Elaine Hyshka
@ehyshka.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Systems Innovation at the University of Alberta's School of Public Health. Edmonton/Treaty 6. 🇨🇦. ichwp.ca.
One of the most incredible and also devastating interviews of my life. I got to speak with Cherisse Du Preez, head of deepwater ecology at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She is that scientist that has been piloting ROVs and exploring Canada's incredible deep seas. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee
Some creatures that ‘survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions’ might not make it if we go ahead.
thetyee.ca
The health, social, & economic disruptions of the pandemic were challenging for each of us & our shared society Grateful to all who did their best to help us through this historic period May we one day have more constructive reflection on what we may learn to strengthen our collective way forward
'I still have nightmares every night' — health workers struggle with PTSD symptoms as coronavirus takes toll
Health care workers are fighting a new battle regarding their mental health and well-being due to Covid-19, as deaths have recently topped 120,000 people.
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Here’s some encouraging political news on a Sunday evening: “Senate leadership on Sunday released the text of a bipartisan government funding stopgap measure that would block the White House’s proposal to give political appointees control over federal research grants.”
Senate measure would block Trump plan to politicize federal grants, for now
A White House proposal to subject research grants to political scrutiny meets at least a temporary roadblock in the Senate.
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Spoiler alert: services for rural people who use drugs are missing or insufficient. Women, mostly mothers, provide the informal support. Our team, led by @hollymathias.bsky.social and @ehyshka.bsky.social is pleased to share this important work. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Everyone is talking about caregiving, but what does this look like in the context of a toxic drug supply? 🧪 Our new paper unpacks the crucial unpaid care work performed by families of people who use drugs in rural communities. Available here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Towards caring communities: A community-based qualitative inquiry of family caregiving for people who use drugs in rural settings
The unregulated toxic drug supply has had a disproportionate impact on rural communities across Canada, yet most health and social interventions targe…
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me
More than 900 fires are burning as experts warn Canada lacks a body to coordinate a growing climate threat
Canada’s worst wildfire seasons fuel push for national emergency agency
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I spoke to CBC Edmonton AM about the Alberta govt bringing in two-tier diagnostic testing The evidence is clear: it will increase wait times for those in medical need while allowing the wealthy to get their treatment first. Albertans stand to lose #abpoli www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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New article on wildfire smoke in the Canadian Medical Association Journal 🍁 "Relying on people to protect themselves is not enough & top-down strategies such as building measures to ensure quality of indoor air & legislation to protect outdoor workers are needed" www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Wildfire smoke air pollution: new approaches needed to protect people affected
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AB: Here is the EIP data (for ALL major EDs in the province) Indexed to Population growth. Obviously increased pop plays a role... but workforce, hospital and LTC capacity, complexity, technology, and GOVT POLICY make a massive impact. UCP GOVT POLICY has only made this worse! 1/2
We don’t have an interoperability problem. We have several. Tech isn’t the bottleneck in Canada’s fragmented health data landscape. It’s the lack of political will, mandated standards and aligned incentives, by Darren Larsen canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/we-dont-have... @themedicalpost.bsky.social
We don’t have an interoperability problem. We have several
Tech isn’t the bottleneck in Canada’s fragmented health data landscape. It’s the lack of political will, mandated standards and aligned incentives.
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca
"Some states are represented by a single county; others by up to nine counties. There’s no standardization in how many sampling sites each county included, or whether multiple sites were spread out versus concentrated in one area."
White House Shares First Data From Wastewater Drug-Testing Project - Filter
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has published its first report on wastewater-based drug testing, something that wasn’t ...
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New 🧪 paper led by JF Crepault (CAMH) out today. Here we discuss how we adapted multi-criteria decision analysis of drug harms to reflect population burden of disease. (our full Canadian MCDA results are published here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41589327/ ) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Adapting multi-criteria decision analysis of drug harms to reflect population-level health outcomes: An innovation in public health policy - Canadian Journal of Public Health
Setting Advocates of a public health approach to psychoactive substances need actionable evidence. In several countries, multidisciplinary groups have used multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to g...
