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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him)

@smartalecw.bsky.social

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🙃 Substitute Teacher | Union Miniboss | Intersectional Feminist 💚 Knitting & Crafts | Geeky Things | Volunteering 🇨🇦 I live, work, & play on Treaty 6 territory, specifically amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · Aug 29

As we're waiting for press conferences, I'm re-sharing an article I published in June.

Substitute teachers in Alberta deal with unreasonable income and employment instability, unreasonable workplace uncertainty, and unreasonable social struggles.

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#ABEd

Substitute Teaching in Alberta Sucks Far More Than You Know

2025/Jun/15

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Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal.com · 23h

The union representing thousands of schoolsupport staff and education workers are eyeing what this could mean for their members and layoffs

Alberta teachers' strike: Union representing education support staff raises alarm over potential layoffs

The union representing thousands of schoolsupport staff and education workers are eyeing what this could mean for their members and layoffs

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Luke Fevin @according2luke.bsky.social · 1d

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We are one of only three provinces that operate & fully fund non-cooperative Separate Catholic schools (where we lose $275,000,000 education dollars a year through inefficiencies just to specially favour one religion over all others).

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Alberduh is free to be dumb @alberduhfreedumb.bsky.social · 1d

Photo taken on day one of the teacher's strike. She is deplorable.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 1d

They care about power and control.
And optics.

They don't care about our public education system - hell, they're actively trying to destroy it. #AlbertaTeachers, hold the line! #SolidarityForever

#ABEd #WeAreATA #KidsCantWaitAB #StopTheExcuses

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

From the DM’s…

The government of Alberta has apparently decided to take down the temperature on the teachers strike…

By locking teachers out.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 2d

The UCP Gov't is locking teachers out of places of employment as of Thurs Oct 09 at 13:00.

So much for wanting kids in school.
It's all about power and control.

#ABEd #ABpoli #WeAreATA #AlbertaTeachers

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 2d

Social media is a utility that should not be owned by private, for-profit companies run by random people who routinely go insane. It should be a publicly owned service, like the post office.

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gregcarabine.bsky.social @gregcarabine.bsky.social · 2d

#WeAreATA

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 2d

A picture taken 2025/Oct/05 of the rally at the Alberta legislature in support of public education. It's estimated that tens of thousands came together in support of lower class sizes, necessary classroom supports, reasonable teacher workloads, and fair compensation.

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Sean @seandunn.bsky.social · 2d

Class sizes, core subjects metro school boards, until the UCP stopped measuring in 2019.

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 2d

every town, has its ups and downs
some towns ups outnumbers the downs

but death to tyrants

Skippy, a 7-year-old rabbit from Disney's Robin Hood, wearing a feathered cap with a wooden sword and saying, "Death to tyrants!"

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 2d

Huge protest in support of Alberta teachers at the Alberta Legislature may have been the largest in the province’s history. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/huge...

Huge protest in support of Alberta teachers at Alberta Legislature may have been largest in province’s history - Alberta Politics

A throng of at least 18,000 people turned out at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton this afternoon to mark International Teachers Day by supporting members of the Alberta Teachers Association who are...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

If you agree that Israel is committing genocide, you should loudly condemn organizations raising money for Israel. That includes churches and synagogues. Period.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 2d

Hank Hill's neighbours, probably

alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 2d

WHY do people keep hanging out in the alley??????

It's not even nice out!

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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 2d

Today is World Teachers’ Day.

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Sarah Elmeligi @elmeligisarah.bsky.social · 2d

The photos of the rally in Edmonton are mind blowing. We Stand with Teachers. By the droves!

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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 2d

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Happy World Teachers Day, Alberta #teachers #alberta #rally

YouTube video by Lisab0923

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𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 (𝐬𝐡𝐞/𝐡𝐞𝐫) 🇨🇦 @susanincanada.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity ✊

#ATA
#IStandWithTeachers

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 3d

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🇨🇦 THOUSANDS RALLY AT #ALBERTALEGISLATURE AS #TEACHERS'STRIKE LOOMS 🇨🇦

An estimated 18,000 people rallied in #Edmonton Sunday in support of #PublicEducation, just one day before 51,000 teachers are set to launch a historic province-wide #strike.

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#AbLeg #AbEd #AbPoli

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John Nelson @jlnelson.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues and I are worried about the future of public education in Alberta. This year my smallest class is 36 students and, for the first time in 20 yrs of teaching, I have a class of more than 40. The speed limit around the school is 30. The class size limit should be 30 as well. #ableg #abed

Image stating that I am teaching a class with 41 students. Our kids deserve better.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d

Wow #yyc!

(Pics by Kelly Hofer FB)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 3d

“The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.”

The words of Ghassan Kanafani’s are heard today at Calgary’s Rally and March for Palestine.

A Flag of Palestine is suspended against a clear blue sky from a hand-held pole. The tops of Calgary landmarks — old City Hall and Castell Building — appear in the background.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciated the number of people who stopped me (while I was trying to walk out The Energy) and let me know that we are essential! Lots of gratitude - was great!

I don't tend to see anyone else really talking about subs, so I tend to do it more often.

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 3d

On the eve of one of the largest demonstrations of labour power in Alberta's history, sights like 20,000 supporters rallying in front of the Legislature for teachers and their students is inspiring. Solidarity! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Thousands of people with signs and placards in front of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton

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Jeremy @jer-jitsu.bsky.social · 3d

One hell of a crowd today.

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