Ashley Richards
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Ashley Richards
@ashley-e-richards.bsky.social
Board governance professional and artist | Opinions are my own

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Royal Roads graduates are crossing the stage at tomorrow's Fall 2025 Convocation ceremonies! 🎉

Ceremonies are at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Dogwood Auditorium. Cheering from afar? Join the livestream and celebrate your grad from anywhere!

Read more: www.royalroads.ca/news/fall-20...
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Vancouver’s urban tree canopy, and the “kissing canopies” over the streets the mature trees create, are one of our city’s most important assets. Cooling, cleaning, beautifying and strengthening the city while integrating urban life with nature for livability. Great pics via @traffictrish.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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👻 SPOOKY VIDEO ALERT: Take a haunting tour through some of the eeriest spots on campus… if you dare.

#Halloween #WitchesOfInstagram #WitchLife #ScarePrank #CastleCore #SpookySeason #RoyalRoads #RoyalRoadsUniversity
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The RRU Langford | John Horgan Campus is here — the single largest economic investment in Langford’s history.

This campus will bring jobs, learning, opportunity and prosperity that will lift up Langford and the Westshore for generations.

#Langford #bced #bcpoli
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
Fellow, 'Fast and Fair' Energy System Innovation
The Cascade Institute seeks a Fellow to contribute to our Clean Energy Scale Up & Acceleration research stream.
cascadeinstitute.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I am truly looking forward to working with, and learning from, Lori. We are so lucky to have her stepping into the chancellor and chair role @royalroads.ca.
Royal Roads is thrilled to welcome Lori Wanamaker as our new chancellor and chair of the Board of Governors, starting August 1. She brings a diversity of experience in finance, business and leadership to the Royal Roads board.

Read more: www.royalroads.ca/news/lori-wa...
July 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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What does it mean to be a gay university president at a time when inclusion and 2SLGBTQI+ rights are increasingly under threat in higher education?

President Philip Steenkamp spoke about leadership, identity and what gives him hope. Watch: www.royalroads.ca/news/watch-r...
July 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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This is the leadership and vision we need from our elected leaders in Canada : greener homes, expanding and connecting the electricity grid, climate resiliency measures.

Not more Indigenous rights violating, climate destroying oil & gas pipelines.

#cdnpoli #energysky

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines | CBC News
Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental ca...
www.cbc.ca
April 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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over the moon to share this new fellowship we're offering at @thenarwhal.ca!
To tell stories about Indigenous nations, we need to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media — including Indigenous editors.

That’s why this year, The Narwhal is hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow. Learn more and apply. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...
Apply for The Narwhal’s 2025 Indigenous editorial fellowship
The Narwhal has a job opening for an Indigenous editorial fellow — part of an effort to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media
thenarwhal.ca
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Cereal is named for a Roman goddess.

Ceres was the Roman goddess of corn and harvests.

Ceres is *also* the name of the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt.

Kid tested, NASA approved.
March 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In today's The Guardian, Matthew Cantor shines a light on Cascade Institute research programs, which are interconnected by “high leverage intervention points”: “places where you can go in and have a really big impact for a relatively low investment”.

Full story:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Are we living through a ‘polycrisis’ or is it ‘just history happening’?
The term ‘polycrisis’ has gained traction as we face one disaster after another. It’s overwhelming – but diagnosing the catastrophe is the first step to addressing it
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Canadian loyalty, Canadian tragedy: Parallels of ancient Greek war | Calgary Herald
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Canadian loyalty, Canadian tragedy: Parallels of ancient Greek war
Canada fending off Trump's musing of a 51st state feels a bit like the ancient people of Plataea arguing against the Spartans.
calgaryherald.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A very sharp Canadian perspective on Trump's foreign policy in @macleans.bsky.social. Definitely an incisive read, with a touch of acid tone.

macleans.ca/society/cana...
Why America Can’t Conquer Canada - Macleans.ca
Donald Trump’s nonsensical threats are an attempt to distract from his own country’s self-destruction
macleans.ca
January 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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This marvellous life-sized #horse head made of gilded bronze belonged to a figural group of a #Roman emperor in a quadriga or a biga (a chariot drawn by four or two horses).
Found in Augsburg, dating 1st/2nd century AD

Photo: Römisches Museum/Andreas Brücklmair

🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Obviously the whole "Roman salute" excuse is bullshit, but in case you want the whole explanation why, @sarahebond.bsky.social explains:
The Revisionist History of the Nazi Salute
Elon Musk’s defenders were quick to claim that his hand motion was actually an ancient “Roman salute” — but that gesture never existed.
hyperallergic.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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‘Auld lang syne’ comes from Scots and is literally “old long ago.”
January 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Tomorrow we’ll be looking forwards, letting you know what’s coming up in 2025 (that we’re allowed to tell you!)…

Here is a lovely Janus coin from Gaul, with a scratchy lion on the reverse!

www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
December 31, 2024 at 3:26 PM