There has always been a discrepancy in GDP generation and employment for Oil and gas in AB: it generates lots of money, but not so many direct jobs. Wholesales in AB is 10 times the number of jobs in oil and gas. See: www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...

You're bored with pizza parties at work as a way to solve job stress? Me too! That's one of the reasons why I wrote Job stress revisited, my upcoming book available for pre-order! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/job-st...

Utter contempt and disrespect from Bruce McAllister. Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.

"Je ne peux me détacher de l’idée que sans la vidéo, personne n’aurait encore vraiment cru la version des victimes… Et c’est inconfortable pour moi de l’admettre, moi qui aime me voir comme une alliée, mais sans la vidéo, je doute que j’aurais fait autrement qu’à mon habitude"

Im starting to watch Wayward on Netflix: I like it so far, especially how it show how giving « feedback » can be intensely destructive. I find it difficult to watch, not finding an echo to our culture of constant giving/receiving feedback.

We’re excited to launch our tool that helps you find out how the candidates running for mayor and city council in Edmonton align with you on the issues that matter most. blog.taprootpublishing.ca/2025/09/26/t... #yegvote #yegcc #yeg

Canada post scam calls during a Canada post strike 🤡

I do not think it is reasonable to spend so much time debunking anything silly politicians say in terms of healthcare practice. Everyone knows that the POTUS has no healthcare qualifications whatsoever, so why waste valuable media coverage time talking about side effects of acetaminophen?

I need to say a few words about Darren. He was, in many ways, the doctor all doctors needed to be. Compassionate, caring, an advocate and a poet. We were all privliged to have him in our world. And we are poorer for his departure from it. Wherever you are, I hope there are paddles and pedals.

Les moyens de pression des médecins sont très élevès au Quebec, du fait de l'importance des professeurs de clinique versus académique... Il y a très peu de professeurs "academic track". Pour les "clinical faculty", de faire cours ou pas, ça leur change pas grand chose www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyEO...

Must read new guest post! The government's latest cuts are creating massive confusion & additional financial barriers for Disabled Albertans, & needless administrative burden for their doctors—during a primary care crisis! We deserve better. Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/blog_more_cu...

I’m not alone in finding this new feature atrocious

Thank you to the CMAJ for publishing my comment on work-related rhinosinusitis in the September 2025 printed issue! www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Removing vaccine mandates altogether is a(nother) terrible move from Florida.

I have been interviewed for the Calgary Herald a while ago, and it's been just released today. Coming up too, me on air at QR Calgary at Connect with Sarah Crosbie this afternoon. calgaryherald.com/vitality-alb...

Write a grant is like: "please read carefully these 47 pages of instructions" in which you have to write your summary in 2000 characters, 1000 characters and every alphabet letters except E, A and Z. Then you go on the application portal. 1st field "please input your 75 word summary in Sanskrit".

For those interested, here is a vlog of my trip to Osaka earlier this summer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT4R...

I love Tim Traveller’s YouTube channel. Always interesting and here, something on accessibility. youtu.be/YhLYlBGSAHI?...

I am going to be EXTREMELY controversial, but bikers do a lot of infractions in Edmonton. Failure to yield to a pedestrian in a cross walk can cost the biker $810 (which occurred to me today as a pedestrian with a sighing biker). www.alberta.ca/errors

The Air Canada strike should be a reminder for everyone that quiet discussion that stays within the rules is not always an effective way to make substantial social progress.

Is there a reason there’s no screen displaying customers order numbers for pick up in every single fast food restaurant? Staff has to yell all day long, customers hear nothing.

When you refer a patient to occupational medicine, please at the very least indicate the current job :)

If you didn’t have a chance to sign the petition today, we will be again tomorrow (Sunday) at the Old Strathcona Farmers Market gazebo from 10 AM until 3 PM. Come and sign the petition. Bring friends along. We need your help. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #Yeg

So privileged to have visited Japan again, here are some pictures from Osaka

On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside. Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded. 🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget

Great news! But let’s not forget that accidents are the visible part of the iceberg. Workplace accidents are basically 10% of work related fatalities, the 90 other % are occupational diseases that almost never trigger any media nor political interest.

