Mina Benson Hubbard was born today in 1870. This is her amazing story! Born on a farm near Bewdley, Ontario to Irish & English immigrants, she trained as a nurse at the Brooklyn Training School for Nurses, graduating in 1899. She then worked in a Staten Island hospital. 🧵1/5

How the CBC was formed from the CRBC, a historic thread! The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission was formed through the Canadian Broadcasting Act on May 26, 1932 by the Conservative government of R.B. Bennett. This new network was based on the CNR radio network. 🧵1/5

Today on Canadian History Ehx: Violet Henry King! Violet King was the first Black Canadian to obtain a law degree in Alberta, the first Black person admitted to the Alberta Bar & the first Black woman to become a lawyer in Canada. canadaehx.com/2023/04/18/vio…

Synapticure leading the charge in taking care of ALS patients — now even those who do not yet have symptoms. A study with no placebo. What a thing. This is incredible. 👊🏻

In case it was not clear from my tweet this morning, the IRB-approved study that Synapticure just announced today is a really big f'ing deal. Here's to a more proactive approach to presymptomatic individuals who carry a gene variant known to cause ALS. synapticure.com/blog/presympto…

In 2006, students from Xavier High School in NYC sent Kurt Vonnegut five letters asking the aging writer to visit their class. What he wrote back is one of the most inspiring things ever:

This is my synthetic voice. It means everything to me. Last year, Synapticure partnered with Team Gleason and Bridging Voice to make sure everyone has the same opportunity to create their voice. Speak on, my friends.

Loss of sense of smell and neurodegenerative diseases & a theory that something inhaled via our nose causes Alzheimer’s. Dr Noam Sobel WORG: Weizmann Olfaction Research Group on the new Huberman Lab Podcast (full episode hubermanlab.com)

It is #JewishHeritageMonth and this is the story of Bora Laskin, the 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice! Born in Fort William (Thunder Bay), ON on Oct. 5, 1912, Bora Laskin attended Osgoode Hall Law School, where he graduated near the top of his class. 🧵1/4

He was not hired by the law firms he applied to due to anti-Semitism. In order to be called to the Bar, he had to article with a lawyer who was a member of the Bar but anti-Semitism made this difficult. He finally articled with a young Jewish lawyer named Sam Gotfrid. 🧵2/4

From 1940-1965, Laskin worked at the University of Toronto. In 1965, he joined the Ontario Court of Appeal where he ruled spousal support was a right under the Divorce Act. When the Supreme Court considered the matter, they cited his ruling in their unanimous decision. 🧵3/4

On March 19, 1970, Laskin became the 1st Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. On Dec. 27, 1973, he became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He held that position until his death in 1984. Two weeks before he died, he received the Order the Canada. 🧵4/4

As population went up in the past 60 years, science ensured that food production increased at even higher rate; so the arable land use stayed same. Now, tag some naysayers!

Country singer Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night. When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said

Terry Fox died today in 1981. We often see pictures of him with cheering crowds, but here is one of him by himself on the road, running towards the Pacific in his Marathon of Hope. 📸Boris Spremo

Americans: I use miles and pounds Europeans: I use kilometres and kilograms Canadians: [snorting a line of assorted measuring systems] I'm 5'3, I weigh 150lbs, horses weigh 1000kgs, my house is an hour away and I drive 80 km/h to get there, I need a cup of flour and 1L of milk

What a beautiful thread 👇🌈♥️

This one hits home for us- our youngest played hockey against Archer last year. If you have a few moments please review the link at bottom of this thread. A simple cheek swab could be the start to helping this young man out….

BBC reporter asking what they thought was a random guy if he remembers the 1967 FA Cup match and he was actually the Liverpool goalkeeper who played in it

Rest in Peace Lord Vader