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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 1d

The NSLSC requests specific things in that letter, so if you are going to pay it off, I would recommend calling them to confirm what you need. But if you do it, you never have to worry about your loans again. You can reduce your monthly payment and not worry about the interest stacking up.

Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 1d

Normally, when paying online, the payment is split between the two loans and you cannot change it.

However. If you send in a cheque with a letter to the NSLSC stating that you want a certain amount to go towards a specific loan, they will do it. You can then pay off the Provincial loan.

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 1d

Since the pandemic, all Federal student loans have had a 0% interest rate. Which means that only Provincial loans have interest. In my case, and I assume others, my Provincial loan was much smaller than my Federal.

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 1d

Useful tip for all the Canadians with student loans!

Did you know that you can make your student loans interest free?

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 4d

When you go to a wedding next to a railway museum, you are obligated to get some photos on the trains.

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ainopihlak.bsky.social @ainopihlak.bsky.social · 6d

Hey tricks and treats!

Join us on October 15th from 12:10-2 pm EST in-person or over Zoom for Whorestory Volume Two: Mind the Gap(s)! Scan the QR to reserve your in-person or Zoom ticket!

#sexwork #whorestory #herstory #sexworkiswork

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 12d

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 13d

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 13d

Solidarity with the postal workers.

The proposed cuts - the mere idea of eliminating the century-old foundational idea of "getting mail at your home", all because Canada Post doesn't "turn a profit like a business" - should be embarrassing for us as a country

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 13d

#Breaking: Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Other changes could include closing of rural post offices as Public Works minister cites "unsustainable" losses at Crown corporation.

www.thestar.com

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 18d

Some weekend reading: my article on the first gender clinic in Canada! Don't forget to check it out!

Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.

Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!

Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada

On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the

definingmomentscanada.ca

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 13d

LGBTQ2S+ archives like @arquives.ca, @ottawatranslibrary.bsky.social, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and @leatherarchives.bsky.social preserve our past. They can also drive our future, writes @ainopihlak.bsky.social.

Among the archives, you can find love, community and history | Xtra Magazine

Queer and trans archives preserve our past—they also offer community space that is essential to our future

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15d

'I've been exploring the uses of trans history as a tool of political education: one that moves beyond questions of visibility, validity, or 'always being here'.'

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo on Imagining Trans Futures:

Imagining Trans Futures

Sam Rutherford reflects on how trans histories and historians can work towards building power in the trans community.

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Diamanda Hagan @diamandahagan.bsky.social · Aug 29

So regularly destroyed is trans stuff that it's an obscure fact that 2 words beginning with trans (transfeminate and transection) were in English dictionaries to describe someone who 'changed sex' from the mid 1600s until well into the 20th century.

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 18d

Some weekend reading: my article on the first gender clinic in Canada! Don't forget to check it out!

Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.

Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!

Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada

On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the

definingmomentscanada.ca

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 21d

I am co-editing the Trans Museology issue with @magmidd.bsky.social ! Please share with your circles and consider submitting for this incredibly important issue!

Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We've got active two calls for papers out now!

Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Journal of Museum Education | 51.3 | Fall 2026
Call for Papers: Trans Museology
Deadline: October 15, 2025

Journal of Museum Education | 51.4 | Winter 2026
Call for Papers: Translating Museum Education
Deadline: October 31, 2025

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We welcome challenges, critiques, provocations, and confrontations.

Potential topics include:
-Trans methodology
-Trans labor in museums
-New strategies for interpreting trans content
-Intersections with race, indigeneity, disability
-Anti-colonial approaches

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 21d

I am co-editing the Trans Museology issue with @magmidd.bsky.social ! Please share with your circles and consider submitting for this incredibly important issue!

Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We've got active two calls for papers out now!

Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We've got active two calls for papers out now!

Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 21d

ICYMI: I have a new article on Canadian Transgender History for Defining Moments Canada. Follow the link below!

Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.

Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!

Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada

On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the

definingmomentscanada.ca

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you! :)

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 21d

ICYMI: I have a new article on Canadian Transgender History for Defining Moments Canada. Follow the link below!

Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.

Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!

Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada

On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the

definingmomentscanada.ca

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.

Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!

Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada

On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the

definingmomentscanada.ca

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

Oh yeah, I came across that as well. Didn't quite fit but it is part of this fascinating paper trail that trans communities have created about this hellhole.

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

Very interesting! Wasn't aware of that one. I had to go digging a bit in things like Chrysalis Quarterly to find some useful info.

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 22d

The Clarke Institute opened Canada's first gender clinic in Toronto in 1969, but outside of transgender circles, its history is not very well-known.

Which is why I wrote this article for Defining Moments Canada. I hope you will read it!

Jurassic Clarke – Defining Moments Canada

On April 20, 1970, Dianna Boileau woke up from surgery at Toronto General Hospital and found herself in the history books. The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now part of the

definingmomentscanada.ca

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 23d

It is a sad state of affairs when my immediate thought was "well, at least it isn't part time".

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