CJ Amey @cjamey.bsky.social Vancouver leftist, looking for:
public grocer
rent freeze
say these, and you've got my vote!
Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social NDP MP/Députée NPD Edmonton Strathcona
https://www.heathermcpherson.ca
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.
daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @daff.space eats plants
does stunts
made STREET UNi X
@street-uni-x.bsky.social
working on it's solitaire
support me on patreon:
https://patreon.com/dafffodil
liberation for everyone
fascists collapse and rot
CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca The CCPA is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We offer independent, non-partisan research on social, economic & climate justice.
www.policyalternatives.ca
Instagram & FB: policyalternatives Also on Gander social: @ccpa.gander.social
Cazzy @cazzy.bsky.social Really love sleep and drinking water 
Amanda Adams @amandagadams.bsky.social Mother, wife, queer, lifelong learner, always looking to better myself, our communities, and the world.
Opinions are my own.
Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social Gamedev, Animator at Evening Star. Was Animation Lead on Wanderstop, Dungeons of Dredmor.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
Also find me on mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@MOOMANiBE
Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca We are PACES: Vancouver - Parents for AI Caution in Educational Spaces, a group of parents concerned by the effects of GenAI+chatbots on students.
https://aicaution.ca/
Follows are not endorsements.
it's amanda @sheslosingit.bsky.social in my Farting Around era. she/her. yvr 🇨🇦
Jean the Mean Machine @koerraeh.bsky.social socialist, Canadian, gamer, podcast and k-drama addict, wit, red seal tradesperson, knitter, puzzle enthusiast, inspector, crocheter, traveler, amateur seamstress, ally, history enthusiast...
Currently Watching;
A Bona Fide Killer
Kathryn @kmsheps.bsky.social Research coordination and collaboration. Regional Projects Coordinator, Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast. Facilitator, marine scientist, happy mama and baseball fan.
Katia @katiatee.bsky.social Interdisciplinary public servant working to address the inequitable impacts of disasters and climate change. Adjunct professor. Urban resilience, social justice, and strategic foresight. Views my own. she/her
Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association @hxbia.bsky.social Shop, Eat, & Experience, all in Vancouver’s Social Innovation District. #experiencehastingscrossing
https://linkin.bio/hxbia
Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social Running for reelection as City Councillor for #SomersetWard in Ottawa. Queer Jew. A better city is possible. Let’s build it together. 🏳️🌈
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Jane’s Walk @janeswalk.bsky.social Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, resident-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs. The festival returns May 1–3, 2026! Explore, connect, and share stories about the city. #OurStreetsOurStories — www.janeswalkfestivalTO.com
Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
ED @movementyvr.bsky.social
cohost @dwelltime.ca pod
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social 🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
rae @raeintheworld.bsky.social she/her | therapist | slow runner | alberta escapee living my dream on the best coast | 🍉
📍 Unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territory (Vancouver)
Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Investigative Journalism Foundation (@theijf.org). Hit me up at bethany.lindsay@theijf.org.
Get our unique investigative stories delivered straight to your inbox:
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Atiya Jaffar @atiyactions.bsky.social Mom organizing for a more just world
Free Palestine, climate justice, Indigenous rights
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social librarian, phd in geography, refugee on stolen Indigenous land, thalassophile, feminist, she/her/او, 🍞 and 🌹🌹, too.
📍Vancouver
Missy Johnson @missyyjohnson.bsky.social Your friendly neighbourhood journalist. 🇨🇦
CBC Vancouver.
Dan Burritt @danburritt.bsky.social Reporter and anchor at CBC News BC. Happy to receive story tips and suggestions at dan.burritt@cbc.ca
Dan H @hanoomansingh.com Officiating expert | Teacher | ChPC | UBC KIN Masters | Personal account — views mine & should be yours | Vancouver, BC | 🇨🇦🇹🇹 | he/him
hanoomansingh.com
John Richmond @johnprichmond.bsky.social Dad, Social worker, co-owner: food co-op, credit union, fc united football club 
simon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @trillymopena.bsky.social the future’s under fire; the past is gaining ground // member of the IAMAW // secretly hamiltonian // he/him
himothy @vancouvertim.bsky.social turn up the bass to make that funky sound
like a nuclear bomb hitting the ground
Lucas @lucas20x6.bsky.social phil undergrad, thinking about art and stuff
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social bravo enthusiast, writer, poet, artist(?), apihtaw’kos’an.
poetry: A Family of Dreamers with @talonbooks.
my opinions do not reflect the opinions of my employer.
