Eva Uguen-Csenge @evacsenge.bsky.social investigative journalist at cbc's the fifth estate
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Bernie Pauly @bpauly.bsky.social Nurse, researcher, University of Victoria Community Engaged Scholar, Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, BC Co/Lab. Substance use, health equity, and health policy
Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com Independent journalist
Public historian
Born to raise hell
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G-ma and more @g-masp.bsky.social Sociologist studying the intersection of substance use and socio-economic struggles.
Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social Filter was a nonprofit news outlet covering drugs, harm reduction and human rights from 2018-2026. The website remains online: https://filtermag.org
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
Gillian Kolla @gilliankolla.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Memorial University & Collaborating Scientist, Canadian Institute on Substance Use Research, University of Victoria. Researching drug policy, harm reduction, social determinants of health
International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social The forum for dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, & critical analysis in international drug policy. Affiliated: ISSDP & INHSU.
Nate Crompton @natecrompton.bsky.social
Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social Vancouver-based photojournalist working for NYT, Globe and Mail, Guardian, WSJ etc. www.jackiedives.com
🍅Troylana💜💜 @troylana.bsky.social Retired Kindergarten teacher @SD73
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Host - The Early Edition - CBC Radio One Vancouver
Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social #Activist fighting deadly drug policy.
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Guest on Treaty 6
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor
Mo Amir @vancolour.bsky.social 📺TV: “This is VANCOLOUR” on CHEK +
📻Radio: CBC’s On The Coast - "Soapbox Social"
The most bleeped political commentator in B.C.
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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social Housing, harm reduction and healthcare in Vancouver & Victoria, BC
Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social Formerly an artist (commercial sort); not much of a dog lover; always an avid reader. Currently a homeless binner in Vancouver, BC Canada. He/him. sqwabb@gmail.com
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com Canada's national newspaper, but on Bluesky
Drug Policy Alliance @drugpolicy.org The nation’s leading org promoting drug policies grounded in evidence, health, equity, & human rights. #NoMoreDrugWar. ED: @kassandrafred.bsky.social https://drugpolicy.org/
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social Advancing drug policies grounded in public health, human rights and compassion. Part of @SFU_FHS
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Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social Lawyer & strategist.
CCPA-BC @ccpabc.bsky.social Social, economic and environmental justice. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, British Columbia. Reposts are not endorsements.
Pivot Legal Society @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social Using the law as a tool, we challenge unjust legislation, policies & practices that undermine human rights, intensify poverty, and perpetuate stigma.
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Derrick O'Keefe 🌹 @derrickokeefe.bsky.social Vancouver-based writer, editor, non-profit worker & volunteer, community advocate, democratic socialist, husband, dad.
Jas Johal @jasjohal.bsky.social 730 CKNW Radio Host. Former Global National East Asia Bureau Chief (Beijing), Former South Asia Bureau Chief (New Delhi), former MLA, and former Director of Communications, BC LNG Alliance
Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social Journalist. Cat enabler. Status quo de-stabler. Too old to join the circus, too young to quit trying. City/ed journo for TheTyee.ca. Settler on stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ, and Skwxwú7mesh lands, born/raised on stolen Beothuk land. They/them
InsiteVan @insitevan.bsky.social INSITEvan
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DoNoHarm BC @donoharmbc.bsky.social We're a nonpartisan action group in BC, Canada advocating for evidence-based safety measures in high-risk settings. https://linktr.ee/DoNoHarmBC | https://donoharmbc.ca
Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com We amplify marginalized voices and create meaningful work for those experiencing poverty or are low-income in Vancouver, BC. #changethatworks
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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Investigative Journalism Foundation (@theijf.org). Hit me up at bethany.lindsay@theijf.org.
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Olamide Olaniyan @olapalooza.bsky.social editing @thetyee.ca, he/him, email: oolaniyan@thetyee.ca
Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social *On maternity leave*
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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social Vancouver writer. Punctuation patrol at BCIT j-school. Author of "Very Vancouver" and "Under the White Gaze."