Leo’s cafe on Whyte ave, in Edmonton, has the best pulled pork sandwich on earth. They make excellent sourdough bread that makes all the difference

Just being targeted by an ad for Nexus. Thanks but no thanks.

I already said it and I say it again: no one needs to use talc. At all. The IARC monograph classifying it as 2A (probably carcinogenic) is now online: publications.iarc.who.int/646

Just received my property insurance bill: +20% compared to last year, and no, I did not built an extension made of gold and marble. Is this our new reality with wildfires in Alberta?

Earlier today, I was invited to speak at Mount Sinai Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds. A good opportunity to sit, pause and reflect on all my contributions to the Covid-19 research since 2020. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MfR...

Well. The CBC makeup artist did the best she could. I still shudder whenever I see myself on TV. (I have a face for radio.) But here I am, wearing professionally applied lipstick. Dig in! #C5 #cdnpoli #ableg #SenateofCanada

I am quite unsure that this bill is going to make any positive contribution to occupational health and safety. The spirit really seems to be "the end justifies the means". We will see what the senate will say (‪@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social‬) www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p...

Encore une fois, le Manitoba brille avec de bonnes initiatives! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cago...

The International Labour Conference should approve the upcoming convention on biological hazards tomorrow. Something to look at @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social, @dfisman.bsky.social, @jvipondmd.bsky.social and all Covid experts. The draft has been officially approved today by the steering committee.

Some businesses should recall how happy they were when they were in full work from home mode, thus ensuring service provision and profits…

The useless discussions on fictive pipeline no one will pay for and build must stop. Are we going to normalize this as our Canadian summers? This is not just an inconvenience: this kills people, workers, kids…

We conservatively estimated the annual US fungal disease-related economic burden as $19.4B, including direct medical costs ($13.4B) of hospitalizations (n = 133 555) and outpatient visits (n = 13.4M), $1.7B from absenteeism, and $4.3B from deaths (n = 7 288) academic.oup.com/mmy/advance-...

Always glad to see the ICOH contributions to the International Labor Conference. This year, ICOH president Prof. Seong Kyu Kang is calling to reinstate the joint ILO/WHO committee on occupational health which has not gathered since 2003! Have a look at the ICOH webpage: lnkd.in/gE5Av9Zi

Climate change: shifting boundaries of fungal disease in Europe and beyond New review in Thorax by @mbottery.bsky.social Sarah Sedik @germhuntermd.bsky.social @martinhoenigl.bsky.social @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social thorax.bmj.com/content/thor... #MedSky #IDSky #PulmSky #ClimateSky #MedMycoSky

We talk too much about fictional new pipelines no one will pay for, and not enough about that.

Just a lil check that I am all good for the upcoming byelection in my riding.

Exactement le même sujet en France il y a environ 10 ans. Mais alors exactement. Le droit à la déconnexion ne fait qu'ajouter de nouvelles contraintes pour les salariés, si on n'agit pas sur les demandes. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/216...

J’ai cru comprendre que vous venez en Alberta @chebert18.bsky.social prochainement. Animerez vous des conférences ou des rencontres publiques durant votre séjour?

Occupational exposures are a huge risk factor for lung cancer, whether it is asbestos, respirable crystalline silica, occupational exposure as a painter, soot, welding fumes...

Hinton, AB, is a town of about 10,000 inhabitants. No Family Doc available on find a clinic. One of my patients has lost her Family Doc and another of her medical specialists.

Je ne comprends rien, mais rien, aux débats actuels en France sur l'aide à mourir que je vois sur mon fil. Signe que je suis probablement trop déconnecté de ce qui se passe en France, vivant dans un pays où l'aide à mourir existe depuis plusieurs années, et auquel je suis complètement favorable.

J'aimerais que @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social se souvienne un peu plus qu'il y a 9 autres provinces et 3 territoires. Je trouve en ce moment que la couverture du "ROC" est quasi inexistante, surtout depuis la fin des élections au fédéral.

Questions for journalists covering Alberta's recovery model: 1) How many ppl are living w/ substance use disorder in Alberta? 2) Of those ppl, how many attended treatment (detox, residential, medication) last year? 3) How many ppl completed treatment (or were retained in care) last year? (1/3)