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Looking forward to the webinar on Wednesday! I would encourage anyone even slightly interested in indoor air quality to come!! Register ASAP. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7d54c6...

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

Here’s an equation for our Minister of Education of Ontario, Jill Dunlop: Measles is airborne + Measles can linger for hours indoors + We have cases in Ontario = Reason # eleventy billion to #CleanTheAir in schools and school buses #WhyWouldntWe www.instagram.com/reel/DGlZ_5X...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

We spend 90% of time Indoors Children spend a large Proportion Of time high density schools Do not have choices In the shared air breathed Relying on leaky buildings 🪟 natural ventilatn Is Wholly INADEQUATE GOOD #Ventilation #AirFiltration Is ESSENTIAL 4 Healthy Safe Learning 🧠🫀🫁

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

SO IMPORTANT: @karinagould.bsky.social @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social and Frank Baylis

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

“Many of you know that my son is still battling complications from Long Covid. We are well into the 5th year of his decline which began when he was 10 years old” Royal Hansen. We agree, “there is more to be done” www.linkedin.com/pulse/growin... #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PatientVoices

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

ONTARIO! TIME TO VOTE! 🗳️ We STILL don’t have air quality monitoring in Ontario schools/buses. We STILL don’t have air quality measures to reduce pollutants & CO2 in Ontario schools/buses. We are STILL sick and tired. VOTE for a better future for our kids. They’re counting on us. #OnPoli #OntEd

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

🏫 All kids deserve clean air. 🧑‍🏫 All educators deserve clean air. 🧑‍💼 All school staff deserve clean air. 🚌 All bus drivers deserve clean air. It’s time to prioritize clean air in schools and on school buses in Ontario. Everyone deserves to breathe clean air. #OntEd #Vote #OnPoli #CleanTheAir

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

This is what you get on Ontario's school buses in winter: CO2 is >5000 ppm. This is objectively disgusting. 15 mins after cracking a window, the CO2 was 4000 ppm — still awful. At these levels, approx 1 in 10 breaths is 100% air that has already been in someone's lungs.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

ONTARIO! TIME TO VOTE! 🗳️ We STILL don’t have air quality monitoring in Ontario schools/buses. We STILL don’t have air quality measures to reduce pollutants & CO2 in Ontario schools/buses. We are STILL sick and tired. VOTE for a better future for our kids. They’re counting on us. #OnPoli #OntEd

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

My daughter and I spoke with @flannerydean.bsky.social about our concerns about poor air quality in schools and on school buses for her piece in @thenarwhal.ca. Such an excellent read for anyone interested in a deep dive! PS Hey @aranethome.bsky.social you're welcome for the free publicity 😉

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

A 🧵: Honoured to be interviewed, along with many others, about helping ensure the places we inhabit the most and that have the largest impact on our communities - such as schools - have the best air possible to breathe. /1

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

“Pandemic money was meant to clear the air in Ontario schools. Did it work?” By: @flannerydean.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca With comments from our wonderful OSS team: @drhanwell.bsky.social @mjnabuurs.bsky.social (And many other wonderful people) Please read, repost, and share!

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

It’s time to vote, Ontario! 🗳️ If you’re like some of our members who want to avoid the crowds at voting stations, submit an application to vote by mail-in ballot. It just takes a few clicks, ID, and you’re all set to #vote from home! #OnPoli #OntEd 🔗: votebymail.elections.on.ca

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

We’re back on the airwaves tomo, Wed Feb 5, 8pm ET w the amazing @juliadoubleday.bsky.social of thegauntlet.news! ‼️ Pls register in advance to listen live: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... ‼️ Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email w info about joining. #ReSisters #GoodTrouble

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

@osstf.bsky.social @osbcupresident.bsky.social @otffeo.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social @etfoeducators.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social Clean air is REASONABLE to expect, esp when govt officials have it where THEY work. And it helps improve several issues in our communities. #CantAffordFord

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

It’s time to vote, Ontario! 🗳️ If you’re like some of our members who want to avoid the crowds at voting stations, submit an application to vote by mail-in ballot. It just takes a few clicks, ID, and you’re all set to #vote from home! #OnPoli #OntEd 🔗: votebymail.elections.on.ca

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Only 36% of teachers in USA and 13% in Canada rate the air quality in their classrooms as good or excellent. 83% of teachers are worried that poor indoor air quality contributes to respiratory illnesses. Result of a survey of 1,212 teachers by the Fellowes company. www.asumag.com/energy/indoo...