“working” on my next book.
Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social Urbanism, cargo biking, engineering, basketball. YVR
Seattle City Council @council.seattle.gov The official BlueSky account of the Seattle City Council.
Website: seattle.gov/council
Meet the members: https://t.co/2LREgCqqK2
Watch meetings: https://t.co/Ko70wsbevW
View agendas & legislation: https://t.co/avEZOcxchc
Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov Official account of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson. This is your city — let's make it a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
City’s digital policies at http://seattle.gov/digital.
Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social Outgoing co-chair of Vancouver City Planning Commission, Co-founder of Disability Filibuster, words in Policy Options, Macleans, CBC & chapter author in 3 anthologies. Disabled af. Poor af. Lived experience + learned expertise applied to policy analysis.
Melody/Zzi @melodydante.bsky.social Singer/Writer of Hello Dramatic & Grace Under Pressure #music. Polymedia-ist: #Coder, board gamer, active optimist, future podcaster, fulfilled romantic 🏳️🌈 & popcat artist #art.
Sometimes I #stream @hackitzzi on Twitch (she/they).
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
Go Dumples!
Sharon Nadeem @sharonnadeem.bsky.social Journalist + Fact-checker. Previously @globalreportingcentre.org. Mostly docs and podcasts. Work in @prx.org, @aljazeera.com, @thewalrus.ca, PBS Frontline, BBC, Huffington Post, @theglobeandmail.com, and more.
Maybe it's better here?
Dan Carkner @alte.klezmor.im Klezmer music history researcher, library technician from Vancouver BC. Research immigrant klezmer musician families, compositions & social organizations, Indonesian left-wing history, etc. History MA UBC 2019. Wikipedia editor. Posts about Cdnpoli/Vanpoli
Neal Jennings ☮️ @nealjennings.bsky.social Proud queer, based in Vancouver, BC (unceded Coast Salish territory). My politics are best described as eco-left. I will definitely also be posting about pop culture and urbanism, and will certainly be engaging in general nihilism. They/them, please.
Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social Candidate for re-election as Victoria City Councillor and CRD Director in Victoria, B.C. PhD in History. Loves gardening, cello, democracy, climate action, housing, cycling, and family. Views my own.
Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social Dignity. Stability. Opportunity.
Without a basic income, there is no just recovery or transition. BIBC joins groups across Canada advocating for a livable basic income guarantee.
https://basicincomebc.ca
SEIU Local 2 @seiulocal2.bsky.social 20,000 workers in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta and Manitoba — fighting for worker power!
🟪 🟨 #StrongerTogether
Stephanie Allen @stephanieformayor.bsky.social Running for Mayor with COPE.
Power to the people.
Dipayan @dipayangupta.bsky.social He/Him/His
Delhi/Toronto/NYC
windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social Resisting the far right on lands & waters known as British Columbia
North Vancouver, unceded səlilwətaɬ, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw & xʷməθkʷəy̓əm lands
✨Running for Council in the District of North Vancouver! heystephwilson.ca
Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) • Political economist @policyalternatives.ca • Climate, AI, industrial policy 🌎💡⚙️🇨🇦
Matthew Wigmore @wigmoreorless.bsky.social Flack. Hack. Something else that rhymes with ack. Co-Founder of @one_twu. @LSEnews Alum. Survivor of/advocate against #ConversionTherapy. Board member, @onecityvan . My views are my own. He/Him.
Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal
Safder Raza @safderr.bsky.social vancouver paramedic 🚑
ex-engineer/tech bro 🤮
from techno-optimism to class consciousness
land back | free palestine | tax the rich
Maria Dobrinskaya @mdobrinskaya.bsky.social Politics and books. Cooperative overlapper. Hopeful collapsnik. She/her.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanpoli
Amanda Burrows @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social Community builder ❤️
Vancouver | unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ territories
Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social Born & raised somewhere in South Vancouver. On air at CBC Vancouver.
Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social adult forum kid. vancouver
opinions are mine
Nate Lewis @natevl.bsky.social basic premises: BIPOC and Queer Lives Matter ~ The World’s On Fire ~ Demand Utopia Now.
Reporter and Associate Editor at Vancity Lookout and The West End Journal. Park nerd and impulsive athlete. he/him
Alicia Tobin @aliciatobin.bsky.social Comedian, writer. My book https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/So-You-re-a-Little-Sad-So-What
Stephanie C. @stepc.bsky.social Architecture, city-living, art, dance, swimming and travel. Posts are mostly observations of life.
AFTN @aftn.bsky.social Canadian and Scottish soccer/football podcasts, websites, commentators, empire! Established 1989.
aftn.ca and aftn.co.uk
Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social Professor (part-time), Occupational Health and Safety
University of Regina
Sessional Lecturer
School of Population and Public Health
UBC 
sam smart @uglyblender.bsky.social local niche internet nano-celebrity
arianek (she/her) @arianek.bsky.social Still alive. Exiled from YVR / taking refuge in MTL • Public health/urban planning/open source nerd • SFU Geog • Co-founded Textillia.com w/ @brunodbo.bsky.social ✂️💕 • ♿️🌈🇦🇲🦆🐶🖖📚💌🌿 • PLEASE NO LISTS!!!
Community Legal Assistance Society @clasbc.bsky.social Legal assistance on #housing, #humanrights, government benefits, #mentalhealth and #workersrights. + law reform #A2J For the Human Rights 
William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social Community housing leader & city builder.
HasanTheHun (automated mirror) @hasanabirepeater.bsky.social i stream everyday on twitch.tv/hasanabi - tiktok+ig: hasandpiker // business: mailto:Hasan@night.co
(unofficial, this is a bot! Maintained by @yjb.bsky.social, the bot can't handle retweets, video, and maybe a few other things)
David Wray @davidwrayyvr.bsky.social Learning every step of the way.
♀️🟧🏳️🌈🏡🚝🍃💕🍉✊️
David Finnis @yvrcyclist.bsky.social Safe Cycling Advocate
Retired library worker
Former Municipal councillor
Grandfather, organ donor
Urbanist living in
Vancouver, B.C
Threads & Instagram: @davidfinnis
EH! (social) eastvanbikeguy
isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social making lives better, making better lives, for everyone. retired #mentalhealth professional #haiku #peace #writingcommunity #buddhism #pagan #longcovid. old. they/she.
unceded, traditional, ancestral musqueam, squamish & tsleil-waututh lands aka vancouver.
Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social 🌊 marine conservation 🪸
🇨🇦 BC mountains and ocean dweller 🥾🏄♀️🏂
ja yritän joskus puhua suomea.
Samantha Thompson @spthompson.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Geography at Simon Fraser University. Care, housing co-ops, urban renters’ experiences of housing & climate crises. w/Radical Housing Journal, UBC Centre for Climate Justice, UVic Right2Housing research cluster. she/her.
Robyn @robynmchan.bsky.social 
RJ Aquino @rjaquino.bsky.social Left coaster currently failing in my attempts to lead an uneventful life
Teresa Trovato @teresatrovatopr.bsky.social Vancouver-based publicist with 27 years of experience in the arts and entertainment industry. JUNO Awards judge 2008, 2021, and 2022.
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social Lawyer & strategist.
