Brian Doucet
@briandoucet.bsky.social
Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography
I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
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I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
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Brian Doucet
@briandoucet.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi everyone!
I'm a planning professor at the University of Waterloo, researching housing, transportation & how they relate to each other.
I'm moving from Twitter & I'll post more here soon.
Here are links to some stuff I've written:
theconversation.com/profiles/bri...
spacing.ca/toronto/auth...
I'm a planning professor at the University of Waterloo, researching housing, transportation & how they relate to each other.
I'm moving from Twitter & I'll post more here soon.
Here are links to some stuff I've written:
theconversation.com/profiles/bri...
spacing.ca/toronto/auth...
Here's the info for the Ottawa screening! I'm looking forward to this event, especially since @cwhitzman.bsky.social & I will talk housing as part of the Q&A discussion after the film!
The event is free & all are welcome
The event is free & all are welcome
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Here's the info for the Ottawa screening! I'm looking forward to this event, especially since @cwhitzman.bsky.social & I will talk housing as part of the Q&A discussion after the film!
The event is free & all are welcome
The event is free & all are welcome
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Ottawa screening on December 1 at 7pm - University of Ottawa (details in link below).
Thank you, @waterloompp.bsky.social for sharing our film event & discussion in the Ontario legislature.
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca
Yesterday, I presented the Stop Ford's Attack on Tenant Rights petition. On Sunday, I hosted a housing forum, inc the doc Thinking Beyond the Market. We'll never stabilize the economy without a strong housing strategy, which ON doesn't have. #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ottawa screening on December 1 at 7pm - University of Ottawa (details in link below).
Thank you, @waterloompp.bsky.social for sharing our film event & discussion in the Ontario legislature.
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca
Yesterday, I presented the Stop Ford's Attack on Tenant Rights petition. On Sunday, I hosted a housing forum, inc the doc Thinking Beyond the Market. We'll never stabilize the economy without a strong housing strategy, which ON doesn't have. #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thank you, @waterloompp.bsky.social for sharing our film event & discussion in the Ontario legislature.
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca
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Yesterday, I presented the Stop Ford's Attack on Tenant Rights petition. On Sunday, I hosted a housing forum, inc the doc Thinking Beyond the Market. We'll never stabilize the economy without a strong housing strategy, which ON doesn't have. #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yesterday, I presented the Stop Ford's Attack on Tenant Rights petition. On Sunday, I hosted a housing forum, inc the doc Thinking Beyond the Market. We'll never stabilize the economy without a strong housing strategy, which ON doesn't have. #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social
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The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
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Thanks to everyone who came to our free screening of the documentary "Thinking Beyond the Market" by Dr Brian Doucet. The panel discussion that followed left me feeling positive & optimistic about housing possibilities for the future. #onpoli
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to our free screening of the documentary "Thinking Beyond the Market" by Dr Brian Doucet. The panel discussion that followed left me feeling positive & optimistic about housing possibilities for the future. #onpoli
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR
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It’s time to check out the Toronto’s newest transit station
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s time to check out the Toronto’s newest transit station
Waterloo screening of ‘Thinking Beyond the Market’ happening today!
While both theatres at the Princess Twin are fully booked, there are a few walk in seats still available. Doors open at 12:30
Look for more local screenings at www.housingfilm.ca including at KPL in downtown Kitchener on 26 January!
While both theatres at the Princess Twin are fully booked, there are a few walk in seats still available. Doors open at 12:30
Look for more local screenings at www.housingfilm.ca including at KPL in downtown Kitchener on 26 January!
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Waterloo screening of ‘Thinking Beyond the Market’ happening today!
While both theatres at the Princess Twin are fully booked, there are a few walk in seats still available. Doors open at 12:30
Look for more local screenings at www.housingfilm.ca including at KPL in downtown Kitchener on 26 January!
While both theatres at the Princess Twin are fully booked, there are a few walk in seats still available. Doors open at 12:30
Look for more local screenings at www.housingfilm.ca including at KPL in downtown Kitchener on 26 January!
Reposted by Brian Doucet
On today's World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims it is worth noting that in the two years since Wales implemented a national default 20mph (32km/h) there have been 25% fewer casualties on such roads with over 1,000 fewer people killed or injured. youtu.be/efr3uVKpOwY
UN World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims - Theme: Remember. Support. Act. - English
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
On today's World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims it is worth noting that in the two years since Wales implemented a national default 20mph (32km/h) there have been 25% fewer casualties on such roads with over 1,000 fewer people killed or injured. youtu.be/efr3uVKpOwY
I’ve already got my tickets to the Sceptres game in Hamilton in January! Can’t wait!
