Mark Leiren-Young

@leirenyoung.bsky.social

🐋 📚 🏆 Author, playwright & hockey nut in Canada Host @SkaanaPod https://leirenyoung.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/leirenyoung 🇨🇦

So cool! Tonight & for the next two nights in Ottawa a dance show that includes a piece inspired by my book The Killer Whale Who Changed the World & @skaana.bsky.social I've shared stories of awesome orcas in film, on radio and in print so now, it's time to dance 🐳❤🤩 www.showpass.com/shaping-reci...

Shaping Reciprocity - LabO - Ottawa - May 29, 2026

Co-produced by HarpSparks and the Voices Dance Project, with composer Jack Hui Litster and guest choreographer Autumn Eckman. Original artwork for Shaping Reciprocity created by Meredith Luce. Shaping...

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Yes! The audiobook is live! The earliest incarnation of this was my solo stage play Greener Than Thou - directed by TJ Dawe - so I think this audiobook comes off as closer to a performance than a reading. It's also on Spotify & a bunch of other platforms 🌍 www.audible.com/pd/Greener-T...

Greener Than Thou

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A hilarious romp through the past, present, and future of Green politics in Canada. "Incisive, frequently hilarious!" • Lean Out with Tara Headley "I burst ...

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Being interviewed by Marsha Lederman for the Globe and Mail sparked me to write a deeper dive about humans vs. whales and how the Canadian government could protect whales - if they wanted to. I also got into this on @cfax1070.bsky.social yesterday morning. open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...

About the sorry dude bro who rammed a grey whale with his jet ski

There's an easy way to raise awareness about the regulations to protect whales in Canada - enforce them

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