Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca We maintain & make accessible records of enduring value that give evidence of decisions, policies & activities of the City of Toronto.
www.toronto.ca/archives
Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca News and updates from the City of Toronto's Cycling and Pedestrian Projects unit. Email cycling@toronto.ca for inquiries. Social Media Terms of Use: toronto.ca/socialmedia.
Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social The essential and entertaining guide to life in Toronto, for over 50 years. Full issues available on Apple News+. torontolife.com
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social Award Winning Editorial Cartoonist, Toronto Star, and National Treasure
Upstream Timeout @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef
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Susan Delacourt @susandelacourt.bsky.social National columnist for the Toronto Star, teller of stories (and grateful listener to them) lover of dachshunds. 
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
bianca wylie @biancawylie.com https://time-and-space-studios.ghost.io/
Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast. Other interests: public policy, housing, urbanism, Waterloo Region, Ontario politics, #cdnpoli, Star Trek, music, news media, international relations, and the Oxford comma. Democracy is good, actually.
Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social Music theory and history professor. Will help you with your music theory homework. Dad.
Travis M Andrews @travismandrews.bsky.social features writer in the washington post's style section.
book on jeff goldblum. (http://tinyurl.com/rb6wnyq)
travis.andrews@washpost.com
send me tips on signal: travismandrews.50
www.travismandrews.com
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Deryk Houston - Canadian Artist for Peace @derykhouston.bsky.social One man exhibitions in the former Soviet Union, Scotland, Iraq, Canada & the USA. My work was featured in the NFB documentary "From Baghdad to Peace Country", & is in the permanent collection of the Canadian War museum in Ottawa.
www.derykhouston.com
Urbanitarian @urbanitarian.bsky.social Honorata Grzesikowska. Digital library of urban masterplans
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com ๐ฃ๏ธ People, Not Platforms
๐ Building: @anew.social, @disperse.social
โ๐ผ Writing: augment.ink
๐ฅ Organizing: @seattle.atprotocol.community
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social Founder, The Gaia Leadership Project & The Ripple Effect Institute; political/leadership consultant; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights atty; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; NYer 4ever; Host, ResistanceLive on YT https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm
Gerry Dunn @ballydunn.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆToronto Activist from 70s; Founder of Stop Line 9 Toronto & Danforth Village Community Assn. Party politics is not democracy; Protest is not Power; Create a better Narrative. #FullSpectrumResistance; Photo: Toronto Red Rebels 2024.
๐ซGoFundMe ๐ซPorn
Peter Stoett @ptoett.bsky.social #Biodiversity #climate #humanrights #Ecoviolence and connections between
Currently Dean of Social Science & Humanities @Ontario Tech University
Co-chair of #IPBES assessment on #IAS
Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social Writer/researcher/public historian for hire, specializing in Toronto/Ontario history that ties into the current zeitgeist. Former Sunday Star quizmaster and Historicist. Crafts award-winning stories. Walks a lot. Has adventures with stuffed porcupines.
Hey Neighbour Collective @heyneighbourcollective.ca Hi! We're Hey Neighbour Collective. Weโre building community, social connectedness and resilience in multi-unit housing communities. #YVR #YYJ #SocialDesign
https://www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social ๐ General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver ๐
Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus |
Environmental and Urban Change | York University
Cities | Football | Music
Matt Armstrong @matta7.bsky.social Tall City Planner, Tkaronto (Toronto).
He/him. Formerly & fondly a resident of Hamilton, Ontario & London, UK.
Stefan Novakovic @novakovicto.bsky.social Writer + Editor | Architecture + Cities | Toronto + Elsewhere
Blair Scorgie ๐ @blairscorgie.bsky.social Husband, father, planner, urban designer, consultant, sessional lecturer, volunteer, author, advocate, and Torontonian. Views are my own. www.scorgieplanning.com.
Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social Established in 1887 we are a non-profit organization bringing people together to discuss, learn and explore Toronto's built environment.
