Dogwood @dogwoodbc.bsky.social we bring people together to transform our democracy, uphold Indigenous rights and defend the climate, land and water that sustain life in B.C.
www.instagram.com/dogwoodbc
www.tiktok.com/@dogwood.bc
www.youtube.com/@dogwoodbc
Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social Border and Rule (2021) & Undoing Border Imperialism (2013).
Sikh. Inquilab. (she/her). Hard on issues, soft on people. Antidote to despair is collective struggle.
New here - mostly find me IRL organizing, in internationalist collectives & networks.
WISH Drop-In Centre Society @wishdropin.bsky.social Supporting street-based sex workers since 1984. https://wish-vancouver.net/
Parker Johnson @parkercj50.bsky.social (he/him). US person residing in Canada. Living toward collective liberation.
OpenMedia @openmedia.org Fighting for your digital privacy, democracy, and freedom of expression. High speed Internet is a universal human right.
Learn more and take action at www.openmedia.org.
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
opinions are mine
Kiran Sidhu @kiransidhu41.bsky.social BAFTA Cymru award-winner, writer, journalist & Prospect columnist. Author of 'I Can Hear The Cuckoo'. Contributor to The Guardian, Observer, I Paper, etc.
ISSDP @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) is a society of scholars committed to advancing #DrugPolicy research. Affiliated @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.
For more information go to https://www.issdp.org/
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
Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social Prof. @JSchool_CU. Member: @CABJMedia
@CAJ, @NABJ, @jhrnews, @writerstrust, @uottawapress, @ thenarwhalca, ex-Anchor @CBCOttawa @6
Email: adrianharewood70@gmail.com
@cassvancamp.bsky.social @cassvancamp.bsky.social harm redux, abolition + mutual aid
Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com
instagram.com/andreawoo
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.
SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor
sagah.ca @sagah.ca Society for Advocacy for Gender-Affirming Healthcare 🏳️⚧️⚧️☁️🌷✨
Trans Rights to Health Equity in BC 💞
https://sagah.ca/bc
Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social Reporter for The Tyee covering health and biodiversity. I write about local research, sex, salmon, toxic drugs, bats, what your grandmother is up to, and all the different ways you can (but haven't yet) become dead in B.C.
Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social Calgary journalist. Recovering architect. Reluctant urbanist.
http://ximena-gonzalez.com
Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com We amplify marginalized voices and create meaningful work for those experiencing poverty or are low-income in Vancouver, BC. #changethatworks
https://linktr.ee/megaphonemag
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.
www.pivotlegal.org
Shiri Pasternak @shirip.bsky.social Marxist dude bro
Andrew Weichel @andrewweichel.bsky.social
Wulfgang @wulfiez.bsky.social Gay ass non binary anti-fascist dog dad hooker. May empire burn. Free Palestine.
@lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social
Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social Critical Indigenous Policy Perspectives. Based at the Faculty of Arts, Toronto Met. University | linktr.ee/yellowheadinstitute
isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social journalist @CTVVancouver | @USCAnnenberg alum | IG @imzav11
Isabella.zavarise@bellmedia.ca
Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mini Painter. Gamer Geek.
As seen in CBC, the Tyee, Reactor Magazine (TOR.com), Polygon, and many other places.
Based in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC, Canada).
CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social
Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social New on here. Author of Policing Black Lives (Fernwood/Duke University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rehearsals for Living (Haymarket 2023). More at www.robynmaynard.com
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net The global network promoting drug policies grounded in social justice and human rights
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
Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba.
Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/
Spartacus Books @spartacusbooks.net Spartacus Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore and resource centre.
Open 10–8:30 weekdays, 11–7 weekends.
Tari Ajadi @tariajadi.bsky.social Working on transformative justice & social impact in St. John’s, NL. Making my way through.
The Mainlander @themainlander.bsky.social The Mainlander is dedicated to local politics and social struggles on unceded Indigenous lands cka Vancouver, BC
Read @ TheMainlander.com
🍅Troylana💜💜 @troylana.bsky.social Retired Kindergarten teacher @SD73
Moms Stop The Harm member/advocate
Remembering our late son, Aaron💜, who died from toxic drugs April 26th 2021💔
Kier Junos @kierjunos.bsky.social Award-winning journalist. Reporter with CBC News in the Fraser Valley.
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.
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
Briarpatch Magazine @briarpatchmag.bsky.social A political issues magazine with a chip on its shoulder and a fire in its belly.
🔗 briarpatchmagazine.com
📧 Sign up for our newsletter: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/signup
📬 Subscribe to get our quarterly issue: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/subscribe
Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social The latest headlines from 30+ independent news publishers across Canada
⚓ unrigged.ca
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
Nate Crompton @natecrompton.bsky.social
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
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
Jenny Kats @jkats.ca Just a human who prefers hanging out with dogs. Psychology student, neurodiversity advocate, harm reductionist, solo parent, AuDHD'er. Never stop learning. 🇵🇸🏳️🌈🪰🔬🧐📚🇨🇦
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/
North Cowichan Cop Watch @ncowichancopwatch.bsky.social
Aaron Bailey @aaronrbailey.bsky.social Researcher, organizer, medic | Surrey Union of Drug Users | Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, UVic | Former: EIDGE, VANDU OPS
Surrey Union of Drug Users @sudubc.bsky.social The Surrey Union of Drug Users (SUDU) is a peer-governed organization of people with current or former experience of criminalized substance use. Join us in our fight to end the stigma and discrimination against drug users in Surrey, BC | 💊💉✊❤️
www.sudu.ca
Heather Ingersdóttir @hecate1312.bsky.social Cynical revolutionary ᛏ 🍉| PWLLE | Heretic | 𝕱𝖔𝖗𝖉æð𝖆 | Vítka | 1312 | #nomoredrugwar 🐦⬛🕯️🐺
Alex de Boer @alexdeboer.bsky.social Documentary producer at @crackdownpod.bsky.social. End the war on drugs. Free Palestine.
SWAN Vancouver @swan-vancouver.bsky.social We promote the rights, health, and safety of im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work through frontline service and systemic advocacy.
swanvancouver.ca
Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social Vancouver-based photojournalist working for NYT, Globe and Mail, Guardian, WSJ etc. www.jackiedives.com
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.
tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social no more drug war | phd(c) @sfu-fhs.bsky.social | p.o.w.e.r. |
Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy @wesup.bsky.social No Drug War On The Shop Floor
wesup.org
xʷməθkʷəýəm, Skwxwú7mesh & Səlilwətaɬ territories.
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
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.
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/
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.
Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social He/him | Uninvited settler on stolen Quw’utsun Territory | Nurse | #HarmReduction
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
Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social “If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” -Dōgen Zenji
https://bio.site/Terrilltf
A.J. Withers @ajwithers.bsky.social Organizer and academic, mostly carceral housing, homelessness, disability, trans issues. RWW Jr. Chair in Gener, Sexuality & Women's Studies at SFU. Settler on occupied, unceeded Coast Salish territory.
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.
Kelsey Speed @kelseyspeed.bsky.social PhD student in drug policy, structural violence, and health equity using intersectional, gender-based approaches at UBC
she/her
MarlissT @marlisst.bsky.social Decades-long RN in the inner city. Harm reduction, drug policy, reconciliation, dignity, respect and health for all.
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
Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org Independent journalist in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton).
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
Subscribe to my newsletter: www.readtheorchard.org
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
they/them/thembo
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
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
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca Investigations on Alberta’s drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
PhD Microbiology
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