Project Pedestrian
@projectpedestrian.bsky.social
A moving-image project about some of the experiences and conditions of walking.
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My author’s website is now live!
kenwilsonwriter.ca
Thanks to Brent Pylot for all his hard work on it!
kenwilsonwriter.ca
Thanks to Brent Pylot for all his hard work on it!
KEN WILSON
Books by Ken Wilson
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November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My author’s website is now live!
kenwilsonwriter.ca
Thanks to Brent Pylot for all his hard work on it!
kenwilsonwriter.ca
Thanks to Brent Pylot for all his hard work on it!
The prolific walker and writer Iain Sinclair is the focus of today's post. You'll find links to Sinclair related books, interviews and videos via the link below.
Iain Sinclair’s London
Iain Sinclair has spent decades roaming the British capital on foot and excavating the city’s psychogeography in books such as London Orbital, where he follows the route of the M25 motorway, …
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November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The prolific walker and writer Iain Sinclair is the focus of today's post. You'll find links to Sinclair related books, interviews and videos via the link below.
Excerpt of a walk with city planner Laura Pfeifer in the Regina neighbourhood she grew up in: Argyle Park.
With a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from McGill University and experience working for the City of Toronto, Laura returned to Regina a few years ago and works for the City of Regina.
With a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from McGill University and experience working for the City of Toronto, Laura returned to Regina a few years ago and works for the City of Regina.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Excerpt of a walk with city planner Laura Pfeifer in the Regina neighbourhood she grew up in: Argyle Park.
With a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from McGill University and experience working for the City of Toronto, Laura returned to Regina a few years ago and works for the City of Regina.
With a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from McGill University and experience working for the City of Toronto, Laura returned to Regina a few years ago and works for the City of Regina.
The Pedestrian Pride Project is based in Columbus, Missouri, USA, a city with a population around 130,000.
You'll find links via the link.
You'll find links via the link.
Pedestrian Pride
The Pedestrian Pride Project is based in Columbus, Missouri, USA, a city with a population around 130,000. “Founded by community advocate and walking commuter McKenzie Ortiz, Pedestrian Pride…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Pedestrian Pride Project is based in Columbus, Missouri, USA, a city with a population around 130,000.
You'll find links via the link.
You'll find links via the link.
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My present is finally on my office wall!
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My present is finally on my office wall!
Read. Reading. Will Read. Books on walking. @therealkenwilson.bsky.social @shawnmicallef.bsky.social @laurenelkin.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Read. Reading. Will Read. Books on walking. @therealkenwilson.bsky.social @shawnmicallef.bsky.social @laurenelkin.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Robert Macfarlane has walked in places I never will. He described his book “The Old Ways” (2012) as being about, “the relationship between paths, walking and imagination”. He talks about “The Old Ways” in this @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk podcast. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Robert Macfarlane: The Old Ways | London Review Bookshop
Britain is criss-crossed by a network of ancient pathways – drovers' roads, ridgeways, green lanes and holloways – that have, from ancient times, been used for trade,…
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November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Robert Macfarlane has walked in places I never will. He described his book “The Old Ways” (2012) as being about, “the relationship between paths, walking and imagination”. He talks about “The Old Ways” in this @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk podcast. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Short excerpt of a walk I did with Tasha Alexson through Regina’s downtown. We checked out a mural devoted to local restaurateur Robert Gardikiotis who worked hard to try and make Regina’s downtown a vibrant destination in the face of bad decisions by major property owners and City Councils.
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Short excerpt of a walk I did with Tasha Alexson through Regina’s downtown. We checked out a mural devoted to local restaurateur Robert Gardikiotis who worked hard to try and make Regina’s downtown a vibrant destination in the face of bad decisions by major property owners and City Councils.
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Decided to scare pedestrians for Halloween!!
Oooooo!! Beg to cross the 8 lane stroad!!! Spooky! 👻👻
Oooooo!! Beg to cross the 8 lane stroad!!! Spooky! 👻👻
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Decided to scare pedestrians for Halloween!!
Oooooo!! Beg to cross the 8 lane stroad!!! Spooky! 👻👻
Oooooo!! Beg to cross the 8 lane stroad!!! Spooky! 👻👻
Lauren Elkin, whose book “Flâneuse: Women Walk the City” is profiled on the Resources page of the “Project Pedestrian” website, contributed a radio essay to the BBC on the types of pedestrians one encounters on urban sidewalks. @laurenelkin.bsky.social
Phone zombies, drifters, speed bumps
Lauren Elkin, whose book Flâneuse: Women Walk the City is profiled on the Resources page, contributed a radio essay to the BBC on the types of pedestrians one encounters on urban sidewalks: “…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lauren Elkin, whose book “Flâneuse: Women Walk the City” is profiled on the Resources page of the “Project Pedestrian” website, contributed a radio essay to the BBC on the types of pedestrians one encounters on urban sidewalks. @laurenelkin.bsky.social
Excerpt of a walk with Shawn Micallef along Bloor Street in Toronto.
