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Teacher. Gamer. Candlestick maker?

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Every teacher in Alberta hearing "case-by-case basis" about increased cleaning protocols, social distancing requirements, and making sure ill students stay home, knowing exactly who is actually going to be doing all that.

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Whether to Require Students to Present on Camera

An all-important queston that teachers are having to answer during the summer of 2020

I think about this a lot. I am intensely private and profoundly uncomfortable using a webcam while working and teaching from home-- but I know the value in my job as the teacher and I do it. I get worried when my colleagues express exasperation about students not having cameras on, and exchanging strategies to push them to, and even require it as a part of grades. If there's no pedagogical justification, why not avoid creating anxiety and possible avoidance of my class in the future?

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Me, watching College Board on social media having to respond directly to parents whose kids have had technical issues on the AP Exams. The realization is setting in that dealing with teachers was a cakewalk in comparison.

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Alberta health minister used confidential information to call protesting doctors | CBC News

When Dr. John Julyan-Gudgeon went to the hospital to protest health-care cuts, he didn't expect it to lead to an after-hours phone call on h

Shandro called physicians after hours on personal, unlisted cellphone numbers.

When Dr. John Julyan-Gudgeon went to a hospital event to protest health-care cuts, he didn't expect it to lead to an after-hours phone call on his personal cellphone from the health minister. 

But that's exactly what happened.

The doctor attended a provincial funding announcement at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Feb. 26. While there, he says, he attempted to approach Minister Tyler Shandro to explain his issues with the province's proposed health-care revamp.

Shandro's office says the doctor was persistent — Julyan-Gudgeon agreed the interaction was a bit tense — and security advised the minister to move along. Shandro later asked a public relations staff member at Alberta Health Services (AHS) for the man's phone number. 

At around 9 p.m. the following night, Julyan-Gudgeon's cellphone rang unexpectedly. He recognized the voice but asked anyway. 

"Who is this?" 

"It's Tyler Shandro."

The conversation was "neutral," Julyan-Gudgeon says. The minister listened to his concerns about the cuts and gave the doctor his contact information if he had suggestions in the future. 

He asked how the minister got his personal number (contact information he guards carefully) and Shandro said he got it from AHS.

Julyan-Gudgeon says he was never contacted to ask his consent to disclose the unlisted cell number. 

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Alberta health minister accused of berating Calgary physician, 'intimidating' citizens | CBC News

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro and his wife are accused of berating a Calgary doctor at his house for reposting a derogatory meme on

Tyler Shandro needs a lesson on the Streisand Effect.

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Do re mi,

Do re mi,

COVID-19,

Go fuck yourself.

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When an essay begins with "Since the beginning of time..."

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Maybe there is some hope for 'berta after all.

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A 10-step plan for turning a democracy into a dictatorship, from Robert Reich

Robert Reich is a professor at Berkeley, he’s a best-selling author, and, as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, he was named

Hey Alberta, we're hitting 10/10 on this.

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For Oct. 8, 2019. *sob*

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I want to know who to credit for this...incredibly accurate image that I can hear.

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It’s October! You know what that means... 🎃 (via kxvo)

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all my life I’ve somehow only ever seen the gifs of this. I never even knew that the pumpkin man was dancing to the Ghostbusters theme. This whole thing is so much better than I ever could have expected from the gifs omg

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It’s time to get SPOOKY

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Plz, vote fellow Canadian...

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Kenney Government Orders Alberta Public Schools to Remove the Word ‘Public’ From Their Name

Critics say the move is like something out of George Orwell’s 1984

Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party government has quietly ordered Alberta school boards to remove the word “public” from their formal names.

The odd move, impacting eight of the province’s public school divisions, effectively makes it less clear that public school boards are “public.” No changes were made to the names of any of the province’s Catholic school boards.

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange made the name changes in a ministerial order signed on August 15.

The Ministry of Education released no press release or public statement mentioning or explaining the reasons for the name changes.

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Tagging: @ontarionewsnow @abpoli @politicsofcanada

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Latest news from the 1984-esque dystopia I teach in.

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2 weeks in. Already having Starbucks and cereal straight from the box for dinner.

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