Kickass Canadians
Some of my favourite fellow Canadians. Very Toronto-centric.
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@steveboots.bsky.social
YouTuber, Twitch Streamer, Sarcastic Socialist. Cat pics. https://linktr.ee/steveboots
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Local AB Web Series on AB Politics. Alleged Media Magnate. Locally crowd funded. content available everywhere you listen to podcasts & YouTube! Support at https://patreon.com/thebreakdownab
@junctionette.bsky.social
Liveable cities. I read skeets in English, French, and Italian. You either love cilantro or you don't. There's no in between.
@eustace.justshootme.ca
average Canadian 🇨🇦 he | him read some shit about alt text https://eustace.link download some IOS shortcuts https://routinehub.co/user/eustace
@tvodocs.bsky.social
New docs are added all the time, so be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates. https://www.youtube.com/tvo https://my.linkpod.site/tvodocs
@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
@heatherhorton.bsky.social
Contemporary Canadian 🇨🇦 artist with paintings in numerous collections worldwide. https://linktr.ee/heatherhortonart
@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
Artist in progress. Living on Treaty 6 land. Art, science, space & politics (sorry about that) Dad to Samwise. Storms & stuff. He/him. No AI, No NFT. https://earthskyart.ca #art #painting #sciart #fod #biking
@monicarooney.bsky.social
Fine art and portrait photographer She/her Toronto (BEY) Twin mom x 2 Atheist, feminist, anti-fascist, anti-racist Photography, politics, 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, art, Canada etc. Kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - Bruce Cockburn ELBOWS UP!! 🇨🇦
@t-s-sci.bsky.social
Scientist and science communicator. Geoscientist/Palaeontologist. she/her. My views are my own.
@avilewis.bsky.social
✊ Fighter for people & our planet. 🎬 Filmmaker & UBCGeog prof. 🗳️ Running for MP to bring transformative change to Vancouver Centre with the NDP. 🔗 www.voteavi.ca
@jessehawken.bsky.social
Host and producer of the Junk Filter podcast. Toronto born and raised. patreon.com/junkfilter
@spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing.ca/Vancouver /// Vancouver & BC urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts. Spacing: spacing.bsky.social Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
@dylanreid.bsky.social
City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.ca
@thelucassilveira.bsky.social
1st out trans man signed to major label, singer/songwriter, speaker, writer, artist, mentor, mental health advocate, founder of Transcendence In Sound
@jmorenocruz.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Energy Transitions University of Waterloo. https://morenocruz.org
@mikamckinnon.bsky.social
Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. Occasional rock-licker, frequent devourer of board books. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
@vexedmuddler.bsky.social
Fashion for the Scientific Body. Nails, nerdy and not. https://linktr.ee/vexedmuddler 🩷💛💙 She/her, artist, scientist, nail polish nerd, friend to underloved animals.
@sassymetischick.bsky.social
Métis (Nehiyaw/Anishinaabe-Red River) #caribooclan #deadlyauntie #MMIWG2S #vinylcollector #bookstacker #LetsGoCanucks Your fake jazz DJ 🎵 I have a little podcast 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally💗
@robcruickshank.bsky.social
Technician/artist. Googly-eye enthusiast. Several kinds of nerd. Unusual skill set. Toronto, Ontario. he/him.
@wanless.bsky.social
Live Simply • Think Critically • Move Daily Brain injury / near-death bike crash survivor. Born 319 ppm CO2. 🌍 Victoria, BC, Canada 🔗 wanless.info
@bryancrockett.ca
He/him. Métis. Views mine only. Your favourite DEI hire's favourite DEI hire. 📍Vancouver Island, BC 📧 [email protected] Vive le 🇨🇦
@bryyyan.bsky.social
Urban sketching and other creative endeavours. 🇨🇦, into compassion, karate, dharma, hiking, skateboarding, vegetarian cooking, & travel. Everyone is welcome and safe in my timeline. No one is illegal on stolen land.
