TashMonster @tashmonster.bsky.social Artist, Writer, LARPer, Gamer, General Nerd
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.
Leilani Farha @leilanifarha.bsky.social Global Director, The Shift
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing
Co-Host PUSHBACK Talks
International law; human rights; housing; cities; finance
Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social He/him | Uninvited settler on stolen Quw’utsun Territory | Nurse | #HarmReduction
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social Advancing drug policies grounded in public health, human rights and compassion. Part of @SFU_FHS
www.drugpolicy.ca
BC-CfE @bccfe.bsky.social The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is Canada's largest HIV research, treatment & education organization.
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
The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com
instagram.com/andreawoo
Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social #Activist fighting deadly drug policy.
🏳️⚧️ mom and ally.
Co-founder of Moms Stop The Harm.
Guest on Treaty 6
#HarmReduction
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#YouAreSafeWithMe
#Canada #Alberta
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social once called «Canada's only public intellectual»
drug policy researcher ⁕ historian ⁕ artist ⁕ schemer ⁕ disorganizer ⁕ ephemera
vancouver bc canada
institute for the history of possible futures
https://free-futures-society.org/
Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social Postdoc at @opioidcobre.bsky.social. Translational transdisciplinary drug scientist, harm reductionist, artist, paramedic, chemistry enthusiast, Texan. she/her/ella
Shop: pinpenmerger.etsy.com
Venmo: claireifc
Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social Health reporter @pressprogress.ca *On maternity leave*
Co-founder at De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca
📧 brishtireports@gmail.com
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David Eby @eby-david.bsky.social 37th and current premier of British Columbia.
Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social News and information from Vancouver Island.
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social Victoria, BC, Canada. Legislative Reporter at Global BC. Host of Focus BC. C division curler. Rookie minors baseball coach. He/him.
Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social Human Doctor • Toxicology • Addiction • Emergency • #WTFentanyl & more often just WTF • drugs are misunderstood but people are misunderstood more • he/him • YouTube.com/@RyanMD • #MedSky
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca Investigations on the Alberta-led drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
PhD Microbiology
Banner: Access to information in Alberta
Icon: Headshot of me in blue t-shirt
Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social #harmreduction #careisnotforced
#careisnotcoerced
Supporting others grieving a toxic drug poisoning loss, like me.
Treat everyone with kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
Treaty 6 - Alberta
RECLAIM @reclaimcollective.bsky.social www.reclaimcollective.ca
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/
HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social Harm Reduction Nurses Association is a national organization with a mission to advance harm reduction nursing through practice, education, research, advocacy.
Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy @wesup.bsky.social No Drug War On The Shop Floor
wesup.org
xʷməθkʷəýəm, Skwxwú7mesh & Səlilwətaɬ territories.
Traci Letts @traciletts.bsky.social
Rebecca Penn @rebeccapenn.bsky.social Harm reduction, public health, puppies, cats, opossums… an uninvited settler in Mi’kma’ki; MSTH, NSSCoP, views my own.
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.
Monica Barratt @monicabarratt.bsky.social Drugs, harm reduction, humane drug policies, drug checking, drug markets, social equity. Academic + advocate. Curtin, Loop, Bluelight.
Christina Bailey @christinabailey.bsky.social Boston Nurse for the Homeless | Drug User Health | Street Med | HIV/AIDS Care | Harm Reductionist
Mark Gilman @markgilman2.bsky.social Harm Reduction: Research, Policy & Practice since 1981. From the Deeply Vale Free Festival to today. The war on drugs is over...drugs have won.
Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh.bsky.social Anti-prohibitionist.
Drug researcher.
Historian.
Socialist.
ADHD
Abortion/Miscarriage.
North of Ireland.
Olivia Mancini, MSW @xlivmarie.bsky.social Drug policy | Advocate for harm reduction, safe supply, decriminalization, legal regulation and the right to housing | Opinions are my own | Co-founder of @sopenhamilton
Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social Drug Policy Facts is a project of the Real Reporting Foundation. We provide excerpts of current information and statistics with complete citations and links to the source materials.
https://www.drugpolicyfacts.org/
Drug Nerd @drugnerd.bsky.social Psychonaut love learning about and trying leagal psychoactive matter. Health and fitness enthusiast focused on longevity through a vegan lifestyle, smart supplementation, and consistent workouts. Into biohacking and optimizing cognition with nootropics.
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Clinical Psychologist. Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Calgary. Author.
New book: https://a.co/d/06FboJTN
Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanstea
University of Calgary: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/jonathan-n-stea
Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephen-murray.com Husband & dad / Director of SafeSpot Overdose Hotline/ Paramedic from This American Life Ep809 The Call / Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor Boston University School of Public Health / VIEWS MINE!
http://stephen-murray.com
MarlissT @marlisst.bsky.social Decades-long RN in the inner city. Harm reduction, drug policy, reconciliation, dignity, respect and health for all.
