Canadian Critical Comms & Media Studies
For want of a smart thinkers who are from, research within, or converse with Canadian communication & media studies 🇨🇦
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@thechristinet.bsky.social
@nickttaylor.bsky.social
Media professor at York U in Toronto. Happy to be here. Grounds of Gaming is out from University of Indiana Press. It's about the places in which we play games, and who is and is not allowed. https://iupress.org/9780253071231/the-grounds-of-gaming/
@madisontrusolino.bsky.social
PhD from UofT | Postdoc Fellow at Dalhousie | Studying Labour Organizing in the Cultural Industries | Eyeliner aficionado https://www.madisontrusolino.com
@burnsr77.bsky.social
AAAS S&TPF fellow, FRCGS, visiting prof @ Erlangen-Nuremberg Critical digital geographer, urban STS, runner, reader, writer, drinker of unhealthy amounts of tea
@erique.bsky.social
they/she/祂 || assistant professor @sfucmns.bsky.social || trans / race / beauty / fashion / media || she's a man maury https://www.eriquezhang.com/
@matthewfjohnson.bsky.social
Director of Education for MediaSmarts, Canada's centre for digital media literacy. He/him. Open to correction.
@enda-b.bsky.social
Cmns prof. Digital platforms/labour organizing/worker inquiry. Contract Worker Justice @SFU. Forza Roma ovunque e comunque. he/him. Just getting set up here.
@emmavphd.bsky.social
🎮Knowledge Mobilization and Research Impact Officer at the Games Institute 📚Co-author and co-editor of "Feminism in Play" and "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" 🍉No Pride in Genocide. Free Palestine 🍉
@camillea.bsky.social
Professor of communication 🇨🇵🇨🇦 : https://tinyurl.com/UQAM-CamilleA Head of @labfluens.bsky.social & researcher @labcmo.bsky.social Social Media / Affect / Labor / Disinformation : https://tinyurl.com/Scholar-CamilleA
@ubisurv.net
David Murakami Wood (DMW) Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance & Security Studies Director, CSS/Lab, uOttawa Co-editor-in-Chief, Surveillance & Society Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment https://ubisurv.net
@smithisgeneric.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Popular Culture & Film at Brock University. Reposts ≠ endorsements and all that jazz. Personal account. http://karenlouisesmith.net/wp/
@davidcecchetto.bsky.social
Digital theory and sound studies prof (yorku); past pres SLSA; quasi-practicing (non)musician. -Co-edit Proximities book series (UMinn) -Author: Humanesis: Sound and Posthumanism (UMinn); Listening in the Afterlife of Data (Duke), and others
@ruoyunbai.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media Studies/Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto, working on Chinese Media, Culture and Society. Author of "Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics" and co-editor of 3 books. Writing a book on scandals in China.
@keanbirch.bsky.social
Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/ Director, Institute for Technoscience & Society: https://www.yorku.ca/research/its/
@danbrownefilm.bsky.social
Filmmaker + multimedia artist | Facilitating interdisciplinary AI research @ University of Toronto | Comcult PhD | Parent | he/him
@otomedoctor.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Simon Fraser University. She/her. Pinay Feminist Game Scholar Jedi
@rohanalexander.bsky.social
I spend too much money on books. And too much time writing them. 🇦🇺. https://rohanalexander.com http://tellingstorieswithdata.com https://rohanalexander.substack.com
@melhogan.bsky.social
Critical media scholar interested in the meanings we make of perpetual tech promises. Bilingue. Focused on the environment. I typo a lot 😷🏳️🌈 🎙️ The Data Fix thedatafix.net 📝 Heliotrope heliotropejournal.net
@tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social
Comm, Media & Tech Studies + empire, capital, state, power, politics, energy, environment, work, war, play, ed, left-right activism https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/research/researcher-profiles/dr.-tanner-mirrlees.php
@gracelao.bsky.social
Sociology lecturer U of Guelph-Humber. PhD candidate at York University. Studying media(Ted) rape culture discourse. Communications director @wgsj.bsky.social. Travel photographer and guac aficionado.
@joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social
phd candidate at university of toronto's cinema studies institute | contract instructor for bishop's university | living in montréal marx, labour, cinema, aesthetics
@itjustsaysm.bsky.social
Prof & Provost, @ProvManitoba. Scholar: media, music, Barthes, Bowie, Morrissey & U2. Views are my own.
@sydneyforde.bsky.social
PhD from @bellisariograded.bsky.social SSHRC doctoral fellow | @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social fellow | @miccenter.bsky.social affiliate | Political Economy of Comm | Critical Theory | Media Policy | https://www.sydneyforde.com/
@beeblefish.bsky.social
Academic, trouble maker. Digital, platform, and AI intimacies; non/monogamy and privilege. Intersectional Automations: https://tinyurl.com/bdehyvcz Hashtag Publics: https://tinyurl.com/32m5dm6a Fraught Intimacies: https://tinyurl.com/3a7tb22p
@cheeflo.bsky.social
Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274
@silentrecord.bsky.social
Métis | Communication & Culture PhD Candidate @yorkuniversity | Infoscape Lab | Institute for Research on Digital Literacies | Media, Sound, Surveillance, Indigenous Studies | Otipemisiwak lii Shansoon The Politics of Media Scarcity (2024) out now.
