Jennifer Jack

It's Banned Book Week in the US, and here in Canada, we need to be standing up against censorship and defending the right to read. If you are a published Canadian author or illustrator, writing for kids or adults, please join Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans.

I won’t!

I loved hearing them today. Their music is captivating.

Very snazzy!

Exciting!

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

A single Vancouver police officer made $397,258 last year, making $239,258 in overtime on top of their base pay of up to $158,000.
This is the wildest FOI I've seen in a long time. Well done Liam Britten for digging this up. #CBC
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada MAGA Alberta’s latest attempt to sow division came in the form of a two-pronged assault.

Last week Alberta quislings were in Washington to further the break up of our nation. Meanwhile Danielle Smith is setting up a fight over a pipeline that no-one is trying to build.
It is about stoking the base and driving rage against Canada.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-maga-p...

October 6-10 is #ScienceLiteracyWeek. As a writer of #Stem #PictureBooks, I am glad to contribute to a better understanding of science among children. #Teachers, here are a few book suggestions! @pajamapress.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

Last Stand in Bird Flu Ostrich Land The BC ostrich convoy enters the "find out" stage of FAFO and so have we all

As the accursed ostrich situation continues to get simultaneously more stupid and gravely serious, I decided to write up a very long analysis of many of the key issues. Bottom line: so long as this flock lives, it is a threat to Canada's national security. 🧵
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YouTube video by Kidzuko No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​

The first episode of the return of Reading Rainbow! Congratulations, @mychal3ts.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHAI...

Print with symmetrical circular design in colours of red, blue, black and white, including repeated eye motifs as well as other symbolic forms

'Remembrance' screenprint by Susan Point, contemporary First Nations, Musqueam Coast Salish artist, who works in the Coast Salish tradition #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

🩷 this for you and all of us who get to bask in your joy!

Here's an interview about the making of my book Poetry Comics: incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/poetry-com...

I’m still finding moments of joy and beauty. Yesterday it was the tiny humans (a K class) and today it was watching 3 Northern Flickers have breakfast on the neighbours front porch.

Thrive? The lack of sleep, the overwhelming heat, the brain that feels like useless meat. On top of, looks around in horror, all THIS!!!

Even on the toughest days I always experience so much joy and hope from kids.

She was amazing! RIP Jane Goodall.

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Author Karen Tam Wu doesn't just talk trash, she reuses it! Our garbage doesn't have to be trash. Waste can be a resource and tool to help the planet. In What a Waste, discover cutting-edge projects...

Waste can be a resource and tool to help the planet. In What a Waste, young readers discover cutting-edge projects and actions they can take to reuse and repurpose garbage.

Hear from the author, Karen Tam Wu, on her inspiration on the Orca Blog!

blog.orcabook.com/author-karen...

It’s at Gladstone this year. He is a beacon of light and hope. I can’t wait to see him host Reading 🌈.

Residential schools still exist in our world today. This is the lesson Canadians can draw from that disturbing truth Canadians think about residential schools as if they were a creature of the past, an ancient moral failing from which we have since evolved. But around the world new residential

In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Happy book birthday to @danielmiyares.bsky.social's How to Say Goodbye in Cuban!

He’s the keynote speaker at the BCTLA conference this year! I’m very excited to hear him.

White text on a red field. Text reads: Translators are NOT traitors, with letters in bolder white offering the message "Translators NOT AI."

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay!

Keep AI out of translation!

🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 #Missing 16 year old from #Toronto #Ontario #Canada

Lilliana is described as:

EYES: Brown HAIR: Dyed red
HEIGHT: 5'2" WEIGHT: Slim build
#MMIW #MMIWG #EveryChildMatters #NoMoreStolenSisters #RedDressAlert #AboriginalAlert

www.aboriginalalert.ca/missingperso...

Cuz it’s always a good idea to gather your top brass in location. What could possibly go wrong?

Congratulations, Mychal! I’m excited to see you host this show. You are amazing!

Daily reading for pleasure and interest is what I ask.