Ashmita Grewal
@ashmitagrewal.bsky.social
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Researchers at the University of Alberta are looking for people 18+ in Canada who speak Punjabi, Arabic, Ukrainian, or Tagalog to participate in the study "Language translation of knowledge mobilization resources: A randomized trial" #ParticipateInResearch
redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=P...
redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=P...
Language translation of knowledge mobilization resources: A randomized trial
redcap.ualberta.ca
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Researchers at the University of Alberta are looking for people 18+ in Canada who speak Punjabi, Arabic, Ukrainian, or Tagalog to participate in the study "Language translation of knowledge mobilization resources: A randomized trial" #ParticipateInResearch
redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=P...
redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=P...
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🚨Complete BS.
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🚨Complete BS.
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
And completely bonkers.
WTF is happening?
seems like bluesky is being filled with garbage too. Can we all just go back to twitter?
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
seems like bluesky is being filled with garbage too. Can we all just go back to twitter?
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Carleton University is implementing the most restrictive policy on speech at any university in Canada.
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Carleton University is implementing the most restrictive policy on speech at any university in Canada.
Reposted by Ashmita Grewal
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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New paper out!
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is central to health-care priority setting. But when does it unfairly disadvantage people with disabilities? Nielsen, Hallsson, and I tested participants' views in a vignette-based survey (N = 1100, UK). 🧵#bioethics #discrimination
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is central to health-care priority setting. But when does it unfairly disadvantage people with disabilities? Nielsen, Hallsson, and I tested participants' views in a vignette-based survey (N = 1100, UK). 🧵#bioethics #discrimination
October 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New paper out!
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is central to health-care priority setting. But when does it unfairly disadvantage people with disabilities? Nielsen, Hallsson, and I tested participants' views in a vignette-based survey (N = 1100, UK). 🧵#bioethics #discrimination
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is central to health-care priority setting. But when does it unfairly disadvantage people with disabilities? Nielsen, Hallsson, and I tested participants' views in a vignette-based survey (N = 1100, UK). 🧵#bioethics #discrimination
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New study from FHS professor @jsnyder.bsky.social and SFU alumnus Claire Wilson found that - alongside money - these crowdfunding campaigns also increased visibility for ideologies.
#SFUResearch #crowdfunding #Canada
#SFUResearch #crowdfunding #Canada
Now out and open access, Claire Wilson and I examined politically oriented Canadian crowdfunding campaigns posted on the @givesendgo.bsky.social crowdfunding platform. We found that these campaigns are financing politically extremist activities in Canada - more in a short thread:
#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social -
The Role of Crowdfunding in Political Mobilization and Extremism in Canada - cup.org/4mO4GHo
- Claire Wilson & @jsnyder.bsky.social
#FirstView
The Role of Crowdfunding in Political Mobilization and Extremism in Canada - cup.org/4mO4GHo
- Claire Wilson & @jsnyder.bsky.social
#FirstView
September 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New study from FHS professor @jsnyder.bsky.social and SFU alumnus Claire Wilson found that - alongside money - these crowdfunding campaigns also increased visibility for ideologies.
#SFUResearch #crowdfunding #Canada
#SFUResearch #crowdfunding #Canada
These last few days of smog are making me feel like i’m in India…😒
Make it rain please!!
Make it rain please!!
September 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
These last few days of smog are making me feel like i’m in India…😒
Make it rain please!!
Make it rain please!!
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I think about this quote a lot...
August 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think about this quote a lot...
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Community key driver! 👇
New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
“Conspiracy theories provide reassuringly simple answers, but more than just solving problems, they create shared emotions, belonging and community."
New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
“Conspiracy theories provide reassuringly simple answers, but more than just solving problems, they create shared emotions, belonging and community."
New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders
A five-year study dispels the stereotype of conspiracy theorists as angry loners or keyboard warriors. Rather, social and emotional connections provided by conspiracy theorists are recruiting diverse ...
www.eurekalert.org
August 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Community key driver! 👇
New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
“Conspiracy theories provide reassuringly simple answers, but more than just solving problems, they create shared emotions, belonging and community."
New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
“Conspiracy theories provide reassuringly simple answers, but more than just solving problems, they create shared emotions, belonging and community."
Can everyone anti-science just take a minute to think about this please?
How can this message be taken out of bluesky!!
How can this message be taken out of bluesky!!
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Can everyone anti-science just take a minute to think about this please?
How can this message be taken out of bluesky!!
How can this message be taken out of bluesky!!
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Work less, be more productive?
