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
Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com Certified Professional Editor • cookbook indexer • plain language trainer • mental health researcher • adjunct prof • #AngryJellyDonut • #LyricsPrompt prompter • #ParticipateInResearch booster • author, #AfterTheFeast • she/her • www.ivacheung.com
Christine Nayler 🇨🇦 @chrisnayler.bsky.social Trauma‑informed journalist, documentary storyteller,writer, artist & advocate. Writing and witnessing from systems of failure, grief & lived experience. #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #4Ryan https://substack.com/@christinenayler nationalapology.ca
KPU @kwantlenu.bsky.social The official account of Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
DOWNTOWNEASTSIDE @downtowneastside.org We foster diverse voices, open dialogue, and insight into Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) challenges.
Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social He/him. Public policy researcher/analyst, journalist.
Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org.
Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio
https://kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio
and Century of Lies
https://drugtruth.net/century-of-lies
isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social journalist @CTVVancouver | @USCAnnenberg alum | IG @imzav11
Isabella.zavarise@bellmedia.ca
Cheri🍒 @echolelia.bsky.social
North Cowichan Cop Watch @ncowichancopwatch.bsky.social
Reducing Overdose Abbotsford Response @roarabbotsford.bsky.social Part of a movement dedicated to creating a better future for people at risk due to the poisoned unregulated drug supply. 💜
CRASH Harm Reduction @crashharmredux.bsky.social Community based Harm Reduction in Campbell River, BC. Unfiltered advocacy. People over Policy 🖤💉
📍 unceded traditional territory of the Ligwiłda’xw people
Elegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social AuADHD. white. ACAB. Land Back incl Palestine. Mutual aid & solidarity.
PFP: orange cartoon cat in bed w/ dark orange stripes & knife tail. Text reads: low on spoons but good on knives.
Banner: antifascist trans unicorn by unrest.design
@cass-elisut.bsky.social @cass-elisut.bsky.social birthworker. medicine maker. libratory caregiving.
Harrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social Author of INVISIBLE BOY, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, BITTERSWEET (spring 2027) and I JUST HAVE TO RACE ALL THESE GHOSTS (summer 2027). Host of @TheTyee podcast. East Vancouver.
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net The global network promoting drug policies grounded in social justice and human rights
National Survivors Union @national-nsu.bsky.social The United States national drug users union
Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social Vancouver writer. Punctuation patrol at BCIT j-school. Author of "Very Vancouver" and "Under the White Gaze."
www.christophercheung.net
Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social Skeetin' from Victoria, Canada. Reporter with the Times Colonist newspaper, prev. words in the Globe and Mail, The Tyee, Capital Daily & more. He/him. Allergic to eggplant, shrimp, lobster.
Tommy Brothers @tdbrothers.bsky.social MD, PhD, FRCPC | general internal medicine & addiction medicine doctor | epidemiologist & health services researcher | Nova Scotian
🌈 pretty on the inside #ICEout 凤凰 𖤐 👉🏻🤛🏻 🖤 @xaliuqsmcg.bsky.social bi, girl-shaped agender, former iv drug user, ADHD, old. Harm reduction, animals, politics, bitching, media, fashion, sarcasm, Satan. not soft. vulgar & coarse white trash. #HelloInCursive
wryteen.substack.com
Kelsey Speed @kelseyspeed.bsky.social PhD student in drug policy, structural violence, and health equity using intersectional, gender-based approaches at UBC
she/her
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social ⬡:: News Editor @salon.com
⬡:: journalist re: politics/science/health/nature
⬡:: Narcotica co-host @narcocast.bsky.social narcocast.com
⬡:: everything else >> troyfarah.com
⬡:: mail: tfarah✰salon.com
⬡:: he/him
Julsy @julsbudau.bsky.social Teddy’s handler, living in BC and working in research/writing re: overdose and prison health. Local OAT/prescribed safer supply patient loudmouth. Widowed. Follow for drug policy, punk stuff, my dog, trying to get by in a bad economy.
Missy McLean (she/her) @smalltownmissy.bsky.social Abolitionist Feminist. Community legal clinic social worker. Co-founder, TweakEasyCBG. Mom. Nurturing spaces, systems and relationships rooted in deep care and mutual aid. Fighting criminalization of drug use, poverty, homelessness, neurodivergence.
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch (CMHA Ottawa) @cmhaottawa.bsky.social We provide community-based programs and services for individuals in the Ottawa area who live with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorder, many of whom are experiencing chronic homelessness.
Our motto: Mental health for all.
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca ㅤ
Canada’s health news aggregator
🏡 canadahealthwatch.ca
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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
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
The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com Written by academic experts, edited by journalists, backed by evidence
✉️ Newsletter: http://bit.ly/2W8X3Ev
🎧 Podcast: http://bit.ly/39v1EE0
➕ Donate: http://bit.ly/3GV1uam
CPHA - ACSP @cpha-acsp.bsky.social The Canadian Public Health Association is the independent voice for healthy public policy in Canada | L'Association canadienne de santé publique est la voix indépendante pour une politique publique saine au Canada
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
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
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.
East Van doc @eastvandoc.bsky.social #dtes #medicine #substanceuse #canucks #harmreduction #science
Traci Letts @traciletts.bsky.social
Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social Running for Toronto City Council in Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park.
www.dianachanmcnally.ca
linktr.ee/dianachanmcnally
Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa @hrca.bsky.social CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT DRUGS
To end prohibition; honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi; restore human rights; promote harm reduction & develop evidence based drug policies.
