Wellington Street — it’s time to think beyond the vehicles

It has been a year since protestors took over Ottawa’s downtown core, rendering streets impassible and fundamentally shifting how we think about public space in…

February 3, 2023

How tall is tall

How tall is tall video transcript: Hello, thanks for having me here today. In thinking of what to talk about today, I decided I wanted…

January 4, 2023

Climate resiliency

Climate resiliency video transcript: Good evening, thanks for having me here. It’s important to start off by realizing that everything is connected. We can’t talk…

January 3, 2023

Put roads on a diet

Ottawa has a road problem. Decades of underinvestment in affordable transit, combined with continued expansion of car-dependent suburban communities and a housing affordability crisis, has…

December 20, 2022

Poor Procurement – a poor RFP is an inefficient start & leads to challenges for the NCC & public interest

The National Capital Commission (NCC) is on the brink of an exciting project that will present an opportunity to conserve and restore an excellent work…

December 7, 2022

The time for infill development action is now

There is tension between our official planning goals and how we implement them. This is inherent in how applications come forward for approval and the…

October 27, 2022