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@gavatron You make me laugh Gavan! Hope all is well. 😊

First Turkey Vultures of the year! (March Break was their projected arrival week when I was growing up—so they are right on time)

@wrightetal Yes Alan she was one of a kind. Don Cartwright another wonderful 3M died last too.

@dl_dawson Thank you, Debra. I met Pat in Halifax when she was a Math Educator at York and I ran the teaching centre at Dalhousie in the 1990s. Took her on a little tour of Nova Scotia...happy times.

Rest in peace dear colleague and friend Pat Rogers. Here is Pat (blue t-shirt) with 3 other former STLHE Presidents: Joy, Julia, and Chris. The occasion was hosting the Conference at UWindsor.

@DrPatMaher @banffcentre @STLHESAPES @CouncilFellows Gorgeous picture Pat, I miss being there-sure you had a fabulous time!

One last beautiful photo from Banff @banffcentre - before our banquet celebration and before my 3am wake up. Drives and flights were smooth, and I did make it home in time for Cowboy Junkies in the evening! @STLHESAPES @CouncilFellows

@DrPatMaher Wow Pat, congratulations! The fellowship looks very exciting- I’m delighted for you. What an honour!

So excited to be one of the first Grímsson Fellows! Thank you for the recognition of my work and its potential.

@_Arctic_Circle @ORGrimsson @kerecis @uwiceland @Haskolinn_Ak @Haskoli_Islands @Dina78N @gustavegrid @AnnaJ_Davis @DrPatMaher Wow Pat! Congratulations! The fellowship looks very exciting and I’m delighted for you!

📣 The First Grímsson Fellows 📣 ➡️ Created by the new Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Centre ➡️ 251 applications from around 60 countries! See Fellows and projects: arcticcircle.org/grimsson-fello…

@gavatron You all look so happy and the boys have grown up so much! Lovely photo❤️

Its a rare photographic record of the four of us together (I’m so often the photographer!). Happy to be joining family in the celebration of David and Kelly’s wedding this afternoon.

@DrPatMaher Thinking of you my friend ! ❤️

Hooray for university re-structuring - one day you’re praised for winning a global award, the next you’re pushed under the bus 🤬.

@DrPatMaher @NU_TeachingHub @torgo23 @TheKyleCharron @sarah_driessens @heathercurrll BravoPat! Congratulations!!

Hooray - we won! Fantastic recognition of the hard work put in by members of the @NU_TeachingHub team: @torgo23 @TheKyleCharron @sarah_driessens @heathercurrll and others. anthology.com/news/anthology…

Introducing the 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award Winners Congratulations to these incredible teachers! Thank you for all the work you do on enhancing higher education in Canada! macleans.ca/education/teac…

@gavatron @CITL_MemorialU Which house did you buy? Looking forward to having you back in the province.

Today marks 3-work-weeks left in the @CITL_MemorialU office before leave and the move to Ontario… #WatsonsMoveWest

@gavatron @queensu Gavan, Congratulations on your appointment to Queens! Very excited to have you back in Ontario.

@gavatron @AirCanada Totally get what you did. Flew on Swoop to Halifax recently- way home the flight cancelled with new flight in FOUR days. Cancelled that flight and booked Flair home- flight canceled two more times before we made it home without our suitcase. It arrived 10 days later. Sigh!

@DrJRiddell Lovely photo of you @shannonkmurray

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes”. Day 2 of the Wyrd sister writing retreat (in Stratford, Ontario) where we are brewing up a new book on Wyrd thinking for wicked problems. “Wyrdos” work on edges to imagine the possible to build hope circuits

It was fabulous to see Dr. Joy Mighty (alias the mighty Joy) receive the 2020 Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award at ⁦@STLHE_SAPES⁩ 2022 conference. Joy’s leadership of STLHE was instrumental in making the society a leader in higher education in Canada. Bravo!

Delighted to celebrate ⁦@shannonkmurray⁩ receiving the 2022 Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award. Her kindness and mentorship are extraordinary and known throughout the ⁦@STLHESAPES⁩ community! Bravo Shannon!

Fascinating podcasts by the 2021 3M National Teaching Fellows-thanks to the support of @3MCanada and @STLHESAPES open.spotify.com/episode/1pAUYq…

@DrPatMaher @STLHESAPES Yes thank you @STLHESAPES for reinvigorating my love of teaching and learning! Fabulous conference with a great keynote on the university of Hope by @DrJRiddell! See you in the fall @DrPatMaher !

Wow - what a week! Thanks @STLHESAPES for my first conference experience in over 2 years. It felt safe, there was lots to celebrate; so many people to re-connect with, so many new people to meet (including those I'd known only virtually for years), so little time.

Can’t wait to get to know these outstanding educational leaders and teachers better when I meet with them at the summit in Banff this fall. Higher education in Canada is in good hands!

Fabulous work by the 2020 3M NTF cohort. The fellowship truly makes a difference to higher education in Canada.