PWHL will play ‘Takeover Tour’ games in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
PWHL will play ‘Takeover Tour’ games in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
PWHL will play ‘Takeover Tour’ games in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and more
The PWHL's third season will include 16 neutral-site games hosted by seven new cities and four returning markets.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’ve already got my tickets to the Sceptres game in Hamilton in January! Can’t wait!
PWHL will play ‘Takeover Tour’ games in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
PWHL will play ‘Takeover Tour’ games in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Early this morning outside Amsterdam, a Tesla drove through Lebel crossing barriers and crashed into a tram, causing it to derail and injuring 3 people.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/dr...
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/dr...
Drie gewonden en een flinke ravage na ongeluk tussen Tesla en tram bij Uithoorn: ‘Het was een harde klap’
In Uithoorn zijn zaterdagochtend een tram en een Tesla op elkaar gebotst. Daardoor ontspoorde tram 25, die het hele weekend niet volgens dienst rijdt. Drie mensen raakten gewond. De bestuurder van de ...
www.parool.nl
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Early this morning outside Amsterdam, a Tesla drove through Lebel crossing barriers and crashed into a tram, causing it to derail and injuring 3 people.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/dr...
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/dr...
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
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A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yesterday I was in Toronto leading a walking tour for some of our planning students. We talked about streetcars &
I told them the best observation, which came from my 4YO riding a slow Dundas car a few years ago:
"What happens if you take the streetcar and you want to get somewhere quickly"
I told them the best observation, which came from my 4YO riding a slow Dundas car a few years ago:
"What happens if you take the streetcar and you want to get somewhere quickly"
We're happy to announce that we're looking for a volunteer to lead our advocacy efforts for the TTC Streetcar network. Our streetcars are some of the slowest in the world, and on time performance was just 61% last month. As our streetcar lead, you will have the responsibility of:
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November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yesterday I was in Toronto leading a walking tour for some of our planning students. We talked about streetcars &
I told them the best observation, which came from my 4YO riding a slow Dundas car a few years ago:
"What happens if you take the streetcar and you want to get somewhere quickly"
I told them the best observation, which came from my 4YO riding a slow Dundas car a few years ago:
"What happens if you take the streetcar and you want to get somewhere quickly"
Reposted by Brian Doucet
We're happy to announce that we're looking for a volunteer to lead our advocacy efforts for the TTC Streetcar network. Our streetcars are some of the slowest in the world, and on time performance was just 61% last month. As our streetcar lead, you will have the responsibility of:
1/3
1/3
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We're happy to announce that we're looking for a volunteer to lead our advocacy efforts for the TTC Streetcar network. Our streetcars are some of the slowest in the world, and on time performance was just 61% last month. As our streetcar lead, you will have the responsibility of:
1/3
1/3
It never should have been about the fucking money.
Burn it;
Bury it in a mine in the Ring of Fire;
Have a raffle to give it back to drivers who obey the limit.
We needed a grown up conversation.
Intead, Ontarians will needless die because of Ford's reckless actions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/eul...
Burn it;
Bury it in a mine in the Ring of Fire;
Have a raffle to give it back to drivers who obey the limit.
We needed a grown up conversation.
Intead, Ontarians will needless die because of Ford's reckless actions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/eul...
Eulogy for a speed camera: As Ontario’s ban begins, an ode to the oft-felled Parkside Drive sentry
We come to bury speed cameras, with a eulogy for the ace of Toronto's automated speed enforcement fleet, the Parkside Drive speed camera.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It never should have been about the fucking money.
Burn it;
Bury it in a mine in the Ring of Fire;
Have a raffle to give it back to drivers who obey the limit.
We needed a grown up conversation.
Intead, Ontarians will needless die because of Ford's reckless actions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/eul...
Burn it;
Bury it in a mine in the Ring of Fire;
Have a raffle to give it back to drivers who obey the limit.
We needed a grown up conversation.
Intead, Ontarians will needless die because of Ford's reckless actions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/eul...
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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Let’s GO (train) Blue Jays!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Let’s GO (train) Blue Jays!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
Let’s GO (train) Blue Jays!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Let’s GO (train) Blue Jays!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!
