Anne Connolly
@aconnolly39.bsky.social
Just trying to live and learn each day with passion and compassion for our Earth and each other 💜
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After my post on vaccinating my children when they were babies, I got asked to have ‘nuanced’ convos with antivaxxers.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
After my post on vaccinating my children when they were babies, I got asked to have ‘nuanced’ convos with antivaxxers.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
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As we approach #PrideMonth there will be many very vocal individuals and groups who will repeatedly ask why Pride even needs to be a thing.
This.
This is why.
This.
This is why.
May 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
As we approach #PrideMonth there will be many very vocal individuals and groups who will repeatedly ask why Pride even needs to be a thing.
This.
This is why.
This.
This is why.
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This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support.
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
May 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support.
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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With the current special education funding model in #OntEd, schools can access:
- 1 special ed teacher per 23 students with needs.
- 1 EA per 10 students with needs
- 1 specialist per 60 students with needs
This is why students are not getting what they need to thrive.
- 1 special ed teacher per 23 students with needs.
- 1 EA per 10 students with needs
- 1 specialist per 60 students with needs
This is why students are not getting what they need to thrive.
May 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With the current special education funding model in #OntEd, schools can access:
- 1 special ed teacher per 23 students with needs.
- 1 EA per 10 students with needs
- 1 specialist per 60 students with needs
This is why students are not getting what they need to thrive.
- 1 special ed teacher per 23 students with needs.
- 1 EA per 10 students with needs
- 1 specialist per 60 students with needs
This is why students are not getting what they need to thrive.
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Minister of Ed @PaulCalandra is sticking to the party message of “unprecedented levels of funding”.
When you increase funding by 10%, but inflation goes up by 21% in the same time period, that’s effectively a DECREASE in funding.
School boards are in crisis mode.
When you increase funding by 10%, but inflation goes up by 21% in the same time period, that’s effectively a DECREASE in funding.
School boards are in crisis mode.
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
media.tenor.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Minister of Ed @PaulCalandra is sticking to the party message of “unprecedented levels of funding”.
When you increase funding by 10%, but inflation goes up by 21% in the same time period, that’s effectively a DECREASE in funding.
School boards are in crisis mode.
When you increase funding by 10%, but inflation goes up by 21% in the same time period, that’s effectively a DECREASE in funding.
School boards are in crisis mode.
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Educators are not therapists and schools are not treatment centres.
You can’t show teachers a video on student mental health and expect them to take the place of highly qualified mental health professionals.
We need properly funded mental health supports for students.
You can’t show teachers a video on student mental health and expect them to take the place of highly qualified mental health professionals.
We need properly funded mental health supports for students.
April 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Educators are not therapists and schools are not treatment centres.
You can’t show teachers a video on student mental health and expect them to take the place of highly qualified mental health professionals.
We need properly funded mental health supports for students.
You can’t show teachers a video on student mental health and expect them to take the place of highly qualified mental health professionals.
We need properly funded mental health supports for students.
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Shut down the youth clubs.
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
April 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shut down the youth clubs.
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
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If I had to get a police check to serve pizza at my kid's school, Pierre Poilievre should need a security clearance to run for PM.
March 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
If I had to get a police check to serve pizza at my kid's school, Pierre Poilievre should need a security clearance to run for PM.
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For the folks calling for more countries to get nukes. If you get a chance, please visit the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and/or the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum someday.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and/or the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum someday.
March 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
For the folks calling for more countries to get nukes. If you get a chance, please visit the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and/or the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum someday.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and/or the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum someday.
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BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election
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Two years ago today, Canadian icon & absolute legend, Julie Black, sang “our home ON native land” during her rendition of our national anthem.
The next day, THIS is the version of the anthem I played for my class. We talked about the power of artists & performers.
globalnews.ca/video/950233...
The next day, THIS is the version of the anthem I played for my class. We talked about the power of artists & performers.
globalnews.ca/video/950233...
‘Our home on native land’: Why Jully Black changed an O Canada lyric | Watch News Videos Online
Watch ‘Our home on native land’: Why Jully Black changed an O Canada lyric Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
February 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Two years ago today, Canadian icon & absolute legend, Julie Black, sang “our home ON native land” during her rendition of our national anthem.
The next day, THIS is the version of the anthem I played for my class. We talked about the power of artists & performers.
globalnews.ca/video/950233...
The next day, THIS is the version of the anthem I played for my class. We talked about the power of artists & performers.
globalnews.ca/video/950233...
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Are you unhappy with Doug Ford but not voting?
You’re helping him win.
Opposition parties need to stop splitting the anti-Ford vote.
Every vote counts.
Every vote cast against Ford makes it harder for him to win.
#OnPoli
You’re helping him win.
Opposition parties need to stop splitting the anti-Ford vote.
Every vote counts.
Every vote cast against Ford makes it harder for him to win.
#OnPoli
Doug Ford isn’t winning elections because Ontario loves him. He’s winning because voter apathy is doing the heavy lifting for him. This and more thoughts in my latest post at my new Substack post!
open.substack.com/pub/thismomr...