@lizwhitmere.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏳️🌈 filmmaker. protect🏳️⚧️youth. accessibility, harm reduction, equity. do what you can w/ what you have. 😷 Recent: Innovator in Residence @ Toronto Ref Library Less recent: field producer - The Agenda - TVO www.lizwhitmere.com Signal: @lizw.85
@karakwan.bsky.social
#Artist, singer, outdoors person who loves winter too, #pleinairpainter, gardener wannabe, indigenous/settler mix - introvert who adores my family. https://www.karenhainesart.com Represented by: www.Sivarulrasa.com
@cforde.github.io
Old School Web Denizen Chilliwack, BC I didn't know I could do it until I decided I was going to do it (he/him)
@marc55.bsky.social
Ret. Navy vet. Political junkie NO DM'S unless you ask. X turned to crap, so now starting over here. Oh ya. I tend to swear a lot. Central Nova Scotia. Progressive
@aptninvestigates.bsky.social
Official account for APTN Investigates - An award-winning Indigenous investigative news program. We are dedicated to exposing injustices, abuses of power and seeking the truth.
@niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social
Ojibwe Geographer | Indigenous Geographies and Climate Justice | Director, GIF Lab | Public Scholar | Adjunct Prof @ UBC IRES |Researching Indigenous responses to climate change | Ohio State, Minnesota-Duluth, SCSU alum | Posts = my own views
@alexishinde.bsky.social
Well meaning nerd person, damn fine cook, sober, taking photos, soccer (Whitecaps/Arsenal/PSG/any team my kid plays on). I am 72% cheese. she/her
@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social
Reuters reporter in Toronto; Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person; Nosy questions, mostly. [email protected] or [email protected]
@alexsmithants.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of #Biology at UofG, Guelph, ON, Canada. Inspired by the #Biodiversity in ACG, Costa Rica. #Ecology, #Evolution, #Entomology Opinions my own & oh so rarely overlap with my employer. he/him www.malexsmith.com www.youtube.com/@Alex_Smith_Ants
@laura-babcock.bsky.social
Passion for people, politics and progress. Proud Mom, advocate for social justice, PR communications expert @ powergroup.ca, Current Affairs Pundit, former CBC Journalist, Host of The OShow Canada's Current Affairs Show. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify 🇨🇦
@physgal.bsky.social
University physics lecturer and Associate Dean, Learning. Physics demystifier. Supporter of girls and women in physics. CAP Teaching Medal 2018, 3MNTF 2023. She/her Ph.D.
@ehrenenglish.bsky.social
Illustrator | Animation Industry Pro Paleo and Invertebrate Artist 🦕🦖🐞🐝🐙 Queer | Trans | Canadian 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Occasional posts on D&D, videogames, tattoos, and comedy. Etsy, Insta and more: https://linktr.ee/ehrenenglish (buy some stickers!)
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.
@madelineashby.bsky.social
I write futures. GLASS HOUSES out 13 August 2024. Come fly with us. https://www.madelineashby.com/contact/
@inkskratch.com
He/him. Artist/writer, inkskratch.com. I watch movies and draw comics and shoot my mouth off about politics. No AI, no NFT. Art Feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:itmi2hs62k7t2astrwc4pedv/feed/aaafmvofbucda
@leilah.bsky.social
Writer. Gamer. Naturalist. Union. She/they. Settler on X̱epx̱ápay̓ay Skwxwú7meshúlh.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
@blueskysol.bsky.social
GUE diver, human to XXL Russian dog, bad Jew, and lover of BBQ and cheap laffs. Against fascism. Black Lives Matter. #LGBTQ Lives Matter. Women are not incubators. Kids are not property. Free Palestine. Ex-Globe desker (go figure). I build web sites
@jacquelinevalencia.ca
Toronto writer. cybersecurity & compliance analyst. caregiver. vespa driver. autism advocate. proud union member. runner. TM practitioner. जय गुरुदेव ॐ https://linktr.ee/jacquelinevalencia
@heymonsterboy.bsky.social
Ezekiel Strange ✨ He/Him ✨ Queer ✨ Live, learn, do better Designer, Illustrator, Thaumaturgist Living at the crossroads of the eerie, whimsical, and weird
@daianna.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇨🇴 | #endVAWG | chismosa | ❤️📚 | #BlackLivesMatter | #ProtectTransKids | 🍉
@hkandersen.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of science at Simon Fraser University, working on explanation, causation, pragmatism, time. Very geeky about science fiction/fantasy. Also photography. she/they
@doctorzen.net
Home page: http://DoctorZen.net. Biologist. Author of Better Posters book and blog. Collector of academic hoaxes.
@emilienicolas.bsky.social
Chroniqueuse. Suranalyste de discours douteux et d’envolées prometteuses.
@electricland.bsky.social
Freelance medical editor, alto, occasional traveller, trying to make things better. The pup is Bunty, an Airedale terrier (🎂2023-05-29), and I regret to inform you she has her own Instagram. 🇨🇦 She/her. Yay for alt text. https://linktr.ee/rmarwick
@goldsbie.bsky.social
Mastodon didn't feel right, and hanging out on Twitter felt like trying to enjoy a beach vacation in a country with an increasingly spotty rights record.
@seanyyz.bsky.social
Geographer, public transit and active transportation advocate, Torontonian. He/him. seanmarshall.ca
@tomflood.bsky.social
Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures & workshops on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety/road violence and active transportation but mostly trying to catch up on vacuuming. Creativebyrovelo.com
@jaybeegooner.bsky.social
I am queer. I believe in transit, i am a transit geek and love cities. I love TFC, Arsenal. You can find me in 114 for TFC. i am also a comic collector and pop culture lover. You hate trans folk, i hate you.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@cyclewr.ca
We advocate for cycling in Waterloo Region to be a safe, respected, and convenient mode of transportation for people of all ages & abilities. Support our work: https://cyclewr.ca/join
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Lawyers for injured cyclists. Advocates for change: www.thebikinglawyer.ca Bikes and anti-racism.
@brainchain.ca
On a journey trying to find new worlds while sending joy into the ether. Human 🎧 Shazam 🎧. Niche sports fan. Anti-racist. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️LGBTQ2S+ Supporter 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. Purportedly Canadian. She/her. Co-curator of @womensart2.bsky.social with @tidbit.bsky.social.
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Host! SEMcast, Secret Movie Club, SHINY THINGS. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
@kateatherley.bsky.social
Knitter, teacher, editor, writer, designer. She/her. Craft, food & feminism. Love is love. Abortions are healthcare. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Opinions my own. Sharing a life and a very good dog with @normwilner. www.kateatherley.com
@romtoronto.bsky.social
The largest museum in Canada - We showcase art, culture, and nature from around the world and across the ages.
@jagmeetsingh.ca
Pronounced Jug(rhymes with hug)-MEET! | Former Leader of Canada's New Democratic Party | Le chef du NPD du Canada | Text me 👉🏽 613-801-8210
@mayoroliviachow.ca
Mayor of Toronto 🇨🇦 Former City Councillor, Member of Parliament, and school trustee. For assistance, email [email protected].
@jessicabellto.bsky.social
Re-Elect in University-Rosedale | Ontario NDP candidate 🍊 votejessicabell.ca
@robertjsawyer.com
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Canadian science-fiction writer; https://sfwriter.com
@antijen.bsky.social
Mad Laboratorian. Writer. Multiple Mom. Feminist. Neurospicy. Evidence-based (til proven otherwise). Opinions are mine. ALL MINE. I stand for science and justice. Guns suck. She/her
@premeemohamed.com
Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Hugo, BSFA, BFA, Locus, Crawford award finalist. 📚🪲 Rep: Michael Curry. www.premeemohamed.com
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@babeandoak.bsky.social
Toronto based Illustrator & Surface Pattern Designer. Mythology, occult history & lover of all things spooky •COMMISSIONS OPEN• 🔗 http://babeandoak.carrd.co 🌙 PRINTS - https://ko-fi.com/babeandoak/shop 💌 COMMISSIONS - [email protected] 🚫AI/NFT
@y2jenn.bsky.social
I'm ½ of Rising Sand! @risingsand.glass | risingsand.glass she/her | comic penciler, fossil hunter, birder | 43 | 🏳️🌈 y2jenn.carrd.co Tags: #art | #ttrpg | #dnd | #RisingSand
@risingsand.glass
A webcomic by @glitchritual.com and @y2jenn.bsky.social about finding family and peace of mind in a world about to be crushed by its own Sun. CW • 🍖🍑 💀 Read RS: https://risingsand.glass ☀️ Support RS: https://patreon.com/risingsand
@glitchritual.com
Bad of boom, bad of bing. Comics and illustration; I'm the Rising Sand guy. ✨ @risingsand.glass ✨ He/him. 🍁 ----- ✍️ Respect creative labour. 🚫 Crypto and AI get fucked.
