Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social Marine biologist, writer, policy nerd. Co-founder Urban Ocean Lab, think tank for the future of coastal cities. In love with climate solutions.
VassB @vassb.bsky.social policy designer + writer
I run the Canadian Shield Institute (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), where we make sovereignty make sense.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social Soon: Reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com. Author: To Catch A Fascist. Words in Guardian, Zeteo, MS NOW, The Nation. Formerly HuffPost. letsgomathias@protonmail.com. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com Professor of political science. Author. Dad.
Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics.
Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
Breaking Mews/Ruff Translations @breakingmews.bsky.social All the mews that’s fit to print. Journalism dogs and cats.
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca Humanism and politics. 📍 Coquitlam, BC
Work @bchumanist.ca
Podcasts: PolitiCoast & Cambie Report
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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com Landback | He/Him | Award-winning CDN Journalist | News Media Critic | Pod: The North State | Words: rabble, Toronto Star, The Beaverton, The Maple, Ricochet | YouTube: Pinko Punko | Subscribe to The Catch: https://readthecatch.ca/
Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social Vancouver lawyer & housing advocate
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Russil Wvong @russilwvong.bsky.social Canadian. Interested in housing, and everything that goes with it: jobs, transportation, schools, community centres. Vancouver needs more housing.
Rob Jones 🍁 @clippernolan.bsky.social Writer | Music fan | Blogger | Parent | Partner | Picture Taker | Politically Left | Film | TV | Nerd Stuff | Gen X | Canadian | British Columbia | Stories over systems | He/Him/His | thedeletebin.com | robertjdjones.com
Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com Environment and climate journalist | Editor in Chief at @nationalobserver.com | Work in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, The Guardian | www.jameswsthomson.com
Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social 🇨🇦 troubadour. children's champion. ecology. Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring. beluga grads. 
CIRA @cira.ca CIRA is the non-profit that manages the .CA domain and works hard to build a trusted internet for Canadians.
cira.ca
Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social Trade unionist on unceded Coast Salish territory
Queer & AuDHD
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social When the going gets tough, the tough get growing
GM Connie Chang 🌈🐸 @byconniechang.bsky.social they/he/she/ta. chinese-american. ENNIE-winning game writer & narrative designer threading queer drama w/ black-hearted apocalyptica.
Game Master for @transplanarrpg.bsky.social.
Prev: Bungie, NetEase
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social I am an independent Senator, representing Alberta in the Senate of Canada. I live on Treaty Six Territory. Host of the podcast Alberta Unbound. She/her/elle Vive le Canada. Forever a Canadian. No to the Nine. senatorpaulasimons.ca
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor Cayuga Nation citizen, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory | he/him | Impact Strategist @ https://animikii.com/ | #LandBack - #CashBack - #DataBack | Find me @ https://jeff.doctor/
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social once called «Canada's only public intellectual»
drug policy researcher ⁕ historian ⁕ artist ⁕ schemer ⁕ disorganizer ⁕ ephemera
vancouver bc canada
institute for the history of possible futures
https://free-futures-society.org/
Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social Leader of the @bcgreens.bsky.social ⚡
Authorized by Farrukh Chishtie, financial agent, 1-888-473-3686
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ScarletCoral @scarletcoral.ca 素敵だね! (Suteki da ne!)
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PAIGE! @paige.canadiancivil.com #Montreal based advocacy journalist.
Human fan!
Can I take a mere 3 hours of your time to discuss #ElectoralReform?
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Author. Nigellavangelist. Pedant about civic literacy and Star Wars/Trek. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Le Journal de Québec @journaldequebec.com Un vrai journal, un journal vrai.
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com News and views from Winnipeg and Manitoba. Replies and mentions here are not monitored. To contact us: Customer Service: wfp.to/service | News tips wfp.to/newstip 
Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social International Digital Editor @meidastouch.com
Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social Vancouver bureau chief for Bloomberg News
tseal@bloomberg.net
Signal: TSeal.01
https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS5AQQizNJE/thomas-seal
Benjamin Lopez Steven @benlopezsteven.bsky.social Associate Producer with CBC Politics 🇨🇦🇲🇽
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Email is open (and eager) for story tips! Benjamin.steven@cbc.ca
Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social Ottawa bureau chief, Bloomberg News
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social 🟥🍁 🟥 CANADÁ 😏
The Resistance, Adventurer, Climate Change is real, fighting for Canada’s democracy, VOTE ABC #NDP #LIB #GREEN #Canada 🇨🇦 I Nova Scotia is HOME🏡 , Cape Breton Island is a hidden gem. #TeamCanada
Solidarity with Greenland and Ukraine.
Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social recovering Albertan | Vancouverite on Muskweam X'Muzk'I'Um land | door-knocker | letter-writer | earth scientist | climate | politics | pets | you can find me in the forest
Shanifa Nasser @shanifanasser.bsky.social Journalist at CBC News interested in the justice system, national security and stories with a heartbeat.📍Toronto
Tips/story ideas: ✉️ shanifa.nasser@cbc.ca | 🔗 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/author/shanifa-nasser-1.3965983
Joanna Smith @joannasmith.bsky.social Political journalist in Ottawa covering trade and Canada-U.S. relations for The Logic | Director at World Press Freedom Canada | Amateur Fiddler | Here to learn and share about the craft, business and protection of the press and its people.
Prof. Amy Mack (she/her) @acmack.bsky.social PhD | Canada Research Chair in Digital Extremism and Assistant Professor | Co-director of Research at the Canadian Institute for Far Right Studies | Alienated Westerner
Jessi Lee J @jessileej.bsky.social My practices are pottery, psychotherapy, clinical supervision, running sometimes, & planning backpacking. I wrote Uniform Feelings, which is an abolitionist perspective on how police culture and psychotherapy practice link up 
David Driedger @davidcldriedger.bsky.social Mennonite pastor, public theologian, occasional writer, failed academic. Posts are not a pulpit for my profession.
https://davidcldriedger.ca
@gwenmca.bsky.social @gwenmca.bsky.social 
Transition Kamloops @transitionkam.bsky.social Sowing local resilience in #Kamloops through grassroots community building. Our solutions-oriented projects support the transition to more sustainable ways of living in this beautiful region. Learn more at www.TransitionKamloops.net
@murrum.bsky.social @murrum.bsky.social 
Will Garrett-Petts @wfgp.bsky.social New to Bluesky! Professor of English, Rhetoric & Canadian Studies, interested in sharing and learning about community-engaged research, undergraduate research, & all forms of critical #cartography, especially #cultural #mapping. https://wgp.trubox.ca
Pacinthe @pacinthe.bsky.social Journalist | www.pacinthe.com
Luc Cousineau @luccousineau.bsky.social Faculty of Health and Human Performance @ Dalhousie.
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Have you told a weird bigot they are being a weird bigot today?
Ryan Noakes 🇨🇦 @ryannoakes.bsky.social Composer, singer, has-been trumpet player, sci-fi nerd, hockey fan, cat employee, Slow No Tempo A cappella Quartet member/arranger/manager. He/him
https://ryan-noakes.com
A History Prof @bellhistory.bsky.social Wilson Bell (he/him), history & politics prof (Thompson Rivers University); interested in connecting on issues of social justice, current events, vegan/vegetarian food, baseball, higher education. Author of Stalin’s Gulag at War (UTP 2019)
Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) organizes white communities into movements for justice. Join us- and we promise to put you to work for good.
Learn more: SURJ.org
SURJ Inc, a 501(c)4 advocacy organization
National Bail Out @nationalbailout.bsky.social We’re reuniting families and resisting mass incarceration by fighting to end money bail and pretrial detention.
NationalBailOut.org
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
OpenMedia @openmedia.org Fighting for your digital privacy, democracy, and freedom of expression. High speed Internet is a universal human right.
Learn more and take action at www.openmedia.org.
Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social Senior Editor at The Tyee. Journalism craftsman. Reporter. Lives in Lillooet.
tolsen [at] thetyee [dot] [ca]
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Doug Herbert @dherbertcbc.bsky.social 
SeriNova @serinova.bsky.social Cyclist. Gardener. Skier. Reader. Novice weaver and novice rower. Retired high school educator. Miss my dogs.
Skye @skyenott.bsky.social Citizen, cyclist, classic car enjoyer, biodiversity enthusiast, software developer, recreational lumberjack #ykabike
📍Kamloops BC
Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and commentator. #ScienceUpFirst
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caulfieldtim
Gord Jorkins @nothinkyjustvibey.bsky.social Beloved Canadian shit-poster. Top Following Christ Man of the Year. BlueSky elder. I'm demon-free, bitch.
"Economics, however, is simply astrology for pedophiles." - @birdrespecter.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Kamloops Farmers’ Market @kamloopsfarmmkt.bsky.social In operation since 1978 we have 2 markets/week during the Outdoor Season: Sat 8:30 am-12:30 pm, Apr-Oct in 200 blk St Paul St. & Wed 8:30 am-1:30 pm, May-Oct in 400 blk Victoria St, both in downtown Kamloops.
The Indoor Season runs Nov-Apr at Mt Paul CFC.
Samira Mohyeddin @smohyeddin.bsky.social Broadcaster | Producer
Samira@onthelinemedia.org
Upstream Timeout @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef
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yipeng ge 葛义朋 @yipengge.bsky.social family doctor; structural determinants of health; public health; anti-racism; he/him
Noah Arney @ndarney.bsky.social Higher education professional and PhD student interested in educational philosophy, policy, career development, student affairs, and a large amount of geekery.
Residing in Secwepemcúl’ecw
#highered #cdnpse #edusky #academicsky #sacdn
daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social your daily dose of bunnies ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
Go Dumples!
