Studio day 🎙️ Talking about cyberbullying, young people, and online life. Usually I prepare too much, but this time I skipped the script and trusted years of thinking about this work. Hoping my mouth kept up with my brain lol Curious to see the final cut 👀 #AcademicSky

One of my fav parts of presenting at an international behavioural development conference was hearing afterwards from an educator in Singapore who connected my Online Warriors findings on online hate and coping among racialized youth to supporting youth in schools. Research can travel #AcademicSky

Hey BC friends government just launched a Child & Youth Well-Being Action Plan and wants real input from families and frontline folks. If you’ve navigated child & family services, now’s a good time to share what’s working and what needs fixing. Link: engage.gov.bc.ca/childyouthwe... #AcademicSky

Learning isn’t one-size-fits-all. 💡 MAPLE (Multimodal Access for Personalized Learning Exploration) helps students discover free, reliable technologies that support different ways of learning, studying, creating, and accessing information. #AcademicSky learnyourway.science.ubc.ca

A competency and outcomes framework shifts the conversation from delivering services to supporting adolescent wellbeing in ways that are responsive, strengths-based, and person-centred. #AcademicSky www.who.int/publications...

Quality adolescent health care means more than access — it means services that are equitable, responsive, acceptable, and designed with young people, not just for them🌎 #AcademicSky www.who.int/publications...

Adolescent health is more than a checklist. HEADSS continues to shape how we think about understanding young people in context — home, relationships, wellbeing, and the systems around them. #AcademicSky depts.washington.edu/dbpeds/Scree...

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day 💙🪶 Anyways… what did you do yesterday? #Indigenous

Quiet day over here: coffee, too many tabs open, and chipping away at research grant writing ☕️📚 #academicsky

Honoured to be featured in the Health Research BC Impact Report ✨ Grateful to be part of work that centres Indigenous strengths, relationships, and meaningful change in education and wellness research. Sechanalyagh to everyone who walks alongside this work 🩵 #AcademicSky

Day 2 back at work after a staycation. Most of my grad students have checked in, the projects are project-ing, and after 12 hours of back-to-back meetings, my calendar is hanging on by a thread 👩🏽‍💻 #AcademicSky

Job posting for a Lecturer (part-time 50%) and Coordinator for NITEP, Indigenous Teacher Education Program, at our Merritt Field Centre. Please share with your networks

Heard recently that these are the Tri-council research priority areas #AcademicSky

With all these device ban conversations happening lately, UBC interviewed me. One thing I keep saying: taking phones away won’t fix everything on its own. Our kids need support, good people around them, and adults actually willing to listen. #AcademicSky educ.ubc.ca/why-limiting...

Two book clubs 📚 One with special ed and school counselling folks on The Anti-Ableist Manifesto (structured, accessible), the other Nenqayni crew reading Becoming Kin (deep, heavy, relational circle). Different pedagogical spaces, shared learning. What are you reading right now? 👀 #AcademicSky

DRIPA (BC) sets legal expectations for provincial decision-making with Indigenous rights through speaking with Nenqayni. The current uncertainty cycle isn’t just political—it directly shapes funding, program planning, and delivery across health, youth, and research systems #academicsky #indigenous

New paper out in Etuaptmumk 👩🏽‍💻 Reimagining Two-Eyed Seeing in the age of AI—thinking about relational design, storytelling, and culturally safe youth mental health tools. Still processing what this means in practice 👀 #RelationalAI #Indigenous #AcademicSky

So much research focuses on trauma—but this scoping review shows how Positive Childhood Experiences rooted in culture, land, and relationships support Indigenous peoples’ holistic wellbeing. We need more of this direction #AcademicSky #Indigenous 🔗 psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... #IndigenousHealt

Indigenous peoples have long upheld practices that support holistic wellbeing 🪶 New work highlights the importance of community-led, strengths-based approaches to measuring cultural factors in health. Reading for Indigenous peoples’ health research #AcademicSky #Indigenous 🔗 rdcu.be/fajpx

Returned to an integrated youth services centre I trained nearly a decade ago🩵 Some things haven’t changed—limited space for Nenqayni youth, rising mental health & opioid challenges. But peer workers are reclaiming space. Back to listen and hold space 🐦‍⬛ #IndigenousHealth #FullCircle

How do you hold safe spaces for hard conversations? ✨ Debriefed with a grad student on teaching violence & racism through social justice. Freire reminds us: make room for voices that challenge systems. What works for you? #Pedagogy #SocialJustice #AcademicSky

Health research funding in Canada is shrinking with ~13.6% success rate today vs 30% in early 2000s 😒 More researchers, less support. Letter to Finance Minister asks for funding boost over 5 yrs. So many good research ideas waiting… exhaustion is real 🫠 #academicsky

Caught up on giving feedback over 100 assignments 😅 Urban education cohort done, northern one next! Loved connecting with Nenqayni stories & land-based wellness 🌆🪶 Book club on The Anti-Ableist Manifesto sparked honest, heartfelt convos 📚💭 #AcademicSky #InclusiveEd

found this in Quesnel Books & Company… if it hits, it hits 🌿😆 #Indigenous

Just learned about B.C. First Nations Language Authorities 🪶 They recognize fluent speakers for teaching in schools. Curious: how are Elders and community involved? Nenqayni language has always lived with those who carry it 💬 #IndigenousLanguages #CommunityKnowledge

Visited Musqueam before heading north 🪶 After years away, returning to the land and community reminded me that wellbeing, healing, and learning are inseparable from place. Some remembered me from before, even commenting on my hair 😆 Relationships and history live in the land as much as in people.

