Alyssa_Jayne @alyssajayne.bsky.social Workaholic urbanist with a full time volunteer gig in Girl Guides. Sometimes a (bad) runner. Top 1% of car hatred and Taylor Swift listeners. Merely a stupid Canadian wolf bird at heart.
Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social Professional dork. Writing a book under the working title, "Reconnect"
One half of @shawiniganmoments.ca & producer for @dwelltime.ca
https://cariad.keigher.ca
she/they sí/síu 🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇨🇦
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
Iona Bonamis | 陶思穎 (she/her) @ionabonamis.bsky.social OneCity Vancouver City Council Candidate. Urban planner, community leader, small business owner, and a mom.
All views expressed are my own.
William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social Community housing leader & city builder.
Lauren Vanderdeen @lauvande.bsky.social Reporter 📰
Can talk cities, suburbs and CP style till the cows come home.
journolau@gmail.com
Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Our World in Data
Senior Researcher, University of Oxford
Climate, energy, environment, all things data.
Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca Co-ops, cycling and civictech in the streets; amateur making, disability justice and decolonization in the sheets. | she/her
w3w: wrong.thin.stencil
Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social Urban Planner•PanAfrican•BAP•former Vancouver Planning Commissioner• #newwest 📚
🏗️cities/‘hoods are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
Dan Ward @dan-ward.bsky.social Soft opening
@felixthekat.bsky.social @felixthekat.bsky.social 
Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social Western Canada's largest news team. Send tips to VanTips@postmedia.com. Sign up for our free newsletters here: https://vancouversun.com/newsletters/
Geographies of Indigenous Futures Collaboratory @giflab.bsky.social We're a research group that focuses on supporting Indigenous communities in cultural, environmental, geospatial, and land-based research!
Based at Bemidji State University in Anishinaabe territories (Northern Minnesota).
giflab.org
Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own.
A Life of Michael @alifeofmichael.bsky.social You are child of the universe. You have a right to be here. 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
https://www.instagram.com/alifeofmichael
Baz Em Gee @basilmg.bsky.social Migrating from that other famous social media platform. Wish me luck.
Rebecca Bligh @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor /Past-President of FCM @fcm_online / Vice-Chair of Metro Van Parks/ Small business, sustainability & livability. Mom 🏳️🌈 she/her
www.votevancouver.ca
Andrea Reimer @andreareimer.bsky.social I spent 4 terms in local gov focused on climate action, reconciliation, social justice & a stronger democracy. I left in 2018 to figure out why Trump got elected. Now I teach power literacy & help courageous people take action on bold, progressive ideas.
Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2026 Living Wage employer.
Tom Davidoff @tomdavidoff.bsky.social Economist at UBC Sauder 
Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social I make videos about our cities at https://www.youtube.com/@AboutHere
Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan.bsky.social Optimistic realist. Daily Hive Editor for Architecture, Real Estate, Transport, Urban Issues, Politics & Business. 🏗🏙🏘🚎🚇⛴✈️ kenneth@dailyhive.com
Sophia Lebowitz @sophlebo.bsky.social Reporter @ Streetsblog NYC
Email: sophia@streetsblog.org, Signal: sophialebowitz.14
I also make documentaries: https://www.sophialebowitz.com/film
Carolyn Whitzman @cwhitzman.bsky.social Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social I'm a background artist in Vancouver! Projects include Star Trek: Lower Decks, Rick and Morty, Carmen Sandiego, My Little Pony: The Movie amanda.wt.wong@gmail.com
Website: http://www.amandadraw.com
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social Premier of BC. Leader of the BC NDP. MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey. Husband and father of three.
Vancouver Public Space Network @vpsn.bsky.social Last Candidate Tickets: https://thecultch.com/event/last-candidate-standing/
VPSN website: vancouverpublicspace.ca
Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social Writer, CS Grad, environmentalist and optimist.
Focused on infrastructure, macro-systems, and excellence. Bylines in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Toronto Star. DMs Open.
https://www.thetransitbrief.net/
Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social Just me trying to be a good ancestor. Former six-term councillor for the City of Calgary. I will never stop championing equity, climate action, and inspiring city-making. Treaty 7, She/her 🇨🇦
Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social Award-Winning Placemaker (25+ North American Cities). Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada. Hip Hop & a lil Punk Rock. Hopeful.
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social Game dev, pro-housing activist. she/her
Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Host - The Early Edition - CBC Radio One Vancouver
Lisa Dekleer (she/her) @lisadekdek.bsky.social 
Vancouver Centre NDP @vancentrendp.bsky.social The federal NDP riding association for Vancouver Centre 🇨🇦
Representing Downtown, the West End, Coal Harbour, Yaletown and Olympic Village 🌇
🔗 www.vcndp.ca
📧 hello@vcndp.ca
📍Vancouver, BC
Mo Amir @vancolour.bsky.social 📺TV: “This is VANCOLOUR” on CHEK +
📻Radio: CBC’s On The Coast - "Soapbox Social"
The most bleeped political commentator in B.C.
https://chekplus.ca/m/xPrh1pKc/this-is-vancolour
Patrick Meehan @patmeehan.bsky.social Former podcast guy, now I do other stuff.
he/him
Babylon 5 and Red October enthusiast.
ANGELA STERRITT @sterritt.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Author of national bestseller #Unbroken. Land Back podcast host. TV reporter at CBC. https://greystonebooks.com/products/unbroken
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
Go Dumples!
Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social he/him. New here (still on the other nightmare website). Settler on Malahat and quw’utsun territories. Dad. Working for environmental justice with the @wildernews.bsky.social. Middle-millennial. Dog person. Demon on the cribbage board.
Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social MSc Environmental & Forest Science. Active transportation, climate, nature, parenting, running, social justice, urbanism. Work for a national health-focused environmental nonprofit. Volunteer with Vision Zero Vancouver.
helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social development professional working on vibrant, sustainable & inclusive communities
pro abundant & affordable housing, bike & bus lanes, & not getting hit by cars 🏡🏢🚎🚲 ❤️| posts & sarcasm my own |
Host of podcast urbanismvancouver.com
Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social Senior researcher & political economist @policyalternatives.ca
Health services, public finance, care economy, privatization, policy solutions
SFU PhD candidate. Views mine
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/andrew-longhurst/
Nathan Lauster @lausterna.bsky.social UBC sociologist, demographer, housing & urban regulation scholar, author, immigrant, blogs at https://homefreesociology.com/
Lesli Boldt @lesliboldt.bsky.social Active, activist, advocate, communicator. President and owner of boldtcommunications.com
Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!
Vancouver, BC
Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social I write and yak for CBC in Calgary. DMs open, Signal, WhatsApp, and such
jason.markusoff@cbc.ca
Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social Journalist. Entrepreneur. Kwantlen FN, Nooksack Tribe. rjago.substack.com / knowledgekeepr.ca
David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com Editor, McClelland & Stewart. Author. Writer. General purpose factotum. Lego enthusiast. PhD in political science, just in case.
Penny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social CTV News Vancouver journalist & coffee enthusiast 🇨🇦
Reporting style: confrontation with a smile
Big on BC issues, including healthcare #bcpoli #vanpoli
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social Stubbornly sesquipedalian, just not at work
B.C. politics reporter with The Narwhal
She/her
Recent work: https://thenarwhal.ca/author/shannon-waters/
🏳️🌈 🐈⬛ 📚 🌊 🌱
Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
Russil Wvong @russilwvong.bsky.social Canadian. Interested in housing, and everything that goes with it: jobs, transportation, schools, community centres. Vancouver needs more housing.
Khelsilem @khelsilem.bsky.social Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
michelle @chellers.bsky.social discord mod 💖 megatower megafan 🌆 brick wielding pedestrian 🧱 obnoxious cyclist 🚵♀️ professional transit rider 🚎 carshare enthusiast 🚗 city livin 🌇
Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com A beautiful home,
in a healthy city,
on a thriving planet
Lanefab Design / Build
Oori Architecture
B.Eng M.Arch
www.Lanefab.com
Vancouver BC
#ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus
Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
ED @movementyvr.bsky.social
cohost @dwelltime.ca pod
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
Burnaby Now @burnabynow.bsky.social Burnaby's go-to source for community news, stories & events.
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social Victoria, BC, Canada. Legislative Reporter at Global BC. Host of Focus BC. C division curler. Rookie minors baseball coach. He/him.
Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social “If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” -Dōgen Zenji
https://bio.site/Terrilltf
Jody Vance @jodyvance.bsky.social 30 years in local and national media. 1st woman in 🇨🇦 TV to host her own sports show in primetime. Now: TV/radio news/current affairs. Emcee. Moderator. Media training & consultant. 🚫 DM
Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social We are a non-partisan group of advocates supporting more housing of all types for everyone in Metro Vancouver
Ravi Kahlon @ravikahlon.bsky.social BC Minister of Health
MLA North Delta
Chair, Cabinet Committee on Tariff Response Two-time 🇨🇦 Olympian
Coach, Mentor and Proud Dad.
Matthew Norris @mnorris.bsky.social Associate Director, BCAFN. 2022 CoV Candidate with OneCityVan. President, UNYA; Board Member, CCPA BC; Nehithaw (LLRIB) - Treaty 6. PhD Candidate UBC (MrMatthewNorris on that other site)
drex @drexellent.bsky.social Hi, I’m Drex 👋
https://lnk.bio/drex
Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social Leader of Alberta’s NDP.
You deserve better. We're ready.
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Olamide Olaniyan @olapalooza.bsky.social editing @thetyee.ca, he/him, email: oolaniyan@thetyee.ca
Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.ca
Marc Lee @marclee.bsky.social Economist, talking head, Vancouver. 
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
https://sethdklein.substack.com
Lynda Steele 🇨🇦 @steeletalks.bsky.social Podcaster - "Change My Mind", media trainer & performance coach - former TV news anchor/consumer investigator/radio talk show host - life long Oilers fan https://linktr.ee/steeletalk
youtube.com/@changemymindwithlyndasteele
Charmaine de Silva @chardesil.bsky.social Communications, Issues & Advocacy. Recovering journalist. 🇱🇰born, 🇨🇦raised. She/Her 🌈
Brenda Bailey, MLA @brendavancouver.bsky.social MLA for Vancouver South Granville and Minister of Finance for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Past tech entrepreneur and non profit leader. Proud Canadian.
Kyla Lee @kylalee.ca Lawyer. Badass. Shameless Self-Promoter. That lawyer from TikTok. https://linktr.ee/kylaleelawyer
Sean Fraser @seanfraser.bsky.social MP / Deputé, Central Nova 🇨🇦 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship / Ministre de l'Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté
Alex Hemingway @1alexhemingway.bsky.social Senior Economist @bcpolicy.bsky.social. PhD @UBCPoliSci. Former CCPA-BC. Social, economic & environmental justice. Views are my own. https://bcpolicy.ca/
Lisa Dominato @lisadominato.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor
Strategic Leader | Bringing People Together | Values Driven
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Charlie Smith @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social Vancouver journalist who writes about film, arts and culture, and many other topics. Email: csmith@since1867.ca.
OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social Our great team of candidates with a plan to give you a voice, a place, and a future in Vancouver.
Vote by Oct 17 🗳️
www.onecityvancouver.ca
Ian Hanomansing @ianhanomansing.bsky.social Canadian journalist based in Vancouver.
Brandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com he/him
Vancouver, Canada
Politics, Urbanism, Gay Stuff, Amateur watch repair
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories.
http://moremcbarges.ca
http://instagram.com/justindmcelroy
Bowinn Ma @bowinnma.bsky.social BC Minister of Infrastructure. BC NDP MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. A professional engineer and mother of two, Bowinn has served North Vancouver since 2017. #bcpoli
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca Humanism and politics. 📍 Coquitlam, BC
Work @bchumanist.ca
Podcasts: PolitiCoast & Cambie Report
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com it's "see-sa"
hot takes bureau chief @thenarwhal.ca
writer @thewalrus.ca
adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social
journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater
she/her ✌️michellecyca.com
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social Fighting for better transit in Metro Vancouver! 🚌🚎🚞⛴️
https://movementyvr.ca
Christine Boyle @christineboyle.bsky.social BC Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. BC NDP MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain. Community builder.
Steve Tornes @stevetornes.bsky.social Graduate of Urban Studies, focused on Transportation. Hosted & produced The Trip Diary through SFU's VOCE. On the Board of Directors for Vancouver Writers Fest. Opinions my own.
Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social Author, Happy City.
Founder, Happy Cities.
I post on the connection between design + social trust.
Cities, algorithms, laws and invisible systems.
🧠🏙️🌈🏔️
GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com An account for Reilly Wood's bad takes about cities. My good takes about computers are over at @reillywood.com
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social 🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
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