Sara F.L. Kirk
@sflkirk.bsky.social
Health Promotion Prof @dalhousie.bsky.social. Posting mainly about pop health, climate anxiety & advocacy for safe streets. UK export now physically located in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. Volunteer board member of @velocanadabikes.bsky.social. She/her.
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Sara F.L. Kirk
@sflkirk.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Thought I'd better crack on with a pinned intro. I'm an applied health researcher, using primarily qualitative methods & focus on how policies & environments shape health behaviours like healthy eating & active living. I ❤️ bikes & volunteer with Velo Canada Bikes to promote a #BikeFriendlyCanada 🚲
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The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
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‘God is an anti-vaxxer’ -- Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise. Eliminating the childhood vaccine schedule is among the goals for activists who now claim Washington power, by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... via @washingtonpost.com #antivax
‘God is an anti-vaxxer’: Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise
An anti-vaccine conference in Austin celebrated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to political power, highlighting his influence in Trump’s Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
‘God is an anti-vaxxer’ -- Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise. Eliminating the childhood vaccine schedule is among the goals for activists who now claim Washington power, by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... via @washingtonpost.com #antivax
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It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
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You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.
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I’m in the Grand Parade this week — about an early look at how the HAF reforms are panning out
New paper is out today!
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m in the Grand Parade this week — about an early look at how the HAF reforms are panning out
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The big deal about this happening on Main Street is that it helps reconnect two sides of the city that are separated by a highway that runs right through the middle of town.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The big deal about this happening on Main Street is that it helps reconnect two sides of the city that are separated by a highway that runs right through the middle of town.
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as well as for pedestrians with new crosswalks, audible walk signals, and tactile surfaces.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
as well as for pedestrians with new crosswalks, audible walk signals, and tactile surfaces.
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The city of Saint John, NB is 🥳celebrating 🥳 the completion of its Main Street rebuild, which they say improves the experience and safety for drivers by reducing road width & improving sightlines at intersections, and for cyclists by adding protected bike lanes, cross rides, and bike boxes & signals
City of Saint John celebrates completion of Main Street reconstruction project
The City of Saint John is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Main Street Activation Project, a transformative initiative aimed at improving safety, accessibility, and traffic flow fo...
saintjohn.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The city of Saint John, NB is 🥳celebrating 🥳 the completion of its Main Street rebuild, which they say improves the experience and safety for drivers by reducing road width & improving sightlines at intersections, and for cyclists by adding protected bike lanes, cross rides, and bike boxes & signals
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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Long overdue. Traffic light controlled crosswalks must replace the notoriously dangerous amber overhead flashing lights, used for most 3+ lane arterial road crossings.
New traffic signals are now active at the Barrington Street crosswalk in front of Scotia Square. Push the button, wait for the light, look both ways and cross safely. The new lights enhance pedestrian safety, improve traffic flow and help people get where they’re going.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Long overdue. Traffic light controlled crosswalks must replace the notoriously dangerous amber overhead flashing lights, used for most 3+ lane arterial road crossings.
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🚨 Final Call – Symposium Submissions Closing Soon!
Have an idea that brings researchers together around an important topic in #behavioralnutrition or #physicalactivity? Now’s the time to lead the conversation at #ISBNPA2026
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 12, 2025
📄 Submission info: https://loom.ly/mH8Aabk
Have an idea that brings researchers together around an important topic in #behavioralnutrition or #physicalactivity? Now’s the time to lead the conversation at #ISBNPA2026
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 12, 2025
📄 Submission info: https://loom.ly/mH8Aabk
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🚨 Final Call – Symposium Submissions Closing Soon!
Have an idea that brings researchers together around an important topic in #behavioralnutrition or #physicalactivity? Now’s the time to lead the conversation at #ISBNPA2026
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 12, 2025
📄 Submission info: https://loom.ly/mH8Aabk
Have an idea that brings researchers together around an important topic in #behavioralnutrition or #physicalactivity? Now’s the time to lead the conversation at #ISBNPA2026
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 12, 2025
📄 Submission info: https://loom.ly/mH8Aabk
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New paper is out today!
