Monica Kidd
@monicakidd.bsky.social
Author of THE CRANE (Breakwater, 2025) and 7 other books || Journalist || MD MSc MFA || associate editor at CMAJ || at work on a nonfiction book about coastal erosion globally || monicakidd.ca || represented by Aevitas
This just out: Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. See my recent analysis in The Walrus. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... @thewalrus.ca
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This just out: Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. See my recent analysis in The Walrus. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... @thewalrus.ca
"Hope is more elegant than despair"
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"Hope is more elegant than despair"
Reporting on climate
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November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"Hope is more elegant than despair"
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My cover story for @thewalrus.ca on the measles outbreak in Alberta, now in print for the December issue. Look for it on newsstands. #measles #vaccinations #publichealth
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My cover story for @thewalrus.ca on the measles outbreak in Alberta, now in print for the December issue. Look for it on newsstands. #measles #vaccinations #publichealth
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Cleaning out Mom and Dad’s house we came across these classics that Dad held onto for all these years. Suddenly they are SUPER cool. ⚾️ #bluejays
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Cleaning out Mom and Dad’s house we came across these classics that Dad held onto for all these years. Suddenly they are SUPER cool. ⚾️ #bluejays
Please join me tomorrow at Pages Books in Calgary as we help celebrate the launch of a bold new book about mental health research and treatment by Toronto author Marianne Apostolides. We’ll be joined by Calgary playwright Clem Martini. Thurs Oct 23, 7-9. All are welcome. @bookhugpress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please join me tomorrow at Pages Books in Calgary as we help celebrate the launch of a bold new book about mental health research and treatment by Toronto author Marianne Apostolides. We’ll be joined by Calgary playwright Clem Martini. Thurs Oct 23, 7-9. All are welcome. @bookhugpress.bsky.social
This fiberglass steer never stood a chance. At the Cochrane Ag Society gymkhana.
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This fiberglass steer never stood a chance. At the Cochrane Ag Society gymkhana.
I’m looking forward to serving as a reveiwer for this. www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Special Report on Climate Change and Cities — IPCC
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October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’m looking forward to serving as a reveiwer for this. www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Thinking and writing about protecting coastal communities against storms and erosion, how could I not return to Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach (2000)?
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thinking and writing about protecting coastal communities against storms and erosion, how could I not return to Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach (2000)?
Emptying out the U-Haul of my mom’s household stuff at the Goodwill donation centre today, and the woman working there, realizing what’s happened, takes the last box and says, “Be brave.” At a time when so much sucks about the world, she was just a kind soul being kind. ❤️
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Emptying out the U-Haul of my mom’s household stuff at the Goodwill donation centre today, and the woman working there, realizing what’s happened, takes the last box and says, “Be brave.” At a time when so much sucks about the world, she was just a kind soul being kind. ❤️
I put the bees to bed for the winter. Fingers crossed they make it through their first Alberta winter. #Beekeeping
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I put the bees to bed for the winter. Fingers crossed they make it through their first Alberta winter. #Beekeeping
In 50 years I have never not seen water in this slough.
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In 50 years I have never not seen water in this slough.
My cover story in the next issue of The Walrus.
A generation ago, measles was declared eradicated from Canada. Today, Alberta reports more confirmed cases than the entire United States. How did it become the epicentre of Canada’s outbreak? Physician and journalist @monicakidd.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-beca...
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My cover story in the next issue of The Walrus.
Oh sure, Canada has maples and larches that do the fall colours thing. But what about the humble trembling aspen?
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Oh sure, Canada has maples and larches that do the fall colours thing. But what about the humble trembling aspen?
Oh, Alberta... #freedomofinformation
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oh, Alberta... #freedomofinformation
“We are not, of course, in dire need of roads, transmission towers, dams, reservoirs, and gas pipelines. We are in dire need of courtesy. We are in dire need of a broadly intelligent conversation about human fate.” Barry Lopez wrote that in 1996. If anything, it’s truer today, 29 years later.
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“We are not, of course, in dire need of roads, transmission towers, dams, reservoirs, and gas pipelines. We are in dire need of courtesy. We are in dire need of a broadly intelligent conversation about human fate.” Barry Lopez wrote that in 1996. If anything, it’s truer today, 29 years later.
Just imagine a “fossil-fuel non-proliferation treaty.”
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just imagine a “fossil-fuel non-proliferation treaty.”
I missed this in July! The International Court of Justice has ruled in favour of an action led by Vanuatu: countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and those harmed could be entitled to reparations.
September 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I missed this in July! The International Court of Justice has ruled in favour of an action led by Vanuatu: countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and those harmed could be entitled to reparations.
Wow. I made peach cobbler and one bite brought me right back to my dad’s lunch breaks from our family store and Hungry Man TV Dinners. You know, the ones with a triangles of meat-like product and instant mashed potatoes. I could almost taste the aluminum foil. What flavour brings you back?
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Wow. I made peach cobbler and one bite brought me right back to my dad’s lunch breaks from our family store and Hungry Man TV Dinners. You know, the ones with a triangles of meat-like product and instant mashed potatoes. I could almost taste the aluminum foil. What flavour brings you back?
Predawn trail run in Nose Hill Park. I’m eternally grateful to people who have the foresight and fortitude to leave places set aside to let the land be what it is.
September 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Predawn trail run in Nose Hill Park. I’m eternally grateful to people who have the foresight and fortitude to leave places set aside to let the land be what it is.
What legislated transphobia looks like in Alberta. I’m expected to sign this so my 12-year-old kid (who was born and identifies as female but it’s none of their business) can play school soccer.
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What legislated transphobia looks like in Alberta. I’m expected to sign this so my 12-year-old kid (who was born and identifies as female but it’s none of their business) can play school soccer.
Please join me for Oct 23 for this bold new analysis of #mentalhealth research and treatment by Marianne Apostolides. With #Calgary playwright Clem Martini, co-author of the graphic memoir BITTER MEDICINE. @bookhugpress.bsky.social
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Mental Health—on the page, in the lab, and in our community
Join us for a reading and discussion on mental health and writing, featuring Clem Martini, Marianne Apostolides, and Monica Kidd.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Please join me for Oct 23 for this bold new analysis of #mentalhealth research and treatment by Marianne Apostolides. With #Calgary playwright Clem Martini, co-author of the graphic memoir BITTER MEDICINE. @bookhugpress.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...
www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...
Bizarre that we’ve come this: a petition for Alberta to remain in Canada.
September 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Bizarre that we’ve come this: a petition for Alberta to remain in Canada.