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Joanne McCuaig

@joannemccuaig.bsky.social
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#Qualitative Researcher | Wellbeing when working with Emotionally Demanding Material; How the public uses Mental Health Terminology #trauma | #Linguistics and Communication She/Her

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 19/09/2026
Lake Ontario totes, for a limited time Just 250 left; these bags are flying off our shelves. Support Canadian journalism about Canada — no corporate overlords in sight thenarwhal.ca/lake-ontario-limited-…
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Lake Ontario totes, for a limited time
Just 250 left; these bags are flying off our shelves. Support Canadian journalism about Canada — no corporate overlords in sight
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) & interested email CV & transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️ @igs-egg.bsky.social
icebergs in a glacial lake
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 07/05/2026
Local nerd disappointed he didn’t get the long form census
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Local nerd disappointed he didn’t get the long form census
TATAMAGOUCHE, NS - An event five years in anticipation turned to bitter disappointment this week, as a local census dweeb did not receive the coveted long form questionnaire.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Great news they are extending the deadline. I've presented as BAAL Health & Science SIG and each time it's been a very warm and welcoming environment, that encourages the sharing of ideas. Good first conference to present at for #GraduateStudents and it's online!
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Direct link here blog.bham.ac.uk/urbterr/2026...
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Creative Practices for Wellbeing Toolkit for Victims and Survivors of Terror (English/Spanish/French/German) – Urban Terrorism in Europe (2004-19): Remembering, Imagining, and Anticipating Violence
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.linkedin.com/posts/joanne...
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Creative Practices for Wellbeing Toolkit for Victims and Survivors of Terror (English/Spanish/French/German) | Joanne McCuaig
Very proud to share the Creative Practices Toolkit for Survivors and Victims of Terrorism that I wrote with Katharina Karcher at the University of Birmingham and Saray Falcón Trejo. It’s freely avail...
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Very happy to share the new course that I contributed to while working with the Centre for Crime, Justice, and Policing at the University of Birmingham. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/short-...
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Protecting Wellbeing when Working with Distressing Topics and Content (DToC) (Online) - University of Birmingham
This online CPD course helps employers and employees develop an awareness of the impacts of exposure to DToC, and devise meaningful approaches to protect wellbeing.
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🇨🇦 AuntieFa 🇨🇦🌈 @bluenoserjo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Everyone who is sick and tired of American owned media gaslighting Canadians please sign this petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-6879 - Petitions
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Amateur sleuth earns £2m reward for exposing research fraud
A British scientist has forced a leading US cancer research institute to pay a $15m legal settlement after trawling through scientific papers in his spare time
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/01/2026
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
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Johan Farkas @jfarkas.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This needs to be the news headline.
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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
People used up all the clicks on that gift link! 🤣 archive.is/I1lyh
archive.is
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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
wsj.com
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Do Good December - Day 13: See how many different people you can smile at today actionforhappiness.org/do-good-dece... #DoGoodDecember
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Want to know what a genuine climate emergency plan would actually look like? Check out our inspiring new 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action. 👇 Full video is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Geneviève Bergeron, 21 Hélène Colgan, 23 Nathalie Croteau, 23 Barbara Daigneault, 22 Anne-Marie Edward, 21 Maud Haviernick, 29 Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31 Maryse Laganière, 25 Maryse Leclair, 23 Anne-Marie Lemay, 22 Sonia Pelletier, 28 Michèle Richard, 21 Annie St-Arneault, 23 Annie Turcotte, 20
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School of the Arts at University of Liverpool @sotauol.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Seminar: From Micro Aggression to Micro Inclusion: A Linguistic Approach to Decolonising the Everyday With Dr Zozan Balci @livunienglish.bsky.social 📅Wednesday 3rd December, 2-3:30pm 📍Sherrington Building, SR 4 🎟️or join us on Zoom: tinyurl.com/3z9y3pz6
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
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Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
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Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. There’s something magical about letting people be. Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them. 🧡 #kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
A close up photograph of a printed page titled “Let People Be” centred at the top in red text. Beneath the title is a thin red horizontal line. The main body of text is printed in black on textured off white paper and every line is highlighted in bright yellow. The highlighted section reads: “You know what’s underrated? Letting people be. Letting them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don’t understand. You don’t have to get it, just be kind. Everyone’s got something that lights them up. Let them shine, even if it’s not your thing.”
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Started a new remote job. The team I’m working with is mostly US and some Canadians. They use the plus emoji (➕) as an “I agree” which I’ve never seen before (usually it’s a thumbs 👍). #Linguistics
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 31/10/2025
Nine-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes come across news they think is inaccurate, but they are split over how easy it is to distinguish truth from fiction. www.pewresearch.org/...
A bar chart with horizontal stacked bars in maroon and gold showing that most Americans see news they think is inaccurate, and about half say it’s tough to know what is true
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I finished watching S3 of The Diplomat. Can't stop thinking about the line "Stop admiring the problem and focus on solving it" (or thereabouts, can't recall exact quote).