Jennifer Hollett @jenniferhollett.bsky.social All about media, tech, & politics
Executive Director, @thewalrus.ca
Former Twitter employee staring into a Bluesky.
www.jenniferhollett.com
e. @intheweedsktc.bsky.social Tk̓emlúps. 📸 Kent Simmonds
John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli
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@markcritch.bsky.social @markcritch.bsky.social Best selling author, comedian. 22 Minutes on CBC and Son of A Critch on CBC and Netflix USA
BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca | We are an independent, non-partisan research institute committed to advancing transformative policy solutions to the most pressing challenges facing people in BC. Join us!
Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social Journalist and member of @defactomedia.ca // formerly the Labour Reporter @pressprogress.ca // words and photos in Chatelaine, Jacobin, The Tyee, Xtra etc.
Stephen Maher @stephenmaher.bsky.social Journalist, novelist. Nova Scotian. 
The Local Magazine @thelocal.to In-depth, non-profit journalism from corners of Toronto too often overlooked.
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social Toronto magazine writer and executive editor @thelocal.to. Here for smart long-form articles and dumb basketball posts. Email nick@thelocal.to
Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social Feature writer covering federal politics at The Globe and Mail. I love great beer, old art, all cheese, The Golden Girls and Gritty. I have too many cats, which is the correct number.
Andrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social Managing editor of Ricochet.Media | Instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University School of Journalism, teaching #QueerMedia | National Newspaper Awards, Press Forward | Pitch me & send tips to editor@ricochet.media
Newsletter: https://shorturl.at/Pz3ez
Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social Prof. @JSchool_CU. Member: @CABJMedia
@CAJ, @NABJ, @jhrnews, @writerstrust, @uottawapress, @ thenarwhalca, ex-Anchor @CBCOttawa @6
Email: adrianharewood70@gmail.com
Lana Payne 🇨🇦 @lanapayne.bsky.social Trade unionist. Feminist. Mom. Believer that a better world is possible. National President of Unifor - Canada’s largest private sector union.
paisley rae @paisleyrae.bsky.social i have opinions on things i mostly keep to myself, unless asked.
i have done some things i mostly keep to myself, unless asked.
i have gone places and seen things i mostly share with you.
#366,390 if you’re curious.
likely to follow back if you converse
Ethan Cox @ethancox.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Senior editor and co-founder at Ricochet Media. Board with For the Refugees. Montrealer. Husky dad.
Mackenzie Gray @mackenziegray.bsky.social National Reporter with Global National & Global News covering Parliament Hill | Always in a white shirt | I’m on TV for a reason, expect typos
Shama @fritzlechat.bsky.social I ponder, profess, and play music and video games
SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Emily Baron Cadloff @emilybaroncadloff.bsky.social Journalist. Editor. Reader. Writer. Snacker. 🇨🇦
Find my work in The Globe and Mail, The National Observer, Maclean's, and lots of other places.
Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social New on here. Author of Policing Black Lives (Fernwood/Duke University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rehearsals for Living (Haymarket 2023). More at www.robynmaynard.com
Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com Canada's National Observer delivers vital reporting on the defining crisis of our time: climate change. Through rigorous investigation and compelling storytelling, we expose the forces shaping Canada's climate future.
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Sarah Liorah Goodman @sarahgoodee.bsky.social TV Writer/ Filmmaker/ Activist w IfNotNow. WGC. THE HARDY BOYS, THE DETAIL Films: PORCH STORIES, ARMY OF ONE, WHEN WE WERE BOYS
Writings on my FND recovery: https://open.substack.com/pub/goodee
You will often find me slogging to the top of a mountain
Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social Author of How to Survive a Bear Attack, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award in Non-Fiction | I write about wild things, I run & I read
https://www.claire-cameron.com
Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social Investigative climate reporter and global managing editor with DeSmog. Author of THE PETROLEUM PAPERS, named a best book of the year by The Washington Post.
LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.
Gordon Little @gord.games Chaotic Good University IT Wizard by day, bumbling #gamedev by night. Made Moving Houses and Ayre. Lucky Dad of 3. (He/Him). Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 🍁. http://gord.games
Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social Full-time author writing horror, erotica, and romance with my soulmate @jekeep.bsky.social
♡ 18+ ♡ No GenAI ♡ Here to yap ♡ Newfoundland ♡ Sheltie owner ♡
Kevin Sexton @kevinsexton.bsky.social I make podcasts and music.
Currently: Front Burner.
Previously: The Worst Podcast, Thunder Bay, Tubby, It's Political with Althia Raj, The Imposter, The Atlas Obscura Podcast, and whatnot.
Music:
https://chelseagarbagecompany.bandcamp.com/
Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social Devoted too many years of my life to platforms that were ultimately refashioned into reactionary organs. Now I'm here.
Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social Content editor at The Globe and Mail. Formerly: founding editor of @torontotoday.ca; publisher of Queen’s Park Today, Politics Today; co-host of Wag the Doug
Jordan Cornish @notquitecorn.bsky.social Journalist. Podcast producer. The Hatchet.
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