@claudiamalacrida.bsky.social @claudiamalacrida.bsky.social
@simaliftikhar.bsky.social @simaliftikhar.bsky.social
Alana Hart @alanahart.bsky.social MA student interested in aging, immigration, and care.
Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social Professor and Chair, Center for Learning Innovation, UM Rochester; Historian; author, A Pedagogy of Kindness (https://bit.ly/OrderPoK); catherinedenial.org; https://redbrickagency.com/cate-denial/; posts my own; she/her; settler, Dakota land
TUFA @trentfaculty.bsky.social TUFA was founded in 1966 as the Association of the Teaching Staff of Trent University and became the certified bargaining agent for academic staff at the University in 1979.
Catherine Middleton @catmiddleton.bsky.social Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social Professor at the University of Leicester. Researching work, retirement & health in a global context. Editorial lead for Journal of Global Ageing.
British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social Official account of the British Society of Gerontology.
Email: info@britishgerontology.org
Brad Meisner, PhD @bamphd.bsky.social • Professor & Director, York University Centre for Aging Research & Education (YU-CARE)
• President, Canadian Association on Gerontology @cagacg.ca
• Chair, North America Region, International Association of Geriatrics & Gerontology
Dana Sawchuk @danasawchuk.bsky.social Professor of Sociology and aging studies scholar at Wilfrid Laurier University (views mine). Co-author of American Idle: Late-Career Job Loss in a Neoliberal Era (2025, Rutgers UP): http://bit.ly/4irjVmD
#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver
Clara Berridge @claraberridge.bsky.social social gerontologist at the University of Washington, studying tech, care, power and surveillance - views my own
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar
Queer person of colour
#FreePalestine
CdnAssocGero @cagacg.ca Canadian Association on Gerontology-Association canadienne de gérontologie. Submit your abstracts: #CAG_2026, Oct 15-17, 2026 in Charlottetown, PEI!
Sam Teichman (she/her) @samanthateichman.bsky.social Death, Dying, & Grief Researcher | Sessional Lecturer at Simon Fraser University & Acadia University
Amplify Podcast Network @amplifypodnetwork.bsky.social The Amplify Podcast Network aims to develop a framework & community for collaboration and experimentation via the medium of scholarly podcasting.
amplifypodcastnetwork.ca
Dr Lillian @nurselillian.bsky.social Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor @UBC
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
UBC IDEA Lab @idea.nursing.ubc.ca Advancing dementia and aging care through patient-oriented research and technology innovation. Learn more at idea.nursing.ubc.ca.
Dr Matthew Lariviere @mlariviere.bsky.social Anthropologist exploring ageing futures and digital and algorithmic care | Associate Professor of Gerontology at Northumbria University | Co-Editor of the Journal of Global Ageing (Policy Press).
Mariann Aalda @mariannaalda.bsky.social Actress & Radical Age Nonconformist Changing the Narrative on “Old.”
MariannAaldaAgeDisruptor.com
AgeismIsaBullyTEDx.com
MariannAaldaActs.com
MariannAaldaSpeaks.com
Janine Vanderburg 💙 @encore-janine.bsky.social Social change AGEnt, speaker & writer on #ageism. Championing age inclusion in the workplace. Committed to SLAYING the ageism dragon.
I believe in:
—Democracy
—Women's rights
—We are the leaders we've been waiting for.
—Don't talk about it, be about it.
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social Legal studies associate professor | queercrip theorist | committed to deinstitutionalization and prison and police abolition | she/her
ziysah @ziy.bsky.social poeting. visioning. weaving community. newsletter: ziysah.ca
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society @signsjournal.org The leading international journal in women's studies, Signs has since 1975 been at the forefront of new directions in feminist scholarship. | http://signsjournal.org | Published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social Author of 7 books: fiction, poetry, self-help
Activist and Reg Social Worker/Psychotherapist
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@karleenpj.bsky.social @karleenpj.bsky.social
Peterborough Currents @ptbocurrents.bsky.social Local news for Peterborough, Ontario. We're independent and non-profit.
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Alex Bierk @alexbierk.bsky.social Self taught Artist ✜ ▦ ⑇ High Level/High Energy ✢ ⍲𝓑 ✶ City Councillor for the City of Peterborough (Downtown) this is my personal account ~>
Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social Peterborough, ON, Canada City Councillor, Ward 3, Deputy Mayor, Infrastructure Planning Growth Management Co-Chair, Environment, Lakelands Public Health Board #ptbo joylachica.com. Views my own.
