I’m Mr. Teri Westerby, Political Educator, Coming Out Coach, and Governance Strategist, and this is a space for truth-telling, unlearning, and rising into leadership.
This is about showing up as your self, understanding the systems that shaped you, and daring to shape them back.
I Refuse to Call Hate an “Opinion” I believe deeply in the power of independent storytelling. As a queer trans man, coming out coach, podcaster
They Think SOGI Is Over. That’s Adorable. Part of me is tempted to let the anti-SOGI crowd believe they have won. Let them take their
Canada’s Corporate Cushioning: Public Funds Shield Private Profits. In the decaying tanks of Ontario’s Marineland, thirty beluga whales remain trapped in a facility that was
They say those who forget history are doomed to repeat it and what we’re watching in Edgewood, B.C., at the Universal Ostrich Farm is giving
The Myth of Fairness: How Anti-Trans Laws Rewrite the Rules of Girlhood There’s a story Alberta wants you to believe. It begins on a bright
I didn’t grow up thinking I’d start a farmers market. But I did grow up knowing what struggle looks like: watching my family stretch every
Before politics. Before websites and speeches and board meetings. I was a farmer. It was farming that brought me to Chilliwack. The promise of land
I acknowledge and uphold the truth: that the land I live on, work on, and seek to serve, from Chilliwack, through Manning Park, and up
CHILLIWACK, BC — On Sunday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh launched the NDP party’s 2025 campaign for the upcoming April 28th federal election with a clear
Whether you’re burned out, fired up, or just waking up to the patterns around you, this is your place to learn how power works and how to claim yours without compromise.
Learn about political literacy in plain language, understand how government works, how policies are made, and how to influence them through organizing, advocacy, and leadership.
Plain-language guides, explainers, and articles for unlearning what the system never wanted you to understand.
Practical tools to navigate power, show up as your full self, and shake off internalized systems.
Uncover the erased and untaught stories of Indigenous, racialized, queer, disabled, and neurodivergent people in so-called Canada.
Whether it’s personal truth-telling or amplifying movements, stories are tools that challenge systems and builds connection.
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