PADA @padayeg.bsky.social Grassroots. Disability-driven.
Connecting disabled Albertans to build power, support one another, and fight back together.
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@karenpalmeryvr.bsky.social @karenpalmeryvr.bsky.social Health policy analyst, health system researcher, AdjProf @sfu-fhs.bsky.social, trained Hawaii @UHManoa, constructive disruptor, wilderness lover
Zoe Mason @zoemas0n.bsky.social Writer and researcher. Reporter at Canada's National Observer.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social Long-time journalist currently writing for the Toronto Star and living in Calgary. 
Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social Family doctor, clinical researcher, founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, contributor to @CBCRadio @GlobalNewsCa @TorontoStar @ZoomerMedia
@nupge.bsky.social @nupge.bsky.social 
The Alberta Worker @abworker.bsky.social Startup independent media outlet focusing on labour issues in Alberta.
@rabble.ca @rabble.ca 
Amie Archibald-Varley @amievarley.bsky.social www.amievarley.com
National Best-Selling Author “The Wisdom of Nurses”
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Emerging Screenwriter/Director
Speaker: Mental Health/Health Equity
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Alberta Federation of Labour @abfedlabour.bsky.social We represent 26 affiliated unions and over 170,000 workers across Alberta
CUPE Alberta @cupealberta.bsky.social Representing 40,000 Albertans building strong communities.
Goldblatt Partners LLP @gpllp.bsky.social Labour & Employment law • Human rights • Civil litigation • Indigenous rights • Class actions • Pension law • Criminal defence • Posts are not legal advice
https://goldblattpartners.com/ Toronto • Ottawa
Ontario Nurses’ Association @ontarionurses.bsky.social We are 68,000 nurses & health-care professionals, & 18,000 nursing students. Stay in the Fight. And fight like a nurse.
General queries: onamail@ona.org #onlab
Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦🇨🇦💉 @ziadfazel.bsky.social In Nov 2024, BlueSky became my primary platform. Still have my @ziadfazel on Xitter because of my history of threads there.
Thanks for following me (back) here again.
Photo summer 2024 at Stamps game with my friend @booshmeister. Life is good.
The Alberta Teachers’ Association @albertateachers.bsky.social ATA, as the professional organization of teachers, advances public education, supports teachers’ professional practice and advocates for its members. www.teachers.ab.ca
@calgarylabour.bsky.social @calgarylabour.bsky.social 
Sandra Smiley (she/her) @sandrasmiley.bsky.social Smiley by name, smiley by nature | Resident physician @ubcpublichealth.bsky.social | Board @msf.ca | Co-host/producer @justmedicinepod.bsky.social | Posts about public health & social medicine | Opinions mine
Harold Pliszka @hpliszka.bsky.social Counselling social worker, leadership consultant, builder. Founder of Reverve Counselling, & Iron Lava Consulting. HYTES co-founder & 1st ED of SWAA. | https://hpliszka.com | http://reverve.life | https://ironlava.com | http://hytes.org
Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social Progressive Indy Radio @CoopRadio | LIVE Sat 10am - 12pm PT | CFRO 100.5 FM | livestream at https://coopradio.org Podcast @apple and everywhere else Follow and share for regular alt media podcasting.
Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social Canada's progressive podcast community including @albertaadvantage.bsky.social, @pressprogress.ca, @techwontsave.us, @cjpme.org, @srslywrong.bsky.social + more at harbingermedianetwork.com
Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu-venugopal.bsky.social Emergency Medicine 
Jillian Demontigny she/ her @drjilliandem.bsky.social I’m a family physician and a provider of gender affirming care, abortion and contraception care, and opioid dependence treatment. Opinionated and appropriately confident.
HEARTS Alberta @heartsalberta.bsky.social We’re a collective of Alberta advocates committed to compassion, inclusion, and justice. Guided by HEARTS: Harm Reduction, Equity, Advocacy, Respect, Trust, and Support, we stand with people who use substances and who deserve dignity and care.
Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social Health Reporter at PressProgress.
