Two-Cities: Kanata/Waterloo… a tale of two islands

Many of my formative experiences have been spent on two islands surrounded by a larger body: the University of Waterloo in the City of... Read More

Two-Cities: Ottawa/Montréal

Living in Ottawa, it is hard to escape the shadow and allure of Montreal and its near mythic status of urban utopia. After living in... Read More

The City of Ottawa is carrying out a multi-year project, surveying and evaluating every built structure in the city to determine which... Read More

Citizen-led walking tours towards community-based city building. Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking tours... Read More

Now that we are a couple months removed from the public presentations and consultation process for the redevelopment of Lebreton Flats... Read More

The days and weeks following the public presentations of the two proposals for LeBreton Flats have seen both schemes dissected... Read More

On Saturday February 6, a group of community leaders, artists, architects, planners, creators, writers, historians, professionals... Read More

Last month, the NCC Capital Urbanism Lab hosted a talk with Mike Lydon, co-author of “Tactical Urbanism: Short-term action for... Read More