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HIV Justice Network @hivjustice.net The leading community-based NGO building co-ordinated, effective global responses to punitive laws and policies that impact people living with HIV in all our diversities #HIVcriminalisation
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HIV Legal Network @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social Recognized global leader in the movement for health and human rights. Un leader mondial du mouvement pour la santé et les droits humains. #HIV #VIH
www.HIVLegalNetwork.ca
Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social Forged in the flames of righteous truth and decolonization, we are Walking Eagle News: proud purveyors of only the finest Indigenous news.
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social Senior writer @breachmedia.ca
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca Independent & Employee-Owned News for Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Email: tips@cheknews.ca
Substance Use & Addiction Journal (SAj) @sajamersa.bsky.social Substance Use & Addiction Journal (SAj) disseminates addiction-related original research, policy positions, & commentary. Peer reviewed. Dynamic. Owned by @AMERSA, Inc. https://amersa.org/about-the-journal/ Tweets&ReTweets are our own. EiC= @adamjgordon
Alex Collins @alex-b-collins.bsky.social Medical social scientist studying drug use, overdose, and housing | Assistant Professor in Community Health at Tufts University | lover of trails & basketball | she/her
Substance Use Health Network (SUHN - formerly NSSCoP) @nsscop-suhn.bsky.social An interdisciplinary community of people from across Canada/Turtle Island who are working to increase access to a continuum of care options for people who use substances. www.substanceusehealth.ca
Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social "Major descendant of De Quincey". Science journalist, essayist: biology & power. Pro-underdog cat person.
📚 On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, & Other Matters of Substance https://carlynzwarenstein.com/onopium/
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People, Place and Health Collective @pphcollective.bsky.social Public health research that is people centered, place oriented & data driven. We study drugs, infectious diseases + intersecting epidemics. Based at the Brown University School of Public Health.
Yale Program in Addiction Medicine @yaleadm.bsky.social No wrong door. Advancing evidence-based prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services for substance use and substance use disorders. https://linktr.ee/yaleaddictionmed
Vancouver Coastal Health @vchhealthcare.bsky.social Healthy lives in healthy communities.
Katie DeRosa @katiederosa.bsky.social Legislative reporter for CBC News BC.
LSE alum, Travers Fellowship recipient, Amnesty International Canada media award recipient.
Loves to travel (even with two toddlers apparently).
@defund604.bsky.social @defund604.bsky.social Defund 604 Network organizes on unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm, Skwxwu7mesh, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, Q'e'yc'ey, qiqéyt, Qw'?ntl'en & Stó:lō peoples.
Ryan Sudds @ryansudds.bsky.social
4B Harm Reduction Society @4bharmredux.bsky.social
The Breach @breachmedia.ca Journalism to map a just future.
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Aaron Bailey @aaronrbailey.bsky.social Researcher, organizer, medic | Surrey Union of Drug Users | Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, UVic | Former: EIDGE, VANDU OPS
Alex de Boer @alexdeboer.bsky.social Documentary producer at @crackdownpod.bsky.social. End the war on drugs. Free Palestine.
Angie Staines (She/Her) @harmreduxnurse.bsky.social Mom, Nurse, Founder of 4B Harm Reduction Society. It’s been a wild ride, I’m healing and getting stronger. Time to get loud💜
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Kokum Sarah @kokumsarah.bsky.social Lakotah's mom and kokum to my amazing granddaughter. Assistant Professor of Indigenous Peoples Education, Nehiyaw Iskwew, Beadworker, Harm Reduction Advocate.
Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Systems Innovation at the University of Alberta's School of Public Health.