Ben Dooley @bentdooley.bsky.social Jill Bennett Show Lead Producer Got a tip or story idea? ben.dooley@cknw.com. Born with Spina Bifida
Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social Transportation Planner. #Climatejustice activist. He/him. Lekwungen Territory (Victoria Canada). @eric_doherty on Twitter https://ecoplanning.ca/ #yyj #ElbowsUp
Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social Writer with an interest in 🍺☕🍴🧳🤘🏻📰 culture, history, politics • #WW2TV SLK • #NAFO 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 
Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social Was @stateofthecity on Twitter. Veteran of a B-Grade, Film Noir genre of politics known as "local government." Current gig: second tour of duty in the Winnipeg Mayor's Office. Hometowns: Victoria, Winnipeg, Toronto. Working on 'Debt City' (see debt.city)
Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social Journo, writer, lover of stories that end abruptly. Find me at Ricochet Media, Canada’s National Observer, Capital Daily, Women’s Media Centre and Watershed Sentinel.
Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social Prof. @JSchool_CU. Member: @CABJMedia
@CAJ, @NABJ, @jhrnews, @writerstrust, @uottawapress, @ thenarwhalca, ex-Anchor @CBCOttawa @6
Email: adrianharewood70@gmail.com
RBAC Fan Account @cdemwell.bsky.social We're not ready to admit we are all figuring it out as we go, are we?
Almost everything we care about happens as a side effect of cumulative learning. We stand on the shoulders of people who stand on other shoulders.
Mastodon: @cdemwell@hachyderm.io
Over here checking sources @janis.bsky.social Vancouver librarian, writer, music and radio type (etc.), often worrying about mis/disinformation and AI. I block profiles that give a weird vibe -- sorry if this leads to some errors. (Opinions are my own.)
hipmum29 🇨🇦 @hipmum29.bsky.social VACCINES SAVE LIVES. PERIOD.
All around nerd & kind of a stickler for equal rights & basic human decency 🤷🏼♀️
🇨🇦 Every Child Matters
Raincouver Millennial @raincouver.bsky.social Mom, Vancouverite, Math — following illustrators & authors makes me happy :) 
Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca Game history, programming, nonsense.
Multimedia blog: https://cdrom.ca
Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social Science communicator & writer ✍🏼 🧬
MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM
Activist
📍Vancouver, BC
Michael @snowrunner.bsky.social Books, bikes and beers
Carol Liao @carolmliao.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law | UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow, Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics | Chair, Canada Climate Law Initiative | Co-Director, UBC Centre for Climate Justice #corpgov #climate #sustainability
Margie @margiesanderson.bsky.social she/her -- mostly here as part of Vision Zero Vancouver. also a child/youth rights advocate, + active transportation & child-friendly planning nerd.
Lorienne Jenstad (she/her) @ljenstad.bsky.social Audiologist, researcher, lives in Vancouver, loves dogs. Areas of research include hearing aids, hearing and aging, and hearing health care access.
Tara Tiger Brown, PhD 🌲💚 @taratigerbrown.bsky.social Nature + Health Researcher studying how natural environments support stress regulation, social connection, and meaning. Created Sit Spot Club and Silent Trails.
Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social narrator & protagonist of her own life | echolalia echolalia (Brick Books, 2024) | Crips for eSims for Gaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs
website: janeshi.org
Kathleen Gros @kagcomix.bsky.social I've made a bunch of graphic novels. Most recent: CAROUSEL SUMMER (kids) and I HATED YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL (adults).
I teach comics & illustration around Vancouver. I spend my spare time sewing.
Portfolio can be found here: http://www.kagcomix.com/
Kimberly Parker @thatkimparker.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Character concept artist @ EA ✦ prev. Phoenix Labs ✦ A/I hater ✦ UVW-CWA ✦ views are my own
portfolio: kimberlyparker.ca
Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social Your City is a grassroots organization focused on affordability in Seattle, Washington #thisisyourcity
https://www.yourcityseattle.org
Sarah Slack @sarahjslack.bsky.social Human rights & community care
Anti-genocide 🇵🇸 & everywhere
Still 😷 + to prevent COVID
& other airborne disease
Curiosity, connection, and community at our common table
@commontable.bsky.social
Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca Co-ops, cycling and civictech in the streets; amateur making, disability justice and decolonization in the sheets. | she/her
w3w: wrong.thin.stencil
Amanda T @amandatho.bsky.social pretty offline actually
..does this count?
Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy, UBC
Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, UBC
Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy of Science
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm