when they burst into my home, pushed me to ground, threatened me. My "crime": entering my own home at night w my child in my arms

StanceGrounded

@_SJPeace_

4 years

Terrell Paci, a 23 year old black firefighter was RACIALLY PROFILED and held at GUNPOINT by PROVIDENCE POLICE. He was on duty, in full uniform, infront of his work place. FUCK THE POLICE! BLACK LIVES MATTER!

69

1K

3K

17

295

586

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

My mom was an immigrant nurse for 30 yrs in Canada. She worked so hard, dealt w years of sexual harassment & abuse from patients that exemplified the same obnoxious behaviour as the assholes holding our communities hostage. Healthcare workers deserve respect. #GoHomeFluTruxKlan

30

65

590

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Imagine wanting to destroy the 2 things that make Ontario special - our precious green space and our public health care system - so you can make billions on top of the billions you already have. If there is one thing that we need to bury good + done in 2023 it's corporate greed👇🏾

Ontario Voters Coalition

@OntarioVoters

2 years

The De Gasperis Family wants to dismantle the Greenbelt & our food security because a billion $$$ isn't enough for them. The Westons want to dismantle our public health care because a billion $$$ isn't enough for them. Ford + his PC MPPs will always put billionaires 1st.

11

402

839

6

224

598

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

10 months

Dear politicians. No support for a ceasefire in Gaza. No vote from me. I will no longer vote for any political party that provides political cover and support for war crimes. @JustinTrudeau @liberal_party

94

160

577

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

So to the assholes coming after me now: #1 fuck off and #2 get off your nazi chat groups and spend 5 minutes listening to @DesmondCole who was interrogated 50 times by the cops because he is black. His experience is not unusual

The Skin We're In

Acclaimed journalist Desmond Cole explores what it is to be black in 21st century Canada. Do black lives matter here?

www.cbc.ca

11

58

556

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

I have climbed, researched & advocated for trees all of my life. I've stood in the middle of clearcuts that extend to the horizon, but nothing has hurt more than losing a beloved mature tree next to my flat that was cut down by the landlord next door without any notice to tenants

27

67

578

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

@bonvivantnessa @mattdellok Forest ecologist here. Even if this tree was taken from the forest floor (which I doubt), a dead tree of this size contributes immensely to wildlife habitat, carbon storage, nutrients, forest structure. Ancient trees like this should be left in the woods not turned into decking.

9

23

552

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

What I find strange about @fordnation eliminating 50 Million Tree program is that it’s exactly type of land stewardship program conservatives should like as it supports volunteer action by landowners rather than impose regulatory req. to plant trees on private property #WINWIN

Giuliana Casimirri

@DrGiuliana

5 years

#50MillionTreesProgram is working and efficient! It incentivizes forest creation by reducing costs & barriers to landowners to planting trees in the area of the province where we need to increase forest cover most! And supports nursery/forest tech/restoration jobs & businesses!!

1

25

51

24

247

558

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Everyday @fordnation announces something new that kills nature & the homeless and that makes the lives of teachers,nurses & other essential workers more miserable.This is a page ripped out of the Conservative-book of crisis rule. It’s meant to overwhelm/disempower us.Don’t let it

6

165

554

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

11 months

This is going to happen in Canada if @fordnation gets his way and builds his giant GLASS #MegaSpa at #OntarioPlace - a critical migratory flyway for birds. Canadian environmental groups should be launching lawsuits federal Species at Risk Act, Migratory Birds Convention Act now.

Brendon

@eyeonthefly

11 months

Tragedy unfolding in Chicago: an unprecedented number of window collisions. Photos show nearly 1000 birds salvaged from a SINGLE building along the lakefront this morning, including mostly Tennessee, Palm, Myrtle, and Magnolia Warblers. At what point does this become a crime?