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social is the author of “Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto” and a regular contributor to Spacing magazine and the Toronto Star. @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @spacing.bsky.social @thestar.com
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social is the author of “Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto” and a regular contributor to Spacing magazine and the Toronto Star. @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @spacing.bsky.social @thestar.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Excerpt of a walk with Shawn Micallef along Bloor Street in Toronto.
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social is the author of “Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto” and a regular contributor to Spacing magazine and the Toronto Star. @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @spacing.bsky.social @thestar.com
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social is the author of “Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto” and a regular contributor to Spacing magazine and the Toronto Star. @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @spacing.bsky.social @thestar.com
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"Longing. Nostalgia. Wanting. Aching. Thirst. A walker who comes from far away becomes a safe receptacle for such inconvenient emotions. We listen without judgment. We carry your secrets away."
Read Paul's latest dispatch from the trail in Japan: outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/goodbye-to-j...
Read Paul's latest dispatch from the trail in Japan: outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/goodbye-to-j...
Goodbye to Japan
1,500 kilometers through a landscape of desire.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Longing. Nostalgia. Wanting. Aching. Thirst. A walker who comes from far away becomes a safe receptacle for such inconvenient emotions. We listen without judgment. We carry your secrets away."
Read Paul's latest dispatch from the trail in Japan: outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/goodbye-to-j...
Read Paul's latest dispatch from the trail in Japan: outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/goodbye-to-j...
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Paul will join CBC Radio’s The Current with Matt Galloway this Thursday, Oct 23rd to discuss the latest steps in the Out of Eden Walk, a 38,000-kilometer journey across the world in the footsteps of our ancestors.
🎧 Listen to the conversation live on Thurs at 8:30 am EDT: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
🎧 Listen to the conversation live on Thurs at 8:30 am EDT: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Paul will join CBC Radio’s The Current with Matt Galloway this Thursday, Oct 23rd to discuss the latest steps in the Out of Eden Walk, a 38,000-kilometer journey across the world in the footsteps of our ancestors.
🎧 Listen to the conversation live on Thurs at 8:30 am EDT: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
🎧 Listen to the conversation live on Thurs at 8:30 am EDT: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
CBC Radio Saskatchewan's Blue Sky devoted an episode to walking.
Photo courtesy of the Buffalo People Arts Institute.
You can listen to it via the link.
Photo courtesy of the Buffalo People Arts Institute.
You can listen to it via the link.
How walking changes the way we see the world
CBC Radio Saskatchewan’s Blue Sky devoted an episode to walking: “Ken Wilson spent days walking the car-centric bypass highway around Regina. He wrote about his experience in a new book…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
CBC Radio Saskatchewan's Blue Sky devoted an episode to walking.
Photo courtesy of the Buffalo People Arts Institute.
You can listen to it via the link.
Photo courtesy of the Buffalo People Arts Institute.
You can listen to it via the link.
There are films that place walking at the heart of the story. Two favourites that feature characters on foot are Richard Linklater’s "Before Sunrise" (1995) and "Before Sunset" (2004).
These films beautifully evoke the pleasures of walking and talking.
These films beautifully evoke the pleasures of walking and talking.
In the footsteps of Celine and Jesse
There are films that place walking at the heart of the story. Two favourites that feature characters on foot are Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise (1995), in which the main characters Celine…
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October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
There are films that place walking at the heart of the story. Two favourites that feature characters on foot are Richard Linklater’s "Before Sunrise" (1995) and "Before Sunset" (2004).
These films beautifully evoke the pleasures of walking and talking.
These films beautifully evoke the pleasures of walking and talking.
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Check out our latest podcast where we get into the nitty gritty of “messy urbanism.” Plus, how some Toronto laneways are getting a glowup: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 90, Bless this urban mess - Spacing Toronto
Change in cities is often slow, when using official channels. There is a desire to achieve the perfect plan, one that balances everyone’s needs an preferences. But sometimes you need to get down and d...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Check out our latest podcast where we get into the nitty gritty of “messy urbanism.” Plus, how some Toronto laneways are getting a glowup: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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My 49th Shelf post, a list of 11 Canadian books about walking, is up: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
Walking Connects Us · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place by the Side of the Road (University of Regina Press).
