Spencer B Miller
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Educator, reader and writer. 📍Treaty 7 | Calgary I write a monthly newsletter called The Merit Badger 🦡 where I award made up merit badges to standout Canadian content 🍁📚🎥📺. Subscribe: TheMeritBadger.ca Instagram: @SpencerBMiller
The Merit Badger 🦡 is a monthly newsletter that awards made up merit badges to standout Canadian books, films, shows, and music. Because our stories have merit. Subscribe at themeritbadger.ca
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Wait how long till we get Lebron on an episode of Abbott?
Quinta Brunson as Janine in Abbott Elementary
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All of Philadelphia rn
Rocky Balboa Training - Champion Scene
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Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.
Finally got to see CAMP (2026) Exceptional. Finding a way through grief via community. Avalon Fast has a masterful command of tone here. In places it feels like a memory and it others it feels like a fantasy. Really can't wait to show this to friends.
The Merit Badger #7 is now available! 🦡 In this issue, I cover Finn Wolfhard’s directorial debut, recommend a 23 year old indie rock album and tell you about a guilty pleasure tv show. www.patreon.com/TheMeritBadg...
The Merit Badger #7! Slashers, early 2000s indie rock and procedural television | The Merit Badger
Welcome to The Merit Badger, a newsletter that recognizes the outstanding achievements of Canadian books, films, shows, and music. Each mont
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The Merit Badger: After a mixed response from festival viewers, I'm excited to see that Camp (a queer Canadian coming-of-age horror) is garnering positive att
After a mixed response from festival viewers, I'm excited to see that Camp (a queer Canadian coming-of-age horror) is garnering positive att
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New issue of The Merit Badger with Pride month Canadian content recommendations #CanCon www.patreon.com/posts/161388...
The Merit Badger #6! June 2026 | The Merit Badger
Welcome to The Merit Badger, a newsletter that recognizes the outstanding achievements of Canadian books, films, shows, and music. Each mont
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Me with the winner of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Calgary look alike contest.
THE BOOK OF JUPITER comes out today! I am very excited about this one- my first MG novel in ten years and I can't wait for kids to read it. Thanks to everyone who is helping my book find its way into their hands! kidscanpress.com/product/the-...
The Book of Jupiter - Kids Can Press
For fans of The Wrong Way Home and My Life with the Liars, this gripping coming-of-age story follows a girl who must wrestle with what to do when she realizes she’s lived almost her entire life inside...
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Walcott: Policing the Poor – The End of the Free Fare Zone livewirecalgary.com/2026/05/11/w...
Walcott: Policing the Poor - The End of the Free Fare Zone
Eliminating the free fare zone is a mistake. It is just another attempt to criminalize and police the poor, and it is not new. If you travel to the Calgary Police Service’s Campus at Westwinds, in the...
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Made me grateful I never have to be young again but also yearn for more summer days in Montreal. Chandler Levack blessing us with another classic Canadian coming of age story. Go see it!!
Happy National Canadian Film Day! Here are some Canadian movie recs: www.patreon.com/posts/155185...
The Merit Badger #4! April 2026 | The Merit Badger
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Personally, I really enjoyed the Matrix sequels.
If you live in Canada, CBC Gem just lowered their prices from $0 to $0 a month.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 4mo agoAmazon is removing 4K streaming from Prime Video starting today • It’s now locked behind its ad-free tier • The ad-free tier has also increased from $3 to $5 a month
Get ready for #CanFilmDay with an all-movies issue of The Merit Badger 🦡 ! www.patreon.com/posts/155185...
The Merit Badger #4! April 2026 | The Merit Badger
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April 15th is National Canadian Film Day, a massive, coast-to-coast-to-coast salute to Canadian cinema! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of Canadian films inspired by Canadian children’s books. https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/book-lists/canadian-childrens-book-to-film-adaptations
Celebrate National Canadian Film Day with these book-to-film adaptatio
April 15th is National Canadian Film Day, a massive, coast-to-coast-to-coast salute to Canadian cinema! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of Canadian films inspired by Canadian children’s books. Happy watching, and happy reading! 1. Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006) Franklin, a young and inquisitive
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I had the chance to interview debut author Cheryl Isbister for kidsbooknews.ca. I wish I, a fantasy obsessed reader growing up in Alberta, had had a book like Air Heist. It's awesome for kids to have an exciting book like Air Heist set in their own backyard.
The Canadian Children's Book Centre@kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat would you do if you found out that the air in your province was unsafe to breathe? Happy release day to Air Heist! Read our interview with debut author Cheryl Isbister. kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/creato...
I love recommending hi-lo books! More teachers/parents/librarians need to embrace these books.
'Nathan Burgoine (he/him)@nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhile I’m doing my best not to feel overly-self-involved, hi-lo YA is… a difficult place to market/exist in—it’s one I believe in with all my heart, because it’s aimed at ESL, reluctant readers, kids with reading disabilities—but… okay, random example: often awards won’t consider a hi-lo.
As a lifelong Toronto Tempo fan I’m excited about this roster!
WNBA@wnba.com · 4mo agoThe Toronto Tempo have selected their roster 👏 Julie Allemand Nyara Sabally Marina Mabrey Aaliyah Nye Lexi Held María Conde Maria Kliundikova Adja Kane Nikolina Milić Kitija Laksa Kristy Wallace 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft presented by State Street Investment Management SPY
One of the worst news weeks in Alberta in recent memory (and that’s really saying something).
It is impossible to remove politics and ideology from schools. Bill 25 is a 🚩
Janet French@jantafrench.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Alberta government has just tabled a bill it says will remove politics and ideology from schools, including limiting flags to Canadian and Albertan only (in most cases). More here: #AbLeg #AbEd
Made this flyer for #TheMeritBadger to print out and stick to community bulletin boards in my neighbourhood. Liked it enough I thought I'd share! Subscribe at themeritbadger.ca
Didn't know how much I needed Jully Black and Kardinal Offishall to cover Promiscuous #JUNOS