40

290

787

23

363

573

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

This is a refreshing development. I have never seen such unity among diverse sectors: farmers, environmentalists, First Nations, planning organizations and businesses and the public, #united in opposition to @fordnation attacks on #Greenbelt and sensitive farmland & forest

Timothy Gray

@CanadaGray

2 years

All of Ontario's farm organizations working together to fight sprawl. #HandsofftheGreenbelt #RepealBill23

9

243

596

10

216

543

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network has just put out a statement slamming @fordnation attack on #Greenbelt . This is big. NEBN maintains United Nation's @UNESCO mandate & designation of Niagara Escarpment Biosphere. Threats to Greenbelt are of global consequence @JessicaBellTO

5

297

545

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

I'm not Irish, but like any decent person I'm disgusted by open displays of sectarian hatred against Catholics and the nationalist community in Northern Ireland happening now. It is reprehensible & needs to be strongly condemned by international community including UN #FightHate

ken dunne

@DunneKen

2 years

Imagine this said all blacks Muslims or lgbtq people are targets .. taigs is slang for catholics .. where’s the outcry and how is it allowed in this day and age 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

444

3K

16K

15

87

509

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

8 years

. @KellieLeitch my Muslim family emigrated to Canada.3 PhDs, 1 MD we contribute immensely to this country & completely reject your xenophobia

23

149

469

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

I lost 6 family members to #COVID19 in the first wave & before vaccinations were available. Today I received my third jab. Inshallah it will keep me safe and healthy so that my family doesn't have to go through any further pain and suffering than they already have #GetVaccinated

19

20

502

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

9 months

Don’t forget that this is the same guy who travelled to Israel to meet with their military and cheer on the genocide in Gaza a few weeks ago. Several thousand more Palestinian kids have been slaughtered since his trip. Absolutely shameful politician on the wrong side of history.

Marco Mendicino

@marcomendicino

9 months

I disagree with Canada's vote at the United Nations today. I do not support its call for Israel to agree to what is, effectively, an unconditional ceasefire. At present, that would only place in further jeopardy the safety and security of Israelis & Palestinians in Gaza.

1

454

3K

20

115

496

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

11 months

@KingaSurmaMPP @TorontoRBOT @fordnation Ecologist here. Trees last for generations. Not crappy metal, plastic and glass structures that will kill birds and bring no joy to anyone except to the corporate lobbyists that are running your government. Save 1,000+ trees at Ontario Place.

10

156

503

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Literally everything @fordnation touches - dies. Other cities have stunning naturalized waterfronts, green corridors and thriving urban parks and we get a giant glass-covered spa, 850 tree stumps and 2,000 more parking spots🙄 The most uninspiring pro-developer Premier ever👇🏾

Anne Keary

@AK4ClimateActi1

2 years

Ontario Place redevelopment plan - underground parking for more than 2,000 vehicles - felling of around 850 trees. A development that no one wants, except developers. @fordnation funnelling $$$ to private interests at the cost of the public good. Again.

15

180

335

17

149

480

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

@uofg We lost our dear friend and colleague Ghanimat Azdahri today on the #IranPlaneCrash . It’s been an awful day save for the knowledge that Ghanimat was a fierce defender of Indigenous Peoples and that the struggle continues - inspired by her passion to create a better world.

17

68

450

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

11 months

I have listened to @NightShiftMD show empathy to doctors and patients alike in his show. But his lack of any humanity for Palestinians is alarming and @CBC should rethink having him on air. Over a dozen Palestinian health care workers have been murdered by Israeli bombs to date

41

73

471

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

One only needs to look at the stats on racial profiling by the police #carding or actually talk to #BIPOC persons to know that our experiences with the police could not be more different than how the #FluTruxKlan are being treated. It reflects systemic nature of white supremacy

4

39

438

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

What @fordnation has planned for Indigenous territories in northern Ontario #RingofFire goes well beyond gutting the #Greenbelt . It must be as strongly opposed as well. Ontario residents must stand in solidarity & support First Nations on the front lines fighting for the land.

Free Grassy

@FreeGrassy

1 year

"Premier Ford and investors hear us, you will not cross the Attawapiskat River without our consent. If you get on your bulldozer our people will meet you on the land. There will be no road to the Ring of Fire without our consent." Chief Wayne Moonias, Neskantaga. #LandAlliance

97

669

2K

13

197

447

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

@anthonyfurey Thanks for the head's-up. Now I know who not to vote for. We're in a climate and air pollution crisis. Active transportation, like cycling and walking, are critical to reduce emissions that contribute to hundreds of premature deaths each year from air pollution.

10

16

436

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

8 months

There are federally registered non profits in Canada that are harassing and bullying Canadians from speaking out against Gaza genocide. They are targeting youth, students, Indigenous and minorities w intimidation. CRA needs to investigate, strip them of their charitable status 1/

Naomi Klein

@NaomiAKlein

8 months

Very important new piece from @brish_ti on the McCarthyite campaign to get people fired (or never hired in the first place) over moral expressions of solidarity with Palestinians under bombardment. So much of this is cowardly whispers and screenshots.

