Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net 
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Melissa Aronczyk @aronczyk.bsky.social Media Studies Professor @ Rutgers
Adjunct Research Professor @ Carleton
New book with M Espinoza: A Strategic Nature: Public Relations & the Politics of U.S. Environmentalism (Oxford UP 2022)
Pubs and media @ melissaaronczyk.com
Yolande House @healthruwriting.bsky.social memoir writer, grant consultant, survivor (she/her), MA
Words: The Rumpus, Grain, Joyland, The Fiddlehead, PRISM, Hippocampus
Threads/IG: healthruwriting
Twitter: herstorian
HoH 🏳️🌈 #binders
linktr.ee/yolandehouse
yolandehouse.com/services/grants
ARTE @artefr.bsky.social Des repères clairs et de la culture pour tous !
It's Me. Lia. @liak.bsky.social Community Member
Music, Radio, Tech Nerdo.
Sentimentalist
Dog Person
Gilmore Girls rewatcher
Station Director @ #CKCU
Support independent Media
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National Capital FreeNet (NCF) @ncfottawa.bsky.social NCF is a not-for-profit internet service provider in Ottawa committed to digital equity. We sell affordable home and business internet with speeds up to 1Gbps, offer free locally-hosted email, an award-winning HelpDesk, and other community resources. 
Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social Prof. @JSchool_CU. Member: @CABJMedia
@CAJ, @NABJ, @jhrnews, @writerstrust, @uottawapress, @ thenarwhalca, ex-Anchor @CBCOttawa @6
Email: adrianharewood70@gmail.com
CKCU 93.1 FM @ckcufm.com Turn Up What Matters
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#TeamCKCU #CommunityMedia #TurnItUp
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Evan H. Potter @evanhpotter.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Communication
University of Ottawa
Art & science of persuasion: Strategic Coms, PR, Information Warfare, Government Coms, Political Coms, Place Branding, Public Diplomacy, Cultural Statecraft.
Catherine Anderson @candershamilton.bsky.social learning, teaching, languaging, queering, parenting, unsettling
Gregor Robertson @gregorrobertson.bsky.social MP for Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby | Minister of Housing and Infrastructure | Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada
Maggie Helwig @maggiehelwig.bsky.social She/they. Sometimes I do conceptual art. Sometimes I don't. Gangster pastor, allegedly.
"The only way that we, the small and the ordinary, might survive in any decent way, is if we learn to take care of each other."
Margo MacDonald @margo-thespian.bsky.social Actor, Playwright, Ghost Researcher, Author, Book Lover (she/they) 🌈✨🇨🇦
My first book:
“A Curious Presence: An Exploration of Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Them” Coming October 6th from ECW Press
Capital Current @capitalcurrent.bsky.social Covering Ottawa communities since 2018. Published by Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication.
📍Ottawa, ON
https://capitalcurrent.ca
Vision Zero Ottawa @visionzeroottawa.bsky.social No tragedy on Ottawa streets is acceptable. We can get to Zero by demanding our governments designing transportation systems that put safety first.
https://visionzeroottawa.ca/
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
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social 🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
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
Valérie Plante @valplante.bsky.social Mairesse de Montréal | Projet Montréal | Amoureuse de Montréal ❤️
https://linktr.ee/val_plante
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social An Urban Planner taking the World on one bite at a time.
Director, SFU City Program + Assoc Prof of Professional Practice, Urban Studies
My thoughts are my own.
IG: publicyan | Twitter: ayan604
https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/about/city-program
Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social Community, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse, good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! www.davethompsonvictoria.ca ☄️⏳#yyj 🇨🇦
Martyn Schmoll @martyn.bsky.social Toronto. Vancouver. Safe streets. Strong towns. Next-generation cities and mobility. Progressive politics. Craft beer. Co-founder of betternorthshore.ca. Work: martynschmoll.com
Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social Le vélo, ce qui me meut.
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
Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social Ahora, jubilado. Formerly, School of Journalism and Communication & Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 🇨🇦 Writing on disinformation, the twilight of the news media, and politics.
@drjimdavies.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social 
Kim Hellemans, she/her @drkimhellemans.bsky.social Cannabis, stigma, and substance use health. Neuroscientist, science communicator, professor 🇨🇦
Carleton University @carleton.ca Located in Canada's capital, Carleton University is a dynamic research and teaching institution, with a tradition of leading change and promoting innovation.
www.carleton.ca
@badhousekeeping.bsky.social @badhousekeeping.bsky.social 
Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social Booklover, blathering at http://www.bookgaga.ca - literary news, reviews, discussion, poetry posted daily (aka #TodaysPoem http://bit.ly/2J4ym4C), member of a thriving silent book club group (aka #SilentBookClub http://bit.ly/2NSBVtw) ... oh, and I crochet
Jane's Walk Ottawa-Gatineau @janeswalkottawa.bsky.social May 3-4 2025.
Jane's Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by the late urbanist Jane Jacobs
https://www.janeswalkottawa.ca/
Catherine Bush @catebush.bsky.social Author of Skin: Stories, out in April 2025. The novel Blaze Island (2020), and other novels. Writer, professor, dog walker, nature lover. www.catherinebush.com
Johanne Boucher @johanneboucher.bsky.social Tea addict|book lover|writer.
Neurodivergent|Info Specialist (MLIS)
Montréalaise à Ottawa
*Blocks yellers/political partisans*
📚/🎾/⛸️/soap fan.
Profile pic of red tea lights+candles on white holders.
Background yellow + red tulips near pathway and canal.
Heather J. “Lives in a city on Lake Ontario” Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
Jennifer Mulligan 🇨🇦 🍀 ⚜️ @mizmulligan.bsky.social Born in the wilds of West Quebec. Writer. Director. Cat herder. Dog companion. Authentic hillbilly bloodlines. Future 6th Generation Farmer. Distant relative of famous Mulligan Golf Dude! Opinions mine. 🚫 Messages unless we have DMed before.
@talking-time.bsky.social @talking-time.bsky.social 
Dawn Xanklin, stand-up comedian (she/her) @dawnxanklincomedy.bsky.social Stand-up comedian 🎤, storyteller 📚, and public speaker in Ottawa, Canada. 🇨🇦 🇩🇲 Let's talk funny.
In Our Tongues @inourtongues.bsky.social We are an org. dedicated to showcasing, nurturing & advancing historically underserved, under-resourced, & underrepresented Black, Indigenous & racialized artists, including those across the gender spectrum, from both English & French-speaking communities.
Xtra @xtramagazine.com Queering the conversation. Fierce, proud and independent LGBTQ2S+ journalism, since 1984. 🌈✨
Read more at xtramagazine.com 
Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Jordan Moffatt @jordanmoffatt.bsky.social Writer (civic issues in Ottawa), author (fiction)
Website: https://jordanmoffatt.website/
Newsletter: https://threespeed.substack.com/
Ethan Kent @ethankent.bsky.social Supporting public space and placemaking learning, advocacy, & action globally.
Executive Director @placemakingx.bsky.social
https://www.placemakingx.org/people/ethan-kent
Also with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Formerly with @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
linktr.ee/jdnelson
poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia ☩
PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor.
Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada
The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024)
The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025)
www.kimfahner.com
Bob Rae @bobbyrae48.bsky.social Canadian citizen activist, university teacher, writer, husband, father, grandfather
Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and commentator. #ScienceUpFirst
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caulfieldtim
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/ 
Sean Boots @sboots.mastodon.sboots.ca.ap.brid.gy A better world, by listening.
[bridged from https://mastodon.sboots.ca/@sboots on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
mb baker @bethmaru.ca She/Her/Elle
Canadian.
Curious.
Contrarian.
Contentious.
Contrasts.
Helen Robertson @helendestroy.bsky.social Witch, bitch, and full-time disaster. Trans, genderqueer, bisexual, dyke poet.
Member of the poetry collective VII
www.helen-robertson.com
April Dawn @psychebelow.bsky.social Writer, Poet, Nature & Artsy Nonsense Lover. Interests in folklore, myth, archaeology, and cosmos stuff. Love a good story.
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). My new Collection, UNRAVEL, was a National Book Critics Circle finalist.
Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
thatVargas @thatvargas.bsky.social 
Storytelling360 @storytelling360.bsky.social Iconic storytellers discussing the state of storytelling at live events in LA/NY/London, which are also accessible online to help you LEARN. NETWORK. GET INSPIRED.
