Joyce R.W. Thomson
@jrwthomson.bsky.social
Librarian, Collections, SMU Hfx; Genealogist. Framedrummer. Atlantic History & LifeWriting devotee. Digital humanities geek; Will read your diary if you let her 😉 *Always* my own words.
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Anne Murray sang the national anthem at the Blue Jays first-ever home game in 1977, at the first game at the Skydome in 1989, and in Game 3 of the 1992 World Series.
Give this Canadian treasure a ticket to Game 6!
Give this Canadian treasure a ticket to Game 6!
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Anne Murray sang the national anthem at the Blue Jays first-ever home game in 1977, at the first game at the Skydome in 1989, and in Game 3 of the 1992 World Series.
Give this Canadian treasure a ticket to Game 6!
Give this Canadian treasure a ticket to Game 6!
This is promising - interested to see where developers are able to go with this Canadian Social Media experiment!
In June we ran our first participatory design activity with the Early Access Program. We explored four topic areas with you: Canadian identity & inclusion, ads & monetization, trust & autonomy, and engagement & participation.
Read about it on our blog: gandersocial.ca/blog/highlig...
Read about it on our blog: gandersocial.ca/blog/highlig...
Highlights From Our First Participatory Design Activity – Gander Social Blog
Alison Pearce
gandersocial.ca
September 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is promising - interested to see where developers are able to go with this Canadian Social Media experiment!
If you’ve forgotten the Harper Government’s disastrous record, dip-in! This well-referenced critical assessment of strategies, policies and actions of the Conservative government, 2008-2015, will remind you why Conservatives must not be returned to office. www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/u...
www.policyalternatives.ca
April 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you’ve forgotten the Harper Government’s disastrous record, dip-in! This well-referenced critical assessment of strategies, policies and actions of the Conservative government, 2008-2015, will remind you why Conservatives must not be returned to office. www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/u...
This. Now. 💝💝💝
We love America and Americans, and look forward to working together to rebuild whatever survives this nightmare, but for now you’ll forgive us if we show off what “Canadian” means to us. I’m just “a” Canadian, but together, that’s enough 😁
youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc?...
We love America and Americans, and look forward to working together to rebuild whatever survives this nightmare, but for now you’ll forgive us if we show off what “Canadian” means to us. I’m just “a” Canadian, but together, that’s enough 😁
youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc?...
We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This. Now. 💝💝💝
We love America and Americans, and look forward to working together to rebuild whatever survives this nightmare, but for now you’ll forgive us if we show off what “Canadian” means to us. I’m just “a” Canadian, but together, that’s enough 😁
youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc?...
We love America and Americans, and look forward to working together to rebuild whatever survives this nightmare, but for now you’ll forgive us if we show off what “Canadian” means to us. I’m just “a” Canadian, but together, that’s enough 😁
youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc?...
Reposted by Joyce R.W. Thomson
Hey @smuarts.bsky.social, DYK, MLA offers free mini courses, to hone students’ library research skills? Students use SMU Library’s MLA Bibliography database to complete courses. Other mini-courses include Film Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Folklore, & Composition. Instructor resources too!
Teaching Tools for the MLA International Bibliography on EBSCO
This video provides information about online educational resources available from the Modern Language Association, including a free five-unit minicourse on using…
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March 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hey @smuarts.bsky.social, DYK, MLA offers free mini courses, to hone students’ library research skills? Students use SMU Library’s MLA Bibliography database to complete courses. Other mini-courses include Film Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Folklore, & Composition. Instructor resources too!
Reposted by Joyce R.W. Thomson
February 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Happy Flag Day, Canada💖🇨🇦💝
Canada Flag Day February 15
Former Prime Ministers unite for an announcement.
Former Prime Ministers unite for an announcement.
February 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy Flag Day, Canada💖🇨🇦💝
Can’t wait to read this special issue of CAUT Journal, and I hope my @smufu.bsky.social colleagues find it interesting too!
A new special issue of the CAUT Journal all about the labour activism of post-secondary education information workers is now available online.
See the full issue: journal.caut.ca/index.php/ca...
See the full issue: journal.caut.ca/index.php/ca...
December 20, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Can’t wait to read this special issue of CAUT Journal, and I hope my @smufu.bsky.social colleagues find it interesting too!