Sabina Pagotto
@spagotto.bsky.social
Librarian forced to dust off my under-used degree in Canadian history.
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Imagine thinking that Corus Entertainment, the company that had to rebrand Food Network Canada to Flavour Network and HGTV Canada to Home Network this year because they couldn't afford the licensing rights, would have the desire or capacity to intentionally screw with a foreign government
"Since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery" is such a hilarious line because it is in fact 100% backwards.
You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????
You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Imagine thinking that Corus Entertainment, the company that had to rebrand Food Network Canada to Flavour Network and HGTV Canada to Home Network this year because they couldn't afford the licensing rights, would have the desire or capacity to intentionally screw with a foreign government
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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It’s time for #ResearchRoundup!
As the year wraps up in frost and sparkle, The Icicle Atlas offers a look at one of winter’s most iconic sights. Created by researchers at the University of Toronto, this unique dataset features over 230,000 images and time-lapse videos from controlled experiments.
As the year wraps up in frost and sparkle, The Icicle Atlas offers a look at one of winter’s most iconic sights. Created by researchers at the University of Toronto, this unique dataset features over 230,000 images and time-lapse videos from controlled experiments.
December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s time for #ResearchRoundup!
As the year wraps up in frost and sparkle, The Icicle Atlas offers a look at one of winter’s most iconic sights. Created by researchers at the University of Toronto, this unique dataset features over 230,000 images and time-lapse videos from controlled experiments.
As the year wraps up in frost and sparkle, The Icicle Atlas offers a look at one of winter’s most iconic sights. Created by researchers at the University of Toronto, this unique dataset features over 230,000 images and time-lapse videos from controlled experiments.
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This dataset captures the delicate interplay between air and water flow that shapes these frozen forms, making this atlas a rich resource for researchers—and for anyone curious about winter’s magic ❄️
Explore the Icicle Atlas in Borealis: borealisdata.ca/dataverse/Ic...
Image from flic.kr/p/rkoscH
Explore the Icicle Atlas in Borealis: borealisdata.ca/dataverse/Ic...
Image from flic.kr/p/rkoscH
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This dataset captures the delicate interplay between air and water flow that shapes these frozen forms, making this atlas a rich resource for researchers—and for anyone curious about winter’s magic ❄️
Explore the Icicle Atlas in Borealis: borealisdata.ca/dataverse/Ic...
Image from flic.kr/p/rkoscH
Explore the Icicle Atlas in Borealis: borealisdata.ca/dataverse/Ic...
Image from flic.kr/p/rkoscH
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Reposted by Sabina Pagotto
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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As 2025 wraps up, we want to take a moment to look back on the most popular books, journals, articles, and datasets across Scholars Portal services and @borealisdata.bsky.social this year.
Check out our 2025 top hits here! oculsp.ca/m2ry8
Check out our 2025 top hits here! oculsp.ca/m2ry8
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As 2025 wraps up, we want to take a moment to look back on the most popular books, journals, articles, and datasets across Scholars Portal services and @borealisdata.bsky.social this year.
Check out our 2025 top hits here! oculsp.ca/m2ry8
Check out our 2025 top hits here! oculsp.ca/m2ry8
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As 2025 wraps up, we invite you to take a moment and check out our top ten most popular datasets of the year!
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En cette fin d'année 2025, nous vous invitons à prendre un moment pour consulter nos dix jeux de données les plus populaires de l'année !
oculsp.ca/224pd
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En cette fin d'année 2025, nous vous invitons à prendre un moment pour consulter nos dix jeux de données les plus populaires de l'année !
oculsp.ca/224pd
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As 2025 wraps up, we invite you to take a moment and check out our top ten most popular datasets of the year!
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En cette fin d'année 2025, nous vous invitons à prendre un moment pour consulter nos dix jeux de données les plus populaires de l'année !
oculsp.ca/224pd
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En cette fin d'année 2025, nous vous invitons à prendre un moment pour consulter nos dix jeux de données les plus populaires de l'année !
oculsp.ca/224pd
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And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
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TTC promises to get Finch West LRT travel time under 24 hours (podcast)
TTC promises to get Finch West LRT travel time under 24 hours
“If we get signal priority sorted, you should be able to get from Finch West to Humber in only a standard business day.” Luke and the Panel (Nile Seguin, Clare Blackwood and Megan MacKay) talk the Con...
thebeaverton.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
TTC promises to get Finch West LRT travel time under 24 hours (podcast)
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We have now launched the third of our current consultations: on AI metrics. Read about it and respond here: www.countermetrics.org/ai-consultat...