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New paper is out today!
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
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We really welcome this new report from @ias.org.uk
It's great to see that the report supports measures to address affordability, availability and marketing of alcohol – such as minimum unit pricing and mandatory alcohol labels.
www.ias.org.uk/news/new-exp...
It's great to see that the report supports measures to address affordability, availability and marketing of alcohol – such as minimum unit pricing and mandatory alcohol labels.
www.ias.org.uk/news/new-exp...
New expert vision sets out roadmap to halve alcohol harm within a decade - Institute of Alcohol Studies
The Institute of Alcohol Studies has today published A Healthier Future: a long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK – a new expert consensus report developed with over 40 of the country’s lea...
www.ias.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We really welcome this new report from @ias.org.uk
It's great to see that the report supports measures to address affordability, availability and marketing of alcohol – such as minimum unit pricing and mandatory alcohol labels.
www.ias.org.uk/news/new-exp...
It's great to see that the report supports measures to address affordability, availability and marketing of alcohol – such as minimum unit pricing and mandatory alcohol labels.
www.ias.org.uk/news/new-exp...
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Nova Scotia Power profits drop due to cyberattack
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Nova Scotia Power profits drop due to cyberattack - Halifax Examiner
Profits dropped 50% from the same three months last year, with the company reporting $13 million in 2025 compared to $26 million in 2024.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Nova Scotia Power profits drop due to cyberattack
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
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“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
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The New York Times gets ‘AI in the newsroom’ completely wrong
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
The New York Times gets 'AI in the newsroom' completely wrong - Halifax Examiner
The celebration of a non-defined "AI" serves as a promotional tool for a very select group of ultra-rich tech titans who are primarily shilling generative AI tools.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The New York Times gets ‘AI in the newsroom’ completely wrong
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
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As new vehicle prices continue to rise, and tariffs bring uncertainty, many Canadians are delaying or cancelling their plans to buy a personal vehicle. For some Canadians, the answer to their transportation struggles might be an ebike
EVs could get more expensive in Canada. Are e-bikes the right fit for you? - National | Globalnews.ca
With surveys suggesting Canadians are feeling the strain from vehicle ownership, many will be looking for an alternative. For many, the answer may lie beyond the car.
globalnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As new vehicle prices continue to rise, and tariffs bring uncertainty, many Canadians are delaying or cancelling their plans to buy a personal vehicle. For some Canadians, the answer to their transportation struggles might be an ebike
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What an expensive way to preventably kill children.
Get 'em while they're young
electric bubble car for kids drives them to places on its own and without adults on board
www.designboom.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What an expensive way to preventably kill children.
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Join the EAC and Our HRM Alliance for a free information webinar to help understand the threat these developments pose.
You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open houses.
TONIGHT ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...
You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open houses.
TONIGHT ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join the EAC and Our HRM Alliance for a free information webinar to help understand the threat these developments pose.
You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open houses.
TONIGHT ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...
You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open houses.
TONIGHT ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...
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It's gonna be one of those mornings...
Turn your Headlights ON
And your Cruise Control OFF
#HFXTraffic
Turn your Headlights ON
And your Cruise Control OFF
#HFXTraffic
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It's gonna be one of those mornings...
Turn your Headlights ON
And your Cruise Control OFF
#HFXTraffic
Turn your Headlights ON
And your Cruise Control OFF
#HFXTraffic
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Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education - Halifax Examiner
“There's this huge demand from tourists to have more Indigenous tourism opportunities, but there aren't enough trained and educated professionals to keep up with that demand,” Keslie Johnston, the pro...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
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Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education - Halifax Examiner
“There's this huge demand from tourists to have more Indigenous tourism opportunities, but there aren't enough trained and educated professionals to keep up with that demand,” Keslie Johnston, the pro...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
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Because most people do not regularly walk or bike along main roads, they never see the extent of it. When you move slower we see things like Porcupines treading through our trash, marshland dotted with takeaway cups
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Because most people do not regularly walk or bike along main roads, they never see the extent of it. When you move slower we see things like Porcupines treading through our trash, marshland dotted with takeaway cups
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com