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

🏫 All kids deserve clean air. 🧑‍🏫 All educators deserve clean air. 🧑‍💼 All school staff deserve clean air. 🚌 All bus drivers deserve clean air. It’s time to prioritize clean air in schools and on school buses in Ontario. Everyone deserves to breathe clean air. #OntEd #Vote #OnPoli #CleanTheAir

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Please join me and other concerned #Toronto residents calling for investment in clean indoor air policies - sign our letter to @mayoroliviachow.bsky.social and @cityofto.bsky.social Budget Committee! #IndoorAirQuality #IAQ #CleanAir preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

We don’t think we need to remind anyone here, but Bill 140, Improving Air Quality for Our Children Act, 2023, tabled by Ontario NDP MPP @chandrapasma.bsky.social would be a GAME CHANGER to enhancing school buildings, reducing the spread of illness, and improving academic achievement.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Great piece on the stealthy impact of long covid and its particular impact on post-secondary students. Features @ryantennant.bsky.social themanitoban.com/2025/01/the-...

submitted 38 days ago • 14 comments

Lessons from the US #3: Long COVID in Children with Dr. Lael Yonker Fireside Chat Series 📆 Wednesday 22 January at 18:00 GMT CC: .@JillDunlop1 .@ChandraPasma .@osstf .@ETFOeducators .@otffeo .@OECTAProv YouTube Live 🔗: www.youtube.com/live/ciBQiaf...

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

“Hopefully in 2025, our leaders will realize that the societal, and economic costs of not providing clean air in daycares, schools and school buses are too great for them not to act.” www.surreynowleader.com/opinion/anal...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Short 🧵: Unless C19 disappears or we develop a vax to prevent contracting it, I will never accept NACI’s categories for access to C19 vaccines. 3 reasons: 1) No one - NO one - can say with certainty how many Covid infections anyone (including me and my children) has had. /1

submitted 52 days ago • 6 comments

Who could possibly have guessed that the "kids need to get infected with pathogens" folks would be wrong and that infections with pathogens are actually bad? /s www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

submitted 55 days ago • 16 comments

TODAY is the last day to share your experiences and thoughts related to air quality in schools and on school buses in Ontario! Your stories will help people to better understand the real human toll behind the school absence data that we obtained via FOI requests. #OntEd #ONedu #OnPoli

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

📣 Last call for survey responses! We’ve received many of your stories so far - thank you! We appreciate your willingness to share your experiences with us. They’re an important piece to include with our Ontario school absence data. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Last call to add your personal stories about air quality in Ontario schools and on school buses. We'll include these with our school absence FOI data. 👀 Survey closes Jan 6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Have you completed our survey about air quality in Ontario schools and on school buses? 🚌 📚✏️ Your experiences are invaluable in telling the story of our school absence FOI data. Please complete this quick survey (~10 min.) before Jan 6! 🔗: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

Hey you! Yes, you! Have you added your personal stories about air quality in Ontario schools and on school buses to our survey? You haven’t? Well, your experiences are critical in combination with our school absence data. Please share before Jan 6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Have you filled out our survey yet? 📝👇👀

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

@onschoolsafety.bsky.social has obtained crucial FOI data re student/staff absences. Wld like to capture #Ontario fam/edu staff experiences to provide context for it. Wld greatly appreciate you completing this survey & sharing it within your friend & family groups. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

We have just received the last of the school absence FOI data we applied for this spring! 🎉 We're preparing a report of the findings and want to include stories related to #OntEd school & school bus air quality. Please share your stories (etc) by Jan 6: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

COVID-19 linked to more heart complications than flu, RSV The median age of children hospitalized with COVID-19 was 15 years. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

submitted 77 days ago • 6 comments

Amazing! 😍

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Another reminder: Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs. Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections. Respirators work better than masks. Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.

submitted 84 days ago • 23 comments

Studies describe vaccine efficacy against long COVID The risk reduction in developing long COVID was largely linked to reducing the risk of COVID infection in the first place. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Woot woot! @onschoolsafety.bsky.social 👊🏻 ca.news.yahoo.com/must-more-pr...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

In this piece, my co-authors Lyne Filiatrault, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social, Dorothy Wigmore, and I argue that the stakes are too high with #BirdFlu for those in charge to get it so terribly wrong again (like #SARS in Toronto & #COVID19). www.coastreporter.net/opinion/opin... (a few quotes next...)

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

This is a pattern that’s been recognized for some time…respiratory infections diffuse up the age gradient. Daycares and schools are amplifiers. For diseases that spread through air, a focus on ventilation and filtration in areas where kids could probably blunt this

submitted 88 days ago • 9 comments

We must protect students from Long COVID. “Without efforts to reduce students’ risk of getting sick - and to meaningfully help them when they do - we can only expect more population-level problems with well-being, ongoing health-care needs and academic succees.” theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment