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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On World Suicide Prevention Day, a gathering with integrated youth services reminded me that suicide prevention is also about the conditions surrounding care. We made medicine pouches, shared stories, and slowed down. Caring for youth also means caring for the people who support them. #AcademkcSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Got a msg from Global TV at 11:30am, met Angela Jung an hour later & barely had time to prep 😅 Nervous to see how it turned out! Watch Global at 6pm — might catch me talking about a new report: online harms is now the #1 threat facing kids childrenfirstcanada.org/campaign/rai... #AcademicSky

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Raising Canada - Children First Canada

What We Do Raising Canada: The state of the nation’s children 2026 Childhood is changing before our eyes, and the evidence is impossible to ignore. Since 2018, the Raising Canada report has tracked th...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Paper published in APA! 📝 Given everything happening in the U.S., I can’t help smiling every time federally banned words like diversity, equity, inclusion, decolonial, and Indigenous make it into my research. Small act of resistance 😌 #AcademicSky The Score: www.apadivisions.org/division-5/p...

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Adolescent digital research methods: Advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonial principles through ambulatory assessment and indigenous storywork

Demonstrates how blending digital AA with strength-based participatory approaches influences research findings in the context of studying the impact of cyberbullying among a diverse youth sample.

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There’s a growing emergence of Indigenous data sovereignty policies in healthcare. It’s fascinating to see the different ways they’re being developed and how communities are engaged throughout the process. The process is just as important as the policy itself. #AcademicSky bit.ly/4w12n8t

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ADHS and Tribal Nations Advance Indigenous Data Sovereignty Policy

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Spending the day at a library workshop learning more about podcasting. Always looking for new ways to share research beyond journal articles 🎙️📚 #AcademicSky ubc-library-rc.github.io/intro-audaci...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

One of my fav parts of presenting at an international behavioural development conference was hearing afterwards from an educator in Singapore who connected my Online Warriors findings on online hate and coping among racialized youth to supporting youth in schools. Research can travel #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Hey BC friends government just launched a Child & Youth Well-Being Action Plan and wants real input from families and frontline folks. If you’ve navigated child & family services, now’s a good time to share what’s working and what needs fixing. Link: engage.gov.bc.ca/childyouthwe... #AcademicSky

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Home - Child & Youth Well-Being Action Plan

Help shape what child and youth well-being looks like in B.C. Many children, youth, and families interact with multiple services and supports – but those supports don’t always connect or work together...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Quiet day over here: coffee, too many tabs open, and chipping away at research grant writing ☕️📚 #academicsky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Honoured to be featured in the Health Research BC Impact Report ✨ Grateful to be part of work that centres Indigenous strengths, relationships, and meaningful change in education and wellness research. Sechanalyagh to everyone who walks alongside this work 🩵 #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Day 2 back at work after a staycation. Most of my grad students have checked in, the projects are project-ing, and after 12 hours of back-to-back meetings, my calendar is hanging on by a thread 👩🏽‍💻 #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Heard recently that these are the Tri-council research priority areas #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

With all these device ban conversations happening lately, UBC interviewed me. One thing I keep saying: taking phones away won’t fix everything on its own. Our kids need support, good people around them, and adults actually willing to listen. #AcademicSky educ.ubc.ca/why-limiting...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Two book clubs 📚 One with special ed and school counselling folks on The Anti-Ableist Manifesto (structured, accessible), the other Nenqayni crew reading Becoming Kin (deep, heavy, relational circle). Different pedagogical spaces, shared learning. What are you reading right now? 👀 #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

DRIPA (BC) sets legal expectations for provincial decision-making with Indigenous rights through speaking with Nenqayni. The current uncertainty cycle isn’t just political—it directly shapes funding, program planning, and delivery across health, youth, and research systems #academicsky #indigenous

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

New paper out in Etuaptmumk 👩🏽‍💻 Reimagining Two-Eyed Seeing in the age of AI—thinking about relational design, storytelling, and culturally safe youth mental health tools. Still processing what this means in practice 👀 #RelationalAI #Indigenous #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So much research focuses on trauma—but this scoping review shows how Positive Childhood Experiences rooted in culture, land, and relationships support Indigenous peoples’ holistic wellbeing. We need more of this direction #AcademicSky #Indigenous 🔗 psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... #IndigenousHealt

