Nicole Wyatt, PhD 🇨🇦

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philosopher of logic and language / associate prof at UCalgary Philosophy / priestess of pluralisms. she/her

Chart showing the following increases in Churchill High’s funding if AB matched other jurisdictions. If we matched Saskatchewan they would get $4,325,375 additional spending, of which $2,162,003 would be available for staffing, resulting in 30.29 additional teachers. Matching the national average gives: $5,528,050 new spending, $2,769,553 for staffing, 38.81 new teachers. Matching Manitoba gives $6,434,825 new spending, $3,3223,847 for staffing, 45.17 new teachers.
Image of Trump and Zelensky in the White House with Trump labelled “Danielle Smith” and “Just say thank you” and Zelensky labelled “Jasper” under the CTV headline “Alberta Premier Smith demands apology from fire-stricken town of Jasper”.
Quoted text: But don’t think for a second that all that’s been lost is money. A whole pile of invaluable trust just went up in smoke as well. In the last few weeks, we have told our closest friends in the world — countries that stood shoulder to shoulder with us after Sept. 11, in Iraq and in Afghanistan — that none of them were any different from China or Russia. They were all going to get tariffed under the same formula — no friends-and-family discounts allowed. Do you think these former close U.S. allies are ever going to trust getting into a trench with this administration again?
"What could be more poetic, really? To grieve we have to remap the whole world." Sarah Stein Lubrano in her essay Grief, the Endless Remapping of the Brain.
Medium sized brown dog standing on snow covered pedestrian bridge. There is a treed area in the background. Behind the trees is a foggy snowy sky with the outlines of skyscrapers peeking through.
Frame from the Watchman comic book showing a human circulatory system walking through a commercial kitchen. Employees in the kitchen are reacting in horror. The text in the frame reads "It's November 10th now. There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen."