Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social The CAJ is the voice of Canadian journalists, committed to the public's right to know. Become a member: http://bit.ly/3GqvXNR
L'ACJ est la voix des journalistes canadiens, engagé au droit de savoir du public. Devenez membre : http://bit.ly/3GqvXNR
CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social CUPE is Canada’s largest union, with over 800,000 members. Le SCFP est le plus grand syndicat canadien avec plus de 800 000 membres.
Alex Robinson @alexmrobinson.bsky.social Public service editor for @ottawacitizen.com.
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YSB Ottawa @ysb-bsj.bsky.social YSB is a multi-service agency that provides services in French and English in employment, health and housing, mental health, youth engagement and youth justice in Ottawa. 
Greg Jodouin @gjodouin.bsky.social Owner PACE Public Affairs & Community Engagement in Ottawa. For over 20yrs, PACE has helped move city-building projects forward. Interest in cities, sustainability, social equity issues, especially in the National Capital. RTs/likes are not endorsements
Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social Candidate for City Councillor for Ward 9. Proud husband and father of 4. Singer in a garage band.
Shawn Menard @shawnmenard.bsky.social Running for City Council in Capital Ward 17. I care first and foremost about improving quality of life for residents.
Laine Johnson @lainejohnson.bsky.social Candidate for re-election as Councillor for College Ward in the City of Ottawa.
Stéphanie Plante @stephanieplante.bsky.social Conseillère pour le district 12 Rideau-Vanier
Councillor for Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier
Rawlson King @rawlson.bsky.social Ottawa City Councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
Conseiller municipal d'Ottawa pour le quartier Rideau-Rockcliffe
@rideaurockcliffe13.bsky.social
Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social Running to be the next mayor of Ottawa to build a city that works.
Candidat à la mairie d'Ottawa pour bâtir une ville qui fonctionne.
leiper2026.ca
Tim Tierney @timtierney.ca City Councillor Ottawa
VP FCM
Chair, Public Work and Infrastructure
#1 NICKELBACK fan
Glen Gower @glengower.ca City Councillor in Stittsville, one of the most exciting suburbs *in the world*
🚲🚏🚇
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Theresa Kavanagh Bay Ward @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social Bay Ward City Councillor, Ottawa Community Housing Board Chair, former OCDSB Trustee, former hill staffer, current triathlete & runner and loyal cat servant.
Lyra Evans (Ottawa) @lyraevansott.bsky.social Ottawa born & raised. Chemist by education. Former Chair of the OCDSB & former Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Ottawa.
Running for city council in Rideau Vanier (Ward 12).
Environmentalist.
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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca https://linktr.ee/strongtownsottawa
We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
Help us support bus lanes on Bank St: strongtownsottawa.ca/bank
Parkways For People @parkwaysforpeople.bsky.social Putting the Park back in Parkways🌱
Reimagining the Parkways for everyone.
Ottawa,Canada
info@parkwaysforpeople.ca
Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social Supporting access for people who want to ride bikes and have safe streets
Ecology Ottawa @ecologyottawa.bsky.social Working to make Ottawa the green capital of Canada 🌿 Nous nous efforçons de faire d’Ottawa la capitale verte du Canada.
www.ecologyottawa.ca | info@ecologyottawa.ca
Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social #Canadian | Family doctor | Assistant Prof #UOttawa | mother | medical #anthropology | #McGill | #UCL | #Yale | writer | RxAdvocacy | Fulbright Scholar | Commonwealth Scholar | #Ottawa | #MedSky | nilikm.gander.social | personal account (she/her) 🇨🇦
Occasional Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social Ottawa 🇨🇦 • LRT status updates and municipal commentary and advocacy. https://OccasionalTransport.ca
It takes a village to push a train.
OC Transpo is Occasional Transportation.
Sam Hersh @samhersh01.bsky.social is known to occasionally post something interesting. community/political organizer based in #ottcity
It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social Ottawa municipal issues, data analysis, transportation, urbanism, history, bike videos, candidate for city councillor! 🚲👶🌳
Ottawa, Ontario
Catherine McKenney @catmckenney.bsky.social Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Housing and MPP for Ottawa Centre.
Passionate about housing, transit, healthcare, and community.
