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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁

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Science, public conversations on cancer, community engagement, news & flower pics I don't engage with folks who troll/insult Opinions mine. RTs-likes-mentions not endorsements No DMs Prof. at Memorial University, NL, Canada https://strength-in-community.ca

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you Government of Canada, Immigration and Citizenship for this wonderful opportunity & recognition ❤️

Thanks Tracy Slaney, Mike Kehoe, and Dr. Teri Stuckless and many more folks who have worked with me, listened to me, and talked to me

#NewfoundlandAndLabrador

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St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador - Fighting for better cancer care

After facing personal loss, Dr. Sevtap Savas set out to change how we care for people living with cancer. Her work is helping to build lasting support networks for patients, families and communities a...

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 14h

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025
SEVERE: NL, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 8.9
Alberta: HIGH - 7.0
British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 14.9
New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.3
Newfoundland & Labrador: SEVERE - 17.0
North: VERY HIGH - 12.3
Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 16.3
Ontario: HIGH - 7.5
Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 11.8
Quebec: HIGH - 10.0
Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.0

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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Tony Wakeham Forms Next PC Majority Government

The Newfoundland and Labrador political map has been painted Tory blue in one of the most stunning political u...

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Mike-ghoul Half-man @michaelhoffman.bsky.social · 18h

FC: Let us be people of action and great science. That will bring hope to our world. #ASHG25

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 18h

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 18h

#sevsteps for today 💕😊💕

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 19h

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 19h

Hope today is a good day for #NewfoundlandAndLabrador 💕🌺🌻🌸

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merschrod (she/they) @merschrod.bsky.social · 1d

I voted!

Photo of a person wearing glasses, a fast covering, and a toque against a background of brown siding. There are two yellow circles on either side with black arrows. The circles say "VOTE" and "Elections NL" on them.

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 1d

yes!!!❤️

Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 1d

Voted!

Make your wishes count❤️

#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #ElectionDay

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 1d

#sevsteps for today 😊🥰

Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 1d

No that is fine 💕 I received your DM we should definitely meet 🥰

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Womanatmile0 @womanatmile0.bsky.social · 1d

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The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, landmark report finds — CNN

The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to ...

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 1d

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 1d

Giving thanks to the nature 💕🌺😊🌻🌸

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 2d

work done, going for fresh air ❤️

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 2d

thank you Vicky! Hope you are having a lovely long weekend ❤️

Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 2d

I have done a lot of presentations as a scientist

but I will present AS AN ADVOCATE for the 1st time in the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance Conference, Nov

Here is a snap shot of my talk

Thanks D. for asking me to advocate for young folks affected by cancer years ago❤️

#NewfoundlandAndLabrador

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 2d

thank you so much! Hope you are having a lovely day too ❤️

Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 2d

you too Tanya ❤️

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 2d

Public grocery stores won’t satisfy the hunger for lower food prices

Mamdani’s fix is a distraction that won’t solve the serious issue of grocery affordability

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages.

The Israeli military says it has taken custody of them and will transport them onward to Israel. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel says Hamas hands over first 7 hostages to Red Cross as part of Gaza ceasefire

The key exchange follows a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. U.S. President Donald Trump was also arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal and postwar plans.

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