#Canada

Tom Hawthorn

tomhawthorn

In 1980, I was a 20-year-old summer intern reporter at the Vancouver Sun, working weekends. You covered crime and speeches. The fledgling Canadian Farmworkers Union was trying to organize the

Tom Jackman

frozen

When Dr. Henry says we must live with the virus, it's important to ask ourselves why. Let's review some history. #BCPoli #BCed #CDNPoliA thread. In spring 2020, BC had

Tara Kiran

tara_kiran

It’s great to see this revised guidance from @TOPublicHealth @ROPpublichealth on school screening, testing & isolation It will help reduce community transmission But are we ready for the impact on

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

This article needs some context. Good thing I’m prepared to offer some.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trumpism-wont-happen-in-canada-but-not-because-of-our-politics/ WOW! I’m stunned by the hubris and ignorance of this

Kris Olds

GlobalHigherEd

So little media coverage about this significant development in Canadian (in N. American) #highered. For example, is Primacorp Ventures actually Canada’s largest independent provider of private post-secondary education"? https://www.p

Nurse Ranger 💊

CoreyRanger

A day after Dr. Henry issues province-wide restrictions related to #COVID19, @vicpdcanada and the @CityOfVictoria forcibly dismantle the community care tent in Beacon Hill Park.Because displacing + oppressing homeless people

Sara Sasse

waytoosasse

Let's talk about pediatric vaccines. Not COVID-19 yet (soon, @synapse2000 !), as I am waiting to hear back from some folks in the know, but a pediatric vaccination 101 for

Rick Anderson 🇨🇦

RickAnderson

Some of this is fair comment, @JonathanWNV, but I would offer some constructive points for everyone to consider.1/x #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/jonathanwnv/status/1361024908348841984 As you know, Kyoto wasn’t actually the beginning of th

Mark Scott

markscott82

It's US election day. Hard to miss it, frankly. Just a reminder that w/ all that social media companies have done to prepare (and it's a lot), @Facebook, @Google &

Steve Saideman

smsaideman

I love how Canada Day is also: "hey, I got tenure/promoted day" for academic types. And what is especially nice this year is seeing so many young women get tenure.

Mr. Glen A.

Glen_Allan_

Thread - So noticing how the media has been jumping all over @jkenney & AB lately, I thought I'd crunch some numbers, just for fun. And because I'm a database

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

KHayhoe

So deserved!! Tony, Ed + their team's tireless, ground-breaking, and often behind-the-scenes work provides the foundation for effective climate communication by everyone from the Vatican on down. See below for

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Every billionaire is a policy failure. Nearly every millionaire is a policy failure (selling a million books is not a policy failure). Every casino industry millionaire, though? Definitely a policy

CCRL-CLRC

CcrlClrc

#Quebec 's #Bill21 was passed ~1 year ago. Recent voices from #atheists against it & some in support of it, reminds us of the diversity in all groups. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/atheist-group-public-sector-union-see

Linda McQuaig

LindaMcQuaig

PM admits Canada no longer has vaccine production capability. That's because we privatized Connaught Labs—which contributed brilliantly to medical advances, incl development of polio vaccine. (see my book “The Sport

Nathan Stall

NathanStall

In the last few days and following the emergence of #COVIDzero, I've noticed an unsettling fissuring within the academic community.As @IrfanDhalla says, people on both sides likely agree more than

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