@danfalk.bsky.social
Hi! I write about #science for Smithsonian, Discover, Quanta, Nautilus, Undark, National Geographic, CBC Radio, & many other outlets. Books include The Science of Shakespeare and In Search of Time. Co-host of BookLab podcast. 🔭🪐⭐️⚛️
@nowtoronto.bsky.social
Your source for news, culture and more! 📩 [email protected] www.nowtoronto.com
@torailwaymuseum.bsky.social
The Toronto Railway Museum is located in the historic John St. Roundhouse National Historic Site. Open year-round to visitors interested in Toronto's rail heritage.
@kidicalmassto.bsky.social
Group rides for all ages and abilities, celebrating the joy of children on bikes and advocating for safer streets for all!
@toronto.ca
Official account for the #CityOfTO sharing #TOnews. Not monitored 24/7. Contact 311 Toronto to create a service request. Terms of use http://toronto.ca/socialmedia.
@danielloxton.bsky.social
Author, illustrator, and researcher of misinformation and fringe claims. Former Editor (2002–2021) of Junior Skeptic, and author of Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be and other science books for kids and adults. https://www.danielloxton.com
@ziyatong.bsky.social
Science broadcaster & author of The Reality Bubble New documentary: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics Boards: WWF International, WE Animals, The Narwhal
@davidmoscrop.com
Journalist & author of “Too Dumb for Democracy?” Podcast host: the David Moscrop Show. Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case. Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.
@bikeviewca.bsky.social
Proud Canadian, Ottawa, Ontario cyclist, walker, runner, LARPer, all the things. Videos, photos, or advocacy around active transportation/transit. Hands off my country Orange Menace.
@cailin.dev
I convert coffee into videogames over at Celsius Game Studios / Fabulously tall / A delightful hobgoblin of chaos and joy ❤️ (it's pronounced ca-leen) she/her
@markshawtoronto.bsky.social
🍁 Toronto transit & urbanism nerd | 👨💻 Software Developer | 🌈 Your gay best friend
@fulllumberjacket.bsky.social
Stop calling it “annexation” it’s invasion, occupation, insurgency, and retreat back to an America at war with itself. And to American friends, sorry and please get on with it - don’t rely on Canadians to take down your fascist government.
@philipmai.com
Co-Dir.& Researcher at the SocialMediaLab.ca | M.S. & J.D. | Developer of social media analysis tools for research in the public interest | Communalytic.org, PoliDashboard.com, Deepfakestracker.org & Conflictmisinfo.org
@torontonature.bsky.social
TFN connects people with nature in the Toronto area. We help people understand, enjoy, protect & restore Toronto’s green spaces & the species that inhabit them. https://torontofieldnaturalists.org/
@maylikestoronto.bsky.social
I'm May, your local gender??? queerdo who uses any pronouns. A community builder who wants Toronto to be a better place for everyone here. Local foodie. Learning about how commercial spaces shape our city.
@cycletoronto.bsky.social
Support our work by becoming a member today: http://cycleto.ca/join Links to our event pages, petitions, and anything else you might need: http://linktr.ee/cycletoronto
@jamespmcleod.ca
The Guardian newspaper once called me a "Guerrilla Satirist" and the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador once called me "an arsehole." Former journalist. Artist. Writer. Comms guy.
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
Actor/comedian/writer. Words in The Beaverton, CBC Comedy, McSweeney’s, etc. Pierre Poilievre's personal assistant Mandy. she/her [email protected] https://buymeacoffee.com/clareblackwood
@derek.bike
@bikesky.social founder, bike picture taker, bagged milk understander, he/him https://linktr.ee/derekvanvliet
@art-h-ropod.bsky.social
Retired palaeontologist and museum curator, admirer of arthropods, and all 'round nature nerd. Fiercely Canadian. Staunchly antifascist. 🇨🇦
@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social
Award-losing national bestselling Métis author of "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit in Canada", from manitow-sâkahikan/Lac Ste. Anne in so-called Canada. Trying to debunk myths. She/her/wiya https://linktr.ee/apihtawikosisan
@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli jm_mcgrath.01 on signal
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Curated-aggregator of health news from around the world, but with a Canadian focus. Visit us 🏡 https://canadahealthwatch.ca SUBSCRIBE: https://canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter
@karenho.bsky.social
Art crime and business reporter at ARTnews. Owner of a floofy dog. Canadian. Doomscrolling Reminder Lady. Confidential tips can be sent to kho at ARTnews.com or karenkho.45 on Signal