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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 15h

Hey kids, it’s a temporary no-charge community phone.

Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"Creative scars," "anchoring effects," "model collapse," and "cognitive imperialism." I'm seeing a staggering number of submission to CMAJ Humanities these days that rely heavily on AI. Please, for the love of original thought, stop. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same?

Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hey, I wanted to tell you about this deep listening / acoustic ecology passion project I've had on the go for many years, but have just revived after a long post-COVID hiatus. #deeplistening #acousticecology #soundart #wildsound www.curiaudio.com

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Curiaudio - Songs for Curious Girls

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Marcello Di Cintio @marcellodicintio.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've been dreaming of being selected as faculty for the Banff Centre's Literary Journalism program since attending as a participant way back in 2009. To share the role with such incredible writers as @monicakidd.bsky.social and Kamal makes this even sweeter. www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

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Literary Journalism 2027

This 19-day self-directed journalism and non-fiction residency offers writers dedicated time, space, and momentum to advance a writing project.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It will be my privilege to be faculty for the Banff Centre's Literary Journalism residency next June. Come write with us! www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

banffcentre.ca

Literary Journalism 2027

This 19-day self-directed journalism and non-fiction residency offers writers dedicated time, space, and momentum to advance a writing project.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thoughts on 20 years after I broke my back. open.substack.com/pub/monicaki...

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The day the tree fell

If love were the louder call

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

First time looking closely at these little metal bits embedded in cement in a downtown Calgary plaza. They each have a little something to say. Rewards of sitting to eat a sandwich in the sun.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

That time I wrote all across the Pacific Ocean and finished 13K words of a 5K chapter…

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Things are getting real now! Countdown for my second last research trip (I think!) for my coastal erosion book - this one to explore coastal dynamics, human settlements, inequity, and vulnerability in megacities.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I spent the day tromping around Gitanyow territory in northwest BC for with fire practitioners Kira Hoffman and Isabel Bodnar as they prepare for a burn. This is done in partnership with the nation to help nudge make their forests more productive of foods and medicine. For Canadian Geographic.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Here in northwestern BC working on a story about Indigenous-led burning and have come across this gorgeous library of just a few of Canada's Indigenous language. Words, phrases, songs, recordings... www.firstvoices.com/languages

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FirstVoices.com

Check this out on FirstVoices: Indigenous Language Revitalization Platform

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Eeep! (Happily this was announced AFTER noon on April 1.) My novel The Crane made it to the shortlist for the W.O. Mitchell Prize along with these two superstars. @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

To have THE CRANE (Breakwater Books, 2025) listed as one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s top 10 must read books - alongside authors I reported with and about when I worked for CBC in St. John’s - is such a deep, deep honour. @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I hate that this is true, but it is. When my third kid was still in diapers, I decided to resign a tenure-track position. Instead of asking what professional supports I might need, I was asked if I was depressed. I don't want my daughters to have the same experience. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why

Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My thanks to The Walrus for the opportunity to cover a Canadian story about sea level rise, climate change and coastal survival. On newsstands now.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The leavings of cleaning staff who still have fun at work. Stay gold!

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I'm trying to compile a list of rivers that have caught on fire. Here are the ones I've found. Any others? Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Rouge River, Detroit, US Buffalo River, Buffalo, US Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, US Cuyohoga River, Cleveland, US Bellandur Lake, Bangalore, India

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My latest at @thewalrus.ca, this one about one BC First Nation trying to balance its opportunity to benefit from fossil fuels with its very real need to protect its critical shoreline from erosion. There's a lot of nuance here. thewalrus.ca/lng-pipeline...

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A BC Coastal Village Embraced Natural Gas. Can It Outrace the Consequences? | The Walrus

Kitimat is on track to house one of the world’s largest export facilities. But ocean waters are rising

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We had such a warm crowd tonight at cSPACE for the opening reception for my photo exhibit withe Eveline Kolijn. Supportive viewers, real conversation, good cheese. HOLDING GROUND, photos of coastal erosion, will be up until the end of March in the second floor hallway.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Last March I visited Vanuatu for my coastal erosion research. I met a group of extraordinary women and made a short doc about the realities they face with climate change. Yesterday I submitted to some film festivals — fingers crossed!

