I signed this and if you live in Canada you should too 👇

alberta is hell for this right now, and the use of the notwithstanding clause has been a deep violation with no effective pushback. this province won't stop until it is stopped

there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work? archive.is/2025.12.17-0...

Flu season has hit Canadians hard and early, as cases continues to rise. Between low vaccine uptake and a problematic H3N2 strain, hospitals across the country are seeing a flood of flu cases in the ER, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Flu cases continue to increase in Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/canada-saw-highest-percentage-of-positive-flu-cases-in-last-three-seasons-health-agency-report/ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Wow. Breaking news in #qcpol: Health minister Christian Dubé resigns

I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade

Crossword lovers rejoice!

🙅‍♂️ 🦠 If you haven't done so yet, there's still time to book your free flu shot in Quebec: portal3.clicsante.ca

"Flu season is hitting Quebec early and 'with a vengeance,' spurring health officials to counsel citizens to get their free shots as soon as possible as holiday get-togethers loom." via @mtlgazette.bsky.social montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...

Montreal public health encourages measles vaccination as three new cases are reported #polmtl

Stimulant prescriptions for ADHD up sharply since 2015, especially among women, by @davidmcginn.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

“Santé Québec’s website is nearly all in French even though the province’s English speakers have the legal right to receive health and social services in their mother tongue — a right that is not being respected when it comes to online communications.”

Santé Québec defends nearly all-French website despite anglo concerns montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

“Even if Bill 2 is being shelved, it has inflicted lasting damage on Quebec’s health-care system” : montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu... via @mtlgazette.bsky.social

11 medical specialists withdraw from MUHC over Bill 2: montrealgazette.com/news/montrea...

Le pic de la saison de la grippe est attendu pendant les Fêtes : ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221... #health #quebec #canada

Family physicians reach tentative deal with Quebec over Bill 2 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

‘Disastrous’: One of Montreal’s largest pediatric clinics to close due to Quebec’s Bill 2 montreal.citynews.ca/2025/12/10/t...

Canada announced a $1.2 billion initiative to attract more than 1,000 doctors, researchers, and scientists in fields targeted by the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies and funding cuts. www.thedailybeast.com/canada-launc...

The key takeaway here isn't $$. It's how Quebecers are getting sick and dying because of the inability + lack of desire of gov to protect housing rights for all. Also: this is why "health care" is about more than ER visits. A broad perspective on health = focus on environment, prevention, community.

Canada to open new fast track to permanent residency for 5,000 foreign doctors https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/diab-foreign-doctors-permanent-residency-9.7006937 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Des «attitudes anti-avortement» existent dans le réseau de la santé québécois : www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...

Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.

Montreal-area maternity ward closing for 3 months due to staff shortage www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art... via @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social

Quebec’s College of Physicians warns of political interference under Bill 7 montreal.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/q...

«Il faut casser l’hémorragie»: au moins 40 cliniques médicales menacées de fermeture www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/12/02/i... from @journaldemontreal.com

Experts warn merger of 2 Quebec health agencies could undermine public health. Government says merger will increase efficiency, but professors warn it could reduce preventive care: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Un an de Santé Québec | Une « machine plus lourde » et un bilan « pas convaincant » www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p... from @lapresse.ca

Un an de Santé Québec | « On prend notre envol », dit la grande patronne : lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/2025-12-01/un-an-de-sante-quebec/on-prend-notre-envol-dit-la-grande-patronne.php from @lapresse.ca

RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

How can we call on this when we are still sending Israel weapons?!

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"When it comes to understanding what’s going on with our bodies, who can we trust?" asks @desiredpaths.bsky.social in this important feature on AFAB health care from our Spring 2025 issue. this.org/2025/05/05/v...

"When it comes to understanding what’s going on with our bodies, who can we trust?" Read my feature in @thismagazine.bsky.social, about online reproductive health education, medical advocacy & what second-gen feminists can teach us about fighting for equitable, safer care: this.org/2025/05/05/v...

It's almost the weekend, and we have a Friday Feature to share! In our upcoming Spring issue, @desiredpaths.bsky.social dives into the history of medical information-sharing amongst AFAB patients and asks "has the internet killed feminist health activism?" this.org/2025/05/05/v...

The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology. If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.

I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom. If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?

It was always going to get to criminalization. They were always going to start with someone who was marginalized, serving a marginalized community, so there wouldn't be an uproar. The frogwater is boiling hotter and hotter.

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

🔬🧪🧬 SCIENTISTS! we are collecting stories from folks whose research has been disrupted by the Trump admin. Whether you’re a grad student, postdoc, faculty, we want to hear from you! ty to everyone who has already shared. my signal: caitlingilbert.24 thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/scient...

there is still good in the world