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I can say, after 25 years as a pediatrician—-no one EVER vaccinates without parent or guardian consent. Please don’t listen to these lies.

Do you have questions about CanPath data, biosamples, the access process or how to navigate the CanPath Portal? Register for the upcoming CanPath Access Office Hours: 📅 November 12 at 12PM EST 💻 Zoom https://ow.ly/kw0w5101svl

Vous avez des questions concernant les données, les échantillons biologiques, la procédure d’accès ou la navigation sur le portail de CanPath? Inscrivez-vous aux prochaines séances d’aide de CanPath : 📅 Le 12 novembre à 12 h HNE 💻 Zoom https://ow.ly/iSPA5101sTi

Cascadia 2027 is in Vancouver January 14th - 15th. The theme is Health in Place, Populations and Planet. Abstracts are welcome broadly across the fields of occupational, environmental and population health. Works in progress are also welcome! Abstracts close Nov 8. lnkd.in/p/gitSViNS

JFC--they are telling us to turn over one of our most important tasks as researchers to AI. This is appalling. I also imagine someone is making money here......

👀 Équipes hospitalières canadiennes : restez à l’affût des détails concernant le Groupe collaboratif d’apprentissage national de SKIP, dont le lancement est prévu pour le début de 2027. #PasBesoinDeFaireMal #SNSP2026

Grâce à l'initiative nationale de SKIP soutenue par Santé Canada, nous aidons à renforcer la capacité des organismes de soins de santé à adopter, à l’échelle du Canada, des approches plus sécuritaires et équitables en matière de gestion de la douleur kidsinpain.ca/fr/leading-t...

Breaking news: Nineteen superbugs that cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths in the United States each year have been identified, according to a comprehensive assessment of drug-resistant germs from the CDC.

👀 Canadian hospital teams: stay tuned for details on SKIP's National Learning Collaborative, launching in early 2027. #ItDoesntHaveToHurt #CPSW2026

Through SKIP's new national initiative supported by Health Canada, Leading the Way on Kids Pain, we're strengthening the capacity of healthcare organizations to build safer, more consistent, & evidence-informed approaches to pain care across Canada. 🔗 kidsinpain.ca/leading-the-...

It’s time to have a serious conversation about this shift in philanthropic dollars to fund science, in the broader context of the Trump administration’s war on science as a public good. Thank you to @heidiledford.bsky.social for covering this. MY HOT TAKES 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Come on, it's three entire syllables. You can't expect people to plough through all that."

The Canadian Medical Association is a signatory to a joint statement calling for federal disability eligibility reform and immediate fixes to the Disability Tax Credit.

Fun with slop: A quick tour of some manufactured nostalgia Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

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@heartandstroke.bsky.social et @braincanada.bsky.social appuient les bourses de fonctionnement 2027 pour les chercheurs et chercheuses stagiaires noirs et autochtones, ainsi que pour ceux et celles qui se consacrent spécifiquement à la santé cardiaque ou cérébrale des femmes. tinyurl.com/3e3yfzb4

@heartandstroke.bsky.social and @braincanada.bsky.social are thrilled to launch the 2027 Personnel Awards for qualifying Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows. Please consult the deadlines and guidelines for each: braincanada.ca/research/fun...

UBC mathematician Dr. Lior Silberman says that since OpenAI is listed as the author of 700 manuscripts released overnight, organizing references and writing clear proofs should be the authors' own inherent responsibility. @ubcmath.bsky.social eu.36kr.com/en/p/4042643...

Should you get a PhD? — Seven questions to ask yourself David Fay discusses seven questions l to ask yourself when deciding about graduate school. thenode.biologists.com/should-you-g...

