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@financialtimes.com
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@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨ Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅 SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
@justinling.ca
Uh-oh. Freelance journalist in @thestar.com, @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com, @thewalrus.ca. Subscribe to my newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com Reach me securely on Signal: JustinLing.42
@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.
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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
@smsaideman.bsky.social
#CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@thebeaverton.com
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@fatimabsyed.bsky.social
Ontario reporter for The Narwhal. Vice-president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Springsteen, space, sports, sweets
@emmamci.bsky.social
Investigations @thestar.com. Formerly @thenarwhal.ca. Fan of FOI and lake swims. Hosted Paydirt, a podcast miniseries about the Greenbelt scandal. Signal: emmamci.76
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Local tosser Books author (New: Stroll!) Toronto Star column writer Spacing Magazine co-founder U of T instructor Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place. Links to books, etc: https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼
@aleach.ca
Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Alberta. Interested in climate change, constitutional law, and energy infrastructure. Find me here or on the web at aleach.ca.
@markusoff.bsky.social
I write and yak for CBC in Calgary. DMs open, Signal, WhatsApp, and such jason.markusoff@cbc.ca
@trevortombe.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, University of Calgary | Director, Fiscal/Econ Policy, The School of Public Policy | Alum U of T & SFU | Inflation, carbon taxes, equalization, internal trade, R, and more! | 💻 📊 📝 🍻
@seanfraser.bsky.social
MP / Deputé, Central Nova 🇨🇦 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship / Ministre de l'Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté
@nomiclairelazar.bsky.social
Professeure Titulaire, Legal / Political Theory uOttawa GSPIA Books:on Time & Politics (YaleUP); on States of Emergency (CambridgeUP) Co-Lead, British Academy Global Convening Crisis, Constitutions, Elections, Apocalypse, Extremism www.nomiclairelazar.com
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@kadyo.bsky.social
Chronicler of parliamentary antics, procedural shenanigans and associated other critical elements of Canadian democracy. Writer at iPolitics.ca, political musings on CBC and elsewhere.
@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli jm_mcgrath.01 on signal
@bloomberg.com
The first word in business news. Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuT
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
@davidreevely.bsky.social
Logic reporter, Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Press alum. I cover Ottawa, cybersecurity and defence, telecom, space, health, infrastructure and whatever else needs doing. Signal: @davidreevely.68
@michellecyca.com
it's "see-sa" senior editor @thenarwhal.ca writer @thewalrus.ca adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater she/her ✌️michellecyca.com
@mgeist.bsky.social
Law Professor, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa www.michaelgeist.ca Law Bytes Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iDUCcDrkzGai0OdTgoucv http://mgeist.substack.com
@338canada.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief 338Canada丨Rédacteur en chef Qc125丨Chroniqueur @ L'actualité, The Walrus & Politico Canada丨Co-host The Numbers podcast丨Prof astronomy & astrophysics丨Occasional cat pictures🤍丨📍Montréal
@journodale.bsky.social
Freelance journalist. Author. Nigellavangelist. Pedant about civic literacy and Star Wars/Trek. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
@jantafrench.bsky.social
Provincial affairs reporter, CBC Edmonton 📻📺📝👩💻 Mildly obsessive about reporting on education. #AbEd Bikes. Knitting. Parenting. Books. Plants. Did I mention bikes? 🚴🏽♀️🚲
@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff.
@dougsaunders.bsky.social
International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
@alexboyd.bsky.social
National misinformation + politics reporter, Toronto Star. Based in Alberta Signal: alexboyd.56
@canadianpolling.bsky.social
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@stevelafleur.bsky.social
Research Director, Building New Foundations for Economic Growth program @IRPP. 🇨🇦
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@balkissoon.bsky.social
Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great. (Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
@graphicmatt.com
City columnist, contributing to the Toronto Star & writing the award-winning City Hall Watcher newsletter. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. Humber College prof. (he/him)
@lindsaytedds.bsky.social
Policy prof. Feminist. Gender, Policy, Taxes, Life, Equity, intersectionality. Views=Own. TBI survivor. Government-funded. Difficult/Immodest/Condescending. Currently on medical leave. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪www.lindsayTedds.ca
@hassum.bsky.social
Executive Director @broadbent.bsky.social Former publisher @pressprogress.ca Fait du bien jour après jour. she/elle 🍞🌹
@plagasse.bsky.social
Academic working on defence policy/procurement and executive power in Westminster states. I'm aware of the typos.
@aradwanski.bsky.social
Policy columnist and feature writer for The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, with a current focus on how Canada can boost its economic sovereignty.
@emmettmacfarlane.com
Professor of political science. Author. Dad. Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics. Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.