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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD

@nilikm.bsky.social
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#Canadian | Family doctor | Assistant Prof #UOttawa | mother | medical #anthropology | #McGill | #UCL | #Yale | writer | RxAdvocacy | Fulbright Scholar | Commonwealth Scholar | #Ottawa | #MedSky | nilikm.gander.social | personal account (she/her) 🇨🇦

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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia!
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy to share a new painting of my office, painted by a local artist, Leo KD, who was in the same daycare as our eldest when they were children. Now, as a fun way to start Sukkot, we’re heading to Halifax to visit our child at Dal law school. Have a peaceful weekend. Shabbat shalom & chag sameach.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When you think about what happened in Belleville, the connection between antisemitism and antivaxx radicalization shouldn’t be news to anyone. As a Jewish doctor who vaccinated Canadians, I received hundreds of vile threats between 2021-2024. Including that I’d be shot. Jew hate is shrugged off.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Have a peaceful weekend, everyone. Shabbat shalom and g’mar chatima tova, friends and colleagues.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wishing all my friends, family, colleagues a sweet Rosh Hashanah and a healthy, happy 5787. Shana tovah!
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
She’s launched. Queens University is so fortunate to have her and we will miss her dearly.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our daughter was two when we got our cottage. Yesterday we ended our summer there and tomorrow she heads off to university, leaving us with an empty nest. A close friend said to me, “It isn’t goodbye my dears, it is see you later.” She’s right. And our porch light will always be on for our children.
Last glimpse of our cottage at end of the summer Sept 2026
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Meanwhile in Canada… Nothing has changed from our point of view (except for more reasons every day to be grateful that we live on this side of the border). 🇨🇦
Google Maps still shows Lake Ontario when viewed in Canada
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Meanwhile in Canada, look closely, there is a hummingbird at the feeder. (And we are paying more attention to what is beautiful here than to the juvenile antics south of our border). 🇨🇦 Have a peaceful weekend, everyone. Shabbat shalom.
Shabbat candles, hummingbird at the feeder
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
465 people from 57 different countries. Now Canadian citizens. Welcome! 🇨🇦
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
At the CNE to cheer on close friends at their citizenship ceremony. Pretty cool to see so many excited faces from all around the world in this line, about to become Canadians 🇨🇦
At the Canadian National Exhibition grounds for Canadian citizenship ceremony
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I stand behind Prime Minister Carney, respect him for walking away from a trade deal with the US. Canadians will not allow any nation to determine our future. 🇨🇦
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of our last Friday night dinners at the cottage, with our daughter before she leaves for university. How blessed we’ve been to have her at our table. Shabbat shalom, friends.
Our daughter saying the prayer over the challah
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As the end of summer approaches, we’ve seen our middle child off to Law school and we are relishing every moment with our youngest before she heads off to start undergrad. Parenting feels like it moves in slow motion when they are babes in arms. I wish there were a way to throttle the speed now.
Our middle child and youngest in 2010
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Canadians: Consider signing this petition to our House of Commons about U.S Ambassador Pete Hoekstra who has repeatedly undermined Canada-U.S. diplomatic relations. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... For more info: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/w...
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Petition e-7531 - Petitions
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We did it!! Very hard. 750m swim, 20K bike ride, 5K run.
Tunnel in Brockville - last leg of triathlon
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Ready for the triathlon… wish us luck!
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Homemade GF challah, still warm from the oven, kissed by the setting sun. Shabbat shalom. Have a lovely, peaceful weekend, friends and colleagues.
Shabbat dinner - challah, candles
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Love is waking up to my husband baking GF cinnamon buns
GF cinnamon buns with breakfast
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Music is much of life when we aren’t swimming in the summer…
Electric guitars at the cottage
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
On the lake - perfect summer night
Canoe, kayak, setting sun, clouds reflected on the water
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Have a peaceful, healthy summer weekend. Shabbat shalom.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Physician here (words of wisdom from Canada): Get your MMR vaccines. Safe and effective. The US has seen more cases of measles in the last 2 years than the total between 2000-2024. That is what happens when a country is led by anti-vaccine, anti-science scoundrels and spreaders of disinformation.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Another amazing canoe camping trip in Algonquin Park.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hope everyone is keeping cool. A few days ago, we went on a long paddle down a river, out to a local lake. Pup played in the water and then hopped back into the canoe.
