Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 17h

My very first intro to the USA in 1993- hence my fav city

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 17h

We just got the TED @ted-cec.bsky.social Publication Award 2025. Thank you!

"This recognition honors the most outstanding publication of the year in Teacher Education and Special Education and celebrates scholarship that deepens our understanding of teacher preparation and inclusive practice."

“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025

Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...

journals.sagepub.com

2 4

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 9d

Even though we had some hot days and I live in a fishbowl (windows on all sides) I still could not justify the cost- but it made it out of storage this year. Maybe the construction of the 16 story building that now started in front of me will force me.

1

Reposted by Erika Fundelius

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10d

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

86 1.2K 3.4K

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 12d

give your input by Oct 15 on the restructuring of IES:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#Research #HigherEd #Academia

Request for Information; Feedback on Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 established the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES is responsible ...

www.federalregister.gov

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 13d

Citation:
Quezada, S., Fundelius, E., Bush, E., & Root, J. (2025). “You are just a life role model” A multiple case study of teachers with visual impairment in the field of visual disabilities. Teacher Education and Special Education [TESE] doi.org/10.1177/0888...

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 13d

New Pub alert!

A project during my transition from Florida State University to The University of British Columbia, from doc student to assistant professor was spent on the project that is now finally live:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RP6TA...

#Blind #Disability #HigherEducation #Career

“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025

Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...

journals.sagepub.com

1 4

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 18d

Likely wildfire- you can see it coming over the mountain i to the bay- from Jericho

Blue skies are being overtaken by gray smoke over Jericho sailing

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 18d

Wildfire- been at Jericho sailing and
It was gorgeous to start but now smokey as heck

Sailboat launching into the bay from the beach under blueish skies

The blue skies are slowly being overtaken by gray smokey haze above Jericho sailing

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 19d

Autumn is my fav. It is hard to focus on gratitude when the world is imploding but today my building showed me why I need to be intentional
#StayInGratitude #FallIsMyFav

A 5 story grey building covered in Boston Ivy illuminated with the morning sunlight as it is turning color from green to reds and oranges

A 5 story grey building covered in Boston Ivy as it is turning color from green to reds and oranges with light blue skies above

A single sunflower with petals with light yellow tips with darker orange as the main color around a brown middle

2

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 28d

Happening in Canada- under-funding public schools and taking supports from children with disabilities
#PublicSchools #Disability #UnitedNations #RightToEducation #Academia #Inclusion ????

Eliminating trustees could hurt Ontario's most vulnerable students: survey

YouTube video by CityNews

www.youtube.com

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 29d

Capital Crawl 2.0

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 29d

I am so sorry- Maybe it can be reversed. I know that us processionals have been writing letters for weeks...

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 29d

My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article

#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?

More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

www.edweek.org

1 3

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 29d

There goes academic freedom

1 1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Sep 6

4/4 Residents who live near these sites are understandably concerned.
Hard NO to all spots along our coast being leased to anything American!
Please comment on this application, even if you live elsewhere in Canada.
The original post:
www.facebook.com/groups/30062...

Applications, Comments & Reasons for Decision

Find, learn about, and comment on active Crown land applications in British Columbia.

comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Sep 6

3/4 US co National Outdoor Leadership School has applied for a license of occupation over 77 separate Crown Land sites up and down the BC Coast for outdoor 'leadership and camping' purposes. This company's clients are corporate, US military, and government. This is not an outward bound youth group.

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Sep 6

2/4 Look for Crown land file number 1412379 which contains all 77 applications. State that you don't want ANY Crown Land ANYWHERE IN CANADA being leased to ANY U.S. companies or individuals, at least while the current administration is in power.

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Sep 6

1/4 An American company has made an application for 77 long term leases of Crown Land along the coast of BC, Vancouver Island, and Gulf Islands!
Comments are open until October 5th latest at comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca

#NotaState #KeepCanadianLand #Outdoors #BuyCanadian #ProtectCanadianLand

Applications, Comments & Reasons for Decision

Find, learn about, and comment on active Crown land applications in British Columbia.

comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Aug 24

As a family of history and documentary lovers we watched Churchill’s war in the spring, and this weekend the Turning Point. I was raised in Eastern Europe most history we learned were ‘local’- so to learn more about from a US point is fascinating. 🧐
#HistoryRepeats #WhenWillWeLearn

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Aug 19

n.pr/4oIBT8s

Air Canada says flights will resume Tuesday night after flight attendants strike ends

Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching a deal with the flight attendants' union to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.

n.pr

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Aug 19

Omg my hubby is just heading to izmir. Let me reach out to him

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sounds like the same flight.
I told hubby to pack extra undies and deo in his carry-on and pray. He has nothing on calendar until the 26th so we are gambling

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Aug 17

yes AC919 (leaves Izmir Tuesday, gets home Wed)

1

Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · Aug 17

@anthonyfloyd.ca ...hm

1