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Daniel Dickson

@daniel-dickson.bsky.social
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Asst Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. Social Policy/Public Administration, Intellectual/Developmental Disability and Aging.

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with health care workers in Saskatchewan, who voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Health-care workers vote 99% in favour of job action in 'largest strike vote' in Saskatchewan's history | CBC News
Health-care workers represented by CUPE Local 5430 have voted 99 per cent in favour of job action, a move the union is calling the "largest strike vote" in Saskatchewan's history. Members of the Canad...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I fear that the type of global leader who would lead or even participate in this effort also doesn't exist yet
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Those with a positive view of Capitalism: 🟡 All: 33% 🟡 18-29: 30% 🟡 30-44: 31% 🟡 45-59: 33% 🟡 60+: 37% 🟡 Men: 44% 🟡 Women: 23% 🔵 CPC: 43% 🔴 LPC: 35% ⚜️ BQ: 27% 🟠 NDP: 18% Abacus Data / July 15, 2026
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
They have definitely tested this message. I think it shows that MAGA has given up on having a horse in the affordability messaging race. Dems need to keep hammering them on this
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Horrifying. A building where over 100 disabled people with developmental disabilities live in New York has allegedly not had functioning AC for three years. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
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‘Oppressive heat’ at secure center for people with disabilities
A secure, state-operated facility in the Adirondacks operated by the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has not had working air-conditioning for nearly three years.
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Congratulations on your wedding Don Jr. Sorry for distracting your Dad with this important work.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/05/2026
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old mummy with a papyrus fragment of the “Iliad” sealed in a clay packet outside its wrappings. It is the first time a literary work has been found playing a functional, spiritual role in the mummification process.
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Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’
For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.
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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If anyone is interested, I've posted a longer version of my testimony to the Special Joint Committee on MAiD about Eligibility of Persons Whose Sole Underlying Medical Condition is a Mental Illness open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
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My Testimony to Special Joint Committee On MAID.
Re: Eligibility of Persons Whose Sole Underlying Medical Condition is a Mental Illness
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SaskAttitude @saskattitude3.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Prairie Harm Reduction gave so much more than it ever cost. It gave life. Community. And respect. Again and again. That deserves our grief, our anger, and our demand for a province that does better than this. #yxe #sask #HIV #overdose #housingcrisis #poverty #funding substack.com/@rloewenwalk...
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More than it Ever Cost: Farewell to Prairie Harm Reduction
Prairie Harm Reduction, a nonprofit organization that served people at risk and affected by HIV and Hepatitis C in Saskatoon, closed its doors last week.
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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Where are the protagonists of inclusionary politics to turn, if we have lost the once reliable class base for our politics? Colin Crouch reminds us that exclusionary parties rarely achieve the support of a third of citizens. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-end...
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The End of Policies of Social Inclusion?
For so long we have lived in societies where increasing inclusiveness was a taken for granted good.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A helpful glossary for Leavitt's press conferences is that "frankly insulting"=true.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Thrilled to share this article I authored on how 'social inclusion' is framed in Canadian disability policy design. 🧵(1/4)
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 08/04/2026
#OpenAccess from @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social - Framing social inclusion in Canadian intellectual disability policy - cup.org/4smpSGv - @daniel-dickson.bsky.social #FirstView
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
an important consideration in disability policy. It's not always the parents
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Mamdani has a seemingly DOGE pitch, but is actually delivering on reducing wasteful spending. My favorite? He’s cutting all kinds of contracting out to private vendors—including, drumroll, McKinsey
A picture of Mamdani saying “A contract with McKinsey at Department of Social Services?”A picture of Mamdani pulling money from behind a picture saying “that’s 9 million that we won’t be spending next year”
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is bad, and the backlash against non-permanent residents has clearly gone way too far (though not as far as in some other countries, obviously). www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada's population shrank last year — a first for the country, StatsCan says | CBC News
Canada's population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.
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Simon Enoch @simonenoch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Scott Moe, Feb 24th: “A traditional data centre will employ four people: two electricians and two janitors … I’ll take a potash mine every day of the week.” Scott Moe March 6th, "This data centre is an economic boon to the province." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bell Canada announces plans to start construction on Canada's largest AI data centre near Regina this spring | CBC News
Bell Canada says 80-full-time jobs will be created to run the centre.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 05/03/2026
Quebec cheese curds could soon be ‘protected’ to promote authentic poutine around the world
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Quebec cheese curds could soon be 'protected' to promote authentic poutine around the world
The Quebec dairy industry wants the province's cheese curds to be officially protected to promote authentic poutine around the world.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Very excited to listen to this! Toscano's Late Fascism is such a valuable resource in the struggle to make sense of contemporary global politics.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Olympics bring amazing stories of perseverance, but I could really do without these narratives celebrating athletes for 'overcoming' impairment. For one, they encourage the type of dangerous hubris that convinces someone to ski on a blown ACL. Most importantly, ableism harms disabled people.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Palantir fasciitis
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In the middle of a Depression he would be saying how great everything is and how much we should thank him.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.” Mamdani, 2026:
Begin g today we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try. 
To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this: No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives.
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