Trans/non-binary.
Mario Carlucci @luccidor.bsky.social CBC Ottawa
Here for:
The news.
The food.
The fun.
Dean Tester @deantester.bsky.social Canadian #YIMBY fighting to make housing affordable. Co-founder of Make Housing Affordable. President and CEO of testerdigital.
Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social Ottawa.Kanata.Beaverbrook resident. Engaged in Community Assoc., City Issues since 1992. Runner, x-country, cyclist, and sometimes tri-athlete.
Tech - Data/Analytics, Data Privacy, Decentralized Digital Identity (SSI). Active in DIF, ToIP, MyData 
Tim Abray, PhD 🇨🇦 @timabray.bsky.social PhD (politics), comms pro, sometime journo. I study democracy, voters' brains. Yeah. Weird time for me. Some things I wrote: ottawacitizen.com/author/tim-abray
Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social Feminist geographer and cargo bike mom.
Volunteer: Bike Ottawa VP, For Our Kids, Kidical Mass championing safe, sustainable, fun, and equitable spaces especially for kids.
Work: Transportation strategy and solutions with EnviroCentre. Views my own.
Carolyn Mackenzie @carolynmackenzie.bsky.social Ottawa. Walkable, livable, fiscally sustainable neighbourhoods and cities. Transparency. Sailor, skier, traveler.
Peggy Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social Ottawa realtor, retired lawyer, mystery author, small publisher, level 6 boxer, doctorate in Indigenous law, Have a TV-watching dog. www.reboundpress.com!
Sarah Gilbert @smwgilbert.bsky.social Strategic engagement and communications advisor. Dog mum, amateur equestrian, sassy badass. Opinions expressed are my own (and not endorsed by my employer).
Kiavash Najafi @ikiavash.bsky.social Executive Director and Advisor to the President at the Canadian Labour Congress
siglinde99 @siglinde99.bsky.social Interested in Canadian and world political issues, the environment, active transport, swimming and medieval history.
@maryhuanggd.bsky.social @maryhuanggd.bsky.social 
Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social Retired journalist with the ottawacitizen.com. Proud Canadian. If I’m not home I’m probably in a kayak. 🇨🇦
glen or glenda @glenorglendalou.bsky.social farm raised. urban dweller. mad cyclist.
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
Keith Egli @kegli.bsky.social Former Ottawa City Councillor and Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health. Former Chair of BBBSO Board . Author. Always survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Board member at Voicefound.
Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social Writes about casual cycling. Canadian Governor General’s Award, Mayor’s Office Award for cycling advocacy, Bruce Timmermans award for cycling advocacy twice. Most likely the only Dutch cycling advocate mentioned in the Ontario and Saskatchewan Hansards.
Chris Lawson @cmkl.bsky.social Web producer, parent, cyclist. In Ottawa Canada
Catherine Boucher @bearswim.bsky.social housing and community activist. person. still hopeful in ottawa 
Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social 🌱 CEO, Climate & Nature Solutions; Chair UN Net Zero.
🇨🇦Former Minister of Environment & Climate
🏃♀️Author, Run Like a Girl
Order your copy today ⬇️
www.catherinemckenna.ca
📩 contact@climateandnature.com
Ken Gray (Ottawa's Bulldog Website) @kengray20.bsky.social Editor of The Bulldog, Ottawa's trusted source for local news, opinion and analysis | bulldogottawa.com
Erin O’Manique @eomanique.bsky.social Settler in Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory 🌱social justice, food sovereignty and urban agriculture advocate 🌱ED of GEFC 🌱soprano w Seventeen Voyces 🌱blood donor 🌱optimist 🌱lefty✋ 🌱she/her 🌱#resistanceisfertile 🌱opinions my own
Mike Bulthuis @mikebulthuis.bsky.social 📍Home is Ottawa, Hamilton-born | affordable housing, community ownership, land trusts | Ottawa Community Land Trust | Bouviers | always better after time spent on trails. 🏃♂️ | 🇨🇦🇳🇱🏳️🌈
Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social 6x award-winning feminist buzzkill.
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
bellscorners @bellscorners.bsky.social free bike-taxi pilot https://bellscorners.wordpress.com https://www.youtube.com/@ottawaowl/videos
Abe Greenspoon @worldofabe.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦 interested in public service, politics, history, sports, and community building.
