Leo Patterson Ross
pro-people, homes, justice. very sure we can do better.
ceo @ tenants' union of NSW,
national association of renters' organisations
he/him
#PayTheRent
@godfrey.bsky.social
it's not delivery; it's digiornalist freelance writer/editor/researcher work in Guardian, G&M, Tyee, Filter awards n stuff canadian freelance union member co-founder: @debriefcomms.bsky.social justice, drugs, housing, health they/them/thembo "vancouver"
@kiangoh.bsky.social
Architect & urban planning professor @UCLA. Urban change & climate justice. Author of Form & Flow (MIT 2021) bit.ly/3Q92Mkd
@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
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social
Urban planner, speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, the planet, planning, parks & public space.
@ejmccann.bsky.social
Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own.
@penalosag.bsky.social
Founder 8 80 Cities and #Cities4Everyone. Equity & sustainability. Worked in over 350 cities. Ran for mayor of Toronto, 2022. Top 100 urbanists (13).
@reneedsc.bsky.social
City planner & urban designer. Planning Director with a Metro Vancouver municipality. Mom of 2. Loves soccer, biking, design & cities. Posts are my own.
@rkeil.bsky.social
Distinguished Research Professor | Environmental and Urban Change | York University Cities | Football | Music
@jamiepeck.bsky.social
Geographer at UBC, editor of EPA: Economy & Space; https://blogs.ubc.ca/peck/
@jfatkey.bsky.social
Housing advocate by day and night. CEO at BCNPHA, Director at Rental Protection Fund, Community Housing Transformation Centre, Boann Social Impact, Community Housing Coverage, and Chartered Institute of Housing Canada.
@belshaw.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Cyclist. Writing a history of cycling. 🛋️ Vancouver based 📚 Open textbooks https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/ 🧭 Local stories https://www.anvilpress.com/books/vancouver-noir-1930-1960 Elbows up.
@davidjmadden.bsky.social
Sociologist at LSE studying cities, housing, and social theory. Co-author, In Defense of Housing.
@gregorcraigie.bsky.social
Sleep-deprived early morning radio host of CBC On the Island. Author of Our Crumbling Foundation, On Borrowed Time, Walls, Radio Jet Lag & Why Humans Build Up.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social
🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
@sqwabb.bsky.social
Formerly an artist (commercial sort); not much of a dog lover; always an avid reader. Currently a homeless binner in Vancouver, BC Canada. He/him. [email protected] http://sqwabb.wordpress.com
@eleanormohammed.bsky.social
Partner, Urban Governance & Planning @ DIALOG | UN-Habitat Professionals Forum Chair | Past President of the Commonwealth Association of Planners, Canadian Institute of Planners, & Alberta Professional Planners Institute #urbanism #cities
@meerakati.bsky.social
Journalist #YVR Eager for all kinds of tea. Enjoying life at CBC Vancouver after a tour of duty as a provincial affairs reporter in Victoria. Ops are my own.
@nlamontagne.bsky.social
Urbanist, planner, educator (planning faculty at the University of Alberta). Making the jump from the old ways of social media.
@goldinyvr.bsky.social
Journalist & Globe and Mail housing columnist for many years. Author, former music critic at daily paper, born and raised in Vancouver.
@brentrichter.bsky.social
Reporter for the North Shore News in North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
@sfucity.bsky.social
We deliver courses, certificates, and public programming that help planning, policy, and development professionals build better communities.
@cityinstitute.bsky.social
We study cities and everything urban. Established in 2006 at #YorkUniversity in Toronto, our mission is to facilitate and mobilize interdisciplinary, critical and collaborative urban research.
@sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social
West Coast, Advocating best practices walkable, livable spaces, accessibility & micro-mobility.I write original content. Managing Director of Walk Metro Vancouver Society.TEDx speaker City planner, writer, lapsed master gardener, public space champion.
@segbydesign.bsky.social
Using data and remastered historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
@housingforum.org.uk
A Quality Home For All - The cross-sector, public & private #ukhousing industry membership body representing 150+ organisations. RT ≠ endorsement https://housingforum.org.uk/
@societyandspace.bsky.social
We publish articles, essays, interviews, forums, and book reviews that examine social struggles over access to and control of space, place, territory, region, and resources. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/EPD/current
@reepaere.bsky.social
Official BlueSky account of REEP, first published in 2007 and consistently ranked in the top-20 of all economics journals and top-15 of all environmental studies journals. https://t.co/lW3lVRHOhr
@yalee360.bsky.social
An online magazine offering reporting, opinion, and analysis on global environmental issues. Published at the Yale School of the Environment.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed journal of urban politics and policy. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/ Check out our podcast, UAR Remixed, for interdisciplinary conversations about all things urban. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-remixe
@urbanstudiesfoundation.org
We provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge. Follow for news & updates. Read more on our website: https://urbanstudiesfoundation.org
@spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing.ca/Vancouver /// Vancouver & BC urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts. Spacing: spacing.bsky.social Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
@spacingradio.bsky.social
Spacing.ca/podcast /// Toronto urbanism uncovered /// Also producer of: Evergreen Canada's "Future Fix" • UBC's "The Overhead" Spacing: spacing.bsky.social Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
@michaelgeller.bsky.social
An aging Vancouver-based urban planner, developer, retired architect, writer and SFU Adjunct Professor with a longstanding interest in urban design and affordable housing.
@ubchart.bsky.social
HART is a research group working with governments, housing providers, and advocates across Canada to redefine how we measure and address housing need. https://hart.ubc.ca
@bcnpha.bsky.social
We believe everyone deserves a safe, affordable home. We represent British Columbia's non-profit housing sector and our partners in #HousingCentral. bcnpha.ca
@ahouse4all.bsky.social
LA. Mutual aid, my dog, social housing, and organizing the working class. Married to my husband and revolution. I write sometimes. Views strong + my + my own.
@shamusroller.bsky.social
ED at the National Housing Law Project 🇺🇸 Housing nerd. @nhlp.bsky.social
@canurb.bsky.social
@placemaking-canada.bsky.social
Founded in 2015. A cross-country collective working on placemaking and public space advocacy. placemaking-canada.ca
@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
@jdhulchanski.bsky.social
Professor, housing and community development, University of Toronto.
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver steam clock critic, Globe and Mail journalist [email protected] instagram.com/andreawoo
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six bestselling books. I share stories and opinion pieces from a broad range of publications. Shares are not endorsements.