Jennifer Baumbusch
@geronursing.bsky.social
Professor at the UBC School of Nursing. Mainly doing #Qualitative research and #KnowledgeTranslation in the areas of caregiving, medical complexity, climate impacts on older people and people with disabilities. Also: dogs.
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I have over 200 new followers in the past 24 hours - welcome! I suspect many are here because I'm on a list or two about climate change. If you'd like to see what our team is up to, please check out my substack which includes our recent newsletter: substack.com/@jenniferbau...
Why isn’t the new episode of The Pitt posted yet?
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Why isn’t the new episode of The Pitt posted yet?
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I hear there’s another big influx of new folks happening here on @bsky.app. If you’re interested in cities and how to make them better, there’s a BIG, ACTIVE community here, biggest in social media. STARTER PACKS are great for finding people. Here’s my 1st of several, each with different themes.
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I hear there’s another big influx of new folks happening here on @bsky.app. If you’re interested in cities and how to make them better, there’s a BIG, ACTIVE community here, biggest in social media. STARTER PACKS are great for finding people. Here’s my 1st of several, each with different themes.
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More than 20 years ago, MPPs across all parties pledged to make Ontario completely accessible to people with disabilities by 2025. With that date past, advocates say the process has been a failure, by @jeffreybgray.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ontario’s promise to people with disabilities left unfulfilled after more than 20 years
Sweeping 2005 legislation, supposed to make the province accessible by 2025, is being called a failure
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
More than 20 years ago, MPPs across all parties pledged to make Ontario completely accessible to people with disabilities by 2025. With that date past, advocates say the process has been a failure, by @jeffreybgray.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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"It seems many Canadians have simply not adjusted to the fact that they live next to a fascist state whose president has imperial designs on Canada."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I left Trump’s America to teach in Canada. I didn’t expect this from Canadians
During my short time here, I've encountered a shocking level of naïveté about what's happening south of the border.
www.thestar.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"It seems many Canadians have simply not adjusted to the fact that they live next to a fascist state whose president has imperial designs on Canada."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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PSA: It’s not too late to get your flu shot, as the record-breaking flu season will continue for several months.
While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!
While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!
January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
PSA: It’s not too late to get your flu shot, as the record-breaking flu season will continue for several months.
While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!
While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!
I'm doing a survey with LTC home operators about climate change impacts and environmental sustainability practices and found out today that one of the operators who we asked to forward recruitment materials declined because they don't believe in climate change. Good luck w/ their next accreditation!
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I'm doing a survey with LTC home operators about climate change impacts and environmental sustainability practices and found out today that one of the operators who we asked to forward recruitment materials declined because they don't believe in climate change. Good luck w/ their next accreditation!
Took me 3 sittings to get through the new Knives Out movie.
1st movie: yeah, I guess some families are that eccentric
2nd movie: yeah, rich people are weird and have money to burn
3rd movie: every character is a caricature...and snore
3 stars...being generous
1st movie: yeah, I guess some families are that eccentric
2nd movie: yeah, rich people are weird and have money to burn
3rd movie: every character is a caricature...and snore
3 stars...being generous
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Took me 3 sittings to get through the new Knives Out movie.
1st movie: yeah, I guess some families are that eccentric
2nd movie: yeah, rich people are weird and have money to burn
3rd movie: every character is a caricature...and snore
3 stars...being generous
1st movie: yeah, I guess some families are that eccentric
2nd movie: yeah, rich people are weird and have money to burn
3rd movie: every character is a caricature...and snore
3 stars...being generous
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
This thread has been saved from the wastes of Twitter!
Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.
Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This thread has been saved from the wastes of Twitter!
Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.
Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.
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It is interesting that for the #UBC Board of Governors elections, all five successful Faculty (3) and Staff (3) positions are filled by people who present as men.
I think that 6/23 of the candidates present as women, a higher fraction in the staff category list.
I think that 6/23 of the candidates present as women, a higher fraction in the staff category list.
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It is interesting that for the #UBC Board of Governors elections, all five successful Faculty (3) and Staff (3) positions are filled by people who present as men.
I think that 6/23 of the candidates present as women, a higher fraction in the staff category list.
I think that 6/23 of the candidates present as women, a higher fraction in the staff category list.
Can confirm this is the season I am in.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Can confirm this is the season I am in.