📍 Saint Andrews, New Brunswick
Sean Flynn @handle.invalid Engineer. Cyclist. Ottawan.
He/Him
PSA: Anything I say on here is a function of my own insanity and not any organization I may be a part of!
Doug van den Ham @dvdham.bsky.social Sometimes you win. Other times you eat dirt.
Migrating from Twitter as @dvdham #ottbike. Also on Mastodon.
Derrick Simpson @derricksimpson.bsky.social Transportation and Board Chair, Centretown Community Association | Carleton Journalism Grad | Ottawa Urbanism Book Club | Board @strongtownsottawa.bsky.social| Substack: Improving Ottawa
Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca Punk planner and anarchitect | Housing justice, radical planning, and community care | Adjunct Prof, University of Ottawa | Contact instructor, Carleton U | firstgen scholar | tenant | bassist | she/her
Ottawa, Canada
previously @sbg_arch on 🐦
Kim Saravanamuttoo @ksaravanamuttoo.bsky.social Mother, teacher, CAF TDO, bartender, athlete, and outdoor enthusiast.
Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social citizen • pedestrian • husband • cat butler • Saultite residing in 🇨🇦's capital • middle-distance visionary • high-functioning introvert • may contain🍕
Dr. Karen Somerville @karenannsom.bsky.social Posts mainly about Ottawa & Canada, e.g., politics, curling, baseball, hockey (She/Her) - Personal Account 
Ottawa Mission @ottawamission.bsky.social Providing hope and help to people experiencing homelessness since 1906. For emergency support please call 613-234-1144.
Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa @ottawaalliance.bsky.social 
Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social Reflections on Ottawa and little ways to improve its urban fabric
Sarah @ottsarah.bsky.social - N Neil Barratt @neilbarratt.bsky.social I bike, I cook, I clean up after my kids. I’d like a better Ottawa
The Lazy Viking @lazyviking.bsky.social Ottawan. Nortelian telecom captive. Political junkie. Poke-checker. Trans rights are human rights.
@pauladamsottawa.bsky.social @pauladamsottawa.bsky.social Canadian comms professional.
Loves the Steelers, Astros and Flames, music, food and wine. Not necessarily in that order.
Richard * nasty Canadian 🇨🇦* @richardkbethell.bsky.social Nerd/geek, musician, interested in Ottawa topics, science news, and (out of necessity) world news and culture. 
Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social Hi! We're a group advocating for better public transit in the city of Ottawa. See details at our website: https://ottawatransitriders.substack.com/
Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social Ottawa Canada tweets; inclusive, smart city, data driven, transit, aunt, @BB4Radio podcast fan, she / her
Mastodon: @Mirgray@mstdn.ca
Living on unceded Algonquin Land, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Dave @allcaps.bsky.social Occasional commenter on things. 
Slightly Snappy 🍁 @slightlysnappy.bsky.social Albertan refugee thanks to the UCP.
Blocked by your local Conservative MLA, MP or Premier.
Surrounded by adult marshmallow test flunkies.
Finally in Ottawa!
Susan Rab @susanrab.bsky.social OSSTF/FEESO, Justice for Workers Ottawa. Away from here I love the outdoors, travel, and gardening.
Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social Believer, above all, in human rights.
Kevin Partridge, PhD @kevinpartridge.bsky.social Ottawa based, West coast raised, post-doctoral researcher in housing and homelessness. Lived experience of punk rock, substance use and shitty jobs. Driver of a Datsun 510.
Joel Harden @joelharden.bsky.social Organizing to be an NDP MP for Ottawa Centre. Choose love, and make good trouble.
Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social MPP for Ottawa West—Nepean.
Education critic for the Ontario NDP.
Researcher, policy analyst, and mom to 3 amazing kids.
Yasir Naqvi 🇨🇦 @yasirnaqvicdn.bsky.social M.P., Ottawa Centre | Député, Ottawa-Centre
https://yasirnaqvi.libparl.ca/
Michael Adair @madair336.bsky.social Born and raised in Ottawa. Supporting active transportation, transit and smart development. I fear for the planet.
Bruce Fanjoy @brucefanjoy.bsky.social Hard-working optimist. Member of Parliament for Carleton.
Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social Current: http://www.mbpolicy.com Past: head of fiscal + econ policy for 🇨🇦’s PM & Ministers of Finance @JustinTrudeau, @cafreeland & @bill_morneau (2016-22) #cdnpoli
Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social Remembering a By-gone era. Hobby account; no politics, no agenda. #Ottawa #colourized
Feed by Ashley Newall; apt613 alumni; #OttHistory #CdnHistory
Ray Sullivan @sullivanray.bsky.social Affordable housing geek. Day job with the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association. Posts are personal. So is cycling.
Casual Commuter @casualcommuter.bsky.social Ottawa based YouTube videos on urban design, cycling, and transit
https://www.youtube.com/@CasualCommuter_
Siobhan Kirkland @siobhanwanders.bsky.social Wanderer, public servant, active transit and people centered cities advocate, COVID cautious. 🇺🇦😷She/her.
Mitch in the O @mitchintheo.bsky.social Ottawa born, raised, & proud🇨🇦. Ever vigilant. Open minded, and lover of free speech and personal sovereignty
Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social OttawaRoadTrips.com website is run by Laura Byrne Paquet, freelance writer (also cat staff, keen walker, urbanism nerd) in #Ottawa, Canada. If you like road tripping in Eastern Ontario/Outaouais, check it out! Member, SATW and TMAC.
John @johnhiemstra.bsky.social ottawa urbanism enjoyer.
Sarah Marquis, PhD @smarquis.bsky.social PhD in Environmental Sustainability @uOttawa | I think about food systems, data, social implications of tech, ag-tech, climate impact on agriculture | 🥬🧀🥩🌊🌚 she/her
Stewart M 🇨🇦 Elbows Up 🇨🇦 @ottawasmor.bsky.social Ottawa Dad, retired, concerned about the environment, fellow humans, the planet,follow science.I stand against aggressive, abusive regimes..right now that is Putin,Netanyahu and Trump. #CanadiansAgainstTrump #Carney2025
No DM's.
Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social She/Her. Living liver donor (non-directed), plasma donor. Skye and Dori’s fur-mom. Runs Village PR: comms for nonprofits. Lefter than left. Not related to that hateful UK "leader." Taller than you. Ottawa 🇨🇦
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social Graphic designer. Lapsed political scientist. Following 🇨🇦+🇺🇸+🇬🇧+Ottawa municipal politics and 🇬🇧 comedy podcasts. 🦁🦁🦁🏴⚽️ (Ottawa, Canada - not the other one in Illynoise).
Myles Huffman @selym.bsky.social Active and public transportation. Shanks mare. Kindness and empathy. Reluctant security practitioner.
Mike Vlasic @mikevlasic.bsky.social Ottawa, Ontario.
Mean, nasty Canadian
Wilderness camper, fisherman, canoeist, & hiker.
I've got thirsty ears for blues.
Non-partisan. Kill FPTP & give us PR.
I do NOT stand with LPC or CPC.
He/him but I'll use any pronoun you prefer.
Here since 24 Jul 2023
Chris Oster @costerott.bsky.social #ottwalk enthusiast. I would #ottbike a lot more if #autowa wasn’t always trying to kill me. Proud Luddite. He/him.
Paul 🇨🇦 🚵 @paul-pothier.bsky.social Don’t park in the bike lane, don’t slow-roll your car at me when I’m crossing the street
Ask me about HK3RS
Ethan Smith-Johnson 🍊📙 @esmithjo.bsky.social 🍊 🌅
Ethan Sabourin @ethansabourin.bsky.social Law Student @UofT. Green New Dealer. 🍊
Christie Bikes (she/her) (⧖) @christiebikes.bsky.social Air pollution, health, cycling & AT advocate. Healthy environment=healthy people. It's all connected. #OttBike #NotJustAHeadache #ClimateJustice #CleanTheAir #WearAMask
Sean Oussoren @seanobike.bsky.social Papa, husband, educator, bicycles will save our planet and humanity!
John Langstone @johnlangstone.bsky.social Ottawa Ontario Canada
Andy Ball @andychelsea99.bsky.social Businessman, cycling advocate, opinionated.