Nil Fernando

This is one of the best speeches from a political leader I’ve seen in a very, very long time. Genuine and from the heart. An amazing tribute to the late Murray Sinclair. Wab Kinew embodied the concept of putting the human back into the politician here.

@IslandersTFXC Awesome job Yasmine!

Junior Yasmine Steele on her season and going into this weekend #ShakasUp // #GoIslanders

NEW “The great Texas COVID tragedy” Many thanks for your notes, support, and expressions of interest. This was one of the saddest and most difficult articles I’ve ever needed to write ⁦@PLOS⁩ ⁦@PLOSGPH⁩ journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Hey @JustinTrudeau @s_guilbeault, the #SingleUsePlastic ban isn’t enough. Let’s #ExpandTheBan! The list is long, but here’s a start: - Takeout drink cups & lids ☕ - Single-use condiment packets 🍣 - Stand-up pouches 🍒 - Produce bags 🍌 - Shrink wrap 🥒 #PlasticFreeJuly

Why is our goal to make sure we have enough hospital beds for people who get sick from COVID?...Why isn't our goal to re-start using even the most basic of protections that we have (e.g. mask mandates) to reduce the number of people who get sick from COVID in the first place?

Retweet if you think that your government should bring back mask mandates. 😷

Do any school trustees follow my tweets? Not sure. Schools aren't safe, with ~20,000 new cases/day in ON. Our kids need PPE to keep schools open. Safety unravels fast - peer pressure and all - if masks become optional. The science IS clear. It's the politics that are f'd up.

politicians being out in #onstorm and helping people stuck in the snow is appreciated no doubt. but it's also a trap we've fallen into with individual heroics over policies in this pandemic. we will be buried in all this if we keep banking on small shovels over system reforms.

I am making public the letter I sent to @TOPublicHealth today, asking for school intervention. It's a targeted ask to recognize the risk to 1.1 million wholly unvaccinated children in Ontario next week. It's not the only need, but it's the scariest. furness.ca/schools.pdf

“Vote for us” they say, trying to convince us that theirs is the right party to lead us. To this end, each leader makes political promises. But what is the actual value of a political promise when there is little trust? #election2021 #cndpoli #Indigenous ctvnews.ca/politics/feder…

Switching to an electric car won’t save the planet

@ShantiFernando That’s why systems need to be transformed so that barriers can be removed between knowledge keepers/producers and those being led.

I wish I knew less about the political consequences of policies and that other people knew more. That would make me less worried for our future

I’m deeply interested in educational leadership practice and look forward to a series of podcasts within the Unlearning Project, which are moderated by @VidyaShah6. Check out the following link for more info: yorku.ca/edu/unleading/

Here I describe a brief overview of how the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines work. Taking a vaccine is one’s personal choice, and I hope this video can help someone make that decision rooted in science.

@cityoftoronto please stop the criminalization of homelessness and poverty!

This is one of the saddest pairs of images I have ever seen.

@PeelSchools Today is not a day to celebrate but a day to mourn the hundreds of children who lost their lives.

On Canada Day, as we celebrate, let’s take this opportunity to reflect, educate ourselves and learn more about Canada’s past history and our collective Treaty responsibilities so we all can look towards a future of reconciliation and unity. #TruthandReconciliation