118

1K

3K

16

201

429

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

8 months

I never thought I would read this type of headline. But then again I never imagined our leaders would support the genocide of an entire People @JustinTrudeau @POTUS Gaza children being killed or mutilated in ‘very extreme numbers Australian doctor says

Gaza children being killed or mutilated in ‘very extreme’ numbers, Australian doctor says

Reporting what is being directly witnessed by MSF healthcare workers does not indicate loss of neutrality, Natalie Thurtle stresses

www.theguardian.com

18

281

429

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

As a South-African Canadian this makes my heart sing. Thank you 🇿🇦. (turn volume way up) 🇿🇦❤️

Made In Canada

@MadelnCanada

1 year

200+ South African firefighters landed in Edmonton, Canada to assist in the fight against the raging wildfire. 🇿🇦🇨🇦

3K

14K

80K

33

100

434

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Retweet if you think we should be growing food in the #Greenbelt and not sprawling subdivisions cc @OntarioFarms @DavidSuzukiFDN @MargaretAtwood @fordnation @envirodefence 🎨 by John Overmyer

6

380

432

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

My family therapist reacted with shock & shade when I mentioned that my kids and I are having to downsize from a two bedroom to a one bedroom apartment in Toronto because I can't afford skyrocketing rent. Instead of empathy or understanding, he suggested "I talk to my accountant"

41

71

419

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

The NEBN maintains United Nation's @UNESCO mandate & designation of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere, which is also part of the #Greenbelt .They have just put out a statement that #Bill23 threatens the Biosphere. This brings much needed global attention to protection of #Greenbelt

4

190

426

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

Simon Fraser University Prof. Dr. Mark Jaccard is a renowned climate change policy expert. The fact that he has endorsed the Liberal Climate Plan is telling.

Joyce Murray

@JoyceMurray

5 years

Dr. Mark Jaccard says when it comes to climate policy, Liberals are not faking it. #cdnpoli #elxn43

39

199

345

9

200

401

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

This is what predatory capitalism looks like. This is not inflation but price gouging by corporations that have captured our Canadian food system while our politicians look away. Sickening.

Star GTA

@StarGTANews

2 years

Canada’s big three supermarket chains — Loblaw, Empire (Sobeys) and Metro — have continued to increase their profits on the back of record high grocery prices, a new Star analysis has found.

19

111

126

5

153

410

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

No way. You’re not pinning your environmentally destructive policies on us. 🤯. Guess what @fordnation we immigrants love nature too. We also eat local food grown in the #Greenbelt and we want it left alone. Cancel your corrupt kickbacks you promised to your developer buddies.

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Doug Ford blames immigrants for his plan to eliminate Ontario Greenbelt

2

12

10

141

411

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

We can all learn a great deal from this behaviour shown by the incoming Vice President of Colombia Francia Marquez (who was a former housekeeper herself before entering politics). Always be kind and respectful to those who work so hard to make your day a little easier. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾✊🏿

1

52

374

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

This is corruption plain and simple. @fordnation needs to be investigated by the Auditor General. The #Greenbelt is not his land to hand over to greedy developers.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

2 years

Developers owning Greenbelt land now set to be developed appear to have given significant sums to Ford’s Progressive Conservative party, donation records show.

381

1K

2K

9

175

389

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

Forest ecologist here. This monoculture plantation is not a “forest”. More appropriately to describe it as field of giant broccoli 🥦 and about as ecologically useful as well 😕. Shame on a government agency for promoting such as propaganda.

EPA Ireland

@EPAIreland

3 years

Kilmurry Wood, Cork quietly absorbing carbon and dissecting the sun’s rays. Great photo snapped by a member of the EPA team while out and about doing fieldwork recently. Have a good week everyone! #mondaythoughts

45

7

52

9

88

355

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Ontario's #Greenbelt is largest protected zone of near-urban nature & farmland on 🌎. We cannot allow @fordnation to hand out chunks of it to his billionaire buddies. We must speak out or we will lose this global treasure to greedy developers. Call your MPP to #SaveGreenbelt 🌿

🇨🇦 🇺🇦Michael B. Douglas

@Brae3905B

2 years

4

100

195

16

192

365

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

Okay to those people who think I’m not patriotic for opposing the air show or a killjoy. Biodiversity is in free fall. The waterfront is a an important flyway and habitat for birds. We need to prioritize nature over your desire to be entertained by war machines making loud noises

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

I absolutely hate the Toronto airshow. No need to glorify and normalize weapons of war. As well as wasteful carbon emissions and the trauma and discomfort they cause pets and other animals. Time we finally canned this stupid thing.

