“Greenbelt” Governance Research at Carleton

Collaborating on Comparative “Greenbelt” Governance Research with Mexico Assistant Professor Jill Wigle is currently collaborating on a SSHRC-funded research project on comparative “greenbelt” governance and related processes of socio-spatial appropriation and management in Mexico City and Ottawa with Priscilla Connolly, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Master’s Programme in Planning and [...]

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Jane’s Walk Ottawa

GO AHEAD – get involved with Janes’ Walk Ottawa! Here is the schedule. Jane’s Walk is about getting close to your city, about getting out and observing, meeting your neighbours, discovering new areas, and learning about the urban landscape, streetscape, buildings, parks, public art and monuments, and the details of daily existence that weave together [...]

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David Suzuki turns 75 today!

As Dr. Suzuki turns 75 today, the cities of Ottawa and Vancouver are both declaring March 24, 2011 David Suzuki Day. In their appreciative prononucements both Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson recognized David’s contributions as a science educator and broadcaster, the 52 books he’s written, and the important work done by the [...]

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Ottawa’s action plan on homelessness

In 1999, the Province designated municipalities as “service system managers” for homelessness and devolved many formerly provincial responsibilities to the municipal level. That year, Toronto released the “Golden Report” – Anne Golden’s seminal work that called for greater homelessness prevention and shared responsibilities on a host of actions to address the issue. Read the City [...]

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Ottawa air – purest in southern Ontario

According to a new provincial report, Ottawa’s air is the purest in all of Ontario’s southern cities. The national capital achieved a ground-level ozone rating of 65 ppb (parts per billion), becoming the first southern Ontario city to meet a Canada-wide standard. By comparison, Toronto’s air contained 76 ppb worth of ozone. Windsor and Kingston [...]

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Urban Explorers video

Extremely interesting and innovative! This video is a 30-minute introduction to the practice of urban exploration. Constructed as a video article for the journal Geography Compass, the article uses footage from the author’s own explorations in California, Las Vegas and London to visually depict a theoretical unpacking of the practice by 5 academic geographers. Source: [...]

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Jane’s Walk this weekend

Jane’s Walk is a festival of free neighbourhood walking tours given by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play. Jane’s Walk is a pedestrian-focused event that improves urban literacy by offering insights into local history, planning, design, and civic engagement through the simple act of walking and observing. Jane’s Walk began [...]

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Spacing Ottawa blog

Spacing Ottawa is a daily blog about urban life in Canada’s capital city. It examines the state of public spaces, mass transit, cycling, city hall, neighbourhood planning, community development, urban design, green spaces, public art and countless other themes. Spacing Ottawa welcomes your feedback and any inquiries you may have. Email them at spacingottawa@spacing.ca or [...]

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Call for papers on Urban Citizenship

Expressions of interest are sought to participate in an upcoming paper session at the CAG Prairie Summit, June 1 – 5, 2010 at the University of Regina, which will be sponsored by the Canadian Women and Geography (CWAG) Study Group. The topic is: Urban Citizenship: new sites, new scales, new practices Building on recent interest, [...]

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