Pleased to have been reappointed to the U.K. Parliament’s @HumanRightsCtte as @theSNP representative & looking forward to holding the UK Govt to account over their plans to “update” the #HumanRightsAct.
The excellent @WHALE_Arts are looking for an Enterprise & Facilities Manager to join their team in #WesterHailes. The closing date is 14th February. For more details or to apply visit:
https://t.co/RA0FjrAeIl
The European flag will continue to fly at Edinburgh City Chambers despite Scotland and the UK leaving the EU, the capital’s Lord Provost has announced.
https://t.co/Oa4qcDv7QH
Irish general election exit poll - three way split - Fianna Fail, Varadkar's party Fine Gael and Sinn Fein. This is seismic result for Sinn Fein. Voting doesn't start until tomorrow (unlike UK elections its Proportional Rep and second preferences will be important)
Very proud of this @scotgov budget. Against a backdrop of Brexit & Tory austerity, we’re investing strongly in the economy, public services & tackling the climate crisis. I am also v proud of @KateForbesMSP who has stepped up in tough circumstances and shown what a talent she is.
If you have step in to deliver a £43bill national budget with almost no notice it helps if you have an impressive grasp of detail. Thank goodness then for the intelligent and fluent @KateForbesMSP - not yet thirty & the first woman to present the Scottish budget.. 🏴💪⭐️
Most newcomers to Canada are healthier than the average Canadian, but lose their immigrant advantage after 10 years. @suzanne_goopy's Cultural Mapping Tool illustrates human implications of city- planning policies. @EmpathicMaps@UCalgaryMed#ucalgary https://t.co/yxk2UvUe0M
Our single clinical case, led to safe, clean water for nearly 200k of world’s most vulnerable #refugees. #publichealth@Refugees@TheLancet@OBrien_IPH @RefugeeHealth @UCalgaryMed
Skeletal fluorosis in a resettled refugee from Kakuma refugee camp https://t.co/NrF3AiI7ID
C'mon Australia. "Off-shore refugee processing facilities" sounds like an idea out of a dystopian science fiction nightmare. Refugees are people. #RefugeesWelcome#refugees@Refugees @RefugeeHealth
“I never used the bus before,” she says. “It was too much bother getting tickets or a pass. Now I leave the car at home and take the bus to and from work. It’s so easy.” @nenshi @ucalgarynursing @yyc_another_jc @OBrien_IPH https://t.co/SvzlVE7AFB
With help from @thorpekatie I'm going to try to make a literal splash at #MiC2018 tomorrow with a session on Gehl Metrics and whimsy in the public realm. Rain or shine, pop up splash park demo at Haultain Park at 3. @beltline_pres @EWoolleyWard8
Canadians with disability often face multiple hurdles when trying to access federal disability supports. ACHRI and O'Brien Institute member Dr. Jennifer Zwicker, PhD, says accountability and measurable action is long overdue: https://t.co/pyQla5umRJ
Dr. Goopy presenting #empathicculturalmapping and what is possible when researchers collaborate with librarians at the #designinglibraries conference at the University of Calgary… https://t.co/HbV93zB0ns
This is a #PublicHealth policy win. Should celebrate. Next up: opioid crisis, diabetes epidemic, poverty, vaccinations, homelessness . . . #cdnhealth
"Canada's ban on the use of trans fats in food products is now officially in effect" https://t.co/kK2m8tPtOv
‘It is not that the Government cannot build social and affordable housing. It is that it will not. It won’t do it because it is wedded to a belief system in which a home is first and foremost a market commodity,a tradeable asset’ @fotoole #housing https://t.co/nIiFs4XWi8