Christy Bloemendal

Adventurer and lover of life. Passionate about exceptional learning in schools...especially #deeperinfurtheroutHDCH #beautifulworkHDCH

[Peter D Carter @PCarterClimate]

IPCC AR6: 1.5°C 2030, 2.0°C 2047, and by 2100 3.2°C
Headed for Hell on Earth #climate #IPCC

[Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna]

I'm just sad for serious climate action in Ontario tonight. We have no time to waste. And yet here we are - more highways, more pollution, less nature, less species.

[Abdu Sharkawy @SharkawyMD]

No matter what horse you had in this race a 33% voter turnout means Ontario lost tonight. Every teacher, student, essential & front line worker lost tonight. Democracy lost tonight. Acountability & leadership lost tonight. Caring lost tonight.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

I voted.
I voted for education.
I voted for healthcare.
I voted for Science.
I voted for the environment.
I voted for children.
I voted for elders.
I voted for those who are unhoused.
I voted for equity-seeking groups.
I voted for the vulnerable.
I voted.
#OnPoli

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

Extinction due to GDP growth is now projected to be so extreme (20%-50% of species by the 2040s) scientists are calling for economic system change even as they freeze the cells of amphibians, birds, and mammals in case future generations can bring them back from annihilation.🧵

[Gator⚡Gum @gator_gum]

I would gladly pay to license my car every year to fund cancer screening bloodtests for those that needed them.

[Christy Bloemendal @Christy_Bloom]

@Whofan @Whofan thanks, right back at ya ❤️

[Christy Bloemendal @Christy_Bloom]

Feelin this today. ❤️

[Shawna Gawreluck Insert $8 here @ShawnaGofABPoli]

I made the mistake of telling my husband an early symptom of COVID is loss of smell.

He’s taken to passing gas in my vicinity & then when I react, informing me he is helpfully “performing a health check”.

He taught the children the technique.

I may divorce him.

[☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz]

The fact that scientists were right to warn for decades about a pandemic makes me wonder if they might be right about global warming too

[Canada's CPHO @CPHO_Canada]

1/2 The lesson we are learning from #COVID19 pandemic is that none of us can be safe and healthy unless we are making sure that all of us, worldwide, are safe and healthy. #OneWorld #StrongerTogether

[Michael Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈🍁 🇺🇦 (He/Him) @Mikeggibbs]

If we decided that $2000 a month is a basic requirement to live for out of work workers.

Why are we making people who are often the most vulnerable of society, and the sick and disabled, live in crushing poverty at 650-1050 a month?

[Raffi Cavoukian 🇨🇦 @Raffi_RC]

if you’re having a tough day, in that you re not alone. please remember to breathe.
🌟🌟🌟
be very gentle with yourself. give yourself the love and consideration you gladly give to others.🌷

beating the pandemic is a marathon. we pace ourselves.

#PhysicalDistancing #COVID19

[Christy Bloemendal @Christy_Bloom]

@TCTBrandy @Raffi_RC @TCTBrandy Thank you for this. 🙏

[Christy Bloemendal @Christy_Bloom]

Thanks @Raffi_RC for sharing this graphic. I found it a helpful reminder to focus on and name what I can control and let go of what I can’t. Also, your song, ‘Thanks A Lot’ has been a helpful and beautiful reminder to practice gratitude even when times are tough. #belugagrad

[Raffi Cavoukian 🇨🇦 @Raffi_RC]

life in limbo. losing track of time, days in a kind of haze. familiar social comforts gone. work and life routines halted. no end in sight. we’re in a wartime response vs a widespread, lethal enemy. #SocialDistancing #FlattenTheCurve

[Sam Sanders @samsanders]

You ever just start thinking about how dogs and babies don’t know about any of this crazy going on right now and they’re so pure and you just start crying a little bit?

[Nicola Simmons @DrNicolaSimmons]

Online rapport and community: move to the side, acknowledge discussion posts, prioritize student-student conversations. Ask open-ended questions that draw on the readings rather than close-ended questions.

[Nicola Simmons @DrNicolaSimmons]

Student emotions: acknowledge the emotional load of current times - give extensions, delete assignments where possible, be generous with support. And btw, give yourself an extension - step back and breathe.

[Christy Bloemendal @Christy_Bloom]

@Owen_Webb part deux

[Nicola Simmons @DrNicolaSimmons]

Online rapport and community: move to the side, acknowledge discussion posts, prioritize student-student conversations. Ask open-ended questions that draw on the readings rather than close-ended questions.