Chris Houston
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism(U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org.
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Press Freedom
People and organisations that work on freedom of the press. I've prioritized English language accounts. I recommend RSP accounts as a starting point for other language content. I welcome suggestions on who I missed.
Access to medicines and IP reform
Accounts that tweet about pharmaceutical industry regulation and fair access to medications.
North Hastings (Ontario, Canada) community leaders
Independent journalists, media, activists, non profits and associated accounts who are based in, or write about news, events and social commentary in North Hastings, Ontario, Canada.
Pro-democracy Canadians
Canadian accounts that focus on promoting democracy
Canadian Politics Independent Media (progressive)
Independent newspapers, magazines, podcasts with a significant amount of content on Canadian politics. Independent meaning not owned or influenced by massive companies or government. This list excludes outlets that I perceive as hateful, anti-science, or hard right.
Peace & Justice
People and organizations focussed on peace and justice.
Health Equity in Canada
People and organizations that write about health equity in Canada.
Humanitarians
Humanitarian workers, academics and organizations
@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
Americas editor, Washington Post // Journalism instructor, Harvard Extension School // New Englander. Unregistered Ukrainian. Somewhat Canadian. Literally Irish https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/matthew-hay-brown/
@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social
Work at @UCDdublin.bsky.social || PI @HelpingKidsLab.bsky.social || Editor @PACjournal.bsky.social || @SRCDorg.bsky.social GC || @PolPsyISPP.bsky.social VP conferences
@debjeffrey.bsky.social
Canadian bird nerd, advocate for social & environmental justice, believer in building strong community by sharing info on issues & events. Any humour in dark times appreciated.
@davidpugliese.bsky.social
Journalist since 1982. Ottawa Citizen newspaper. Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom.
@pjsassociation.bsky.social
PJSA unites academics, K-12 teachers & grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for peacebuilding, social justice and social change. https://www.peacejusticestudies.org
@reidhoffman.bsky.social
Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
@paulagilbaizan.bsky.social
Exploring the Psychology of Creativity @Harvard | Consulting on Humanitarian Innovation + Futures + Systems Design @SomethingMeaningfulCo | Mexican living in Myanmar
@ptoett.bsky.social
#Biodiversity #climate #humanrights #Ecoviolence and connections between Currently Dean of Social Science & Humanities @Ontario Tech University Co-chair of #IPBES assessment on #IAS
@euromedhr.bsky.social
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Defending Freedom Throughout Europe & the MENA Region|
@worldhappiness.report
The worldβs foremost publication on global happiness: a partnership of Gallup, the Wellbeing Research Centre, and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
@avaduffy.bsky.social
NDP Candidate for MP in HastingsβLennox and AddingtonβTyendinaga Area Check us out at https://avaduffy.ndp.ca
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@pencanada.bsky.social
We defend free expression, aid writers in peril, and celebrate literature. pencanada.ca
@un-ecosoc.bsky.social
Official BlueSky Account of UN-ECOSOC #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda https://ecosoc.un.org/en
@profkepickett.bsky.social
Social epidemiologist, co-author of 'The Spirit Level' and 'The Inner Level' and co-founder of The Equality Trust www.wilkinsonpickett.com
@ruthmarcus.bsky.social
Washington Post columnist, mom of two grown women and one adorable Bernedoodle stuck in mischievous adolescence. Knitting, cooking, hiking, Wyoming.
@malcolmnance.bsky.social
Fmr US Intelligence +36 yrs. Expert MENA/SWA & US Terrorists | x5 NYT Bestselling Author, Navy Senior Chief, Widower, Ukrainian army Intlβ Legionnaire. Malcolmnance.Substack.com
@cykoore.bsky.social
He/Him Organizer/Risk Management for the Loblaws boycott. Investigative reporting. Activist. Antifascist, now and forever. Trolls receive 86's.
@brodiefenlon.bsky.social
Dad, husband, dog owner, movie buff, editor in chief at CBC News.
@akurjata.ca
Canadian journalist based in Prince George, British Columbia β Dakelh territory. I live north of most of you. akurjata.ca | Nechako x Lhtakoh | he/him
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
The official Bluesky page of the worldβs longest-running national newspaper. Join us online and in print for expert opinion, news and unrivalled insight. https://www.heraldscotland.com/
@readthemaple.bsky.social
Canadian news and perspectives that confront the status quo. 100% reader-funded and independent. https://action.readthemaple.com/sign-up-for-the-maple
@theeagleist.bsky.social
Forged in the flames of righteous truth and decolonization, we are Walking Eagle News: proud purveyors of only the finest Indigenous news. https://walkingeaglenews.com/
@timoreilly.bsky.social
Founder & CEO, O'Reilly Media. Doing my best to help good futures happen.
@gabbystern.bsky.social
Director of Communications at the World Health Organization (WHO) and former journalist at WSJ/Dow Jones and the Omaha World-Herald. Also, ex- BMGF communications. Love swimming, cats, reading, friends and above all family.
@iamdiya.bsky.social
Head of social media & media monitoring at the World Health Organization, @who.int, former ILO, and journalist. I am an introvert in a loud π world.
@healz413.bsky.social
Parent. Movement builder. Queer and non-binary user of she/her pronouns. Baker. Former jock. Reader of LGBTIQ and BIPOC romance novels. Watercolour escape artist (as in, I paint watercolour as a break from the stresses and strains of life).
@tahiramin.bsky.social
CEO @imakglobal.bsky.social. Renegade IP lawyer. Critically rethinking IP laws through (neo)colonial/neoliberal systems of power, and that empty word βinnovationβ.
@zackieachmat.bsky.social
Dog loving socialist. Free Palestine. Cape Town is my home. My βidentitiesβ are indivisible not intersectional.
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@uoft.bsky.social
Welcome to #UofT! Canadaβs top university, and a catalyst for discovery, innovation, and progress. #UofTDefyGravity π utoronto.ca
@theconversationca.bsky.social
Written by academic experts, edited by journalists, backed by evidence βοΈ Newsletter: http://bit.ly/2W8X3Ev π§ Podcast: http://bit.ly/39v1EE0 β Donate: http://bit.ly/3GV1uam
@jaypeters.net
News Editor at @theverge.com. Email tips to jay.peters@theverge.com. Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
@kylietcheung.bsky.social
Staff writer Jezebel.com James Hardenβs real-life wife / free Palestine / kyliewrites.net :) Subscribe kylietcheung.substack.com
@jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
Still without airbrushing. Still with teeth. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3PLBUJ8 Newsletter: https://jezebel.com/newsletter
@jackie-crew-007.bsky.social
I'm interested in Creative Housing and Climate Solutions! -changing Canada from an oil economy to a Green Economy. (Tax the rich and build greener, low energy homes)
@loreelaw.bsky.social
Iβm a gallery coordinator and ceramicist living in Maynooth, Ontario