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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Publication alert! My Social Emotional Assets Measure has been published online at Frontiers! This was the first project I tackled as an Assistant Professor, with no research funding, and it's finally out there. I'm so proud of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... #psycsky #devpsycsky

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Alberta needs a referendum vote on whether Danielle Smith has a Grade 6 level of grammatical understanding. What the hell is this question, and how can you answer with a yes/no vote? #abpoli #cdnpoli

That question again in full: "Should Alberta remain a province of Cana or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?"

The referendum, slated for Oct. 19, will be part of a ballot that already has nine questions related to immigration and other constitutional issues.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'm watching boy hockey Montreal vs Tampa & forgot that assault from behind is just minor penalty. So different from #pwhl #hockey #nhl #montreal

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I bought myself some patriotic bling. Bracelet chain from Charm Diamond, charm and brooch from Hillberg & Berk. #teamcanada #canadasky #elbowsup #yyc

Pink bag from Hillberg & Berg with a red maple leaf brooch in a red box, and a silver bracelet with maple leaf charm on a pink bracket bag. Bracelet chain from charm Diamond.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

My lab is currently looking for survey participants! We're looking for men in Canada to complete a survey on their hobbies, interests and skills. Please forward this to any men between the ages of 18-29 that you know. They just need to email psycsealab@gmail.com to participate. #psyc #academicsky

Poster for H.I.S. study, please email psycsealab@gmail.com if you are interested in participating.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Poster for the H.I.S. Study on men's hobbies, interests, and skills. Please email psycsealab@gmail.com to participate if you are a man in Canada between the ages of 18-29.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Is this a declaration of war? Because that's how it feels. #cdnpoli #canada #canadasky

Trump's AI image showing use flags on Canada, Greenland, Venezuela.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Persian food is amazing. Family went to @persianplatecalgary and it was incredible. Photos don't communicate just how aromatic and flavourful everything was. #yyc #calgary #persianfood

Veggie kabob, saffron rice, salad with mint, lemon wedges

Olives in pomegranate molasses, and walnuts

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Canada's new friendliness with China just keeps making me think of a modified quote from 1984. "We've always been friends with EastAsia. Oceania is the enemy." #cdnpoli

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Premier of Alberta's Chief of Staff makes anti-Semitic dog whistle with "globalist pals" just days after Hanukkah mass shooting. Disgusting. #abpoli #cdnpoli #alberta @bnaibrith.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social @albertandp.ca @ndpjulia.bsky.social #jewish

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Breaking: Alberta NDP leader criticizes UCP government. In other timeless news: Water is wet.

Dog bites man. Sun rises in east.

CTV, why bother? Nenshi's job is whining for his union & globalist pals. Never any solutions proposed, just endless complaints. Meanwhile, NDP fights tooth & nail to let kids get irreversible sex changes without parental say.

Protecting vulnerable children? Nah, that's 'hate' to them. Albertans see through it.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Mark Carney wrote a very long book on how he believed in climate action, but his actions as PM show that this was disingenuous. We have a conservative PM, which is better than a Reform/Wildrose PM. I really hope the NDP get their groove back. #cdnpoli

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Toronto Sceptres @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

TAKING THE PWHL OUT EAST 🦞 See you at @scotiabankctr.bsky.social in Halifax on December 17 for the FIRST stop of the 2025-26 DoorDash PWHL Takeover Tour presented by the Province of Nova Scotia! ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/takeover-tour

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I'm trying to be patriotic for the blue jays, but white stripes and iron man music are getting redundant. Hockey is better. #cdnpoli #teamcanada

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I didn't write this; Ryan from the Calgary Common Good did. But I think it's good. Alt text is on the first two images for all the text. #abpoli #cdnpoli #alberta @albertateachers.bsky.social @albertandp.ca @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

The decision yesterday to invoke the “notwithstanding clause” to force teachers back to work and accept an agreement that 89.5% of teachers had voted against is a gross removal of a fundamental right. Rights only exist in reality if people are willing to defend them. History has shown that when those in power violate the rights of one group, it is not long before the rights of other groups are also violated, unless people fight back.

In 2015, the Supreme Court established that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects a right to strike. “The right of employees to strike is vital to protecting the meaningful process of collective bargaining,” wrote Justice Rosailie Abella in their decision. Collective bargaining, backed up by the ability to strike, have been the essential tools that enabled the labour movement to raise wages and improve working conditions. This allows the creation of a prosperous middle class, which we have enjoyed for decades, but now see being eroded. This right is what allows most of us to prosper, and the ease with which our government has chosen to violate this right threatens this shared prosperity.

Rights, backed up by courts, are fundamental to democracy. Since the beginning of democracy, people have recognized that even the rule of a democratically elected government can become dangerous, especially to minority populations, if it is not held in check by legal protections (rights) backed up by the power of the courts. This is why the international movement of human rights grew out of the horrors of what was a democratically elected Nazi Germany. The notwithstanding clause overrides both these rights and the protection of these rights provided by the courts.

Our government did not need to use the notwithstanding clause - they could have legislated the teachers back to work, because the strike is causing “irreparable harm,” which would then bring the settlement of this strike to binding arbitration, in which both sides would have to live with the decision of an objective third party. Why did our government choose to violate fundamental rights instead? This is a question that all Canadians need to be asking.

