Chris Pugh

Policy, aging, health care, data, design.
Ex-academic. curious. queer. they/he

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

Something to keep in mind for tomorrow: Why you never 'drop' a writ. @spaikin explains on Nerds on Politics #onpoli https://t.co/8FQflkooBW

[Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging @Aging_Institute]

Are you a leader or team member in long-term care navigating the challenges of moral distress? Discover how to support mental well-being, improve retention, and drive meaningful change in your workplace.

Join @DrKateTO, Schlegel Innovation Leader in Arts and Aging, and @JaneKuepfer, Schlegel Specialist in Spirituality and Aging, as they share insights from their groundbreaking work, including the first-ever Canadian Moral Distress in Long-Term Care Think Tank:
https://t.co/9LRBk3j8A3

[Springboard Policy @SpringboardPol]

The "time tax" people pay to access public services doesn't get enough attention. Up this week: the second instalment of articles in our series on the time tax https://t.co/7QAue4EI2C

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Population distribution of the United States in units of Canadas

[Chris Pugh @chjpugh]

@irgarner Does it have tenure? It's not going anywhere if so.

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Planning fallacy - the tendency to underestimate the amount of time a future task will take - is one of the most universal & consistently demonstrated cognitive biases that people have. We all do it; here's how to avoid or reduce it https://t.co/hRnWGUuRJM Graphic: @OzolinsJanis

[Chris Pugh @chjpugh]

@irgarner My condolences?

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

For anyone who leads/facilitates workshops or planning sessions - virtual or face to face. @SessionLab has over 900 methods in its free library of facilitation techniques: https://t.co/PN251Fme1v I particularly like the section labelled "action" - tools to create better decisions

[Robert Benzie @robertbenzie]

BREAKING: Ontario will mandate vaccines for hospital and LTC workers and begin targeted #COVID19 booster shots while keeping current pandemic restrictions indefinitely, the @TorontoStar has learned.
#onpoli https://t.co/s0Yv106XEn

[Dr. Kwame McKenzie @kwame_mckenzie]

Ontario Health & Wellesley release a landmark report of disparities in covid-19 rates and impacts. Sobering reading https://t.co/1TcHQDMKpf

[Theresa Boyle @theresaboyle]

Good storytellers get better health care — but childhood trauma confuses the narrative https://t.co/epl35NXehy

[Chris Pugh @chjpugh]

@irgarner Here to say I actually don't hate Lacan. (Sorry)

[Dave Whiteside @dave__whiteside]

How many felt it was too short? 15%.

It's easy to get caught up as the "expert". But expertise is a bias and it's something you always need to test. Without the data, we likely would have doubled the length because it felt right to us, the "experts". The data told us otherwise.

[SE Research Centre @SEHCResearch]

Identified, prioritized & ranked via 1000+ survey responses, monthly steering meetings & 4 online workshops w/ 52 older adults, caregivers & health/social care providers. See Canadian’s Top 10 list of unanswered research questions on #aging & #mentalhealth
https://t.co/4v8touHMFa

[Chris Pugh @chjpugh]

@irgarner Those are not mutually exclusive.

[Ivor Tossell @ivortossell]

Vaguely mind-bending fact: Studio Ghibli originally premiered My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies as a *double feature*

[CityPlanTO @CityPlanTO]

City Planning's Right-Sizing Housing and Generational Turnover bulletin examines housing suitability and turnover in Toronto. This is one input into estimating how much housing and the types of housing Toronto needs to grow by 700K more residents by 2051. https://t.co/cyXm15SM0F

[Chris Pugh @chjpugh]

Happy Birthday, Edith! Love seeing LTC residents and families hugging. ❤️

[CBC Toronto @CBCToronto]

Many of the restrictions that have been in place throughout the pandemic for residents of Ontario long-term care homes are lifting. That means being able to see friends and family again, take day trips, and best of all: get hugs. @talricci has the story.

[Robert Benzie @robertbenzie]

NEW: @InfoFAO predicts @ONgov deficit will shrink to $11.1B by 2023-24 -- well below @OntarioPCParty government's prediction of $18.7B. That's due to expected post-pandemic economic growth. Deficit now is $33.1B
#onpoli
#COVID19

[Dave Whiteside @dave__whiteside]

Reasons your data-driven decision-making might be falling short:

1⃣ You're collecting the wrong data.
2⃣ You're collecting the right data in the wrong way.
3⃣ You're not digging deep enough into the data to identify the most effective action.

Just "having data" isn't enough.