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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · 7d

If you have kids, I recommend this graphic novel: "Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas" by Jim Ottaviani. Jane Goodall's research and global impact are an inspiring legacy.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · 16d

I know this exists, but having a kid in high school and looking at the grade outcomes of diploma exams, I don't think that grade inflation is very pronounced in Alberta. www.alberta.ca/system/files...

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 19d

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views

After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 21d

A compilation of some of movie legend ROBERT REDFORD's best moments thanks to "All The Right Movies" on Twitter.

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · 26d

I'll play! Wings of Desire (Wenders), Jesus of Montreal (Arcand), Do the Right Thing (Lee) #Filmtalk

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 27d

literature washrooms are underrated

Signs in the downtown Central Calgary Library that says "Literature" and "Washrooms" on the same sign, with an arrow.

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · 28d

A concise op ed by @malindasmith.bsky.social, with links to evidence, on what many of us know, but is increasingly undermined: diversity drives research innovation and impact. universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

The Excellence Dividend - University Affairs

How Diversity and Inclusion Strengthen Research Ecosystems

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The rate at which popular AI services amplify or fail to flag falsehoods has doubled in a year, per NewsGuard."

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · Sep 4

they seem to be most efficient at polluting minds and the earth. what a future.

Exclusive: Study finds chatbots are amplifying even more misinformation

The rate at which popular AI services amplify or fail to flag falsehoods has doubled in a year, per NewsGuard.

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Aug 31

Picked up tickets for #CIFF Calgary International Film Festival, including Petzold's "Mirrors No. 3," Palme d'Or winner "It was just an accident," and "Mr. Nobody against Putin." Check out the great lineup for this year, Sept 18-28 www.ciffcalgary.ca/festival/202...

2025 Films » CIFF

Browse CIFF 2025 Films

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Whether it’s in the Soviet Union or whether it is in East Germany or in the darkest places and times, writers have managed to survive. Their work has survived." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...

Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Aug 30

Alberta introduced policy in July 2025 on disallowing books with "inappropriate sexual content" from school libraries. It's a U.S. playbook. The list of 200 books to be pulled from Edmonton school libraries overlaps considerably with U.S. lists. Background here: opentodebate.org/debate/shoul...

Should Certain Books Ever Be Banned in School? - Open to Debate

In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis passed a state education reform package meant to restrict certain books and how gender, sexuality, and race are taught in public schools. In Texas, school administrat...

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Aug 29

In the CBC story: Beyond the full removal of titles including The Handmaid’s Tale, the K-9 list of books to be removed from Edmonton school libraries includes 1984 and The Great Gatsby. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News

A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Aug 29

Alberta school boards are moving aggressively to remove books from school libraries, including Margaret Atwood (Handmaid’s Tale), Margaret Laurence, Judy Blume and more. See Edmonton’s list below.

Bridget Stirling @bridgetstirling.bsky.social · Aug 28

Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.

There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Aug 19

The precipitous dismantling of humanities - Classics, Religion, Languages and Cultures - is a huge loss for our communities and will limit future grads' global skills. U of Oregon's case makes even less sense than others, since they managed to secure a $25 million donation in 2025. bit.ly/4mjCmwh

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 15

teachers!

excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.

take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com

AGAINST AI

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Jul 24

The #HockeyCanada verdict today is no exception. The justice system fails victims of sexual assault on a remarkable scale. Most instances are not reported to police. Of the few that are, 1 out of 19 results in the accused person being sentenced to custody. See the Statistics Canada data:

Infographic from Statistics Canada, searchable under the heading "Criminal justice outcomes of police-reported sexual assault in Canada, 2015 to 2019"

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Jul 4

Fascinating thread about Lohana and #Ismaili migration history

Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · Jul 3

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · Jun 23

I guess CDU is different in Portugal 🤨

vota CDU PCP-PEV. Picture contains a hammer and sickle.

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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · Jun 13

A review by @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social into how their consultation on Modern Languages programmes has been handled last year, found decision-making was unstructured and dominated by finances. The university said it accepted there had been "missteps".
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University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review

The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔴 ⚠️ 🔥 😷 After a journey of more than 7000km over the Atlantic Ocean, a new huge smoke plume has reached Europe from #Canada where more than 200 wildfires are burning across multiple provinces, from British Columbia to Ontario. ⬇️ The CO map over Europe with Sentinel-5P data on June 9th.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · Jun 2

👇New Nature Cities (@nature.com) paper on the impact of protected bike lanes in getting more people cycling.

Comparing 28 US cities over 6 years, it found areas that installed protected lanes saw 𝟭.𝟴𝘅 growth in cycling vs painted lanes alone.

And 𝟰.𝟴𝘅 the growth of areas with no bike lanes at all.

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · May 29

Mykola Kuleba, SaveUkraine: “It’s very similar to the gulags, with different goals. In the gulags, they massively killed Ukrainians who did not obey the regime.Today, they massively indoctrinate Ukrainian children to turn them into Russian children.” #Ukraine

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Satellite data shed light on Russia’s modern-day gulags for Ukrainian children

A Canadian-funded effort is tracking the movements of Ukrainian children taken during wartime

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Cheryl Dueck @cheryldueck.bsky.social · May 26

Marcel #Orphüls, one of the greats. Known for The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), exposing blind spots of collective memory in wartime France, also made November Days (1990). A master observer, Orphüls talks with with East Germans at a complicated time of reflection, a year after the fall of the Wall.

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · May 26

Marcel Ophuls, auteur du « Chagrin et la pitié », maître du documentaire malgré lui, est mort à 97 ans

Le cinéaste, mort samedi, aurait préféré réaliser des comédies, mais c’est au genre documentaire qu’il a imposé sa touche très personnelle. Sa chronique sans fard de l’Occupation, sortie en 1969, avait secoué la France

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · May 8

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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