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

“Carceral settings function as epidemic amplifiersopens in a new tab or window. Overcrowding, rapid population turnover, and inadequate infection control intensify transmission inside these facilities.”

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

In this follow to my original piece about the 2025 measles outbreak in Alberta, I report on my access to information request to get numbers on perinatal outcomes related to measles. There were too many redactions to form any real picture except that bad outcomes were bring tracked and not shared.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Please join Eveline and me for our photographic exploration of coastal erosion and its impacts on places and people. At cSPACE in Calgary. Opening reception Thurs March 5 6-8 pm.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Huge news for me today! My book about coastal erosion will by published by Harper Collins Canada in 2027. This project started 2+ years ago when I found a human skull on a beach that had rolled down from an eroding graveyard and has evolved into a global exploration of risk and loss and resilience.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Just going to leave this right here.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This week, the man who drives the Calgary Transit bus my kid takes to school noticed one of his riders had left behind a binder. He took the binder to the school and made a point of talking to the principal to tell him how courteous the kids at his school are. This, in a city of 1.5 million. ❤️

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hey look, it's another chance encounter with wild animal! Thanks to @canadianpoets.bsky.social for republishing.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My thoughts from the ecocriticism conference on "Erosion" I attended in Galway last summer, over on Substack. #coastalerosion #climatechange #Ireland

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This guy. Mark Bragg had a stroke, nearly died, went through months and months of rehab, and fought his way back to the stage. We saw him last night at The Ship Pub in St. John’s with his band The Butchers. An incredible performance in a room filled with love. Look up his music. You’re welcome. :)

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Big sea on today in St. John’s.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I’m honoured to have been chosen for the Writers' Guild of Alberta’s 2026 Mentorship Program. I’ll be working to help shape Ryan’s work of literary fiction.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Overheard while waiting in line at my neighborhood bookstore. Young man speaking to (?) father: “I didn’t think there were bookstores anymore.” Then paying for my things and having the clerk ask me if I’d like to sign copies of my book. How to smash a writer’s heart and fix it right back up again.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This fall the govt of Alberta has trammeled the rights of trans youth and striking teachers. It’s ramming through an oil pipeline to BC in spite of opposition from most coastal First Nations. I could go on. Albertans have no right to feel superior to what’s happening south of the border.

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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse. Learn more 👇

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Public and private health care

The Canadian Medical Association conducted a series of national consultations to inform our policy on public and private health care.

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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the #Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care. The CMA is calling on the government to reconsider this proposal, and focus on known solutions to support public health care.

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Alberta’s private health proposal will leave more Albertans waiting longer for care: CMA

Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Alberta government undermined health authority to push lab privatization deal, A-G report finds. There were issues throughout the procurement process, including a failure to assess Dynalife's financial vulnerabilities, by Matthew Scace www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Alberta government undermined health authority to push lab privatization deal, A-G report finds

Report details issues throughout the procurement process including miscalculated cost savings and failures to assess Dynalife’s financial vulnerabilities

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 18/11/2025

How many private-pay surgeries are being done? Where? On whom? By whom? For what? As @monicakidd.bsky.social explains, the lack of publicly available information about private-pay surgery raises serious questions about industry accountability. thewalrus.ca/private-health-c...

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thanks to Ben O'Hara-Byrne for the opportunity to talk about Canada's recent loss of measles elimination status and the analysis I did for the December issue of The Walrus. @thewalrus.ca open.spotify.com/episode/1is9...

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How did Canada go backwards on Measles prevention and what now?

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A family friend for decades, Arden came by today to collect scion from Mom’s apple trees to see if we can start a new generation.

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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

What a deep honour it is to find a book I wrote included on a mural in St. John’s depicting books as buildings, and commenting on how central storytelling is to the fabric of the city and province and people. ❤️

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