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Nikita Gill

@nikitagill.bsky.social

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

OF THE EMPIRE

We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM

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Caroleeena

@caroleeena.bsky.social

Today's Poem:

The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice—
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do—
determined to save
the only life you could save.

January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

Thanks to @thestorygraph.com for being the place to track my reading. 50 books in 2025 and looking forward to reading again in 2026. #Books #Reading #LindsaysLibrary #BookSky

Graphic summary of the books I read in 2025.

January 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM

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Janet French

@jantafrench.bsky.social

Given how challenging a year 2025 was for Alberta education, I decided it should be the sole focus of the interview.

An interesting moment came when I brought up teacher workload: #AbEd #AbLeg

This is a screenshot of section of text in the article. It says: "What we hear from Alberta teachers is that they are asked to do more for that salary. It takes longer to mark papers for a class of 38 than a class of 30. And the government has added more mandatory bureaucratic tasks. How do you respond to that assertion?

We could make it easier for teachers, there's no doubt about that. And maybe one of the things we have to look at, like they're doing in Ontario, is having each child graduate with trades education.

Maybe we need to integrate better with community colleges with the registered apprenticeship program so that it does take a bit of a load off the academic instruction.

Maybe there's a need for us to look at different ways of delivering education. I'm very interested to see that there is some artificial intelligence (AI) assisted learning that helps individualize programs for each child.

And we want to make sure that the job is manageable for teachers, that they wake up every day wanting to go to school and see the kids and they're not feeling overwhelmed or frustrated or stressed."

December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM

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Janet French

@jantafrench.bsky.social

In a year-end interview, Premier Danielle Smith says her government used the notwithstanding clause to impose a new contract onto teachers because gov't worried an arbitrator would impose pupil-teacher ratios, as teachers said they wanted

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbEd #AbLeg

Q&A: Why Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government imposed a teachers' contract | CBC News

In a year-end interview, Premier Danielle Smith talks about government decisions during the teachers' contract dispute and where she sees public education heading in Alberta.

www.cbc.ca

December 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM

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Jen the Feisty Librarian

@feistywaters.com

Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.

December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM

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The Narwhal

@thenarwhal.ca

It’s been a frosty December in Alberta. Past winters have seen grid alerts warning of possible blackouts — so will there be enough electricity to cook the tofurkey this year? And what causes grid alerts in the first place? @drewanderson.bsky.social digs in: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-grid...

Grid alerts — threats to Alberta’s electricity system, explained | The Narwhal

Here’s what you need to know about threats to Alberta’s electricity grid

thenarwhal.ca

December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM

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The Narwhal

@thenarwhal.ca

From our bookshelves to yours, it’s The Narwhal’s 2025 reading list. These are the books our staff read in 2025 that reflected our work — or led us to think about it in new ways. Happy reading! 📚 thenarwhal.ca/the-narwhal-...

What we’re reading: 2025 book list | The Narwhal

A look back at the books we read this year that reflected our work at The Narwhal — or changed the way we thought about it

thenarwhal.ca

December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

I am a big fan of katherena vermette but this collection of poems was on another level. I love it. #Reading #Poetry #Books #LindsayLibrary #ReadTheNorth #BookSky

December 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM

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Dr. Kristopher Wells

@drkristopherwells.bsky.social

Skate Canada has been an international leader for inclusion in sport. The Alberta government and others would be wise to learn from their example not attack it.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

How Skate Canada pushed for inclusion in the years leading up to stance on Alberta's transgender policy | CBC News

Skate Canada’s move as the first sports federation to announce it will no longer hold major events in Alberta due to the province’s legislation on transgender people's participation in sports did not ...

www.cbc.ca

December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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Authors Against Book Bans

@authorsabb.bsky.social

After protests from members of the community The Maryland Board of Education restored Mike Curato's Flamer to schools in the state!

Maryland Board of Education Restores 'Flamer' to School Libraries

After Community Protests

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December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

An intriguing novel in verse about resistance and power. #Reading #Books #Poetry #LindsaysLibrary #BookSky

December 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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CTV News Calgary

@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social

Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law

Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.

www.ctvnews.ca

December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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The Narwhal

@thenarwhal.ca

The Narwhal has become a leading publication covering energy and environment issues in Canada — thanks to the nearly 10,000 extraordinary people who give each year.

Help us keep proving the naysayers wrong. Donations make twice the difference through Dec. 31.

thenarwhal.ca/double-up

"Double your impact" with two heart-shaped narwhals below

December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM

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Edutopia

@edutopia.org

Want classroom-ready takeaways from the most important education research of the year?

We broke down 10 standout studies exploring AI’s impact on student writing, reinforcing the value of student-teacher relationships, and more. 📊👇

#EdResearch #EduSky

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2025

We’re back with our roundup of the most insightful studies of the year, from the power of brain breaks to groundbreaking research on AI, cell phones, and handwriting in the classroom.

edut.to

December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

Let’s read banned books! #Reading #GraphicNovels #LindsaysLibrary #BannedBooks

December 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM

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Courtney Theriault

@ctheriault.bsky.social

Alberta government awarded PR firm sole-source $200K contract to run education campaign to sway public opinion during teachers' battle

www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...

Alberta government hires PR firm during teacher strike! 🤯

Read the full story and comment on TownAndCountryToday.com

www.townandcountrytoday.com

December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM

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The Alberta Teachers’ Association

@albertateachers.bsky.social

Alberta teachers reported a 25 percentage point drop in feeling valued by government since 2018, the steepest decline worldwide.

Results from OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2024 can be found at abteach.cc/TALIS2024

Respect used to be part of the job. Now it’s part of what’s fundamentally missing in Alberta.

December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM

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The Breakdown AB

@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Reporter - If you used the notwithstanding clause top avoid increasing funding, aren't you admitting education is underfunded?

Nicolaides - Whoawhoawhoa, I only brought 1 talking point today...uh... we're awesome and the NDP suck! Woooo!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM

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Jared Wesley

@jaredwesley.ca

I concluded this weeks ago. They didn't hide it.

The UCP didn't have to use the notwithstanding clause. They wanted to, in order to avoid an arbitration process they knew they'd lose.

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister says

Alberta infrastructure minister says the province invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back was due to cost.

edmontonjournal.com

December 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

Outliers: classrooms with more than 10 ILP and EAL students.

All my core classes! I’m an outlier…!?!?

No. This is the new normal in Alberta classrooms.

December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

Seven minutes into this telephone town hall and the gaslighting already 😩 #abed #abpoli #ableg

December 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM

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Dr. Kristopher Wells

@drkristopherwells.bsky.social

Bill 9 is unscientific and immoral. It does nothing to protect children. It is only designed to hurt them by denying doctor supported life saving care.

Kill Bill 9, not our children.

November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM

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The Breakdown AB

@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“The decision to override Charter rights fails this test.”

The Anglican, Lutheran and United Churches in Alberta have written to Danielle Smith condemning her use of the notwithstanding clause to punch down on the vulnerable Albertans.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Lindsay 👩🏻‍🏫🇨🇦

@walkersclass.bsky.social

Warm fuzzies when kids that go to my school that I don’t even teach run up to me at the local library to say hi 🥰

November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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