We need your support. Join us:
https://hrca.nz/join
Vancouver Island University's Harm Reduction Alliance @viuhra.bsky.social Promoting a harm reduction approach on campus and in our community
Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social Friends of Medicare is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition working to defend, strengthen & expand public health care in Alberta and beyond.
Join the fight! friendsofmedicare.org/join
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
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
Surrey Hospice Society @surreyhospice.bsky.social Nonprofit organization
To provide social, emotional, and spiritual support for individuals & their loved ones as they face a life-ending experience.
#209- 8236-128 Street, Surrey, British Columbia V3W 4G2
www.surreyhospice.com
SurreyCares Community Foundation @surreycares.bsky.social Creating partnerships that uplift the lives of those who need it most in Surrey, British Columbia. #bethelight #communitygrants #philanthropy
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
Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own.
Prevention Point Philadelphia @ppponline.org A Philadelphia-based HIV prevention and public health nonprofit taking a low barrier person-centered approach to promoting health, empowerment, and safety for communities affected by substance use and poverty.
www.ppponline.org
Stefan Kertesz @stefankertesz.bsky.social
Dept of Research and Academic Engagement at Drug Policy Alliance @drugpolicynerds.bsky.social
Caitlin Molina @caitlinmolina.medsky.social Harm Reduction. Street Medicine. Future physician
Views my own
She/her/ella
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
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition @bmorehrc.bsky.social BHRC mobilizes community members for the health, dignity, and safety of people targeted by the racist war on drugs and anti-sex worker policies.
linktr.ee/bmorehrc
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.
Any Positive Change CA SSP @anypositivechange.bsky.social We are a non-profit California Authorized Syringe Service Program.
Radical love and empowerment for People Who Use Drugs. Come visit us on Facebook also at https://www.facebook.com/AnyPositiveChangeLakeCo?mibextid=ZbWKwL
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.
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/
RECLAIM @reclaimcollective.bsky.social www.reclaimcollective.ca
Kootenay Insurrection for Safe Supply @kootenaysafesupply.bsky.social Posts by Dylan Griffith on #harmreduction #safesupply#housing #defundingcops #revolutionarylove & #raccoons
Nick Boyce @nickboyce.bsky.social Drugs, drug policy, etc... based in Ottawa, Canada.
Comments are my own.
4B Harm Reduction Society @4bharmredux.bsky.social
Alex de Boer @alexdeboer.bsky.social Documentary producer at @crackdownpod.bsky.social. End the war on drugs. Free Palestine.
Dani Aiello @aiellodani.bsky.social penn state geography
Bernie Pauly @bpauly.bsky.social Nurse, researcher, University of Victoria Community Engaged Scholar, Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, BC Co/Lab. Substance use, health equity, and health policy
Aaron Bailey @aaronrbailey.bsky.social Researcher, organizer, medic | Surrey Union of Drug Users | Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, UVic | Former: EIDGE, VANDU OPS
Ryan McNeil @ryanmcneil.bsky.social Associate Professor (Medicine/Public Health/Anthro) at Yale | opinions own
PressProgress @pressprogress.ca Award-winning Canadian journalism that:
🔎 Holds the rich & powerful accountable
🔎 Exposes unsafe & unfair workplaces
🔎 Shines a light on hate & bigotry
Website: PressProgress.ca
Newsletter: PressProgress.ca/Newsletter
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social Frontline community health worker. Harm reduction worker.
tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social phd(c) @sfu-fhs.bsky.social | p.o.w.e.r.
Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @myharmreduction.bsky.social Harm Reductionist. Drug Policy Reformer. Writer. Speaker. Lapsed Academic. Researcher-Advocate. Brown. She/Her/Dr.
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.
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
zupa grochowa @grochowa.bsky.social excited for the tour
Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com
instagram.com/andreawoo
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
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
Tracey Helton Mitchell MPA @traceyh.bsky.social Author of “The Big Fix:Hope After Heroin”, mother, person in recovery, activist, harm reduction, rescue animals.
Decriminaliza @alexmcclelland.bsky.social
Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Host - The Early Edition - CBC Radio One Vancouver
Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social Radio producer, news reporter, cyclist, enjoyer of outside. Vancouver, BC
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).
Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social International Public Speaker.
Harm Reduction and Recovery advocate.
Survivor of addiction, gangs and homelessness.
Telling my story.
Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social He/him | Uninvited settler on stolen Quw’utsun Territory | Nurse | #HarmReduction
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.
Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy @wesup.bsky.social No Drug War On The Shop Floor
wesup.org
xʷməθkʷəýəm, Skwxwú7mesh & Səlilwətaɬ territories.
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.
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social Award-winning Canadian journalist at the Vancouver Sun/Postmedia covering organized crime. Canucks fan since 1970 (sigh) kbolan@postmedia.com 604-219-5740 WhatsApp/Signal
Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social Journalist at @theglobeandmail.com covering the political, economic and social issues that affect us all.
News tips, please: mhager@globeandmail.com
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/mike-hager/
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.
Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social Founder of The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary & Get Your Drugs Tested (world's busiest free drug analysis service.) I gave away 10 million cannabis seeds.
danalarsen.com
getyourdrugstested.com
potheadbooks.com
youtube.com/@dankarson
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
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
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
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.
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.