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Aidan Scott
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I help healthcare avoid assumptions by supporting public participation in quality improvement. Dad to two toddlers, big fan of (🥜🧈)+🍌 sandwiches and Astro Boy.
How in 2026 do we not have a unified public transit strategy from Vancouver to Chilliwack and Vancouver to Squamish under one jurisdiction?

These are the emerging lengths folks are commuting to downtown. Non HWY/single vehicle options are severely lacking.

dailyhive.com/vancouver/me...
Opinion: Regional rail can relieve SkyTrain's Expo Line capacity constraints | Urbanized
Regional rail along Highway 1 should be explored as a potential solution to SkyTrain's Expo Line's long-term capacity limits.
dailyhive.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Aidan Scott
In partnership with UBC Connects at Robson square, the DMCBH presents leading UBC scholars Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Dr. Julie Robillard, and Dr. Tamara Vanderwal in a conversation about the technologies reshaping mental health care on January 28, 2026.

communityengagement.ubc.ca/events/reima...
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Imagine owning a home where your assessed value this year, a loss of $9.2M is the equivalent of ~7 "average " Vancouver homes. 🤯

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Get top stories and video from Vancouver, British Columbia, including breaking news, live coverage, weather, traffic, in-depth reporting, sports and local events.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Orca
Otter
Black Bear
Seal
Grouse
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Dolphin
Hummingbird
Vulture
Wolf or Coyote (still unsure, probably a Wolf)
Pheasant (a few weeks ago. In my mid-fifties. Driving through the back roads of North Dublin, there in a field I saw my first pheasant)
Pronghorn antelope
Humpback whale
Southeastern African cheetah
American mink
Armadillo
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dinner in a dinosaur sculpture to welcome the New Year?

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins knew how to host a party!

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pgwj19plo
When 21 men saw in the new year by dining in a dinosaur
Guests braved the cold of December 1853 to have dinner inside a concrete mould of a dinosaur in a warehouse.
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reposted by Aidan Scott
New year, new learning goals? ✨ Explore Self-Reg Foundations, Advanced Certificate, and ASK Series courses in our 2026 Calendar. 🎓 Plan your learning journey today: buff.ly/99bOceZ 💙
Our 2026 Self-Reg Course Calendar is Here!
Your go-to guide for all facilitated Self-Reg learning opportunities in 2026 is here — printable, shareable, and ready to help you plan your
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December 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today, while learning more about my Norwegian culture, I learned "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is originally a Norwegian folktale.
December 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reposted by Aidan Scott
When the police call for police to be taken off mental health calls - as police chiefs have done in Toronto, Victoria and elsewhere - we should listen, ask who responds instead, and where the money comes from to pay for that service. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police officers shouldn’t be leading mental health calls, Toronto police chief says | CBC News
For years, police have been on the front lines of mental health crisis calls in Toronto, but the city's police chief believes it's now time to rethink that approach.
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@rocky64.bsky.social thought you might find this interesting.

First photo, the Herman Anderson family (Emil sitting on the left) from Drobak, Akershus, Norway (1900's). the second photo shows a much younger, Emil Herman Andreassen, with the crew he sailed with.
December 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Millennials, we were wrong.

High-waist, relaxed fit pants and jeans are amazing!
December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wait till people see all the things healthcare does with AI.
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What if we just upheld Jordans Principal under the premise every child deserves health and safety?

www.aptnnews.ca/featured/fir...
Feds lose court appeal on Jordan's Principle in mould case
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Monday that Jordan's Principle should fund mould removal in case involving two children.
www.aptnnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Aidan Scott
EATING DISORDERS RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS:

APA is proposing changes to the eating disorder severity indicators. Now is the time to have YOUR VOICE heard about the continued use of BMI in assessing AN severity and more.

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/proposed-changes
Proposed Changes
View proposals approved by DSM Steering Committee. The proposed changes are posted for a 30- to 45-day public comment period.
www.psychiatry.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Fundamentally reshape our city"

Into a city that values more accessible housing for all those who call it home?

Removing view cone restrictions for high end condos downtown only to deny 20 storey social housing seems backwards.

www.biv.com/news/economy...
ABC Vancouver rejects 'social housing initiative' that called for 20-storey towers
Coun. Lenny Zhou: "We are discussing something today that goes too far — [it's] too much all at once. The initiative would fundamentally reshape our city."
www.biv.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Update: I continue to seek two classic Norwegian novels in my pursuit to better understand my ancestry.

This journey has now led to me reaching out to a contact in Norway who's active in the sale of old books.

To be continued...
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How's your day?

It's 10:00 am and my stress fidget ball broke from me squeezing it too hard.
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Has anyone been to a motor vehicle office (license, etc.) that didn't feel dreary?
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pets are fine, toddlers however...
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social thick black frames gang. Seeing yours makes me wish I had more fully committed.
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Aishwarya Nagar from Johns Hopkins speaking on effective ways to respond to rumors and misinformation.

They made a playbook! hub.jhu.edu/2024/03/06/p...
A new playbook for addressing health misinformation
The guide offers a hands-on approach to help public health practitioners, medical professionals, and health communicators recognize and respond to health-related rumors and misinformation
hub.jhu.edu
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@alastairmca30.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social can you nudge Aishwarya to hop onto Bluesky?
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Grateful to learn from @caulfieldtim.bsky.social who is speaking on the topic of health misinformation.

I hope more health folks start participating and promoting their presence on Bluesky!
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Can you go an entire day without apologizing unnecessarily?

For my fellow 🇨🇦, yes, we're talking full suppression of Canadian social tendencies in lieu of more assertive communication, eh?
a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "
ALT: a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "
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December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Does anyone else read documents and/or books and find themselves unconsciously editing? (punctuation, missing prepositions, children's books that don't follow their own rhyming scheme)
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM