Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social Feature writer covering federal politics at The Globe and Mail. I love great beer, old art, all cheese, The Golden Girls and Gritty. I have too many cats, which is the correct number.
Zoe Mason @zoemas0n.bsky.social Writer and researcher. Reporter at Canada's National Observer.
https://zoemason.ca
Vancouver Island Local History Society @vilocalhistory.bsky.social We support history work that is inclusive, diverse, and representative of communities in the past and present 🌲 VILocalHistory.ca
🛤️ Travelling exhibit on now: TheGreatLandGrab.ca
Tiffany Sia @t1ffany4scale.bsky.social 
Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social Senior Writer and occasional feature editor at the Toronto Star.
Julie Chadwick @juliechadwick.bsky.social Journalist, author, Carleton University student
Meg Collins @megvera.bsky.social Vancouver journalist. Words in The Tyee, This Magazine, the Bay Area Reporter, Arts Help Magazine, ARC Poetry Magazine and more 🏳️🌈
De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca Interrogate power. Highlight truth. We are a non-profit, journalist-owned co-operative in British Columbia, Canada.
https://www.defactomedia.ca/
Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social adult forum kid. vancouver
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Josh Kozelj @joshkozelj27.bsky.social Morning person that runs in really short shorts and tends to write better at night. https://joshkozelj.squarespace.com/
Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social Axed Award-winning photojournalist, UBC Journalism but focus on Hong Kong Studies. Works here and there
Russell Books @russellbooks.bsky.social Canada's largest independent used bookstore: 20,000 sq.ft filled floor to ceiling with everything from vintage to today's bestsellers.
https://linktr.ee/Russellbooksvictoria
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Peter Spindloe @pspindloe.bsky.social Born at 325ppm. Despite the cute sign in my profile picture we can choose not to be doomed. It will take many people making that choice.
Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography Full-time pro photographer, creator & educator in Tokyo/Fukushima. Do walks & tours here, too. TV presenter for NHKWorld. Music lover. Antifa. Hasselblad Ambassador, 2015.
No Meta, Twitter or Amazon.
Free Palestine.
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social Reporter. Author. Hiker. Paddler. Eater. 
Mike McIntyre @mikemcintyrewpg.bsky.social #NHLJets beat writer who gets words deep for the Winnipeg Free Press; 6x author; Left life of crime (reporting) behind in 2016; Husband, Dad x2, Rescue Dog Owner x2.
Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) @alanranta.bsky.social Rants about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, Georgia Straight and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards.
Mixes & Musings: https://linktr.ee/alanranta
ⓘ this user is woke
Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE
This is a* (pre-enshittification) federal health/ safety/ regulatory agency appreciation account.
*not exclusively.
If you don't use alt text, I won't reskeet. Accessibility isn't hard.
(Formerly @axlizzie on Twitter)
Arthur Kaufman @arthurkaufman.bsky.social Currently: @madeinchinajournal.com @globalchinamap.bsky.social @chinagsproject.bsky.social || Previously: @chinadigitaltimes.net || Global China, human rights, media
Trevor Crawley 🇨🇦 @trevorcrawley.bsky.social All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Journalist - Cranbrook Townsman
Cohen Berg @cohenberg.ca Journalist and filmmaker from Winnipeg.
Lover of curiosity and communication.
📰 Writer for @theleafnews.ca
🌱 Building @spira.news
Deena Winter @deenawinter.bsky.social City hall reporter for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Formerly Lincoln Journal Star, Bismarck Tribune, Minnesota Reformer, etc
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
Go Dumples!
meg walters @megwalters.bsky.social Canadian in London, writing about mostly culture and film. LFCC.
