Justin Leifso @leifso.bsky.social Political scientist. "Professor Leifso is a funny guy."
Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social Historian of colonialism, capitalism, and schooling in Canada. Confronting residential school denialism. Books: When the Pine Needles Fall; Lessons in Legitimacy; Dissenting Traditions. www.seancarleton.com
Adele Perry @adeleperry.bsky.social historian, mother, settler, feminist, lousy speller. Based in Treaty One and Manitoba Act lands.
Ethel Tungohan @tungohan.bsky.social Host of academic aunties podcast, researcher, activist, avid reader, author of "Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Communities of Care and Movement-building." Canada Research Chair in Canadian migration policy, impacts & activism.
Nisha Nath (she/they) @nishanath.bsky.social Assoc Prof | Interdisc Studies | ✊🏾🍉 | 'The Letters' | Race, Discretion, In/security and Settler Colonialism | Academic Aunties superfan | Grower of things 👩🏾🌾👨🏼🌾🧒🏻👧🏻🐶🐈
Yasmeen Abu-Laban @yasmeenabulaban.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair at University of Alberta. Focused on anti-racism, immigration, citizenship and human rights. She/her.
Gina Starblanket @ginastar.bsky.social Star Blanket Cree Nation (Treaty 4) | Associate Professor, UVic IGOV | Co-Editor, Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
James K. Rowe @jkrowe.bsky.social Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at UVic
Author: Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital (Routledge 2024)
Meg G. @meggaucher.bsky.social (Recovering) Political Scientist in a Legal Studies World. Immigration/Refugee Law and Politics.
Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social Political scientist (I guess) & CRC in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies at McGill University. I read books and I write books and I teach students how to think. Most recent book: The Long Road Home: on Blackness and Belonging (2022)
Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social Skeetin' from Victoria, Canada. Reporter with the Times Colonist newspaper, prev. words in the Globe and Mail, The Tyee, Capital Daily & more. He/him. Allergic to eggplant, shrimp, lobster.
Disability Justice Network of Ontario @djno.ca Creating a world where people with disabilities are free to be.
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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social Volunteer, grassroots advocacy group led by people with disabilities on ODSP, with many valued allies (NOT govt affiliated). Defending dignity for folks w/disabilities in poverty.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people.
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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social Working Group for insurgent criminology. Publishers of the open access journal: Radical Criminology (& THOUGHT|CRIMES Press). #AbolishThePolice #DefundThePolice
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Liam Michaud @liammichaud.bsky.social researcher on drug policy & law | phd candidate in socio-legal studies | former community harm reduction worker | Tkaronto, Treaty 13
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Pam Palmater @pampalmater.com Mi'kmaw lawyer ⚖️ Ugpi'ganjig 🦅Eel River Bar First Nation 🪶WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST🎙️Beyond Blood, Indigenous Nationhood, Warrior Life📕 https://linktr.ee/pampalmater
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Gracen Brilmyer @gracenbrilz.bsky.social Chronically ill, happily disabled. Director of Disability Archives Lab // archives, disability, natural history museums & colonialism, they/them,
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social Coming in early 2026: KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
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Christine Jenkins, Canada @christineajenkins.bsky.social Independent Autistic Researcher
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erin l. durban @erindurban.bsky.social 🐌 assoc. prof. of anthro and critical disability studies
❤️ feminist studies PhD
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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social transformative justice. disability justice. abolition.
(she/her)
https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com
https://www.soiltjp.org
Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social Disability Anthropologist at Western University and Activist
Books: Occupying Disability; Allies and Obstacles; Family and Disability Activism.
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar
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Critical Inquiry @criticalinquiry.bsky.social Founded in 1974, Critical Inquiry is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the best critical thought in the arts and humanities.
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Jennifer Baumbusch @geronursing.bsky.social Professor at the UBC School of Nursing. Mainly doing #Qualitative research and #KnowledgeTranslation in the areas of caregiving, medical complexity, climate impacts on older people and people with disabilities. Also: dogs.
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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social doing some stuff, sometimes
~Bread & Roses: Rest & Free Time Under Disabling Capitalism~
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Kyle Lamoin Callen @kylecallen.bsky.social Sociologist. Areas: disabilities, sexualities, gender, Native American/Indigenous Studies. Disabled and Chickasaw.
Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social Academic. Pleasure activist. Author of Bodyminds Reimagined & Black Disability Politics. Both open access from Duke University Press. She/her.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Asylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social The radical mental health magazine. Been around since 1986. Distributed by PCCS Books Sharing does not equal endorsement.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo @neilsara.bsky.social Ottawa Mayoral Candidate
Substack: the 613
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Priya Lalvani @priya-lalvani.bsky.social Professor of disability studies and inclusive education. Cynical psychologist. Interests: anti-ableism curriculum, narrative identity, motherhood and disability.
Vygotsky was right about everything!
Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social Canada's leading voice of the independent left since 1963 | https://canadiandimension.com
Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social Border and Rule (2021) & Undoing Border Imperialism (2013).
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