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.
Elizabeth Nethery, PhD, RM @enethery.bsky.social Perinatal epidemiology post-doc @UBC | Vancouver, Canada | mum of twins | midwife | settler | she/her/Dr 
Bruno De Bondt @brunodbo.bsky.social Technical lead @nationalobserver.com Open source web development & ops for independent media.
Rural Coordination Centre of BC @rccbc.bsky.social We're a network, led by rural physicians, that improves the health of people and their communities in rural BC.
rccbc.ca
College of Family Physicians | Collège des médecins de famille @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social The College of Family Physicians of Canada | Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada | www.cfpc.ca
Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social Senior Researcher with the @CCPA working on gender equality and public policy research. Opinions are my own. Pronouns (she/her) 
Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca Fair Vote Canada is a national citizens' movement for proportional representation. Sign the Declaration and get involved at http://fairvote.ca/declaration
BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social Born raised in BC, blessed for the country we live in. Not a fan of Conservatives or narrow minded RWNJ's. Gen X/Boomer
ICE = Incel Cosplay Executioners
Voting CONservative has CONsequences
arianek (she/her) @arianek.bsky.social Still alive • Public health/urban planning/open source nerd • SFU Geog • Co-founded Textillia.com w/ @brunodbo.bsky.social ✂️💕 • ♿️🌈🇦🇲🦆🐶🖖📚💌🌿 • PLEASE NO LISTS!!!
Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social Still in that awkward pre-ghost phase
writer/editor at The Beaverton
she/her | Vancouver B.C.
Articles: https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/mary-gillis/
If you wanna criticize me, pay here first: https://ko-fi.com/marygillis
Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social Leader of the @bcgreens.bsky.social ⚡
Fight The Oligarchs, Fund Our Future
https://linktr.ee/emilylowan
Doctors of BC @doctorsofbc.bsky.social We make a meaningful difference in improving health care for British Columbians by representing our physician members. #DoctorsMakingADifference
Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social Writer and cartoonist based in Montreal. My first book is out May 20 :)
Gabrielledrolet.com
Rob Botterell @robbotterell.bsky.social B.C. Green MLA for Saanich North and the Islands. Retired lawyer, negotiator, strategic consultant and change master… a Happy Warrior.
B.C. Green Caucus @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social Representing elected Green MLAs in British Columbia.
Jeremy Valeriote @jervaler.bsky.social Spouse, father of twin daughters, skier, environmental engineer, committed to improving the way we live on this earth. BC Green MLA for West Van-Sea to Sky.
Evidence for Democracy @e4dca.bsky.social Canada's leading advocate for evidence-informed policies and decision-making. 🇨🇦
tim --dangerously-skip-permissions @tds.xyz "Reformation is necessary and despair is criminal." Computational biologist; US-Canadian (Team Canada); he/him. Vancouver is unceded land.
present day. present time
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social Patient engagement professional, "retired" cancer research scientist, cancer survivor, science and health writer. Leafs/Toronto Sceptres fan. Hockey player in training. https://www.drvickyforster.com/
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
Island Social Trends @islandsocialtrends.bsky.social Island Social Trends is a longstanding independent regional & national news publication on south #VancouverIsland, BC (series since 2008); editor & publisher Mary P Brooke. #News analysis to support readers who think for themselves. IslandSocialTrends.ca
@aliasaria.bsky.social @aliasaria.bsky.social 
East Van doc @eastvandoc.bsky.social #dtes #medicine #substanceuse #canucks #harmreduction #science
Dr Renee Fernandez, MD @drrfernandez.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Transformational leader | Family doctor | she/her | Sharing about equity & justice, healthcare, and reproductive health.
Kevin McLeod @dockevinmcleod.bsky.social Father. Teacher. Internal Med Specialist for the North Shore of Vancouver and Whitehorse. Loving life. Married to the love of my life. Proud dad.🇨🇦
Moving over from @dockevinmcleod on X
@shawncurrie.bsky.social @shawncurrie.bsky.social 
Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social Dad, outdoor geek, leader of the Ontario Green Party, and political disruptor in Ontario. 
@FrankeJames 🇨🇦 @frankejames.bsky.social Author of 4 🏆 books on ☀️💨 climate change, ✍️ free expression vs 🇨🇦 govt 🤐 censorship on dirty oil 🛢️, everyday 🏋️ ethics & disability ♿️ rights. The latest: Freeing Teresa (2023) | Follows are 2-way streets | US 🇺🇸 family | 12 yrs in ⛰️ B.C. | No DMs.
