Jennifer Baumbusch

It is interesting that for the #UBC Board of Governors elections, all five successful Faculty (3) and Staff (3) positions are filled by people who present as men.

I think that 6/23 of the candidates present as women, a higher fraction in the staff category list.

Can confirm this is the season I am in.

My husband's bank just made him do a cognitive test when he went to take out HIS MONEY because they were worried he was being scammed. My husband is 57 years old.

The first 10 seasons of ER have dropped on Crave. The show premiered in 1994 when I was in nursing school. We would all watch it and discuss over lunch inbetween classes. Still resonates.

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I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.

All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below

I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)

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Waiting almost 4 weeks for feedback on a health authority operational approval request for research in British Columbia is a huge road block to actually doing research in British Columbia. Sitting here with ethics approval and nowhere to be because of institutional gatekeepers.

I started watching Chad Powers and thought it was dumb and then got completely sucked in because it is diabolical and I really hope there is a Season 2 but even if there isn't it is totally worth watching.

Although sadly and ironically BC Emergency Departments are closed all the time due to insufficient staff. So instead of ensuring older people stay where they are, we are going to overwhelm the emergency departments even more.

What robot thought taking away care from LTCH residents was a good idea?

Doesn't get more miserly than the BCNDP government cancelling overtime fund for long-term care homes.

Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.

@picardonhealth.bsky.social

As we get heavier rains, municipalities should be adding "people who use leaf blowers to blow all their leaves into the street thereby causing street flooding" alongside ticketing people who don't shovel their sidewalks (and yes help out your neighbours who are unable to do this d/t disabilities).

What is it with people who are "just waiting" in a handicap parking spot who then double down when you tell them to move it? I was road raged on with honking by an a-hole who was "just waiting" by squeezing himself in between two parked cars, one of which was in the extra wide handicap spot.

Task is all done now. Excellent show. I hope eventually there is another season. But like Mare of Eastown it might be one and done. Still, I prefer this over 1000 seasons of Grey's Anatomy.

Annual flu and COVID vaccines on-board! Plus I pushed my daughter up and down 2 stories of a parkade because the building's elevator was out of order! This is what memories are made of /s

Finished The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. The Thursday Murder club series continues with a solid 5/5 stars.

I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.

If we pay privately, the gov't will not reimburse us when the strike is over and the co-pay is assessed.

So does she wear painful old orthotics in the meantime?

While I support striking workers, the @davidebybc.bsky.social BC NDP gov't is once again leaving the most vulnerable to suffer.

Took my dtr to get new foot orthotics started today. $6000. You must be joking. The prices disabled people are forced to pay for equipment are ridiculous.

Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).

If I didn't already have two shows tied for #1 this year (Andor, The Pitt), Task would be right there in #1. It took a couple of episodes to be completely sucked in but I am right there now to find out how this ride ends.

Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇

After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

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You would think that you wouldn't go back to screening until you achieved this level. I find it perplexing and obviously anxiety producing. I'm going to try to figure out if this is a BC Cancer thing or specific to the diagnostic place I go to. I'm also taking up a screening spot.

Make it make sense. I have lumps in my breast. I go for a screening mammogram, then get sent to diagnostic + ultrasound. Those tests come back 'presumed benign.' I get kicked back to screening and start the merry-go-round all over again. Why get kicked back to screening each year?

Love my birthday twins! Happy Birthday to them :)

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We are now accepting applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Indigenous Public Policy. This is a full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment with a start date of July 15th, 2026.
To learn more/apply, visit our website: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
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I've decided that next time a reviewer critiques how I use Interpretive Description in a study I'm going to send Sally Thorne an email to get her take and then include that in my response to reviews. #QualitativeResearch

Always on duty - Fostering climate resilience in the nursing profession: A discussion paper As with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, climate change is a global phenomenon reshaping the nursing profession. While nursing organizations have produced num…

NEW OA PUB: Always on duty - Fostering climate resilience in the nursing profession: A discussion paper
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#climatechange is a #nursing #workplacesafety issue that needs urgent attention.

I was asked to be on a panel at a conference. I said I would be happy to but would need to join remotely. The lead panelist checked with the conference organizers and they said they cannot accommodate remote presenters.

Such a shame that in 2025 technology does not exist for remote participation /s

Went for my mammogram today and the clerk checking me in whispered "we have the same birthday." Always a good omen.

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs