City of Kitchener @citykitchener.bsky.social Official home of Kitchener 🏠
Chloe France @chloef15.bsky.social K-W based. Interested in: affordable housing, public transit, basic income, really any policies that are people-focused. Also: Indigenous rights, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights. Also also: building community and caregiving.
CIRA @cira.ca CIRA is the non-profit that manages the .CA domain and works hard to build a trusted internet for Canadians.
cira.ca
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Waterloo Region Drug Action Team @wrdrugactionteam.bsky.social Community-led effort to action solutions to Waterloo Region's drug poisoning tragedy. It's a crisis, not a spectator sport! Unfunded. Volunteer. Non-partisan. Honest. Find us on Insta at: @wrdrugactionteam
Waterloo Region Record @therecord.com A daily newspaper in print and online, serving Waterloo Region in southwestern Ontario since 1878. Find us at therecord.com, sign up for newsletters and alerts, and download our app. News tip? Email newsroom@therecord.com
Left of the Box 💛🤍💜🖤 @leftofthebox.bsky.social Canadian politics with sarcasm and sass.
*AI FREE CONTENT*
NB (She/Her, Mr/Sir, They/Them, Folk) AuDHD
Lived experience of poverty, mental health issues and disabilities.
https://youtube.com/@LeftoftheBox
Alt @SandeeLovas.bsky.social
Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People (OCRHP) @ocrhp.bsky.social We are a broad coalition of Ontarians who believe that human rights are not contingent on your housing status! https://homelessrights.ca/
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social New book "The Urban Naturalist" (MIT Press, 1 Apr. 2025)
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social Queer Theologian
Facilitator of homelessness advocates
Organizer for independent/grassroots power in Waterloo Region
Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social #WaterlooRegion #Unsheltered #Grassroots #Community #HumanRights
Social Justice Advocate - Poverty & Housing
www.MyMotherNamedMeSunshine.ca
Mike Boos @mikeboos.ca Citizen of Kitchener. I make noise about walking, cycling, transit, and land use. Staff engineer in developer productivity. He/him
Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social Accountant, Road Safety Advocate, Bike Blogger & Campaign Lead of Open Streets Toronto. Bilingual EN/FR. #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #VisionZero 🚲
Blog = www.twowheeledpolitics.ca
Open Streets Petition = tinyurl.com/OpenStreetsPetitionTO
Vélo Canada Bikes @velocanadabikes.bsky.social Providing a strong national voice for everyday cycling in Canada. We envision a Canada where people of all ages and abilities can cycle safely, conveniently, and enjoyably to/from/within any community in the country.
https://velocanadabikes.org/
James Howe @kitchenerguy.bsky.social An advocate for action on climate change and universal basic Income. Believes in making Waterloo Region better for all. Loves spending time in Kenya.
Region of Waterloo @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social 
Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social food columnist for CBC-KW | freelancer elsewhere | Canadian | promiscuous eater | effervescent | cat pillow | equal opportunity buttertartist and apple fritterian with an art history degree.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org Want Congress to address climate change? We do too!
Current actions ➡️ cclusa.org/action
Nonpartisan | Nonprofit | #GrassrootsClimate
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social Official account for APTN News, our stories told our way.
Edgar McGregor @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social San José State University Climate Science🌧🌴-- Climate activist conducting 1,900+ daily trash pickups.🌎🏜 -- He/Him -- Because the future is worth fighting for
London Bicycle Café @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social London's citizen cyclery since 2017.
E-Bikes. Cargo Bikes. City Bikes. Café.
Third space on the Thames Valley Parkway.
London, Ontario, Canada (Treaty 6).
Beisan Zubi @beisan.bsky.social Palestinian and hopeful — antipalestinianracism.com
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion 
Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social Dad, outdoor geek, leader of the Ontario Green Party, and political disruptor in Ontario. 
Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social 🎙️🚌 Co-host of @dwelltime.ca, a transit podcast
🚊🚲 Co-lead at @TriTAG.ca
Transit Politics & Planning | Housing | Cities | 24 | @uwaterloo.ca Planning | Toronto/Waterloo | 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇭🇰
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
📍 Montreal, Quebec
TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social A public transit advocacy group. We're transit users who want better public transit in Toronto.
🚍🚇🚊✊
Not affiliated with the TTC.
www.ttcriders.ca
#KeepTransitMoving
UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social Canada's Largest Basic Income Community 🍁
Join 150K+ supporters across every riding & major party
Our sister org:
@commonwealthcanada.bsky.social — Housing & Citizen's Dividends
https://linktr.ee/UBIWorks
Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social @esl_fairy on X/Twitter
Parent, Educator, Trainer, Volunteer, Author, Music-Maker, Video-Maker, Miracle-Maker, Resource Enthusiast, Nerd.
Here to love, not to hate.
Sharing is caring.
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Fitsum Areguy @fareguy.bsky.social 
Angie Rivers @angierivers.bsky.social Former police officer, turned Whistleblower.
Human rights. ABC. 🌈 Safe space. ❤️’s 🐶 📚 ☕️
Living in Onterrible. She/her.
Brooklin Wallis @handle.invalid Kitchener Ward 6 Candidate!
2025 Kitchener Centre ONDP Candidate
Chair of Kitchener's Climate Change Committee, Director at Spectrum WR, and Co-founder of ACORN Waterloo Region
Linktr.ee/brooklinWR
Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform @cdnswalliance.bsky.social #SexWorker and Allied Organizations Advocating for Sex Workers’ #Rights & #Community Well-Being. Advocates 4 Full #Decriminalization of #SexWork in #Canada www.sexworklawreform.com
Crackdown podcast @crackdownpod.bsky.social Crackdown tells the story of drug user activism in the face of hostility and neglect 💉💜. Hosted by @garthmullins.bsky.social. Support us at patreon.com/crackdownpod.
Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social Host @Crackdownpod.bsky.social VANDU veteran. Drugstore cowboy. National bestselling author. Award-winning journalist. Policy analyst. Shop steward. Blind. Be safe-Keep 6
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca Investigations on the Alberta-led drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
PhD Microbiology
Banner: Access to information in Alberta
Icon: Headshot of me in blue t-shirt
Bangishimo @bangishimo.bsky.social IndigiQueer. Photographer. Community Organizer. Shit Disturber. ✊🏽🔥📸
The Community Edition @communityedition.bsky.social Independent. Once a month. Covering all things Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge. 
PSAC-AFPC @psac-afpc.bsky.social Public Service Alliance of Canada — Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada
The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social Lawyers for injured cyclists. Advocates for change: www.thebikinglawyer.ca
Cycling Law & Police Violence Specialists. Free legal advice 800-725-0754/info@thebikinglawyer.ca
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca Nos nouvelles et contenus les plus populaires pour ne rien manquer de l'actualité.
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De Shelby (Part 2) @artemisarcturus.bsky.social they/them
“We create the conditions of our thriving.”
bookstore goblin, Pedro Pascal enthusiast, light problem-solver
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Regional Councillor Colleen James - Kitchener @colleenjames.bsky.social www.colleen-james.ca
@aislinnclancy.bsky.social @aislinnclancy.bsky.social 
Dorothy McCabe @mayormccabe.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Waterloo Mayor. Honoured. Grateful. Here to serve.
Community. Bold ideas. Smart public policy. Politics. I'm here for it! 🇨🇦
Mike Morrice @morricemike.bsky.social Running to lead @canadiangreens.bsky.social, previous Green Party of Canada Deputy Leader, Kitchener Centre Green MP 2021-25.
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Block 2, Haldimand Tract
https://linktr.ee/morricemike
LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv The Big Bird at LegalEagle. Believer in the rule of law. 
Nebula @nebula.tv “Indie streaming service” —Variety
https://nebula.tv
Our Changing Climate @ourchangingclimate.bsky.social ecosocialist youtuber. he/him.
ACORN Canada @acorncanada.bsky.social Community action group with 24+ local chapters and 185,000+ members across Canada. Join the fight for social and economic justice! #organizingworks
linktr.ee/acorncanada | acorncanada.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Women in Urbanism Canada @womenurbanismca.bsky.social A women-led community working to transform Canadian cities into more equitable, enjoyable, and sustainable places for everyone. ✨🌆
www.WomenInUrbanism.ca
#Feminism #Urbanism- J Jesse @jessekw.bsky.social Trying to make the word a better place. They/them
Sam Hiemstra @sam-hiemstra.bsky.social Kitchener-Conestoga Provincial Liberals
Community Advocate | News Junkie | Plant Gay
Teneile Warren @teneilewarren.bsky.social They/Them. Black Liberation. Playwright. Chef. Queer Mama. opinions are my own. Inquiries: teneile.consulting@gmail.com
Zach 🚏🚌 @vanishingunder.bsky.social 🇨🇦 28. UW Planning alumnus. Transit enthusiast. Find me on the bus! (Tweets are my own)
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @africanarchives.bsky.social learn your history!✊🏿 || IG; http://instagram.com/africanarchives || Support us on buymeacoffee.com/AfricanArchives
WR Community Town Halls @wrtownhalls.bsky.social Join local conversation with host Regional Councillor
Rob Deutschmann in this Waterloo Region focused engagement series.
