Chris Pugh

Something to keep in mind for tomorrow: Why you never 'drop' a writ. @spaikin explains on Nerds on Politics #onpoli youtube.com/watch?v=cdyQJt…

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: the-ria.ca/events/navigat…

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 springboardpolicy.com/time-tax

Population distribution of the United States in units of Canadas

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

Academic memes that should die, #1: "It's only X if it comes from the X region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling Y." It was briefly amusing the first time, but please make it end now.

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 developgoodhabits.com/planning-falla… Graphic: @OzolinsJanis

@irgarner My condolences?

Once again I find myself Googling what "hermeneutics" means.

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: sessionlab.com/library?utm_so… I particularly like the section labelled "action" - tools to create better decisions

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 thestar.com/politics/provi…

Ontario Health & Wellesley release a landmark report of disparities in covid-19 rates and impacts. Sobering reading ontariohealth.ca/sites/ontarioh…

Good storytellers get better health care — but childhood trauma confuses the narrative bit.ly/3dMlWeG

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

I’ve been waiting 15 years for the moment I’ll get the literary theoryheads. But, sorry, I don’t think it’s happening. No Foucault or Lacan for me.

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.

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 research.sehc.com/getattachment/…

@irgarner Those are not mutually exclusive.

Crime & Punishment: literary masterpiece or sucky psychobabble?

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

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. toronto.ca/city-governmen…

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

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

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.