Marsala Lukianchuk @marsalamusic.bsky.social
Rob Budde @rbudde7.bsky.social He/him/hey buddy. Poet, novelist, UNBC creative writing prof, plant person, feminist, anti-fascist. Profoundly befuddled. Gratefully living on Lheidli T’enneh territory.
David Bolt @davidbolt13.bsky.social Professor of Disability Studies and Interdisciplinarity at Liverpool Hope University. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies. Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies. #MoreThanNeeds
nicolemarkotic @nicolemarkotic.bsky.social Poet, novelist, fiction writer, editor. Teaches at UWindsor.
Jazraine @jazraine.bsky.social All opinions my own.
They/them/theirs
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@kimaenglish.bsky.social @kimaenglish.bsky.social
Nicole Fice @nicolefice.bsky.social Assistant prof in philosophy, at Trent University. Research focused on feminist philosophy & public health ethics. Website: nicolefice.com.
David Tough @davidtough.bsky.social Historian of Politics and Inequality in 20th Century Canada • Books: _The Terrific Engine_ (UBC press), _Who Pays for Canada_ (co-ed w E.A. Heaman, MQUP) • Adjunct teaching History and Canadian Studies at Trent University • Grieving Dad to William
Trent Centre for Aging & Society @tcastrentu.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research at Trent University fostering a critically-informed dialogue on aging and old age. Follow us and help debunk the myths about aging.
Dr Alice Crossley @alicecrossley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, English Literature (University of Lincoln).
Ageing in Victorian lit; 19th- century paper ephemera; valentines; material/visual cultures; history of emotions; masculinity studies; Japanese fiction | FRHistS. FHEA.
- Own views -
Thomas Piggott MD PhD @twpiggott.bsky.social Medical Officer of Health & CEO @phlakelands.bsky.social researcher @hei_mcmaster | dad, doctor, dreamer
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org A team of scientists & activists, in & around Yellowstone National Park. 501c3. Posting photos, ideas & solutions, because together, we can change the world.
Please report malicious trolls & imposters.
We are AltYelloNatPark™️
Women’s, Gender and Social Justice @wgsj.bsky.social We are a Canada-wide association devoted to feminist and social justice scholarship and arts.
wgsj.ca
Lisa Maebe @lisamaebe.bsky.social Feminist educator, researcher, advocate and mama.
I believe survivors.
She/her
Making the move from the other place
@jennbitesbark.bsky.social @jennbitesbark.bsky.social
Rosalind Willis @roswillis.bsky.social Associate Professor in Gerontology at the University of Southampton, UK. Research into ageing, ethnicity, mental health, social care, informal care. Health of Irish migrants. Teaching gerontology, dementia, crime and older people, qualitative methods.
@annawanka.bsky.social @annawanka.bsky.social
Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
The leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal @age-and-ageing.bsky.social We are the journal of the British Geriatrics Society. Publishing applied and clinical research on human ageing. We place particular emphasis on material which will be of immediate interest to clinicians.
Michaela Schrage-Früh @michaelafrueh.bsky.social Associate Professor in German Studies at University of Limerick. Researching & teaching German and comparative literature, ageing & dreams in literature & culture and European Cultural Studies. Director of Centre for European Studies @ulceuros.bsky.social.
Jess Robbins-Panko @thejessro.bsky.social Anthropologist, focusing on aging, health, politics, memory, kinship, Poland, US. Associate Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit.
Melissa Wotherspoon @lonelyraventarot.bsky.social
Sean Galbraith @plannersean.bsky.social Urban planning shit posting, disc golf, assorted other nonsense and garbage. @plannersean on Twitter
Annmarie Adams @annmarieadams.bsky.social Architectural historian, McGill University
Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social Thanatologist | End-of-Life Doula
I support people navigating #grief. Evidence-based, current literature, research, theory & applied practice. 15+ years experience in research & field settings.
Cape Breton, NS, Canada 🇨🇦
www.nataliecouturethanatology.com
Wisdom Exchange Project @wepcanada.bsky.social We host monthly events online to promote community building, knowledge exchange, and lifelong learning with older adults and graduate trainees.
🌐 www.wisdomexchangeproject.org
Prof Christine Brown Wilson (she/her) @crbrownwilson.bsky.social Professor of Nursing with a focus on education and dementia care. Passionate about person centred quality care and resilience. Co-designing and evaluating serious digital games for educational impact. Promoting Care Homes Research.
Dr Liz Geriatrics @drlizgeriatrics.bsky.social Geriatrician. Retirement $$ >> protect democracy and Geri Ed to those in Med deserts. Living on a trimaran. A veces Valencia. Fabulous over 50- all things life, health, fighting financial elder abuse. 🟦
I need a good 📕… ideas?
Tine Buffel @tinebuffel.bsky.social Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology. Director Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG). #Ageing #agefriendlycity #SpatialJustice #citiesforall. All views are mine.
Creative Ageing SIG @bsgcreativeageing.bsky.social an international community of interest of researchers, practitioners, artists, and other stakeholders interested in exploring what it means to age creatively.
BSG Technology & Ageing SIG @bsgtechagesig.bsky.social We are interested in all things #Technology, #digital #ehealth #security #privacy #telehealth #mhealth #ageing & #aging Find out more: http://bit.ly/2LUwxEf
Natalia Balyasnikova @balyasnikova.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Adult Education at York University | UBC Graduate | Fulbright Alumna.
Educational Gerontology | Applied Linguistics |
Creative Research | Playful Pedagogies
North American Network in Aging Studies @nanetworkinaging.bsky.social We facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and methodologies that bridge the medical and social sciences and the humanities, supporting research that increases understandings of the cultural meanings of aging.
https://agingstudies.org
ENAS @enas-agestudies.bsky.social European Network in Aging Studies: est. in 2010. Committed to critical age studies in the humanities.
https://temp.agingstudies.eu/- R Ruth Tamari @ruthtamari.bsky.social PhD Student / Aging, ageism, social isolation / Intergenerational community / Author of "The Invitation: Rich & Raw Conversations about Aging, Death & Dying"
engAGE Research Centre for Aging at Concordia @engagecentre.bsky.social engAGE aspires to change how we think about aging through innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary research with older people and their communities.
Peta M @petamurray.bsky.social She/Her. Late blooming paracademic, sometime theatre tragic, trying to learn how to write prose and queer elderhood.
Callie Freitag (she/her) @calliefreitag.bsky.social Mixing methods and metaphors. Assistant Professor of Social Work at UW-Madison. Scholar of policies relating to aging, disability, and poverty. Views = own.
@cca-ageism.bsky.social @cca-ageism.bsky.social
Rachel Weldrick, PhD @rachelweldrick.bsky.social prof in social gerontology ⏳McMaster U 🍁
Musings on age-supportive communities, healthy neighbourhoods, and housing 🏘️🌳
DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social Envisioning an equitable digital future. Housed within @umichdigital.bsky.social.
PIs: @lnakamura.bsky.social, Rayvon Fouché, @remiyergeau.bsky.social, & @steelecat717.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/thedisconetwork
The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social Podcast providing a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies. Hosted by Dr Bethan Michael-Fox & Dr Renske Visser
TheDeathStudiesPodcast.com
Jenn McCartney @jennmccartney.bsky.social Mrs. Doubtfire's Biggest Fan.
Linda Hess @timeflieslike.bsky.social (she/her) American Studies. Based at U of Augsburg. Researches Environmental Comedy. Also active in aging studies and queer studies. Enjoys slowly improving skills in bouldering, chess, ping-pong, and Norwegian
Dr Deb Morgan @lonelydeb.bsky.social Researcher: loneliness and social isolation. Research interests older adults, social exclusion, ageing with a disability and social networks. Ted X Swansea speaker.
https://lonelydeborah.wordpress.com/
linkedin.com/in/deborah-morgan-05799692
Judith Mintz, PhD @judithrmintz.bsky.social Feminist scholar pivoted to policy and research, offering academic coaching and editing services on the side. Former yoga instructor just in it for the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing of it all. Mother of two awesome young women.
