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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 2d

Honoured to call myself a CIHR scholar. Thank you to my community of supporters cheering me all the way. Grateful to be chosen by Queen’s University School of Nursing for this life-changing award. Looking forward to contributing to #blackmaternalhealth research in #Canada and beyond!

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 19d

Lol

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 19d

White supremacy is violence.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19d

The Washington Post Fired Karen Attiah, But They Only Elevated Her

The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 19d

Where did the U.S. ambassador to Canada park his emotions when Trump was busy calling Canada the 51st state?

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Aug 12

Can’t say this enough - the discomfort of learning about racism is no way comparable to the trauma of experiencing it firsthand. Enough with the victim mentality.

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Did you know that Canada was not just a safe haven, but also a site of slavery for over 200 years? Black and Indigenous peoples were enslaved in colonial Canada. This part of Canadian history is often erased. On this #EmancipationDay, take some time to do some digging.
humanrights.ca/story/story-...

The story of Black slavery in Canadian history | CMHR

Canada celebrates being a destination for Americans who escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. But slavery was also part of Canada’s history for more than 200 years.

humanrights.ca

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Aug 1

On this day in 1834, slavery was officially abolished. Emancipation Day serves as a reminder for us to keep disrupting the status quo, and to keep breaking institutional chains.
Happy #EmancipationDay

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Wow 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Jun 6

According to the government of Canada, Black nurses are met with harsher treatment in the healthcare system than their white counterparts.

Let’s not even talk about the lack of representation in leadership and academia. Progress has been painstakingly slow.

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 29

globalnews.ca/news/1120313...

Ontario MPPs set for 35% pay increase, ending 16-year salary freeze | Globalnews.ca

On Thursday, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled legislation to bring MPP salaries to 75 per cent of their colleagues on Parliament Hill.

globalnews.ca

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 29

Doug Ford froze minimum wage for years.
He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years.
He’s failed to boost ODSP for years.
He’s made cuts to education.
He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare.

Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 16

Who else agrees that nurses should be at every table where healthcare decisions are being made? I do ✋🏿

Happy nursing week!

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 12

This nurses week, I challenge each of us to call out racism when we see it. Let us remember Joyce Echaquan, the 37yo Atikamekw woman who died in a Quebec hospital after being subjected to racist abuse by health staff. Stop being a passive ally & DO something.

Happy Nurses week!

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 7

Currently, Ontario has the lowest per capita healthcare spending in Canada, and hospitals are projected to be underfunded by over $21 billion by 2028.

We should all be concerned.

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 7

While I support free hospital parking in Ontario, it's important to recognize that hospitals are grossly underfunded and depend on parking fees to maintain services. To eliminate these fees without compromising patient care, Premier Doug Ford must increase hospital funding. #onpoli

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · May 1

The anti-woke Poilievre did not just lose the election, he also lost his own parliamentary seat. That’s not just defeat, but a full-blown political faceplant. I can’t get over it 😂

#cdnpoli

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 29

A beautiful thank you to all the people who did not vote for Pierre Poilievre. You are the real MVPs.

#CanadaElection #CanadaElections2025

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 28

The original meaning of woke is to be alert to social justice issues. To stay woke is to stay aware of what is going on in society. Politicians have colonized the word to criticize efforts around social justice & to spread anti-Black sentiments. We won’t let them. Forever woke 👊🏿

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 28

We should all be alarmed byPoilievre’s threats to pull back federal funding from universities if elected. Federal research grants are needed to fund cancer research, mental health, cybersecurity & many others.

Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science.
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...

Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means

Pierre Poilievre is vowing to eliminate 'woke ideology' from the public service, federal funding for university research and military culture.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 28

My heart goes out to all those mourning and hurting after the senseless violence at the Filipino Festival in Vancouver, where a man drove a car right into the crowd, killing and harming people while they celebrated.

Such tragedy! I pray for healing in our society.

#Canada

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Apr 9

Public health leaders talk of re-establishing trust www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/p...

“We advance conspiracy theorists over people who are scientists. We have experts silenced & public health workers being demonized for doing their jobs.”

Distrust was CREATED & weaponized by misinformation mongers.

Public health leaders, besieged and regretful, talk of re-establishing trust

Public health leaders met to celebrate the field but also to talk about regret and strategies for re-establishing public trust, for example, empathetic listening.

www.statnews.com

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Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 10

A patient received priority care after assaulting a nurse. How is this not an example of rewarding violent behaviour? Does this mean that patients can attack nurses and get special treatment in return? This is sickening. Nurses deserve better!

www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

Patient seen sooner after allegedly assaulting nurse at Winnipeg hospital

Questions are being raised about how health officials handled a patient at Grace Hospital who allegedly assaulted a nurse.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · Apr 9

When I wrote "Resilience is Futile", I never expected so many workplace speaking gigs.

But it seems that more and more employers are choosing "Building Resilience" band-aid BS solutions to what are actually systemic problems like burnout, pay inequity, discriminatory practises, etc.

Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 9

I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments.

Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · Apr 9

A work environment that requires or even just relies on employee resilience is not only toxic, it is also doomed as it will quickly lose that invaluable resource, the discretionary effort of their employees.

Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · Apr 9

I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments.

Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.

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