Stephanie Schwindt

So much Influenza A out there (a member of the airborne virus club), sending sick kids of all ages to emergency rooms and inpatient wards, and very sick children to our pediatric ICUs here and elsewhere. Please:*everyone* 6mo and older should get a flu shot. Mask up! @SickKidsCCM

Here is our response to the Federal Government's decision to appeal the compensation order to the Federal Court of Appeal. We will continue to work hard to end Canada's discrimination against First Nations children, youth and families. Visit fnwitness.ca for more info.

I’m fortunate to be spending the weekend with a very experienced human rights lawyer who outlined how vaccine requirements in schools and other institutions do not infringe on human rights but actually enable those who are vulnerable to participate fully/be included.

Such an important thread about something that I don’t feel is talked about enough amongst healthcare workers. Thank you to the most lovely friend and co-resident for sharing 💕

“Canadians, now is the time to act. To face this country’s ugly truth.” Another important read from @TanyaTalaga google.ca/amp/s/www.theg…

With the horrific news out of Saskatchewan, our collective call, again, is for concrete transformative action. @JustinTrudeau, if you care enough to make things right, stop your selfish jockeying for an election—which no one really wants—and do what you promised in 2018. #215+💔

The news of the Muslim family killed in London Ontario today is gutting. There is a mental health support line for Muslim youth @NaseehaHelpline. You can connect with confidential support 7 days a week from 12PM – 12AM EST. 1-866-NASEEHA (627-3342). naseeha.org/contact-us/

Where is the list of the children’s names? Why didn’t the police investigate? What in God’s name are they doing now? It’s time to bring our children home from the residential schools, by @TanyaTalaga theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeDebate #reconciliation #EveryChildMatters

I wrote about the children. Let us not assume that this is a problem of our past. It remains a crisis in the present. The same root problem of the denial of Indigenous rights perpetuates ongoing discrimination that affects Indigenous children of today. healthsci.queensu.ca/stories/blog/m…

When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was investigating, survivors I met through the Residential School Survivors Society would often say that the quoted numbers of deaths were much lower than their lived experience. We have a long way to go in understanding the truth.

There is a huge amount of collective trauma and grief today across the country due to this discovery. May the families, their nations and all survivors of residential schools be surrounded by love and support. #AllOurRelations

Israeli airstrikes wiped out Gaza's main COVID-19 testing center. Airstrikes have also hit at least 6 other hospitals and NGO trauma clinics — and others are running out of medicine due to the blockade. At least 212 Palestinians have been killed including 61 children.

“The story means everything.” Thank you Dr. Shelly Dev for inspiring @uoftmedicine class of 2021 on our last day of med school. She spoke about taking the time to look back, not just look forward. To find meaning in the journey. To think about our patients stories & also our own.

@MacklinJill @malloryyestelle I’m obsessed with this

@malloryyestelle Best thing on the internet. <3

Even if you do not live in a “hot spot” or require paid sick leave, we all will benefit from vaccine distribution to areas where the need is highest and from health policies to support essential workers. It’s not only a morally just approach. It’s also a pragmatic one.

#COVID has taken my patient. Let her story become a force for positive change. Protecting essential workers must be the immediate term priority. Mobilize and Advocate. Let your MPP know that protecting those most at risk of getting #COVID is the best way to protect us all.

I'll never understand how we were able to fast track approval for 3 vaccines to address #COVID19 in less than a year but still haven't been able to get clean drinking water to First Nations communities who have been suffering for decades.

An example of structural racism is when an institution’s anti-racism policy has to be vetted, adapted and approved by the very processes that perpetuate structural racism in the first place.

In a democratic society, we can't tolerate public health officials like @mustafahirji being subjected to racist attacks and death threats. This has to be investigated by police and condemned broadly and loudly by elected officials. #COVID #onpoli

A fourth @SEIUHealthCan member has died from infection at work. All were racialized women. We are not all in this together as long as POC women keep dying at work. Let perpetual light shine upon you, Maureen. #OnPoli #LTC #COVID19 cp24.com/news/nurse-at-…