Ontario School Safety
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
Demanding clean, breathable air for our kids & ed workers. Healthy, safe & stable schools & buses for ALL. We believe clean air can be achieved by many means: ventilation, filtration, N95 masking, UV disinfection, & isolating.
ospe.on.ca/advocacy/a-m... This is how it’s done. Listening to, and being guided by, science.
A Major Win for Indoor Air Quality: Toronto's Board of Health Moves to Adopt Stronger Ventilation Standards
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers celebrates a major win for indoor air quality with stronger ventilation standards in Toronto.
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Wildfire season means the tools we have to manage indoor air quality are more important than ever! People are driven into tightly sealed indoor settings, which can lead to increased CO2 levels and illness spread. Outside smoke can still find its way in, impacting our lungs and hearts. #cleantheair
"it’s irresponsible for governments to “dismiss the rising rates of some conditions as being caused by population aging, former pandemic measures, or lifestyle choices,” without considering the role viruses like COVID play in triggering other illnesses." www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
It’s no surprise more workers and students are calling in sick
Countries are witnessing record sick leave as Long COVID affects millions, leading to renewed discussions on workplace safety and workers’ rights.
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“Teaching is one of the most vulnerable jobs for COVID and Long COVID. If people are sick more often, it’s best not to force them into sick buildings more often.” @teachrprecarity.bsky.social
It’s no surprise more workers and students are calling in sick
Countries are witnessing record sick leave as Long COVID affects millions, leading to renewed discussions on workplace safety and workers’ rights.
thespec.com
Check out this recording, including our very own @mjnabuurs.bsky.social, sharing what she's learned related to indoor air quality on the World Health Network's Clean Air Panel Discussion 2: Safer Schools. YouTube 🔗: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huzb...
Clean Air Panel Discussion 2: Safer Schools | World Health Network
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Join WHN's Clean Air Panel Discussion 2: Safer Schools on June 29th from 11 AM to 1 PM ET to hear from a panel of experts working to improve air quality in educational settings. Learn why clean air in schools matters, what solutions are available today, and how we can create (...)
Grateful to have been asked alongside fearless #IAQ advocates, Ruth, Liesl and Lisa, to have a chat about the huge role the air we breathe indoors has on our kids’ lives & on those in the community. Sharing successes, failures, tips & tricks, we hope you’ll register! @onschoolsafety.bsky.social
World Health Network@thewhn.bsky.social · 2mo agoJoin WHN's Clean Air Panel Discussion 2: Safer Schools on June 29th from 11 AM to 1 PM ET to hear from a panel of experts working to improve air quality in educational settings. Learn why clean air in schools matters, what solutions are available today, and how we can create (...)
#SKW2026 is about bringing attention to preventable injuries in kids. We’re highlighting that injury from pathogens like COVID-19 are growing, with symptom severity meeting or exceeding that of cancer and autism. There is still no national standard for long-COVID prevention or care in kids.
The Toll of Pediatric Long COVID
Children with long COVID report higher levels of fatigue and sleep disturbance than those with cancer or autism.
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Brain damage in all its forms, including from infectious diseases like COVID-19, deserves attention, research, funding, and public education on prevention. OSS knows that improving indoor air quality in schools and on school buses is one way to do that. #CleanTheAir #IAQ #BrainInjuryPrevention
It's National AccessAbility Week, and this year's theme is "Building a Strong, Accessible Canada." We believe that a strong, accessible Canada means improving indoor air quality in schools and on buses for the most vulnerable kids, thereby ensuring clean air for all. #AccessibleCanada #NAAW2026
On World Asthma Day, we support this year's theme: improving access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with asthma. We also call for mitigating pollutants/airborne viruses in schools and on school buses to reduce the need for inhalers to begin with. #WorldAsthmaDay #AsthmaCare #CleanTheAir
So grateful to see #PediatricLongCOVID on the front page of The Boston Globe. Thank you to 16-year-old Kaylee for her courage in sharing her story, and to reporter Aayushi Datta for telling it well. We were grateful to contribute to the piece. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/23/m...
Getting #longCOVID onto the front page of a major newspaper like this is a huge win, and will leave medicine's management class needing to change its underwear. Between this sort of thing and the UK COVID Inquiry Module 3 report, the coverup is crumbling. Next up: accountability #medsky #polisky
Module 3: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the healthcare systems of the United Kingdom - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
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Long Covid Families@longcovidfam.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo grateful to see #PediatricLongCOVID on the front page of The Boston Globe. Thank you to 16-year-old Kaylee for her courage in sharing her story, and to reporter Aayushi Datta for telling it well. We were grateful to contribute to the piece. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/23/m...
“Accessibility begins with safe workplaces. Occupational health and safety must be understood as a core accessibility issue. The pandemic continues to pose a risk to workers. Indoor air quality, ventilation, and infection prevention are fundamental workplace safety issues.”
Submission to the Auditor General on behalf of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ Disability Justice Caucus | CAPE
Please see this submission to the Auditor General on behalf of the Can
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Outstanding submission by the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, representing 27,000+ members, to the Auditor General - no head-in-the-sand here; this union is clear that COVID-19 remains a threat to employees (w & w-out disability) & they want action! www.acep-cape.ca/en/news/subm...
Submission to the Auditor General on behalf of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ Disability Justice Caucus | CAPE
Please see this submission to the Auditor General on behalf of the Can
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This is the 2nd article I’ve seen that cites illness as the number 1 cause of student absences. No one is suggesting any solutions to the biggest problem, why not? We know improving air quality can reduce many illnesses and improve concentration. Schools already have air filters. What’s the holdup?
“UofO expert Tracy Vaillancourt has noted that poor attendance is linked to lower academic achievement and poorer outcomes, and that students' most cited reason for missing school is sickness, followed by medical appointments, parents allowing them the day off, being too tired, or being on vacation”
On Canada's #DayOfMourning, we honour every worker, including educators & school staff, lost to workplace illness or injury. Schools are workplaces too, and airborne disease remains an under-addressed occupational hazard for staff, bus drivers, & kids. We honour the past by protecting the living.
Our volunteers are out on the streets today making some noise about the need for clean air in schools and on school buses! 📣📣📣 #OntEd
Congrats to our very own ReSister, @mjnabuurs.bsky.social, being acknowledged for her efforts with @onschoolsafety.bsky.social! #MakeYourNoise #GoodTrouble
If health-related reasons (e.g., respiratory illness, mental health issues, disability) are even partly responsible for this rather dramatic increase in absences, making students' grades contingent on being present could very well make matters worse.
Please join us in celebrating @mjnabuurs.bsky.social (or as MJ herself would say, “Make some noise!” 📣) MJ received Vaughan’s Volunteer of 2025 Award for her outstanding volunteerism with OSS! 🏆👏🎉 A huge thank you to MJ and to all OSS volunteers during #NationalVolunteerWeek
While incredible people & organizations fight to protect our planet, we must also adapt, starting with the air our children breathe every day in schools and on school buses. That’s Our Power, Our Planet, in action. 💚💛 #EarthDay2026 #OurPowerOurPlanet #OntEd #OnPoli 🔗 earthday.org
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Visit the official Earth Day site to learn about the world's largest environmental movement and what you can do to make every day Earth Day.
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"The study found people ages 1-26 with long-COVID experienced elevated sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Many reported scores that were more severe than national averages."
Study: Long-COVID shows high symptom burden in children
The study had 214 patients who had long-COVID, which was studied between March 2021 and June 2023.
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Measles outbreak means my immunocompromised son can't leave the house without extreme safety measures https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/immunocompromised-children-measles-return-mmr-community/ ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁