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 23/10/2025
South Korea has just launched a HUGE universal basic income pilot focused on rural areas. Around 220,000 people will receive 150,000 won a month for two years in 7 counties. A similar pilot in the US would cost $1 billion and provide $180 a month to all of Wyoming outside of Cheyenne and Casper.
businesskorea.co.kr
Rural Basic Income Pilot Launches in Seven Counties
Seven counties, including Yeoncheon in Gyeonggi Province, Jeongseon in Gangwon Province, Cheongyang in South Chungcheong Province, Sunchang in North Jeolla Pro
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/10/2025
For our good night we are sharing this great piece on the history of processed food in America. We agree with the 🧠🪱 on this - the American diet of processed foods is trash. But we don’t blame you, we blame Big Ag and Big Food who are as bad as Big Tobacco. Good night!
nytimes.com
How America Got Hooked on Ultraprocessed Foods (Gift Article)
They promised convenience and cheap nutrition. But they became one of the greatest health threats of our time.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Very busy in my local ward for voting today. Good luck for today to the election workers as those paper based ballots are time consuming.
A sticker that says "I voted!" from Elections Calgary.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
After 12+ years of working at the University of Birmingham in the Linguistics and Communication department, it’s time to say goodbye. I started off as a tutor in 2012 after completing my MA with the same department. Tasks and roles grew over the years and then I began my PhD with them.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Would it even be a holiday weekend if an appliance didn’t break? Here’s to squeezing out the laundry and eating festive! 🇨🇦🙏🍁 🍂
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our next keynote talk at #CMHP25 is from Dr Marc Williams @clinpsy-marc.bsky.social who is going to explore: Climate Distress, Coping, and the Role of Professionals in a Rapidly Warming World. A timely reminder that climate change is a mental health issue as well as an environmental one. THREAD🧵
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉 Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e... news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It’s getting spooky out there. Still need my Halloween name if anyone has suggestions
A sticker of a black bat with red eyes. Found on the sidewalks of Calgary, Canada
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Bow Valley Palliative @pcsbv.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🧡 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 A day to honour the children who never came home, the survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. We stand in remembrance, reflection, and commitment to reconciliation. 🔗 Learn more: www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/16311301...
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The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Check it out! We made a series of Calgary election zines. One for each of the city's 14 wards, containing all the councillor candidates for each. Plus a mayoral one—so 15 in all. They'll be going into libraries but let us know if you also want copies to share! www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-2025...
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A new zine series for Calgary’s 2025 election | The Sprawl
One for each of the city's 14 wards.
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Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
“Asking for help isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength.” Brené Brown We don’t earn medals for not asking for help. Resting, pausing, and reaching for support keep us human, healthy, and ready for what matters. 🧡 #kindness #positivity #SelfCare Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
A bright pink background with small white dots and yellow star accents features a large blue award ribbon. Inside the ribbon’s circular centre, black handwritten text reads: “THERE IS NO AWARD FOR NEVER ASKING FOR HELP OR NEVER TAKING A BREAK.” Illustration by @joyfulsmolthings.
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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I've been asked a few times now about any reverse culture shock from moving back to Canada. To be honest, I don't really have any this time around. It's more about reminding myself the following: 🐿️ not 🐀 running on the streets and rooftops 👶 not 🐶 in the strollers going for afternoon walks
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18/09/2025
Today in luxury surveillance.
theverge.com
Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
My granny starter pack just arrived: heated cat bed and grocery push cart! I’m doing my darnedest to recreate our 15-minute neighborhood lifestyle. I’ll check back in during winter to let you know (I mean, is it worse than +42 in the heat? Time and frostbite will tell).
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CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
‘Flip a switch’: Calgarians encouraged to turn out the lights for birds www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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‘Flip a switch’: Calgarians encouraged to turn out the lights for birds
Bird enthusiasts and conservationists are asking Calgarians to switch off their lights overnight this fall to protect migrating species.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#linguistic folks!
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Come on Canada, take a stand, pick consistent units of measurement!
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Have #publiclibrary card and new reading materials. Calm descends upon the household. Meet you in the kitchen when we’re all hungry. (Satisfied sigh)
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Ah, a brief moment of nothingness - yes, please
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Nature things we’re learning in Calgary: we’ve seen a lot more rabbits 🐇 than expected but fewer squirrels 🐿️ Magpies here have the attitude of Seoul pigeons but not the filth from dumpster diving or pollution
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Passed the first “new to the building neighbor” test AKA their dog really likes me so I must be good people
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
At that stage of an international move where you start turning off all the old apps and begin searching for the equivalent new local ones. Can’t delete them though as you still want to do product and price comparisons.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
After 18+ years in Seoul 🇰🇷 and 20+ years in Asia, it’s time to go ‘home’ 🏡 After living abroad for so long I feel more international than I do Canadian 🇨🇦. I’m looking forward to the next adventure. Learning about Calgary, Alberta again and using my international skills and experience. 1/2
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New evidence just out shows definitive link between mechanisms driving cancer in smoking with those caused by pollution. Common mechanisms included mutations in the TP53 and EGFR genes 🧪
nature.com
The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers - Nature
An analysis of data from the Sherlock-Lung study provides insight into the mutational processes that contribute to lung cancer in never smokers, and looks at the possible role of factors such as ...
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This bomb is going to blow over the next decade and will hit Calgary particularly badly due to so many single-family-zoned neighbourhoods that are poorly serviced by transit - not to mention the complete lack of winter maintenance in residential areas lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-demogr... #yyccc
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The demographic time bomb is about to detonate
Attention must be paid: there are now more old people than young.
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Joanne McCuaig @joannemccuaig.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
As always, you’ve been a delight #Birmingham, 🇬🇧 until next time
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