Co-founder at De Facto Journalism Co-op.
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Zachary Weeks | Disability Advocate ♿️ @zacharyweeks.bsky.social Accessibility Consultant, Speaker and Model
🗯 Born to s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶u̶p̶.̶ stand OUT.
Agent: @kelloinclusive
Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social NDP Member of Parliament for Courtenay-Alberni
DrKChurch @dockc-70.bsky.social Stay in Canada - No to the 9....Toronto Metropolitan University retiree in Calgary, sociologist in disability studies, mad studies and other valuable disciplines of critical thought.
Alberta Advantage Podcast @albertaadvantage.bsky.social Podcast. Fresh from the birthplace of the CCF.
https://linktr.ee/albertaadvantagepod
Alvin Finkel @alvinfinkel.bsky.social Socialist historian; author of Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle for Equality; president, Alberta Labour History Institute
https://lorimer.ca/adults/product/humans-the-300000-year-struggle-for-equality/
Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social Forward Canada is a movement dedicated to protecting and strengthening our democracy, public services, and workers’ rights. ForwardWeekly.ca
CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, harm reduction, and drug education. 🌿💉💊☕️🍺🍄🇨🇦
📍Amiskwaciwâskahikan
http://linktr.ee/CSSDPEdmonton
Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social Alberta legislature reporter for the @CdnPress.bsky.social in amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton | He/Him
Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social Alberta provincial affairs reporter for The Canadian Press
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social The CMA leads a national movement with physicians who believe in a better future of health.
Français: https://bsky.app/profile/amc-sante.bsky.social
Alberta Municipalities @abmunis.bsky.social A non-partisan voice for Alberta's summer villages, villages, town, cities, & special municipalities. We represent munis where over 85% of Albertans live.
Paula Kirman @apaulagetics.bsky.social Words. Pictures. Music. Community. Editor of Boyle McCauley News. Prairie rep with Canadian Freelance Union. Admin + website + archives/records at Alberta Labour History Institute. She/her. Treaty 6. Views expressed here are mine. linktr.ee/apaulagetics
Palliser Friends Of Medicare @palliserfom.bsky.social Southeastern Alberta (Palliser) Chapter of Alberta Friends of Medicare - https://bsky.app/profile/friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
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
4B Harm Reduction Society @4bharmredux.bsky.social 
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
Gabriel Fabreau MD, MPH, FRCPC @gabefabreau.bsky.social Canadian General Internist, #publichealth, #refugeehealth, & #healthservices research, father, husband. Associate Prof @UCalgary, O'Brien Institute for Public Health and ACHRI. Treaty 7 land.
Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social Gay trouble, personified. Executive Director of Queer Momentum. Fighting for freedom, equality and rights for 🏳️🌈 people in 🇨🇦 (and beyond). Love solidarity, unions, feminism & my community.
YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social Former EMD / EMS / AHS Lackie .. Dad to a special needs girl! Comments are my own!! DM's open for Tips regarding AHS Closures, Outbreaks, EMS or other healthcare items. Unofficial CMOH of Alberta! 
Inclusion Alberta @inclusionalberta.bsky.social A non-profit federation that advocates on behalf of individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families.
CODE BLACK @codeblackamerica.bsky.social Emergency physician 🇨🇦 | U.S.-trained, mid-career. I watched U.S. medicine sell its moral core to fascists. Canada still has time to choose differently.
https://substack.com/@codeblackdispatch
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net The global network promoting drug policies grounded in social justice and human rights
Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social Canada’s premier green health care resource network; a national voice and catalyst for environmental change 🌿☀️
https://linktr.ee/ccghc_ 
Karli Drew ♿️ @karleia.bsky.social Queer, Disabled activist | Writer, creator, consultant | Walking is too mainstream for my edgy aesthetic 💅🏻 | She/they | Treaty 6 | linktr.ee/karleia
Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social Author of THE CRANE (Breakwater, 2025) and HOLDING GROUND, THE WORLD'S ERODING COASTLINES forthcoming from Harper Collins Canada (2027) || Journalist || MD MSc MFA || associate editor at CMAJ || monicakidd.ca || represented by Aevitas
@calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social 
Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights @actioncanadashr.bsky.social Action Canada is Planned Parenthood Canada. We are a voice for sexual health and rights in Canada and globally. 
