Curated by a 33 year international urbanist & city planner. These are many of the city champions I’ve run across so far, but I’m still discovering more. Planning, urban design, architecture, transportation, housing, politics, place-making, sustainability, livability, equity, affordability & more.
Vancouver and BC centric (give or take) Starter Pack.
Folks from Vancouver and around BC that are a must-follow for food, humour, arts, news, nature, photography and more from the 250 and 604.
This is a pack of many of the key Canadian urbanists I’ve found here so far. This isn’t the first pack on this specific subject, and it won’t be the last, but this is mine. City-building practitioners, elected leaders, activists, media, organizations. Let me know if I’ve missed some!
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
A pack of noteworthy Canadian urbanists and organizations compiled by the Council For Canadian Urbanism. City planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects, transportation planners, city-building activists, media, elected leaders, developers/builders and more.
A Starter Pack of Housing Change Makers to follow.
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.
PRAISE CHILDREN CENTER A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR HELPING HOMELESS, DISABLED, ELDER
A starter pack with people discussing real solutions, not those of a developer volunteer army
Media Organizations and Publications I follow. The bias are mine.
Covering the things that matter in Canada, and beyond, with a good dose of local news from major cities. Knowledgeable and FACT BASED.
The Wandering Tog® - TheWanderingTog.com Glamour, Pinup, Nudes, Art, Travel, Editorial
Walking, biking, better cities
Canadian Public Policy practitioners, analysts, commentators, and decision makers, and more. First starter pack, will be updated as we go! If you'd like to be in a Public Policy starter pack, please let me know.
A new blue and music, too.
People advocating for and creating better cities around the world. Housing, city planning, development, transport, YIMBY etc.
A starter pack for those who are interested in housing data and policy in Canada.
some nonwhite people who i trust or find interesting in their journalism and political analysis, doesn't matter where they're from. i'll add more as i see fit.
People with great insights about the way we plan our towns and cities. This is mostly a combination of people I've met in real life and those I followed at The Other Place. Still a work in progress.
Miss604's guide to get you started with your Vancouver community on Bluesky. This pack features: Neighbourhood BIAs, nonprofits, public figures, news, journalists, podcasts, sports teams, and arts organizations.
Arquitetos/as, urbanistas/as, jornalistas especializados e perfis afins
A list of good Canadian accounts to follow (with two Americans)