Planetary health conference in the Pacific Northwest! Cascadia is back Jan 14-15, 2027 and this year it's being held in Vancouver, BC. If you're interested in attending or presenting, check out the post below. Abstract deadline: Nov 8, 2026. #PlanetaryHealth #ClimateScience

Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1. shorturl.at/p70wY

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

DHIF advances collaborative, data-driven research through a federated learning platform. Our second DHIF RFA launches November buff.ly/wjQxST6 Funded through ISED, DHDP focuses on improving health outcomes for Canadians by bringing together industry & academic experts to advance #precisionmedicine

The application deadline for Co-Produced Pathways to Impact through the Kids Brain Health Network’s Acceleration and Implementation Programs has been extended to November 23, 2026. 🔗 Explore the program details and application requirements: buff.ly/DjvgJd9

"AI can draft an essay for you, especially if you give it a high quality prompt." Really? This is what MIT thinks high schoolers should learn? MIT's "Day of AI" dayofai.org provides materials for K-12 teachers and claims to have reached over 5,000,000 students to date. 1/2

My first podcast! I joined @kayleebyers.bsky.social on Nice Genes! to talk about prime editing and treating genetic diseases. But the real star is Ty who was extraordinarily brave in becoming the first person to receive this treatment. He is the reason to listen! ⁠🎧 www.genomebc.ca/home-podcast

🧪 🧬 Back on Blue Sky and what a treat to reshare our recent episode on prime editing with @turveylab.bsky.social and what it could mean for the future of rare diseases - including for our 👀 @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @genomebc.bsky.social

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🌿 New in PLOS ONE! A review of 74 studies found promising links between outdoor risky play and children's physical, mental, social & cognitive health. Congratulations to Rachel Ramsden, Mariana Brussoni & the research team! 📖 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

We're excited to launch 'Essentials of Neuroscience', a certificate program that introduces core neuroscience concepts and their real-world applications. Attend an online info session on Oct 27 @ 12:00pm to meet the instructors. RSVP: extendedlearning.ubc.ca/courses/esse...

You can help Canadian public health officials track respiratory infection rates by signing up to be a #FluWatcher! You get an email once a week asking if you've had any symptoms like fever or cough. It takes 30 seconds, and the info you give is so valuable: cnphi.canada.ca/fluWatcher/r...

New from our group at UM and Dr. Little's group at UBCO “Why do they say manage?” A Mixed Method Exploration of Lifestyle-Driven Remission in Type 2 Diabetes in CJD www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bat boxes can help alleviate habitat loss threatening many of the troubled species in Canada as they encounter stormy weather. https://ow.ly/9Xcz51016ul

JUST IN... #Uniqlo will finally open a Downtown Vancouver flagship store. It will occupy a portion of the former Nordstrom at CF Pacific Centre mall, joining Aritzia and Simons. #vancre #retail dailyhive.com/vancouver/un...

“Nature’s survey of almost 4,000 #researchers [around the world] shows that you’re not alone if you struggle to make ends meet or your last #pay rise is a distant memory.” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Here's a graph of the online homework average (out of 1) vs. midterm exam score (out of 100) for my big class. What do you notice? Sigh. 🎢 🍎

The University of New Brunswick in Saint John is hiring an Assistant Professor in Neuroscience Closing date: 2026/11/15 CPA Career Ads and Resources page: buff.ly/qsFxTZk

‼️ SO many myths about immigrants. ⚠️ Don't believe the hateful lies (looking at you Alberta UCP 👀) Migrants use significantly less NHS care than they effectively pay for, analysis finds www.bmj.com/content/395/... "...pay 60% more towards the NHS than the cost of healthcare they use."

@arc-gov-au.bsky.social's Explore scheme will use partial randomization for #research funding decisions among meritorious proposals 🔗 theconversation.com/some-austral... Growing evidence suggests lotteries can improve fairness, reduce bias, and increase efficiency 👉 sfdora.org/national-and...

a short history of me, in crayon. 400 million years of insects, a rocket in 1947, a white-eyed fly in a milk bottle, and now every one of my neurons, mapped and running in a jar. #SciArt #SciComm #drosophila

⚠️ AI orders more medical tests. A costly pressure‼️ Comparative Cost of Care Recommended by Large Language Models versus Treating Physicians ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... "The care these [AI] systems recommended cost substantially more than physicians’ documented care..."

So happy that this work is out in the world! 🎉 Check out our latest paper, published in PNAS, showing how late-onset preeclampsia is characterised by accelerated placental aging. Many thanks to the wonderful co-authors that helped make this happen and our generous support. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

Blame government neglect for hospital wait times — not immigrants. Both Edmonton and Calgary need at least 1,000 new acute care beds. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... via @edmontonjournal.com