ARTICLES/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Borderlines - Fall 1990
Phoenix Rising: Its Birth and Death
https://www.donweitzlegacypro.org/_files/ugd/9a0d49_807f4d8683ee4f9dbb898e474f520db9.pdf
Journal of Radical Psychology - Volume 7, Summer 2008
Struggling Against Psychiatry’s Human Rights Violations – An Antipsychiatry Perspective
https://www.donweitzlegacypro.org/_files/ugd/9a0d49_372e0b0ef78f468c866059fd21330383.pdf
New York Times - November 26, 1988
Psychiatry Bears Guilt in Brainwashing Tests.pdf
Rabble - December, 2011
OCAP and the Origins of Occupy Toronto
https://rabble.ca/political-action/ocap-and-origins-occupy-toronto
Speaking Out Against Psychiatry - 2012
Psychiatric Myths and Lies in the Corporate Media
https://www.donweitzlegacypro.org/_files/ugd/792929_4e573c32400f4961a8004e1e424f726d.pdf
Toronto Life - May, 1976
We Still Lock Up Children
https://www.donweitzlegacypro.org/_files/ugd/9a0d49_f3ac6192748e4d48a2c2aa1e9d8f1a89.pdf
Toronto Star - 2007-2021
May 9, 2007 - ECT from the perspective of survivors
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2007/05/09/turning_over_a_new_leaf.html
September 28, 2007 - $5,800 bill for stats shocks researcher
https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/09/28/5800_bill_for_stats_shocks_researcher.html
February 19, 2008 - "Mentally ill", homeless hurt by zoning bylaws
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2008/02/19/nimbyism_alive_and_well.html
October 10, 2008 - Disabled man tasered twice
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2008/10/10/end_the_taser_madness.html
Nov 26, 2008 - Wrong message on "mental illness"
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2008/11/26/opseu_letter_is_disputed.html
July 18, 2009 - comment on Editorial Opening doors on mental health
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/07/18/more_reflections_on_mental_health_strategy.html
October 17, 2009 - 2 Letters to the Editor - Society's victims - Death of Ashley Smith / Death of Al Gosling
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2009/10/17/societys_victims_more_views.html
October 26, 2010 - Hundert's treatment appalling
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2010/10/26/hunderts_treatment_appalling.html
November 6, 2010 - Police above the law
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2010/11/06/are_police_above_the_law.html
May 16, 2011 - Police gravy train keeps rolling along
July 12, 2011 - A long trail of broken promises
November 2, 2017 - Affordable housing is a better solution than more homeless shelters
December 8, 2017 - interview with Don Weitz by Kenyon Wallace-Province ignored whistleblowers who warned about child abuse at its training schools
February 17, 2018 - Colten Boushie trial-racist justice system
April 17, 2018 - Bill McMurray Residence was another case of staff incompetence and neglect
July 3, 2018 - Protect patients from antipsychotics
September 18, 2018 - Pill-pushing psychiatrists exploiting and traumatizing millions of children in crisis
March 13, 2019 - Inuit community deserves action, not just apologies
June 19, 2019 - Canada’s inability to create a national pharmacare plan is inexcusable
September 5, 2019 - Praise for Justice Abella’s work
November 27, 2019 - Not cleaning Indigenous people’s water is genocide
September 9, 2020 - When will the government give proper care to seniors?
Oct 8 - 2020 - On Canada’s poor record in deporting Nazi war criminals
December 22, 2020 - Kudos for exposing the truth about LTC homes in Ontario
December 27, 2020 - Kudos to Dr. Kate Greenaway for her commitment to seniors in our dysfunctional LTC facilities
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2020/12/26/kudos-to-dr-kate-greenaway-for-her-commitment-to-seniors-in-our-dysfunctional-ltc-facilities.html
January 4, 2021 - How many have profited from neglecting seniors?
April 17, 2021 - Homeless and marginalized are discriminated against in vaccination
September 5, 2021 - For Don Weitz, resistance mattered; prominent activist dies at 90
September 7, 2021 - Weitz spoke up for those without wealth or power
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2021/09/07/weitz-spoke-up-for-those-without-wealth-or-power.html
NOW Magazine, 2000-2019
August 24, 2000 - Too much ink spilled on victim’s personality
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-19
August 1, 2002 - Psyched out: Don't call me a mental health consumer --- I'm not buying what shrinks sell
https://nowtoronto.com/news/psyched-out
February 27, 2003 - Indifference kills
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-147
May 20, 2004 - Dan's the man
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-212
August 5, 2004 - Criminalizing dissent
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-223
December 9, 2004 - Ban tasers now
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-2004-12-09
July 21, 2005 - Crisis response a super failure
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-2005-07-21
August 25, 2005 - More cops a provocation
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2006-04-06
April 6, 2006 - Coop crisis
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2006-04-06
February 22, 2007 - Just who's pushing drugs?
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2007-02-22
March 22, 2007 - Torture Ties
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2007-03-22
August 9 - 2007 - The trouble with tasers
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2007-08-09
August 23, 2007 - First Nations not fighting alone
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2007-08-23
November 22, 2007 - Psych Survivors Sing Out
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2007-11-22
December 6, 2007 - Ban Shock Machines
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2007-12-06
March 27, 2008 - Homeless Haunting
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2008-03-27
September 3, 2008 - CKLN Takeover
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2008-09-03
November 18, 2009 - Street Health
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-2009-11-18
June 7, 2012 - Medicated "Mental Health"
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-2012-06-07
June 5, 2014 Roma Injustice
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-2014-06-05
August 28, 2014 - Message to candidates about the vulnerable
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-2014-08-28
July 8, 2015 - A little honesty on racist carding
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-30-kmh-speed-limits-a-good-start
August 5, 2015 – Calling out cop racism
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-is-t-o-ready-for-both-expo-and-olympic
December 2, 2015 - Police trained to talk don’t bother on the job (re Sammy Yatim)
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-yatim-shooting-recalls-crocodile-dunde
January 27, 2016 – Forcillo defense crosses line of credibility
https://nowtoronto.com/letters-to-the-editor-bowie-but-no-glenn-frey
March 29, 2017 - Judge’s in-court antics were sexist
July 19 – 2017 -Police racism not just an Indigenous issue
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/omar-khadr-corroborated-reader-love-and-hate
Sept 6, 2017 - Blowing the whistle on racial hatred
May 3-9, 2018 - Grassy Narrows can’t be ignored any more
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-may-3-9-2018
March 4, 2019 - Toronto's housing crisis is a national shame - required reading for John Tory
https://nowtoronto.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/homelessness-crystal-meth-venezuela-crisis-your-ward-news
Articles About Don Weitz/Anti-Psychiatry
August 30, 2016 – 11 Powerful Artifacts from the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto by Robert Anderson
https://canadianart.ca/features/11-powerful-artifacts-from-the-psychiatric-survivor-archives-of-toronto