Carol Off @caroloff.bsky.social Author of At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage --"an instant #1 bestseller."
It's the story of how political words have been weaponized and who weaponized them.
caroloff.ca
Substack.com/@caroloff
Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social An evidence-based, values-driven organization dedicated to strengthening & preserving Canada's publicly-funded health care system. Join today! https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/cdm_health_summit_2025 
Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social Dad, Pediatrician. I don’t think we should eat our young.
Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social 🌱 CEO, Climate & Nature Solutions; Chair UN Net Zero.
🇨🇦Former Minister of Environment & Climate
🏃♀️Author, Run Like a Girl
Order your copy today ⬇️
www.catherinemckenna.ca
📩 contact@climateandnature.com
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).
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
Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social Mother, writer and settler on Wet'suwet'en territory. Northern B.C. reporter for The Tyee. she/her
The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com North America’s Trusted Source Of News
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebeaverton
Merch: https://the-beaverton.myshopify.com/
Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social Emergency Physician. HC advocate. Got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.
Kelly Grant @kellygrant1.bsky.social Postsecondary education reporter with The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/kelly-grant/ Mom to three excellent boys. Probably at an arena. Tips? kgrant@globeandmail.com
Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social Family doctor, clinical researcher, founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, contributor to @CBCRadio @GlobalNewsCa @TorontoStar @ZoomerMedia
Meghann Darroch @meghanndarroch.bsky.social She/her. Capacity Building & Engagement Lead focused in mental health, addictions and substance use health, living in rural Eastern Ontario.
I am an active volunteer, lover of nature, partner to a superhero and mother to two beautiful boys.
InspiredAquaCA @inspiredaquaca.bsky.social Parent. Scientist. #COVIDzero #VaccinePlus #CovidIsAirborne
For now, I'll still be active on Twitter, too, but gradually transferring over to here.
Therapeutics Initiative (TI) @drug-evidence.bsky.social Independent, evidence-informed, practical #BetterPrescribing resources for physicians, pharmacists, & nurse practitioners. Based in the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
Anna FernandoMD @annafernandomd.bsky.social Unfolding...Homeschooling, Investigating HEALING, MINDFULNESS, HUMAN POTENTIAL; Learning from adversities
MD, FM@uOttawa, fmrFM@ClinicOshawa &ICU-RN@SHNcares
Author:
"The Alchemy of Suffering: Wisdom Recipes from a Doctor’s Jungle... https://a.co/d/eliF3Ih
Camille Currie @ccurrieadvocate.bsky.social camillecurrie.ca founder of BCHealthCareMatters.com A relentless advocate for community, accountability, and positive change.
Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social I had a joke about Cassandra but no one would listen…. 😂🤣 Treaty One #cdnpoli 🐞🐝 🇨🇦
Retired Biologist "illegitimi non carborundum"
“mundus sine caesaribus” Born 318.5 ppm CO2
LOOK IT UP https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/
Devin Dignam @devindignam.bsky.social Currently located in Victoria, BC. Former doer of many things, including educator, DFS pro, referee, & editor at Wagesofwins. Fan of General Ludd. I write (wrote?) biting leftist parody songs for fun: https://devindignam.substack.com/p/coming-soon
@janiukf.bsky.social @janiukf.bsky.social 🇨🇦RN. Work in Primary Care. Advocate for team-based models of care. Mother. Wife. Daughter. Sister. Views are my own. Interests: health care, politics, camping, reading and knitting. No DMs.
Shane🇨🇦 @shane555.bsky.social Interests: Healthcare & informatics
Canada
Cara Brown @carabrown.bsky.social retired nurse, atheist, dog lover, reads/gardens, very covid conscious, Liberal, Canadian. If you have no posts, no photo, no bio, dont follow me. I'll block NO DMs. Men, this means you. I block a lot. I block pretty young women offering porn. 
J Youngward🇨🇦 @volodiscere.bsky.social Canadian. #Skeptic #Stoic #Minimalist #BCPoli #CdnPoli Living on the ancestral & unceded territory of the Ktunaxa people.
Vanessa @yellownessvjt04.bsky.social B.C. 🇨🇦 Working hard to be part of solutions rather than problems. Vet Med. 🐾 🇺🇦😷🌎 💪🏻
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984
Laesa Faith Kim @laesafaith.bsky.social canadian | award winning author of Can't Breathe; a memoir | parent advocate for the #MedicallyComplex community | parent-partner in research
Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social Current: Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social Science.❤️Nature.❤️Music.❤️Gardening.❤️Cuisine. ❤️ Fly fishing! ❤️...and that pesky pandemic! #CovidIsntOver #WearAMask #CleanTheAirIfYouCare #H5N1 #AvianFlu
Kim McGrail @kimmcgrail.bsky.social Professor, Scientific Director, health data enthusiast, views my own.