“PhD-level intelligence” they said
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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This is the *federal* government paying for the *City* to take action on what is constitutionally Saskatchewan *provincial* govt responsibility - because the Saskatchewan govt will not act to provide adequate social housing.
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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It's officially out! City Politics in Canada, co-edited with @jacklucas.bsky.social and Martin Horak @westernupolisci.bsky.social is in print and available for course adoption. Thank you to all chapter authors for their contributions. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country. like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
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Frank Domenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Doug Fords Conservatives used AI to create a report on intimate partner violence, one which used non-existent sources. This is after they refused to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic. The Ford Conservatives do not take women's safety seriously #onpoli #ontario #dougford #frankdomenic🍁
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Kurtis Boyer: Universities need Indigenous co-governance policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/reco...
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Universities need Indigenous co-governance
Structured partnerships are a better way to manage membership verification and other processes that affect Indigenous communities.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Trump is the most ableist POTUS - this much is obvious. The harm his admin is inflicting on people w disabilities will take decades to undo. But, that he will incur no political damage for directing this extremely vulgar slur at an opponent exemplifies the depth of systemic ableism in the US.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It's non-binding legislation, and even if fully adopted by member states many youths would find workarounds. But, this is a good example of the symbolic function of public policy. Formal recognition of the dangers of social media use will inform and empower parents to protect their kids.
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Disability Justice Network of Ontario @djno.ca · 26/11/2025
Mixed feelings about the recent Ombudsman Report "Lost in Transition" on the hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities and the developmental services system in Ontario Link to Media Release & Proposed Additional Solutions: tr.ee/Hgn22PfQBu or in bio. 1/5
Alt: The image features a grayscale photograph of a long, empty hallway with a person walking away in the distance. The individual is highlighted in yellow, contrasting with the monochrome surroundings, emphasizing isolation. The hallway has brick walls with white railings on both sides. Above the photo, a black panel with torn edges. At the top of the image, text reads: "NEW REPORT: ONTARIO OMBUDSMAN REPORTS ON THE USE OF PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONALIZATION FOR PEOPLE LABELLED WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. Below the image, text reads: This Report supports what disabled people and their families have said for decades: Disabled People are over-medicated, under-supported, and suffering behind the locked walls of psychiatric institutions for months and years at a time. Current efforts to expand adult institutionalization through large-scale group homes will not address these concerns and recent legislation, like Bill 17, will only intensify institutionalization and violence against us.
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In our latest, we discuss how healthcare costs are expected to dramatically spike next year and how the structure of the ACA itself ensures we’re going to relive moments like the shutdown fight until we can replace it with something fundamentally better www.patreon.com/posts/144323...
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The ACA and the Looming Healthcare Crisis (11/24/25) | The Death Panel
Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
TBH most autism research is done by non-Autistic researchers who intentionally exclude Autistic people and consider us demanding to be treated like people a barrier to their work and repeatedly ask the wrong questions. The right questions would be about our internal lives, first and foremost.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/11/2025
The Trump administration planned to kick thousands of American seniors off of their disability benefits. We pushed back — and now, they're backing off. Public pressure works. Keep fighting back.
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Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
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Daniel Dickson @daniel-dickson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
These Social Policy Trends posts from @ronkneebone.bsky.social are fantastic and provide great food for thought! Today's got me thinking about how ineffective employment growth policies lean towards simply creating more jobs rather than also eliminating barriers to employment for ppl in poverty
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Here is a picture from the 2023 provincial election campaign. See if you can spot the differences.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/11/2025
Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali--- TRUMP: Who are you with? Q: ABC News TRUMP: Fake news
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 28/10/2025
Let's be clear about what happened today. Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights, denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it, and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Some RIFs will kill legislation, e.g the Ed office that oversees disability. IDEA was passed 50 yrs ago, when there was broad bipartisan agreement that a more inclusive educational system was a good thing. It was repealed last Friday. No law was passed. Trump simply made IDEA a dead letter.
If you have had any interaction with education at the state and local level, you will know there are strong incentives for school systems to shortchange students with disabilities by skirting the IDEA mandates. That is why the law exists. Without a federal cop on the beat, states will know that it will be safer for them to ignore it. People at state governments see it this way also. One state director of special education told NPR:

I’m fearful. I think it’s good for states to know there’s federal oversight and that they’ll be held accountable. The concept of leaving special education up to states sounds great, but it’s scary. What happens if one state decides to interpret the law one way, but another state disagrees and interprets it differently?
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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
From Rabia Khedr: Arbitrary relocation of persons with #disabilities in Ontario — alarming #onpoli #cdnpoli #Mississauga #Milton #Georgetown #Burlington
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Darcy Warrington @darcywarrington.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The inability of the @saskparty.bsky.social to manage the crisis in healthcare is now putting an 8-year-old in a potentially life-threatening position. I am releasing this in hopes that the Ministry of Health and @premierscottmoe.bsky.social reach out to this family immediately with solutions.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025
Woah the ableist & sanist language got out the fuck of control. It's like everybody's on RFK's eugenicist team the way they view "deviants." For us disabled & mad people it sucks a lot that this harm towards us exploded. Just know you're helping fascism if everything's "insane" & "batshit" to you.
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