Mark Leiren-Young
@leirenyoung.bsky.social
🐋 📚 🏆 Author, playwright & hockey nut in Canada Host @SkaanaPod https://leirenyoung.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/leirenyoung 🇨🇦
Remembering Moby Doll - The First Orca in Captivity and the First Southern Resident Superstar leirenyoung.substack.com/p/rememberin...
Remembering Moby Doll - The First Orca in Captivity and the First Southern Resident Superstar
When Killer Whales Got a Rebrand: Sixty-two years ago, killer whales became known as orcas—and launched the modern conservation movement
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BC Tories Go Boom - Was Kerry-Lynne Findlay Kooky, Clueless or Both? leirenyoung.substack.com/p/bc-tories-...
BC Tories Go Boom - Was Kerry-Lynne Findlay Kooky, Clueless or Both?
The BC NDP Better Unsnap Those Snap Election Plans Fast
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It could have been worse. Trump could have used his magic Sharpie to draw a hurricane 🤣 🇨🇦
Would-Be BC Premier Kooky Kerry-Lynne Findlay's Kulture War #BCNDP @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social @christyclarkca.bsky.social @emilylowan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Would-Be BC Premier Kooky Kerry-Lynne Findlay's Kulture War
The BC Tories Have the Urge to Purge
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Trump's Latest Tariff War Tactic Means Americans Can No Longer Buy American 🇺🇸 forced labor = prison labor = slavery open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Trump's Latest Tariff War Tactic Means Americans Can No Longer Buy American
Yes, "forced labor" = "prison labor" = "slavery"
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On the latest @skaana.bsky.social - the scoop on Orcas Our Shared Future making a splash at the @nhm.org open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...
Killer Whales Invade Los Angeles... Museum
On the latest Skaana Mammalogist Amanda Killian on Orcas Our Shared Future and why "Orcas are better than us."
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The Legends of Moby Doll - on the 62nd anniversary of the Vancouver Aquarium harpooning an orca open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...
The Legend of Moby Doll - on the anniversary of the Vancouver Aquarium harpooning an orca
The missing chapter from my book The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
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Thoughts on Canada's Green leadership race. Avi Lewis might not save the NDP, but he'll likely end the Green Party open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Avi Lewis might not save the NDP, but he'll likely end the Green Party
Canada's Green Party's Looking for a New Leader - Are Canadian Voters Still Looking for a Green Party?
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My ultimate #CanadaDay story - that time I wanted to become an American 🇨🇦🇲🇾🏝️ open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
My ultimate Canada Day story - that time I wanted to become an American
Happy Canada Day - and Happy Independence Day - eh
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Almost every time I visit a school I have a student try to school me on this, so I'm looking forward to responses here. Is an orca really a whale? open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...
Is an Orca Really a Whale?
(from the book, Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales by Mark Leiren-Young)
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And some great news from the Salish Sea - a new southern resident orca 🐳 Greetings to the new L-baby!
No, scientists did not declare the climate crisis over. The EGU didn’t so much concede that the Apocalypse had been cancelled, just that it was downgraded to Armageddon. open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
No, scientists did not declare the climate crisis over
Trump just got overheated about United Nations climate projections
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For #WorldOceanDay This’d be why @skaana.bsky.social shares the stories we do about people fighting for all ocean life from sperm whales to krill like @cpwfgermany.bsky.social @georgiastraitbc.bsky.social Also, sharks. Sharks are awesome. Thanks @whysharksmatter.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yeud2tnb
Happy World Ocean Day! How & Why Skaana Has Been Making Waves for Whales Since 2017
And why it's more urgent than ever for everyone to fight for the orcas and other ocean life 🌊
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If you haven't seen & read Perspolis, it's a must. Thank you Marjane Satrapi for all you did. open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Remembering Marjane Satrapi & Why She Thought Adapting Her Graphic Novel, Persepolis, as a Movie was, "the worst idea in the world."
Marjane Satrapi "died of sadness" at the age of 56
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If you want to save the southern resident orcas, it's time to take two minutes to say so before June 7th The scoop on the stakes & links to how you can help @georgiastraitbc.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @skaana.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
If you want to save the southern resident orcas it's time to take two minutes to say so before June 7th
A special guest post from the Skaana podcast about a literal deadline for the icons of BC
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It's time to deny the spurious rumours that as an act that last performed live together over a decade ago that Local Anxiety is accepting an invitation to open America's #Freedom250 #America250 anniversary concert 🇨🇦 youtu.be/zjn3Mjp9L94?...
Forgive Us We're Canadian
YouTube video by Mark Leiren-Young
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Happy Orca Action Month and Ocean Week Celebrate with the perfect combo protesting and dancing open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...
Dancing for Orcas Just in Time For Orca Action Month
War against orcas and warrior dolphins - the Skaana ocean news round-up for May, 2026 and how YOU can take action for orcas and celebrate Ocean Week
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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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An excerpt from my book Greener than Thou about that time the NDP almost went green and why Avi Lewis was my dream leader for the #NDP In 2015 #Cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Avi's NDP - LEAPing Before They Looked
An excerpt from Greener Than Thou, Surviving the Toxic Sludge of Canadian Eco-Politics
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About once a month, someone asks me for advice about publishing a book. I just emailed someone about why and when they'd want to work with a traditional publisher and when and why that might not be the best move and decided to just share it on my Substack leirenyoung.substack.com/p/so-you-wan...
So you want to publish a book? Why?
The advice I just gave to a new would-be author
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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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So lucky to have experienced @lastdinnerparty.bsky.social last night in Vancouver! Brilliant show.
Our interview with the awesome @camillelabchuk.bsky.social from @animal-justice.bsky.social is finally online! On captive belugas, sanctuaries, sketchy senators and fighting the good fight 🐳 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
Camille Labchuk on Animal Rights and Wrongs
Podcast Episode · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · May 15 · 40m
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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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