Based on the beautiful, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples (Vancouver, BC).
Kasia Smith, MD @drkasiasmith.bsky.social PGY2 in Family Medicine, future ER Doctor 🇨🇦
Polish-Canadian, former CPA turned physician. Evidenced based everything.
Trina Larsen Soles @dr-trina.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Rural generalist physician, leader, advocate for improved medical patient transport, access to care for rural populations, oncology and palliative care. Past president of Doctors of BC and SRPC. Likes gardening, coffee and cats 🐈⬛
Dr. Lesley Barron, MD, MPhil, FRACS @drlesleybarron.bsky.social General surgeon, mom, and cyclist with an interest in healthcare policy.
Dr. Brady Bouchard @drbouchard.ca Rural Family Doc, Emerg and Addictions. Prov. EM Addictions Lead @usask. #housingishealthcare. Tweets my own. X: @bradybouchard
Jillian Horton @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social Writer, doctor, thinker, dreamer, schemer, believer, consulting producer, author WE ARE ALL PERFECTLY FINE (HarperCollins). Make good waves. Opinions mine.
Jane Philpott @janephilpott.bsky.social Personal account. Mom and Grandma. Chair of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team. Family physician. Former dean of health sciences. Former federal minister of health. Author of HEALTH FOR ALL available now at https://bit.ly/3SMKVU2
Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social Rural Canadian family/emergency physician. Advocate for an improved standard of emergency care for all Canadians. Sommelier (DipWSET). Father of triplets/ sadly a grieving parent.
Ruth 🇨🇦 @ruthinvancouver.bsky.social UX, progressive politics, dogs, music, technology. 4th generation Canadian of dual heritage (African/European). 🌈 Secular Buddhist & Tragic Optimist.
🚫 🤖 & MAGAs
Dr JVNK @drjvnk.bsky.social PhD Nursing, Retired. Former Dean of Health and Human Services, Emeritus Designate. Bilingual French/English Vancouver Island BC 🇨🇦
Ping Lam Ip @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social PhD student in sociology at University of Alberta; @killamtrusts.bsky.social Laureate
Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social Political & news acct. of information omnivore & adult ADHD Coach Pete Quily Int, Cdn, BC, & Vancouver politics & news volume varies. My ADHD acct is @petequily.bsky.social
https://addcoach4u.com
https://adultaddstrengths.com
LIN @peoplematter.bsky.social Registered nurse now retired. Goal: improve Canadian healthcare. Friends with people with ME/cfs, MS, LongCovid dysautonomias. Patient advocate.
David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social Academic family doc. I try to enable as much health and joy as possible. Against fascism. Lifter. Unpublished poet. Goalie. 🏳️🌈 (he/him) 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇬🇱
Same handle (@drDavidKeegan) on YouTube.
Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Toronto. Bloodborne infections, Lyme disease, misinfo. COVID-19 Resources Canada. Defend journalism. Look for the helpers. Opinions mine. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
https://covid19resources.ca
Dr. Giorgia Tropini @drgtropini.bsky.social Family Medicine & Concussion Medicine. Clinical Instructor at UBC. Medicine, Medical Education, Science over politics. #Medsky
Interested in the overlap between #Concussion and #LongCOVID, #PostViralSyndromes
Dalia Hasan @daliahasanmd.bsky.social Mom, wife, medical doctor, health advocate
Ted St. Godard @tedstgodard.bsky.social 🇨🇦Openly grey. Dog-loving, music-loving, book-loving, scuba-diving, Palliative Care doctoring kinda guy, now retired. Will spend the rest of my life learning guitar. Wannabe Musician.
🍁ABC
Medicine. Is. Political
📸🤿🎸🏳️🌈
Melissa Lem @drmelissalem.bsky.social Family doctor | Clinical assistant prof, UBC Medicine | Past President, @cape-acme.bsky.social | #PaRx Co-Founder | Medical columnist, CBC News Vancouver | Salzburg Global Fellow | Opinions mine
www.parkprescriptions.ca
Dr Jessica Otte, 🇨🇦 MD, CCFP, FCFP 🩺🌍🌱 @drotte.medsky.social Palliative care/family doc in Nanaimo, BC. Clinical Associate Prof, UBC Medicine
Focus: the intersection of Palliative Care + sustainability. Was @lessismoremedicine.❤️quaternary prevention, preventing overdiagnosis, goal-concordant EBM, choosing wisely.
Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social Canadian. PhD student 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
Geoff🇨🇦😷💉😎 @sintfromlmss.bsky.social Dog owned family doc- C Claire Querée @clairedotcomedy.bsky.social Writer
Instructor & Curriculum Designer
Long ago lawyer
Health advocate
Feline appreciator
Writing, Comedy, Music, Film
Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social I talk about my own mental illness treatment and psychiatrists and psychotherapy.
I post my art, which is nicely odd and deep and poorly planned out, which is its greatest strength.
Jesse Chilton🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jchilton666.bsky.social Twitter refugee. Still learning. Canadian🇨🇦. British Columbian. Vive le Canada. #CanadaStrong . #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦 . SPN Family. Actual Human, not a bot. Autistic. Introverted. No DM's. No Bots. No Fascists. Also on Mastodon: @jchilton666@mastodon.social
Teresa Chan @tchanmd.bsky.social Founding Dean & VP Medical Affairs @TorontoMet School of Medicine by Day, EM doc by night
Alumni: UofT SchulichMedDent MacEmerg UICdme UofPeople #MedEd #FOAMed #MedSky
Christine Gibson MD @christygibson.bsky.social Physician - author ModernTrauma.com - speaker TEDx 2 - health equity - climate - transdisciplinarian. Treaty 7🏳️🌈🧡
The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social Canada's leading independent magazine for physicians since 1965.
Register for free daily news: http://canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca
Got a news tip? Email Canadian Healthcare Network Editor @marthaporado.bsky.social directly: mporado@ensembleiq.com
Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social She/her. Award-winning health and science journalist. Investigative reporter at CIDRAP News. LizSzabo.30 on Signal. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/all-news
Dr. Brian Goldman ER MD and Broadcaster @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social ER MD Author of four bestsellers including Nightshift, Power of Kindness and Power of Teamwork. My latest book is The Casino Shift. RTs are not endorsements. Medical & HealthToronto thecasinoshift.com
Suffia Malik @suffiawrites.bsky.social Health Journalist & Resident Doctor in Family Medicine
🩺 Reporting on medical education, global health, and Cdn health systems
🖊️ Fellow with @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social
Tips? suffiawrites@gmail.com
Jill Konkin 🇨🇦 🍁 @djillk.bsky.social Health equity. Social justice. Rural generalist physician — recently ceased active clinical practice. Professor, Family Medicine Views are my own. Live on Treaty 6 territory. She/Her
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University, Montreal & Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health 🇨🇦
Tweets: own views. He/him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai
Dr. Danielle Michaels @dmmengmd.bsky.social Family doc ~ Engineer ~ Quality Assurance Fanatic ~ views are my own and like/RT is not an endorsement ~ she/her ~ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - yeg
Jon Meddings @jmeddings.bsky.social Past Dean, Cumming School of Medicine; Gastroenterologist, Avid photographer in no particular order. Opinions are mine.
Dr. Adam Ogieglo @aogieglo.bsky.social Family Doctor in Saskatoon. Husband to an ICU RN. Father of 4. Saskatchewan born and raised. I want better things for my home province.
Trish Hennessy @trishhennessy.ca Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: policyalternatives.ca. Editor, Monitor magazine. Income inequality, health equity, workers' rights, public services, inclusive economy, fair taxation.
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social Doctor of hematology-oncology. Canadian 🇨🇦Patient advocate. Mom of boys. Runner. Avid reader fiction & non-fiction. Science-denial=autoblock. Opinions are my own.
Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social -------------------------------------
🍁 The World Needs More Canada 🍁
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Dr. Fiona Mattatall @fionamattatall.bsky.social she/her | Canadian | Ob/Gyn | Asst Prof University of Calgary | gin, music, history, film, med ed, women’s health, gender affirming care | posts are my own | #MedSky
Mike Gifford, CPWA @ UN Open Source Week #UNOSW @ox.ca Open Standards & Practices lead at @CivicActions.com | #Drupal #Accessibility | Digital Services Coalition Board | @w3c Invited Expert #SustainableWeb #ARRM | http://ox.ca | #SolarPunk #Quaker #Feminist #Canadian #WebAlmanac #IAAPCPWA
#UNOpenSourceWeek
Joan Faux @joantelferfaux.bsky.social Concerned about our future. Bioregional regeneration, truth & reconciliation, equity, healthcare, public education, water, democracy, design, research, integrity, empathy. Doing many things
Banner: photo looking up blue sky through cedar trees
Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics.
she/her 🌈
Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦
gretchenmcculloch.com