Cherie T
@cherietell.bsky.social
A longtime YEG resident. Advocate of gender equity, city building, walkability, and bike commuting. Lover of our river valley. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦🚲♈️ 🏞️
From a comment on the original Built To Fail video: 'Toronto and Vancouver are expensive because of density!" Incorrect. Toronto and Vancouver are dense because their land is expensive. The social purpose of density to to split expensive land across multiple payers.
I have such a difficult time hearing white privileged home owners complain about the impacts of density in their neighborhoods when I know the realities of the housing crisis & those on the verge of homelessness. This is part of why I spoke at city council today www.waveedmonton.ca/blog/letter-...
Our Review of the Zoning Bylaw Amendments — Women's Advisory Voice of Edmonton
WAVE wrote a letter to Edmonton City Council regarding our concerns with the lack of consultation with Advisory Committees or a thorough GBA Plus Analysis for the upcoming Zoning Bylaw Amendments.
waveedmonton.ca
🧵 NEW POST: THE NODES AND CORRIDORS DECEPTION Is Administration moving the goalposts to justify cutting housing options? In their report for Feb 9, Administration used "majority" for the first time to describe what they expect from nodes corridors. #yegcc #yeg www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/no...
The nodes and corridors deception – Jacob Dawang
In their report for the February 9 Urban Planning Committee, Administration claim that they expected a majority of redevelopment to occur in nodes and corridors. Is this moving the goalposts?
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After two decades of being an employee… I’m venturing off on my own and started a consultancy! Www.cherie.biz
Cherie Tellier-Klassen Consulting | public relations | Edmonton, AB, Canada
Communications and public relations consulting beyond the status quo. Cherie is a strategic leader and change agent with 23+ years of experience driving organizational growth, community development, c...
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It’s been an incredible 8 years as ED of OSBA. Leading an organization and 600 businesses through a global pandemic wasn’t in my cards when I joined in 2017, but thanks to an incredible team, we did it. This has been my most challenging and rewarding roles in my career. oldstrathcona.ca/thank-you/
A Celebration of Achievement and Farewell - Old Strathcona Business Association, Edmonton
Celebrating and saying farewell to Cherie Klassen -- the former Executive Director of Old Strathcona Business Association
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Interesting that some city council candidates are campaigning on this and some are not. Voters told Taproot they want a more walkable city edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/09...
Voters told Taproot they want a more walkable city
The growing responses to Taproot's listening work in the lead up to October's municipal election reveal that many voters want the city to be more walkable, meaning the pedestrian experience is safe, p...
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I’m excited to see a strong independent mayoral candidate who evokes integrity, innovative thinking and transparency. Go Andrew! @andrewknack.bsky.social
This is an incredibly disturbing trend… book banning in schools never leads to anything good.
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last yr.story here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Ride of the Fancy Women is an Edmonton tradition. We don our fave cycle chic & slow roll to proclaim: •Bicycles are women's freedom machines •Bicycles fight traffic congestion •Bicycles fight climate change •City streets must welcome ♀️to 🚲 Jun 8ʻ25, details: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ride-of-th...
Ride of the Fancy Women, 2025!
Bring your whimsy & glamour to advocate for safer women-welcoming bicycle infrastructure & to celebrate bicycles as women's freedom machines
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We just invited @EdmontonJournal reporter JCarmichael to join the Ride of the Fancy Women on June 8th so she could see for herself that macho nimbys arguing against safe infrastructure don't represent all the voices, or why we need proper bike lanes in #Edmonton. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Speaking at Edmonton City council committee to support the creation of a reserve fun for the Old Strathcona public realm strategy.
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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This International women’s day my message to my fellow women is to not give up. I know the world is dark and working against us but we cannot let those who wish to oppress us win. Let’s stick together and lift each other up! 🚺💪
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.
Nous sommes en retard notre temps. So we only just found this great @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social video. youtu.be/Nx7WtIAt9RM?...
Here’s What Happens When You Prioritize Kids Over Cars
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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Turns out being supported by the same people who support Trump, copying Trumps lazy insult lines, doing Trump-like things like refusing to get the normal security clearance (assuming he CAN get it), & generally wanting to BE Canada’s Trump isn’t all that popular in Canada. Via @nationalobserver.com
Poilievre is losing ground thanks to the Trump effect
A plurality of Conservative supporters in Canada support Donald Trump. Do they realize that's about to cost them the next federal election?
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
31 bakeries, cafes, bubble tea shops, & pubs in Old Strathcona are waiting for you w/ tasty treats & delicious drinks. We're offering our brand new Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tart & a No-Nonsense Coffee 😀 Visit oldstrathcona.ca/sweettreats/ for a map & details about prizes! #SweetTreatsYEG
Sweet Treats & Latte Festival - Old Strathcona Business Association, Edmonton
Our coffee and dessert festival returns for 2024. We have even more sweets and treats in store for you this year!
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Some days work doesn’t feel like work… today’s projects: moving a giant donut, three media interviews about the sweetest food festival in Old Strathcona and lots of laughter watching my staff’s outtakes on creating media content!
Absolutely magical winter night in #yeg Mill Creek Ravine for Flying Canoe Volant festival. So lovely!
I’ve been in a public facing executive role for the last 7 years & the amount of aggression, harassment & bullying I’ve encountered the last year has been greater than I’ve experienced in the previous 6. I suspect it’s about to get worse. Take care of your peeps & watch out for one another, folks.
If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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