Evan Mauro @evanmauro.bsky.social Teaches academic writing, literature, and law & society, deskilled researcher in culture/politics, he/him, barely posts
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
Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social adult forum kid. vancouver
opinions are mine
Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
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.
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.
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
tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social phd(c) @sfu-fhs.bsky.social | p.o.w.e.r.
Spring Magazine @springmagca.bsky.social A magazine of socialist ideas in action
http://SpringMag.ca
L.A. Tenants Union @latenantsunion.bsky.social We're a tenant-led, member-funded union fighting for the human right to housing. We stop evictions, teach tenant rights & organize rent strikes across Los Angeles. JOIN! https://latenantsunion.org/join/
tracy rosenthal @city.bsky.social writer and organizer • The New Republic, The Nation, The Baffler & elsewhere • Abolish Rent from Haymarket Books bit.ly/abolishrent
Ricardo Tranjan @ricardotranjan.bsky.social Ontario Research Director & Senior Researcher on Housing and Social Policy @policyalternatives.ca, PhD. EN/FR/PT/ES. Author of The Tenant Class.
UBCIC @ubcic.bsky.social In 1969 the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs was created to fight PM Pierre Trudeau's White Paper & to defend Indigenous Title & Rights
Vancouver Trans March @transmarchyvr.bsky.social 2026 date TBA!
https://linktr.ee/vancouvertransmarch
Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social The "Vancouver" [stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wúʔmesh, səlilwətaɬ, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, qw̓ɑ:nƛ̓ə̓n̓, Stó:lō, +other lands] chapter of Canadian labour activists fighting against Palestinian genocide.
https://www.labourforpalestine.com/
labourforpalestinevancouver@gmail.com
Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
http://www.noraloreto.ca
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East | Instagram: cjpmeofficial | https://linktr.ee/cjpmeofficial
The Breach @breachmedia.ca Journalism to map a just future.
Award-winning outlet launched in May, 2021.
Sign up to our free newsletter to get our journalism delivered to you: http://breachmedia.ca/subscribe/
Spartacus Books @spartacusbooks.net Spartacus Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore and resource centre.
Open 10–8:30 weekdays, 11–7 weekends.
Vancouver Tenants Union @vancouvertenants.bsky.social Building collective power by organizing tenants in so-called Vancouver, BC
https://vancouvertenantsunion.ca
Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy @wesup.bsky.social No Drug War On The Shop Floor
wesup.org
xʷməθkʷəýəm, Skwxwú7mesh & Səlilwətaɬ territories.
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
🌈 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
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.
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
Leilani Farha @leilanifarha.bsky.social Global Director, The Shift
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing
Co-Host PUSHBACK Talks
International law; human rights; housing; cities; finance
Co-op Housing Federation of BC @chf.bc.ca CHF BC is the voice of housing co-ops in British Columbia. We represent 260 housing co-ops with more than 14,000 co-op homes.
www.chf.bc.ca
CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca The CCPA is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We offer independent, non-partisan research on social, economic & climate justice.
www.policyalternatives.ca
Instagram & FB: policyalternatives Also on Gander social: @ccpa.gander.social
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com it's "see-sa"
hot takes bureau chief @thenarwhal.ca
writer @thewalrus.ca
adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social
journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater
she/her ✌️michellecyca.com
The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca Our pod of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter: http://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter or become a member: https://thenarwhal.ca/bsky-member/
Khelsilem @khelsilem.bsky.social Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
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/
Aman Loodu @loodu.bsky.social baking
cycling
crosswords
birding
Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Host - The Early Edition - CBC Radio One Vancouver
Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.ca
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
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
COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social Join the movement to Evict Ken Sim and fight for housing, public services, climate action, and integrity at City Hall.
All power to the people.
https://www.votecope.ca/
Alex Hemingway @1alexhemingway.bsky.social Senior Economist @bcpolicy.bsky.social. PhD @UBCPoliSci. Former CCPA-BC. Social, economic & environmental justice. Views are my own. https://bcpolicy.ca/
Tamara Taggart @tamarataggart.bsky.social mum. friend. keynote. emcee. host.
30yrs in radio + television news
podcast host #TelusTalksWithTamaraTaggart
volunteer president @downsyndromebc
Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Investigative Journalism Foundation (@theijf.org). Hit me up at bethany.lindsay@theijf.org.
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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social journalist @CTVVancouver | @USCAnnenberg alum | IG @imzav11
Isabella.zavarise@bellmedia.ca
Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social Vancouver lawyer & housing advocate
👇 pwaldkirch.ca
helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social development professional working on vibrant, sustainable & inclusive communities
pro abundant & affordable housing, bike & bus lanes, & not getting hit by cars 🏡🏢🚎🚲 ❤️| posts & sarcasm my own |
Host of podcast urbanismvancouver.com
Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2026 Living Wage employer.
Debrief Communications Co-op @debriefcomms.ca We are a worker-owned collective of journalists offering a wide range of communications services — including writing, editing, research, and media training — tailored to suit client needs.
Website: https://debriefcomms.ca/
Email: info@debriefcomms.ca
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
Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social Health Reporter at PressProgress.
Co-founder at De Facto Journalism Co-op.
📧 brishtireports@gmail.com
Sign up for Pulse Check: pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/
DM for Signal.
Fhriseil (we’re couping) 🍏👽🍂🇵🇸 @frasermacp.bsky.social queer white settler on dish with one spoon treaty territories. nurse. abolitionist. writer.
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
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
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. 
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
Liam Michaud @liammichaud.bsky.social researcher on drug policy & law | phd candidate in socio-legal studies | former community harm reduction worker | Tkaronto, Treaty 13
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.
Briarpatch Magazine @briarpatchmag.bsky.social A political issues magazine with a chip on its shoulder and a fire in its belly.
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IndigiNews @indiginews.bsky.social Where your stories are heard and respected.
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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
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
ANGELA STERRITT @sterritt.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Author of national bestseller #Unbroken. Land Back podcast host. TV reporter at CBC. https://greystonebooks.com/products/unbroken
Odette Auger @odetteauger.bsky.social storyteller | journalist
Anishinaabekwe in the Salish Sea
Represented by Cody Caetano, CookeMcDermid
Porfolio/website here: authory.com/OdetteAuger
The Maple @readthemaple.com Canadian news & opinion that confronts the status quo. 100% reader-funded & independent.
Edited by @alex.readthemaple.com & @davide.readthemaple.com
Website: https://www.readthemaple.com/
Email list: http://www.readthemaple.com/signup-bluesky/
The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social Vancouver-based photojournalist working for NYT, Globe and Mail, Guardian, WSJ etc. www.jackiedives.com 
P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca police oversight with evidence & research
subscribe to our free newsletter: www.policeoversight.ca
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
Kent Clark @comicbooksuperhero.ca Anarchist ecosocialist supplyist high density cyclist bully cancel-culture warrior - replete with lies! Or so I've been told.
Nate Crompton @natecrompton.bsky.social