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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
One thing I know from the CBC Gem series on Lac-Megantic- rail companies care about one thing- $- rail workers definitely need more protection
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Sorry Life of Pie fans, but I love Roberto’s Sandwiches #Ottawa
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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Alright Canucks! 🇨🇦It’s Canada day, so here, for your entertainment and delight, is a little Canadiana pop quiz. Can you identify these three objects & their significance? Chosen & photo’d by the ever-fun, prize cow raising, bedframe upcycling, turbo book authoring @tonyadavidson.bsky.social !
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Shot and chaser. Reminder that 51% of ppl live inside the greenbelt, pay +50% of tax revenues of city budget and have the poorest infrastructure. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Considering the many other ways people often post about St. Patrick's Day (i.e., using absolutely terrible Irish accents and stereotypes), this video is refreshing, educational, and poignant for the present day. Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton @carletonfass.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"We need to think about young people as whole people, and not just as future producers and consumers of things.” Listen to Sociology prof @tonyadavidson.bsky.social break down the value of getting an arts degree on CBC Ottawa Morning 🎧
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In today’s daily “talk to a new person about HR” my colleague suggested I probably liked it because of the great shout out to Ottawa… and yes, that’s probably it 😎🤨
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Canada cannot fund, arm, or legitimize ICE. I’ve written to PM Carney calling for sanctions, export bans, cancelled subsidies, and the closure of ICE offices in Canada. Fascist violence and human rights abuses demand action, not silence.
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roughchopottawa.bsky.social @roughchopottawa.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My friend @tonyadavidson.bsky.social wrote a book about ottawa! Make sure you get yourself a copy too. Available pretty much everywhere.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I woke up anxious about my domestic train travel in Canada, and my gut was correct- first leg of train trip cancelled by VIA :(
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 19/12/2025
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Just have people over! Chelsea Fagan on combatting loneliness and ditching perfection
The millennial writer invites friends to her home for meals often and thinks others should, too
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Public washrooms are a gender equity issue, a healthy aging issue, and ableism issue…
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
And yet 55+ get discounts at pharmacies…
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Ahead of the upcoming book launch for Ottawology Willemijn Bunskoek has written a glowing review of the book for Apt613. @tonyadavidson.bsky.social apt613.ca/tonya-davids...
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Tonya Davidson’s Ottawology invites readers to look at Ottawa through the lens of sociology in an accessible way
I had the opportunity to review some of Tonya Davidson's new book, Ottawology, got together with her to talk about this new book: how the research came to life, what makes Ottawa unique, and, perhaps ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Investing smartly in public transit checks ALL the boxes right now, @mark-carney.bsky.social. It’s a credible example of both real nation-building & climate action. It’s a proven cost SAVER with a great ROI that makes Canadian cities more successful & competitive. It supports equity & affordability.
Skytrain in Vancouver BRT in Ontario
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
At Perfect Books on Elgin St #Ottawa
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
At Ottawa bookstores near u! (This is Rideau Indigo)
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
We do not talk nearly enough about Lac- Mégantic.
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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The decision to remove speed cameras from Ontario streets is unbelievably irresponsible and flies in the face of clear evidence … even police chiefs are against this populist move. It’s disgraceful.
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Ford government says it will ban speed cameras across Ontario | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the traffic enforcement tool a "cash grab" at a news conference in Vaughan Thursday. He said his government will introduce new legislation to ban speed cameras.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Liking this on Sunnyside
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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
UTP author @tonyadavidson.bsky.social invites you to discover a new way of teaching introductory sociology, using Seasonal Sociology, Second Edition to bring sociological ideas to life. WHEN: October 1st at 12:00 PM WHERE: Teams Webinar Register here: bit.ly/4nE5ajy
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 29/08/2025
As a parent, I am frequently reminded that washrooms are a crucial but frequently overlooked component of public transit infrastructure
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Sarah Smith @smithsarah.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Ottawa folks - join me and Rachelle Dickenson next Thursday at the Global Centre for Pluralism to talk about 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵! I'm thrilled to be hosted by Carleton Centre for Public History (‪@cupublichistory.bsky.social‬) & the Embassy of Mexico in Canada. Details here: tinyurl.com/ottawabookla...
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I have a new book, Ottawology, coming out soon! fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ottawol...
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Ottawology
Ottawology offers an original, accessible sociological account of social structures, socialities, ecologies, and everyday life in Ottawa.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Solidarity w Air Canada flight attendants, and… and strike would have been less devastating if we had anything resembling passenger rail system
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Free Transit Ottawa 🇨🇦 @freetransitottawa.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
More frequency and expanding off-peak service to benefit shift workers - what a concept! Imagine if New Ways to Bus did this instead of cutting service to the bone. www.thewhig.com/news/local-n...
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Kingston transit expanding service into overnight hours
The new overnight service will run from midnight to 2 a.m. every evening. It will connect the Cataraqui Centre to First Canada Avenue.
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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
It sounds nice to have your own pool, but have you considered how amazing it is to have a pool in walking distance where there's almost always friends and snacks around, trained lifeguards, and zero extra costs or maintenance on your end. Public amenities are amazing!
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Yes... research the publisher... in contrast to this AI story, the very human copyeditor on a book I'm working on for @fernpub.bsky.social includes in her notes many funny asides! #delightful!
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In London, ON the firmer Greyhound station is once again a bus station... but in Ottawa, the nation's capital busses drop poor travelers wherever i guess... @arieltroster.com
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Jordan Moffatt @jordanmoffatt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It's very encouraging for Toronto that its newly-hired Chief Planner is touring Copenhagen for ideas (and posting about it). Note that the City of Ottawa has been without a chief planner since 2022.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Wow.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Yes.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Is there like a non-misogynist comedy scene in Ottawa somewhere? I don't need feminist comedy... just not the rape jokes always on offer at Absolute.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
New cafe at bank and slater. Every Person's Cafe. It's great! So helpful for the cafe desert that has existed in NoSo (bank north of somerset... just made it up ;) ) since pandemic
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Bruce Fanjoy @brucefanjoy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Where’s Pierre?! He’s missed every debate in Carleton, he doesn’t answer emails from his constituents, and he only visited this riding by accident last week. Help us win. Sign up to volunteer this weekend! event.liberal.ca/en/events/35...
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Wonder how you lose your democracy? Proactively giving legitimacy to peddlers of disinformation is definitely near the top of the list.
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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We're mad about the focus on "fare evasion". Stop punishing people for riding the bus. The penalty is absurdly high ($260) - that's a lot more than parking in a bike lane. capitalcurrent.ca/oc-transpo-c...
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OC Transpo crackdown on fare evasion draws ire of free-transit advocate - Capital Current
An Ottawa advocate for free transit service says an OC Transpo crackdown on riders who evade paying their bus or LRT fare is unfairly punishing low-income people who can’t afford the costs of travelli...
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Bruce Fanjoy @brucefanjoy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
What makes you confident that #togetherwecan defeat Pierre Poilievre? #FanjoyVsPoilievre #CanadaStrong #CarletonDeservesBetter #WheresPierre👀 🇨🇦 Qu'est-ce qui vous fait croire que #ensembleonpeut battre Pierre Poilievre ? #FanjoyVsPoilievre #UnCanadaFort #CarletonMeritMieux #OuEstPierre👀
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
“Progressive” centrists still focused on the deregulatory aspects of “abundance” in the face of **accelerating fascism**, which also has a deregulatory agenda, seems…less than helpful right now.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Sorry to be a bummer... but not sure I trust a person whose career was previously invested in financializing rental housing, w building affordable housing
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Derrick Simpson @derricksimpson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The Centretown Community Association has sent a letter supporting bus lanes on Bank Street. We need better buses and less traffic on Bank Street! @arieltroster.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social @glengower.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social
 Dear Lise Guèvremont,

