Bridget Stirling
@bridgetstirling.bsky.social
UAlberta PhD candidate exploring the politics of childhood and education and the temporality of childhood.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
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I've been sitting on this news for a couple of weeks now, and I'm excited to finally share.
I signed the contract today for my forthcoming book, "All Thy Sons Command: Childhood and the Canadian Far Right". I have a dissertation to finish first, but this is huge at this stage in my academic career.
I signed the contract today for my forthcoming book, "All Thy Sons Command: Childhood and the Canadian Far Right". I have a dissertation to finish first, but this is huge at this stage in my academic career.
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Oh great, another inadequate healthcare announcement!
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Acute Care Action Plan delivers now
Alberta’s Acute Care Action Plan will add over 1,000 new hospital beds, deliver 50,000 more surgeries, improve capacity and patient flow so Albertans can access care faster.
www.alberta.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh great, another inadequate healthcare announcement!
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Regaining our elimination status will require more than angrily shaking our fists at those who we have deemed "anti-vaxers."
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Regaining our elimination status will require more than angrily shaking our fists at those who we have deemed "anti-vaxers."
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
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Childhood vaccinations have declined since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Childhood vaccinations have declined since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
Experts speaking about Canada's loss of measles elimination status: "We have major gaps in our public health infrastructure."
The gap in that infrastructure:
The gap in that infrastructure:
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Experts speaking about Canada's loss of measles elimination status: "We have major gaps in our public health infrastructure."
The gap in that infrastructure:
The gap in that infrastructure:
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice.
Caveats:
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> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
Caveats:
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> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice.
Caveats:
-*-*-*-*
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
Caveats:
-*-*-*-*
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
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12 Hangry Men.
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
12 Hangry Men.
So proud of our province for being an international leader once again.
(This is snark. I'm obviously not proud of Alberta's failures on public health.)
(This is snark. I'm obviously not proud of Alberta's failures on public health.)
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles. One province with an outsize number of cases has seen a collision of politics and public health policy, by Rebecca Ruiz, Vjosa Isai www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w... via @nytimes.com
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So proud of our province for being an international leader once again.
(This is snark. I'm obviously not proud of Alberta's failures on public health.)
(This is snark. I'm obviously not proud of Alberta's failures on public health.)
This is meant as a threat.
Nick Fuentes says people better be careful about calling him a Nazi "because if I'm a Nazi, then there's millions of young people that are following a fucking Nazi." Um, yeah, that's exactly what we've been warning about!
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is meant as a threat.
I'm just a girl standing in front of Albertans asking them to learn what the notwithstanding clause actually is.
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm just a girl standing in front of Albertans asking them to learn what the notwithstanding clause actually is.
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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
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Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes."
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes."
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
This is the nightmare so many of us approaching graduation have thought about as academics from the US have begun to jump ship. Disappointed that the Liberals haven't considered the effects on students, many of whom have had thousands in Tri-Agency funds invested in their development.
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is the nightmare so many of us approaching graduation have thought about as academics from the US have begun to jump ship. Disappointed that the Liberals haven't considered the effects on students, many of whom have had thousands in Tri-Agency funds invested in their development.
Apropos of nothing: people don't take well to rulers who live in extravagant palaces while the citizens don't have enough to eat.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2...
Women's March on Versailles - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Apropos of nothing: people don't take well to rulers who live in extravagant palaces while the citizens don't have enough to eat.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2...
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"Urban Fantasy" is a recognized sub-genre but "Urbane Fantasy" isn't.
I feel that this is a gap in the market.
I feel that this is a gap in the market.
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Urban Fantasy" is a recognized sub-genre but "Urbane Fantasy" isn't.
I feel that this is a gap in the market.
I feel that this is a gap in the market.
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Why are you allowing your MPs on this committee to agree w/ witch-hunting pursuit of DEI amongst our best researchers at a time when you’re trying to attract the best scientists & medical students here, PM Carney?
This is beyond odious.
“The
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
This is beyond odious.
“The
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Why are you allowing your MPs on this committee to agree w/ witch-hunting pursuit of DEI amongst our best researchers at a time when you’re trying to attract the best scientists & medical students here, PM Carney?
This is beyond odious.
“The
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
This is beyond odious.
“The
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The way the constant effort to erase COVID is such a unifying force for bad people in powerful positions, no matter their nominal political affiliation, highlights the class aspect of COVID.
The people at the top are letting the people at the bottom die, just to save face.
The people at the top are letting the people at the bottom die, just to save face.
Alberta pharmacies seeing long wait times for COVID-19 shots with limited vaccines.
Smith shows her plan for reducing physician wait times by killing Albertans with COVID
Smith shows her plan for reducing physician wait times by killing Albertans with COVID
Alberta pharmacies seeing long wait times for COVID-19 shots with limited vaccines
With a surge of people looking to get their COVID-19 shots, an Edmonton pharmacist says long wait times to get the vaccine through public immunization clinics are impacting pharmacies.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The way the constant effort to erase COVID is such a unifying force for bad people in powerful positions, no matter their nominal political affiliation, highlights the class aspect of COVID.
The people at the top are letting the people at the bottom die, just to save face.
The people at the top are letting the people at the bottom die, just to save face.
Years ago when I worked in the policy consulting sphere, I received notice that a FOIP request included my consulting resume. FOIP accepted my dispute of the disclosure on the basis that it would violate my personal privacy.
This time, MPs can circumvent privacy law via committee, apparently.
This time, MPs can circumvent privacy law via committee, apparently.
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Years ago when I worked in the policy consulting sphere, I received notice that a FOIP request included my consulting resume. FOIP accepted my dispute of the disclosure on the basis that it would violate my personal privacy.
This time, MPs can circumvent privacy law via committee, apparently.
This time, MPs can circumvent privacy law via committee, apparently.
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There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
Some days, you wake up, pick up your phone, and discover that the world is going to hell.
And some days, you wake up and discover that Dick Cheney is dead.
And some days, you wake up and discover that Dick Cheney is dead.
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some days, you wake up, pick up your phone, and discover that the world is going to hell.
And some days, you wake up and discover that Dick Cheney is dead.
And some days, you wake up and discover that Dick Cheney is dead.
UAlberta folks and anyone else near campus: rally on the Main Quad in support of Alberta's K-12 teachers at noon on Wednesday. See you there!
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
UAlberta folks and anyone else near campus: rally on the Main Quad in support of Alberta's K-12 teachers at noon on Wednesday. See you there!
At the Blue Building this afternoon for the swearing in of the new board. I'm so thrilled to see the new members being sworn in today — such an amazing group of people who are going to fight hard for our kids.
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
At the Blue Building this afternoon for the swearing in of the new board. I'm so thrilled to see the new members being sworn in today — such an amazing group of people who are going to fight hard for our kids.