Reposted by Brian Doucet
Day 13 - Tokyo Walking Subway Map
Walking distance in minutes between all Tokyo subway stations
Photo by Gregory Lane h/t @tokyocheapo.com
Cc: @rmtransit.bsky.social
tokyocheapo.com/tokyo-cheapo...
Walking distance in minutes between all Tokyo subway stations
Photo by Gregory Lane h/t @tokyocheapo.com
Cc: @rmtransit.bsky.social
tokyocheapo.com/tokyo-cheapo...
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Day 13 - Tokyo Walking Subway Map
Walking distance in minutes between all Tokyo subway stations
Photo by Gregory Lane h/t @tokyocheapo.com
Cc: @rmtransit.bsky.social
tokyocheapo.com/tokyo-cheapo...
Walking distance in minutes between all Tokyo subway stations
Photo by Gregory Lane h/t @tokyocheapo.com
Cc: @rmtransit.bsky.social
tokyocheapo.com/tokyo-cheapo...
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FULLY BOOKED! This Sun Nov 16 at Princess Cinemas, I'll be hosting a FREE screening of the affordable housing doc "Thinking Beyond the Market", followed by a panel discussion. The topic is so popular that I booked a second theatre - and now that's filled, too! #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
FULLY BOOKED! This Sun Nov 16 at Princess Cinemas, I'll be hosting a FREE screening of the affordable housing doc "Thinking Beyond the Market", followed by a panel discussion. The topic is so popular that I booked a second theatre - and now that's filled, too! #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social
‘AI generated garbage’ is a very apt term to describe all the fake stuff out there shaping how we remember, how we think and how we act.
Critical thinking skills are needed now more than ever.
Good article in Toronto Star about fake WWII videos
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
Critical thinking skills are needed now more than ever.
Good article in Toronto Star about fake WWII videos
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
How fake AI history is threatening Remembrance Day — with endless YouTube videos glamorizing Nazis
A search for any historical topic is sure to be met with a torrent of fake AI-generated garbage — at real cost to our history.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
‘AI generated garbage’ is a very apt term to describe all the fake stuff out there shaping how we remember, how we think and how we act.
Critical thinking skills are needed now more than ever.
Good article in Toronto Star about fake WWII videos
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
Critical thinking skills are needed now more than ever.
Good article in Toronto Star about fake WWII videos
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
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Great article in today's Waterloo Region Record about the Waterloo Premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing.'
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
‘I want to be optimistic’: New film by UW prof explores solutions to housing crisis
Brian Doucet’s new feature-length documentary, “Thinking Beyond the Market,” takes a cross-Canada look at solutions that can put housing in the hands of those who need it the most.
www.therecord.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great article in today's Waterloo Region Record about the Waterloo Premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing.'
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Great article in today's Waterloo Region Record about the Waterloo Premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing.'
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
‘I want to be optimistic’: New film by UW prof explores solutions to housing crisis
Brian Doucet’s new feature-length documentary, “Thinking Beyond the Market,” takes a cross-Canada look at solutions that can put housing in the hands of those who need it the most.
www.therecord.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great article in today's Waterloo Region Record about the Waterloo Premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing.'
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Suburban stadiums surrounded by parking lots hold spectators hostage with exorbitant parking charges!
A reminder that the stadium in downtown Toronto is on the GO Train network (which has ample free parking throughout the region)
Weekend network day pass $10
Downtown stadium in Vancouver similar
A reminder that the stadium in downtown Toronto is on the GO Train network (which has ample free parking throughout the region)
Weekend network day pass $10
Downtown stadium in Vancouver similar
FIFA's current parking prices will cost more than some actual match tickets at previous World Cups.
Parking and transportation have long represented an imposing challenge for the World Cup’s 16 North American host cities.
Parking and transportation have long represented an imposing challenge for the World Cup’s 16 North American host cities.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Suburban stadiums surrounded by parking lots hold spectators hostage with exorbitant parking charges!
A reminder that the stadium in downtown Toronto is on the GO Train network (which has ample free parking throughout the region)
Weekend network day pass $10
Downtown stadium in Vancouver similar
A reminder that the stadium in downtown Toronto is on the GO Train network (which has ample free parking throughout the region)
Weekend network day pass $10
Downtown stadium in Vancouver similar