We are writing to express our support for bus lanes as part of the Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility Study. At a very minimum, we believe the bus lanes must be active during peak hours and on event days at Lansdowne. 

Many residents in Centretown travel to the Glebe using the number 6 and 7 buses to visit family, get to work, or to support local businesses. As the busiest bus corridor in the city, we need to be maximizing the efficiency of bus travel to ensure traffic flows smoothly and reliably. 

The City’s own data collected outlined that 77% of respondents want more space for people outside of private vehicles on Bank Street

The CCA Transportation Committee held our 2025 priorities vote recently and improving transit on Bank Street was chosen as our number 1 priority. This is an issue with a lot of support, with the potential to improve a lot of commutes and trips for Centretown residents. 

We would encourage the City to extend the Bank Street Study into Centretown, or to consider giving Bank Street in Centretown a transit study of its own, exploring the option of bus lanes on Bank Street North of the highway. 

We are requesting a formal meeting to further discuss our vision for better buses and less traffic on Bank Street. 

Sincerely,
Rob Dekker
President, Centretown Community Association

CC:

Ariel Troster
Shawn Menard
Glen Gower
Mark Sutcliffe
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I leave town for a few weeks and now it's a new season, there's a new PM, and... v. Sadly my local drycleaners have shut :( they've been on Elgin for over a century! 😔
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Let’s not only make sure the conservative don’t win the next election, but let’s go further and make sure Poilievre doesn’t win his seat by voting for @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I guess the best thing I can see about living in Canada is having a $170 000 heart surgery and only paying for hospital parking and chocolates for the amazing nurses... ❤️❤️❤️
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Albert S. Fu @novumsimulacrum.com · 11/03/2025
I brought donuts and I'm having them vent about things they hate about writing papers. Nothing helps people bond like shared grievances and food.
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Tonya Davidson @tonyadavidson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Obviously!! Right @arieltroster.bsky.social ?
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