Atul Ambekar MD @atulambekar.bsky.social Professor of Addiction Psychiatry * Interests: Harm Reduction, Drug Policy, Epidemiology * Views Personal * From India
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
Josie Osborne 🇨🇦 @josieosborne.bsky.social Pragmatic optimist. Ocean lover. Star Trek fan. Dog walker. Former #Tofino mayor. MLA for Mid Island Pacific Rim. BC Minister of Health. #bcpoli
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.
Rumneek Johal @rumneeek.bsky.social Executive Editor @pressprogress ✍️
Send tips: rjohal@pressprogress.ca 📩
I also post about reality TV, pop culture & discourses I hated
rumneekjohal.ca
Matthew Cook @anarchistfish.bsky.social Social worker on coast Salish Territories.
Shop Stewart in the BCGEU
Lousy Christian, worst anarchist. I'm all about the lesser evils. Politics of the Inferno
Here for housing advocacy and silly
memes
Give to the Greens.
https://linktr.ee/vicbcgreens
Ryan McNeil @ryanmcneil.bsky.social Associate Professor (Medicine/Public Health/Anthro) at Yale | opinions own
Kim Sue, MD, PhD @drkimsue.bsky.social Addiction medicine/primary care doctor + med anthro in NJ + Yale. Previously at Rikers, National Harm Reduction Coalition. Author of Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis. Drkimsue.com
tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social phd(c) @sfu-fhs.bsky.social | p.o.w.e.r.
Kathryn Dong @kathryndong.bsky.social MD, MSc, FRCPC, DRCPSC. Addiction Medicine / Population Health. Views and opinions are my own. She/Her.
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social Author of “The Big Fix:Hope After Heroin”, mother, person in recovery, activist, harm reduction, rescue animals.
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
Maia Szalavitz @maiasz.bsky.social Contributing Opinion Writer, NY Times. Author: Undoing Drugs, Unbroken Brain, Help At Any Cost; Co-auth: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog & Born for Love (w/ Bruce D. Perry). Addiction, autism, neuroscience, troubled-teen industry, harm reduction, cats.
Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social Stubbornly sesquipedalian, just not at work
B.C. politics reporter with The Narwhal
She/her
Recent work: https://thenarwhal.ca/author/shannon-waters/
🏳️🌈 🐈⬛ 📚 🌊 🌱
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
Magdalena Harris @pwud-pride.bsky.social Harm reduction & home baking
Prof of Inclusion Health Sociology, LSHTM
Current projects:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/ihost
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/sipp
History: http://youtu.be/0H51Nk-I7PA
Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social Running for Toronto City Council in Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park.
www.dianachanmcnally.ca
linktr.ee/dianachanmcnally
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society @vimhs.bsky.social VIMHS is a non-profit organization. We provide recovery, housing, and hope to adults experiencing mental health issues.
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
Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social Journalist with the CBC | formerly with the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail | tips: emily.fagan@cbc.ca
Harm Reduction International @harmreductionintl.bsky.social We envision a world in which drug policies uphold dignity, health and rights. We use data and advocacy to promote harm reduction and drug policy reform.
hri.global
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.
Need advice? Contact 020 7324 2989/ ask@release.org.uk
InsiteVan @insitevan.bsky.social INSITEvan
Tweets by #HarmReduction Advocates and Do Not Necessarily Reflect the Views of VCH or PHS #insitesaveslives
Niamh Eastwood @niamhrelease.bsky.social Drug policy reform, radical harm reduction (it’s a movement not an intervention) ❤️ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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.
https://chekplus.ca/m/xPrh1pKc/this-is-vancolour
Jennifer J. Carroll, not that kind of doctor @jencarroll.bsky.social Medical anthropologist. Rig slinger. Drug/overdose research. Harm reduction collaborator. 🇺🇸/🇺🇦 Opinions my own.
Русский военный корабль, иди нахуй.
David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social Premier of BC. Leader of the BC NDP. MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey. Husband and father of three.
SteveRolles @steverolles.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst for Transform Drug Policy Foundation
www.transformdrugs.org mostly tweeting on drug policy/law reform. Own views etc. Also/formerly @stevetransform on *the other place*
BC Civil Liberties Association @bccla.bsky.social Equality. Liberty. Freedom. Justice. Fighting for civil liberties and human rights since 1962 through Litigation, Law Reform & Public Legal Education.
bccla.org/donate
Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social Calling for policies that are based on evidence, science and human rights #drugpolicyreform
Follow does not imply endorsement.
globalcommissionondrugs.org
Scott is PCS-ing @katatdisney.com MPH | Substance Use Disorder Epidemiologist | Biostatistician | Nurse | Mother of Bulldogs | Find me on a carrousel | Bob Iger liked* my tweets | Fiercely Independent | Military Spouse | Everyone uses drugs | 📍Boston | Disney Dress Shop Updates 👗
Catriona Matheson @catrionamath.bsky.social All about evidence to reduce drug harms. Freelance research consultant and Prof in Substance Use, University of Stirling. FRPharmS.