#WRTownHalls #WRCommunityTownHalls
www.WRCommunityTownHalls.ca
Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social Working Group for insurgent criminology. Publishers of the open access journal: Radical Criminology (& THOUGHT|CRIMES Press). #AbolishThePolice #DefundThePolice
Protect The Tract @protectthetract.bsky.social Mobilizing the Haudenosaunee Moratorium on Development along the Haldimand Tract
Canadian Centre for Safer Communities @safercommunities.bsky.social Building communities where people are safe and feel safe.
Labour History Girl @labourhistorygirl.bsky.social Posting the good, the bad, and the ugly of Canadian labour history, union activism, and current events. She/her. 👩🏼✈️👩🏿⚕️👩🏽🏭👷🏻♀️👩🏼🔧
Basic Income Waterloo Region @basicincomewr.bsky.social Building a movement for economic security.
🏠 Stable housing | 💵 Livable Income | ✊ Dignity for all
👇 Learn how it works
basicincomewr.ca
arcy canumay @arcycle.bsky.social Sustainably moving around cities and collaborating with community members to develop solutions to transform the way they move.
Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography
I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
he/him
Josh Orita @joshorita.bsky.social Cycling, active travel, the outdoors, photography, and bike videos (https://www.youtube.com/@joshorita). He/him.
📍Kitchener, Ontario.
Stephanie Stretch @stretch-ward10.bsky.social Renaissance women in ward 10 Kitchener. Total newb here. 
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
Tri-Cities Transport Action Group @tritag.ca Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) - a group dedicated to improving walking, biking, and transit in Waterloo Region.
🔗 tritag.ca
Scott Clark @scottc86.bsky.social Running, cycling, libraries, music
📍 Kitchener, Ontario
Old Goat Books @oldgoatbooks.bsky.social Booksellers since 2001. Quality books bought and sold. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social Get the latest news on what's happening in your community from the CTV news team at kitchener.ctvnews.ca
Kitchener Centre Green Party @kcgreenparty.bsky.social Supporting Ontario's first Green MP, Mike Morrice. Turn hope into action.
mikemorrice.ca
greenparty.ca
Council for Canadian Urbanism @canurbanism.bsky.social The Council for Canadian Urbanism #CanU is a national organization of leading multi-disciplinary urbanists championing better city-building coast-to-coast! linktr.ee/canurbanism Conseil pour l'Urbanisme Canadien
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
True Communities @truecommunities.bsky.social True Communities mission is to help people think differently about how we get around and develop urban and rural areas that foster true communities
Blog:
https://truecommunities.wordpress.com
Cycle Waterloo Region @cyclewr.ca We advocate for cycling in Waterloo Region to be a safe, respected, and convenient mode of transportation for people of all ages & abilities.
Sign up for Rides with Candidates: cyclewr.ca/2026-municipal-election-rides-with-candidates-volunteers
Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social Passionate about...just about everything! Especially Waterloo Region. 🇨🇦
Author of CitifiedWR blog https://citified.substack.com/
Co-founder of Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard
"Kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight"
https://linktr.ee/dtkmelissa
Class Issues in Waterloo Region @classissuesinwr.bsky.social Exploring issues of social class in Waterloo Region, working to enable change by understanding our local context through a class-based lens.
Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard @wryimby.bsky.social Waterloo Region Yes in my Backyard, also known as WR YIMBY, is a grassroots community group that urges the cities of Waterloo Region to adjust their zoning to allow for more housing, especially affordable housing.
https://www.wryimby.com/
Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social An online publication of radically hopeful science fiction.
solarpunkmagazine.com
patreon.com/solarpunkmag
Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes. 
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