Shawn Parkinson
@shawnparkinson.bsky.social
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designer / filmmaker / jester creative director
@thenarwhal.ca
shawnparkinson.com
Here's a read for the 42 million Canadians googling “lodged ball” tonight.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
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Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue-jays-ring-of-fire-ads/
10 days ago
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I guess advertising still works?
16 days ago
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www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show
Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-rcmp-photojournalist-amber-bracken-detained-documents/
about 1 month ago
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Proud to work with this bunch.
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about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Shawn Parkinson
The Narwhal
about 2 months ago
Join
@sevawood.bsky.social
reporting in the field from Bella Bella, a
#Heiltsuk
village on the central coast of British Columbia.
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An important story. So important I made 6 illustrations and 5 graphs for it. Go read!
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3 months ago
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Click for the excellent Jarett Sitter illustration. Stay for the fine reporting by
@leahbortskuperman.bsky.social
!!
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3 months ago
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Shawn Parkinson
Drew Anderson
3 months ago
People claim oil and gas in Canada isn't subsidized, but that's not true. Governments give away billions each year to hugely profitable companies through direct funds, tax breaks, preferential financing and more (including a pipeline). An explainer.
#ableg
#cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-...
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Oil and gas subsidies in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Oil and gas subsidies in Canada amount to billions each year, including loans, tax breaks and other incentives
https://thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-subsidies-canada/
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Our readers are the absolute best.
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4 months ago
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We are suing the RCMP for unlawfully arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken while reporting in Wetʼsuwetʼen territory. The Narwhal is doing this for all Canadian journalists' right to do their job without being arrested. Our readers are showing up in a big way for us and donating, will you?
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4 months ago
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Go read this.
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4 months ago
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We are making videos! You should watch them!
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4 months ago
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Send this to your uncle. You know the one. 😉
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6 months ago
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I’m happy to announce that there a an official sequel to the poopmoji gif. Shout out to
@jsrutgers.bsky.social
for doing the hard reporting work so I can make silly things like this animation.
thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-sew...
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6 months ago
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This needs to be sorted out. Why can't a new process to fund journalism be changed when it's clearly not fair and equitable?
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6 months ago
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Well this is fun to have my work highlighted! Brand and design is a team sport though, it has to be a priority through your entire organization from top to bottom. I’m so thankful for our team at
@thenarwhal.ca
where the everyone recognizes the power of telling ugly stories beautifully.
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6 months ago
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Go! Read!
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6 months ago
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Yeah
@amberbracken.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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okay okay I know it's over now and we've moved on but I'd like a moment for my platform explainer header before we never see it again...
thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal...
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Canada federal election 2025 party platforms on environment, natural resources | The Narwhal
From critical minerals to pipelines, here’s what the Liberals, Conservatives and others are saying on the 2025 federal election campaign trail
https://thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal-election-platforms/
7 months ago
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Please support these families. It is feeling very heavy in Vancouver.
vanfilemergency.my.canva.site
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Filipino Emergency Response - Organized by VanFilEmergency
https://vanfilemergency.my.canva.site/
7 months ago
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Shawn Parkinson
Denise Balkissoon
7 months ago
We are hiring 📣📣📣 The Narwhal needs an assistant editor, someone to keep our copy tight, our layouts fresh and our reader inbox somewhere closer to zero than where mine is rn 🫣
thenarwhal.ca/hiring-an-as...
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We’re hiring an assistant editor | The Narwhal
We are searching for an Assistant Editor who is keen to jump in and help get things done. If you identify as a word nerd who loves copy-editing and story layout and is excited to make our journalism s...
https://thenarwhal.ca/hiring-an-assistant-editor/
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New interactive page for party platforms! 😄
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7 months ago
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reposted by
Shawn Parkinson
The Narwhal
7 months ago
We’ve long been told our award-winning visual journalism should include videos that make the conversation around climate change accessible to even more people. Meet
@lmbaechlin.bsky.social
, the person who’ll do exactly that — and make some darn good videos.
thenarwhal.ca/manuel-baech...
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Meet Manuel Baechlin, The Narwhal’s video producer
We’ve long been told our award-winning visual journalism should include videos that reach even more people. Meet the person who’ll do exactly that
https://thenarwhal.ca/manuel-baechlin-video-producer/
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Shawn Parkinson
The Narwhal
8 months ago
Here’s what happens when there’s 6 dead birds at an oil and gas site
#investigation
#BritishColumbia
#oilandgas
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Drew just won the Hillman Prize a few days ago and then delivers another banger of a story! Go
@drewanderson.bsky.social
!!!!