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October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My 49th Shelf post, a list of 11 Canadian books about walking, is up: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
The first walk shot for Project Pedestrian was across Paris to visit the tomb of the great filmmaker Agnès Varda.
As we were passing through Luxembourg Gardens, a woman ahead of us had hair that seemed Varda inspired.
As we were passing through Luxembourg Gardens, a woman ahead of us had hair that seemed Varda inspired.
October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The first walk shot for Project Pedestrian was across Paris to visit the tomb of the great filmmaker Agnès Varda.
As we were passing through Luxembourg Gardens, a woman ahead of us had hair that seemed Varda inspired.
As we were passing through Luxembourg Gardens, a woman ahead of us had hair that seemed Varda inspired.
In Canada, there are an average of 300 pedestrian fatalities every year.
There are changes that can be made to improve the situation for pedestrians at intersections, but they require a municipality to make pedestrian safety a priority.
Follow the link to find out more.
There are changes that can be made to improve the situation for pedestrians at intersections, but they require a municipality to make pedestrian safety a priority.
Follow the link to find out more.
I’m walkin’ here!
If you’ve walked in a North American city, there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed and/or experienced something similar to that of Ratso and Joe in Midnight Cowboy – a driver…
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October 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In Canada, there are an average of 300 pedestrian fatalities every year.
There are changes that can be made to improve the situation for pedestrians at intersections, but they require a municipality to make pedestrian safety a priority.
Follow the link to find out more.
There are changes that can be made to improve the situation for pedestrians at intersections, but they require a municipality to make pedestrian safety a priority.
Follow the link to find out more.
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My book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place From the Side of the Road, has been reviewed in the October issue of Harper's.
I was told this was going to happen, but I'm still surprised to see it. Well, shocked. And, of course, grateful that my book has received this thoughtful response.
I was told this was going to happen, but I'm still surprised to see it. Well, shocked. And, of course, grateful that my book has received this thoughtful response.
September 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place From the Side of the Road, has been reviewed in the October issue of Harper's.
I was told this was going to happen, but I'm still surprised to see it. Well, shocked. And, of course, grateful that my book has received this thoughtful response.
I was told this was going to happen, but I'm still surprised to see it. Well, shocked. And, of course, grateful that my book has received this thoughtful response.
Congratulations to Ken Wilson on the release of "Walking The Bypass", published by University of Regina Press. @therealkenwilson.bsky.social
Walking The Bypass
Congratulations to Ken Wilson on the public launch of Walking The Bypass, published by University of Regina Press. Ken’s book evolved from a series of walks he took during the pandemic lockdo…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Congratulations to Ken Wilson on the release of "Walking The Bypass", published by University of Regina Press. @therealkenwilson.bsky.social
The origins of needing to walk 10,000 steps a day lies in marketing rather than science. (Not that walking 10,000 steps is a bad thing).
The marketing of 10,000 steps
We walk for a variety of reasons: transportation, exploration, contemplation. Over the past decade there has been a lot of attention paid to walking as a form of exercise, and the idea that one nee…
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October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The origins of needing to walk 10,000 steps a day lies in marketing rather than science. (Not that walking 10,000 steps is a bad thing).
Johnny Strides live streams his daily walks around Toronto.
Johnny Strides
Johnny Strides is the handle of John Hicks, who’s been posting videos of his walks – mostly in Toronto but elsewhere as well – since before the COVID pandemic. His YouTube channel…
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September 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Johnny Strides live streams his daily walks around Toronto.
Lauren Elkin provides a response to the limited notion of the flâneur in her book "Flâneuse". In "Straggle", Tanis MacDonald brings together essays around the experiences of a woman walking in the world.
@laurenelkin.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@laurenelkin.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Flânerie
I was first introduced to the word flâneur and the ideas behind it in grad school. In learning about it, I realised in many ways flânerie described behaviour I’d be pursuing for some time: leisurel…
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September 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lauren Elkin provides a response to the limited notion of the flâneur in her book "Flâneuse". In "Straggle", Tanis MacDonald brings together essays around the experiences of a woman walking in the world.
@laurenelkin.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@laurenelkin.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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a good flâneur.euse has sharp sidewalk awareness www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/n...
This Frustrated New York Pedestrian Calls Out Bad Walkers
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September 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
a good flâneur.euse has sharp sidewalk awareness www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/n...