Pup in the Grumman canoe with a Bay blanket towel — how Canadian 🇨🇦
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Can anyone identify these mushrooms? Growing in my garden under my lettuce
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Is it Friday again already? Have a wonderful weekend, friends and colleagues. Shabbat shalom. (Photo was sunset last night)
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Water 25.3 degrees, air 21.2 and wet. Training for our triathlon, rain or shine.
Rainy day run and swim
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
When your pup just wants to jump into the kayak for a ride… but then doesn’t want to sit down because there’s rain water in the bottom and she’s a princess
Dog had a ride in the kayaki with me
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Have a lovely weekend. Shabbat shalom.
Fireworks over lake
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 Thankful to live in this spectacular country!
Canada flag on dock Canada goose in front of shedCanada flag on dock, canoe on shoreCanada flags on floating dock
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Something happy to start your day: The whippoorwill has returned to our cottage. Turn on volume and you’ll hear its evening call, “whippoorwill, whippoorwill, whippoorwill.” It always sings in the tall grass just outside the window with the stained glass butterfly.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Canadians, #Gander officially launches on #CanadaDay. It is truly nicer there. If you haven’t joined during its pre-launch months, let’s see as many of us as possible flock there on July 1. Elbows (and wings) up! 🇨🇦 You’ll find me there: gander.social/profile/nili...
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Have a lovely, peaceful summer weekend. Shabbat shalom.
Shabbat candles ready on cottage table
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Picked up the last of my recent pottery mugs, from the class that my husband and I took at our local community centre. As you can tell, I have a love of tree themes.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father’s Day to those who’ve raised children lovingly
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Four moose on the road in one day. That’s Newfoundland for ya.
Two moose on the road
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Have a peaceful weekend, friends and colleagues. Shabbat shalom from Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland.
Green Point, Gros Morne
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Most eastern point in North America — Cape Spear, Newfoundland
Standing at Cape Spear, NL
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Remember last summer we drove from Ottawa, to Vancouver Island, to PEI, and home again? Well, we just completed our cross-Canada trip: St John’s, Newfoundland! 🇨🇦
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
So proud of our daughter on the day of her graduation - strong, smart as a whip - and wish her all the greatest adventures as she starts university next autumn.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Have a wonderful, peaceful weekend, friends. Shabbat shalom.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our son convinced us to train for a triathlon this summer…
Running at 6am along the canal in Ottawa with @andykm
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We’ve been taking a pottery wheel class, my husband and I, in preparation for our empty nest phase. Beginners but happy with my tree-themed mugs and bowls. Have a peaceful, healthy weeekend, friends and colleagues. Shabbat shalom.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Hello from windy Quebec City. Have a healthy, happy weekend, friends and colleagues. Shabbat shalom.
Quebec City at night
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Very proud of Noam - way to go, son! University of New Brunswick grad! Next year, off to law school…
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Road trip, Ottawa to Fredericton, for son’s graduation. Love the scenic route along the Saint Lawrence River, shoreline and farms.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Perfect way to spend a cool May 24 afternoon: Husband and I spent a few hours setting up a watering system and bird net on our cottage garden. With any luck this year that will help the veggies to succeed when we are in the city working…
Cottage garden, bird net, watering system
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Back in the Twitter days, I made a point of following women, as men had much larger followings. Gander is the new Canadian platform. I have some invites and I’m reaching out to prominent Canadian women artists, writers, politicians, health advocates, other leaders to join us over there. 🇨🇦🪿
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Fantastic initiative. As a family doc who provides gender-affirming care to many adults, it is crucial to support trans refugees to Canada.🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Pilot program for transgender refugees allows them to change identity, name on arrival
Move is part of bid to align refugee policy with government policies supporting members of the LGBTQ community
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