Heather Skelton
@skeltonheather.bsky.social
Occupational therapist, COVID cautious, chronic illness aware. She/her
Why do indoor active play businesses require health card numbers? I cannot envision the situation where that would be helpful.
September 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Why do indoor active play businesses require health card numbers? I cannot envision the situation where that would be helpful.
Reposted by Heather Skelton
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate was foiled by cops in Saskatoon. #yxe @arrogantworms.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate was foiled by cops in Saskatoon. #yxe @arrogantworms.bsky.social
Windows closed. Filters on. Hoping for better than predicted air quality. And if we can't have that hoping for cancelled/postponed events at IG stadium this weekend.
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Windows closed. Filters on. Hoping for better than predicted air quality. And if we can't have that hoping for cancelled/postponed events at IG stadium this weekend.
Reposted by Heather Skelton
“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
My palliative care physician husband has just launched a new YouTube channel Palliative Care Explained. The channel's target audience is patients and the channel's aim is to better inform viewers about palliative care and end of life related symptoms and issues.
youtube.com/@palliativec...
youtube.com/@palliativec...
Palliative Care Explained
Welcome to Palliative Care Explained!
Started at the end of March, 2025, Palliative Care Explained is a channel aimed at answering your questions about palliative care. My name is Dr. Jonathan Wong...
youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My palliative care physician husband has just launched a new YouTube channel Palliative Care Explained. The channel's target audience is patients and the channel's aim is to better inform viewers about palliative care and end of life related symptoms and issues.
youtube.com/@palliativec...
youtube.com/@palliativec...
One of my summer tasks is to replace one of our air purifiers. (It's developed a squeak.) Most important is that it's quiet. (We have a PC fan filter but the pitch bugs me - so I'm hesitant to try that path.) Does anyone have something(s) they love? (room is ~350sqft)
March 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One of my summer tasks is to replace one of our air purifiers. (It's developed a squeak.) Most important is that it's quiet. (We have a PC fan filter but the pitch bugs me - so I'm hesitant to try that path.) Does anyone have something(s) they love? (room is ~350sqft)
I hope this catches on across the country....
The Canadian province of New Brunswick (population: 775,610) will spend $ 14 million to improve ventilation in its schools. This represents an investment of $47,000 per classroom, or $18 per capita. In many countries, such investment in ventilation is still rare.
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/...
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/...
Eight new school projects announced to meet needs of growing population
The provincial government will invest $193.7 million during the 2025-26 fiscal year to help address infrastructure needs in the education system.
www2.gnb.ca
December 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
I hope this catches on across the country....
Reposted by Heather Skelton
The best first sentence of a grant application I've read was (paraphrasing), "Tool X is widely used to do task Y; we will make it accessible to people living with condition Z (13% of the population) so that it is more equitable and more widely used". Let's unpack why, because there's a lesson. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 10:13 PM
The best first sentence of a grant application I've read was (paraphrasing), "Tool X is widely used to do task Y; we will make it accessible to people living with condition Z (13% of the population) so that it is more equitable and more widely used". Let's unpack why, because there's a lesson. 🧵
In chronic illness immediate family can run away, but they can also be pushed away. I wish everyone impacted by chronic illness could have access to counselling/support. It won't "fix" chronic illness, but it can help with grief and coping. For the whole family.
we might be starting to talk more about how long covid is decimating people’s health, ability to work and exercise etc. but there’s almost no discussion in mainstream media about how it’s affecting relationships.
tldr: it’s ripping them apart
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
tldr: it’s ripping them apart
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
'This is the end of the relationship': The marriages under strain from long COVID
Long COVID is not just destroying people's health. Behind closed doors, in homes across Australia and abroad, it is irreversibly changing relationships — sometimes for the better, too often for worse.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
In chronic illness immediate family can run away, but they can also be pushed away. I wish everyone impacted by chronic illness could have access to counselling/support. It won't "fix" chronic illness, but it can help with grief and coping. For the whole family.
Reposted by Heather Skelton
Our work is paying off.