Event dates/tickets and online access to our event community:
www.Storytelling360.com
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
Messy Urbanisms @messyurbanisms.bsky.social Images and articles relating to messy urbanism. Posts by @dylanreid
Project for Public Spaces @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking, social impact partnerships, events, & training. Join us for the 5th Int'l Placemaking Week June 24-26 in Detroit, MI! www.pps.org
Janes Walk YEG @janeswalkyeg.bsky.social The home of the Janes Walk Festival in Edmonton https://janewalksyeg.wordpress.com/
Adan Roy Cohoon @arcohoon.bsky.social Adam Cohoon is an independent Artist and Disability Advocate whose work has included tweeting, photography, filmmaking, and public speaking. Based in Toronto, ON Canada
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social Architect Husband Dad he/him; past pres @oaarchitects.bsky.social; president @architectsdca.bsky.social; writer, public speaker, advocate for #procurement reform; #climatepoli @riseforarch
Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social Toronto-based journalist, podcaster, and editor. Cities, Raptors, Leeds United, and two black cats named Hall & Oates.
I make an urban affairs podcast called Spacing Radio: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/spacing-radio/id1124077274
Amy Lavender Harris @alharris.bsky.social Geographer. Torontonian. My work focuses on the stories we tell about place. Also interested in nature, environment, art. I like democracy.
Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.ca
John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli
jm_mcgrath.01 on signal
Medha @medhadata.bsky.social if data's the new oil, someone's gotta think about the oil spills
(artificial intelligence ∩ policy ∩ the public service)
burrito enthusiast. chai connoisseur. muhindi wa canada 🇰🇪. #COYG.
Aaron Percival @ampercival.bsky.social aaronpercival.substack.com
Director / @SSC_SPC / Public Sector Transformation Leader – Driving Change for Real Impact | Obsessed with Value, Cares Deeply, Gets Things Done #PublicSector #DigitalGovernment #ServiceDelivery #Transformation #GCDigital
Dhurata Ikonomi 🇨🇦 @ikonomi.bsky.social 
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social Promote, encourage and inspire smart living by bicycle at Momentummag.com.
Please support our work: https://patreon.com/momentummag?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org Professional Development | Knowledge Transfer | Strategic Advising
Our mission is to serve, teach, and inspire current and future urban professionals in our quest for actionable steps towards safe, inclusive, active mobility.
Casual Commuter @casualcommuter.bsky.social Ottawa based YouTube videos on urban design, cycling, and transit
https://www.youtube.com/@CasualCommuter_
Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social Looking at the core of Ottawa’s built history. https://www.instagram.com/monsieurlebun
Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social Founded in 2015. A cross-country collective working on placemaking and public space advocacy.
placemaking-canada.ca
National Capital Commission @ncc-ccn.gc.ca Official feed for the National Capital Commission. Building a capital that inspires Canadians.
Canadian Urban Institute @canurb.bsky.social 
School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social A hub for city research, education and engagement/outreach at U of T. Stay tuned for new #SofC initiatives at http://linktr.ee/uoftcities
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social Empowering citizens to advocate for pollution pricing and climate-aligned finance. Building a liveable world since September 2010. Focus is our superpower.
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org
Green Communities Canada @greencommunities.bsky.social Since 1995, we have been working with community-based non-profit organizations across Canada to build a national network that shares resources, co-creates innovative programming, and elevates our collective impact: https://greencommunitiescanada.org
Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now @scan-ottawa.bsky.social SCAN Ottawa is mobilizing seniors to demand climate action at all levels of government. Member of national Seniors for Climate coalition.
#seniors #climate #ottawa #ontario #canada #climateaction #climatepolicy #cleanenergy
#sustainability #nature
Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social Climate Action Network Canada - Réseau action climat Canada is made up of nearly 200 leading Canadian NGOs working for action on climate change.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
The Record Centre @therecordcentre.bsky.social Indie Record Store in Ottawa, Canada
We specialize in turntables and sell New and Used Vinyl and Vintage Audio. Visit our website www.therecordcentre.com
@JeffLarocque27 @jefflarocque27.bsky.social Volunteer Radio Host @93.1 CKCUFM
Working with Farm Radio International
Living in Ottawa, Canada
Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info Not an official NASA account. Come for the facts, stay for the snark.🥄
Same team from Twitter but with more gray hairs. 🚀🛰️🧪🔭
climate.nasa.gov
they/them
🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Haq Story School @haqstoryschool.bsky.social Storytelling school and studio helping nonfiction writers, journalists, podcasters and filmmakers build their craft and careers.
Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social Trying to do right in a screwed up world. I cover protests and things. Bit of a miscreant. I do stupid things well. (she/her)
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Gio Petti @giopetti.bsky.social You may also know me as Gio P. I made the movie with the busses
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social Journalists (Ed Krassenstein & Brian Krassenstein) - Fighting hate, lies and tackling conspiracy theories.
IMPORTANT Substack Updates: http://krassencast.com
The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com