nisdẑun in the cedar tonight 🦉 I answered his two hoots, then he went quiet. Felt like one of those land teachings—know when to speak, and when to just be and listen #IndigenousWays #MoreThanHuman

A residential school denialist MP calling rez humour “divisive politics” is quite the take. Nenqayni on the Island: “Chillax, Bud. We said what we said” 😆 #IndigenousVoices #TruthTelling

Happy to share I’m part of the 2026 UDL Fellows Cohort this spring/summer 🌞 Looking forward to learning alongside educators across disciplines and continuing to build courses that support diverse learners and ways of knowing. Grateful for the opportunity 👩🏽‍🏫 #UDL #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Northern BC town wisdom: make art, make love, don’t give up 🩵🐦‍⬛

From the heart 🪶 Pain can show up as online harm—but it deepens wounds. Lateral violence isn’t healing. Our communities deserve care, not cycles of hurt. Let’s choose gentleness: reach out, talk to someone safe, go to the land. Protect your spirit and our communities 💜 #IndigenousWellness

Back in my traditional territory—Tsilhqot’in home 🩵 Elders remind us: when things feel heavy, go to the land, by the river, and set it down. On Women’s Day, “give to gain” means making space for truth, healing, and safety for all. If you’re carrying a lot, you’re not alone 🤲🏽🪶 #WomensDay #Indigenous

This week with Nenqayni teacher candidates at NITEP was powerful 🫶🏽 Mentors shared wisdom on assessment, self-care, trauma-informed teaching, and Indigenous ways of knowing. Language, stories, and connection carried us through 🙏🏽🪶🩵 #AcademicSky #Indigenous

Class moment: got called Detsan Ncah 🐦‍⬛ Sounds a lot like Nenqayni ch’ih! Stay blessed and keep your happy up 🩵 #Indigenous #languagerevitalization

Tough but meaningful day 🧡 Nenqayni teacher candidates diving into inclusive learning assessment—designing rubrics, performance tasks. Moving beyond accommodations to truly support diverse learners. Even when tired, this work matters. Quiet reflection by the lake 🪶 #IndigenousEducation #AcademicSky

Tears, laughter, and reflection today 🫶🏽🧡 We explored decolonizing learning assessment in practice with guidance from a Cariboo NITEP alum. Nenqayni teacher candidates are showing up despite heavy burdens — please keep them in your thoughts 🙏🏽🦅 #IndigenousEducation #NITEP #AcademicSky

Government day in class on the 2nd day: Ministry assessment info, Indigenous pre-service teachers questioned the provincial team. 3rd day: decolonization in learning assessment with a Cariboo NITEP alum guest lecture 🙌🏽 Full circle from policy to practice in 24hrs 👩🏽‍🏫 #IndigenousEducation #AcademicSky

I once told a nursing faculty friend I’m part of an international “Bullying Network.” She blinked slowly: “Don’t you mean anti-bullying?” Nope 😅 It’s a global research group on bullying & cyberbullying. Suddenly I looked like part of a secret society 😂 #AcademicSky #ResearchHumor

I was in Cyprus last summer during a ceasefire, just after a drone strike linked to the Israel–Iran conflict. You could see UK and US bases from the road, and I walked the UN Buffer Zone dividing the island. Airport militarized. On the ground, it felt far more real than the headlines #AcademicSky

Dragon Palace fortune cookie wisdom 🐲💙 Small daily joys, big reminders… work-life balance, am I right? 😏 #FortuneCookie #AcademicSky

Full campus-to-highway day 😌 8am car prep, 9am Ts’kel supervisor meeting, teaching Indigenous education seminar, hit the road at 3pm. Overnight in the Cariboo, rolled into the Bulkley Valley Saturday. Academic life by day, highway life by night #AcademicSky #Indigenous #teacherlife

On the Highway of Tears from Prince George to Prince Rupert 💙❄️ Engaged in community-based teaching with NITEP Indigenous teacher education, reflecting on the histories, lives, and stories on this land 🪶 A moment of pause amidst travel and teaching ♥️ #MMIWG #healing

Students carrying trauma face challenges in attention, memory, language, and relationships—the very skills learning depends on. With the right teacher training, we can make a difference 👀 🔗 unimelb.me/3ZXJ01N #TraumaAware #Education

Skoden 🥊 Buckskin Gloves were back in action! Heart, hits, and culture all night 💥🔥 Nenqayni fighters showing pride and resilience 👊🏽✨ History in the ring felt by all 🙌🏽 Natives in sport 💙🐦‍⬛ #FightNight #Indigenous vt.tiktok.com/ZSuHkJhQn/

St. Mary’s Residential School in Mission will be demolished soon🧡 I’ve been there for powwows over the years… it’ll be a heavy, emotional moment when it comes down 🪶 #Everychildmatters #orangeshirtday

Travel advisory: Canada says Nenqayni crossing the US need a valid Indian status card + passport 🇺🇸 Mine’s been expired forever 😅 Guess I’m heading to Indigenous Service Canada soon 🎒 #AcademicSky #Indigenous travel.gc.ca/destinations...

Nunest’in (I like you)💗 Good food, downtime, and staying close ✨ Simple moments, big smiles 🥰 #SelfCare #LittleJoys

Oof, poem really landed for me today.This one from Abigail Echo-Hawk about survival and fighting for the next generation… whew 💯 #Indigenous

Found a couple coins while cleaning 👀✨ Some might call it material culture. On the rez we might say someone’s sending a little luck. Either way, I’m keeping them 🤲🏽 #Indigenous

Could Indigenous witnessing from traditional governance (truth-telling, gifting, rematriation) extend into health & social sciences as a research method? Yellowhead report on rematriating place names nails it—decolonizing ethics & accountability in action yellowheadinstitute.org/report/the-r...