Kyla Lee @kylalee.ca Lawyer. Badass. Shameless Self-Promoter. That lawyer from TikTok. https://linktr.ee/kylaleelawyer
Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com Anthropologist, speaker, educator. Plant medicines, Land Back + organizing for collective liberation. Is Gaeilgeoir mé 💚 she/her 📍 Tkaronto
→→→ linktr.ee/hilaryagro ←←←
You deserve a better world.
Crackdown podcast @crackdownpod.bsky.social Crackdown tells the story of drug user activism in the face of hostility and neglect 💉💜. Hosted by @garthmullins.bsky.social. Support us at patreon.com/crackdownpod.
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
Vancouver Island University's Harm Reduction Alliance @viuhra.bsky.social Promoting a harm reduction approach on campus and in our community
Amanduh Poon 潘 (she/her) @poonfumes.bsky.social Ol’fashion nerd, secular humanist, animal lover, reader, gardener. Hooked on data & stats. MBA. Creative. Colour & glitter ✨.
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research @uviccisur.bsky.social Promoting health, reducing harm. Official account of UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy @ssdpofficial.bsky.social We are the largest national network of young people working to end the War on Drugs. #StartMakingSense #TheWarOnDrugsIsAWarOnUs
Island Health @vanislandhealth.bsky.social Providing health and care services to people on Vancouver Island, surrounding islands and communities.
Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others
Humanist | Emergency+Addiction Medicine | Health policy and advocacy | Health technology and innovation | Views my own (he/him)
Moms Stop The Harm @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) is a network of Canadian families impacted by substance-use-related harms and deaths.
We advocate for the change of failed drug policies, provide peer support to families who have lost a loved one or use or have used substances.
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
David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com Editor, McClelland & Stewart. Author. Writer. General purpose factotum. Lego enthusiast. PhD in political science, just in case.
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social Frontline community health worker. Harm reduction worker.
BC Rural Health Network @bcruralhealth.bsky.social Non-Profit Charity working to improve rural health and wellbeing in BC
Susan Kim 김수잔 @susankimyyj.bsky.social 🍞🌹🖖🐸
Opinions are my own. Retweets are not endorsements. she/they. Free Palestine. Peace and unity in Korea in our lifetimes. "Part-time" City Councillor in BC. Renter.
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!
Care Not Cops @carenotcops.bsky.social People doing care work organizing on unceded Coast Salish territories to remove police from healthcare systems & decarcerate care.
www.carenotcops.ca
Jody Paterson @jodypaterson.bsky.social Journalist, social justice advocate, wanderer. Find my blog at https://closer-look.blogspot.com/ and some of my portfolio on Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/jody-paterson-1
Donald MacPherson @donaldmacmac.bsky.social International #drugpolicyreform #harmreduction, #publichealth, protect the sovereignty of Canada in the face of threats from USA, Russia China. Former ED Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. Special love for #PEI! Vive Canada! Y viva Mexico! He/him 🇨🇦🍁🍁
Substance Use and Recovery Support Initiatives (SURSI) @asu-sirc-sursi.bsky.social ASU Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center - Substance Use and Recovery Support Initiatives (SURSI)
Views expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of our sponsors or institutions.
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.
Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social Community, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse, good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! www.davethompsonvictoria.ca ☄️⏳#yyj 🇨🇦
National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies.
www.harmreduction.org
Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social Senior Scientist and Director of the Everyday Ethics Lab at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Views are my own. 🕊️ www.everydayethicslab.ca
Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR) @d4dprorg.bsky.social We are a global voice for licensed health professionals and scientists advocating for evidence-based drug policies and best practices that
advance public health, reduce stigma, and minimize harm.
https://www.d4dpr.org/
https://linktr.ee/d4dprorg
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/
isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social journalist @CTVVancouver | @USCAnnenberg alum | IG @imzav11
Isabella.zavarise@bellmedia.ca
Tanille Johnston (she/her/elle) @votetanille.bsky.social Proud Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ woman, social worker, and parent. NDP leadership candidate who puts people > profit.
Join me: Tanille.ca
Krista Loughton @kristaloughton.bsky.social Victoria City Councillor & Documentary Filmmaker
Priorities: Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Complete Communities
Opinions expressed are my own
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