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andreacoutu.bsky.social
Consultant, author, MBA, serial entrepreneur, advocate, thorn in sides, media guest, parent, diverse supplier, Vancouverite returned to Vancouver Island.
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This. #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

I cried, so now y’all can too. Mr. Riddick graduated at 80 years old! It’s never too late, and this is important as I constantly doubt myself. 💙💙💙 congratulations to you sir!!!

submitted 27 days ago • 539 comments

What is the job of a school board trustee if not reading emails from interest holders and being responsive to them? One ABC trustee in @vsb39.bsky.social decided to treat advocacy emails from over 200 parents/caregivers as “spam”, and to post his grievance on X, compromising parent privacy.

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

Trustee Chien needs to apologize to parents and DPAC and learn to sincerely listen to parents who are advocating for their children's learning needs to be appropriately supported. And he needs to act on that advocacy. That is the job of a trustee. Do the job or resign #vanpoli #bced

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 52 days ago • 1660 comments

NEW - The BC Government has dropped the requirement for employers to require a sick note from a doctor. #bcpoli

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

#Nurses we have Masters and PhD programs. Happy to chat if you are interested.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

submitted 59 days ago • 523 comments

#News 📰 After more than 30 years of providing abortion and reproductive health services, the Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic in #Vancouver has announced it will close due to funding uncertainty. Vancouver Coastal Health considers consolidating the 3 clinics it currently funds under 1 provider/location.

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

Been reading a little mythology and it seems like one of the main cross-cultural themes is, “do not, under any circumstances, get on a boat.”

submitted 83 days ago • 691 comments

*sitting down* damn, Dictionary got hands

submitted 85 days ago • 379 comments

Tesla’s German sales fell 76% in February to 1,429 cars, a steeper decline than the 60% drop in January.

submitted 89 days ago • 1227 comments

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

submitted 91 days ago • 125 comments