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!
Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre
Contact: leah.gazan@parl.gc.ca ✉️
Instagram: leahgazanMP / X: @LeahGazan.
www.leahgazan.ca/fn-human-right-clean-water
Yolande Pottie-Sherman @ypsherm.bsky.social Geographer focused on international migration, immigrant receptivity, & housing justice in Canadian/US cities esp. less favoured regions, small & mid-sized cities. Prof at Memorial U., St. John’s | Mom. Child Care advocate.
Mike Moyes @mlamikemoyes.bsky.social Minister of Environment and Climate Change
MLA for Riel
AUPE @aupe.org We are the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, representing 100,000+ working people organizing for change across the province.
Find union news, training, resources, and more at aupe.org
Sarah @ssnowdon.bsky.social Strategist communicating solutions to the energy transition. Clean energy now for future generations. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahsnowdon/ Currently @pembinainstitute.bsky.social
Right to Housing @r2hmb.bsky.social Right to Housing Coalition is a group of individuals and organizations concerned about housing insecurity and homelessness experienced by low-income renters in Manitoba.
https://linktr.ee/r2hmb
ARP Books @arpbooks.bsky.social Activist press publishing literary and scholarly books for 30 years. Non-fiction, poetry, fiction with emphasis on critical leftist analysis of contemporary issues.
Winnipeg, Treaty 1
arpbooks.org
Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇿🇦 • writer • photographer • social anthropology • former journalist • Long COVID first waver • vaxxer • masker • maker of Corsi-Rosenthals • Antifa, obviously
📌 Whitehorse, YT
Thomas Linner @tmlinner.bsky.social Check out “The Only Way To Fight The Plague" at
https://thomaslinner.substack.com/
Liverpool FC - Toronto Blue Jays - Winnipeg Jets
Saskatoon -> Winnipeg
Michelle 🇨🇦 @candy-2024.bsky.social Healthcare worker living in Alberta. Labour activist.
Amadeus @anarbutt.bsky.social A nice boy trying his best.
Toronto-based policy nut/recovering grad student. I like cities, education, democracy, and gardening 🏳️🌈
Diana Batten she/her @dianabatten.bsky.social Advocate, MLA for Calgary-Acadia, Shadow Minister of Child & Family Services and Childcare, former RN. Type & typos, all me.
Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social Associate Professor at @durhampsych.bsky.social. I look at how culture influences children's learning, and how learning makes us human.
Public Banking Project @publicbanking.bsky.social The PBP is a first-of-its-kind #PublicBank research initiative housed at McMaster University https://publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/
Directed by Thomas Marois linkedin.com/in/thomas-marois-853278a7 
KrystynT @krystyntully.com Montreal-based. Nonprofits. Tech. Writing. CEO and co-founder of @entremission.com. Also #CFMTL and #LaVictoire.
Andrea Chittle MD MPH CCFP @andreachittle.medsky.social Passionate about public health, with a focus on demystifying The Great Mimicker (syphilis). Settler in Treaty 3 Territory. Opinions are my own. (she | her)
Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social Longtime 🇨🇦 street nurse|✍️Dying for a Home & Knapsack Full of Dreams|✍️on urban issues.
Fighting for a national🏡 program.
www.cathycrowe.ca
IPE BC @publicedbc.bsky.social The Institute for Public Education BC is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization that provides high-quality information and leadership to build a strong public education system for
British Columbia’s children, families, and communities.
Diane Roussin @droussin007.bsky.social ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ Anishinaabe. Skownan 1st Nation. Passionate Community Leader. Project Director, @wpgboldness. In pursuit of mino bimaadiziwin 🦦
Repro Justice Research Manitoba @reprojusticemb.bsky.social Research at the University of Manitoba led by Dr. Lindsay Larios examining access to reproductive justice as shaped by immigration, jurisdiction, & borders of all kinds.
https://linktr.ee/Reprojusticeresearchmb
Stories of Textiles @storiesoftextiles.bsky.social Tufted fibre art, textiles, handmade clothes, craft, politics, people over profit, silliness.
www.storiesoftextiles.com
My name is Jess (she/her). Treaty One.
@shaunamackinnon.bsky.social @shaunamackinnon.bsky.social 
Jamil Mahmood @jamilmahmood.bsky.social Harm reduction, executive director, vegan, 🐕 parent to Sesame, recreational sports enthusiast, anarchistic tendencies
Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca A think and change tank promoting wellbeing for all generations and championing generational fairness to preserve what Canadians hold sacred—a healthy childhood, home and planet. Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization, Canada. linktr.ee/gensqueeze
Affordability Action Council @affordabilityac.bsky.social Championing innovative solutions for an affordable, sustainable Canada. Join our campaign for integrated policies that put people first.
Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social Since 2012, we've brought together research with an eye for social justice and human rights. Treaty One and Manitoba Act lands, Treaty Three water, Treaty Five hydroelectricity.
andreadoucet @andreadoucet.bsky.social Care thinker. Distinguished Professor. Former Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work/Care. Forthcoming Books (2026): "Care Leaves and Care Time for All";. "International Handbook on the Listening Guide". Co-Coordinator @LeaveNetwork. Slow Scholar.
Wojtek Gwiazda @wojtekgwiazda.bsky.social Journalist, photographer, videographer. Formerly with Radio Canada International (RCI), CBC, Radio-Canada, Montreal Gazette, Cinema Canada…
Member: ACTRA, CAJ, DOC, FPJQ, SAJA, UDA
Latest news on RCI: https://rciaction.org/blog/
Green Party of Manitoba | Parti Vert du Manitoba @manitobagreens.bsky.social 
Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social Progressive Indy Radio @CoopRadio | LIVE Sat 10am - 11am PT | CFRO 100.5 FM | livestream at https://coopradio.org Podcast @apple and everywhere else Follow and share for regular alt media podcasting.
Lindsay McLaren @lindsaymclaren.bsky.social
University of Calgary professor - political economy of health. Animal lover (except the occasional human)
Ryan Romard @rromard.bsky.social Sociologist | Research Analyst | Spicy data analysis and visualizations.
Personal website: https://rromard.netlify.app/
More writing at: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/ryan-romard/
Kaitlin Peters @kaitlinpeters.bsky.social PhD | Childcare Advocate | Feminist | Policy Analyst | See my publications with The Breach, The Monitor, Jacobin, Canadian Dimension, Spring, and Policy Options.
Ontario Autism Coalition @ontautism.bsky.social A political advocacy organization in ON, Canada. We run on 💯 volunteer power. Fighting for equitable access to safe, publicly-funded needs-based services, education, & support for Autistics & their families. #50KIsNotOK #onted #ODSP #AutismIsLifelong
CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social CUPE is Canada’s largest union, with over 800,000 members. Le SCFP est le plus grand syndicat canadien avec plus de 800 000 membres.
Jan Ska 🇨🇦 @janmoleski.bsky.social
Find me on Gander @janska.gander.social
Progressive Canadian, Humanist, LGBTQ+ Ally, Feminist, #UniversalBasicIncome,
#FairVoteCanada
#OnPoli, #CanPoli
Algonquin Territory, Ottawa
Timothy MacNeill 🇨🇦 @timothymacneill.bsky.social Musician. Senior Teaching Professor Ontario Tech University.
Rescue Liberty - Reject the Bullies
Liberty Girl by Arlibido:
View and share here:
https://youtu.be/cBRgQ78o5EA?si=VW3Byzt--ayxf2_B
Stream on your service
#elbowsup #Resist #canadianmusic
Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca He/him. Fighter, writer, work-all-nighter. Ace. Sewer Socialist. Raver. ADHD. Toronto. Organizer, not organized. #HappyHardcore keeps me going. Democracy first and always. Canada strong. For campaign account, follow @VoteTim.ca
Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social Who owns the economy matters. We're a Canadian policy non-profit advocating for broader access to wealth and ownership. #cdnpoli #ownershipmatters www.socialcapitalpartners.ca Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social Labour Studies Professor at Brock University | Teach & research collective bargaining, unions & labour politics |
brocku.ca/lsavage
John Kendle @johnkendle.bsky.social “When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come?”
Journo. Music, sport, books.
#COYS #NHLJets #SKOL
Winnipeg, Canada
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah @dowusuakyeeah.bsky.social Co-Director of Policy & Advocacy at Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights • @npsia.bsky.social Alum • Rugby fan/player • Black Feminist • Antifascist • She/Her
📍Ottawa
https://linktr.ee/dowusuakyeeah
🌻🇬🇭🌈
Morna Ballantyne @mornaballantyne.bsky.social I am working alongside many others to bring about a publicly managed, publicly funded universal system of early learning and child care in Canada
Environment Hamilton @environmenthamont.bsky.social Environment Hamilton is a non-profit organization established in 2001 to help Hamiltonians develop knowledge & skills to enhance & protect the environment. #HamOnt
Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
http://www.noraloreto.ca
Abram ⚙️🌾🏳️🌈 @bauhausoflabour.bsky.social Terminal poster • author/editor dreaming of other worlds • tabletop games enjoyer • Political Economy grad 📉 • Professional Union Thug with Canada's largest union (CUPE) • Maritimer⚓ •🌶️ takes my own
Búi Petersen @buipet.bsky.social Associate Professor. Research work, organizations, conflict, negotiation, cooperation, technology and the future of work. Halifax, NS.
Brandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com he/him
Vancouver, Canada
Politics, Urbanism, Gay Stuff, Amateur watch repair
Don Eady @eadydon.bsky.social Never ever clever. Labour lawyer at www.paliareroland.com. No legal advice here
Momo ⚜️ 🇵🇸 ✅ @hecticrazymomo.bsky.social 
John Campey @johncampey.bsky.social “I’m just a boy, standing in front of an oligarchy, asking it to restore democracy, promote equity, respect diversity, and stop killing the planet.” 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🦩Retired non-profit ED, runner, gay, socialist.
Véronique Sioufi, PhD @verosioufi.bsky.social racial & socio-economic equity researcher/policy analyst @bcpolicy.bsky.social, previously @ccpabc (now closed)
x: @VeroSioufi
#freepalestine
Yutaka Dirks @dirksy.bsky.social Tenant organizer/housing policy analyst, parent, PhD student, writer. Likes: literature, feminism, comic books, decolonization, crime fiction. Winnipeg, Treaty 1.
Pamela Allard 🇨🇦 🦋 @plallard.bsky.social Ordinary Canadian defending Democracy
Married and Mother to two fine adult children. Pet Mom to sweet Sofie the Sheltie.
Slava Ukraini 💛💙💛💙 🇺🇦
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
DMs=Blocking
No bio, no posts, I don’t follow back.
Stephanie Ross @stephross.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
Unions | Labour Politics | Social Movements
Katrina Miller @katcecile.bsky.social ED at Canadians for Tax Fairness.
JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social | Education & Community Leader | Seven-times elected School Trustee for Kincardine & Huron-Kinloss | Vice-Chair of BluewaterDSB | she/her | Courage my friends.
Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social #NotYourMamasMarthaStewart | Journalism l Politics l Tech + AI | Former Chef |
Connecticut + Massachusetts I
𝖯𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖫𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗒 @patricklegay.bsky.social #Unions #cdnpoli #WritingCommunity
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” Toni Morrison
Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social K-12 education policy person with a focus on school finance. Currently Director, Education Funding Equity Initiative @educationwork.newamerica.org. Formerly EdTrust, EdBuild. Parent. Order Muppet. Tired of all this.
Jonathan Dursi @ljdursi.bsky.social Supporting research is a serious responsibility.
Montreal Paul @paul-bode.bsky.social Man about town, bon vivant
Mark Rendell @markrendell.bsky.social Economics reporter with The Globe and Mail. Based in Toronto. mrendell@globeandmail.com
Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) • Political economist @policyalternatives.ca • Climate, AI, industrial policy 🌎💡⚙️🇨🇦
Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social Chair of NoJetsTO. Ford is trying to ram jets down our throat, sign the petition at NoJetsTO.com!
Dan Skilleter @danskilleter.bsky.social Director of Policy, Social Capital Partners
Working on policy ideas and political strategies to get more wealth in the hands of ordinary Canadians
Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social Teaching labour politics in Treaty 6 territory, the Paris of the Prairies. Co-Editor of Labour/Le Travail. Terrible guitarist. Even worse Pianist. Proud father of twins. Blue Jays nut. Fair weather runner. Opinions are my own.
Elliot Rossiter @elliotrossiter.bsky.social Philosophy prof at Douglas College. Mostly interested in reading stuff related to housing, cities, and justice.
CCPA Ontario @ccpa-on.bsky.social Official account of the Ontario office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Evidence-based research and commentary for the many, not the few!
Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver, Canada (https://centreforfuturework.ca/). He/him. Harold Innis Industry Professor, Economics Dept., McMaster University, and Honorary Prof. of Political-Economy, University of Sydney
LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social The global trade union movement's news and campaigns service. www.LabourStart.org
Jon Milton @whosestreets.bsky.social Montrealer. Social movements, journalism, unions. We have world to win. Writer and editor at @policyalternatives.ca
Got a story idea? DM me. en/ fr/ es/ aprendendo pr
@ricktelfer.bsky.social @ricktelfer.bsky.social 
Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social A project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that pools expertise from NGOs, unions and academics studying trade treaties and globalization. Posts by CCPA Researcher Stuart Trew.
policyalternatives.ca
Rebecca Graff-McRae @poliscirish.bsky.social Political researcher. Deconstructor of discourses. Dancer of jigs. Spectator of spectres. Herder of hooligans.
