food security, living wages, public healthcare, public education, poverty reduction, women's & worker's rights, nature, science. she/her
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Joined March 2011
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I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People
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Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
Alberta's 2026 living wage rates are here!
New calculations for 20 communities range from $18.05/hr in Medicine Hat to $27.45/hr in Banff.
Every rate exceeds Alberta's $15 minimum wage.
Explore the results:
🔗 livingwagealberta.ca/reports
🔗 livingwagealberta.ca/what-is…
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A new species of Cretaceous-era dragonfly was recently discovered in Dinosaur Park by Medicine Hat’s own Andre Mueller and team. medicinehatnews.com/news/loc… #MedHat #AbSci #Palaeontology #science #SciChat
Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
🚨"Allowing Bill 55 to pass would queue things up for the government to very quickly turn over our public hospital infrastructure to be operated by private, for-profit interests”: FOM's ED, Chris Gallaway.
This is beyond concerning.
Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/bill55… – at Alberta, Canada
ALT Blue filtered photo looking upward and diagonal at a wing of the Alberta Legislature. Overlaid text reads: "Our Public Hospitals are at Risk if Bill 55 is Allowed to Pass. Read FOM's release: friendsofmedicare.org"
This city has a blueprint for economic resilience. #medhat #medicinehat #yxh
The Breakdown | Understanding Alberta in this election | CBC.ca cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6…
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Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
Private surgical facilities in Alberta are starving the public system of staff and funding to perform priority procedures, according to a new report that concludes the province has yet to increase surgical capacity or reduce wait times as pledged. #ableg theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
If you see you stuff online that you think is bot or election interference, you can take a screenshot and send it to the electiontipline.ca
Source: Canadian Digital Media Research Network search.app/KTAaWLybcUzSM4…
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🚨 Canada’s National School Food Program officially launched! 🎉🍎🇨🇦
All #provinces and #territories have signed agreements to be part of this initiative, ensuring that #children and #youth in #Canada have access to #healthy, #nutritious meals at school—because no child or youth should have had to learn on an empty stomach.
With the upcoming federal election, it’s more important than ever to support policies that prioritize students' #health and #wellbeing. 🗳️
Our very own Debbie Field, National Coordinator, published an official statement!
In this blog post, she explains what this means for future generations of Canadians and our next steps in the upcoming months!
Read more about this game-changing program here: 👇
🔗 bit.ly/4iLRWyO
#cdnpoli #health #schoolfood #Canada #families #parents #children #youth #HealthySchoolFood #NutritionMatters #Cana
Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
Liberals to expand access to dental-care program ahead of expected election theglobeandmail.com/politics…
My expectation is that every Canadian politician, from every party and level of government, will set aside partisanship and pull in the same direction. 🇨🇦
Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
The number of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills:
Canada - 0
Australia- 0
France - 0
Sweden - 0
Norway - 0
Spain - 0
Denmark - 0
Portugal - 0
UK - 0
Japan - 0
Finland - 0
Iceland - 0
Germany - 0
United States - 326,000
Nobody wants to be the 51st state.
Today is both #CdnAgDay and #WomenInScience Day, a celebration of two things close to my heart, and major contributors to our economy and society!
Alison Van Dyke 🇨🇦 retweeted
One year ago my husband, a Canadian board certified ENT surgeon, and I left Alberta. He was the successful candidate for a job in Edmonton in his specialty, but his contract was never sent. After a year of investigating, here is part one of what happened
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Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere — and why did we stop?
It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) 🧵
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PROMOTIONS: It's time for Give 'em a Home. Here are a couple of cute bunnies that are ready for adoption with Bunny Run Rabbit Rescue. Get in touch with them today to find out how you can adopt yourself an amazing pet! #medhat #adoptapet #bunnyrunrabbitrescue
I imagine that diabetics and women of child-bearing age might have a few thoughts about this.
Alberta intends to opt out of national pharmacare plan | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10316372/… #ableg #abhealth
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My heart is breaking for my friends, and all Alberta parents, who have been working so hard to protect the lives and the rights of their trans children, only to have them stripped away today. I see you and I support the rights of your children.
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There's no such thing as 'parents' rights' | rabble.ca rabble.ca/columnists/parents…
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