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Colleen

@seemackteach.bsky.social
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Teacher turned coach turned coordinator turned consultant. BFA, BEd, and an MS in progress. Literacy and Inclusive Ed are my jam. So much to learn, so little time. Treaty 6. She/her.

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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 05/02/2026
Sadness is a downpour—it arrives without asking, soaking through our defenses in seconds. Joy is a garden—it must be planted seed by seed, watered with intention, weeded of doubt, and fiercely guarded against the storms that would drown it.
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Happy to Share! 🌤️ @happytoshare.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #dogsofbluesky
A close-up of a black and white doodle face, the white showing in his brown eyes
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 25/01/2026
There are now healthcare infusion chapters 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 of this country. But none in any of the northern territories yet. If you're there, and want to join the effort to get nurses and doctors in your community, visit startchapter.healthcareinfusion.org
A map of Canada with blue location pins marking cities across the country, including Vancouver, Squamish, Creston, Terrace, Edmonton, Regina, Kenora, Barrie, Montreal, Cape Breton, and locations in Newfoundland and Labrador. Pins are concentrated along the southern border from British Columbia through Ontario and into Atlantic Canada. Three large blue question marks appear over the far north, roughly over Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, suggesting missing or unknown locations in those regions.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Crumbling health systems fuelling global surge in measles, scientists warn www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m... "The decline in vaccination rates has been blamed on growing levels of misinformation..." "#Misinformation is just being spewed from the highest political echelons of the U.S."
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Crumbling health systems fuelling global surge in measles, scientists warn
Experts say that a ‘generational decline in living standards’ could be behind waning rates of vaccination
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mtfamilies4vax.bsky.social @mtfamilies4vax.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Anyone who doesn't want to vax their pets should have to clean a full parvovirus isolation ward for one week. The horrific smell, the vomiting and diarrhea, the suffering & death would change their minds about prevention. The vaccine works. It prevents suffering. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
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Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
See the cruelty of Premier Danielle Smith & her government. The egregious destruction of Charter rights is appalling. The government spent one year's worth of potential teachers' compensation by paying out coal developers for Alberta government policy changes & errors. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
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Happy to Share! 🌤️ @happytoshare.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Northern lights decided to give us a show above our home. Be they gas or ghost, they are spectacular nonetheless. #alphabetchallenge #WeekNforNights #photography #EastCoastKin #northernlights
Northern lights above a home that is silhouetted below. Northern lights in the shape of an eaglePink and green and red northern lightsNorthern lights with trees below
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Autism isn't a disease It's a developmental difference, part of the natural diversity human brains. Framing it as a disease fuels stigma. (It doesn't need to be "cured" with oversold supplements based on thin scientific evidence 😒)
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Happy to Share! 🌤️ @happytoshare.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Periwinkle, pink, and peach skies. I could not ask for more. #sunrise #goodmorning #landscapes #photography #nature #skies
Pink and orange clouds in a periwinkle sky, with black silhouettes of trees below
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Waubgeshig Rice @waub.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Graham Greene helped make the rest of the world see Indigenous people as real human beings. The first time I saw him on screen was in Dances With Wolves and the last time was in The Last of Us. What a tremendous legacy! RIP ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Looking at this from my view in Alberta rn makes me so jealous.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/08/2025
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
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Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era
Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/08/2025
RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Completely horrifying.👇 Anti-science monster. RFK Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08... Reality: Vaccine... - saved millions of lives - < hospitalization - < long COVID - > pregnancy outcomes - < healthcare costs - promising platform for other diseases! - etc, etc!!!
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R.F.K. Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The monitoring station on Mauna Loa provides the longest direct measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere. Trump wants to shut it down, which is like taking the batteries out of your screaming smoke alarm and pretending the house isn't on fire. #climatechange
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SaschaJanssen 🎸 @saschajanssen.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Cool
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Several Chiefs across Canada gathered today in Ottawa to prepare for their meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney regarding newly-passed Bill C-5. The bill proposes to accelerate development projects like pipelines by speeding up the approval process.
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I implore everyone to read this article. It’s unbelievable. I’m at a loss for words.
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I’ve been seeing a lot of anecdotal posts from ER and Peds doctors about this as well.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Today, I sent the attached letter to First Nations affirming that #ForeverCanadian and I will support and, if necessary, take Court action to protect Canada and its treaty obligations. The petition I filed protects First Nations' entrenched rights. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Get the real facts. Learn more about why Gender-affirming care saves lives. scienceupfirst.com/2slgbtqia/ge...
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Gender-affirming care saves lives. | ScienceUpFirst
Gender-affirming care is life-saving. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 For those who do access gender-affirming medical care, studies show reductions in depression, anxiety, self-harm ideation, mental health disorders…
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🇨🇦Merlin Ca🇨🇦 @merlinofcanada.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Keep this in mind in 2025 there have been 1208 cases of measles in the whole of the United States with a population of 347 million. Alberta has 1020 cases with a population approx. 5 million. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...
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WHO @who.int · 10/06/2025
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines! But you may be worried about what's in them? So, let’s break it down ⬇
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Having one accepting adult in a LGBTQ+ young person’s life reduces their suicide risk by 40 percent. Be that adult.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Here's how wildfire smoke exposure can impact your health. People with chronic health conditions, seniors, children among most vulnerable, by Shaki Sutharsan www.cbc.ca/news/wildfir... via @cbcnews.ca
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Here's how wildfire smoke exposure can impact your health | CBC News
Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke can have short- and long-term impacts on one's health, especially for those with chronic conditions, seniors, young children and pregnant women.
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
IF IT’S HARD FOR YOU TO ACCEPT PRIDE MONTH…JUST THINK OF IT AS BEING “PRO-LIFE” FOR GAY KIDS
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 27/05/2025
With MAGA calling the shots, it's going to become difficult to access vaccines.. unless it's their vaccine. Senior U.S. figures are invested in reviving old vaccine-tech, abandoned decades ago because it was giving too many kids febrile seizures. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
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What's actually happening with U.S. vaccine policy?
The regime is putting up roadblocks to vaccine makers.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1956...
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Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Alberta paid more than six times usual price for pain medications in $70-million import deal, according to government briefing note, by @carrietait.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Alberta paid more than six times usual price for pain medications in $70-million import deal, according to government briefing note
Briefing note indicates health authority could have reduced overall bill by ordering less medicine
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
When they huff and puff, we fight for Canada.🇨🇦 youtu.be/LsVczxNQFdw?... #ForeverCanada #ableg #cdnpoli
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Thanks Thomas #thomaslukaszuk #alberta #separation
YouTube video by Lisab0923
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
𝐂𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 & 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐨. 𝟐

