@crossbordernetwork.bsky.social
It's Where Municipal Matters! Insightful discussions and analysis on all things local government in Canada, and around the World.
@thechristinet.bsky.social
✨CEO of peer-reviewed vibes (they/she) ✨Asst Prof (LTA) of Digital Media & Game Studies, U of Toronto Mississauga ✨Researcher of work, play, livestreaming & creator economy ✨PhD(c) U of Toronto iSchool ✨ https://thechristinet.wordpress.com/
@nicolecohen.bsky.social
I research labour and media. Associate Professor, ICCIT, University of Toronto. Books: New Media Unions: Organizing Digital Journalists and Writers’ Rights: Freelance Journalism in a Digital Age
@nicolettelittle.bsky.social
•GBV & multimedia activism •Social media memories & harm •Tech-facilitated violence Adjunct Assistant Professor Media & Tech Studies AND MA of Communications Technology @ U Alberta Coffee, dogs, fall leaves…and rest
@internetmaggie.com
Porn & Platform Research 💦📚☕💻 PhD Candidate @UofT Faculty of Information | Advisory Board w. ECP/Pornhub | #1 Animorphs Fan www.internetmaggie.com
@blairaf.com
Researcher, educator, creative @ UToronto Transfeminist AI ethics, policy, governance: blairaf.com Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
@msteinbrg.bsky.social
Platforms (digital & not), animation, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Super apps! Prof at Concordia University. Director of The Platform Lab. Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.
@danjokaz00ie.bsky.social
senior lecturer of digital sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University MMU UCU committee I'm a political economist of the internet www.danieljamesjoseph.net
@velixious.bsky.social
professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
@mcewan.bsky.social
Communicologist @uoft.bsky.social @uoftmississauga.bsky.social ICCIT/Sociology. Data Sciences Institue. McMC Lab. Studies Social Media, Virtual Reality. Author of Interpersonal Encounters https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/interpersonal-encounters/book23785
@smgrimes.bsky.social
Wolfe Chair in Scientific + Technological Literacy & Professor at McGill University. I research kids + tech + play/games/creativity, advocate for children’s rights in policy/design. Author of Digital Playgrounds (2021) and Kidfluenced (underway).
@sarahstang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Brock University. Lab Director of STAR Lab. At-Large Rep for CGSA and former Secretary for ICA Game Studies Division.
@envmedialab.bsky.social
Based at Queen’s University (2024); University of Calgary (2019-2023). Director: melhogan.bsky.social environmentalmedialab.com heliotropejournal.net
@karppi.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UofT Author of Disconnect. Facebook’s Affective Bonds.
@burnedprof.bsky.social
🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸. academia has 4 parts: research, teaching, service & politics. i got the 1st 3 right. posts mine & might be info. my passport says i am 183cm tall. when you're burned, you've got nothing. no pets, no insta & you're not going anywhere. ça que c'tait.
@noizangel.bsky.social
aspiring Doctor of D&D, but not how you think @ YorkU • coined 'D&D industrial complex' • STS/Communications • recovering larp burnout • i love pizza and cats noizangel: literally everywhere https://linktr.ee/nicolewinchester she/her/any/all 🇨🇦🇫🇮🌈
@smithsarah.bsky.social
CRC in Art, Culture & Global Relations @westernu.bsky.social Co-founder @nacdi.bsky.social New book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵 @ubcpress.bsky.social Thinking about: cultural diplomacy, artist unions, migration museums saraheksmith.com linktr.ee/saraheksm
@stevewilcox.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Critical Game Design @ WLU | Prosocial Game Designer | I research how to mobilize knowledge through play https://www.helloworlds.ca/projects
@camillemarys.bsky.social
Postdoctorante - Postdoctoral Associate // museums & extraction // Beyond Extraction + Archives & Heritage for Palestine planning committee cmsharp.ca
@kmb.bsky.social
Doctor of videogames, herder of cats, collector of weird Furby art, Nic Cage superfan. She/her.
@barnfeline.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 haud-ukie cat cushion and sometimes games and media researcher in amiskwaciy/Treaty 6 #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FreePalestine #LandBack
@jeanketterling.bsky.social
she/her ✨ PhD in Legal Studies ✨ Assistant Teaching Prof (LTA) at UNB Dept of Culture and Media Studies ✨ Interdisciplinary legal⚖️/porn🌽/games🎮 studies scholar working on sex in video games ✨
@jakeadampitre.bsky.social
a very sensitive piece of horse flesh. PhD candidate critiquing tech futures. http://unwantedutopias.substack.com. http://boxd.it/20r7.
@scottdejong.bsky.social
Making and studying games about disinformation. Fulbright scholar. PhD candidate, Concordia University. FRQSC scholar. scottbdejong.ca
@caitmckinney.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at SFU Communication Studies working on queer media history.
@cansuekmekcioglu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, McMaster University
@underground259.bsky.social
Environmental media studies, cinema, architecture, art, weather control. Professor. Recent book: Climatic Media. Views personal
@mattjwells.bsky.social
• Post-PhD, itinerant instructor, digital games, history of computing • Self-diagnosed game developer, working on Frenzy, a Far Cry demake from an ecofeminist perspective • Fan of '90s video games, '80s hip hop, and '70s computer science
@cgsaacej.bsky.social
Canadian Game Studies Association / Association canadienne d’études des jeux. Publisher of Loading... Journal. gamestudies.ca
@alexcustodio.com
PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.
@videogamehistorian.bsky.social
Videogame historian extraordinaire FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation CGSA Francophone Rep Creator of Deadplay podcast
@marclaj.bsky.social
Coordinator of the Technoculture, Art, and Games Research Centre. Game researcher, university instructor, podcast producer, musician, and author. Mostly a person though! krafftmine.bandcamp.com/album/we-who... connectingtogame.ca
@andrewrbailey.bsky.social
SSHRC postdoc researching/creating videogame archives at the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Lab at Concordia University. Teaching games studies and new media art history at OCAD University. He/him. 📚 https://arbailey2297.github.io
@arungapatchka.bsky.social
@kenzitronic.bsky.social
Settler on treaty 6, PhD candidate in feminist game studies @ ualberta, itinerant social worker, parent, usually in over my head on a wild DH scheme. She/her
@michaeliantorno.com
PhD researcher studying videogame history, industry labour, and IP law. 🎮Dissertation on SNES/SFC preservation, emulation, repros, and hacking. 🦣TTRPGs at Mammoth Island Games. 🕹️Game industry research with Game Arts International Network.
@posada.website
💼 Assistant Professor @Yale.edu & SSRC Just Tech Fellow 🎓 Research on #Data + #Work + #Platforms 🌐 https://posada.website/
@danguad.bsky.social
Historian of marketing and culture / asst prof at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, information & Technology
@persephone.blue
🔥 ludoarsonist 🕹️ media scholar 🎮 game maker AP of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. Dir. @ https://darcmode.org + https://triptable.top. 🔍 trans play 🏳️⚧️ TRPGs 🎲 extremism 💀 & the ✨unplayable✨ 🌐 https://persephone.blue 🎲 https://gravesnail.itch.io
@ktmac.bsky.social
postdoc @ university of copenhagen, "Data Loss: the politics of disappearance, destruction and dispossession in digital societies" researching internet histories, web archives, platform temporalities katiemackinnon.xyz
@dmulvin.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the LSE. Histories of media and technology. dylanmulvin.com
@unsurprisinglee.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @UofT, graduate research fellow @ Centre for Culture and Technology; studying us military and militarism, milsim videogames, and the history of computation. she/her 🏳️⚧️
@aurelievpetit.bsky.social
PhD candidating @ Concordia // working on anime, gender & technology✨// prev Microsoft Research and AI+Society Initiative // current intern @uqam.ca on AI 🤖💋 // she/her // 📍MTL 🇨🇦 https://www.aurelie-petit.com
@andreizanescu.bsky.social
PT Faculty in Communication Studies + Socio/Anthro Postdoc @Concordia Blockbuster Resonance & Prestige in AAA Games, Film & Awards Shows Also Magic: The Gathering + Cultural Resonance Streaming by the Rest of Us (2025, MIT Press) www.andreizanescu.com
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
Popular music and media studies professor at the University of Alberta. Co-host of WDWK on CJSR 88.5 FM. Polaris Prize jury. Alberta Music board. Music in Orbit coming soon: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
@jessrauchberg.bsky.social
social media + digital culture expert. I write about labor + inequalities in the creator economy. hot takes are my own! www.jessrauchberg.com