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Jaymie Heilman
@jaymieh.bsky.social
Reader, writer, editor. YA author of Badass(ish). jaymieheilman.com
I write books about teens and adults with big hearts. I often write about climate and environmental subjects, and was a historian of Peru in my first career.
The UCP's "Mature Asset Strategy" will make Alberta taxpayers, rather than polluters, foot the $60,000,000,000 bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells. Unacceptable! #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Cutting methane will make us healthier, create more than 34,000 jobs, and start healing our climate. Canadians need @mark-carney.bsky.social and Tim Hodgson to pass STRONG methane regulations now. Take action at: www.forourkids.ca/support_stro... @heathermcpherson.bsky.social #cdnpoli #methane
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Halloween might be over, but things in Alberta are still SCARY! Come to our Calgary town hall on Nov 5th to learn how to fight zombie coal mines, leaking wells, and politicians who would rather fund oil&gas polluters than teachers! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/calgary-to... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Imagine if the Alberta government fully funded public education instead of wasting millions on coal shenanigans and tax breaks for oil billionaires. . .
#ableg #abpoli
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November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Alberta's teens know that the UCP cares more about oil billionaires than students. Kids these days! (These students are inspiring.) Calgary students: come to our November 5 town hall, to learn about fighting the UCP's dangerous coal and gas policies. www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary...
#abpoli
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Whoa! "The 'death ball' sponge, a carnivorous organism that traps prey in the tiny hooks on its spheres. It lives on the sea floor in the Southern ocean, near the Antarctic."
Nature is amazing! Help protect it by coming to our Nov. 5 town hall in Calgary: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary
#abpoli
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Know what's scary? How the UCP government sides with oil&gas executives instead of teachers and farmers. Join us on Nov. 5 in Calgary to learn how Albertans are fighting coal mining in the Rockies and leaking wells in our province. Info & RSVP here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary
#abpoli #ableg
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
TODAY is your last chance to sign our methane letter. Tell Canada's leaders to regulate methane -- to clean our air, help heal our climate, and create jobs in the methane mitigation industry. The photo shows methane leaks, otherwise invisible to our eyes.
#cdnpoli
www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every Albertan cares about someone with asthma, and methane pollution from leaking gas wells and flaring makes asthma worse. Here are some quick things you can do to push Canada's leaders to act: www.forourkids.ca/support_stro...

We need to do this NOW! #abpoli #ableg @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Message to Alberta's premier, courtesy of my Grade 5 son. Hire the teachers our kids need, and give teachers a raise like the one you gave MLAs. How to pay for it all? Stop funding PRIVATE schools with PUBLIC money. #ableg #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm with Wab Kinew. It's time to rescind Canada's 100% tariff on Chinese-made EVs. Prairie farmers are hurting badly, and Canadian families need access to affordable EVs. #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New petition for a proposed referendum question: Should the Government of Alberta end its current practice of allocating public funds to accredited independent (private) schools?
If you have info on how I can sign this petition, let me know! #abpoli #ableg #yeg
www.elections.ab.ca/new-citizen-...
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dahlia Adler's Come As You Are is FABULOUS! It's easily the best YA rom-com I've read this year. Smart, funny, sassy, and romantic. My favourite of Adler's many terrific books. 📚👍👍 @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
If Danielle Smith can afford millions of dollars in daycare subsidies during the teachers’ strike, she can definitely afford to fund public education properly. Here’s an idea: STOP funding private schools! #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My son has to clean up his messes. Oil and gas polluters should have to clean up theirs! Come to this Zoom town hall on Thursday at 7pm to find out more. #abpoli
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dear Premier Smith: Instead of spending my tax dollars on an ad campaign against teachers, please direct that money toward public schools instead. Oh, and while you're at it, STOP FUNDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS! #IStandWithTeachers #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nenshi nailed it. "Danielle Smith is very bad with money and it shouldn't be teachers, parents and students who pay the price for the fact that she doesn't know how to budget."

(Thanks to everyone who came to our postcard-writing event. We're sending over 200 postcards!)
@amandachapman.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My Grade 5 son doesn’t normally like fantasy, and he usually prefers books with boy protagonists, but he LOVES Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol. He’s read it at least a dozen times and bugged me to read it. He’s right: it’s an AMAZING middle grade graphic novel. 👍📚👍
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sending extra love and solidarity to all the Alberta teachers in my life. September should mean back-to-school excitement, not the prospect of terribly overcrowded classrooms, book bans, threats of a lockout, and a government misinformation campaign. Ugh. #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Am I correct that healthy kids under 12 will not be able to receive the Covid vaccine in Alberta, even if parents pre-register and are willing to pay? Please tell me I'm incorrect, and that the UCP is indeed following NACI guidelines for kids. #vaccination #abpoli @naheednenshi.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Edmonton’s Fringe is my favourite of our many festivals. We loved Weird Al Karaoke — comedians singing their very own song parodies — at the Grindstone. Go forth and giggle! #yeg #fringe
August 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Alberta friends: the UCP is making us jump through all sorts of time-sensitive hoops to (hopefully) get a Covid vaccine. The link to express your interest in getting the vaccine is here: bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
#abpoli #vaccination #wedeservebetter
August 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Canadians' tax dollars should be going toward real climate solutions, not carbon capture pipedreams.
#cdnpoli #solar #climate
@mark-carney.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The UCP needs to spend that $8.3 billion surplus on our kids' education, not separatism ads and panels.
#abpoli #ableg @amandachapman.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social @albertateachers.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A tar sands ad above a headline about Canada's devastating heat wave. . . The connection couldn't be clearer, but our elected officials keep shutting their eyes. #climate #abpoli #ableg
June 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM