Assoc Prof/MD @UAlberta. Recovering federal Medical Officer of Health. Drugs, drug policy, social justice. Bylines: @GlobeAndMail @TorontoStar @VICE @CBC et al
Edmonton, Alberta
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We spend Christmastime with the people we love most.
Like we do on birthdays.
My birthday happens to be Christmas Day.
And this one - the first without my dad - is the worst one of my life.
I feel like people on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside would understand.
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Here's a kid whose poopy diapers I changed giving a @TEDx talk.
Zidaan Virani on how the answer to the world's grown up problems might be found in baby talk research.
youtu.be/mqKccZrUQoo?si=c2RK…
Have you ever noticed how password recovery questions include "Who was your favourite schoolteacher?" but never "Who was your favourite Minister of Education?"
That thing people say when someone dies..."I wish I would have told them _____ when I had the chance"... Dr. Darren Markland would never have to say that. He took every chance to lift people up.
We'll miss him desperately, but it'll be easier, I think, if we're more like him
So ... to @hakique, @kathryndong, @ehyshka @erdance and all the unsung hero’s who fight for social equity and support of our marginalized populations and for every social worker who’s dug deep for limited resources to the benefit of our patients, I get it. 🙏🙏
So, hypothetically, would the internet be more fussed about a grainy pic of two people cheating at a Coldplay concert or HD video of a state killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians?
Hakique Virani🟠 retweeted
DON'T: use urine toxicology testing to "fire" patients or make them feel untrustworthy
DO: use it for #AprilFools gags on pre-med students
Congratulations, @WabKinew and congratulations Manitoba for choosing Reconciliation over conceal-iation.
#SearchTheLandfill
Hakique Virani🟠 retweeted
🗓️ Don't miss today's debate-style event ft. arguments in favour & against transforming the CMOH into a more independent position. Two debating teams include: @FafardPatrick, @ehyshka, @hakique, and @DrJaredWesley.
Learn more➡️bit.ly/3sG92Jt
@UAlbertaSPH @UofA_Arts
📣@FafardPatrick will be visiting @UAlbertaSPH from Sept 25-Oct 4 as a distinguished visitor. Patrick will participate in several events, including a lecture on his recently published book 'Integrating Science and Politics for Public Health.' Learn more➡️bit.ly/3sG92Jt
Hey @ViraniArif, congratulations on the cabinet thing. Listen, would you read this? Then we'll discuss it at Thanksgiving dinner. K, thanks,
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Hakique Virani🟠 retweeted
We spend Christmastime with the people we love most.
Like we do on birthdays.
My birthday happens to be Christmas Day.
And this one - the first without my dad - is the worst one of my life.
I feel like people on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside would understand.
(Story/Thread)
Hakique Virani🟠 retweeted
Excellent new op-ed by @maiasz. It’s so important to contextualize our drug crisis in economic and political histories. Read this, and everything else she writes. nytimes.com/2022/09/29/opini…
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This morning, my wife left Orlando, Florida aboard @SouthwestAir flight 1630 (MCO to PHX).
She sat behind this man. She had been attending the Grace Hopper Conference all week and was resting her head on her tray table, trying to sleep a bit.
Let me tell you what happened.
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My latest…on bereavement camps for kids. How a summer camp which helped grieving children who lost parents in 9/11 is now helping grieving children who lost a loved one to COVID. @USATODAY
Immense thank you to those who shared their stories with me.
usatoday.com/story/life/huma… – at Manhattan, NY
You'll always remember where you were and what you were doing today when you heard. If you're a Pakistani kid, you were wading through sewage thinking how nice it would be to live till the weekend, let alone age 96.
Everyone in the global North is also crying today because at least 33 million people in Pakistan remain displaced by monsoon flooding related to anthropogenic climate change, right? Right?