Egale Canada @egalecanada.bsky.social Egale is Canada's leading 2SLGBTQI organization.
Canadian Health Coalition/Coalition canadienne de la santé @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Standing up for public health care in Canada | 🇨🇦 Défendre les soins de santé publics au Canada
https://www.healthcoalition.ca/
CPHA - ACSP @cpha-acsp.bsky.social The Canadian Public Health Association is the independent voice for healthy public policy in Canada | L'Association canadienne de santé publique est la voix indépendante pour une politique publique saine au Canada
Steve Boots (inactive) @steveboots.bsky.social Retired content creator
Queer Momentum @queermomentum.ca Accelerating Social & Gender Justice for 2SLGBTQIA+ People. Addressing rising anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate and challenging government inaction on 🏳️🌈 issues. #CdnPoli. MomentumCanada.net
Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social I write and yak for CBC in Calgary. DMs open, Signal, WhatsApp, and such
jason.markusoff@cbc.ca
Coalition solidarité santé @cssante.bsky.social La Coalition solidarité santé est un regroupement d'organisations syndicales et communautaires qui défend les principes de base de notre système de santé : gratuité, accessibilité, universalité et intégralité
Dying With Dignity Canada @dyingwithdignity.ca The national human-rights charity committed to improving quality of dying, protecting end-of-life rights and helping people across Canada avoid unwanted suffering. 🌈
Find us at dyingwithdignity.ca
Facebook: @DWDCanada
Instagram: @dwdcanada
The Maple @readthemaple.com Canadian news & opinion that confronts the status quo. 100% reader-funded & independent.
Edited by @alex.readthemaple.com & @davide.readthemaple.com
Website: https://www.readthemaple.com/
Email list: http://www.readthemaple.com/signup-bluesky/
The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social Slow news for curious Calgarians. Subscribe to Sprawlcast, Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast, wherever you listen to podcasts! sprawlcalgary.com
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment @cape-acme.bsky.social Physician-led non-profit working to secure human health by protecting the environment
The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com Written by academic experts, edited by journalists, backed by evidence
✉️ Newsletter: http://bit.ly/2W8X3Ev
🎧 Podcast: http://bit.ly/39v1EE0
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social Leading Canada's social democrats, advancing justice & equality. | Diriger les sociaux-démocrates du Canada, faire progresser la justice et l’égalité. 🌹
Public Service Alliance of Canada - Prairies @psacprairies.bsky.social The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents more than 170,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada, including over 29,000 in the Prairies.
PSAC-AFPC @psac-afpc.bsky.social Public Service Alliance of Canada — Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada
Wing Kar Li, PhD @wingkarli.bsky.social she/her. Parent. PhD Neuroscience. YEG/Comms Director @SOSAlberta. Public goods must not be privatized. No health ministers on my driveway please.
Steve Morgan @steveubc.bsky.social Economist, professor of health care policy, and advocate for universal access to medicines in Canada and around the world. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally. #pharmacare he/him
Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social He/him | Uninvited settler on stolen Quw’utsun Territory | Nurse | #HarmReduction
BC Health Coalition @bchealthcoalition.bsky.social The BC Health Coalition is a province-wide movement defending and strengthening universal, public health care. We bring together health workers, patients, and communities to put people—not profit—at the centre of care.
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅
SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/
https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
Ontario Health Coalition @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social Citizen's movement to safeguard and improve our public health care, under the principles of equity and compassion that underlie the Canada Health Act. We fight to stop cuts & privatization. 
Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social Canadian. PhD candidate at the U of Alberta. Vanier Scholar. Killam Laureate. BSW, MA, MSW. Health care, education and labour. DMs open, e-mail me at dekesere@ualberta.ca
The Breach @breachmedia.ca Journalism to map a just future.
