Lynn Gauthier

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

Very proud of this rising star who shows true commitment to excellence, amplifies patient voices, and works alongside them every step of the way @ulaval.ca @crchudequebec.bsky.social

Job Posting: Post-Doctoral Researcher CAMH Bioethics and Education - Everyday Ethics Lab The Everyday Ethics Lab, part of CAMH Education Research, is currently seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to support projects in bioethics led by the Lab (https://www.everydayethicslab.ca). Reporting ...

🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share!
#Bioethics

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court The task of interpreting the law is inherently “political.” But no justice has been this comfortable saying so in public.

I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump

‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residence

Novelist Barbara Kingsolver has given much of her income away, including spending proceeds from Demon Copperhead on a recovery home for those affected by the opioid epidemic: “Material success came gradually. So I had time to learn how to draw a cap on what we need & what we can do with the rest”

Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT F...

A man stirs the pot. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.

The frog is sweating.

The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature.

“He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs.

All books about frogs have vanished from the library.

So, moral of the story: if you want your kids to learn to think critically about the world, model that kind of critical thinking for them (don't wait until after bedtime to talk politics), help them find reliable information to consume, and encourage them to reflect critically on what they learn.

“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honourable, to be compassionate. It is above all to matter. To count. To stand for something. To have it make some difference that you lived at all.”
- Leo Roston

The black-and-white photo shows Elijah Harper seated at a desk, wearing a suit with a patterned tie and a large circular pendant. He holds an eagle feather in one hand, with an earpiece visible, and a microphone on the table in front of him, suggesting a formal or parliamentary setting.

Elijah Harper was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, little known outside of the province.
But when he refused to accept the Meech Lake Accord and voted against it while holding an eagle's feather, he became an icon of resistance.
This is his story.

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Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S. Conference organizers say they made changes after members expressed concerns over U.S. travel

"[I] will not be travelling to the United States right now because it feels very dangerous to do so.”

Academic organizations are changing their conference plans to deal with the threat of the US border.

www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7531255

Good piece, from my perspectives in #bioethics & as a #raredisease patient:
"Never-words are conversation stoppers.
They seize power from the very patients whose own voices are essential to making optimal decisions about their medical care."
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Opinion: As a nurse and as a person, my life is richer working in palliative care https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-eds/article922180.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

Sesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.

Carney to Trump: "There are some places that are never for sale ... having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign, it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever."

The Nation That Trump Could Never Break Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure

Message from Ukraine:
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...

I told you he would never lose to the CPC or Pierre.

Thank You JT. You played the game and won.

The best. Thank you.

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

A black-and-white portrait of June Callwood with white hair wearing a dark turtleneck, standing against a plain background. Her hands are clasped together in front of her chest.

On this day in 2007, June Callwood died in Toronto.
After gaining fame as a journalist, she founded several charities including shelters for women and Canada's first HIV/AIDS hospice.
This is the story of the woman who was called "Canada's Conscience".

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📢 We are demanding the immediate deployment of the Quebec Colorectal Cancer Screening Program. #Screening #Prevention #CanSky
Read the original letter here: www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/03/28/u...
Or the translation here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

For anyone in Canada involved in #patientengagement - Women's College Hospital and UHN are co-hosting a joint event to discuss and collaborate on institutional approaches to patient engagement. In-person and virtual attendance possible: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1301797053....

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

Travel advice and advisories for United States (USA) Travel Advice and Advisories from the Government of Canada

Canada updated its travel advisory for the US, telling travellers to "expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices," adding, "If you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.": travel.gc.ca/destinations...

"This is not a tariff war. This is a guy who says we don't have a right to exist. People around the world see us as the front line. This is our moment. I wish it wasn't but it is and we are meeting that moment." - @charlieangus104.bsky.social on radio just now with the cold hard truth. #CanadaSky

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.

Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:

www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Fellow authors! The @societyofauthors.bsky.social has issued a statement about Meta’s theft of copyrighted books to train its AI. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

At what point does Global Affairs Canada issue a travel warning to Canadians heading to the US?

Because I think we're thoroughly at the point at which this is necessary.

The current administration is straight up censoring the scientific record by requiring authors to alter an already-accepted research paper because it uses banned words such as "gender" and "equitable" and presents data broken down by sexual orientation.

Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump » Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...

So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...