Andy Yan
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
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Media Organizations and Publications Andy Follows
Media Organizations and Publications I follow. The bias are mine.
Andy's City Making Orgs and Publications Starter
This is a list of Urban and City Making organizations and publications for your BlueSky follow consideration. Feel free to DM others, but the bias are all mine.
Andy's All Things Urban and Housing Starters Pack
A Bluesky Mixtape of People and Feeds who educate, inspire, and inform me on All Things Urban and Housing. My deepest apologies if I missed you! This List is organic and intended to be updated over time. and read this too: https://mashable.com/article/getting-started-on-bluesky-guide
@victorianews.bsky.social
Where Greater Victoria's news begins. Follow for breaking stories, special reports, events and community features.
@asiancanadian.bsky.social
Promoting and nurturing Asian Canadian writers #literASIAN #AsianCanadian #writers #diversityLit
@parkercj50.bsky.social
(he/him). US person residing in Canada. Living toward collective liberation.
@yinnong.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Master of Urban Innovation program, IMI, UTM Thoughts on planning and housing in Toronto But also random Hebrew ramblings because in my mind this is 2009 Twitter
@stephanieip.bsky.social
Asst. City Editor Digital w/ The Province + The Vancouver Sun; shop steward w/ Unifor 2000. Tips to sip@postmedia.com or DMs. She/Her/Hers. #savelocalnews
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science. I think about identity, stigma, race, and politics more than any normal person should. Lover of life. Pro-democracy. People should dance more. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
@leaferi.bsky.social
Nature at night, cars are not people, lover of law—not lawyers, agency & self-determination are essential to democracy and rule of law. No lists, just chatting DMs.
@stuartathompson.bsky.social
Reporter @nytimes.com. I cover the ~internet~ and report on digital influence operations, AI, far-right politics and lots more
@tshafique.bsky.social
A/prof U Sheffield / Just Urban / Southern Theorising Group (STingG) ReWet Climate Urbanism project lead / etc etc etc ..
@caldermchugh.bsky.social
Deputy Editor, Politico Nightly; Writing/Editing at Politico Magazine Mets/Knicks sufferer
@prangemartin.bsky.social
Teaching (business) professor by employment, but really just wants to pursue my hobbies and sleep a lot. Will nag you to wear sunblock 🧴🇨🇦
@isaacphannay.bsky.social
He/Him. Labour Reporter for The Tyee. Previously reported for CBC News, Canada's National Observer, CityNews1130 and the Toronto Star. Bylines in The Narwhal, The Breach, IndigiNews, etc. Listen to The Road podcast.
@eaves.ca
Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital. Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
@housingrightsca.bsky.social
Advancing the #Right2Housing so that everyone has an adequate, accessible and affordable place to call home. housingrightscanada.com
@wfgp.bsky.social
Professor of English & Language Studies, interested in sharing and learning about community-engaged research, undergraduate research, and all forms of critical cartography, especially community and cultural mapping. https://wgp.trubox.ca
@rjaquino.bsky.social
Left coaster currently failing in my attempts to lead an uneventful life
@todayintoronto.bsky.social
We share and RT all things happening today in Toronto! Tag us for RTs! #TodayinToronto
@jamuseum.bsky.social
Sharing the Japanese American experience. Look for programs near you at janm.org/OnTheGo
@ubcsppga.bsky.social
As an interdisciplinary hub, the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) leads in research, innovation & learning on policy & global affairs.
@cookingwithlei.bsky.social
A food blog features Asian recipes that are simple and tasty. cookingwithlei.com
@space101fm.bsky.social
Seattle radio station. Broadcasting from Magnuson Park to Seattle and the world. Stream us at space101fm.org
@sfuscience.bsky.social
We're uncovering solutions to today's challenges and helping students find their big potential at Simon Fraser University, one of Canada's top research universities. www.sfu.ca/science
@kallienebenjamin.bsky.social
Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
@douglastodd.bsky.social
Vancouver Sun / Postmedia columnist. For now just checking out what's happening on Bluesky.
@donnaseto.bsky.social
Writer | Artist | Nerd Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History (available May 1, 2025). www.donnaseto.ca
@etsi-bc.bsky.social
ETSI-BC stewards a $60 million endowment to assist in the growth and diversification of the economy of the Southern Interior of BC
@guylane.bsky.social
Guy Lane is an Australian environmental scientist and author of sustainably-themed fiction and non-fiction books guylane.com and the founder of Vita Sapien Organization that innovates at the intersection of ecoscience & ecospirituality vitasapien.org
@solocriado.arq.br
from brazil. architecture and urbanism student, tired leftist i make maps for a living. its also a halo reference
@policyfolk.bsky.social
Policy: mostly urbanism, housing, mobility, but also economic, social, science, health, and technology policy. Reluctant geopolitics observer, mostly internal western with a focus on Ukraine.
@rossandersen.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // ross@theatlantic.com
@olgakhazan.bsky.social
Atlantic writer, ME, BUT BETTER available now: https://www.amazon.com/Me-But-Better-Science-Personality/dp/1668012545 Substack: https://olgakhazan.substack.com/
@elcush.bsky.social
landlord, mommy, public intellectual https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ellen-cushing/
@yappelbaum.bsky.social
Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
@saahildesai.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The Atlantic. Please listen closely as our menu options have changed.
@kokogiak.bsky.social
Photo editor at The Atlantic. Former webdev. Former Alaska tour guide. Former farm kid. Elegant otter in a former life. kokogiak@gmail.com
@jeremygordon.bsky.social
My novel SEE FRIENDSHIP is out now, I edit on the culture desk at the Atlantic, my newsletter is at http://jeremygordon.substack.com, and my website is at https://jeremygordon.xyz
@zoeschlanger.bsky.social
Climate reporter at The Atlantic. Into chemicals, climate, cool plants. THE LIGHT EATERS, a plant book, out from Harper Books. I'm zoeschlanger.99 on Signal
@shaneharris.bsky.social
Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris @washingtonpost alum. Signal: shaneharris.64
@dgraham.bsky.social
Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com
Senior Editor, Audience - @theatlantic.com, things of that nature