Study in 6 countries found 4-day work week led to:
⬆️wellbeing
⬇️burnout
⬆️job satisfaction
Likely due to better sleep, improved work ability & less fatigue. This was compared to companies that stayed with 5-day work week.
#publichealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study in 6 countries found 4-day work week led to:
⬆️wellbeing
⬇️burnout
⬆️job satisfaction
Likely due to better sleep, improved work ability & less fatigue. This was compared to companies that stayed with 5-day work week.
#publichealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Work less, be more productive?
Study in 6 countries found 4-day work week led to:
⬆️wellbeing
⬇️burnout
⬆️job satisfaction
Likely due to better sleep, improved work ability & less fatigue. This was compared to companies that stayed with 5-day work week.
#publichealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study in 6 countries found 4-day work week led to:
⬆️wellbeing
⬇️burnout
⬆️job satisfaction
Likely due to better sleep, improved work ability & less fatigue. This was compared to companies that stayed with 5-day work week.
#publichealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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File under things that are completely predictable and yet uniquely horrifying.
Props to @mzahneis.bsky.social for covering this so thoughtfully. I was glad to chat with her for this piece.
www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...
Props to @mzahneis.bsky.social for covering this so thoughtfully. I was glad to chat with her for this piece.
www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...
As Trump Upends Funding for Research, These Scholars Turn to GoFundMe
As the once-stable compact between universities and the federal government founders, some scholars are looking elsewhere for money.
www.chronicle.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
File under things that are completely predictable and yet uniquely horrifying.
Props to @mzahneis.bsky.social for covering this so thoughtfully. I was glad to chat with her for this piece.
www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...
Props to @mzahneis.bsky.social for covering this so thoughtfully. I was glad to chat with her for this piece.
www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...
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Women are “naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely, and those are gifts. They’re not symptoms of a disease," said Roger McFillen, a doctor on an FDA panel that largely argued against pregnant women taking antidepressants.
Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
www.motherjones.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Women are “naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely, and those are gifts. They’re not symptoms of a disease," said Roger McFillen, a doctor on an FDA panel that largely argued against pregnant women taking antidepressants.
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No surprise. Of course regressive "manly man" BS hurting relationships...
Family lawyer says he's seeing a new trend of the 'manosphere' leading to divorce www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"...he's seeing misogyny destroy marriages"
Family lawyer says he's seeing a new trend of the 'manosphere' leading to divorce www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"...he's seeing misogyny destroy marriages"
Family lawyer says he's seeing a new trend of the 'manosphere' leading to divorce | CBC News
Scott Byers has been practising family law for 10 years, and says he has noticed a new trend since the pandemic of women wanting to leave their partners due to what he describes as the radicalizing ef...
www.cbc.ca
July 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
No surprise. Of course regressive "manly man" BS hurting relationships...
Family lawyer says he's seeing a new trend of the 'manosphere' leading to divorce www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"...he's seeing misogyny destroy marriages"
Family lawyer says he's seeing a new trend of the 'manosphere' leading to divorce www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"...he's seeing misogyny destroy marriages"
“As he sees it, the values of justice, humility, and critical thinking don’t just belong in theory—they belong in the everyday decisions that affect people’s health and lives. “
To kick off our faculty spotlight series, we have spoken to researcher and physician Matt DeCamp about the intersectionality of ethics, artificial intelligence, and community.
read the article 👉 bit.ly/3IuaGpK
#cobioethics #article #faculty #research #ethics #ai #community
read the article 👉 bit.ly/3IuaGpK
#cobioethics #article #faculty #research #ethics #ai #community
Exploring Ethics, AI, and Community
Bioethics researcher and internal medicine physician Matt DeCamp shares the promise and potential pitfalls of AI in healthcare.
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“As he sees it, the values of justice, humility, and critical thinking don’t just belong in theory—they belong in the everyday decisions that affect people’s health and lives. “
I love this!
A higher GDP per capita does not mean a country is better off ‼️
A higher GDP per capita does not mean a country is better off ‼️
We just released a great piece of research by @gillianpetit.bsky.social.
Many in corporate Canada have been relying on data on GDP per capita to conclude that Canada's economy was way worse than our peers over the past decade.
It's basically BS.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/nprs-and-gdp...
Many in corporate Canada have been relying on data on GDP per capita to conclude that Canada's economy was way worse than our peers over the past decade.
It's basically BS.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/nprs-and-gdp...
