David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂

My spouse puts them in a roasting pan with veggies. The result has a very pork-like texture and is very tasty.

More volunteers needed to help find 'cold-stunned' sea turtles | CBC News Beach patrols will begin this month across Atlantic Canada in an effort to find and rescue endangered sea turtles that may become stranded in the fall due to exposure to cold waters.

If you want to volunteer to help?

More volunteers needed to help find 'cold-stunned' sea turtles #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #Turtles

'If we can get them soon enough, we can rehabilitate them,' says executive director of Halifax-based network

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In #Canada, if you go to a #library and even without a permanent address, the library will help you borrow and read books.

If you don’t have the preferred type of ID, they’ll accept alternates, including proof of like a shelter card, or social services letter or showing up in person.

A white wall framed by black curtains and a gold striped navy blue table. Arranged on the wall for display are a variety of small oil paintings of still life, plants, bones, and people. Two small egg paintings sit flat on the table.

The smaller oil paintings that will be on display (and for sale) in my studio at the Studio Space Ottawa open house this weekend.

#oilpainting #stilllife #painting #art #ottawa #portrait

[Image description: White text against a purple background: The Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada's Literary Journal. Disability: The Revolution. The Fiddlehead's Summer 2026 Special Issue. Call for Submissions from Disabled Writers: Deadline November 30, 2025.]

Disabled friends! I am thrilled to be overseeing @fiddlehd.bsky.social's Summer 2026 issue--DISABILITY: THE REVOLUTION.

Our theme is REVOLUTION and you can interpret that as widely as you like. If you identify as disabled and want to answer this call, please submit!

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Truth and reconciliation in action: Absolutely Canadian docs highlight experiences of Indigenous People | CBC News Absolutely Canadian documentaries reflect upon lived experiences of the Indigenous People in Canada, as we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.

Truth and Reconciliation in action: Absolutely Canadian docs highlight experiences of Indigenous People #Canada

Watch free on #CBCGem

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A dark-haired woman in a grey top and blue jean-shorts against a bamboo backdrop, arms up as she holds her hair back.

Yesterday was Ira Balan's @irapassion.bsky.social ssion.bsky.social birthday so here is an image from one of our past photoshoots.

#photography #modelphotography #modelphotoshoot #studiophotoshoot #studiophotographer #studiolighting #glamour #glamourphotography #glamourshots

A painting of a stem of magenta orchids on a stem with buds at the end.

Redid this design. I like this version better.

#botanicalart #orchids #bloomsky #painting #watersolubleencaustic

A bumblebee in flight over ghost pipes surrounded by blades of grass.

Bee and Ghost Pipes from a walk a few months ago in the Purdon Conservation Area.

#Bee #Nature #NaturePhotography #GhostPipes

#PEI village #Victoria-by-the-Sea is named by #Forbes as one of 50 most beautiful villages in the world.
With a population of 200, this seaside village known for its pastel buildings, live seafood catches from local fishers, and direct ocean views, has won its place as #23 of 50. #peipoli #canada

#TheMoment a P.E.I. village was named one of the world's most beautiful Mayor Martin Ruben recounts the moment villagers learned Victoria by the Sea, P.E.I., was named one of the top 25 most beautiful spots in the world by Forbes.

Prince Edward Island village named one of the worlds most beautiful #PEI

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Model is @minhly-model.bsky.social. The link didn't work because of an editing error in the original post.

An asian woman with long dark hair seen partially in profile facing camera left, one hand at her hip and the other raised to the top of her chest. Hair partially covers her face, but her mouth, nose, and one eye are visible. Here eye and mouth a closed and her head is tilted slightly back.

The mirror dress is one of my most popular creations, and Minh Ly (I@minhly-model.bsky.social) was in the studio recently to model it as part of a series I am working featuring this outfit.

#photography #modelphotography #studiophotographer #studiolighting #chainmaille #artfashion #fashionart

Submit your book here!
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*This will likely officially begin within the next month as I work on revamping some things! Stay tuned!*

#writingcommunity #writesky #booksky

And that's it! The Toby award is open for submissions! This unique award is for Canadian self-published mystery authors who published a new book in 2024! Check out the criteria on tobyaward.wordpress.com!

Painting of a cluster of orange jack o'lantern mushrooms on a black background.

I got some good news today. The series that includes this mushroom painting will be in a show and sale at Cline House gallery (Cornwall, Ontario) this December. There will be five fungi and plant portraits in the series.

#watersolubleencaustic #art #painting #ottawaartist

Managed to create a rough main page for the new website with SSL for security. Still needs a lot more work, but at least it's not a blank page.

I might. It is a bit of a learning curve with just enough things looking familiar that I am muddling my way through.

My website will be temporarily offline as I switch to a new provider and get a minimal site up and running. Wish me luck on learning WordPress.

Calling all space artists! Submissions are open to the 2026 Art of Planetary Science show. This is a wonderful exhibit put on by grad student volunteers. The show is in Tucson, AZ but anyone can submit their work. It’s free! 🐡🔭

details: www.lpl.arizona.edu/art/

Underpainting of a dog skull with a bunch of chestnut mushrooms sitting at the back of the skull on the green tabletop. A single brown capped mushroom on a long pale stem sticks through the eye socket like a brown eye. A bundle of mushrooms stick out from under the jaw.

#wip

Most of Canada sees changes under newly updated plant hardiness zones map | Globalnews.ca About 80 per cent of Canada's land mass saw an increase in its plant hardiness zone, mostly of about half a zone to one full zone.

Most of Canada sees changes under newly updated plant hardiness zones map #Canada 🍁

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Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’ - National | Globalnews.ca An update to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that targets the newest variants and is made entirely within Canada's borders was just approved by Health Canada.

Health Canada has approved Moderna’s newly updated COVID-19 vaccine — and for the first time, the vaccines will be “made in Canada.”

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#Canada #cdnpoli #abpoli

Behind-the-scenes video from a recent tape body-art session and photoshoot with Ottawa-area model Brianna Aiken.

#ModelPhotography #FashionPhotography #BodyArt #BodyTape #BodyTapeArt #BodyTapeArtist #TapeBodyArt #ArtFashion #FashionArt #video #BehindTheScenes #BehindTheScenesVideo

I'll be advertising a couple of PhD scholarships (breeding/wood quality, breeding/remote sensing) in the next couple of weeks, working with me and even cooler people at the School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. They cover uni fees + stipend for 3 years.

Four years after getting long COVID, symptoms continue to plague me Readers share their views on what's making the news.

Toronto Star: 'Four years after getting long COVID, symptoms continue to plague me'

'I felt so grateful for The Star’s excellent article about long COVID. I am one of the survivors, or more correctly put, one of the afflicted since I still have symptoms.'

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Pfizer says Canada just approved its new COVID-19 vaccine for this fall - National | Globalnews.ca Pfizer said Health Canada has approved its latest COVID-19 vaccine that targets a new Omicron variant. It will be made available in the fall.

Pfizer says Canada just approved its new COVID-19 vaccine for this fall #Canada #COVIDVaccine #Fall2025

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All production for #ModernaSpikevax now in Canada

All Spikevax pre-filled syringe (PFS) doses for the Canadian market will now be manufactured domestically, marking the first time Canada's entire PFS format is produced at home. The drug substance will be produced at Moderna's new

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