Ottawa Starter Pack
A list of Ottawa and municipally focused people. Feel free to make suggestions
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@derricksimpson.bsky.social
@johnhiemstra.bsky.social
ottawa urbanism enjoyer. board member of the overbrook community association.
@liamdaly3.bsky.social
Nova Scotian in the Capital, X-Grad, Politico, Sports Enthusiast. No dress rehearsal, this is my life.
@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.
@seandevine9.bsky.social
Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 9 (Knoxdale-Merivale). Proud husband and father of 4. Singer in a garage band.
@casualcommuter.bsky.social
Ottawa based YouTube videos on urban design, cycling, and transit https://www.youtube.com/@CasualCommuter_
@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. 🏃♂️ | 🇨🇦🇳🇱🏳️🌈
@karenannsom.bsky.social
Posts mainly about Ottawa & Canada, e.g., politics, curling, baseball, hockey (She/Her) - Personal Account
@occtranspo.bsky.social
Advocacy & Crowdsourced #OttawaLRT / #OttLRT status updates for a liberated #Ottawa. It takes a village to push a train. OC Transpo is Occasional Transportation View and report status >> https://OccasionalTransport.ca
@lucyvanolden.bsky.social
Principal at Lucy van Oldenbarneveld Communications/ Former Host CBC Ottawa News at 6:00/Moderator/MC/Media Trainer/Stratgist
@parkwaysforpeople.bsky.social
Putting the Park back in Parkways🌱 Reimagining the Parkways for everyone. Ottawa,Canada info@parkwaysforpeople.ca
@andrewd.bsky.social
Canadian, solar/renewable energy enthusiast, security person, software engineer, and general doer-of-things @ @tailscale.com Also on Mastodon @andrew@ottawa.place (and one of the admins of that server!)
@makehousingaffordable.ca
Ottawa must be a world-class city for everyone. Let's build more homes, welcome more neighbours, and build a better Ottawa!
@tessafranklin.bsky.social
Political staffer. Working at the intersection of art, culture, community and politics. Democratic socialist.
@matfleury.bsky.social
City leader - a healthy and green🌳 Capital in a vibrant #ottawa with more housing🏘. Fier papa et #ONFR 🏃🏻♂️🏊🏻♂️⚽️⛷⛸ Care about #Ottawa? Let’s connect!
@davidreevely.bsky.social
Logic reporter, Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Press alum. I cover Ottawa, cybersecurity and defence, telecom, space, health, infrastructure and whatever else needs doing. Signal: @davidreevely.68
@davidcoaker.bsky.social
22 - Carleton University - ONDY Central East Representative - Socialist
@tonyadavidson.bsky.social
@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
More housing, bikes, and transit. https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity 📍 Montreal, Quebec
@apalm024.bsky.social
A community builder and facilitator for social change living on the unceded territories of Algonquin Anishinabe Nation in what is currently known as Ottawa, ON. Survivor enthusiast, amateur gardener, avid reader and podcast listener.
@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 in Ottawa area with EnviroCentre. Views my own.
@flomouthe.bsky.social
Fan des deux roues. Life is more fun on two wheels. Flo = Florence; Mouthe = la petite Sibérie (village le plus froid de France) 🇫🇷🇨🇦
@dvdham.bsky.social
Sometimes you win. Other times you eat dirt. Migrating from Twitter as @dvdham #ottbike. Also on Mastodon.
@gguillaume.bsky.social
De Paris à Ottawa. Bikeshevik. From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs. Mastodon: @gwouigwoui@piaille.fr
@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff.
@davidmoscrop.com
Journalist & author of “Too Dumb for Democracy?” Podcast host: the David Moscrop Show. Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case. Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.
@bikeviewca.bsky.social
Proud Canadian, Ottawa, Ontario cyclist, walker, runner, LARPer, all the things. Videos, photos, or advocacy around active transportation/transit. Hands off my country Orange Menace.
@jagvillani.bsky.social
Settler residing on the unceded land of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. All-weather cyclist. Pro squirrel. Against fascism and weak coffee. Mask up: COVID is not over. Uphold José Mujica Thought. Same handle, but no longer on X.
@siglinde99.bsky.social
Interested in Canadian and world political issues, the environment, active transport, swimming and medieval history.
@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.
