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With Canada’s second strongly worded letter coming out this week, now is an excellent time to advocate for ArmsEmbargoNow.ca ⬅️use the handy form and write your MP!

Fellow Canadian renters! StatsCan and the CMHC are going to start issuing quarterly reports on average rental prices broken down by census metropolitan area. First report is out and linked below!

some good news!

My hairdresser is great & will also mask up if you prefer. She has a basement home studio but I’m pretty sure has a chair at another salon for clients who can’t do stairs. www.melanieashleyhair.com

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

If you are part of the #Edmonton community please take and share this survey from #BoyleStreet: di.legeropinion.com/survey/selfs...

Edmonton Indie Bookstore Extravaganza. Edmonton Transit Service. City of Edmonton. All Aboard the Bookstore Bus! April 26. Free to ride! Every 30 mins. One north side route. One south side route.

North Side Bus Stops Audreys Books - 1619 (106 St & Jasper Ave WB) The Book Boudoir - 1746 (122 St & 101 Ave WB) Ascendant Books - 1242 (124 St & 102 Ave SB) Daisy Chain Book Co. - 1242 (124 St & 102 Ave SB) The Prints & The Paper - 1846 (124 St & 107 Ave NB) Paper Birch Books - 1169 (95 St & 108A Ave NB) Rolling Tales (On curb - opposite side SB)

South Side Bus Stops University TC Bay B The Edmonton Bookstore - 2722 (Remedy Cafe) Alhambra Books - 2681 (A&W) Porch Light Books - 2829 (99 St & 89 Ave NB) Magpie Books - 2169 (96 St & 76 Ave WB) Wee Book Inn - 2723 (102 St & 82 Ave WB)

Saturday, April 26, catch the #yegindiebookstoreextravaganza bus to central north and south side bookstores. Many thanks to ETS for their support of this #yeg Extravaganza. #booksky

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(they are ceramic, not enamel pins though)

Watermelons for Palestine Handmade ceramic watermelon brooches 24k gold heart $35 from every pin, magnet, or bolo tie will go toward the following fundraiser to help these Palestinian families: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Helpi...

this yyc artist donates the majority of the proceeds meghanmacwhirter.com/products/pin...

wow the baby voices 🤣

Person with measles flew into Calgary airport before travelling to Taber, AHS warns | CBC News Alberta Health Services says a case of measles has been confirmed in a visitor to the Taber area in the southeastern part of the province, and the person has been in public settings while infectious, ...

Alberta health officials issued an exposure warning after a person with measles travelled the following route from March 8 to 13:

Toronto → Flair Airlines → Calgary → Budget Car Rental → Taber hospital → Taber Shoppers Drug Mart → Taber hospital

Exact locations and times in the story:

Quick measles update for Alberta.
First off the gov't has started doing daily updates for new cases.
You can find that here:
www.alberta.ca/measles
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Screenshot of a tweet from @marciahole that reads: "This morning I resigned as Edmonton Public School Board's Ward C Trustee. Given the political climate and the erosion of school board autonomy I can no longer serve my constituents or the needs of the division's students, families and staff."

Screenshot of a second tweet by @marciahole that reads: "I believe in the need to protect and fully fund PUBLIC education. I #supporteducationworkers and their right to earn a living wage And I have deep respect and gratitude for EPSB staff whose work is helping students build a better tomorrow for Alberta." There is an image of a letter attached to the tweet. I'll put the alt text for it in the image of the letter and add it to this post.

Today I informed the Board Chair that, after much deliberation in recent weeks, I have made the difficult decision to resign as EPSB's Trustee for Ward C, effective immediately. I ran for Trustee committed to three main goals. To advocate for the vital role that a well funded public education system plays in creating a vibrant, inclusive society for all Albertans, and to help empower students, families, staff and our public to do the same. To represent the hopes, expectations and needs of the diverse populations we serve including vulnerable students from various communities. To work in partnership with our public on the development of transparent policies that support equitable, inclusive school communities for students, families and staff of all abilities, religions, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, residency and socio-economic statuses, I am no longer able to serve the public in alignment with these commitments in the current political environment, and I can no longer stay silent, Remaining in the role until the fall election would be a disservice to the mandate granted to me by Ward C constituents and the needs of the division's students, families and staff. My ability to fulfill my role as a Trustee has been hindered by the erosion of school board autonomy and the inability to speak up publicly due to the intimidation tactics of the provincial government toward democratically elected school boards including, but not limited to, current labour relations. The knowledge, skill and commitment support staff contribute to school communities is essential. 1 stand with them, and the students and families they serve, as they fight the provincial government for their right to earn a living wage which is a crucial factor in school boards' ability to attract and retain support staff. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to all of the staff in EPSB schools, and those who support them in a multitude of ways behind the scenes, for your professionalism, dedi…

Marcia Hole (Ward C) just announced her resignation from EPSB. I know this took serious courage, and I applaud her for choosing the difficult but ethical path.

This leaves just 6 out of 9 seats filled on the board, meaning that yet another trustee will have to take on serving two wards.

Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.

Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!

#EduSky #STEMEd

just left a message & wrote to the ombudsman office. (you don’t have to talk to anyone at this number, max 60s message)

thank you for sharing the link!

An essential explainer of UPC corruption in Albertan. Albertans should care, this is our money they are stealing, our public services they are hollowing out. #AbPoli

I got the airfanta 4lite for lunch at work. It’s very sleek & the stand flips up to be used as a handle.
It provides a continuous flow of cleaned air at your face. I think the highest setting would be disruptive for a meeting but lower would be ok.

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One of the hardest things for us is doing the infographics for the Risk Scenario Estimator. This is because none of us have graphic design skills.

We're looking for someone with these skills who can volunteer 2-4 hours every 2 weeks to help @netgaines.bsky.social with this.

ISO secondary school principals and assistant principals who are women. I want to be mutuals with you!

the fire alarm bloopers! 😂

(I do like the format of covering a couple episodes of a show per podcast drop to get through a season in more depth)

Boycott of University of Calgary AND University of Alberta

Classical Music Twitter/Bluesky Census Sheet1 Last updated: February 6, 2024,Add yourself here To add yourself to this document, please fill out the Google Form below.,What is this? This Google doc tracks folks from Classical Music Twitt...

The classical music bluesky doc so you can find your friends from classical music twitter here (I finally updated it, sorry everyone who added themselves ages ago): docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I only see finger-pecking from my students. Pretty sure we’re not teaching it directly where I teach in Canada, though curriculum varies by province/territory.

NZ taskmaster is so good!

very glad too this break allows me to be home with my beloved cat, who has terminal cancer ❤️‍🩹

feeling quite content about my solo holiday break. working away on home projects, reading & watching as I like
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