Dena McMartin 🇨🇦
@dwmcmartin.bsky.social
Environmental engineer and academic.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
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My latest at Canada Healthwatch:
"Is the flu vaccine worth getting? (SPOILER: Yes.)"
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/11/i...
"Is the flu vaccine worth getting? (SPOILER: Yes.)"
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/11/i...
Is the flu vaccine worth getting? (SPOILER: Yes.)
If you cut your risk in half, isn't that a win?
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My latest at Canada Healthwatch:
"Is the flu vaccine worth getting? (SPOILER: Yes.)"
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/11/i...
"Is the flu vaccine worth getting? (SPOILER: Yes.)"
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/11/i...
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In Flanders Fields
Written in WW1 by a Canadian doctor, John McCrae, after losing a friend and looking out over a field of poppies.
#Canada
#RememberanceDay
#LestWeForget
In Flanders Fields
Written in WW1 by a Canadian doctor, John McCrae, after losing a friend and looking out over a field of poppies.
#Canada
#RememberanceDay
#LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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In Flanders Fields
Written in WW1 by a Canadian doctor, John McCrae, after losing a friend and looking out over a field of poppies.
#Canada
#RememberanceDay
#LestWeForget
In Flanders Fields
Written in WW1 by a Canadian doctor, John McCrae, after losing a friend and looking out over a field of poppies.
#Canada
#RememberanceDay
#LestWeForget
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Canada’s latest Toonie commemorates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Canada’s latest Toonie commemorates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
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Be like Finland, and have no 'poorly educated '
#education #understanding #criticalthinking #trumplovesthepoorlyeducated
#education #understanding #criticalthinking #trumplovesthepoorlyeducated
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Be like Finland, and have no 'poorly educated '
#education #understanding #criticalthinking #trumplovesthepoorlyeducated
#education #understanding #criticalthinking #trumplovesthepoorlyeducated
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Lawren Harris, acting in his capacity as an official war artist during WW2, and one of his pieces. I had no idea! (Both photos courtesy Library and Archives Canada.)
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Lawren Harris, acting in his capacity as an official war artist during WW2, and one of his pieces. I had no idea! (Both photos courtesy Library and Archives Canada.)
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Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
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More needs to be said about the strength and bravery of @sphillipsab.bsky.social to have gone through this for 8 years.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lethbridge officer searched ex-Alberta MLA on database after overhearing 'tail end' of conversation: report | CBC News
After "completely unsatisfying" investigation outcome and no criminal charges, Shannon Phillips plans to continue with lawsuit against her city's police.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
More needs to be said about the strength and bravery of @sphillipsab.bsky.social to have gone through this for 8 years.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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The Beaverton rarely disappoints! Although, satire and reality are often too similar for comfort.
Poilievre prevents more MPs from leaving by locking doors, swallowing key www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/poil... via @thebeaverton.com
#Cdnpoli #DEntremont #PierrePoilievre #PierrePropaganda
#Cdnpoli #DEntremont #PierrePoilievre #PierrePropaganda
Poilievre prevents more MPs from leaving party by locking doors, swallowing key
OTTAWA – In an effort to prevent any more defections from caucus, party leader Pierre Poilievre has reportedly locked all Conservative MPs in an undisclosed room in Parliament Hill before swallowing t...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Beaverton rarely disappoints! Although, satire and reality are often too similar for comfort.
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan
AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine. #cdnpoli www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-...
AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine. #cdnpoli www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-...
Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan
AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine
www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan
AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine. #cdnpoli www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-...
AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine. #cdnpoli www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-...
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Gosh: spend $400 MILLION to help SOLVE the problem by hiring more teachers or spend $400 MILLION to STUDY the problem while doing nothing to fix it. Wonder which one our UCP government will choose. . . Sigh. #abpoli #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government committee has $400M over 3 years to resolve class size and complexity problems | CBC News
The Alberta government plans to use $400 million over the next three years — plus spending already earmarked in its existing budget documents — to pay for more teachers, educational assistants and bet...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gosh: spend $400 MILLION to help SOLVE the problem by hiring more teachers or spend $400 MILLION to STUDY the problem while doing nothing to fix it. Wonder which one our UCP government will choose. . . Sigh. #abpoli #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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10 years ago, I was pro-oil/gas. Since then, I've interviewed 100s of scientists, industry insiders, etc.
My conclusion? The AB oil/gas industry lies.