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and Mikisew Cree First Nation are issuing a second Cease and Desist to Danielle Smith and the Government of Alberta and urging reconsideration of the Separatist Actions. The Leaderships of the two Nations are calling for respect for the Treaty Relationship that allows all Albertans to live on Treaty Lands.

The first Cease and Desist letter of April 30, 2025 remains unanswered and the GOA has doubled down by pushing Bill 54 through this evening May 14, 2025 to avoid the Treaty Nations and Rights Holders Peaceful Demonstration Opposing Alberta’s Separation scheduled for tomorrow May 15, 2025 at 2:30pm at the Alberta Legislature.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 11/05/2025
Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over the next 5 years www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/can... @nicireland.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Marc Parravano's son, Christian, wears his number 84 hockey jersey to celebrate his dad's 84th blood donation in Vaughan, Ont., in this Dec. 13, 2023 handout photo.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 07/05/2025
‘It’s all cronyism going forward’: Trump appointee set to receive $500M for his own vaccine research www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... @katherinejwu.com 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
edifice of the NIH building
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Red Dress Day Indigenous women and girls are SIX TIMES more likely to be murdered than other groups. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7525652
Red dresses hang in a forest of birch trees. Art by Jaime Black, who started the Redress project.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Assembly of First Nations is joining others in calling for the repatriation of cultural and sacred items currently being held by the Hudson’s Bay Company.
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First Nations orgs lobby to stop Hudson's Bay from selling artifacts
First Nations organizations are calling for the Hudson's Bay Company to stop the sale of any Indigenous items in its possession.
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cashmerecoco.bsky.social @cashmerecoco.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Post election… notice “all elected officials.” Treaties can’t be broken by an Alberta premier…
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation ain’t having the separatists rhetoric from Smith or her ilk… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"If you or any other Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere." Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A letter by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and Mikisew Cree First Nation Request Prime Minister Carney to Uphold Treaties and demonish Premier Smith’s talk of separation.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/04/2025
Insured losses from natural catastrophes could soar to $145 billion this year — well above the 10-year average — as population growth, urban sprawl and climate change combine to supercharge risks, according to a report by Swiss Re Institute.
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Insurers May Face $145 Billion in Catastrophe Losses in 2025
Insured losses from natural catastrophes could soar to $145 billion this year — well above the 10-year average — as population growth, urban sprawl and climate change combine to supercharge risks, according to a report by Swiss Re Institute.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Absolutely not, RFK. We are not going to let them divide us into “useful”and “useless”- that’s Nazi shit and we will not stand for it.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Schizophrenia exists. Mental illness exists. Psychiatric medications can be life-saving. Psychotherapy can be life-saving. Don't let misinformed people tell you otherwise. Enough with the anti-psychiatry propaganda and stigma. ✌️
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Maddi Dellplain @maddidellplain.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Alberta has tabled its involuntary drug treatment bill. When asked if involuntary treatment would be effective, Smith said "You won't know if something works until you try it." But there IS a lot of research we can draw from. And what we know, doesn't look good: healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
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Involuntary drug treatment: ‘Compassionate intervention’ or policy dead end? - Healthy Debate
Involuntary treatment for substance use is being proposed in provinces across the country. But do programs like this work?
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"This is not only dangerous, it's not only innefective, it's a complete breach of human rights." Harm reduction advocate Euan Thomson argues that Alberta's Compassionate Intervention Act will deliver much more harm than good. LISTEN: traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU48621220...
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter
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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” author unknown
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