I was just describing this phenomenon to a journalist yesterday.

For me, we've focused too much on trying to get ppl information abt COVID when it's clear that many struggle w how to make sense of or interpret information accurately once it reaches them.

https://twitter.com/drseanmullen/status/1892570473218850975

This comes back to how we think of 'knowledge mobilization'—is it merely the circulation of information or does it not also entail circulating how to make sense of information?

“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information." - Paolo Friere

I created this Long COVID game for my classes (reproduced here in a Twitter thread). I found it incredibly effective at illustrating the cumulative risk of Long COVID.

I then provided every student with an N95 respirator. All my students now mask, >90% with an N95.

https://twitter.com/stevemwilcox/status/1746193597941092831

Tagging some folks who might find this exercise useful in their own classes or in their public health messaging:
@amandalhu @dupuisj @shoshanahjacobs @DrDanielGillis @BarryHunt008 @DcrInYYC @SFdirewolf

🎲Let's play a game: The Haunted Woods🎲

In a far away land, there is a small village surrounded by a foreboding forest known as The Haunted Woods. All who pass through here are cursed, but pass through it they must... On the other side lies The Scared Well and the water that the villagers rely on. But with each pilgrimage, there comes a price. In time the curse will fade into nothing, but some are not so fortunate…

It is time to make the pilgrimage.

Roll 🎲 google.com/search?q=rando…

1/ This article—"Why Canadians need to wake up about populism"—written by two public policy experts, provides interesting insight into the rise of populism in Canada (i.e. 'For the People' pledges that is anything but). thestar.com/opinion/contri… 2/ They point to Leitch & Kouvalis' 'Canadian values' rhetoric as one of the early indications of Conservatives testing the populist waters. We've since seen a populist elected in Ontario who uses 'taking care of our own' rhetoric re: immigration ipolitics.ca/2018/05/11/im-…

So, Laurier is set to host another speaker who espouses bigoted views, this time a prof who believes that cultural genocide is "essential to human survival" (Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry 25). I want to talk about the questions this raises & Laurier's repsonse First off, the speaker last published on the subject of indigenous people in Canada in her co-authored 2008 book "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry." Here's a summary of the implicit & explicit racism that undergirds the text (from Leanne Simpson's review of the book in question)

Thread: Laurier has released a draft of their Freedom of Expression statement and it's disappointing, to say the least. You can read the full draft statement here: wlu.ca/about/values-v… FYI: the purpose of this statement is to clarify where the university stands on issues of academic freedom & freedom of expression; it will provide guidance on how the university responds in the future to a range of issues, incl. the promotion of hate & bigotry on campus

Thread: Yesterday I followed through on an invitation from Laurier's president and sat down w Dr. MacLatchy & Dr. Gordon (VP Research/Chair of the Task Force on Freedom of Expression), to discuss concerns I've raised w Laurier hosting a white supremacist. Here are my thoughts: Firstly, I can only speak for myself & in no way should this be read as official positions from others in attendance. Furthermore, w/e position the university pursues will be subject to a senate vote & so neither attendee had the authority to speak to what can/is likely to happen