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APA PsycNet

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Indigenous peoples have long upheld practices that support holistic wellbeing 🪶 New work highlights the importance of community-led, strengths-based approaches to measuring cultural factors in health. Reading for Indigenous peoples’ health research #AcademicSky #Indigenous 🔗 rdcu.be/fajpx

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Measuring Indigenous Cultural Strengths: a Systematic Review of a Decade of Approaches

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

How do you hold safe spaces for hard conversations? ✨ Debriefed with a grad student on teaching violence & racism through social justice. Freire reminds us: make room for voices that challenge systems. What works for you? #Pedagogy #SocialJustice #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Health research funding in Canada is shrinking with ~13.6% success rate today vs 30% in early 2000s 😒 More researchers, less support. Letter to Finance Minister asks for funding boost over 5 yrs. So many good research ideas waiting… exhaustion is real 🫠 #academicsky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Caught up on giving feedback over 100 assignments 😅 Urban education cohort done, northern one next! Loved connecting with Nenqayni stories & land-based wellness 🌆🪶 Book club on The Anti-Ableist Manifesto sparked honest, heartfelt convos 📚💭 #AcademicSky #InclusiveEd

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

found this in Quesnel Books & Company… if it hits, it hits 🌿😆 #Indigenous

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Visited Musqueam before heading north 🪶 After years away, returning to the land and community reminded me that wellbeing, healing, and learning are inseparable from place. Some remembered me from before, even commenting on my hair 😆 Relationships and history live in the land as much as in people.

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Happy to share I’m part of the 2026 UDL Fellows Cohort this spring/summer 🌞 Looking forward to learning alongside educators across disciplines and continuing to build courses that support diverse learners and ways of knowing. Grateful for the opportunity 👩🏽‍🏫 #UDL #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Northern BC town wisdom: make art, make love, don’t give up 🩵🐦‍⬛

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This week with Nenqayni teacher candidates at NITEP was powerful 🫶🏽 Mentors shared wisdom on assessment, self-care, trauma-informed teaching, and Indigenous ways of knowing. Language, stories, and connection carried us through 🙏🏽🪶🩵 #AcademicSky #Indigenous

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Class moment: got called Detsan Ncah 🐦‍⬛ Sounds a lot like Nenqayni ch’ih! Stay blessed and keep your happy up 🩵 #Indigenous #languagerevitalization

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Tears, laughter, and reflection today 🫶🏽🧡 We explored decolonizing learning assessment in practice with guidance from a Cariboo NITEP alum. Nenqayni teacher candidates are showing up despite heavy burdens — please keep them in your thoughts 🙏🏽🦅 #IndigenousEducation #NITEP #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dragon Palace fortune cookie wisdom 🐲💙 Small daily joys, big reminders… work-life balance, am I right? 😏 #FortuneCookie #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Found a couple coins while cleaning 👀✨ Some might call it material culture. On the rez we might say someone’s sending a little luck. Either way, I’m keeping them 🤲🏽 #Indigenous

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Could Indigenous witnessing from traditional governance (truth-telling, gifting, rematriation) extend into health & social sciences as a research method? Yellowhead report on rematriating place names nails it—decolonizing ethics & accountability in action yellowheadinstitute.org/report/the-r...

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The Rematriation of Indigenous Place Names

In ‘The Rematriation of Indigenous Place Names’, authors Christina Gray and Andrew Ambers examine rematriation as a fundamentally legal, political, and relational process grounded in Indigenous legal ...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thrilled: On the first all-women opening panel at CASEL SEL Exchange—dropped insights on cyberaggression & youth wellness to 2K+ folks. Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl moderated (my old grad mentor 🥹). Amid world chaos, SEL feels essential. Grateful & fired up 🩵🐦‍⬛ #SEL #EdPsych #WomenInSTEM #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Teachers, post-Tumbler Ridge: This NASP guide on talking to kids about violence is spot-on—reassure they’re safe, validate those big emotions, tailor chats by age, cut back on scary media, hold the routine. Pass it along if it helps! www.nasponline.org/resources-an... #EdPsych #AcademicSky

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Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Families and Educators

High profile acts of mass violence, particularly in schools, can confuse and frighten children and youth who may feel in danger or worry that their friends or loved ones are at risk. They will look to...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Scrolling YouTube for EPSE 310 gems and landed on UBC’s Rural & Remote Teacher Ed channel dropping real-talk vids on self-regulated learning, anchor charts, and place-conscious pedagogy. Perfect for assessment in diverse rural classrooms 👩🏽‍🏫 #AcademicSky m.youtube.com/@rredubc?fbc...

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Rural and Remote Teacher Education

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Didn’t wanna dive into decluttering, but damn, I’m glad I did. Letting go of fave pieces hit hard 🥹 but spring cleaning? Straight-up self-care. Dropping it off soon—making room for whatever’s next feels freeing. Who else turns tidying into therapy? 🧺✨ #MentalHealth #Minimalism #SelfCare #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Public health real talk: ‘I see no color’ glosses over racial barriers in access & outcomes. Level up: See culture, honor lived experiences, learn the inequities, check biases, fight racism. Key to equitable mental health praxis. Who’s in? #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Friends, I wasn’t one of the organizers for #DataBack Day — just passing along the recordings that were shared with participants. Lots of good information in these sessions if you’re interested #AcademicSky niiwin.app/databack-day...

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#DataBack Day Recordings

Unlock the future of content, data design, management, and governance with Niiwin. Crafted with Indigenous cultural safety, Niiwin is here to redefine control over your stories and data.

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I watched part of the 3rd Wellbeing Society Webinar Series session on the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s Report. Grateful for the thoughtful dialogue. #AcademicSky Recording here: youtu.be/7de9ESQeuq0

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Wellbeing Society Webinar Series: The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s Report

YouTube video by Public Health Association of BC

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

This reading was offered by an AI consultant in The Bay after Indigenous education students raised concerns about Nenqayni artwork and AI #AcademicSky www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art

To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Good meeting with HELP’s Aboriginal Steering Committee. A key highlight was developing draft Indigenous data sovereignty principles to guide child and youth public health monitoring in BC schools, affirming distinct and self-determined First Nations, Inuit, and Métis data sovereignty #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This has been a long time coming. The Coyote Institute in Maine invited me to present on my research a few years ago. Forms delayed, deadlines missed, but eventually the work—and I—stayed. #indigenous

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Resharing because I’m genuinely excited to be part of this course 🌊💙🩵 #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Resources from the 2025 Digital Learning Strategy Forum are now live—recordings, transcripts, and slides from the Keynotes and Leadership Panel, plus pre-show Vodcasts from Days 1–3. I was one of the Keynote speakers ☺️ #Academicsky media.bccampus.ca/playlist/det...

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

After the Lapu-Lapu tragedy in Vancouver, I sat in circle with teachers, sharing art-based, trauma-informed practices. I worked with the resource teacher as the school remained a crime scene. Through cultural care, the community reclaimed the space and graduation became joyful. #AcademicSky

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I learned that federal student loan forgiveness may apply to those working in eligible occupations in northern or community-based contexts. As of Nov 6, 2024, eligible communities include rural areas or population centres of ≤30,000 #AcademicSky www.canada.ca/en/services/...

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Canada Student Loan Forgiveness - Canada.ca

Learn more about Canada Student Loan Forgiveness options offered by the Government of Canada for eligible professionals working in designated communities.

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

📄Yatu lab led paper proposing online open-ended surveys as a “middle way” Using interpretivist analysis, we rethink triangulation and crystallization within large datasets to honor student voice, with implications for relational research in schools doi: doi.org/10.59455/qie... #AcademicSky

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Considerations for the Use of Online Open-Ended Survey Questions in Educational Research on Youth Experience of the School System | Qualitative Inquiry in Education: Theory & Practice

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Johanna Sam @chilcotindeni.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

On the 10-year anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, my research in the Yatu Lab continues to engage with Calls to Action 10, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 23, which focus on Indigenous education, language revitalization, health equity, and Indigenous-led health systems #Indigenous

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