Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦
@kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Mom of fierce preemie, wife of kind professor, teller of stories, keeper of bees, and lover of cheese (Paris ON) (she/her) I love to talk about building community and making things better
🇨🇦 Vive le Canada 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 Vive le Canada 🇨🇦
Poor husband will rue the day he, in a moment of frustration, said that I withhold information from him. Guess who gets to hear about everything now — including being cc'ed on all the emails and consulted on all decisions? He's not equipped for the deluge of info I have carried for him for years. 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Poor husband will rue the day he, in a moment of frustration, said that I withhold information from him. Guess who gets to hear about everything now — including being cc'ed on all the emails and consulted on all decisions? He's not equipped for the deluge of info I have carried for him for years. 🤣
Potato leek is the soup of the day and this recipe is wonderful. I really like the thyme and lemon in it. The bread is still in the oven but I couldn't resist the first bowl of soup!
www.loveandlemons.com/potato-leek-...
www.loveandlemons.com/potato-leek-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Potato leek is the soup of the day and this recipe is wonderful. I really like the thyme and lemon in it. The bread is still in the oven but I couldn't resist the first bowl of soup!
www.loveandlemons.com/potato-leek-...
www.loveandlemons.com/potato-leek-...
My friend just told me I should be an influencer and set up affiliate links — this after moms all over town ordered the amazing undies I recommended from Amazon 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My friend just told me I should be an influencer and set up affiliate links — this after moms all over town ordered the amazing undies I recommended from Amazon 🤣
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Kiddo was working on something to do with photography this morning and asked me what a "proof" was. I HAVE WAITED OVER TWENTY YEARS FOR THIS EXACT MOMENT 🤣 😜
And now it's Chrétien day at homeschool.
youtu.be/ZsgA77j5LyY?...
And now it's Chrétien day at homeschool.
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Jean Chrétien - A Proof is a Proof
YouTube video by Marc-Antoine Daneau
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Kiddo was working on something to do with photography this morning and asked me what a "proof" was. I HAVE WAITED OVER TWENTY YEARS FOR THIS EXACT MOMENT 🤣 😜
And now it's Chrétien day at homeschool.
youtu.be/ZsgA77j5LyY?...
And now it's Chrétien day at homeschool.
youtu.be/ZsgA77j5LyY?...
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I always use this video to introduce the topic of blatant stereotypes to my classes. I love that these African men publicly challenge and mock Hollywood's portrayal of them because it is ridiculous.
youtu.be/qSElmEmEjb4?...
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African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes. [mamahope.org]
YouTube video by Mama Hope
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November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I always use this video to introduce the topic of blatant stereotypes to my classes. I love that these African men publicly challenge and mock Hollywood's portrayal of them because it is ridiculous.
youtu.be/qSElmEmEjb4?...
youtu.be/qSElmEmEjb4?...
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Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) was one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
A gifted diplomat, he spent his life fighting for the right for his people to remain on ancestral lands.
This is his story.
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A gifted diplomat, he spent his life fighting for the right for his people to remain on ancestral lands.
This is his story.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) was one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
A gifted diplomat, he spent his life fighting for the right for his people to remain on ancestral lands.
This is his story.
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A gifted diplomat, he spent his life fighting for the right for his people to remain on ancestral lands.
This is his story.
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Yesterday, we attended an open house at a private school we are considering for kiddo when he goes from homeschool to high school. I wanted to cry because the program and supports are so beautiful and why can't our public system be that wonderful? Also, I want to work there.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yesterday, we attended an open house at a private school we are considering for kiddo when he goes from homeschool to high school. I wanted to cry because the program and supports are so beautiful and why can't our public system be that wonderful? Also, I want to work there.
I have a pathological fear of bats and have had more bizarre encounters with bats than anyone I know. I am currently at the Canadian Warplanes Heritage Museum for a field trip and a bat just swooped at me out of nowhere. Same thing happened in Vancouver Airport. Why? Why?
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I have a pathological fear of bats and have had more bizarre encounters with bats than anyone I know. I am currently at the Canadian Warplanes Heritage Museum for a field trip and a bat just swooped at me out of nowhere. Same thing happened in Vancouver Airport. Why? Why?
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A warning for parents from advocacy groups: avoid AI toys this holiday season--but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. #Canada
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www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
A warning for parents from advocacy groups: avoid AI toys this holiday season
They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship -- but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A warning for parents from advocacy groups: avoid AI toys this holiday season--but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. #Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
I feel like fewer people would embrace Nazi ideology if they knew their faces would melt off as a natural — or rather, supernatural — consequence of their terrible, hateful choices. 🫠😱
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I feel like fewer people would embrace Nazi ideology if they knew their faces would melt off as a natural — or rather, supernatural — consequence of their terrible, hateful choices. 🫠😱
Dinner looks and smells so good tonight. Jerk chicken, rice & peas, and roasted sweet potato coins. Yum!
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Dinner looks and smells so good tonight. Jerk chicken, rice & peas, and roasted sweet potato coins. Yum!
START THE CAR!!! ChatGPT is down due to Cloudflare. Maybe I can quickly get my students to do some reflective writing that is actually theirs instead of having them outsource their own thinking to AI. Wouldn't that be great?!
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
START THE CAR!!! ChatGPT is down due to Cloudflare. Maybe I can quickly get my students to do some reflective writing that is actually theirs instead of having them outsource their own thinking to AI. Wouldn't that be great?!
