🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
kathyhibbert.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
@kathyhibbert.bsky.social
Distinguished University Prof., Western University, London Canada 🇨🇦
#EduSKY, #MedEdSky #curriculum #multiliteracies
https://www.edu.uwo.ca/about/faculty-profiles/kathryn-hibbert/index.html
Wife, mom, grandma. Supervisor of the best graduate students ever!
Can it be a straight exchange? I would love to see the orange Buffoon and Melania in the Venezuelan prison he was so eager to deport others to.
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
December 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our view from the kitchen window today. I have a year’s worth of book club books to read.
December 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
That makes 8,000- 10,000 jobs lost across the province and reportedly 600 programs gone - but crickets?
Sending love and strength to the 181 Conestoga College faculty and 197 support staff whose holidays have now been ruined by more layoffs.

You deserve so much better.

2550 jobs have been cut in the past 14 months.

I’m so sorry.
a cartoon of two teddy bears hugging each other
Alt: a cartoon of two teddy bears hugging each other
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Talbot Street Bridge Problem (and What It Teaches Us About #AI) For years in London, Ontario, vehicles have repeatedly struck the Talbot Street Bridge, despite clear signage warning of height restrictions. Drivers explain that the GPS told them to go that way.
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lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Talbot Street bridge strikes again – this time it's a truck with beer
London's Talbot Street rail bridge has crunched another truck that tried to squeeze under its 3.3-metre clearance on Tuesday
lfpress.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Western University engaged in a curriculum retreat on Friday to debate and backwards design our EdD in curriculum and pedagogy! Planning outcomes alongside #digital #literacies and #AI that can push our thinking & scaffold learning and #assessment. So excited 2 b building! Apply today!
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
Need a quick pre-made social story/newcomer explainer story to support students in preparation for winter break?

Here you go: docs.google.com/presentation...

#OntEd
Winter Break Social Story Explainer Story by @ESL_fairy
Winter Break Social Story Written by Kimiko Shibata @ESL_fairy Pictures from Pixabay Go to File-Make a Copy to get your own editable version, then adapt the text and insert visuals that better reflect...
docs.google.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Government of Canada launches new initiative to recruit world-leading researchers
#AcademicSky
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
Government of Canada launches new initiative to recruit world-leading researchers - Canada.ca
Canada will invest $1.7 billion to attract top global talent
www.canada.ca
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
Tackling inequality would lay the foundations to address just about every problem plaguing the world
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
On December 6th, 1989, 14 women were murdered at Polytechnique Montréal.

The number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women continues to grow.

Doug Ford has yet to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario.

If you need help in KW: wcswr.org
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region
Shelter, outreach and education to keep women, children and families safe today and prevent domestic violence from happening tomorrow.
wcswr.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
An interesting start to this book!
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Meet Ruth Bader, our Australian Shepherd who brings light and laughter into our house every day. No matter the weather, the news, or what else is going on in our day. I wish you all a little Ruth Bader in your lives.
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Research can only indicate what worked, not what works or will work, which means that the outcomes of research cannot simply be translated into rules for action". Gert Biesta
#EduSky
doi.org/10.1111/j.17...
WHY “WHAT WORKS” WON’T WORK: EVIDENCE‐BASED PRACTICE AND THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Abstract In this essay, Gert Biesta provides a critical analysis of the idea of evidence-based practice and the ways in which it has been promoted and implemented in the field of education, focusing ....
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
Trying to make Christmas shopping as easy as possible for you! Order one of our critically-acclaimed mystery novels at reboundpress.com, put in the recipient's shipping address and let us know if you want it giftwrapped! Purchase by December 15th & it should arrive by Christmas (with tracking)!
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are all in. allin.westernu.ca
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
Welcome to #EduSky 🍎 a communuty for educators!

Check out the list: tinyurl.com/EduSky
Join the list: tinyurl.com/EduSkyForm
Pin the feed: tinyurl.com/EduSkyFeed

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November 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
Have your say on the priorities for Ontario’s budget: www.ontario.ca/page/budget-...
Budget Consultations
Share your ideas for the 2026 Budget on what matters most to you.
www.ontario.ca
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🆕 🙏 Please share! Applications open until Jan 15/26! Are you in an educational or instructive role in your profession? (health, gov., higher ed, NGO, community org, law, etc) Do you have a 'problem of practice' that you want to work through? 🤓 🌎
www.edu.uwo.ca/graduate-edu...
#EdSky #MedEdSky
Field of Curriculum and Pedagogy
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
www.edu.uwo.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?

Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.

The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare

...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Why is our third largest Canadian bank -ScotiaBank - offering a chance to win a trip to Miami Fl in their perks program? It seems a little tone deaf for the moment we are in.
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert
#Kitchener 🇨🇦 teen’s first feature-length documentary “Chronically” captures the medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer diagnoses. Help spread awareness by viewing it via the online LA Awareness Film Festival until Dec 31 ($13 CDN $10 USD) awarenessfestival.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM