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Tehseen Ladha
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Pediatrician + Assistant Professor @UAlberta | Director of Access and Pluralism for Medical Education | MPH @JohnsHopkins
Advocacy: Social Justice, Refugee Health, Health Equity, Clean Air
Passions: 🍜✈️📚
Canadas score is abysmal - 19/36 countries in child well-being. There is an urgent need to address poverty, housing costs, food insecurity, and mental health access. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Well-being of children and youth in Canada falling behind other countries, UNICEF says | CBC News
A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish.
www.cbc.ca
May 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This evening within a span of 15 min, several friends/family members of varied backgrounds sent me a video of Dr Theresa Tam claiming COVID vaccines are lethal. Highly educated friends with medical backgrounds believed it. I debunked it in less than 5 minutes. Here’s how:🧵
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Scientists estimate higher rate of new-onset diabetes after COVID than in general population www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci... @cidrap.bsky.social

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
May 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The same minister just tabled a bill to push more dark money into Alberta elections.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation
Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Meanwhile, in Canada…
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... Amery and Mraiche are long-time friends and related by marriage. And Amery is involved in the AHS scandal in several ways.
Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation
Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Canada understood the assignment.

#CanadaStrong
April 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Elbows up, Canada! 🇨🇦

Get out there and vote.

Don’t let what is happening to us, happen to you.
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Canada will be full of losers tonight. And winners.

That's the way it goes after every election.

But with disinformation, factionalism, and separatism in the air, this one feels different.

Some things to keep in mind:

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Losing Matters
Like all of the elections before it, Monday will test our collective resolve.
open.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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A message from Filipino BC urging people to not share the horrific, graphic videos of the Vancouver ramming attack that are circulating on social media.
April 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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At least 9 dead and many injured as driver in black SUV slams into crowd at Filipino street festival in Vancouver.
30-year-old suspect believed to suffer from mental illness. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
9 people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowd | CBC News
Vancouver police say nine people have been killed and multiple others injured after a driver of a black SUV drove into a crowd at a street festival Saturday evening.
www.cbc.ca
April 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Tomorrow is the last day to vote #Election2025

Vote as if your rights depend on it.

#Carney
#🇨🇦
April 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Due to the mass-casualty event in Vancouver, St Paul's, VGH, & Lions Gate hospitals have activated a code orange. These hospitals will be needing blood donations urgently.
Blood clinics are closed Sundays, but please consider donating Monday if you're in the Vancouver area.
#Vancouver
April 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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The simple metal box that could change the world. This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces, by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social, @davidelfstrom.bsky.social, Zack Deis healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... @healthydebate.bsky.social #COVID19
The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate
This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.
healthydebate.ca
April 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Alberta reports three more #measles cases, including one in Calgary. There have been 77 cases reported in the province since early March.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination
Alberta reports three more measles cases, including one in Calgary
Alberta Health Services is warning that residents of Banff and Canmore may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease if they attended specific locations
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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NEW:

CMOH Mark Joffe is out, as his contract is not being renewed. #yeg #yyc #ableg
April 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Mark Carney’s Liberals announce new Canada Strong Pass #Canada #cdnpoli #FederalElection

The Canada Strong Pass will provide children and youth under the age of 18 with free access to Canada’s incredible national galleries /1
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liberal.ca/mark-carneys...
Mark Carney’s Liberals announce new Canada Strong Pass | Liberal Party of Canada
With President Trump threatening our economy and sovereignty, Canadians are uniting to find new ways to discover and celebrate our beautiful country. So many Canadians are cutting back vacations to th...
liberal.ca
April 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Hope everyone realizes the dangerous precedent this sets.

Khalil was abducted from his home & disappeared by the US govt for using his First Amendment rights.

Any dissent against the US or Israeli govt will now place Americans in danger.

We are all Khalil, whether we realize it yet or not.
Court ruling saying Mahmoud Khalil can be deported condemned as ‘unjust and alarming’ – live
Columbia University graduate’s support team says decision puts at risk free speech after court says state department memo on beliefs was enough evidence for removal
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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April 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Like I said, viruses do bad stuff. #medsky #pedsky
April 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM