Ottawa City Chat
People talking about a better city of Ottawa
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@neilsara.bsky.social
@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. 🏃♂️ | 🇨🇦🇳🇱🏳️🌈
@eomanique.bsky.social
Settler in Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory 🌱social justice, food sovereignty and urban agriculture advocate 🌱ED of GEFC 🌱soprano w Seventeen Voyces 🌱blood donor 🌱optimist 🌱lefty✋ 🌱she/her 🌱#resistanceisfertile 🌱opinions my own
@kengray20.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulldog, Ottawa's trusted source for local news, opinion and analysis | bulldogottawa.com
@cathmckenna.bsky.social
CEO, Climate & Nature Solutions; Chair UN Net Zero. Fmr 🇨🇦 Minister Climate/Infrastructure. Mom. Swimmer. #WomenLeadingOnClimate. contact@climateandnature.com
@bearswim.bsky.social
housing and community activist. person. still hopeful in ottawa
@hansonthebike.bsky.social
Cycles and writes about it. 🇨🇦 Canadian Governor General’s Award and Mayor’s Office Award for cycling advocacy.
@kegli.bsky.social
Former Ottawa City Councillor and Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health. Former Chair of BBBSO Board . Always survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
@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
@getbac.bsky.social
Retired journalist with the ottawacitizen.com. Proud Canadian. If I’m not home I’m probably in a kayak. 🇨🇦
@siglinde99.bsky.social
Interested in Canadian and world political issues, the environment, active transport, swimming and medieval history.
@ikiavash.bsky.social
Executive Director and Advisor to the President at the Canadian Labour Congress
@smwgilbert.bsky.social
Strategic engagement and communications advisor. Dog mum, amateur equestrian, sassy badass. Opinions expressed are my own (and not endorsed by my employer).
@peggyblair.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, Ottawa-area mystery author, small publisher, level 6 boxer, doctorate in law, Have a TV watching dog. #ElbowsUp! www.reboundpress.com!
@carolynmackenzie.bsky.social
Ottawa. Walkable, livable, fiscally sustainable neighbourhoods and cities. Transparency. Sailor, skier, traveler.
@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.
@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
@neiljt.bsky.social
Ottawa.Kanata.Beaverbrook resident. Engaged in Community Assoc., City Issues since 1992. Runner, x-country, cyclist, and sometimes tri-athlete. Tech - Data/Analytics, Data Privacy, Decentralized Digital Identity (SSI). Active in DIF, ToIP, MyData
@miajensen.bsky.social
MEE-uh not MY-uh. Reporter for the Ottawa Business Journal (obj.ca) 📰 Send me your tips! mia@obj.ca
@deantester.bsky.social
Canadian #YIMBY fighting to make housing affordable. Co-founder of Make Housing Affordable. President and CEO of testerdigital.
@catmckenney.bsky.social
Super excited to be the Candidate for the Ontario NDP in Ottawa Centre Former City Councillor in Ottawa I care about affordable housing, ending homelessness, transit, cycling, healthcare, education and climate action
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Municipal issues, data, transportation, history, yelling at drivers. Serious ideas, unserious person. Lots of original content. Pretend journalist. 🚲👶🌳 Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario
@samhersh01.bsky.social
is known to occasionally post something interesting. community/political organizer based in #ottcity
@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
@nilikm.bsky.social
Family doctor | Trustee | medical #anthropology | #McGill | #UCL | #Yale | writer | #feminism | RxAdvocacy | Fulbright Scholar | Commonwealth Scholar | Jabapalooza | #WomenInMedicine | #Ottawa | #MedSky | personal account (she/her) 🇨🇦
@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
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
Supporting access for people who want to ride bikes and have safe streets
@parkwaysforpeople.bsky.social
Putting the Park back in Parkways🌱 Reimagining the Parkways for everyone. Ottawa,Canada info@parkwaysforpeople.ca
@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.
@handle.invalid
Ottawa born & raised. Elected Trustee & former Chair of the OCDSB. Chemist by day. Opinions my own. Some flavour of socialist, particularly with an environmental lense. 🧪🏳️🌈🇨🇦
@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.
@timtierney.bsky.social
City Councillor Ottawa VP FCM Chair, Public Work and Infrastructure #1 NICKELBACK fan
@arieltroster.com
City Councillor for #SomersetWard in Ottawa. Queer Jew. A better city is possible. Let’s build it together. 🏳️🌈
@jleiper.bsky.social
City Councillor for Kitchissippi ward in Ottawa. Chair, Planning and Housing Committee. Hintonburg resident. Scooter life. Pants-questioning. Born at 325.5 ppm.
@rawlson.bsky.social
Ottawa City Councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Conseiller municipal d'Ottawa pour le quartier Rideau-Rockcliffe @rideaurockcliffe13.bsky.social
@stephanieplante.bsky.social
Conseillère pour le district 12 Rideau-Vanier Councillor for Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier
@lainejohnson.bsky.social
Councillor for College Ward in the City of Ottawa. Board member with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
@seandevine9.bsky.social
Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 9 (Knoxdale-Merivale). Proud husband and father of 4. Singer in a garage band.
@neilsara.bsky.social
Ottawa, cities, economics, skiing with dogs Substacks I write: the 613, Fix Your City