PhD in Irish political history. QUB alum. Research manager at Parkland Institute
Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social Director, CCPA National Office
https://bsky.app/profile/policyalternatives.bsky.social
Gillian Petit @gillianpetit.bsky.social Economist PhD from Ucalgary. Researching Canadian taxes, income and social supports, and municipal policy/regulation. Co-author of "Basic Income and a Just Society". Public policy thinker. Ultra-runner. Mom- A alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social Former federal public servant and academic, NGOs, writer. Most recent book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump times:Canada’s Challenge
Unifor @unifor.org Canada’s largest union in the private sector. Follow National President @lanapayne.bsky.social
Masaya LlavanerasBlanco @masayalb.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Researches borders, human mobilities and social reproduction. Parent and southern feminist. Home is #Canada & #Venezuela #Borders #Haiti #DR #Care #DAWNfeminist Also, #cats 🐱 mllavaneras.com
Craig Pickthorne @pickthorne.ca Ottawa, former Toronto. Director of Communications, Ontario Living Wage Network. Tinkerer, repairer, occasional campaign vol, condo gardener. 
Véronique Laflamme @verolaf.bsky.social Organisatrice communautaire, mobilisée pour le droit au logement et la justice sociale, porte-parole du FRAPRU
Roy Jemison @royjemison.bsky.social evidence-based liberal/reformed politico | self-appointed media critic | climate & energy | Slava Ukraini! | Vive le Canada!
🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Marc-André Gagnon @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social Professor in public policy at Carleton University.
Focus on the political economy of the pharmaceutical sector.
Current research project: https://carleton.ca/ghostmanagement/
Also a big fan of craft beers, slap bass, and Japanese death metal.
Ricardo Acuña @ricacuna.bsky.social Executive Director, Parkland Institute. Treaty 6. Opinions expressed are my own. Shares are not necessarily endorsements.
Scott Ferguson @videotroph.bsky.social associate professor somewhere
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
* posts do not reflect the views of my employer
Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social Editorial Collective advancing Democratic Public Finance, critical theory & intersectional praxis. In association with Monthly Review. https://moneyontheleft.org/; https://linktr.ee/Moneyontheleft
Eric is River Reveling🛶🌳🔥🎶 @ericreder.bsky.social Eco everything. Decolonize. Smash the patriarchy.
RiverHouse Winnipeg proprietor.
Plays frisbee. Takes pictures.
Coach. Guide. Instructor. Campaigner.
FindingWild.ca
Works for @WilderNews.bsky.social
He/him
Treaty 1 territory, Metis Homeland
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca Trade Unionist.
Socialist.
Anti-Racist.
Anti-Fascist.
Married to @esooze.
Solidarity! Always. ✊
Any & all opinions expressed are mine, and mine alone… of course.
Davis Kyle @daviskyle.bsky.social https://www.kyleforkelowna.ca/
Procurement & Contract Analyst
Kelowna Area Cycling Coalition, Past President
Former Vice Chair of the RDCO Planning Advisory Committee
Co-founder, Strong Towns Kelowna
Views do not reflect those of my employer.
Trish Hennessy @trishhennessy.ca Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: policyalternatives.ca. Editor, Monitor magazine. Income inequality, health equity, workers' rights, public services, inclusive economy, fair taxation.
Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social Journalist at @theglobeandmail.com covering the political, economic and social issues that affect us all.
News tips, please: mhager@globeandmail.com
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/mike-hager/
Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social CCPA-NS Director; mom of 3; PhD poli sci; Acadian; justice-seeker; equity promoter. Cupe 3912 member. Opinions are mine. https://policyalternatives.ca/offices/nova-scotia
Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social Senior researcher & political economist @policyalternatives.ca
Health services, public finance, care economy, privatization, policy solutions
SFU PhD candidate. Views mine
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/andrew-longhurst/
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy @um-mchp.bsky.social MCHP is a research unit in the University of Manitoba's Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, in the College of Medicine, exploring the health of Manitobans.
https://umanitoba.ca/manitoba-centre-for-health-policy/