Ana-Cristina Santos (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social Sociologist. Professor, Director of Research @ces-uc.bsky.social
2× @ERC_Research winner🏆
President of @ESA_Sociology
Director of Democracy, Justice & Human Rights
Director of Feminist & Queer Studies PhD @ucoimbra 🇵🇹
📚Queer ageing & citizenship 🏳️🌈
Adam Perzynski @atperzynski.bsky.social writer, professor, business owner; sociology, gerontology, medicine, research methods, population health
Joan Braun @joanfbraun.bsky.social Law professor in Canada. Research area - law and aging. Teaching area - criminal law, elder law and dispute resolution. Also a mediator in private practice.
Carly Whitmore @carlywhitmore.bsky.social Nurse, researcher, dog mom
There is no health without #MentalHealth
🚲 #HamONT | she/her
Eva-Maria Trinkaus @evatri.bsky.social Interested in aging and care in US fictional narratives | food 🌱| dogs 🐾
Faculty @ U of Klagenfurt and president of ENAS - European Network in Aging Studies
Vera Gallistl @gallisv.bsky.social PhD // Sociologist // Assistant Professor for Gerontology at Karl Landsteiner University
Stephanie Hatzifilalithis @stephaniehatzi.bsky.social Researchin @WCHResearch |Yak about housing, age, and all things intergenerational |PhD @McMasterHAS | @JnlGlobalAgeing |@WilsonLeaders | Fan of 🥾⚽️🫧
Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social Prof of Medical Anthropology, The Open University (UK)
Researches death, palliative and end of life care. Co-editor of Death and Culture book series. Director of the Centre for Open Thanatology
Maya Chew @mayachew.bsky.social Sociology PhD Researcher at University of Surrey / Trans ageing in Malaysia / Creative Qualitative Methodology
Fellow, Centre of Excellence on Ageing (CEA)
Manager of the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE)
SocMed at Ethnic and Race Studies Journal (ERS)
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
The Old School Hub @oldschoolhub.bsky.social 📚A hub for age equity + ageism awareness.
👇Join the movement🤝
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@everydayageism.bsky.social @everydayageism.bsky.social Here to raise awareness: ageism is in our everyday; it’s destructive and divisive but the more widely it’s recognised the better we can combat it!
Sharing experiences and research.
Ashton Applewhite @thischairrocks.bsky.social Writer & public speaker. she/her/hers. Let's end #ageism — and all the rest, while we're at it. ThisChairRocks + Yo Is This Ageist? + the Old School Hub
Bodil H. Blix @bodilblaa.bsky.social Mother of 3, professor UiT The arctic university of Norway, gerontologist, narratoholic, and passionate FC Barcelona and TUIL supporter
Merryn Gott (she/her) @merryngott.bsky.social Researcher in palliative care, Mum to two gorgeous humans and an unruly labrador, potter, knitter, piano player, ocean lover…Tūtoi Te Tiriti. Trans Ally.
Te Ārai Research Group, www.tearairesearchgroup.net
Te Kura Neehi (Nursing), Auckland Uni
Diana Teggi @dianateggi.bsky.social Medical Sociologist at the University of Bath
#Ageing #Technology
#PalliativeCare
She/they 🏳️🌈
Liz Barry @lizbaz.bsky.social Prof of literature at University of Warwick. Medical humanities, age studies, modernism, Samuel Beckett. Middle age shaped by lockdown: chickens, cold swimming, over-excited gig-going.
Jarmin Yeh @jarminyeh.bsky.social sociologist, gerontologist, age-friendly health researcher | views mine
Black in Gerontology & Geriatrics @blackingeron.bsky.social Black in Aging: Amplifying Black Excellence in Aging Research, Teaching, & Practice.
Contact: info@blackingeron.org
Academic Aunties @academicaunties.com Podcast about surviving academia, hosted by Dr. Ethel Tungohan (@tungohan.bsky.social). Posts from producing team. Take care, be kind to yourself, and don’t be an asshole. Subscribe at AcademicAunties.com
Ethel Tungohan @tungohan.bsky.social Host of academic aunties podcast, researcher, activist, avid reader, author of "Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Communities of Care and Movement-building." Canada Research Chair in Canadian migration policy, impacts & activism.
Carrie Rentschler @carrierentschler.bsky.social Feminist media studies, STS, digital culture, social movements, diabetes and technology, McGill Professor
Plus: cats, snacks, drums
yipeng ge 葛义朋 @yipengge.bsky.social family doctor; structural determinants of health; public health; anti-racism; he/him