@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
@schoolstreetsyow.bsky.social
Avocating for safer school zones, cleaner air and healthier communities by promoting active mobility to Ottawa schools. https://schoolstreetsottawa.ca/
@otttransitriders.bsky.social
Hi! We're a group advocating for better public transit in the city of Ottawa, because goodness knows, we need it! See details at our website: www.ottawatransitriders.ca
@forourkidsog.bsky.social
We are a community including parents, grandparents and families who have come together to tackle the climate emergency by participating in family-friendly activism activities.
@brandonbay.ca
Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Carleton | Dedicated housing advocate | Software developer | Ready to make history 🇨🇦 brandonbay.ca
@frpaul1.bsky.social
Safe streets for cyclists, pedestrians and better transit make cities better for everyone. Last day posting on other app, Nov 19, 2024.
@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
@neilsara.bsky.social
Ottawa, cities, economics, skiing with dogs Substacks I write: the 613, Fix Your City
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
Supporting access for people who want to ride bikes and have safe streets
@heatherbadenoch.bsky.social
Living liver donor (non-directed), plasma donor. RIP Mini, my beloved Saint Bernard. Runs Village PR: comms for nonprofits. Lefter than left. Not related to that hateful UK "leader." Taller than you. she/her. Ottawa 🇨🇦
@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).
@siobhanwanders.bsky.social
Wanderer, public servant, active transit and people centered cities advocate, COVID cautious. 🇺🇦😷She/her.
@lukelebrun.ca
Editor, @pressprogress.ca | Send tips and story ideas: llebrun@pressprogress.ca
@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)
@jameshasaface.bsky.social
Born at 376.88 PPM CO2. Proud Great Lakes Socialist UONDP Co President, UOSU FSS Board of Directors, ONDY Policy Director
@esmithjo.bsky.social
Co-Chair of Ontario's New Democratic Youth 🍊 | BoD for Horizon Ottawa 🌅 | Socialist 🌹
@hansonthebike.bsky.social
Cycles and writes about it. 🇨🇦 Canadian Governor General’s Award and Mayor’s Office Award for cycling advocacy.
@joycuriosity.bsky.social
Creativity | Dialogue and civic engagement | Community resilience | Arts and coffee Friday mornings @ CKCUFM.com
@brigittepellerin.bsky.social
Writer, Ottawa Citizen columnist. Fighting toxicity for fun and profit. J’écris en français aussi des fois.
@dougmich.bsky.social
Ex-corp. guy/consultant. T.O. born, living in Ottawa. Aware of my privilege. Boards/Advisory Boards: EnviroCentre, CPAWS-OV, Esprit-AI. Aging like fine 🍷: more nuanced, smoother but a bit flabby.
@mhbvickers.bsky.social
Hubby to 1 | Dad to 2 | 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🏳️⚧-ally | Bike guy | Cat slave | 💉x9! and still alive! Take that VAERS!
@strongtownsottawa.bsky.social
Strongtownsottawa.ca We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
@getbac.bsky.social
Retired journalist with the ottawacitizen.com. Proud Canadian. If I’m not home I’m probably in a kayak. 🇨🇦
@samhersh01.bsky.social
is known to occasionally post something interesting. community/political organizer based in #ottcity
@centretownchc.bsky.social
Centretown Community Health Centre - Improving health and wellbeing in downtown #Ottawa | Centre de Santé Communautaire du Centre-ville - Améliorer la santé et le bienêtre au centre-ville d'Ottawa. Instagram: ottawacchc
@lefthandstu.bsky.social
Reporter http://HillTimes.com; Canadian Press Pedant; He/Him; “wannabe Jake Gyllenhaal cosplayer” | Send me your tips: sbenson@hilltimes.com
@joelharden.bsky.social
Organizing to be an NDP MP for Ottawa Centre. Choose love, and make good trouble.
@arieltroster.com
City Councillor for #SomersetWard in Ottawa. Queer Jew. A better city is possible. Let’s build it together. 🏳️🌈
@dunrae.bsky.social
Build cities for people, not cars. | Spatial Design & Urbanism Consulting in Canada's Capital
@alex-is.online
he/they | arbiter of truth for transit in the NCR | opinions are my own and objectively correct 100% of the time | follow for unqualified speculations find me elsewhere: https://alex-is.online
@cleberfig.bsky.social
good cities for all crfig.myportfolio.com from Centretown ottawa, canada
@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
@derricksimpson.bsky.social
Transportation and Board Chair, Centretown Community Association | Carleton Journalism Grad | Ottawa Urbanism Book Club | Substack: Improving Ottawa