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"...Shoppers has billed more for med reviews than it did in the previous seven years combined and has an average revenue per pharmacy of $184K, which is more than double that same figure for the other seven chains, and as much as 16 times the average revenue per pharmacy."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned | CBC News
Shoppers Drug Mart billed the Ontario government’s MedsCheck program $81.2 million for medication reviews over a two-year period when some of its current and former pharmacists said they were facing “...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"...Shoppers has billed more for med reviews than it did in the previous seven years combined and has an average revenue per pharmacy of $184K, which is more than double that same figure for the other seven chains, and as much as 16 times the average revenue per pharmacy."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Use of the notwithstanding clause is a betrayal of the duty of a government to its people. If you can't enact your agenda without violating the rights of your citizens, you are either stupid and unimaginative or vicious and cruel.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Use of the notwithstanding clause is a betrayal of the duty of a government to its people. If you can't enact your agenda without violating the rights of your citizens, you are either stupid and unimaginative or vicious and cruel.
On this World Prematurity Day, I'm grateful for @drjengunter.bsky.social, whose book about her own journey as a prem parent was my constant companion and guide during the first weeks after my son was born at 25+3. It felt like someone understood what I was facing and was calmly leading the way. 💜
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
On this World Prematurity Day, I'm grateful for @drjengunter.bsky.social, whose book about her own journey as a prem parent was my constant companion and guide during the first weeks after my son was born at 25+3. It felt like someone understood what I was facing and was calmly leading the way. 💜
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It’s #WorldPrematurityDay
Every year, 15 million babies are born too soon.
Too small. Too early. And far too vulnerable to life-threatening complications.
But with the right care, most preterm and low birth weight babies survive. They can go on to thrive and lead wonderful lives bit.ly/43NzUH8
Every year, 15 million babies are born too soon.
Too small. Too early. And far too vulnerable to life-threatening complications.
But with the right care, most preterm and low birth weight babies survive. They can go on to thrive and lead wonderful lives bit.ly/43NzUH8
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It’s #WorldPrematurityDay
Every year, 15 million babies are born too soon.
Too small. Too early. And far too vulnerable to life-threatening complications.
But with the right care, most preterm and low birth weight babies survive. They can go on to thrive and lead wonderful lives bit.ly/43NzUH8
Every year, 15 million babies are born too soon.
Too small. Too early. And far too vulnerable to life-threatening complications.
But with the right care, most preterm and low birth weight babies survive. They can go on to thrive and lead wonderful lives bit.ly/43NzUH8
Happy World Prematurity Day from the tiniest baby who, at age 12, is now taller than his mama and calls her Bruh.
#NICU #WorldPrematurityDay #StrongStartHopefulFuture
#NICU #WorldPrematurityDay #StrongStartHopefulFuture
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Happy World Prematurity Day from the tiniest baby who, at age 12, is now taller than his mama and calls her Bruh.
#NICU #WorldPrematurityDay #StrongStartHopefulFuture
#NICU #WorldPrematurityDay #StrongStartHopefulFuture
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“Elected school board trustees are being stripped of their authority. In their place, handpicked supervisors with no accountability are appointed.” Ontario is not the United States, but our democracy is also being dismantled www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio... #topoli #onpoli #onted
OPINION: Ontario is not the United States, but our democracy is also being dismantled
Jessica Bell, the Ontario NDP MPP for University—Rosedale, on the 'growing list' of undemocratic reforms coming out of Premier Doug Ford's government
www.torontotoday.ca
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Elected school board trustees are being stripped of their authority. In their place, handpicked supervisors with no accountability are appointed.” Ontario is not the United States, but our democracy is also being dismantled www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio... #topoli #onpoli #onted
I loved this article. As someone who has travelled the world, I have often wondered why Canada has settled for being meh when we could be even better. Are we too cautious, too lazy, too short-sighted? I'd love to see us try to do more and be better.
If Carney Really Wants a Nation-Building Project, He Should Read This First
If Carney Really Wants a Nation-Building Project, He Should Read This First | The Walrus
True sovereignty starts with a little swagger
thewalrus.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I loved this article. As someone who has travelled the world, I have often wondered why Canada has settled for being meh when we could be even better. Are we too cautious, too lazy, too short-sighted? I'd love to see us try to do more and be better.
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This morning, kiddo spotted two bald eagles perched way up in the trees along the hwy as we drove. He has his grandpa's gift for seeing everything — which is a miracle because he had Stage 4 Retinopathy of Prematurity and we weren't sure just how bad his vision would be. Now he has 20/10 vision. 👁👁
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This morning, kiddo spotted two bald eagles perched way up in the trees along the hwy as we drove. He has his grandpa's gift for seeing everything — which is a miracle because he had Stage 4 Retinopathy of Prematurity and we weren't sure just how bad his vision would be. Now he has 20/10 vision. 👁👁
"Tell me the truth," I said to my husband this morning. "Am I too cute?"
His reply?
"Every. Single. Day."
And also — "Love those Bay City Rollers pants." 🤣🥰
His reply?
"Every. Single. Day."
And also — "Love those Bay City Rollers pants." 🤣🥰
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Tell me the truth," I said to my husband this morning. "Am I too cute?"
His reply?
"Every. Single. Day."
And also — "Love those Bay City Rollers pants." 🤣🥰
His reply?
"Every. Single. Day."
And also — "Love those Bay City Rollers pants." 🤣🥰