8 80 Cities @880cities.bsky.social We are guided by the simple but powerful idea that if everything we do in our cities is great for an 8-year-old and an 80-year-old, then it will be better for all people.
https://linktr.ee/880cities
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
City of Kitchener @citykitchener.bsky.social Official home of Kitchener 🏠
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
Cara Stern @carastern.bsky.social Journalist
Obsessed with housing and the ongoing disappearance of the middle class.
Co-host for the Missing Middle podcast with Mike Moffatt
Former producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO
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).
Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff. 
The Drunken Menno @drunkenmenno.bsky.social Still irreverent and still irrelevant. Author of MennoNightcaps: Cocktails inspired by that odd ethno religious group you keep mistaking for the Amish, Quakers and Mormons. Mennonites, cocktails, and everything in between.
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
@whhgreens.bsky.social @whhgreens.bsky.social Protecting water, land, and democracy over profits.
Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social Candidate for Waterloo City Councillor, Ward 5. WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026) and former Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
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
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
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.
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 | 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇭🇰
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
@dtkitchener.bsky.social @dtkitchener.bsky.social 
Matt Rodrigues @mattjrodrigues.bsky.social Running to continue serving Kitchener on Regional Council
www.mattrodrigues.ca
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
Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app Cities, justice, bad jokes. Dad. Immigrant 🇨🇦⬅️🇺🇸⬅️Ru. Erstwhile staff eng, advocate @tritag.ca, bsky tinkerer @feeds.mdruker.app. he/him. Support 🇺🇦
📍 Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅
SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/
https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
Newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
Signal: JustinLing.42
Shiva 🍁 @svysali.bsky.social You have to look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself.
Corntea (she/her) @corntea-kw.bsky.social Will be posting on everything and following in many topics, including climate, politics, and Fibre arts.
Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social Learner. Wordsmith. Storyteller.
Simon Guthrie @simonsaysengage.bsky.social 
@aislinnclancy.bsky.social @aislinnclancy.bsky.social 
Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social Chair and Founder of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social | International Program Director @stand.earth
📍Vancouver, BC
https://bio.site/tzeporah
elysha @worthmending.com thrifty scrappy sweetheart mending stuff, making stuff, doing my dang best
🦝✨🌈 they/them
all the links (shop, blog, etc) at
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social Such an unfathomly beautiful world we are destroying. For me, Indigenous teachings (eg https://worldviewliteracy.org/) offer a useful path forward. Also #nonviolence!
Texada Island,qathet region, BC, Canada
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/
The Convocation Unscripted @convocation.bsky.social The Convocation Unscripted is a joint project of Diana Butler Bass, Kristin Du Mez, Jemar Tisby, and Robert P. Jones. Follow us for updates from The Convocation Unscripted Substack magazine, YouTube channel, and podcast.
https://convocation.substack.com/ 
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
@annemichelled.bsky.social @annemichelled.bsky.social 
Peter Thurley @pfthurley.bsky.social #Desmoid survivor | #ChronicPain | #Disabled #MAiD Supporter | ex-Christian | #AppliedPhilosophy PhD student/ #ADHD | #polyamory /http://pfthurley.substack.com / Young Hemmoraghic #StrokeSurvivor| @pfthurley on all platforms
Brittlestar @brittlestar.com Social Media Darling. International Bestselling Author. Occasionally funny. Brittlestar.com
Maureen Balsillie @greenmreen.bsky.social Agent of campaign chaos.
Don’t agonize, organize.
#onpoli
Guelph, Ontario
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/
Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social Bennett Chair University of Sussex and PIK Potsdam.
Climate change mitigation, especially cities, transport, and role of AI. Believes in human cooperation, urban planning, economics, and technologies. Make climate policy as if children matter. 
Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social "Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil 🇧🇷🔗, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
JayJayHumble @jayjayhumble.bsky.social #HousingIsAHumanRight
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
Tim Nafziger @tnafziger.bsky.social Mennonite writer, organizer, photographer & facilitator in Ventura watershed / Chumash land in California. Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/gN5UTP
Co-Founder of Congruity Works. We build marketing & engagement infrastructure for communities of purpose.
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com climate scientist
posts 100% my own
🇨🇦 is my home
distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
board member, Smithsonian NMNH
advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social A focus on city planning,transit planning and sustainability!
“Train good and car bad!”
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
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
15-Minute City @15minutecity.com The #15MinuteCity: putting people at the center of urban transformation.
Posts by Dan Luscher.
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com Dutch-Canadian authors and urban mobility advocates who strive to communicate the benefits of happier, healthier, more human-scale cities.
Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl The Dutch Cycling Embassy (DCE) supports cities and regions worldwide in making cycling a natural part of daily life.
dutchcycling.nl
Geoffrey Singer @geoffreysinger.bsky.social Urban planner, climate action leader, transit enthusiast, map nerd. Check out my Toronto laneway and garden suites permits web map at https://arcg.is/1vTDSz
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.
Shoshanna Saxe @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social Associate Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering, @uoft, Canada Research Chair Sustainable Infrastructure. Research: How should we literally build the future? Industrial Ecology. Cities. Transport. Construction.
Marielle Papin @mariellepm.bsky.social Political Science Asst Prof | Canada Research Chair & Director, Research Institute for Urban Wellness @MacEwan University
Cities, networks, climate governance and urban wellness
I talk a lot about motherhood (in academia)
Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social Chartered Civil Engineer working in the world of active travel 🚴♀️ 🌍 Likes to talk about transport, urbanism, climate change, the environment and nature ❤️ Mum to two boys, a dog and a cargo bike. Laka insurance referral code: AYCD2
Eugenie Waters @eugeniewaters.bsky.social Family Physician | Climate Action | E-Cargo Bike Mom | Ottawa
Leaning in for sustainable healthcare systems, safe active transportation networks, urbanism, biodiversity at the community level, greening schoolyards, and getting off fossil fuels. 
How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com Toronto urban environmentalist. 20+ years in climate activism. Fancy degrees from McGill and Yale. Posts my own.
Driver against car dominance. Renewables x batteries maxxer.
https://how-sen.com/link
Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social Original research and commentary on what matters for city success. 
Climate Action London @climateldnont.bsky.social Later is too late. Educating, Advocating, Collaborating on Climate Action in London, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Sign up for our local newsletter
www.climateactionlondon.ca/newsletter
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @urbancourtyard.bsky.social Launching the CIMBY (Courtyard In My Backyard) movement in North America, starting in Chicago.
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Beyond Housing @beyondhousing-ca.bsky.social Beyond Housing provides affordable rental housing for families seniors, and single people with low incomes in Waterloo Region. Our projects are viable, sustainable and include support services for our tenants. beyondhousing.ca
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.
Kitchener Centre Green Party @kcgreenparty.bsky.social Supporting Ontario's first Green MP, Mike Morrice. Turn hope into action.
mikemorrice.ca
greenparty.ca
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