Markwayne Carney โญ @barrhavenist.bsky.social Probably communist. Land Back Free Palestine
Valesa Faria @valesafaria.bsky.social SVP, Partnerships & Development @ Build Canada Homes | Affordable Housing Development | Partnerships | Construction Innovation
Tana Turner ๐จ๐ฆ @diversitymusings.bsky.social Equity consultant. Human Rights advocate.
Toronto, Canada
fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com local designer and nonpractising urbanist who would like to make transit easier to use
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๐ blog: fernkhahn.medium.com
๐ portfolio: fernkhahn.com
Bob Georgiou @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social Torontophile, writer, historian. Toronto history. Writings in York Pioneer & Spacing Magazine. Loves libraries&archives, parks & cultural heritage. (he/him/his)
www.scenesto.com
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substackโฌ๏ธ
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
Peter Waldkirch ่ฏๅฝผๅพท @pwaldkirch.bsky.social Vancouver lawyer & housing advocate
๐ pwaldkirch.ca
Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party AAPI Caucus & CA Dem Renters Council Board, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement.
art: http://alfredtwu.com
Joey Politano๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
Robin Mazumder, Ph.D @robinmazumder.bsky.social Environmental neuroscientist with the Future Cities Institute exploring the complex interactions between who we are, where we live, and how we function as a society. Speaker. Writer. Mental health advocate. Human. linktr.ee/robinmazumder
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
๐ Montreal, Quebec
John Surico @johnsurico.bsky.social Building better cities for all. Exec dir, Friends of the QueensWay. Chair, 31st Ave Open Street Collective. Board, Alliance for Flushing Meadows. Prof-alum, NYU Journalism. New book soon w/Street Plans. Allora โ๏ธ
Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.com
Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social Modern-day folk hero. For a good time, call willsloan.ca
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Director of Machine Intelligence Lab. Research in neural networks and learning systems.
https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/33310-brokoslaw-laschowski/
Gregg Lintern @gregglintern.bsky.social Torontoโs Chief Planner from 2017 to 2023
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
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, @utoronto.ca Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
Toronto Tempo @tempobasketball.bsky.social Set the pace. Change the game.
The WNBA in Canada.
https://linktr.ee/wnba_toronto
Toronto Star @thestar.com Canada's biggest daily newspaper thestar.com
Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social Founded in 2015. A cross-country collective working on placemaking and public space advocacy.
placemaking-canada.ca
Subina Shrestha @iamsubina.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Associate @UniofManchester|Previously @UofT|PhD from @uibCET|Researching cities and urban sustainability - climate, energy, mobility, justice.
Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social We're a member-supported charity that's been leading the change for a healthier and more vibrant city since 2008.
Join the movement: www.cycleto.ca
JackTatt ๐จ๐ฆ @jacktatttran.bsky.social MASc. Graduate from UofT CivMin who researched public transport fare and service integration @TAL_UofT.
Like trains and buses and trams and people. Urban Transit Planning. I โค๏ธ CANDU nuclear.
John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social Toronto-centric voice for architecture and urbanism. Transit nerd. Recovering American. Research, writing, bikes, architect-adjacent. (EN/FR, she/her/elle)
Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social Share The Cities. We are yes in my back yard for social housing & tenant led organizing. Public Broadband & Public Bathrooms & @electioncheatsheet.bsky.social
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Living Hyphen @livinghyphen.bsky.social A community and multi-media platform exploring what it means to live in between cultures. #livinghyphen
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.
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Happy Cities @happycities.com We build happier, healthier, more inclusive communities. Focus: learning + solutions around cities, wellbeing, & social trust.
Let's chat: info@happycities.com
Zoi Netou-Kandylidou @zoinetou.bsky.social Neurologist. Interested in prehospital emergency medicine, critical care, stroke, neuroethics. Views my own. She/her. #NeuroNerd #WomenInMedicine
Civic Tech Toronto @civictechto.bsky.social civictech.ca
We are a community of tech-minded folk making civic life better in Toronto.
Come and join our weekly online and in-person events with speakers, discussions and project breakouts!
Upcoming events: https://guild.host/civic-tech-toronto
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social Transportation data scientist at the University of Toronto, physicist at heart.
I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her.