Non-Permanent Residents and their impact on GDP per capita | Report
New research by economist and SCP Fellow Gillian Petit estimates what Canada’s GDP per capita would have been over the past decade if Canada had kept our temporary resident numbers stable. She also es...
socialcapitalpartners.ca
July 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I love this!
A higher GDP per capita does not mean a country is better off ‼️
A higher GDP per capita does not mean a country is better off ‼️
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We need to talk about the (wishful?) thinking driving Cdn health policy:
That changing how & how much we pay MDs will fix the primary care crisis.
New “blended” pymt models, 1st seen in BC, are making this claim.
@ruthlavergne.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
www.cfp.ca/content/71/6...
🧵
That changing how & how much we pay MDs will fix the primary care crisis.
New “blended” pymt models, 1st seen in BC, are making this claim.
@ruthlavergne.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
www.cfp.ca/content/71/6...
🧵
Will blended family physician payment models revive primary care in Canada?
Family physicians provide care at most medical visits in Canada.[1][1] However, the rates of burnout among family physicians (FPs) are high[2][2]-[4][3] and recent surveys suggest as many as 6.5 milli...
www.cfp.ca
June 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We need to talk about the (wishful?) thinking driving Cdn health policy:
That changing how & how much we pay MDs will fix the primary care crisis.
New “blended” pymt models, 1st seen in BC, are making this claim.
@ruthlavergne.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
www.cfp.ca/content/71/6...
🧵
That changing how & how much we pay MDs will fix the primary care crisis.
New “blended” pymt models, 1st seen in BC, are making this claim.
@ruthlavergne.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
www.cfp.ca/content/71/6...
🧵
Just came across this great podcast series! Tempting me to start a podcast 🙇🏻♀️
open.spotify.com/episode/2ycx...
open.spotify.com/episode/2ycx...
DR. HOGG | AIDS Denialism: Its Impact, History, and What Comes Next
THREADS OF LIFE · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just came across this great podcast series! Tempting me to start a podcast 🙇🏻♀️
open.spotify.com/episode/2ycx...
open.spotify.com/episode/2ycx...
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Even after a wildfire has been put out, particulate matter in the air can pose a risk to your health—even when you’re indoors. Harvard Chan School's Joe Allen has four tips on staying safe after a wildfire.
June 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Even after a wildfire has been put out, particulate matter in the air can pose a risk to your health—even when you’re indoors. Harvard Chan School's Joe Allen has four tips on staying safe after a wildfire.
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I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms…
The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly…
One word, UNACCEPTABLE!
The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly…
One word, UNACCEPTABLE!
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms…
The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly…
One word, UNACCEPTABLE!
The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly…
One word, UNACCEPTABLE!
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I woke up this am from a long highly detailed measles outbreak nightmare.
Kids in my neighborhood were sitting on my steps with the weepy eyes, facial rash and wet cough waiting to ask me if they thought they had measles.
MEASLES IS VACCINE PREVENTABLE.
GET YOUR VACCINES. PLEASE.
Kids in my neighborhood were sitting on my steps with the weepy eyes, facial rash and wet cough waiting to ask me if they thought they had measles.
MEASLES IS VACCINE PREVENTABLE.
GET YOUR VACCINES. PLEASE.
May 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I woke up this am from a long highly detailed measles outbreak nightmare.
Kids in my neighborhood were sitting on my steps with the weepy eyes, facial rash and wet cough waiting to ask me if they thought they had measles.
MEASLES IS VACCINE PREVENTABLE.
GET YOUR VACCINES. PLEASE.
Kids in my neighborhood were sitting on my steps with the weepy eyes, facial rash and wet cough waiting to ask me if they thought they had measles.
MEASLES IS VACCINE PREVENTABLE.
GET YOUR VACCINES. PLEASE.
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Lack of access to primary care is bankrupting our health-care system. Frequently, people blame patients for coming to the ER with non-emergencies. But there is nowhere else to access timely care, by Dr. Danny Liang vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social
Opinion: Lack of access to primary care is bankrupting our health-care system
People blame patients for coming to the emergency department with non-emergencies but it's the only place where they can access timely care
vancouversun.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Lack of access to primary care is bankrupting our health-care system. Frequently, people blame patients for coming to the ER with non-emergencies. But there is nowhere else to access timely care, by Dr. Danny Liang vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social
Canadian talent is awesome but Canada loves American talent too.
More of this.
More of this.
If you're an incoming Doctoral candidate to a top US University in 2025/2026 but are reconsidering/considering Canada please see this initiative at Queen's University. www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
May 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Canadian talent is awesome but Canada loves American talent too.
More of this.
More of this.