Consultation: AI metrics - COUNTER Metrics
Got a view on AI metrics? Have your say on how COUNTER-compliant publishers should report on generative and agentic AI usage.
www.countermetrics.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We have now launched the third of our current consultations: on AI metrics. Read about it and respond here: www.countermetrics.org/ai-consultat...
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Bill C-15 threatens Library Book Rate and free mailing of materials for people who are blind librarianship.ca/news/bill-c1...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bill C-15 threatens Library Book Rate and free mailing of materials for people who are blind librarianship.ca/news/bill-c1...
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A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
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Jean Paré took her love of cooking and turned it into an empire.
She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
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She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jean Paré took her love of cooking and turned it into an empire.
She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
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She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
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The Girl Guides of Canada have been an explicitly and intentionally feminist organization since the 1990s. I'm glad that they are continuing to stand on feminist and inclusive principles.
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Girl Guides of Canada have been an explicitly and intentionally feminist organization since the 1990s. I'm glad that they are continuing to stand on feminist and inclusive principles.
That's not the ice dance scandal I thought it was going to be about from that picture.... I do love this messy, ridiculous sport
An ice dance scandal casts a cloud with the Winter Olympics on the horizon
#Opinion from Rosie DiManno
#Opinion from Rosie DiManno
Rosie DiManno: An ice dance scandal casts a cloud with the Winter Olympics on the horizon
The Finlandia Trophy shemozzle will be reviewed by the ISU, with the Grand Prix finals starting Thursday.
www.thestar.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
That's not the ice dance scandal I thought it was going to be about from that picture.... I do love this messy, ridiculous sport
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Our Data Support Specialist, Zeynep, is presenting at the Data Curation Clinic, hosted by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, today at 1 p.m. EST.
She will be presenting on metadata documentation for curators using the Data Explorer for Borealis and Odesi.
Register now! oculsp.ca/ds6dw
She will be presenting on metadata documentation for curators using the Data Explorer for Borealis and Odesi.
Register now! oculsp.ca/ds6dw
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our Data Support Specialist, Zeynep, is presenting at the Data Curation Clinic, hosted by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, today at 1 p.m. EST.
She will be presenting on metadata documentation for curators using the Data Explorer for Borealis and Odesi.
Register now! oculsp.ca/ds6dw
She will be presenting on metadata documentation for curators using the Data Explorer for Borealis and Odesi.
Register now! oculsp.ca/ds6dw
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Narrator: it did not help them long term
Gotta be honest, the levels of online adulation for Mark Carney are starting to get uncomfortably close to 2015 Trudeau levels, and at the risk of sounding like a wet blanket, uncritically embracing the hype train risks missing flaws in the Liberal platform. That doesn't help us long term.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Narrator: it did not help them long term
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
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Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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There have been many nicknames for Toronto in its history.
These include the Six, Hogtown, Queen City and The 416.
But one of the most famous nicknames was "Toronto The Good".
But where did that name come from?
This is the story!
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These include the Six, Hogtown, Queen City and The 416.
But one of the most famous nicknames was "Toronto The Good".
But where did that name come from?
This is the story!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There have been many nicknames for Toronto in its history.
These include the Six, Hogtown, Queen City and The 416.
But one of the most famous nicknames was "Toronto The Good".
But where did that name come from?
This is the story!
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These include the Six, Hogtown, Queen City and The 416.
But one of the most famous nicknames was "Toronto The Good".
But where did that name come from?
This is the story!
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ICYMI: We're hiring for a new role at OCUL.
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
We're hiring: Network Zone Collections Coordinator.
Join the collaborative OCUL team and support shared library systems, licensing workflows and consortial resource access across Ont. academic libraries.
Applications due Nov. 27 @ 5 p.m. ET.
Full job & application info: ocul.on.ca/job-network-...
Join the collaborative OCUL team and support shared library systems, licensing workflows and consortial resource access across Ont. academic libraries.
Applications due Nov. 27 @ 5 p.m. ET.
Full job & application info: ocul.on.ca/job-network-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ICYMI: We're hiring for a new role at OCUL.
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
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SERVICE DISRUPTION!
Borealis will be unavailable from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST today for a scheduled upgrade to version 6.8. We will let you know once the upgrade is complete and service has been restored. Thank you for your patience!
Borealis will be unavailable from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST today for a scheduled upgrade to version 6.8. We will let you know once the upgrade is complete and service has been restored. Thank you for your patience!
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
SERVICE DISRUPTION!
Borealis will be unavailable from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST today for a scheduled upgrade to version 6.8. We will let you know once the upgrade is complete and service has been restored. Thank you for your patience!
Borealis will be unavailable from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST today for a scheduled upgrade to version 6.8. We will let you know once the upgrade is complete and service has been restored. Thank you for your patience!