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Public servant and historian, from Unama’ki/Cape Breton.https://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3mtltdhzdrc2gFrom @geoffreyyork.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-as-congos-ebola-outbreak-worsens-ottawa-faces-calls-for-more-help/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links21 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtltdhzdrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3mrsyc3oefk2dThere’s reasons why donating blood makes great mom me-time: 1) Snacks without being asked to share by small scavengers. 2) Quiet time to read a book. 3) Everyone makes you feel like a hero for doing things like sitting down and “having nice veins.” #CanadasLifeline #GiveBlood29 Jul 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsyc3oefk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3mp4fujpsqs2dHealth care workers and the ‘third wave’ of occupational health https://activehistory.ca/blog/2026/06/25/health-care-workers-and-the-third-wave-of-occupational-health/25 Jun 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4fujpsqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3monp5y5fhs2wGood nugget of international history from today's @activehist.bsky.social Fighting Fires: Quebec Separatism in Canada - Chile Relations, 1968 https://activehistory.ca/blog/2026/06/19/fighting-fires-quebec-separatism-in-canada-chile-relations-1968/19 Jun 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3monp5y5fhs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3mjmopaccss2x“No random historical exercise:” The Implications of Coupal v. Leroux https://activehistory.ca/blog/2026/04/13/no-random-historical-exercise-the-implications-of-coupal-v-leroux/16 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmopaccss2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3mbonhw3xrc2cHouse Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. https://open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/p/house-republicans-buried-the-jack?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email05 Jan 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbonhw3xrc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3m7kysjdsh22bPredictably, we'll find our morality after the people have died, when it's cheaper. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-as-foreign-funds-dry-up-so-do-south-sudans-hopes-of-stopping-hunger/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links09 Dec 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kysjdsh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lu3em5vgws2qFrom @acoyne.bsky.social "There is no “win-win,” as in most negotiations. There is only a problem to be managed, a matter of stalling for time and presenting as small a target as possible, until Mr. Trump grows too old or enfeebled to menace us further." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-mark-carney-donald-trump-tariff-negotiations/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links16 Jul 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3em5vgws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lshf3njkj22a@halifaxexaminer.ca Route #4 to Lacewood earlier today. #ExaminerBus25 Jun 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshf3njkj22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lrg4tfwcjc2uThanks for this response to my previous @activehist.bsky.social post from Jody Mason. I appreciated learning more about the connections between critiques of development and Indigenous activism in Canada. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrg4tfwcjc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lm7ymoefik24Let’s be proudly Canadian…by mimicking Trump’s worst and most inhumane foreign policy measures? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7ymoefik24https://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lkdn4x7sv22rI once had the opportunity to look through health statistics of Nova Scotia prior to the adoption of the measles vaccine and let me tell you, it was bleak. If you’re not sure if your child completed their series, call your doctor. If you’re travelling, call public health - you may need to get one.14 Mar 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdn4x7sv22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3ljibynd6rs2x@greatesttrek.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljibynd6rs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lj3os6ydtk2jSome thoughts on USAID I felt compelled to share - thanks @activehist.bsky.social for the opportunity https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/02/26/the-end-of-usaid-in-historical-perspective/26 Feb 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3os6ydtk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillcm.bsky.social/post/3lhji7dlv3c2jMy Father Was a Conservative Evangelical Pastor. Then I Came Out. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/05/opinion/coming-out-evangelical-pastor.html?rsrc=flt&smid=bs-share06 Feb 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:smdlukl5qa2ng7d3kaf4asqf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhji7dlv3c2j