Edmonton/Treaty 6. 🇨🇦. ichwp.ca.
dustin @godfrey.work it's not delivery. it's digiornalist
justice, drugs, housing, health
co-founder/member: @defactomedia.ca / defactomedia.ca
work in The Guardian, Globe & Mail, Tyee, Filter, The Maple
also at @debriefcomms.ca
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Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social Teddy’s handler, living in BC and working in research/writing re: overdose and prison health. Local OAT/prescribed safer supply patient loudmouth. Widowed. Follow for drug policy, punk stuff, my dog, trying to get by in a bad economy.
Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca A group of Canadian physicians who care for people who use substances and advocate for safer, more compassionate, evidence-based healthcare policies.
P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca police oversight with evidence & research
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Rayna Rambling @raynarambling.bsky.social She/Her. Photography. Books. Nature. Dogs. Food. Cooking. Running. Zoning Reform Advocate. Harm Reduction Advocate. Ex BC wine/beer sales rep. Proofreading/Editing Services for the Beverage Alcohol industry and beyond. #yyj Vancouver Island.
Jenn McDermid @jennmcdermid.bsky.social
Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social Radio producer, news reporter, cyclist, enjoyer of outside. Vancouver, BC
Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org Independent journalist in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton).
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social Emmy-winning journalist and
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Dr. Nab @nabarund.bsky.social Street drug scientist 💥
Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US
Nabarun Dasgupta, MPH, PhD
News @ opioiddatalab.ghost.io
Bulk naloxone non-profit
RemedyAllianceFTP.org
Epidemiology
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Assoc editor Am J Public Health
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own.- L Lisa Hale @lisahale.bsky.social Freelancer based in Musqueam/Squamish/Tsleil Waututh territories. I carry naloxone. Tá cúpla focal agam
Shawn Cohen @shawncohenmd.bsky.social Addiction Med Doc at Yale
Trying to make the hospital into a better place for people who use drugs
Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social Victoria, B.C. needsmorespikes.com
Release: Drugs, The Law & Your Rights @releasedrugs.bsky.social UK's centre of expertise on drugs and drug law. Global reports on decrim and racist policing. Campaigning for rights of people who use drugs.
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Kelly Knight @kellyrayknight.bsky.social Medical Anthropologist @ University of California - San Francisco
Associate Director, Benioff Housing and Homelessness Initiative
Opioid Industry Document Archive
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Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research @uviccisur.bsky.social Promoting health, reducing harm. Official account of UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.
Ju Park, PhD @drjupark.bsky.social Assist. Professor. Overdose and drug policy researcher at Brown University. www.harmreductionlab.com
Ryan McNeil @ryanmcneil.bsky.social Associate Professor (Medicine/Public Health/Anthro) at Yale | opinions own
PressProgress @pressprogress.ca Award-winning Canadian journalism that:
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com Anthropologist, speaker, educator. Plant medicines, Land Back + organizing for collective liberation. Is Gaeilgeoir mé 💚 she/her 📍 Tkaronto
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca Investigations on the Alberta-led drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social International Public Speaker.
Harm Reduction and Recovery advocate.
Survivor of addiction, gangs and homelessness.
Telling my story.
Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social He/him | Uninvited settler on stolen Quw’utsun Territory | Nurse | #HarmReduction
Dr. Andrea Sereda @andreasereda.bsky.social Physician caring for people marginalized from healthcare & community. Substance use health & harm reduction expert. Working hard to bring the human right of housing to all of my patients. Often feel like Dr. McCoy. All views my own.
Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy @wesup.bsky.social No Drug War On The Shop Floor
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xʷməθkʷəýəm, Skwxwú7mesh & Səlilwətaɬ territories.
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six bestselling books. I share stories and opinion pieces from a broad range of publications. Shares are not endorsements.
Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social Founder of The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary & Get Your Drugs Tested (world's busiest free drug analysis service.) I gave away 10 million cannabis seeds.
danalarsen.com
getyourdrugstested.com
potheadbooks.com
youtube.com/@dankarson
Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social Drug policy. Prisons and jails. Journalism. Research. Harm reduction. Veterans. Heart in Portland, skin under San Diego sun.