🖊️: Glamour UK, Stylist, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Vulture, and others
💻: https://megwalters.co.uk- T Tania Branigan @taniabranigan.bsky.social Foreign editorials writer at the Guardian. Author: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution, winner of the Cundill History Prize. UK paperback: 1 February https://linktr.ee/redmemory and US: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324051961
Kirsty Major @kmaj0r.bsky.social Editor and writer at The Guardian
Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social Host @Crackdownpod.bsky.social VANDU veteran. Drugstore cowboy. National bestselling author. Award-winning journalist. Policy analyst. Shop steward. Blind. Be safe-Keep 6
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
Simran Singh @simransingh.bsky.social Writter
Odette Auger @odetteauger.bsky.social storyteller | journalist
Anishinaabekwe in the Salish Sea
Represented by Cody Caetano, CookeMcDermid
Porfolio/website here: authory.com/OdetteAuger
Maddi Dellplain @maddidellplain.bsky.social East Van reporter @ Vancity Lookout
Former editor & health reporter @healthydebate.bsky.social
//writing on civic issues, health, disability & drug policy//
maddidellplain.journoportfolio.com
Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social Emmy-winning journalist and
senior culture editor @wired.com | VICE News final girl (RIP) | tips: manisha_krishnan@wired.com or mkrishnan.79 on Signal
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Grace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social Writing about belonging & diaspora. Author of the memoir THE TRANSLATOR’S DAUGHTER (Ohio State Univ Press, 2024). https://linktr.ee/graceprasad?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=89b54520-7f8d-4182-91dd-cb30d74a6cd7
Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social Human rights and democracy researcher | Fellow at the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations at @Upenn.edu | https://www.wangyaqiu.com/ | 勇气是最珍贵的品质
Jack Sandor @jacksandor.bsky.social 27, renter, Red Seal electrician, housing and urbanism advocate, candidate for Victoria city council 2026.
www.jacksandor.ca
Alia Papageorgiou @eurocentrique.bsky.social Artistic Director writefest.be / Cyber MSc, newspapers , EU diplomacy / Board journalismfund.eu, displaced Melburnian ☕️ #amwriting first book ‘Ducks on the roof’ (c) out in 2025 🦆
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social Author, journalist. New book: What She Said: Conversations About Equality. Quill & Packet mysteries with Kate Hilton. Bury the Lead (2024); Widows and Orphans (2025) Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lizrenzetti
Christine Funk @cnfunk.bsky.social she/her
PhD Student, UOttawa | research at the intersection of disability and colonial nation building in “Canada” | probably outside
Richard Dal Monte @richdalmonte.bsky.social Journalist / Writer / Editor / Ghostwriter
molly taft @mollytaft.com disaster dyke on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.99. mollytaft.com
Pierre Chauvin @lechauvin.bsky.social Former journalist. Part of the Victoria bike cult. Francophone. Photo : Camassia quamash.
Anthony “Mayor Tony” @frattaro.li Camera store guy, Victoria, BC
josh o'kane @joshokane.bsky.social I write about the people and institutions shaping Canadian arts + culture and also wrote a book called Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy that is mostly explained by its subtitle. Pls send tips to jokane@globeandmail.com
Graham Isador @grahamisador.bsky.social Healthy Living Reporter at The Globe and Mail. Wellness, travel, and disability. Host of Short Sighted for CBC Podcasts. Writer for Sight Unseen on CW. Words: GQ, VICE, Hard Times, The Beaverton, etc.
Mackenzie Read @mackenzieread.bsky.social Multimedia Journalist at CHEK News- SAIT Alumni - Lover of Trash 📺 - Personal Account
Story idea? email me: mread@cheknews.ca
She/Her
Tom Weber @tweber.bsky.social Journalist. Contrib Editor TIME. Priors: WSJ, Newsweek. Out now: my book “Cloud Warriors,” on people/science/ issues driving the future of weather forecasting amid climate chaos, St. Martin’s Press
www.cloudwarriorsbook.com
www.thomaseweber.com
Patrick Meehan @patmeehan.bsky.social Former podcast guy, now I do other stuff.
he/him
Babylon 5 and Red October enthusiast.
Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social Rural community advocate; Regional Director; printmaker; gardener; lover of the wilds on Quadra Island in the Salish Sea. Ligwilda’xw Territory. settler; she/her
Rory White @rorywh.bsky.social 🏴🇨🇦 Technology and Democracy Reporter at Canada's National Observer. Creator of Civic Searchlight.
Contact: rwhite.12 (Signal)
James Griffiths @jamestgriffiths.com 🇨🇦 Asia correspondent, @theglobeandmail.com
📚 Author, ‘The Great Firewall of China’ and ‘Speak Not’
📍 Hong Kong
🔒 jgriffiths.852
YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social I really f**king love Hong Kong, and Funassyi!
Bluesky user #55,617 -- joined in May 2023! -- but am also "over there" too. Yes, I'm still straddling between Twitter and here (because there still are not enough Hongkongers and Funassyi fans here!).
Cloe Logan @cloelogan.bsky.social Toronto | Climate + environment reporter at Canada’s National Observer
she/her
cloe[at]nationalobserver.com
cloelogan[at]proton.me
cloelogan.com
BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) @bcgeu.bsky.social The BCGEU is one of the largest and most diverse unions in British Columbia with over 100,000 members in 550 bargaining units in the public and private sector.
NanaimoNewsNOW @nanaimonewsnow.bsky.social NanaimoNewsNOW is Nanaimo’s most comprehensive source for local, up to the minute news, sports, events, Real Estate and more. Our radio partners are: 106.9 The Wolf, 102.3 The Wave, 88.5 The Beach & 99.9 The Lounge.
Ryan Nicoll @ryannicoll.bsky.social 
Ravi Parmar @rparmarbc.bsky.social BC’s Minister of Forests, Deputy Government House Leader, Chair of Canada’s Council of Forest Ministers, MLA for Langford-Highlands.
Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and Council Member for Online Media @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, Brooklyn Magazine, Complex, and POW Mag. he/him. nitishpahwa.73 on Signal. if it's major, hit me on my pager.
Wikipedia @wikipedia.org Maybe the real treasure was the citations we made along the way.
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Cindy Wan @cindywan.bsky.social Angry girl heartbreakingly watching history unfold in my little hometown of Hong Kong.
Fuck GovHK!
Fuck the CCP!
Fuck billionaires!
Fuck MAGAs!
Emily Holshouser @emilyytayylor.bsky.social Local news @star-telegram.com | ASU Cronkite MA Investigative Journalism | Public records diva | Past: @abc7.bsky.social @knockdotla.bsky.social SoCal News Group
Urban Development Institute @udibc.bsky.social BC's voice for development since '72. Non-partisan, non-profit, paving the way for tomorrow's cities.
The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social Hosted by Kyeren Regehr and featuring poets laureate from across the country and beyond.
www.thepoetlaureatepodcast.com
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce @victoriachamber.bsky.social Since 1863, the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has been working together to build good business and great community for all. #YYJBiz #ChamberLocalVicBC https://victoriachamber.ca/
Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social Reporter with the Investigative Journalism Bureau;
Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
anna.mehler.paperny@gmail.com / amehlerpaperny@ijbureau.org
Bookstagramming/dogstagrammimg @mehlerpaperny
Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social Author: Pride Puppy; Pride Colors; Queer History A-Z; A Hug on the Wind and 30+ more.
Spring 2026: The Book of Jupiter
Spring 2027: Pride Puppy Countdown!
www.robinstevenson.com
https://linktr.ee/pridepuppy
🏳️🌈🍁📚
Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social NDP Member of Parliament for Courtenay-Alberni
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.
