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Daniela O’Neill
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Expert on how children’s social pragmatic communication grows & developer of the Language Use Inventory (LUI) to assess this in 2- & 3-year-olds #DevLangDis | Outreach on #PlayfulLearning #language & #literacy in urban spaces @UofWaterloo 🇨🇦 #bskySPEECHIES
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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · Nov 20
If you’re an #SLP #SLT, researcher/professional in early language assessment <4yrs, you can always trial the standardized Language Use Inventory free (online since 2016 for #telepractice) More info: bit.ly/LUI_KID #earlyintervention #DevLangDis #pragmatics #languagedevelopment
Language Use Inventory (LUI) | Assessing Young Children's Pragmatic Language
The Language Use Inventory is a standardized parent-report questionnaire for assessing pragmatic language development in children 18 to 47 months of age.
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A very informative piece!

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#literacy #righttoread #structuredliteracy #scienceofreading #cdned #bskyedu
Build Canada's Literacy Foundation
A fifth of Canadians are functionally illiterate. This has massive social impacts and costs Canada $67 billion in productivity.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Happy World #Linguistics Day! www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ho...
How the study of language impacts us everyday - University of Birmingham
Dr Adam Schembri, Professor of Linguistics, explains the importance of studying the science of language to mark World Linguistics Day.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Intergenerational @utoronto.ca classroom for caregivers generates greater empathy, better outcomes for seniors

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#seniors #gerontology #highered #intergenerational #inclusive #socialconnection
Intergenerational classroom for caregivers generates greater empathy, better outcomes for seniors
A unique partnership between Christie Gardens and the University of Toronto pairs undergraduate students in health studies with older adults for a semester-long exploration of gerontology and geriatri...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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wordaware.bsky.social
This paper is a real benchmark and will be of great interest to anyone who works with those with DLD. (Developmental Language Disorder)
#DevLangDis
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#Kitchener 🇨🇦 teen’s first feature-length documentary “Chronically” captures the medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer diagnoses. Help spread awareness by viewing it via the online LA Awareness Film Festival until Dec 31 ($13 CDN $10 USD) awarenessfestival.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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jumpmath.bsky.social
Financial Literacy Month is a great time to begin guiding children to become financially responsible and successful adults by teaching them how to understand and manage money.

Here are a few tips to get you started:
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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historycomics.bsky.social
Combining visual literacy, analysis, and writing. Individual interpretations matter when backed up with visual and textual evidence. Comics = literacy.
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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paolocrosetto.bsky.social
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 15d
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

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Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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derekhouston.bsky.social
Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents"

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HELLO Lab Presents | EP. 1 - Is 'Baby Talk' Bad?
YouTube video by HELLO Lab Presents
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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rastokke.bsky.social
🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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jumpmath.bsky.social
We're pleased to share this feature story on JUMP Math Founder, Dr. John Mighton just published in Victoria University's, Vic Report, which highlights his formative years at UofT, why he was drawn to pursue math, and his accomplishments in philosophy, playwriting and, later, in mathematics.
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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speechapraxia.bsky.social
A 25-year study finds many with Childhood Apraxia of Speech continue to face speech and literacy challenges into adulthood, especially those with early motor difficulties (Lewis et al.2024). #SpeechApraxia #CAS #SLT
speechapraxia.co.uk/about-sauk/f...
Long-Term Outcomes Reveal Ongoing Challenges in Childhood Apraxia
This study explored how generalist speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the US and Canada manage Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), examining treatment approaches, delivery intensity, evidence-based...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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the74.bsky.social
Interactive —10,000 districts, 3 million kids: These schools are beating the odds in teaching kids to read @chadaldeman.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/thes...
These Schools Are Beating the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read
New analysis compares literacy vs. poverty rates for 10,000 districts, 42,000 schools and 3 million kids. Is your school a Bright Spot?
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November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning www.the74million.org/article/the-...
The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning
Educators' view: Far from being a relic of the past, writing by hand engages multiple senses at once and strengthens cognitive abilities.
www.the74million.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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jumpmath.bsky.social
We're proud to share that JUMP Math has again been recognized by Charity Intelligence Canada as a Top 10 Impact: Youth Charity in 2025.
For the 16th year in a row, JUMP Math has also earned a 5-star rating from Charity Intelligence as a Top 100 Charity.
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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🇨🇦 teen’s first full-length award-winning documentary, “Chronically,” captures these issues in medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer disgnoses. It’s screening virtually as part of the Awareness Film Festival in LA, Oct 27-Dec. 31
Read & hear more: CBC interview ⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#citiesforchildren
jasonthorne.bsky.social Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 25d
Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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New research from University of Waterloo Psychology researchers (Elizabeth Nilsen, Charlotte Aitken, Kate Van Kessel) offers new insights into how adolescents and their parents' mentalizing and reflective functioning shape peer relationships. Check it out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129544/
The Role of Adolescent Mentalizing and Parental Reflective Functioning for Adolescents' Peer Relationships - PubMed
From a theoretical standpoint, findings suggest the important role of parental reflective functioning and youth mentalizing for models of social development. In terms of methodological implications, task and self-report of youth mentalizing were related but differentially predicted peer problems. Pr …
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October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools

From the Literacy Now podcast & YouTube / Parents for Reading Justice

Featuring literacy advocates & authors Ameer Baraka & Deon Butler

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#dyslexia #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #ElemEd #academicsky #edusky
Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools
YouTube video by Parents For Reading Justice
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October 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
danielaoneill.bsky.social
Local teen’s first full-length documentary, “Chronically,” about 5 teens’ journeys with #chronicillness, debuts in virtual program at the Awareness Film Festival in LA, starting Oct 27.

#chronicillnessawareness #potsawarenessday
#indiefilm #film #filmmaking #seeitbeit #childhealth #pediatrics
Kitchener filmmaker tells stories of teens with chronic illnesses in new doc | CBC News
Taite Koehler of Kitchener, Ont., has made a documentary focusing on five teenagers, including herself, who live with chronic illness. She says she wanted to make the film because she feels like many ...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Want to get young students excited to tell, listen to, and act out stories? 💬🕺 Educator Tracy Mertens explains how to bring story-acting into your classroom!

#PreK #preschool #EarlyChildhoodEducation
Implementing Story-Acting With Young Learners
Boost engagement, build classroom community, and help students see themselves as storytellers through story-acting.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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See 🇨🇦@johnmighton,bsky.social founder of internationally recognized @jumpmath.bsky.social curriculum in interview with CTV News Halifax

#math #scienceofmath #elemed #K12 #prek

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Famous mathematician comes to Halifax for conference
YouTube video by CTV News
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October 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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3000 reads as of today on ResearchGate!

The Power of Board Games for Multidomain Learning in Young Children
www.museumofplay.org/journalofplay/

Thanks @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social for your open access American Journal of Play making research more accessible!

#play #boardgames #playislearning
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Today is #DLDday around the world to help bring awareness to Developmental Language Disorder which is still underrecognized and can impact 2 children in every classroom of 30 for whom understanding language and talking is more difficult. Learn more at RADLD.org radld.org?s=Classroom+...
DLD Education Strategies
Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder
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October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM