New study out in CMAJ by Tara Gomes + colleagues:

In 2021, about *1 in 2 deaths amongst 20-39 year olds in Alberta were due to toxic drug poisoning.*

When I say this is generational crisis for my province, this is what I mean #ableg #cdnpoli

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Helpful.

Race day in the Netherlands this weekend. Kind reminder

Generations of Dene in Kakisa know the thunderous sound of Náįlįcho, or Lady Evelyn Falls. Right now, it's silent – unsettling Elders for whom this is home.
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What’s the album you heard at age 15 that changed your brain chemistry?

Kate Bush. Hounds of Love

Damian was my MA supervisor! He’s awesome.

Join our Human Footprint team: ow.ly/in1n50QYMB6
This remote position is for Alberta-based people that supports mapping seismic lines in the boreal forest, and evaluating vegetation regeneration in caribou habitat.
Apply by April 10 to Scott Vegter ([email protected])

wîhkwêntôwin is pronounced we-kwen-to-win. Learn more here. edmonton.ca/city_governmen…

We’re proud to announce that Oliver School has been renamed wîhkwêntôwin School. wîhkwêntôwin is a Cree word that can be translated into English as ‘circle of friends’. Learn more about the new name: epsb.ca/news/schools/c… #EPSB #yeg

I'm a guest editor of Canadian Journal of Public Health's call for papers the on public health response to the toxic drug crisis in Canada.

Read our accompanying editorial here: link.springer.com/article/10.172…, and please considering submitting your research + practice manuscripts!

Deadline: August 1.

At today’s #EPSB Board meeting, we announced the renaming of Oliver School to wîhkwêntôwin School. wîhkwêntôwin is a Cree word that can be translated into English as ‘circle of friends’.

Check out this video to hear from students at wihkwêntôwin School: youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9mBl…

Live tweeting Alberta Mental Health and Addiction Minister Dan Williams announcement on establishing the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence. 🧵

That was cool.

“These events have raised fears that the Antarctic, once thought to be too cold to experience the early impacts of global warming, is now succumbing dramatically and rapidly to the swelling levels of greenhouse gases that humans continue to pump into the atmosphere.”

Big, if true.

To what end? Who benefits? Did we really vote for this? (I know that a lot of people literally did not vote for this)

Our edited book Urban Informatics (free download Springer link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…) has been translated into Chinese. Get it here ecsponline.com/goods.php?id=2…. The world turned upside down – English edition free, Chinese quite cheap but not free as far as I can tell !

I’m writing a new book.

It’s called Is A River Alive? & it’s about the Rights of Nature & the beinghood of rivers, forests & mountains; about animism & activism — & the new-old idea that the world is far more alive than is often allowed.

More here: davidhigham.co.uk/books-dh/is-a-…