Dr. Kay R

(she/her) personal account - Assistant Professor @UCalgary in the Department of Psychiatry focusing on substance use research

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

Congratulations! Very excited for you!

[Maria B. Ospina 🇨🇴🇨🇦🌎 @MariaBOspina]

🎉 Honored to be named a Canada Research Chair in Life Course Health Development! Thank you, @TIPS_SPIIE and @queensu, for the support. Excited to advance research for health equity and lifelong wellbeing! #CanadaResearchChair #LifeCourseHealth

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that
Indiana's gender affirming care ban, including an aiding and abetting provision, is likely constitutional.

It cites Dobbs 21 times.

The ruling was a divided 2-1 ruling, with the two judges being a Bush and Trump appointee.

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

wow! What a great resource!

[International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy]

“Substance use as a public health issue: A critical review of the Canadian literature, 1896–2020” by JF Crepault, B Emerson, @ehyshka, C Strike, R Room, & J Rehm (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…a critical review of over 100 years of Canadian literature!

Link: https://t.co/R9QkRdmvIP

[Amanda Smythers, PhD @AmandaLSmythers]

Reminder that science is political whether you like it or not.

Politics define how we are funded and what we are funded for. Politics define what we are able to study. Politics define who will be allowed in our labs and workplaces. Politics define with whom we can collaborate.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Remembering the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie.

Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867.

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

Our colleague Dr Kopala Sibley at the LionHeart Foundation Youth Power Hour helping a room full of people! (Thanks to @HotchkissBrain for the invite)

[mars 🪻 @zonepurified]

no matter what happens, if youre trans you have to stay alive. prove everyone wrong. you're not alone.

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

Murray Sinclair was a great Canadian, a great Manitoban, a great Anishinaabe. 

His career stands as a legacy of public service and a deep commitment to truth, fairness and dignity for all people. 

He was the first Indigenous person to be named to the Manitoba provincial court and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba. He was the first, but he will be remembered as one of the best. 

He was appointed co-commissioner of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, which laid bare systemic racism within the justice system and is considered a foundational perspective on the system’s relationship with Indigenous people. He led the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest and his report spurred systematic change in the delivery of pediatric cardiac care in our province. 

The penultimate moment of his career was his work as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. He approached a process that could have been divisive and instead transformed it into Calls to Action for the future of our country, helping all Canadians to learn to walk together into a future of respect and understanding where we live up to the phrase residential school survivors taught us – Every Child Matters. 

It will be a long time before our nation produces another person the calibre of Murray Sinclair. He showed us there is no reconciliation without truth. We should hold dear in our hearts his words that our nation is on the cusp of a great new era and we must all “dare to live greatly together.” 

On behalf of the people of Manitoba, I extend my condolences to his family and to all Canadians for the loss of Mazina Giizhik. 

A sacred fire will be open to the public on the north side of the legislative building grounds until Murray Sinclair’s funeral later this week.

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

the persistence!!

[FIFA Women's World Cup @FIFAWWC]

A historic performance from the @USYNT to secure bronze for the first time! 🥉👏

#U17WWC

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Murray Sinclair, trailblazing Anishinaabe advocate for justice, former TRC commissioner, judge, and senator, dies at 73, by @kkirkup via ⁦@globeandmail⁩ ⁦@Niigaanwewidam⁩ https://t.co/d4kzIVWF8n

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

What will this mean?

[Jeremy Appel @JeremyAppel1025]

Resolution 6, which says international and federal institutions can only operate in Alberta as long as they adhere to “provincial policies regarding provincial jurisdiction,” passes.

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

I love this post because of the way it presents the data, great way to communicate the data!

[karen ward @kwardvancouver]

components detected in 111 samples of expected Down checked in Vancouver, Sept 30 - Oct 7 2024

cc @CoreyRanger @ADrugResearcher

https://t.co/M7qXyBypxH

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

I love this visual!

[karen ward @kwardvancouver]

components detected in 111 samples of expected Down checked in Vancouver, Sept 30 - Oct 7 2024

cc @CoreyRanger @ADrugResearcher

https://t.co/M7qXyBypxH

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

Thank you @marnipanas !
I see, love, and will fight for trans people’s rights

[Marni Panas 🇨🇦 @marnipanas]

Today is going to be a difficult day for the trans, non-binary and LGBTQ2S community of Alberta in general. Legislation will be introduced today that will significantly limit youth's access to necessary medical care, impact their privacy and safey in schools, /1

[Marni Panas 🇨🇦 @marnipanas]

Today is going to be a difficult day for the trans, non-binary and LGBTQ2S community of Alberta in general. Legislation will be introduced today that will significantly limit youth's access to necessary medical care, impact their privacy and safey in schools, /1

[Alanna Smith @alanna_smithh]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduced sweeping legislation on Thursday to limit transgender rights in health care, sports and classrooms that, if passed, would be the most restrictive in Canada. #ableg #cdnpoli @globeandmail https://t.co/AqHNk77VVR

[Karla Marx @KarlaMarx1917]

Today the UCP has attacked the freedoms of gender diverse people in Alberta. Our rights have been infringed. We are now less free than our c!s counterparts. These policies will kill trans youth. Blood is on your hands Premier Smith. A 🧵 (1/12)

[CIHR @CIHR_IRSC]

The new cohort of the Health System Impact Fellowship is here! 🎉 45 talented researchers will work with 35 health organizations nationwide to drive innovation and tackle Canada's most pressing health issues.

https://t.co/1gkIfi4FAt

#CIHR_ImpactFellows

[Dr. Kay R @YogaRunWork]

@mistyfirewolf Oh, that’s tough! How often do they tour? And can you get there? It would be epic…