Ceci Vasoff
@cecivasoff.bsky.social
Pursuing full-time PhD, Educational Leadership & Policy, OISE. Special education & school finance.
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🚨LIVE AT 11AM ET TOMORROW🚨
How do ordinary people become agents of state murder?
@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social joins me on Bubble Pop to grapple with this defining question of the current political moment.
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How do ordinary people become agents of state murder?
@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social joins me on Bubble Pop to grapple with this defining question of the current political moment.
Get notified: www.youtube.com/live/PNqCmxF...
How do ordinary people become agents of state murder? (feat. Yannick Veilleux-Lepage)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
🚨LIVE AT 11AM ET TOMORROW🚨
How do ordinary people become agents of state murder?
@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social joins me on Bubble Pop to grapple with this defining question of the current political moment.
Get notified: www.youtube.com/live/PNqCmxF...
How do ordinary people become agents of state murder?
@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social joins me on Bubble Pop to grapple with this defining question of the current political moment.
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There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Important read
The flu is everywhere. So why aren’t Canadians getting vaccinated for viral illnesses?
theconversation.com/the-flu-is-e...
The flu is everywhere. So why aren’t Canadians getting vaccinated for viral illnesses?
theconversation.com/the-flu-is-e...
The flu is everywhere. So why aren’t Canadians getting vaccinated for viral illnesses?
Despite overwhelming research showing that flu vaccines keep people out of hospital, fewer Canadians are getting vaccinated. Trust isn’t the only factor keeping people from getting the jab.
theconversation.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Important read
The flu is everywhere. So why aren’t Canadians getting vaccinated for viral illnesses?
theconversation.com/the-flu-is-e...
The flu is everywhere. So why aren’t Canadians getting vaccinated for viral illnesses?
theconversation.com/the-flu-is-e...
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Extension to Jan 15.
We have reached over 1000 signatures,
Please sign and share!
We have reached over 1000 signatures,
Please sign and share!
#Toronto - the last day to sign Clean Indoor Air Toronto's petition for Toronto Public Health to adopt Health Canada’s latest air quality guidance is this Monday! cleanindoorairto.ca
Another good reason to sign CIATO’s petition calling on the Toronto Board of Health to direct Toronto Public Health to adopt Health Canada’s latest indoor air quality guidance. cleanindoorairto.ca
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Extension to Jan 15.
We have reached over 1000 signatures,
Please sign and share!
We have reached over 1000 signatures,
Please sign and share!
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Time to pump the brakes on foreign ownership of our mainstream media sources. Please consider signing this Sponsored Parliamentary Petition to let our decision makers know that this is a serious issue.
End media monopolies.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
End media monopolies.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6821 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Time to pump the brakes on foreign ownership of our mainstream media sources. Please consider signing this Sponsored Parliamentary Petition to let our decision makers know that this is a serious issue.
End media monopolies.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
End media monopolies.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Is one of your goals for 2026 to write more? One question I get all the time is, "How do you make time to write?" So, here is my unsolicited writing advice for the new year:
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Is one of your goals for 2026 to write more? One question I get all the time is, "How do you make time to write?" So, here is my unsolicited writing advice for the new year:
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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This is what I've been sharing with folks who come to me privately & ask me to "do something" about the Alberta government. I respond to them and say "it needs to be your voice, not mine". I'm already out there doing all of @jaredwesley.ca's 10 points. Be brave, do just 2 steps for your own future.
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is what I've been sharing with folks who come to me privately & ask me to "do something" about the Alberta government. I respond to them and say "it needs to be your voice, not mine". I'm already out there doing all of @jaredwesley.ca's 10 points. Be brave, do just 2 steps for your own future.
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Yes, Bishop! 👏🏾 In 2016, my church, St. Stephen's Anglican, sponsored one family's relocation to Calgary from Syria with two other churches. It took three (3) churches to help one (1) family. Faith communities do not have the volunteer capacity or financial capacity to do the work of the government.
“In 2020, he says, applications took one and a half to two years to process. Now, they often stretch to four years.” This is why churches and non profits can no longer do this work at scale. It takes too long and costs too much. And so people are stuck in unsafe situations
From hope to hurdles: How Canada’s refugee system has changed since 2015 | CBC Radio
A decade after Ottawa did much to help resettle displaced Syrians, refugees and advocates say wait times have lengthened, funding has dwindled and federal policies may tighten the path to safety.
www.cbc.ca
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Yes, Bishop! 👏🏾 In 2016, my church, St. Stephen's Anglican, sponsored one family's relocation to Calgary from Syria with two other churches. It took three (3) churches to help one (1) family. Faith communities do not have the volunteer capacity or financial capacity to do the work of the government.
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No one:
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
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This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
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This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
No one:
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
---
This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
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This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
GPA episode link: QuantitudePod – A podcast dedicated to all things quantitative, ranging from the relevant to the highly irrelevant. share.google/WhktcCxhWBzl...
QuantitudePod – A podcast dedicated to all things quantitative, ranging from the relevant to the highly irrelevant.
share.google
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
GPA episode link: QuantitudePod – A podcast dedicated to all things quantitative, ranging from the relevant to the highly irrelevant. share.google/WhktcCxhWBzl...