#ONpoli #TOpoli
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#ONpoli #TOpoli
Ontario’s Next Election: Will Apathy Hand Ford Another Win?
Feb 18 2025
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Are you unhappy with Doug Ford but not voting?
You’re helping him win.
Opposition parties need to stop splitting the anti-Ford vote.
Every vote counts.
Every vote cast against Ford makes it harder for him to win.
#OnPoli
You’re helping him win.
Opposition parties need to stop splitting the anti-Ford vote.
Every vote counts.
Every vote cast against Ford makes it harder for him to win.
#OnPoli
Coming soon to a conservative-led province or federal government near you 🤦🏻♀️🇨🇦
February 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Coming soon to a conservative-led province or federal government near you 🤦🏻♀️🇨🇦
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Education is not a business.
The goal of publicly funded education is not finding the cheapest way to warehouse children while their parents work.
Public education is the great equalizer, and is an investment in our collective future.
It’s worth saving.
The goal of publicly funded education is not finding the cheapest way to warehouse children while their parents work.
Public education is the great equalizer, and is an investment in our collective future.
It’s worth saving.
February 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Education is not a business.
The goal of publicly funded education is not finding the cheapest way to warehouse children while their parents work.
Public education is the great equalizer, and is an investment in our collective future.
It’s worth saving.
The goal of publicly funded education is not finding the cheapest way to warehouse children while their parents work.
Public education is the great equalizer, and is an investment in our collective future.
It’s worth saving.
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If you are wondering who has the best chance of beating the PCs in your riding, this website breaks it down by riding.
Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote
votewell.ca
Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote
votewell.ca
VoteWell
A strategic voting tool for the 2025 ON provincial election
votewell.ca
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you are wondering who has the best chance of beating the PCs in your riding, this website breaks it down by riding.
Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote
votewell.ca
Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote 🍁 ONTARIO 🍁 Vote
votewell.ca
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Get out & vote early this week at your local returning office.
You don't need to wait for the Advance polls or election day!!
Use this link to find the address of your local returning office, and it's hours of operation.
🍁 Vote 🍁ONTARIO 🍁
voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...
You don't need to wait for the Advance polls or election day!!
Use this link to find the address of your local returning office, and it's hours of operation.
🍁 Vote 🍁ONTARIO 🍁
voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...
Elections Ontario
voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca
February 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Get out & vote early this week at your local returning office.
You don't need to wait for the Advance polls or election day!!
Use this link to find the address of your local returning office, and it's hours of operation.
🍁 Vote 🍁ONTARIO 🍁
voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...
You don't need to wait for the Advance polls or election day!!
Use this link to find the address of your local returning office, and it's hours of operation.
🍁 Vote 🍁ONTARIO 🍁
voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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“Ontario has effectively reduced per-student funding by $1,500 since the 2018-19 fiscal year.
Today, classrooms across Ontario have 4,990 fewer educators.”
A manufactured crisis right out of the Con playbook.
Don’t give Doug 4 more years to keep destroying public ed.
#OntEd
#OnPoli
#EduSky
Today, classrooms across Ontario have 4,990 fewer educators.”
A manufactured crisis right out of the Con playbook.
Don’t give Doug 4 more years to keep destroying public ed.
#OntEd
#OnPoli
#EduSky
In education, the government used accounting techniques to mask significant cuts to classroom resources. The province has effectively reduced per-student funding by $1,500 since the 2018-19 fiscal year. #EduSky 🍎 #WellBeing #Onpoli #Election2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Ontario has the lowest levels of well-being of any Canadian province | CCPA
Provincial elections are coming in Ontario on February 27, and so far the public debate has overwhelmingly focused on the threat of tariffs from the United States. But there’s another crisis brewing i...
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February 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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We listen to different versions of O Canada at school as part of our morning announcements.
This is one of our favourites in Grade 1/2.
Happy Sunday.
See you tomorrow.
#OCanada
#TeamCanada
#ViveLeCanada
This is one of our favourites in Grade 1/2.
Happy Sunday.
See you tomorrow.
#OCanada
#TeamCanada
#ViveLeCanada
Jully Black Performs The Canadian Anthem | 2023 #NBAAllStar
YouTube video by NBA
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February 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We listen to different versions of O Canada at school as part of our morning announcements.
This is one of our favourites in Grade 1/2.
Happy Sunday.
See you tomorrow.
#OCanada
#TeamCanada
#ViveLeCanada
This is one of our favourites in Grade 1/2.
Happy Sunday.
See you tomorrow.
#OCanada
#TeamCanada
#ViveLeCanada
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🇨🇦 Did you know? A ‘Made in Canada’ label only requires 51% Canadian content, while a ‘Product of Canada’ label means 98% of the content is Canadian. #TheMoreYouKnow
February 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🇨🇦 Did you know? A ‘Made in Canada’ label only requires 51% Canadian content, while a ‘Product of Canada’ label means 98% of the content is Canadian. #TheMoreYouKnow