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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd)

@zoestodd.bsky.social

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Fish nerd. Artist. Storyteller. Proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation. The Institute for Freshwater Fish Futures (2018-present). https://fishphilosophy.org/ https://thebulltroutshow.buzzsprout.com/

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Jun 12

we are running FISH SCHOOL at the Hollyhock Centre on Cortes Island this October 2-6, 2025. We still have room for six participants.

If you're a prof or organization with funding to sponsor tuition for a student or community member, please get in touch. 🐟 💜

hollyhock.ca/programs/754...

"Oct 2-6, 2025
Fish as Storytellers: Intangible Knowledge and Lived Practices
With Zoe Todd and Courtney Chetwynd
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jul 3, 2025"

Text below an abstract image of neon and dark green seaweed floating in front of an abstract hot pink curvilinear shape. The seaweed is anchored in textured mint green muck. The background is mustard yellow. Abstract circular and ovoid light effects wash across the image.

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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · Sep 7

This should concern us all. The BCNDP has said nothing about this. It is a disgrace if NOLS gets their application approved.

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes to this. Especially in places where there is NO affordable housing because local governments have prioritized 5000 sq ft luxury homes. Flexible density can be used until permanent affordable solutions are built. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/regi...

Regional District of Nanaimo 'drop the hammer' on tiny home

Despite a housing crisis, Nanoose Bay Regional District of Nanaimo director called bylaw on a tiny home in his neighbourhood.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 2

“We want safe supply and end of prohibition,” said Samona Marsh, the president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). “Respect us. Respect the agency of the individual, [the] collective agency of the community.”

Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

International Overdose Awareness Day commemorated in B.C. as hundreds continue to die of toxic drugs | CBC News

The day is being marked with ceremonies across B.C. on Sunday, as the province continues to lose more than 100 people each month due to unregulated drugs, amid a public health emergency declared nine ...

www.cbc.ca

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Vancouver Police — overpaid, incompetent, and can’t even do the job of their underpaid coroner colleagues properly. VPD actively makes the community less safe.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · Aug 28

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www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Happy to report it was the Newton Research Building which used to stand next to the Heritage Medical Research Building. Torn down to make way for the Katz Group/Rexall Centre for Pharmacy Research (circa 2002? 2003?). It’s weird that a whole building can almost vanish from memory/internet records.

ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thanks! I reached out to the campus library who connected me with the archives and we figured it out!

ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’m gonna have to ask some professors emerita, I suspect.

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is a long shot, but does anyone recall the name of the building that was demolished to make way for the Katz building on the University of Alberta campus?

I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · Aug 28

I am once again saying that clean energy is inherently cheap, and the reason we don't benefit from that is because the energy market doesn't let us. Great stuff here from my colleague @chrisgalpin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds

Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Hundreds of UN staff pressure rights chief to call Gaza a genocide, letter shows

The letter said the staff consider that the legal criteria for genocide in the nearly two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have been met, citing the scale, scope and nature of violations documented there.

www.reuters.com

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Aug 28

one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 28

This long weekend, visitors will hike and swim in the Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Provincial Park — over the objections of the Lil’wat and N'Quatqua nations, who say the province shortened a planned closure without informing them. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...

BC Parks, First Nations clash over Joffre Lakes opening | The Narwhal

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks

thenarwhal.ca

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · Aug 28

Actually I will reopen this. This culture has real stakes - like the time a pair of men were on a killing spree but rcmp described it as a suspicious death and missing persons and didn’t mention the camper full of bullets where the suspicious death took place

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

High-profile homicides reopen debate over public right to know | CBC News

A former police officer is questioning why RCMP waited four days to reveal they were investigating a double homicide in B.C. that would later turn into a cross-Canada manhunt for a pair of men suspect...

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Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social · Aug 28

Good thread about a totally regular experience trying to report on tragic events in B.C. (and probably the rest of Canada).

Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · Aug 28

I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · Aug 28

People waiting in line at a carnival witnessed a worker get hit and killed by one of the rides Tuesday night in Prince Rupert

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

It was wiped when I crossed the border into Manitoba.

ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Writing my memoirs (for real), and the funniest thing would be to just not mention Carleton University once. 😂

Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?

Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Old Ralph walked, hobbit-style, so that Ed and Alison could lope, and Jason and Danielle could *fly*.

ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Time travel, Alberta edition

<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>

I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yes!!! He captures their hubris so well.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · Aug 25

I wonder if it's a coincidence that on this same day the AER issued a costs award in favour of intervenors and against Northback Holdings for the Grassy Mtn exploratory drilling hearing in the amount of about $92,000.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.

static.aer.ca

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

She doesn’t own the company in question in this story. I just think it’s important to share this photo to also remind folks of the *other* projects being proposed in the eastern slopes — the cumulative impacts of all of these combined resource projects will be devastating.

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Aug 28

A reminder that this is the person who wants to open up Alberta’s eastern slope headwaters to deleterious and devastating metallurgical coal mining (portrait by Vincent Namatjira)

A wonderfully vivid and unflattering portrait of billionaire coal baron Gina Rinehart by Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira). A large, pink forehead with brown horse-like mane hanging from it reveals two startled blue eyes and a frown above her chin. She wears a white top.

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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · Aug 28

Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:

Petition e-6751 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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