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Nine hundred wildfires are burning across Canada as of Wednesday, with several threatening communities and forcing residents to flee or prepare to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Here’s an overview of the current situation, in maps and charts: bit.ly/can-wildfire...
Thank you for the great question! Yes, our facilities welcome folks who who want a break from the smoke and/or heat - and we also offer n95 masks and bottled for folks who may need them. Here is the link for info: www.edmonton.ca/programs_ser...
Extreme Weather Response for Summer | City of Edmonton
During periods of intense heat and smoke, caring for our city’s most vulnerable residents becomes especially critical. From May 15 to September 30, additional support is available to help keep people ...
edmonton.ca
2026 REFERENDUM - Online Special Ballot Requests Vote in the referendum on your schedule. Request your special ballot package today: https://ow.ly/G7bo50Zq5Jx. NEWS RELEASE - More details here: https://ow.ly/jByq50Zq5IN
Just a reminder, one of the largest donors to the AB separation group (largest one out of 10) builds and operates hyper scaling AI data centers. Two of the other largest donors work in industries that would directly support it. theijf.org/brief/ucp-as...
UCP association president, Wetaskiwin councillor donated to separatist campaigns
Ten pro-separation groups are fundraising as third-party advertisers ahead of the October referendum
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"In its latest earnings call, the company's CEO Avik Dey... couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival company TransAlta is predicting an average of $100 — more than 3X average price this year..." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/a...
Alberta electricity industry expects tripling of power prices from data centres
In Capital Power's latest earnings call, the company's CEO, Avik Dey, told analysts that he couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival comp...
nationalobserver.com
There is almost always an Alberta equivalent to political stories about the Trump administration. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fixer says former Alberta justice minister hired him to get reporter's phone logs | CBC News
A self-described political fixer says a former Alberta justice minister hired him to obtain a reporter's phone logs.
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Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2w agoSo not only was the Trump administration trying to get the phone records of the NY Times reporters who reported on Trump's Qatari jet -- but also tried to obtain records from those reporters' relatives, including one journalist's mother. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
Albertans: the provincial government seems to be setting things up to bring in legislation interfering with cities building needed infrastructure. Please write Minister Dreeshen a letter showing that you support bike lanes and subsidiarity! Stand up for bike lanes. share.nwmd.social/s/l4zLpJRE
Bike Lanes Make Cities Better
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I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times
Another First Nation is questioning millions in alleged withdrawals from a trust overseen by Alberta separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his professional corporation, court documents obtained by Global News reveal. globalnews.ca/news/1196773...
‘Pattern of behaviour’: Rath faces mounting questions over First Nation trusts | Globalnews.ca
Another First Nation is questioning millions in alleged withdrawals from a trust overseen by Alberta separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his corporation, court documents reveal.
globalnews.ca
National Academies Panel Backs Research Linking Extreme Weather to Climate Change. Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
nytimes.com
"I would sooner have my son here doing regulated drugs than have him dead," Arlene Last-Kolb I echo my friend’s words 💔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
2 Manitobans lost loved ones to overdoses. Now they want an alternative to toxic street drugs | CBC News
Two Manitoba women are calling for access to a safer supply of pharmaceutical-grade drugs, giving people who use substances an alternative to the illicit supply.
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For the past three years, drug deaths in the U.S. have been falling, while in Arizona, drug deaths are higher than they’ve ever been — nearly twice the national average. It’s the only state where drug deaths are above their post-Covid peak. nyti.ms/4fAECyi
The Epicenter of Drug Deaths in America Is Shifting West
Nationally, overdose deaths are falling. But not in Arizona.
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The government of Alberta has released a tool to allow residents to alert them of concerns relating to bike lanes. It is very fair & balanced. Check it out here: buff.ly/y4XiDpw #yegbike
