Michelle M. Porter

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 3d

Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say

Proper air filtration could help mitigate the rapid spread of flu and other illnesses, say experts and parents

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 4d

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In New Dementia Trials, Ozempic’s ‘Miracle Drug’ Image Takes a Hit

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 4d

Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026

SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 10.0
Alberta: VERY HIGH - 12.4
British Columbia: HIGH - 7.6
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.3
New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 10.5
Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 9.1
North: VERY HIGH - 10.3
Nova Scotia: HIGH - 9.9
Ontario: HIGH - 9.2
Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 6.6
Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.4
Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 14.0

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 7d

Manitoba experienced many severe outcomes associated with Influenza last week, including 15 fatalities and 17 outbreaks in long-term care.

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 7d

Manitobans’ overall health gains not shared equally across population, 2025 report concludes
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Manitobans’ overall health gains not shared equally across population, 2025 report concludes

Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 8d

Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social

"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."

#VaccinesWork

Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.

Interventions that strengthen the care workforce: a realist synthesis review

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy @um-mchp.bsky.social · 8d

The 2024 RHA Atlas shows how income-related differences in health outcomes have changed across Manitoba. While some previously identified gaps have narrowed, significant disparities still exist between people living in higher and lower income parts of the province.
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Text reads, 2024 RHA Indicators Atlas, Supporting health equity by finding gaps.
Manitobans living in lower income areas face worse health outcomes than those in higher income areas. below an arrow pointing down over a coin with a dollar sign, sits in front of an image of a house.

Text reads: 2024 RHA Indicators Atlas. Since 2003 Some of these gaps have shrunk.
Differences in the rates have narrowed for: diabetes, heart disease, High blood pressure. Beside each item listed, an icon represents it, with a hand and blood sugar monitor, a heart with a crack, and a heart with a pressure monitor display.

text reads: 2024 RHA Indicators Atlas.
But those in lower-income areas were more likely than other Manitobans to experience: Premature Mortality, Suicide, Opioid Use. A icon-style graphic shows a family in front of a house with a single dollar sign on it. below, a fence separates them from houses with three dollar signs, and an arrow pointing right.

Centre on Aging University of Manitoba @um-coaging.bsky.social · 9d

Centre on Aging Research Affiliate Dr. Funk is lead author
Funk, L. M., Kuryk, K., et al. (2025). Understanding Change in Home Care Pathways Over Time Through Longitudinal Qualitative Inquiry. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue Canadienne Du Vieillissement, 1–10. doi:10.1017/S071498082510038X

Centre on Aging University of Manitoba @um-coaging.bsky.social · 9d

Centre on Aging Research Affiliate Dr. Christine Kelly is lead author on this article
C. Kelly, L. Dansereau, E. Jack, S. Pirzada et al. Interventions that strengthen the care workforce: a realist synthesis review, Health Affairs Scholar, Vol 3, Issue 7, July 2025, qxaf128, doi.org/10.1093/hasc...

AbstractIntroduction. Health systems depend on care workers to provide “hands-on” direct care with eating, dressing, and other needs, as well as indirect c

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10d

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Results "confirm what many researchers have long suspected, given the ubiquity of tools powered by large-language models..."

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance

A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.

From public schools to post-secondary institutions, educators are grappling with AI's impact on education

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 12d

Many severe outcomes associated with Influenza in MB last week (Nov 30 to Dec 6, 2025), including 8 fatalities.

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 14d

Learning in an AI world
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Be responsible, not afraid: Winnipeg School Division sets framework for AI in classrooms Manitoba’s largest school division only has one fixed rule for its staff and students when it comes to using ar...

MPI counters online misinformation about ‘age-based testing’

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 15d

"...customers appear to be consuming false information online..."

MPI counters online misinformation about ‘age-based testing’
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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 15d

What would an AI university look like and how might it change education?

From lectures by avatars to entire qualifications, higher education centred around AI is just around the corner.

Older Adults and Tax Delegation in Canada: A Sociotechnical Analysis | Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement | Cambridge Core

Dr. Celine Latulipe @drceline.bsky.social · 16d

Happy to share that our journal article on older adults and tax delegation in Canada is published! See comment for important takeaway about what you should do if you help older adults (or anyone) by doing tax prep and filing for them. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Older Adults and Tax Delegation in Canada: A Sociotechnical Analysis

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 18d

Transit loses millions in ridership revenue
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Transit loses millions in ridership revenue

Winnipeg Transit expects to earn $8.5 million less in fares than its budget predicted this year as fewer people have been taking the bus. During a public works meeting on Monday, committee members wer...

Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 21d

Vaccination rates have only slightly increased from the previous week, in Manitobans 65+, with 51.8% for Influenza and 43.8% for Influenza. Overall population rates are less than 20%.

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 21d

For the week ending Nov 29, 2025 in Manitoba, Influenza is surging with more hospital and ICU admits than COVID-19. There were more fatalities associated with COVID-19 though (7 versus 3 for Influenza).

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Severe outcomes for the current week and season are shown for COVID-19 and Influenza.

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 22d

Children’s hospitals in Canada face flood of flu visits as doctors urge families to get vaccinated

High volumes put strain on limited pediatric hospital capacity, with flu season set to peak later this
month

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An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...

She Was 8 When She Fled the Nazis. After 86 Years, It Inspired Her Art.

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 22d

She Was 8 When She Fled the Nazis. After 86 Years, It Inspired Her Art.

Cornelia Foss, better known as a confidante to other artists than as an artist herself, has put aside landscape painting for something far more visceral.

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 23d

Training rule boosts MPI road-test pass rate
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Training rule boosts MPI road-test pass rate

Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer is urging residents to get vaccinated following “significant influenza activity” plaguing the province.

CTV News Winnipeg @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social · 23d

‘Significant influenza activity’: Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer urges vaccination

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 23d

What Winnipeg Can Learn From Australia About Better Road Safety

"Blair Turner, Road Safety Specialist...shares with host Marcy Markusa his research findings on speed management and offers suggestions for how Winnipeg can reduce pedestrian fatalities."

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 24d

In this CBC radio interview, UM Centre on Aging Research Affiliate Dr. Celine Latulipe shares tips on how to protect yourself while doing online banking. She also shares information about a research project for older adults on learning how to do online banking.

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Opinion: The never-ending riddle of Canadian health spending

Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 24d

"The other myth that the CIHI data addresses, at least indirectly, is that aging boomers are the source of soaring health costs. Less than one percentage point (0.6) of the increases in health spending is attributed to the aging of the population..."

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Annual costs have climbed to $400-billion, yet we struggle to provide timely care

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Michelle Porter @um-coa-porter.bsky.social · 24d

"A research project started at the University of Manitoba is studying how older adults can improve their online banking skills.

...Computer science professor Celine Latulipe, who is overseeing the BankBox project..."

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Online banking fraud leaves Winnipeg woman on hook for $174K debt | CBC News

A Winnipeg woman is warning others about what can go wrong in online banking after a credit union is holding her responsible for a debt of more than $174,000 from fraudulent transactions.

Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 25d

Sigh.

Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"...21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence."

Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.