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8 months ago
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Go watch EVERYONE’S LIVE on Netflix. So weird, but delightfully weird.
8 months ago
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Political speeches are the ultimate use-case for watching video at 2x speed.
8 months ago
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It is 2:01pm PDT right now. It feels like 11:31 am. Make the time change make sense.
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Is daylight saving time actually good for the environment? | The Narwhal
Canadian provinces have been waiting on the U.S. to quit changing their clocks twice a year. Is it time to just do it?
https://thenarwhal.ca/daylight-time-energy-debate/
8 months ago
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Let's get rid of the time change Canada!
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8 months ago
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The Narwhal asking the tough questions…
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8 months ago
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Maybe we should try speaking Star Wars to the USA? 🤷♂️
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8 months ago
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Every day I think that Putin is whispering instructions on how to destabilize Western democracy in Trump's ear and this NY Mag story from 2018 seems more and more plausible. The news conference with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office looks like Putin's fever dream.
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What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987?
A plausible theory of mind-boggling collusion.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html
8 months ago
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Cook ’em up boys. 🇨🇦🍁🏒
9 months ago
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the zone is indeed flooded
10 months ago
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If yooooouuuuu caaaaannnn believe it, it’s a Friday once again! Thank you David Lynch 🙏
10 months ago
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Come for the income inequality, stay for the piggy bank visualization!
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10 months ago
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Every year I make a calendar. It’s something that I’ve been doing for over 20 years now. The last 7 or 8ish years I’ve opened it up so people can download and print one if they like.
drive.google.com/file/d/1i3O9...
10 months ago
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Shawn Parkinson
Photojournalism News
11 months ago
THE NARWHAL: This year’s most memorable photos from the Canadian Prairies
thenarwhal.ca/memorable-pr...
@thenarwhal.ca
@amberbracken.bsky.social
@shawnparkinson.bsky.social
#photojournalism
#journalism
#photography
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This year’s most memorable photos from the Canadian Prairies | The Narwhal
We asked Prairies photojournalists to reflect on their favourite pictures for The Narwhal in 2024
https://thenarwhal.ca/memorable-prairies-photos-2024/
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I’m writing about why we invest so much in photography at
@thenarwhal.ca
… my first byline! 😃
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Telling ugly stories beautifully through photojournalism | The Narwhal
Photojournalism that centres humanity is in our DNA. We spent more than $50,000 doing it in 2024 — will you chip in to help us keep going?
https://thenarwhal.ca/ugly-stories-beautifully-photojournalism-2024/
11 months ago
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Click for our first redacted headline. 😈
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11 months ago
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reposted by
Shawn Parkinson
Denise Balkissoon
11 months ago
Think we can't kick fossil fuels? What if
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social
told you Ontario has done it before? Ten years ago, the province kicked coal power, which immediately led to to less smog and better public health. Here's what that history means for the future:
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-coal...
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Ontario phased coal out 10 years ago — what about gas? | The Narwhal
Ontario moved away from coal power ten years ago. What can be learned about the next energy transition — away from natural gas
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-coal-10-years-later/
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It's the only time of year to score our coveted toque! Pumpkin spice that you can wear!
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12 months ago
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Cool. Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool...
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Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
https://www.404media.co/pokemon-go-players-have-unwittingly-trained-ai-to-navigate-the-world/
12 months ago
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You should probably stop what you are doing and read this incredible firsthand account of being homeless in America. I was riveted and emotionally spent after reading. Also, is police asking for phone numbers to instal spyware a thing in Canada?!
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/
12 months ago
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On Twitter we tweeted so on BlueSky we... BS? I pledge to all my new followers that my approach to BSing will be to prioritize quality of BSing over quantity of BSing. I will not BS very much but when I do BS it will be important BS that the world needs to know about.
#BS
12 months ago
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Hang it in the MoMA.
about 2 years ago
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I gamble with my family grocery budget. It’s a high-risk, high-reward proposition. I live in Canada and buy avocados.
about 2 years ago
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I don’t know if it’s the wildfire smoke or the BBQ / mini donuts at the PNE… but damn Vancouver, you smell delicious tonight.
about 2 years ago
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