What this means is that the teachers are not only fighting to preserve our public education system so that it can provide a quality education to our children, but they are also fighting to preserve the fundamental rights we all share. This is a fight that we all have a stake in. As a parent, I would rather have my children at home a while longer than have the rights we all rely on violated.

Our strategy team met last night. As an Alliance, our first step is to call on all of our members to write their MLA and the premier to push back against this violation of our rights. This is only an initial response. We will engage with our labour partners to decide on a medium and long-term strategy. In the meantime, we are also calling on all of our members to:

1) Write your MLAs

2) Use your networks to ask others to write as well.

3) Educate your communities about why this is important and why they need to remember what our government is doing, not just in the coming weeks, but in two years when our government faces an election.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The Current Status in Alberta - my newest blog post on Smith and Alberta. #cdnpoli #abpoli #yyc

I left social media due to Trump. I came back due to Danielle Smith.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Solidarity to Alberta teachers. If you feel the same, write your MLA & tell them you support public education & funding for education. #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

My favorite thing about Stampede season is how quiet the YMCA & parks are. Outside of the festival grounds, it's like a ghost town. #yyc #calgary

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

First thing Carney has done that I don't like. Really takes the air out of Canada Day. #elbowsup #boycottusa #payyourtaxes #eattherich #teamcanada #cdnpoli

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

My first attendance at a protest was an Iraq war protest my anthropology professor invited the class to. I remember Bush's lies.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Hey world - I passed my Advanced First Aid Professional Responder course! It was an intense 80 hours. I learned so much, & gained so many new skills. A #yyc #canadasky #teamcanada #academicsky

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I'm currently taking Advanced First Aid / Profession Responder with the Canadian Red Cross. We talked in class how women die because first responders are hesitant to access women's chests in emergencies. Yet the textbook nearly exclusively uses men in diagrams. 1/n @redcrosscanada.bsky.social

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I'm sorry, Florida is booing our players. Canada boos the national anthems, not the players. Poor sports there Florida. #nhl #hockey

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Why does the Walter Cup look like the eye of Sauron? #pwhl #hockey

Two women carrying the Walter cup for presentation

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Noooo hockey is over for the year and Minnesota won the Walter cup again! #pwhl #hockey

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I hope that if the King & Queen wear symbolic items, they consider Made In Canada items, such as Canadian diamonds, furs, leathers, & textiles. #cdnpoli

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Finally, some data on Canadians & US relations. I have so much anecdotal stories, but it's nice to see how the numbers add up.

This is a infographic about Canadians opinions of travelling to the US, showing that on average, 52% of Canadians no longer feel safe travelling to the US.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Game 3 of the Walter Cup finals is going to triple overtime! Can't spell Ottawa with OT! (Saw that on r/hockey) #pwhl @pwhlcharge.bsky.social

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Ughhh. I had a great 8 hour day of data set merging & cleaning yesterday & was so excited to start analysis today. But my work computer decided to restart last night & now can't open SPSS or connect online. #academicsky @ucalgary.bsky.social

The blue shut down screen that I stare at while tapping my foot.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Woop! Game 1 of the Walter Cup finals goes to Ottawa in overtime! Was fun to watch, especially with friends in the crowd in person. #pwhl

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I just finished @adamrutherford.bsky.social 's book and it was enjoyable. Not too much was new, except the gossip on James Watson. But it's nice to hear it all again. I wish the counter to section 4 would have delved into Jewish history as "people of the book" a bit more. #booksky #academicsky

Book cover for "How to argue with a racist" by Adam Rutherford

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I wanted either Toronto or Montreal (or both) in the finals. Crushed that Montreal was just eliminated. But Ottawa has some good players, despite a higher count of Americans.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

It's chilly out there, and a good day to work from home with hot tea.

A beautiful black and white cockapoo with a dog toy shaped like a coffee mug, sitting on the back of a black sofa, looking out the window at spring blossoms on trees.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight. "My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.

Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I'm so honoured to have won the Student Union Teaching Excellence Award for the second time! Today I picked up my award & now I have a set. The apples are so cute! @ucalgary.bsky.social #uofc #yyc

Two matching framed certificates behind two apple trophies. Each representing a Teaching Excellence Award for 2019-2020 and 2024-2025 for the University of Calgary.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I love malicious compliance for the greater good. Let's follow the letter of law on Danielle Smith's referendum guidelines and make some excellent referendums.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

My goodness. This year was truly a germy year. I had my flu shot and was still sick most of winter semester. Alberta is reporting 193 deaths from the flu, the most ever. Some years are as low as 32 deaths.

A bar chat showing number of influenza death in Alberta each year from 2009-2025.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Carney will live in Rideau Cottage, as the sorry state of 24 Sussex is a symbol of our national housing crisis. If the people can't afford nice homes, neither should the PM. #Cdnpoli @thebeaverton.com

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

It's worth writing your MP & MLA about Danielle Smith's threat of separation. If you're in Alberta, it's especially important to tell her you are not interested in separating. And copy the provincial NDP as well.

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