Personal website of

MATTHEW GUY

Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

British born man in his 50’s living in Nova Scotia, Canada and working in post-secondary education, trying to live my life guided by my progressive values. More information on my about and now pages.

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    DeGoogle my life
    With the disgusting comments about Canada from the US President plus a general dissatisfaction with the behaviour of the large tech companies in the states I have decided to continue my efforts to move away from these services. Google, Meta and a number of others have decided to side with extreme right… Continue reading DeGoogle my life
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    Because we’re Canadian 🇨🇦
    Cute video inspired by the coming together of Canadians with the threat from the U.S. Being Canadian is pretty cool when we share our values of inclusivity and multiculturalism.
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    U.S. imposes tariffs
    What a truly strange weekend. I guess everything is strange since that man won the U.S. election. It is worse than we feared with diversity programs being blamed for a plane crash, attacks made against trans people and “revenge” being sought against people doing their jobs. And this weekend (in week 2… Continue reading U.S. imposes tariffs
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    Social media is dead
    It used to be called social networking, then social media, then a billionaire bought Twitter and it went further downhill from there. Now Facebook has ditched any pretence at upholding what is true and gone full-on MAGA with Trump supporters appointed to the board. I will leave others to document the decline… Continue reading Social media is dead
  • Middle aged white guy in a hospital room with equipment and curtain in background
    Hospital New Year
    Back in September I was diagnosed with gallstones which was the reason for the excruciating pain I experienced. After a CT Scan and an ultrasound, I met with a surgeon and agreed that the gallbladder had to come out. He said two to three weeks, so I returned to work and told… Continue reading Hospital New Year
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    Winter has arrived
    It took some time and we had a very mild fall and early winter but I just looked back on the photos on my phone for the last week and apart from the obligatory puppy pics, it is all weather. Snow, snow, snow. Although we have had some rain too, it is… Continue reading Winter has arrived

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This is a personal website for Matthew Guy a student affairs professional living in Nova Scotia, Canada. Matthew spent two years working in politics as Chief of Staff to an MP but the rest of his professional career has been supporting students in universities and colleges on both sides of the Atlantic. Outside of work, Matthew has always been interested in progressive politics and has held a number of different roles in political parties and during election campaigns, federally and provincially. He has reluctantly served as an official agent on two occasions.