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Saturday Snap – Spoiler Alert: The Test Was Negative

A few people we’ve told about our experience going for a COVID test said they appreciated having some information about what the process was like. So we thought it might be worth posting for anyone else who is curious or ends up having to go for a test themselves. Now, because Shea works in healthcare […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health

The Importance of Being Able to Say “I Don’t Know”

Perhaps like no other profession on earth, librarians are dedicated to providing others with factual, accurate information across an incredibly broad range of subjects (if you’re a Dewey fan, you might think of it as us covering from 000 to 999 – basically the full range of human knowledge!) So one of the toughest things […]

¶ Posted 19 April 2020 § Internet ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, history, science

Friday Fun Link – A Message From Michael

Of all the “inspirational” celebrity messages, sing-a-longs, and tips, I do believe this is my favourite… (And bonus, possibly the first time I’ve clearly heard the lyrics to this song in ~30 years I’ve been listening to it!) 🙂

¶ Posted 10 April 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, language, music

What If Kids Aren’t Falling Behind By Staying At Home But Getting Ahead?

There are so many examples in this pandemic of how we’re still operating (or trying to operate) based on our old systems, as if they are the only and the ultimate way to do things, rather than realising that we’ve also been given a huge opportunity to review these systems and even try to do […]

¶ Posted 05 April 2020 § Jobs § News § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health

A Letter From Italy, A Letter From Our Future…

(Stolen from a FB friend…) This was published in The Guardian – UK -, but also in France, Germany ….. The acclaimed Italian novelist Francesca Melandri, who has been under lockdown in Rome for almost three weeks due to the Covid-19 outbreak, has written a letter to fellow Europeans and all of us “from your […]

¶ Posted 01 April 2020 § Meme § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, history

Friday Fun Link – Some Useful COVID-19 Resources & Trackers

These are ordered roughly in the order that I find them useful but I’d encourage anyone reading this to open them all and find which ones you prefer for yourself. Also, feel free to post a comment if there are sites I haven’t listed that you prefer. COVID-19 Canada Tracker – designed by a […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § List § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happier Times at the Hospital (May 2007)

It’s amazing how the hospital can be both the location for some of the happiest moments of people’s lives (births of children, news about diseases being beaten and bones being healed) and some of the worst (a loved one doesn’t make it after an accident, grandma’s last breaths on the palliative care ward, the diagnosis […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2020 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Saturday Snap – Going (Mini) Viral Online in the Age of Pandemic

From working on the Ryan Meili leadership campaigns, mostly in the area of social media plus my own personal interest in the topic, I know some of the “rules” about what makes tweets/Facebook posts successful. But ultimately, human nature is a funny thing and no one can truly predict what will make a tweet go […]