Very funny episode. We've all got stories. 😂 & 😭
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Very funny episode. We've all got stories. 😂 & 😭
Ditto. Thx for reposting this thread, @benking01.bsky.social!
This 👇 is the debilitating #PEM I am managing to avoid via very careful #pacing and constant monitoring of both my heartrate *and* my movement levels 🙏
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
#LongCovid continues disabling people because the #Covid19 pandemic is not suddenly 'over' just because we all want it to be!
Clip: @oonaghcousins.bsky.social explains how post-exertional malaise has affected her. It’s not tiredness after exercise, simple tasks like preparing food or even talking would cause her whole body would go into shutdown, affecting her nervous, immune, digestive systems and more.
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ditto. Thx for reposting this thread, @benking01.bsky.social!
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Delighted to post this recording of my public conversation with Sam Bowles, moderated by @ethanbdm.bsky.social,
on Why Economic Inequalities Endure.
Our discussion ranges from the distant past to speculation on how AI will affect future inequality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG0C...
on Why Economic Inequalities Endure.
Our discussion ranges from the distant past to speculation on how AI will affect future inequality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG0C...
UChicago Stone Center | Why Economic Inequalities Endure
YouTube video by Harris Public Policy
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Delighted to post this recording of my public conversation with Sam Bowles, moderated by @ethanbdm.bsky.social,
on Why Economic Inequalities Endure.
Our discussion ranges from the distant past to speculation on how AI will affect future inequality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG0C...
on Why Economic Inequalities Endure.
Our discussion ranges from the distant past to speculation on how AI will affect future inequality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG0C...
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This paper is a real benchmark and will be of great interest to anyone who works with those with DLD. (Developmental Language Disorder)
#DevLangDis
#DevLangDis
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES❗@karlamcgregor.bsky.social and co are 🔥on fire🔥 in @ashajournals.bsky.social in a 🆓🔓 article about #devlangdis and its spectral nature. This assertion will stay with me: "To diagnose is to categorize". pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis
Purpose: We aimed to create a comprehensive understanding of the dilemmas involved
in the diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) and ...
pubs.asha.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This paper is a real benchmark and will be of great interest to anyone who works with those with DLD. (Developmental Language Disorder)
#DevLangDis
#DevLangDis
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In 2,000 children followed from Grades 1–9, we find that #LearningDifficulties co-occur strongly with each other, but only weakly with #ADHD.
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In 2,000 children followed from Grades 1–9, we find that #LearningDifficulties co-occur strongly with each other, but only weakly with #ADHD.
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
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I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
Postdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows
postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
95% of staff positions at the U.S. Office of Special Education Program - gone. Interview with policy and advocacy advisor, Kuna Tavalin, about the implications for special education programs in America and, ultimately, its students. #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
95% of staff positions at the U.S. Office of Special Education Program - gone. Interview with policy and advocacy advisor, Kuna Tavalin, about the implications for special education programs in America and, ultimately, its students. #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FUs...
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Yay! This is going to be so much fun. Thanks to the @atkinsoncentre.bsky.social for being such amazing conveners.
The HUB is live!
Meet the leaders driving research that informs equity and opportunity in early learning and child care.
Today’s Spotlight: Dr. Beth Dhuey (@bdhuey.bsky.social), Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
Explore more at eceknowledgehub.ca
Meet the leaders driving research that informs equity and opportunity in early learning and child care.
Today’s Spotlight: Dr. Beth Dhuey (@bdhuey.bsky.social), Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
Explore more at eceknowledgehub.ca
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Yay! This is going to be so much fun. Thanks to the @atkinsoncentre.bsky.social for being such amazing conveners.
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NCME applauds this IES effort to “maximize relevance, timeliness, and usability,” and have “a meaningful, positive impact on students' academic achievement and other outcomes.”
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NCME applauds this IES effort to “maximize relevance, timeliness, and usability,” and have “a meaningful, positive impact on students' academic achievement and other outcomes.”
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
Full response: buff.ly/eBmK1wA
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...introducing Direct Motions Without Notice, but no further information has been provided.
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
September 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
...introducing Direct Motions Without Notice, but no further information has been provided.
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
*** This is a tactic often used to force through unpopular motions, as it circumvents first hearing at General Committee and prevents deputations from the public. ***
Council-watchers, pay attention!!
2/2
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Excited to invite you to the #RunLikeAGirl book launch in Toronto on Oct 1! Join me for a fireside chat with a Q&A about leadership, resilience & creating change.
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excited to invite you to the #RunLikeAGirl book launch in Toronto on Oct 1! Join me for a fireside chat with a Q&A about leadership, resilience & creating change.
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
Free event, registration required: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#WomenLeadingOnClimate
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This paper is very good and all the think tankers and foundation people (especially leadership and Comms) should take it to heart. It also makes me feel very tired
Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies
To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.
carnegieendowment.org
September 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This paper is very good and all the think tankers and foundation people (especially leadership and Comms) should take it to heart. It also makes me feel very tired
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.