How can Ottawa decrease its tolerance for crap?

Ottawa, as a city, relies on the federal government and National Capital Commission to do the heavy lifting when it comes to our buildings, parks,…

April 12, 2023

Canada’s building codes and standards need to get with the times

Building codes represent a jurisdiction’s minimum standard for safe structures, and were originally developed with the primary goal of occupant safety. Over time, they have…

March 22, 2023

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