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social I am an independent Senator, representing Alberta in the Senate of Canada. I live on Treaty Six Territory. Host of the podcast Alberta Unbound. She/her/elle Vive le Canada. Forever a Canadian. No to the Nine. senatorpaulasimons.ca
John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social Librarian at York University in Toronto. Check out my Covid-Is-Not-Over Substack: https://johndupuis.substack.com/
Carolina Ibarra @lacaroibarra.bsky.social CEO of Pacifica Housing | Advocate for Affordable Housing & Supportive Services | Facilitator @ Vancouver Island Housing Leadership Network | Vice-Chair @ BC Coalition for Safe & Sustainable Supportive Housing | Community Builder | Transformational Leader
Snufflewort @snufflewort.bsky.social Author of two bestselling Canadian mysteries, Blood on the Breakwater & The Sinking of Souls. Ovarian cancer warrior from Victoria. Sunset breakwater photographer.
Dorota @dorotapawlak.bsky.social Photography. Nature. Hiking. Wanderer. All things abandoned, rusty, and rustic. 🇨🇦 Vancouver Island, Canada
Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com Tech, facts, and carbonara.
mantzarlis.com
Kat McMorrow @katmcmorrow.bsky.social Mom, wife, journalist
In my abundance era
David Friend @dfriend.bsky.social Arts reporter at the Toronto Star • formerly The Canadian Press & Variety • 👉 Insta/Threads: dj_friend • Story tips: dfriend@thestar.ca
Sierra Bein @sierrabein.bsky.social I do newsletters @theglobeandmail.com
Allison @allison-1.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇬🇧Retired lawyer, business owner, mum, wife. Reader, gardener, sewer, walker, traveler, dancer, bagpiper. Always more to learn. Love my 15 minute city and grateful to be resident on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən people.
Ethan Cox @ethancox.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Senior editor and co-founder at Ricochet Media. Board with For the Refugees. Montrealer. Husky dad.
Hong Kong Accountability Archive @hkaccountability.bsky.social The Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA) is an independent, searchable and secure database of videos that documents the policing of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. https://hkaccountability.org/
Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social Investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, contrib lots of places. Author "Brought To You By" @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social. Pod: https://push.fm/fl/drilled. YT:@DrilledMedia. Signal: adubs.78.
Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social Leader of the @bcgreens.bsky.social ⚡
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Matt Dell @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social 
@estellaren.bsky.social @estellaren.bsky.social 
Island Health @vanislandhealth.bsky.social Providing health and care services to people on Vancouver Island, surrounding islands and communities.
John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social I write about collisions between human ambition and the natural world: The Golden Spruce, The Tiger, The Jaguar's Children,
FIRE WEATHER: @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social
10 Best Books: @nytimes.com
https://www.lyceumagency.com/speakers/john-vailla
Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social Writer at large (but mostly Vancouver).
Environment, culture, politics...
All too earnest.
Sandy Ibrahim @sandyibrahim.bsky.social Freaked out writer
Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor Cayuga Nation citizen, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory | he/him | Impact Strategist @ https://animikii.com/ | #LandBack - #CashBack - #DataBack | Find me @ https://jeff.doctor/
Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social Lidsville was a surrealist 70s kids show about cartoon autocrats in an alternate reality, & now here we are.
Comms/strategy on environment, energy, housing. Upcoming book on Habitat ‘76: http://habitat76.ca
UVic Fine Arts @uvicarts.bsky.social We are the University of Victoria's Faculty of Fine Arts in British Columbia, Canada: BC's only stand-alone fine arts faculty with departments of Art History & Visual Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing + School of Music. https://www.uvic.ca/finearts/
Joanna Hesketh @jhesketh.bsky.social I'm a university professor, teaching digital behaviour and emerging technology on the west coast of Canada. There needs to be a balance of ethics, social good, and innovation if we want to use the technologies of today to make the world a better place.
Jim Rankin @jleerankin.bsky.social Reporter-photographer, Toronto Star, www.thestar.com
Alex Ballingall @aballinga.bsky.social Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star. Government/political people, please tell me everything: aballingall@thestar.ca
https://www.thestar.com/
Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social Journalist, writer, author.
Ajuinata.
Frédérik Plante @fxplante.bsky.social Investigative Reporter for @thestar.com. Got a tip? fplante@thestar.ca or fx_plante.01 on Signal.
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