Protect CPP: Send the Premier a Direct Message It takes just 2 minutes to act now,

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Werklund PhD candidate researches transgender teacher experiences Jamie Anderson says he hopes his dissertation can encourage greater understanding and dialogue

I just wanted to share this great article about the research of an emerging scholar called Jamie Anderson whom I am supervising. I can see that his timely and courageous doctoral study is poised to make an important contribution to the field!

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One of the best writers out there! @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

The one thing everyone gets wrong about feminism People love to declare the death of the women’s movement, pointing to the ‘failure’ of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don’t give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca Solnit

I love this journalist!

“… the very resistance by the political right to marriage equality as an equal right is because it demonstrates that marriage can be a freely negotiated relationship between equals, which threatens the patriarchial order.”

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Opinion: When authorities ban books, we all lose In Alberta, piles of graphic novels have been removed from school libraries

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The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond The backlash against DEI initiatives casts diversity itself as a threat. Here’s why that’s so dangerous in an era of rising authoritarianism.

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“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

— Langston Hughes

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Premier Danielle Smith: Declare a Health Care State of Emergency Demand real solutions–more beds, more staff, and public funding that keeps up with our population.

I joined this campaign because I believe we need a health care State of Emergency in Alberta. Can you take 30 seconds to join me and send a letter to the Premier too? stateofemergency.ca

A perfectly chosen book makes a great Christmas gift! Anton Hur, author, translator, and International Booker Prize 2025 judge recommends the Giller Prize winning novel The Sleeping Car Porter written by my wife, Suzette Mayr, as a great book to give this X-mas!

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EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland.

The court said member states are not allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in the way they recognise foreign marriages.

Love is love!

Dad Made National Headlines When He Came Out and Denounced 'Conversion Therapy' He Led. Now He's in Love (Exclusive) Six years after former "conversion therapy" leader McKrae Game came out as gay and apologized for his role in pushing the practice, the 57-year-old South Carolina man is opening up about his life sinc...

Major medical and mental health organizations worldwide have denounced “conversion therapy” as ineffective, harmful, and unethical.

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Our Halloween dog Rio says, “Witching you a spooktacular Halloween! Have a fang-tastic night!”

Tributes paid after death of Mary McGee, who helped end Ireland’s ban on contraception Mother-of-four brought legal case against government after customs seized her contraceptives package from UK

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Anthropologist, Margaret Mead

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Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county Terri Lesley, a former library director, said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to bow to county officials’ demands for censorship.

My hero:

“I wanted to take a stand on it and try to put up a barrier from it happening to other librarians,” Terri Lesley said Thursday in an interview. “I thought, ‘If I don’t do this thing, it’s just going to keep happening.’”

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Christian therapist seeks right to counsel gay teens to change attraction The Supreme Court will consider whether therapists’ free speech rights outweigh a law that bans therapy that seeks to change sexual identity. Almost 30 states have such bans.

Conversion “therapy” has included a range of techniques including talk, hypnosis, electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea to try to change sexual orientation, gender identity or behavior. It has been soundly discredited by every psychological assoc.

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Rugby star Ilona Maher is a Barbie now. She insisted the doll have broad shoulders, strong arms | CBC News American Olympian Ilona Maher is taking the leap from the rugby pitch to toy-store shelves, as the bronze medallist was honoured with her own signature Barbie doll on Monday.

"What I want is that when girls play with this, and they see my Barbie and the broad shoulders and the big arms, that can kind of shape their views of beauty as well."

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Catholic schools sued to exclude LGBTQ+ families but still get state money. A judge shut them down. - LGBTQ Nation The judge told them that the government has a right to enforce the law equally, even against Christians.

Federico, a Biden appointee, said that the Colorado Department of Early Childhood is “a model example of maintaining neutral and generally applicable nondiscrimination laws while nonetheless trying to accommodate the exercise of religious beliefs.”

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Pope intervenes in U.S. abortion debate by raising what it really means to be pro-life Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.”

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Opinion: There are many lessons in books – and in the attempts to ban them The Edmonton Public School Board’s removal of ‘sexually explicit’ books from libraries – and the provincial order that prompted it – is pure folly

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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools And everyone and their pet canary wants me to "comment."

Soon, Alberta teachers will be on strike and students will not be in school. Encourage them to visit their local library and read the banned books the Alberta government wanted to keep away from them.

Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools

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Calgary friends and colleagues! Come out to celebrate gender and sexual diversity this Sunday at the Calgary Pride parade (starts at 11:00 AM, goes down 9th avenue to 5th street) and festival (starts at 12:00 PM on Prince’s Island). Happy Pride everyone!

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Wonderful! Thank you so much for doing this important work. You’re the best!

Saskatchewan Appeal Court says challenge of province’s pronoun law can continue | Globalnews.ca The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal says a court challenge of the province's school pronoun law can continue and the court has jurisdiction to determine if it limits Charter rights.

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Saskatchewan Appeal Court says challenge of province’s pronoun law can continue | Globalnews.ca The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal says a court challenge of the province's school pronoun law can continue and the court has jurisdiction to determine if it limits Charter rights.

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“This is a really, really important decision for the rule of law in Canada,” said Bennett Jensen, legal director for Egale Canada. “Our democracy is set up with certain checks and balances, and a critical check on the government is the court system.”

Source: Global News