Susan formerly ganndart
@sggann.bsky.social
Public schools, politics, poetry, writing, climate, covid, justice, hope
Public Health is finally communicating the heart & stroke risks long associated with Covid infection "Evidence shows these immunizations may also help reduce the risk of serious heart- and stroke-related complications that can occur after respiratory infections." news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/10/0...
Vaccines Available as Respiratory Illness Season Approaches
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The Voluntary Vulnerable Persons Registry (VVPR) helps emergency responders identify and assist residents with mobility challenges, medical conditions or disabilities during a crisis. Be prepared this hurricane season – if you or a loved one would benefit from the VVPR, learn more at halifax.ca/VVPR
Sam can weigh pros & cons, & come to that conclusion from his position of wealth, privilege, & safety. The rest of us can also weigh pros & cons, & come to our own conclusions. I, for instance, like to consider the consequences for the most vulnerable among us & the motives of those who push AI.
today's essential read for all Canadians. "the government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 % of a $40B pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – lays bare a reality unfolding across the world economy: FFs aren’t just losing to clean energy. They’ve lost."
Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline?
Designating the West Coast pipeline as a project of national interest exposes a global reality: Fossil fuels haven’t just lost to clean energy – they’ve already lost
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They're gonna need to get really cool with queer stuff really fast.
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Important. I'm not sure what will change without asking why the system has tolerated >30% of students not meeting its own outcomes year after year, decade after decade. It can turn into generations. There's a strong expectation that bureaucratic wheels turn. I'd like to see more transparency.
NS Auditor General@nsauditorgeneral.bsky.social · 2w agoAG Kim Adair just released a new report on Provincial Student Assessments, which are annually given to students in Grades 3, 6 & 8. Find out how @nsgov.bsky.social could better use the results to inform its billion-dollar education system: www.oag-ns.ca/audit-reports/provincial-student-assessments
REcommendation: AB’s health + OHS must adopt the precautionary principle when responding to new respiratory illnesses. It should require employers to provide the strongest possible safeguards for employee health until there is greater certainty about the transmission of a new respiratory virus.
I’m listening to a program about AI in schools and thinking about how hard my kid’s school and school board have fought the most basic concerns about programming, equity, safety, and ethics. It’s a whole other reason to fear their rush to integrate AI:
Holy shit. David Suzuki on CBC radio right now. He tried so hard for so long to tell us.
Thinking about my grade sevens 25 years ago and how we tried together over the following few weeks to make some sense of something so huge and awful. Being a teacher is such a privilege and responsibility.
Someday I'm going to write a story about an IT guy named Bit Bucket
Carney and Cabinet tried to bury it. It's Cabinet which is supporting him and his incineration of our children's futures.
Canada's Latest Climate Report Should Be Call to Action, Instead Gov't Tried to Bury It - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin
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I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
All of this! Oil is a finite resource that can be controlled & fought over by the worst of humanity. We don’t need to keep investing in oil & gas.
Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca · 2mo agoThis trade war should jolt us out of our reliance on volatile fossil fuels and accelerate our transition to clean, secure and reliable energy.
Lake Ontario's name comes from the Wyandot word Ontarí'io, which is typically translated as "beautiful lake". The Kanienʼkéha called it Katarokwi. Samuel de Champlain called it Lac de St. Louis. The name Lacus Ontario was first recorded in 1660 by Francis Creuxius.
I didn't know I could feel nostalgic about middle school but what a week for toques and cool kids behind the portables
The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com · 2mo agoBREAKING: Doug Ford challenges Donald Trump to a corruption fight in the school parking lot
Yes. In Nova Scotia, Public Health is very quiet on Covid prevention - including Health Canada's recommendation to improve ventilation. It seems worth noting as children prepare for yet another school year with no plan in place to monitor their indoor air quality and make improvements as necessary
Krista M. aka Goddess of Inflammatory Things@nannyogg63.bsky.social · 2mo agoAs a Canadian, although our government still recommends precautions, they don’t do it out loud. You have to search for it. There are no national (or provincial) strategies here. Not even in healthcare.
US is reportedly asking Canada for first-refusal rights on critical minerals, completion of its F-35 purchase, more US defense procurement tied to Golden Dome + guarantees on future oil & gas supplies. Another example of security, trade and resources being folded into one transactional relationship
"They taught me that grief is not a destination, it’s like a creek — you don’t stop it. You discipline yourself to sit beside it, make kin with it, let it flow, and let it carry away what it needs to carry." A beautiful read from kelsie kilawna. indiginews.com/first-person...
A graduation, a birthday — and an evacuation
As a wildfire burns in OKIB, I’m holding lessons close about grief, love and community — and remembering puti kʷu‿aláʔ (We are still here)
indiginews.com
In this new article, co-authored with Will Paul, we argue that the struggle against autocracy is not simply a political challenge but an educational and cultural one. This requires a renewed commitment to democratic values and collective resistance. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Drawing the line against autocracy
At stake is more than educational policy. What is being contested is whether education will nurture critically engaged citizens capable of resistance, or produce subjects trained for adaptation, silen...
canadiandimension.com
What about this does Carney not understand? “impact assessments are not red tape. Their entire purpose is to prevent irreversible harm. Circumventing the process, or allowing shovels in the ground before the risks are understood, is misguided and a gamble with our collective future.”
The Conversation Canada@ca.theconversation.com · 4mo agoCanada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment
HRCE tells us - students, staff, families - they will "listen to lead." Top ask seems to be smaller class sizes for lots of reasonable-sounding reasons. This is the last day to look at comments.
In the face of the change to LPC direction on climate policy, this is disappointing. The gov't needs voices spotlighting the climate crisis. Help the Climate Caucus be heard, sit as an independent, cross to a party willing to stand for the environment. Canada can't afford to bleed progressive MPs.
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault to resign: sources | CBC News
The Montreal MP and former environment minister is expected to break the news to his colleagues at the Liberal caucus meeting on Wednesday, sources told CBC News and Radio-Canada.
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Imo the best coaching model we had was significant release time for strong math and language teachers in each school. They were supported by consultants, developed school-level goals, knew the students, worked directly with colleagues. But to make what works best work at all, we need more teachers.
Michael Gorman@michaeltgorman.bsky.social · 5mo ago
In case anyone is wondering how seriously the Carney government takes consultation with First Nations, they sent an invite after hours Friday for an engagement session today on their proposals to gut major project regulation.