Today, Mandate Letters from Premier Susan Holt
incoming Ministers were shared with the public.
The Hon. Chuck Chiasson, Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, will take the lead on the party's commitment to improve the air in public buildings.
Today, Mandate Letters from Premier Susan Holt
incoming Ministers were shared with the public.
The Hon. Chuck Chiasson, Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, will take the lead on the party's commitment to improve the air in public buildings.
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Our work is paying off.
Today, Mandate Letters from Premier Susan Holt
incoming Ministers were shared with the public.
The Hon. Chuck Chiasson, Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, will take the lead on the party's commitment to improve the air in public buildings.
Today, Mandate Letters from Premier Susan Holt
incoming Ministers were shared with the public.
The Hon. Chuck Chiasson, Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, will take the lead on the party's commitment to improve the air in public buildings.
Reposted by Heather Skelton
My friends at the Weather Centre of Manitoba have arrived on scene. Follow them at @mbweathercentre.bsky.social
#MBstorm #weather
#MBstorm #weather
November 13, 2024 at 3:35 PM
My friends at the Weather Centre of Manitoba have arrived on scene. Follow them at @mbweathercentre.bsky.social
#MBstorm #weather
#MBstorm #weather
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“Did I not get the memo?” www.cmaj.ca/content/196/...
CMAJ by Dr. Sabra Gibbens family physician
Referring to wearing a respirator:
“How quickly optional became rare, then peculiar.”
About other COVID-conscious physicians:
“…each one of us is a little island of perseverance.”
#TeamOutlier
CMAJ by Dr. Sabra Gibbens family physician
Referring to wearing a respirator:
“How quickly optional became rare, then peculiar.”
About other COVID-conscious physicians:
“…each one of us is a little island of perseverance.”
#TeamOutlier
Did I not get the memo?
It wasn’t always lonely out here. I have been the only permanent doctor in my little country clinic north of Kingston for eight years now, and I previously felt tremendous camaraderie and connection w...
www.cmaj.ca
October 22, 2024 at 1:15 AM
“Did I not get the memo?” www.cmaj.ca/content/196/...
CMAJ by Dr. Sabra Gibbens family physician
Referring to wearing a respirator:
“How quickly optional became rare, then peculiar.”
About other COVID-conscious physicians:
“…each one of us is a little island of perseverance.”
#TeamOutlier
CMAJ by Dr. Sabra Gibbens family physician
Referring to wearing a respirator:
“How quickly optional became rare, then peculiar.”
About other COVID-conscious physicians:
“…each one of us is a little island of perseverance.”
#TeamOutlier
Reposted by Heather Skelton
I spoke to my friend
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe
but I’m safe enough”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough
*
Week 238
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/p...
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe
but I’m safe enough”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough
*
Week 238
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/p...
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Thirty-Eighth Week
A note for those who are struggling to know how to feel in this moment: despite what popular songs and political leaders have told you when you are living through the end of the world as we know it…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com
October 11, 2024 at 8:33 PM
I spoke to my friend
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe
but I’m safe enough”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough
*
Week 238
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/p...
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe
but I’m safe enough”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough
*
Week 238
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/p...
Reposted by Heather Skelton
I spoke to my friend
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe,
but I’m safe enough,”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
in these times
where nowhere is safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough.
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe,
but I’m safe enough,”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
in these times
where nowhere is safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough.
October 1, 2024 at 11:34 PM
I spoke to my friend
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe,
but I’m safe enough,”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
in these times
where nowhere is safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough.
who fled from the storm
and when I told her
that I hoped she was safe
she replied
“nowhere is safe,
but I’m safe enough,”
and so to you, my friend,
I hope that you too are safe
in these times
where nowhere is safe
I hope that you too
are at least safe enough.
Winnipeg school division may have taken measures, but the ventilation at this year's winter concert was painfully inadequate. It's never a good sign if you step outside and think "that feels so much better".
December 8, 2023 at 3:00 AM
Winnipeg school division may have taken measures, but the ventilation at this year's winter concert was painfully inadequate. It's never a good sign if you step outside and think "that feels so much better".