Here is the final part of Erwin Dreessen’s op-ed series looking at the City of Ottawa’s new official plan. Read Part 1 or Part 2 elsewhere on the blog, or check out the whole thing as a single article in the Spring 2021 PEN. What is missing in the draft Official Plan released last November? The list is long but here are some highlights, and … Continue reading Part 3: City of Ottawa-New Official Plan
We recently shared part one of a three part series of op-eds by Erwin Dreessen on our blog. Here is the next op-ed in the series: (you can also read them as one article in the Spring 2021 PEN edition) Remarkably, the best stuff is in the environment area. There are some good policies on increasing resiliency against extreme heat. The overall goal for the … Continue reading Part 2: City of Ottawa-New Official Plan
Have you heard about Ottawa’s new official plan? Erwin Dreessen recently wrote a series of op-eds that discuss this topic. We would like to share all the op-eds in the series with you (also featured in the Spring 2021 Edition of the PEN!). Here is part one: What is meaningful consultation? This question is at the root of much of the recent debate about Ottawa’s … Continue reading Part 1: City of Ottawa-New Official Plan
In our last podcast recommendation post, we focused on environmentally themed podcasts. This week our podcast recommendations focus on social justice. So, if you’re interested in social justice issues and looking for more podcasts to listen to, then keep reading. Again, this blog post, like the last one, is inspired by this Instagram post from @lauraoconnorr. The podcast recommendations are split into different categories based … Continue reading Podcast Recommendations #2-Social Justice
Have you heard of feminist economics? If you haven’t that’s ok. Today, we are here to talk more about this term and also tell you about a webinar that is coming up that relates to this topic that you may be interested in checking out. What is Feminist Economics? Feminist economics can be described as looking at the study of economics, but in a way … Continue reading Feminist Economics
by PERC The horrifying death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis on May 25th is the latest in a tragic string of deaths of black people at the hands of the police, and one which has fanned the flames of protest around institutional racism in much of North America. It has left many of us wondering what we can do to … Continue reading Addressing Racism Locally
by Barbara Sibbald and Stuart Kinmond, Co-chairs, Single-Use Plastics Group, Centretown Community Association Safety is vital during the COVID-19 pandemic, but so is accurate information. Lately, there has been a resurgence of support for single-use plastic (SUP) bags, even though there is no scientific evidence that they are more hygienic than reusable bags. This has generated controversy about the use of SUP bags vs … Continue reading To Bag or Not To Bag: Reusable Bags in Ottawa During COVID-19
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