Eddy Elmer 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 📸

Happy day! 👨‍🎓 My 1st 'first-authored' PhD paper has been published in Archives of Sexual Behavior. It's about #loneliness in sexual minority adults. Thx to ~8,000 ppl from 85 countries who took part in my study. More to come! (Suggest reading PDF version) doi.org/10.1007/s10508…

CORCAN is helping offenders give back and keep their communities safe by training them to be ready to fight wildfires upon their release. Learn more about the program as it enters its second year: canada.ca/en/correctiona…

As soon as I heard those engines roaring, I ran to get my Canon Rebel camera to capture the Snowbirds flying above downtown Vancouver. Thank goodness for my zoom lens!

Proud to stand with our 2SLGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and other community members as Mayor Ken Sim and Councillors read a proclamation honouring Chris Morrissey. Chris was a force for change, advancing 2SLGBTQ+ rights and well-being across the country. Her legacy is immeasurable.

Rest in peace, Theo Huxtable.

That man gave us one of the greatest scenes in the history of television. I cannot even believe this. I am over here SOBBING! Rest in poetry, Malcolm Jamal Warner. 🕊️

#VPDNews: Vancouver Police are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old boy, who died Sunday morning following a violent altercation near Robson Square. No arrests have been made, and police are asking anyone with information to come forward. “Vancouver Police investigators…

Always nice to see a beautiful water fountain that people enjoy sitting around transformed into a barren concrete surface that people pass through. Thanks to Cadillac Fairview for the vision. dailyhive.com/vancouver/wate…

’Obscene brutality’: B.C. baseball-bat killer gets life term despite constitutional ruling vancouversun.com/news/obscene-b…

The Parole Board of Canada has revoked day parole for Kelly Marie Sim, formerly known as Kelly Ellard, after determining she poses a risk to public safety due to drug use, rule violations and deteriorating behaviour while under community supervision. cheknews.ca/day-parole-rev…

‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve theconversation.com/the-customer-i… via @ConversationEDU

Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human skills that machines still struggle to copy. @AucklandUni theconversation.com/ai-is-driving-…

#NorthVan RCMP are releasing images of two suspects in an ongoing investigation into a Lower Lonsdale incident at North Van MLA’s office building If you recognize either of these suspects, call us at 236-481-9100 & quote file #25-13204. Link to release: bit.ly/4lcJGt6

Thanks to Christine Cismondo for including me in this series on isolation and #loneliness in The Catalyst by the Mental Health Commission of Canada @MHCC_. A key takeaway: loneliness is hard enough; feeling like you don’t matter makes it even harder. mentalhealthcommission.ca/catalyst/from-…

The new edition 279 of Prison Service Journal is available now! This general edition includes articles on the importance of air quality in prisons, and the experience of an art project in HMP/YOI Parc. 🔗crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-service… #prisonservice #prisonservicejournal #psj

Autism's causes are well-established. An increase in cases is due to a shifting definition rather than a surge in incidence. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/raisin…

Theories of suicide based on a medical model do not match the psychological experience of the suicidal person. Here’s why—and how health professionals and patients can work together better. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-su…

A pleasure catching up with @VancouverPD Chief Constable Steve Rai. We had a productive conversation about 2SLGBTQ+ issues and policing. Our SGD Liaison Committee looks forward to working together to advance meaningful progress. @VPDChiefRai @VPDDiversity