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Oct 15, 2024 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
The Ontario government is AWOL on the existential threat that is climate changeBy Jessica BellThis year has been a defining moment in our global climate crisis because the devastating and life-threatening impacts of climate change have arrived in Canada. It’s no longer an inconvenience that affects someone else; it affects us. This summer the extreme weather event is heat. Lengthy extreme heat waves are making life a misery for people without A/C, mostly renters.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
Elections, housing, and schools are the hot topicsBy Jessica BellIs it election time? The Conservatives closed the legislature a week early and extended our return date to Oct. 21. This isn’t a matter of politicians taking a 137-day vacation. MPPs work in their ridings in summer. The issue is it’s harder to hold the government to account if they don’t have to respond to our questions in question period, reporters’ questions in media scrums, and debates in the legislature.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
Underfunding schools, justice system, and interference at colleges & universitiesBy Jessica BellIt’s been a very busy period at Queen’s Park. Here are the highlights. Parents stand up to pending school budget cutsOn May 8, I joined parents, students, teachers, and residents outside Kensington School for a rally to demand better funding for our public schools.
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May 25, 2024 | 
theatrethoughtsaus.online | Miranda Middleton |Jessica Bell
Written by Lally Katz. Directed by Miranda Middleton and Jessica Bell. Reviewed by Juliana PayneOld Fitz Theatre, WoolloomoolooUntil 31st MayLally Katz's The Eisteddfod is a strong and often disturbing play that draws the audience into the vacuum-sealed world of two orphaned siblings, Abalone (Ziggy Resnick) and Gerture (Fraser Crane).
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Jessica Bell |Hannah Burley
Jessica brings unique practical knowledge and experience in the commercial, sports and motorsport space. She has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of trade promotions and marketing campaigns including reviewing artwork and advising on trade promotion concepts. This is combined with a background in many aspects of commercial agreements, transactional work, intellectual property and technology.
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Dec 23, 2023 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
Students are particularly vulnerable to weak rental lawsBy Jessica BellJustin is a graduate student studying pancreatic cancer at the University of Toronto. He’s one of thousands of students who live in our downtown neighbourhoods. When his building was bought by corporate landlord, Harrington Housing, he became a victim of neglect and harassment designed to drive him out of his rent-controlled home. “I’ve had to live through unlivable conditions,” Justin told me.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
A Greenbelt victoryBy Jessica BellOntarians were outraged when the Conservatives reversed their election promise and approved development on 15 parcels of Greenbelt land owned by developers with ties to the government. Now Ontarians are celebrating because the Ford government has reversed course and agreed to return the land to the Greenbelt and enshrine the land’s protection in legislation.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
frontiersin.org | Dan Yu |Steve Oghumu |Caterina Mancarella |Jessica Bell
1 IntroductionWith an annual incidence of around 600,000 new cases and > 50% mortality, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) ranks as the 6th most prevalent cancer globally (1, 2). Regardless of many advances in the treatment of HNSCC, such as surgical techniques, targeted therapies, and immunotherapy, the 5-year survival rate remains stubbornly low, at 40–50% (2, 3).
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
Crisis underscores a larger housing crisis that Ford refuses to help fixBy Jessica BellRefugees and asylum seekers who arrive in Canada have been forced to flee their homes for many reasons, including war, violence, and natural disasters made worse by the climate crises. Toronto is also seeing refugees who have fled violence because of their gender or sexual orientation.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
gleanernews.ca | Jessica Bell
Province allowing density but forgetting about educationBy Jessica BellAs an MPP and parent of two children who attend TDSB schools, I am personally and politically concerned about the quality of education University-Rosedale’s 33 schools provide to our children. The pandemic has been very hard on our kids and their learning. Many of our kids have fallen behind their grade level. They’re struggling to read and write and keep up in math and STEM.