Rodney ๐ง๐ @chanface.bsky.social ๐๏ธ๐ Co-host of @dwelltime.ca, a transit podcast
๐๐ฒ Co-lead at @TriTAG.ca
Transit Politics & Planning | Housing | Cities | 24 | @uwaterloo.ca Planning | Toronto/Waterloo | ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ญ๐ฐ
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
Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.ca
Spacing @spacing.bsky.social Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts.
Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.socialโจSpacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
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
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto ๐จ๐ฆ
Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social Senior Editor, Special Projects @ WIRED
Signal: AngelaWatercutter.95
Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social We are people whose loved ones were struck and killed on #TODeadlyStreets, and injured crash survivors. We work to end Road Violence in Toronto and offer monthly Peer Support meetings. More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca + http://linktr.ee/ffsafestreets
@junctioneer.bsky.social @junctioneer.bsky.social 
Carmen Logie @carmenlogie.bsky.social Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity & Social Justice. ๐Professor in social work at UToronto. Stigma research, human rights, HIV, climate change. Queer. Motorcycles. Podcast - everybody hates me. ๐จ๐ฆ
Jim Dunn @urbanhealthprof.bsky.social Sen. Wm. McMaster Chair in Urban Health Equity | Prof @McMasteru | Scientist @MAP_Health |Go @Ticats. Housing: chec-ccrl.ca
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
James Glave ๐จ๐ฆ @jamesglave.bsky.social Co-owner, Canada. E-bikes, complete streets, harm reduction, public health, cities. Neurodiverse. West End, Vancouver BC. I run brightfuture.studio (He, him, his.) #ElbowsUp
Design Trust for Public Space @designtrustnyc.bsky.social unlocking the potential of NYC's public spaces since 1995
www.designtrust.org
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social Co-Founder @ Street Plans | Co-Author #TacticalUrbanism, Smart Growth Manual, Streets for Pandemic Response + Recovery | Board Member @ Congress for New Urbanism | Creator Open_Streets Project | Lรฉo + Lucaโs dad | ๐ Brooklyn, NY ๐ฒ ๐ถ ๐ ๐
T.J. Maguire @tjhfx.bsky.social Urban Design | Placemaking | Photography
Senior Urban Designer, Evergreen Canada
Larissa @purlgurly.bsky.social She/her/elle. Alto, ADHDer. Interested in politics (esp.TOpoli), stories, disability, food, knitting, geekery, cats. Unrepentant leftie in ๐จ๐ฆ
Evergreen @evergreencanada.bsky.social Better public spaces make us and the planet healthier and happier. We want to see Canadian cities invest in more of them. HQ Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto.
Social Life Project @sociallifeproject.bsky.social Highlighting what makes #publicspaces thrive. Sister program of @PlacemakingX.bsky.social.
By Fred Kent & Kathy Madden, founders & 40+ year leaders of @PPSPlacemaking.bsky.social.
www.SocialLifeProject.org
Lisa @lisalightbourn.bsky.social Award-winning multimedia storyteller @uoft
Hidden Rivers @hiddenrivers.bsky.social Exploring 12,000 years of Toronto's history
Erica Di Ruggiero @ed4socialchange.bsky.social Professor of Global Health; Director Centre for Global Health @UofT_dlsph #globalhealth #policy #healthywork @SDGs@UofT #gender #equity (she/her)
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
East End Arts Toronto @eastendartsto.bsky.social East Torontoโs Local Arts Service Organization. We work to unite, inspire, and enhance east Toronto communities with the transformative power of the arts!โจ
I'll be Frank with you ๐จ๐ฆ @syncros.bsky.social a photographer and techie living in Toronto. I used to shoot rolls of film and use BBSes, now I'm here. I focus on infrared landscape and street photography, two great ways to get me off the couch.
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/
Fran Quintero Rawlings @frawlspace.bsky.social Urbanista
#placemaking #strategy #urbanism #futures #housing #art
Space for Grief @spaceforgrief.bsky.social Normalizing grief through immersive public art and placemaking activations with incredible community partners!
Next installation Nov 1-11 2025 at Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave (Toronto).
https://linktr.ee/space_for_grief
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