186

121

981

51

54

368

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

Why I teach. #FallTerm

5

83

361

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

What can go wrong? Everything is fine. #nuclearalert

13

65

343

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

@NoColdWar @JosepBorrellF @JosepBorrellF since you're fond of nature and gardens let me educate you. Botanists from the Middle East and N. Africa (the "jungle" as you call us) were publishing scientific texts on medicinal plants to heal the sick in 13th C and earlier. Manuscript of Farrukh-Nameh-i-Jamali

6

47

333

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

I turn 50 next month. I've spent most of my years sitting on either side of a classroom - either as a student or as a prof. I sure spent a lot of time in school, but I still think the most important lessons I've learned were from reading comic books as a kid #LoveNature 👇👇👇

5

71

331

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

My immigrant parents would drop my siblings and I off at Ontario Science Centre every Sunday throughout our childhood in 80s. OSC inspired thousands of kids to become engineers, biologists, physicians and seek other careers in STEM, including the three PhDs & one MD in my family

Joel Klebanoff

@JoelKlebanoff

1 year

This is bonkers. We need more science centre, not less. But @fordnation is set to spend a ton of $$ to move the Ontario Science Centre from a spot that, with the Ontario Line, will be at the intersection of 2 transit lines, to a half-the-size facility a 10-min. walk from transit.

9

67

151

6

90

338

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

8 months

Another Palestinian professor & his family have been murdered by the Israeli military. The IDF have destroyed every single university in Gaza, killed faculty & students, burned down archives. Their war is not just on the people of Gaza but on knowledge itself & those who share it

Quds News Network

@QudsNen

8 months

BREAKING| Israel kills journalist and professor of media Rizq Arrouq in an airstrike on his house in Gaza, killing him along with members of his family.

129

3K

4K

1

237

338

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

This is special week as fall term begins at universities across Canada. A sad one too as we remember the precious students lost when #PS752 was shot down over Tehran 8 months ago, including my dear PhD student Ghanimat Azhdari who would have been returning to her studies today🦋

8

64

329

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

A few months ago 🇨🇦 helped negotiate global agreement to protect nature.The ink has barely dried on the paper and @fordnation & his developer buddies are salivating at prospect of paving over green space in Greenbelt, Ontario Place & floodplain where Science Centre is located 🌿

5

122

311

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

8 months

Do my fellow academics realize that if we lived & taught in Gaza & not the leafy campuses that we enjoy in Canada, US, Europe we too would likely be languishing in an Israeli prison or worse. We must speak out against the murder of our Palestinian colleagues and their families.

Mohammad Alsaafin

@malsaafin

8 months

One of the most blatant campaigns of mass murder against both university professors and journalists.

30

2K

3K

12

134

304

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

My colleagues & I submitted a scientific paper today for publication that is posthumously co-authored w my PhD student & friend #GhanimatAzhdari . Ghanimat was killed on #PS752 along w dozens of students & other precious lives destroyed.Their families deserve peace & justice🥀🦋

11

41

307

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

6 years

Done. @fordnation has just eliminated Ontario's Environmental Commissioner as well as Advocate for Children and Youth.They've gutted independent oversight and care for the most precious elements of our province: clean air, safe water and healthy and happy children #disgusting

Mike Crawley

@CBCQueensPark

6 years

CONFIRMED CBC scoop: Doug Ford government is eliminating 3 of Ontario's independent legislative officers: Environmental Commissioner, Child Advocate, and French-Language Services Commissioner. Their duties will be taken by Ombudsman & Auditor General

56

194

140

12

214

304

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

Never believe anything @fordnation tells you. He is quite literally dismantling the ecological, education and public health safety net that the citizens of Ontario built (doctors, nurses, teachers, farmers, conservationists, local residents) to benefit his billionaire buddies😕👇🏾

Friends of the Golden Horseshoe

@GGHfriends

2 years

Ontario has enough land for two million new homes without touching Greenbelt: report - The Globe and Mail #onpoli

2

126

235

3

112

296

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

Ontario’s beloved #Greenbelt forms the heartland of the province’s agriculture industry producing billions of dollars in local food and employing thousands. Far from an “empty field with weeds in it” as our developer premier @fordnation calls it. You can’t eat money buddy.

Sandy Shaw MPP

@shaw_sandy

1 year

🤬Take 9 seconds to hear Doug Ford call the #Greenbelt “an empty field with weeds in it” #EarthDay2023

210

751

1K

13

138

289

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

Trees older than the most revered universities,monasteries & other monuments in Europe are being cut down & hauled away to be turned into roofing & decking in British Columbia,Canada. Cultural keystone species turned into timber for local DIY store😡 @RobGMacfarlane @GeorgeMonbiot

Matt Dell

@mattdellok

3 years

😢 Huge tree hauled down Vancouver Island today. Wow. #bcpoli

852

2K

6K

21

158

292

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

11 months

Absolute disgrace.

Russ Diabo

@RussDiabo

11 months

Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution | Australia news | The Guardian

46

190

254

9

69

289

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

11 months

The attacks on Palestinian community in Canada right now is sickening. It exceeds islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in lead up to Iraq war and after 911. Despite immense trauma of Nakba, Occupation they have enriched our communities immensely. They have a right to be heard

8

68

289

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

I used to be the Director General for a conservation org. I cannot tell you how hard it was to get a meeting w senior political leaders on important issues, like saving endangered caribou or #Greenbelt . Not so if you're a lobbyist for one of the Premier's billionaire buddies🤮

Brendon

@eyeonthefly

2 years

(2021) “Doug Ford’s ‘Director Of Pandemic Response’ Was a Private Health Lobbyist For Shoppers Drug Mart” Do we not enforce laws concerning conflicts of interest in Ontario anymore?

18

342

599

6

98

277

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

11 months

The dehumanization of Palestinians is a strategy being used and swallowed hook, line & sinker here in Canada as well. Anti-Palestinian racism is so normalized that our politicians will sooner condemn Palestinian-Canadians' right to assembly than condemn Israeli war crimes in Gaza

Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

11 months

Dehumanisation of Palestinians is as central to Israel’s war strategy as the deadly precision missiles it wields. — #AJOpinion by Andrew Mitrovica ⤵️

294

2K

4K

11

105

280

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

@AndrewScheer Nope @AndrewScheer . The Arctic belongs to the Inuit. It's revealing that you make no mention of the Indigenous stewards of these northern lands and waters whatsoever in your ridiculous statement #cdnpoli

4

45

261

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

Minister @cathmckenna tweets about protection of nature w creation of 🇨🇦 first Urban National Park and is targeted w misogynistic abuse. My fellow scientists. We can't be silent!! Let's speak out when our female colleagues, politicians are harassed for standing up for environment

12

71

262

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

'You protect what you love': Why biodiversity thrives on Indigenous-managed lands | CBC Radio

A recent study from the University of British Columbia found that biodiversity on Indigenous-managed land is 40 per cent greater compared to non-protected regions in Canada.

www.cbc.ca

4

75

263

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

We tragically lost our colleague, Ghanimat Azhdari, on #Flight752 . With her family's blessing we have set up a scholarship fund in her name at @uofg to honour her memory & life's work in Indigenous Conservation. Please follow link to donate @ICCAConsortium

7

61

262

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

I spent all this week drafting oped on pervasive whiteness of environmentalism to pitch to papers.But there is nothing I've written that hasn't been better said already by @wawagatheru . @ConversationUS @nytimes @TorontoStar star reprint this brilliant piece

3

110

256

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

I paid $1 for a single ear of corn that I ate w dinner last night. Ramon and other farmworkers like him are paid far less ($1 for an entire heavy box he fills), despite backbreaking work under tough conditions. Farmworkers deserve our respect and a living wage for their service👇

United Farm Workers

@UFWupdates

2 years

Ramon shared this video of the corn harvest near Modesto CA. He uses a sharp tool to cut the ears of corn and for his labor he will be paid $1 per box he fills. #WeFeedYou #July4th

26

224

582

4

74

259

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

This poem has brought me great comfort with the grief of losing my dear student Ghanimat and deep sadness for the other precious lives taken on #PS752 . They remain with us in our memories, but also in their beautiful legacy and their impact to make the earth a better place. 🦋

5

26

260

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

I was too overcome w emotion when host Rita @CBCOntarioToday asked me to describe work of my student, Ghanimat Azhdari, who perished in #IranPlaneCrash . Ghanimat was proud member of Qashqai Tribe & expert in nomadic peoples. She had to come to🇨🇦 to work w First Nations in NFLD

16

44

252

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

Gutting the Greenbelt, running roughshod over Indigenous Peoples and their lands in the north, paving over the last bit of decent greenspace on Toronto’s waterfront #OntarioPlace for a giant tacky spa for rich people. @fordnation is waging a war on nature that must be opposed.