My husband's bank just made him do a cognitive test when he went to take out HIS MONEY because they were worried he was being scammed. My husband is 57 years old.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My husband's bank just made him do a cognitive test when he went to take out HIS MONEY because they were worried he was being scammed. My husband is 57 years old.
The first 10 seasons of ER have dropped on Crave. The show premiered in 1994 when I was in nursing school. We would all watch it and discuss over lunch inbetween classes. Still resonates.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The first 10 seasons of ER have dropped on Crave. The show premiered in 1994 when I was in nursing school. We would all watch it and discuss over lunch inbetween classes. Still resonates.
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I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
Waiting almost 4 weeks for feedback on a health authority operational approval request for research in British Columbia is a huge road block to actually doing research in British Columbia. Sitting here with ethics approval and nowhere to be because of institutional gatekeepers.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Waiting almost 4 weeks for feedback on a health authority operational approval request for research in British Columbia is a huge road block to actually doing research in British Columbia. Sitting here with ethics approval and nowhere to be because of institutional gatekeepers.
I started watching Chad Powers and thought it was dumb and then got completely sucked in because it is diabolical and I really hope there is a Season 2 but even if there isn't it is totally worth watching.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I started watching Chad Powers and thought it was dumb and then got completely sucked in because it is diabolical and I really hope there is a Season 2 but even if there isn't it is totally worth watching.
Doesn't get more miserly than the BCNDP government cancelling overtime fund for long-term care homes.
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
They’ve been raising the alarm for months and now it’s here:
Not-for-profit care home operators in BC are having to make tough choices about core services after a provincial funding program ended
It hasn’t even been a week and seniors are bearing the brunt
SCOOP:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Not-for-profit care home operators in BC are having to make tough choices about core services after a provincial funding program ended
It hasn’t even been a week and seniors are bearing the brunt
SCOOP:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Missed baths, lonely meals: Care home funding cuts impacting B.C. seniors
In the five days since they lost a provincial funding initiative, B.C. care home operators are already having to make tough decisions about core services with the staff available.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Doesn't get more miserly than the BCNDP government cancelling overtime fund for long-term care homes.
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
As we get heavier rains, municipalities should be adding "people who use leaf blowers to blow all their leaves into the street thereby causing street flooding" alongside ticketing people who don't shovel their sidewalks (and yes help out your neighbours who are unable to do this d/t disabilities).
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As we get heavier rains, municipalities should be adding "people who use leaf blowers to blow all their leaves into the street thereby causing street flooding" alongside ticketing people who don't shovel their sidewalks (and yes help out your neighbours who are unable to do this d/t disabilities).
What is it with people who are "just waiting" in a handicap parking spot who then double down when you tell them to move it? I was road raged on with honking by an a-hole who was "just waiting" by squeezing himself in between two parked cars, one of which was in the extra wide handicap spot.
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What is it with people who are "just waiting" in a handicap parking spot who then double down when you tell them to move it? I was road raged on with honking by an a-hole who was "just waiting" by squeezing himself in between two parked cars, one of which was in the extra wide handicap spot.
Task is all done now. Excellent show. I hope eventually there is another season. But like Mare of Eastown it might be one and done. Still, I prefer this over 1000 seasons of Grey's Anatomy.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Task is all done now. Excellent show. I hope eventually there is another season. But like Mare of Eastown it might be one and done. Still, I prefer this over 1000 seasons of Grey's Anatomy.
Annual flu and COVID vaccines on-board! Plus I pushed my daughter up and down 2 stories of a parkade because the building's elevator was out of order! This is what memories are made of /s
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Annual flu and COVID vaccines on-board! Plus I pushed my daughter up and down 2 stories of a parkade because the building's elevator was out of order! This is what memories are made of /s
Finished The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. The Thursday Murder club series continues with a solid 5/5 stars.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Finished The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. The Thursday Murder club series continues with a solid 5/5 stars.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
Took my dtr to get new foot orthotics started today. $6000. You must be joking. The prices disabled people are forced to pay for equipment are ridiculous.
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Took my dtr to get new foot orthotics started today. $6000. You must be joking. The prices disabled people are forced to pay for equipment are ridiculous.
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
If I didn't already have two shows tied for #1 this year (Andor, The Pitt), Task would be right there in #1. It took a couple of episodes to be completely sucked in but I am right there now to find out how this ride ends.
October 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
If I didn't already have two shows tied for #1 this year (Andor, The Pitt), Task would be right there in #1. It took a couple of episodes to be completely sucked in but I am right there now to find out how this ride ends.
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Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...