@buridan.bsky.social
academic, researcher of the internet, writer, traveler... STS, Critical Internet Studies, Critical University Studies, Critical Data Studies, Critical Theory, Interpretive methods, etc. #AoIR ista and leftist like Will Rogers
@jessicaringrose.bsky.social
Prof University College London, UK. Canadian Feminist Sociologist studying youth, social media, digital activism, tech facilitated gender based violence and educational interventions New book out 2025: Teens, Social Media, & Image Based Abuse
@analoguefutures.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Concordia University. Director, Raah Lab. Author: Video Culture in India : The Analog Era, OUP Press. past; 80's media history; present; SVOD platforms, migration. Good scrambled eggs maker
@dugstef.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof in Communication Studies at Concordia University. Director of the Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab (digslab.net). Posts and opinions are my own.
@claudsicon.bsky.social
✨PhD in cinema and media studies, ✨Assist Prof (LTA) at UTSC in Arts & Media Management (Arts, Culture, Media) ✨mom in academia, web gleaner, cinephile, feminist, reader, eater, walker ✨I like watching pictures move ✨Treaty 13, Tkaronto, she/her
@petalledheart.bsky.social
🇰🇭🇨🇳 PhD candidate in cinema + sexual diversity studies at U of T | media studies lecturer at UTSC | staff director of Sundress Publications 📝 on surveillance, aesthetics, ethics, race, critical theory, queer theory, trans studies they/them 🏳️⚧️
@mariosantamaria.bsky.social
Available 23/7 https://mariosantamaria.net https://internetour.com/
@lowellgasoi.bsky.social
Communication and media studies prof at Carleton and University of Ottawa. Theatre maker and cultural policy person. Performance studies and sci-fi geek.
@justinrawlins.bsky.social
Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him
@katemadd.bsky.social
Rhet of Sci&Tech + STS + media theory University of Toronto Mississauga
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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 🏳️⚧️
@dmulvin.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the LSE. Histories of media and technology. dylanmulvin.com
@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
@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
@danguad.bsky.social
Historian of marketing and culture / asst prof at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, information & Technology
@posada.website
💼 Assistant Professor @Yale.edu & SSRC Just Tech Fellow 🎓 Research on #Data + #Work + #Platforms 🌐 https://posada.website/
@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.
@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
@arungapatchka.bsky.social
@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
@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
@videogamehistorian.bsky.social
Videogame historian extraordinaire FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation CGSA Francophone Rep Creator of Deadplay podcast
@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.
@cgsaacej.bsky.social
Canadian Game Studies Association / Association canadienne d’études des jeux. Publisher of Loading... Journal. gamestudies.ca
@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
@underground259.bsky.social
Environmental media studies, cinema, architecture, art, weather control. Professor. Recent book: Climatic Media. Views personal
@cansuekmekcioglu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, McMaster University
@caitmckinney.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at SFU Communication Studies working on queer media history.
@mathewiantorno.com
📚 PhD candidate at the University of Toronto (Faculty of Information) 🤖 Studies the history, labour, & public impact of retail automation 🍄 Part-time bread baker, mushroom hunter, and game designer 🛰️ mathewiantorno.com
@scottdejong.bsky.social
Making and studying games about disinformation. Fulbright scholar. PhD candidate, Concordia University. FRQSC scholar. scottbdejong.ca
@jakeadampitre.bsky.social
a very sensitive piece of horse flesh. PhD candidate critiquing tech futures. http://unwantedutopias.substack.com. http://boxd.it/20r7.
@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 ✨
@barnfeline.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 haud-ukie cat cushion and sometimes games and media researcher in amiskwaciy/Treaty 6 #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FreePalestine #LandBack
@kmb.bsky.social
Doctor of videogames, herder of cats, collector of weird Furby art, Nic Cage superfan. She/her.
@camillemarys.bsky.social
Postdoctorante - Postdoctoral Associate // museums & extraction // Beyond Extraction + Archives & Heritage for Palestine planning committee cmsharp.ca
@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
@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/saraheksmith
@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 🇨🇦🇫🇮🌈
@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.
@karppi.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UofT Author of Disconnect. Facebook’s Affective Bonds.
@envmedialab.bsky.social
Based at Queen’s University (2024); University of Calgary (2019-2023). Director: melhogan.bsky.social environmentalmedialab.com heliotropejournal.net
@ellenforget.bsky.social
Academic studying braille, print disabilities, and small-press publishing. Editor by trade, academic at heart. she/they. ocd & long-covid & cane user.
@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.
@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).
@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
@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.
@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
@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.
@lukestark.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University 🇨🇦 | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | 🏳️⚧️ ally | views my own https://starkcontrast.co/ https://starlingcentre.ca/
@blairaf.com
Researcher, educator, creative @ UToronto Transfeminist AI ethics, policy, governance: blairaf.com Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
@internetmaggie.com
Porn & Platform Research 💦📚☕💻 PhD Candidate @UofT Faculty of Information | Advisory Board w. ECP/Pornhub | #1 Animorphs Fan www.internetmaggie.com
@grohmannrafael.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) University of Toronto, Canada. Leader DigiLabour. Platform labor, Worker-owned Platforms, AI & Labor, Worker Organizing
@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
@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
@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/