2

104

256

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

Today is anniversary of downing #PS752 by Iran.Among victims were dozens of children & students, including my precious PhD student #GhanimatAzhdari . State sanctioned murder no different than massacre of youth at Tianamen Square, Soweto deserving of same international condemnation

6

35

249

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

Thank you for taking a little time to read about Ghanimat. Similar reflections and personal stories are being shared by the families of the victims of #PS752 as part of a virtual memorial hosted by @ps752justice . You can watch as we mark this tragic day:

7

8

247

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

Universities and colleges across Canada must announce plans, financial support to welcome Afghan students (especially women, LGBTQ2 students) to continue their studies in safety. We must not abandon Afghan people and actively fight misogyny, homophobia, violence of Taliban thugs

6

37

240

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

1 year

The disrespect shown by @fordnation to First Nations and their legitimate concerns over mining in their territories is shocking. Thank you to Neskantaga Indigenous leaders for speaking truth to power! cc @Sandra_Pella

Alan S. Hale

@Alan_S_Hale

1 year

Neskantaga chief-elect Chris Moonias and current chief Wayne Moonias disrupted Question Period after Indigenous Affairs Minister was asked about their opposition to the Ring OF Fire #onpoli

58

332

807

6

77

238

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

3 years

Too often the only things we read about in western media about Pakistan are stories about corruption & violence, if media covers this beautiful country at all. This 📸 of brown bear in the country's Deosai plateau region brings me such joy.1 RT @omar_quraishi Gilgit Baltistan

8

28

244

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

In light of 🇨🇦 successful role in helping to host & negotiate a new global Biodiversity Agreement at #COP15 , this would be like the best time for @fordnation to come out and say "hey folks I'm not going to destroy the #Greenbelt after all". 🌿🤩 cc @s_guilbeault @MargaretAtwood

5

57

235

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

The loss of Ghanimat Azhdari, as well as so many other similarly talented individuals in #PS752 was devastating – particularly for university communities across Canada where many of the victims were studying or working as researchers and scientists. The loss has been catastrophic

4

31

233

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

7 years

Photo is of @jjhorgan w farmers opposed to #SiteC .This is why public is so cynical about politicians. @jjhorgan , @bcndp claimed to respect Treaty Rights,science, BCUC review of #SiteC when in opposition. Now poised to approve it despite everything they said they stood for #bcpoli

18

213

203

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

5 years

I'm not really sure why I shared this personal story - many of my neighbours are in a much more vulnerable situation. But tomorrow my kids' teachers will be on strike to protest @fordnation savage cuts to education and I hope to join them. Capitalism is killing our communities.

10

15

221

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

10 months

It’s sickening that loudest voices for bombing of Gaza in the West have never known war themselves.I hope you never have to experience the trauma that is being inflicted on trapped population of Gaza right now. But may your conscience never be eased. You are complicit in genocide

25

78

223

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

4 years

We must never go back to the ways things were. We must #ProtectWildlifeHabitat , #ClimateAction and most importantly we must adopt a new relationship with nature. Respect and compassion for the non-human animals we share our precious 🌎 with @Sandra_Pella

5

70

226

Dr. Faisal Moola

@faisal_moola

2 years

The fight to save our beloved waterfront in Toronto from the architectural & ecological nightmare that is being proposed for #OntarioPlace is going to become a defining issue in this city in 2023. Learn more, talk to your neighbours, call the mayor, get involved #PeoplePower 👇🏾🌿

Max Kerman

@Max_Kerman

2 years

This hot take headline is so great, and the whole column is a wild ride. “It’s the duty of everyone who cares about Toronto - starting with staff and leaders in government - to stop it dead.” The gusto from @alexbozikovic is always such a fun (and informative) read.

20

119

470

4

102

222