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Jun 27, 2022

Wellness is Political

The moment that we go deep into women’s wellness — politics, policies, and inequities enter the conversation. I originally posted “Wellness is Political” January 21, 2021 on my personal IG feed. It was four months after I’d launched Working Mom Wellness (now Stories Within Us). The podcast was part of my personal quest to determine how a mother could maintain her career while remaining mentally and physically…

Womens Rights

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Wellness is Political
Wellness is Political
Womens Rights

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Mar 10, 2022

What I’ve gotten wrong about home

During the pandemic when mobility was limited I had to redefine how I thought of home. Primarily because it was inaccurate. And secondly, because I could only sulk around the confines of the politically drawn borders of Alberta for so long — desiring to be on a plane landing in…

Canada

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What I’ve gotten wrong about home
What I’ve gotten wrong about home
Canada

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Jul 7, 2021

Women in Alberta Are Not Grateful

We are tired, burned out, and angry. Late yesterday, Alberta’s Minister of Finance, Travis Toews, announced the province is looking to roll back the wages of nurses. Yes. Nurses. Like the people who have been putting their life in danger, working around the clock during the pandemic to keep us…

Alberta

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Women in Alberta Are Not Grateful
Women in Alberta Are Not Grateful
Alberta

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Jun 29, 2021

It’s Okay to Have Silent Periods

A few months ago my 4 year old said to me the words that every mother dreads, “I can’t draw.” (Okay, maybe the words that every Mom with a background in fine arts who secretly dreams of their kids becoming artists dreads.) My 4YO was entering the stage where he…

Wellbeing

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It’s Okay to Have Silent Periods
It’s Okay to Have Silent Periods
Wellbeing

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Mar 30, 2021

A Curriculum We Cannot Teach

The New Alberta Social Studies Curriculum has a seemingly random and illogical scope and sequence of learning, developmentally inappropriate material, overt emphasis on capitalism, and is based on a scarcity model. Those are the least of our worries. Here are the things we should be deeply concerned about: 1. Revering…

Alberta

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Alberta

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Mar 4, 2021

17.5—A number every Canadian woman (and man) needs to know

The average Canadian woman works 17.5 additional hours of unpaid work related to household tasks and childrearing than the average man each week. To be clear—that’s additional hours. Every week. That’s a s***load of work. This unpaid work has significant implications on all aspects of women’s lives — our mental…

International Womens Day

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17.5—A number every Canadian woman (and man) needs to know
17.5—A number every Canadian woman (and man) needs to know
International Womens Day

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Jan 12, 2021

What I’m Taking with Me

I — like many of us — would like to leave the past year firmly behind in a drawer, never to be opened again. However, in education, we know that the most durable learning — that is, learning that is long lasting and easily applied to new situations — is…

Lisabush

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What I’m Taking with Me
What I’m Taking with Me
Lisabush

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Sep 2, 2020

Opinion: On Teaching in Alberta

the mental health challenges that aren’t being discussed — My first year of teaching in the public school system, I was 23 years old, living in the Old Fourth Ward neighbourhood of Atlanta, GA in a one bedroom apartment. I was relatively new to a city of 4.6 million people. I received a position as a middle school art…

Education

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Opinion: On Teaching in Alberta
Opinion: On Teaching in Alberta
Education

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Jun 16, 2020

White folks, we have some work to do

“The opposite of racist isn’t ‘not racist.’ It is ‘anti-racist.’… One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of ‘not racist.” Ibram X Kendi Following this past spring and the #BlackLivesMatter protests, marches, and vigils…

Anti Racism

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White folks, we have some work to do.
White folks, we have some work to do.
Anti Racism

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May 27, 2020

Open Letter to Teachers: A Parent’s Perspective of Remote Learning

Let’s talk for a moment about my daughter’s kindergarten teacher, Ms. X. No, that is not her real name, but I would like to protect her identity and “X” has a cool, mysterious sound to it. And Ms. X is very cool. She wears fun shoes and sings. During this…

Remote Learning

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Open Letter to Teachers: A Parent’s Perspective of Remote Learning
Open Letter to Teachers: A Parent’s Perspective of Remote Learning
Remote Learning

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Lisa Bush

Lisa Bush

69 Followers

Writer, educator, and storyteller. Creator of http://storieswithinus.ca

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