Award-winning outlet launched in May, 2021.
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Zoë Dodd @zoedodd.bsky.social Anti drug war activist, anti-capitalist, harm reduction. Co-organizer with Toronto Overdose Prevention Society. Committed to living in a better world. Free 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/saveoursites
AB Resistance @abresistance.bsky.social We are a non-partisan grassroots movement listening to Albertans of all political stripes who are worried about the damage our government is doing to Alberta. We want to do something about it. Change is possible! https://www.abresistance.ca/
#ABResistance
Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social Mount Royal University Political Science Prof, retired lacrosse coach (now I coach coaches!), Husband, and Dad to 2 adult children and 1 grandchild
Sandra Azocar @sandraiaz.bsky.social Labour, health care, community activist - post are my own!!
Canadian Labour @canadianlabour.bsky.social We bring together unions representing 3.3 million workers to fight for fairness | Text WORKERS to 55255 💪 (msg & data rates may apply)
Nous rassemblons plus de 3,3 millions de travailleuses et travailleurses pour améliorer nos conditions.
Mare (she/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social Supporting 2SLBGTQI+ folks
All Human Rights: Health, Water, Housing, Healthy Planet
Uninvited guest on Treaty 7 Lands
Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social You’re a Treaty partner. ADHD/Sahtu Dene NativeCalgarian.com or
https://linktr.ee/nativecalgarian
Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
http://www.noraloreto.ca
@duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social 
Workers' Resource Centre @workersresourcectr.bsky.social The Workers' Resource Centre provides free assistance to Alberta workers. We help with Employment Standards, EI, AISH, CPP-D, Human Rights and more.
www.helpwrc.org
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
Alberta Labour History Institute @ablabourhistory.bsky.social The Alberta Labour History Institute collects, preserves, and disseminates the stories of Alberta’s working people and their organizations.
https://albertalabourhistory.org/
Jon Meddings @jmeddings.bsky.social Past Dean, Cumming School of Medicine; Gastroenterologist, Avid photographer in no particular order. Opinions are mine.
Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social Emergency Physician. HC advocate. Got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.
Stephanie Dubois @stephaniedubois.bsky.social Producer covering all things health with CBC's podcast and radio show, White Coat, Black Art. | Want to share something about health care in Canada? stephanie.dubois@cbc.ca
Signal: SDubois.01
Jen Lee @jenleecbc.bsky.social Senior Reporter for CBC News specializing in health stories
cbc.ca/calgary
Based in Calgary, Alberta
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/author/jennifer-lee-1.2878035
Dr. Shazma Mithani, MD, FRCPC @drshazmamithani.bsky.social Inner city ER Doc | Mom | Advocate | Speaker |
Find me on all platforms @drshazmamithani
*Posts are not medical advice
Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social National health reporter with The Globe and Mail. Based in Calgary. Formerly with the Canadian Press, Calgary Herald. DM for Signal/Whatsapp or email alannasmith@globeandmail.com
🔗: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alanna-smith/
Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca #UAlberta political scientist | Black Faculty Collective | Lead: Common Ground (@cgroundpolitics.bsky.social) | jaredwesley.ca | drjaredwesley.substack.com | co-author: partyloyalty.ca
Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social Independent investigative journalist in Edmonton, Alberta. Ex Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Contact in confidence at journalismtips@protonmail.com
Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social Reporter in The Globe and Mail's Calgary bureau. Loves: The Riders, the Oilers, the farm, mountains, snow. Dislikes: Daylight Saving(s) Time, raccoons, gophers, the search for New Twitter
Lethbridge Herald @lethbridgeherald.bsky.social
Lethbridge, Alberta's daily newspaper is the Lethbridge Herald. It has been serving Southern Alberta since 1905, offering news, sports, entertainment, and community coverage for the region.
Brett McKay @brettmckay.bsky.social Reporter for the Investigative Journalism Foundation
Email: brett.mckay@theijf.org
Signal: brettmckay.23