ABGov + politicians, the regulator, trade associations - lying like a sidewalk.
Stop lying, I'll be more supportive.
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My conclusion? The AB oil/gas industry lies.
ABGov + politicians, the regulator, trade associations - lying like a sidewalk.
Stop lying, I'll be more supportive.
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a woman in a plaid shirt says that 's bullshirt
ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt says that 's bullshirt
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
10 years ago, I was pro-oil/gas. Since then, I've interviewed 100s of scientists, industry insiders, etc.
My conclusion? The AB oil/gas industry lies.
ABGov + politicians, the regulator, trade associations - lying like a sidewalk.
Stop lying, I'll be more supportive.
-30-
My conclusion? The AB oil/gas industry lies.
ABGov + politicians, the regulator, trade associations - lying like a sidewalk.
Stop lying, I'll be more supportive.
-30-
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Canadian reality TV star threatens to go full Karen on most powerful elected official in NYC
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Canadian reality TV star threatens to go full Karen on most powerful elected official in NYC
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An open letter to the Herald on the sudden removal of a column apparently in response to lawfare threats by Danielle Smith’s former Chief of Staff Marshall Smith...
It includes 252 signatures from the fields of recovery, harm reduction, medicine & media.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #YYC
It includes 252 signatures from the fields of recovery, harm reduction, medicine & media.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #YYC
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Alberta’s premier is firing back at teachers and their lawsuit by saying it’s ‘not democracy’ to have the courts review Bill 2. As Sean Amato reports, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says it’s one of the only rights they have left.
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #Alberta #abpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #Alberta #abpoli
‘That’s not democracy’: Smith responds to teachers lawsuit
Alberta’s premier is firing back at teachers and their lawsuit by saying it’s ‘not democracy’ to have the courts review Bill 2. As Sean Amato reports, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says it’s one o...
edmonton.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Alberta’s premier is firing back at teachers and their lawsuit by saying it’s ‘not democracy’ to have the courts review Bill 2. As Sean Amato reports, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says it’s one of the only rights they have left.
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #Alberta #abpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #Alberta #abpoli
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Smith will chair yet another task force.
No topic is beyond her reach and expertise.
No minister is worth her trust.
No topic is beyond her reach and expertise.
No minister is worth her trust.
Teachers left off Alberta's class size and complexity task force
edmontonsun.com/news/local-n...
edmontonsun.com/news/local-n...
Teachers left off Alberta's class size and complexity task force
"We want to be able to put a cabinet committee structure in place that is going to be able to make decisions over multiple years."
edmontonsun.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Smith will chair yet another task force.
No topic is beyond her reach and expertise.
No minister is worth her trust.
No topic is beyond her reach and expertise.
No minister is worth her trust.
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South of the border, U.S. billionaire J. Catsimatidis has called for the U.S. DOJ to "investigate" the dismissal by the SCC & the CFIA cull.
Of course, the owner's daughter contacted this guy from the get go & he contributed big money to their legal fund but JFC maybe look up "jurisdiction" Johnny.
Of course, the owner's daughter contacted this guy from the get go & he contributed big money to their legal fund but JFC maybe look up "jurisdiction" Johnny.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the ostrich cull case has ‘political implications.’ Here’s why.
The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case regarding the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s order to cull ostriches on a B.C. farm set off a wave of reactions across Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
South of the border, U.S. billionaire J. Catsimatidis has called for the U.S. DOJ to "investigate" the dismissal by the SCC & the CFIA cull.
Of course, the owner's daughter contacted this guy from the get go & he contributed big money to their legal fund but JFC maybe look up "jurisdiction" Johnny.
Of course, the owner's daughter contacted this guy from the get go & he contributed big money to their legal fund but JFC maybe look up "jurisdiction" Johnny.
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Unlocked | ‘Things are crumbling’: changing caucus landscape, external pressures spell bad news for Poilievre’s leadership review, say Conservatives
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
'Things are crumbling’: changing caucus landscape, external pressures spell bad news for Poilievre’s leadership review, say Conservatives
If the Liberals were to gain majority status amid the ongoing floor-crossing speculation, it would spell bad news for Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, says Keith Beardsley, former deputy chief…
www.hilltimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Unlocked | ‘Things are crumbling’: changing caucus landscape, external pressures spell bad news for Poilievre’s leadership review, say Conservatives
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Alberta allows a financially struggling company to acquire 170 wells #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ableg thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM