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@Keira_Gunn_YYC

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NDP candidate for Calgary Confederation -- PhD in Pure Mathematics -- Labour pro and activist -- mediocre hockey goalie and excellent cat parent

Calgary, Alberta
Joined September 2021
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
1 month
How the University of Calgary administration responds to a peaceful protest. Regardless of your stance on the issue, this is wrong.
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And this is how it ends. The use of violence against peacefully protesting students and faculty is morally reprehensible. Shame on you @UCalgary
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1 month
Students are literally running away as cops continue to toss explosives at them #abpoli #yyc #uofc #FreePalestine
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@JordanSteinAB @kaidonblake Best of luck! I've given all I could but am quite far back. You would be an excellent representative for the people of Calgary Forest Lawn.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 months
Out in my 'hood today talking to my neighbours about cool things like dental care! #ndpdental
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
14 days
No better way to end the Edmonton #abresistance protest than a quick check-in with @JanisIrwin .
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1 month
@amandalhu @UCalgary Oof... not intentional. I wonder if that banner will still be up tomorrow
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
24 days
Now that it's officially accepted, I can reveal that Murray wrote most of my dissertation. No take-backsies.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
30 days
@UCalgary has just released a statement indicating that the arrival of counter-protestors necessitated their excessive force and that no-one was injured. There were no counter-protestors and students left in ambulances.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
25 days
Today I submitted the final version of my dissertation. Instead of the celebratory bike ride I was about to go on, I discovered the main pipe in my house backed up and had to deal with that all night.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
With a brand new Twitter account, it's only fitting my first tweet is a photo of my brand new kittens.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
29 days
Props to @shoffmanAB and @gilmcgowan for asking the tough questions at today's debate. Politicians can and will make mistakes, but we need to hold them accountable if we're going to do better.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 months
Wednesday i successfully defended my PhD dissertation. Today i got a little bit too much sun (and a surprise welcome to a bachelorette party) while door-knocking. Tomorrow I'll be diving into that federal budget.
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Keira Gunn
28 days
Was hoping to catch the aurora tonight but am instead reminded of the fires up north and that once again people are being forced from their homes because of the effects of climate change.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
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26 days
Refusing to be a part of hypocrisy: this is what integrity looks like.
@ProgressAlberta
The Progress Report
26 days
Natalie Loveless, the associate dean of equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Alberta, has resigned from that position over the violent sweep by police of a peaceful anti-genocide protest in the U of A quad.
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23 days
Today i had the privilege of passing this beauty on my way back from Edmonton. These folks are "axing their tax" by parking their cars for a month and reducing their carbon footprint. Making greener choices, exactly as intended by the carbon tax!
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Keira Gunn
1 month
This is my friend Hunter, one of UofC Grad Student Association's newest exec at an ANDP presser and he's absolutely right! Recent (overdue) federal increases to research funding should absolutely not be hindered by political ideology.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 months
At Max Bell watching Ukraine vs Alberta U18. Ukraine came out strong but Alberta's hanging on!
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1 month
I've driven from Calgary to Vancouver about thirty times, but never stopped at the "Last Spike". It's fitting I'd finally do so today on #MayDay . Never forget the (mostly immigrant) workers who were sacrificed to build the railway that brought our country together.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
25 days
So good to see! Let's get more of this in Canada.
@SBWorkersUnited
Starbucks Workers United
25 days
NEW: Tonight, 5 Starbucks stores across the country held union elections - & ALL 5 voted YES to UNIONIZE!🤩🎉 ✊Salem, OR (Lancaster & Silverton) ✊Chanhassen, MN (Dakota Ave II) ✊Stratham, NH (Portsmouth Ave) ✊Tampa, FL (Dale Mabry & Linebaugh) ✊Davenport, IA (53rd & Elmore)
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9 days
Spring is happening, and I found a tree resilient enough to survive me!
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Keira Gunn
1 month
Today is the National Day of Mourning. I attended the commemoration in downtown Calgary and was hit pretty hard to learn of a 17 year old dying from a workplace accident this past year. Work shouldn't be life and work shouldn't take life. More unions.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
20 days
at the Latino drag show at @TwistedElement with my beautiful girlfriend. Put on by Colores del Alma Calgary.
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Keira Gunn
19 days
To avoid choosing sides on this contentious topic, we're wearing my vancouver women's team jersey with colours slightly stolen from the oilers and a logo totally stolen from the Hamilton Ticats.
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Keira Gunn
24 days
Danielle Smith canceled her mixer at UofC!? Out of fear of protesters or was her speech pre-emptively stolen by Harrison Butker?
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
23 days
They're particularly brave because their illegal encampment will be swarmed by 60+ riot police with batons, rubber bullets, and tear gas AT ANY MOMENT. Right?...
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
10 months
@AndieYEG @campusfoodbank Same at UofC. Mostly grad students and international students. Grad school is a ticket to poverty for all but a privileged few.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 years
Please look to the USA right now if you're even considering electing another conservative government in Alberta or Canada. We can't let that be our future.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
It's great to see the immediate uptick in vaccinations in Alberta from the "not a passport", but it would be naive to think anyone at yesterday's protest isn't going to just forge this thing.
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Keira Gunn
3 years
I have nothing to say about Alberta these days that I feel good about, so here's two kittens getting along.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
30 days
@5RandomName5 In the late afternoon, it was nearly entirely UofC kids hanging out in tents and basically having a picnic. I can't say if that changed by the time the police arrived, but the cops were already waiting in McMahon to deploy before I left so I doubt it mattered.
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Keira Gunn
27 days
Sad to see @gilmcgowan leave the race but hopefully his message sticks: you can't win without the workers.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
28 days
@RodKahx There is an illegal encampment up just outside of Calgary literally right now. This isn't a "we learned our lesson" thing, this is selective policing.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
Today's canvassing ended with a daiquiri on a friendly conservative's porch. There's hope for humanity yet!
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
Reflecting on a month of absolute mayhem in my life. Congratulations to @jasrajshallan and best of luck to @JordanSteinAB in the future!
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
I haven't had many breaks lately, but today I took one to plant a tree. :D I'm sure it's painfully obvious this is my first time.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
I was asked this morning about the possibility of coal mining in Alberta. I want to clarify that at a federal level the NDP supports the environmental impact assessment standards that prevented Grassy Mountain from going forward
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Keira Gunn
1 month
Hockey Take: There are no winners in a Boston-Toronto game 7, except for maybe whichever team plays them next after what is hopefully 7 periods of overtime.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@natalieg6 @theJagmeetSingh Health care should not be tied to employment FullStop. It makes upwards mobility (which can often only be achieved by changing employer) less accessible for those who can't afford to lose their benefits for three months.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
1 year
One day after the election and the first headline I hear on the radio is that O&G industry has uncertainty about carbon capture investment based on the results. Uncertainty in O&G is good for our economy now, right guys?
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@JordanSteinAB I'd love to! Send me a DM and we'll figure it out. :D
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
20 days
What's his stance on lactose free ice cream? I think some amount of science is involved, so probably not good.
@Nantanreikan
Doug Aoki
21 days
Yet another Conservative MP ranting about a critical issue facing Canada today.
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Keira Gunn
29 days
@TheBlueGem3 Question: who owns "public" universities in this province? When the police tell protesters a university campus is private property, to whom are they referring?
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
19 days
I am and always have been an Oilers fan.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 months
Passing some time playing phone games and got an ad about the CPP being one of the world's top performing portfolios. I wonder if that's only making the rotations in alberta?
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 years
@SeanDunn10 @nhungtrandavies Doing a PhD in math. Never memorized my time tables. It's not that important.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
I saw a bunch of trashed Liberal signs the other day. This is incredibly disappointing. No matter your political views, at least show a minimal respect for democracy.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
23 days
@TheBreakdownAB Maybe they should just, like, take a step back and realize that eating elephants is kind of messed up.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
Swapping Copping and Shandro right now is like switching goalies when you're down 8-0.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
20 days
Maybe I just can't have nice things! 2 week old truck (after a 10 month wait) and my bumper gets bumped.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@melwillerth I've never done it but I'm told it's an amazing workout!
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
29 days
@dbmartell74 @UCalgary In the last five years between playing with an indigenous hockey team and supporting international student workers at UofC i have had my eyes completely opened. This country needs to do better.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
4 months
Calgary, you're beautiful today. I'm proud of you.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
28 days
@nickelodeon58 A better comparison would be the axe-the-tax protesters set up illegally just outside the city right now. They annoy me, but I'm not screaming for them to come down or hoping they get brutalized by police.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 months
ANDP leadership candidate @shoffmanAB joined us today as well! Health, Climate, Housing, and staying true to our party roots! #ndpdental
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 years
@LRCgsaCalgary @GSACalgary @UlethGsa @ualbertaGSA Bill 17 has some good things in it, but it takes away our constitutional right (according to a 2015 Supreme Court decision) to join a union of our choosing.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@paulisci I support this event.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
Today, I have managed to bail over the handlebars of my bike not once but TWICE. Fix that tire and get back out there. No pothole will stop me!
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
4 months
When Canada used to build homes in line with population growth, we federally supported social and co-operating housing to keep prices down. But hey, we should try aggressively incentivizing the same strategies we've used for the last forty years and see if that works!
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
4 months
@AndieYEG The math department is the first place i'd go. :(
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
9 days
@MattWatterworth The cuteness of your dog was a constant conversation topic for the rest of the night.
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Keira Gunn
1 month
@inyyc @CalgaryPolice Protect and serve private property? I think you said the quiet part out loud.
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@jkenney Is this really equating environmental initiatives to "misinformation campaigns"? Really?
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
2 months
@shiels_aaron @NDP Dental care should have always been a part of universal health care. Full coverage is the end goal, but it will take more good folks in Ottawa!
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
3 years
@TanyaHK_Ndp @jasrajshallan @JordanSteinAB It was pretty rad! After this experience, I think I've got enough grey hair that people stop thinking I'm a teenager. :D
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
10 months
@GLUCalgary Props to the chef! Nice dogs, Hunter
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@Keira_Gunn_YYC
Keira Gunn
27 days
@Brian_T_Gilbert All STEM faculties across the country started up EDI committees like two years ago. We already solved all equity problems so have no idea what's going on!
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2 months
@TrishEstabrooks Looking good up in Edmonton!
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