Kiran Somjee (She/Her)

RN, BSN | Prosci® Certified Change Management Practitioner | Leading Transformative Change in Complex Health Systems | West Coast Wildflower | Brown Samosa 🌻

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

I had a student who never turned on his camera because he was experiencing homelessness.
I had another student who was sharing a two bedroom apartment with a total of 7 family members.
I had another one who was living in an unfinished basement.

So check your privilege.

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

The most important skill you’ve never been taught:

Storytelling

10 dead-simple tips to make you a better storyteller:

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

It doesn’t matter how many generations of your family are Canadians, we are all settlers.

[Sabina Vohra-Miller @SabiVM]

As a new immigrant, I went to bed hungry bc I didn’t know food banks existed. Life as a newcomer is hard, you’re trying to keep afloat.

How does one expect them to know where the vaccine clinics are, how to book appts, get time off etc when they’re just trying to survive?

[Jesse Stommel @Jessifer]

I get frustrated when I see "rigorous" and "evidence-based" applied exclusively (or even primarily) to quantitative research. Narrative research is also "rigorous." Stories are evidence. Emotions are evidence. Analysis of affective responses is evidence. History is evidence.

[Pam Roach @pamelamroach]

No, I’m not done yet, actually.

Next time you catch yourself thinking “hey Indigenous people are really underrepresented in this space” think about WHY. I look around and think how many more Indigenous people should be here. 1/4

[Lisa Richardson MD @RicharLisa]

The architectural drawings from many Indian residential schools included cemeteries.

[Jamie Thompson (she/her/elle) @JT_MD2024]

Latest project: Beaded anatomical heart 🫀 #MétisBeading

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

Saying "indian variant" is the same as "China virus". Both perpetuate hate and racism. Language matters!

[Dr. Kwame McKenzie @kwame_mckenzie]

Covid-19: time for symptoms to start = 5 days. Time for symptoms to resolve = 14 days. CDC recommended minimum isolation time to stop spread 10 days after onset. Paid sick days from Ontario = 3. Chance this will stop wave 3 = 0%. Chance low income & raciaized people suffer =100%

[BC Government News @BCGovNews]

UPDATED: Find out when it's your turn to register for your COVID-19 vaccine by following this schedule. https://t.co/RDr3YpKmrq

(1/2) #CovidBC

[Aetiologic @aetiologic]

#bcpoli #covidbc Think by analogy. When your car is going downhill in neutral you go faster each second. That is exponential growth. Apply brakes at top of the hill, not bottom. Attempting to brake at bottom of hill is so much harder, doesn't work. People will die.

[Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan]

#TransLink has set aside 10 buses for use as free shuttles to vaccination sites, specifically for elderly and individuals with mobility issues.

The buses can be deployed with 24 hours notice from health authorities. #COVID19bc #COVIDbc #bcpoli #vanpoli

https://t.co/UnrcPHnzPG

[Jordan Mah @JordanKM19]

Just wanted to share my experience

[Kiran Somjee (She/Her) @KiranSomjee]

@goodyear_trevor @UBCNursing @BCCSU @CGSHEquity Welcome!!! Similar interests and spaces 👏 Look forward to connecting!

[Dr. Nicole Kaniki @dr_kaniki]

Excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Toronto as the Director of EDI in Research and Innovation!! I guess Twitter official makes it official 🎉🍾

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Black men, I love you, and you deserve to grow old.

[Menaka Pai, MSc MD FRCPC @MPaiMD]

I’ve spent my whole life being a rules follower. Imagine my surprise when one of my tweets from earlier today turned out, at 5 pm, to be a call for civil disobedience in Ontario, where unsafe nonessential work is okay but safer outdoor socializing isn’t. 1/n

[Ian D Graham @IanDGraham1]

a teaser: “a thoughtful and pragmatic “Roadmap” to guide implementation activities from planning to sustainability.” Dr. Sharon E. Straus, Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto; Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital; Director, KT Program, St. Michael’s

[Dr. Bryan Leyva @DrBryanLeyva]

I promise I’ll be brief:

NURSES ARE NOT OUR SUBORDINATES, THEY ARE OUR COLLEAGUES.

Bye.