“Irwin, hi! “It’s scary here, I wake up at 5 am because of sounds of bombs…I live not far from airport. Till now it’s still not calm, people panic – all Kiev in traffic jams. “Please pray for us, our families and Ukraine.” I woke up today to this email from Yulia, a friend Read more…
From Irwin Elman, NDP candidate in Don Valley West February 22, 2022 I am saddened to learn of yet another anti-Semitic incident in a Toronto District School Board middle school. This time, the incident occurred in Valley Park Middle School, on the edge of our riding, Don Valley West when Read more…
MEDIA RELEASE Family Day Statement from Irwin Elman, Don Valley West NDP Release date; February 19, 2022 RE: We Need a Government that Honours Family in all its Forms A Family Day Weekend statement from Irwin Elman, NDP Candidate, Don Valley West “Family” in Ontario comes in a variety of forms – biological families, kin families, adoptive families, foster families, chosen families. For all of us our sense of Read more…
When “families” work, they provide a sense of belonging. A sense of anchoring in a safe harbour. They provide roots. Never has that sense of belonging been more important than today when the pandemic and our response to it seems so disorienting. I have learned that “family” can mean a Read more…
A statement from Irwin Elman former Ontario Child Advocate and NDP Candidate in Don Valley West “Individuals who place their own self centred, even narcissistic, selfish claim to the right to a foolish attempt to topple a government above a child’s own rights and the right of a child to Read more…