Defining Ottawa Together; Culture in the Official Plan
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The City of Ottawa's Official Plan provides a vision for the future growth of the city and a policy framework to guide the city's physical development. In 2019, the City of Ottawa is beginning a multi-year process to develop a new Official Plan.
On Thursday, October 17 from 2 to 6 pm in Council Chambers at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, the City's Cultural Development and Initiatives Section hosted an open event called Defining Ottawa Together: Culture in the Official Plan. This public engagement session aimed to define the future of Ottawa through culture. Ideas were proposed and places/spaces were identified.
This website is where the ideas from that session will live, and where you can participate from Friday, October 18 to Sunday, October 27 even if you couldn't join the session. Here is how:
- Ideas: Vote on the ideas from the Thursday, October 17 event that resonate with you the most
- Places: Identify your key spaces and places according to suggested themes
- Forum: Build on existing ideas or discuss new ideas
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Common themes include:
- Connection: Hubs and gathering spaces and places, for ceremony, for celebration, and to connect people, products and projects;
- Stewardship: Safeguarding, respecting and protecting cultural and natural heritage;
- Access to cultural places and spaces for all;
- Mobility: walkability, transit, happy and effective ways to get there.
- Ceremony, celebration, gathering space
- What are the existing places and spaces connected to this theme?
- What kinds of spaces and places are you looking for to enable your cultural practice and participation? What are the characteristics of this kind of place and space?
- What are the concrete opportunities and solutions that you see?
View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
Restore access for ceremony to Victoria Island after remediation, and communicate with Indigenous communities around progress and status
almost 4 years ago
Ensure to engage + consult with Host Nation (11 communities), First Nations, Inuit and Métis, (elders and youth) on land use policies.
almost 4 years ago
Increase Indigenous presence + visibility by naming and renaming of place and space in Anishinabemowin; more Anishinabe public art downtown
almost 4 years ago
Review and revise City policies and bylaws to ensure that Indigenous ceremony and celebration can occur in indoor and outdoor City space(s)
almost 4 years ago
Identify and equip safe and secure outdoor space(s) for ceremony in Ottawa, hosted and facilitated by the Algonquin Anishinabe Host Nation
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Common themes include:
- Connection: Hubs and gathering spaces and places, for ceremony, for celebration, and to connect people, products and projects;
- Stewardship - Safeguarding, respecting and protecting cultural and natural heritage;
- Access to cultural places and spaces for all;
- Mobility - walkability, transit, happy and effective ways to get there.
Specific themes include:
- Cultural practice, living culture, gathering space
Questions:
- What are the existing places and spaces connected to this theme?
- What kinds of spaces and places are you looking for to enable your cultural practice and participation? What are the characteristics of this kind of place and space?
- What are the concrete opportunities and solutions that you see?
View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
Develop sustainable and accessible spaces to celebrate diverse cultures – inter and intra- communal spaces
almost 4 years ago
Respect established cultures in Ottawa and welcome new cultures through space and place consideration
almost 4 years ago
Include City support mechanisms for cultural communities in planning approaches
almost 4 years ago
Engage and consult new immigrants on Official Plan and other policies
almost 4 years ago
Go beyond space for one-time cultural events and festivals to build sustainable initiatives and programs that include new immigrants
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Common themes include:
- Connection: Hubs and gathering spaces and places, for a ceremony, for celebration, and to connect people, products and projects
- Stewardship: Safeguarding, respecting and protecting cultural and natural heritage
- Access to cultural places and spaces for all
- Mobility: walkability, transit, happy and effective ways to get there
- Clusters, districts, built heritage, co-location of assets, proximity, gathering space
Questions- What are the existing places and spaces connected to this theme?
- What kinds of spaces and places are you looking for to enable your cultural practice, participation and access? What are the characteristics of this kind of place and space?
- What are the concrete opportunities and solutions that you see?
View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
Artists are looking for ways to access affordable workspace and housing with access to sustainable financial resources
almost 4 years ago
Re-purpose/co-locate or partner with managers/owners of underused space, malls, churches, sports plexes to create affordable cultural spac
almost 4 years ago
Develop local cultural hubs that reflect the community and its needs, creating an opportunity to share and celebrate the local culture
almost 4 years ago
Map current cultural inventory to identify opportunities and note cultural deficits in certain areas
almost 4 years ago
All development/intensification has a cultural component to be considered when planning
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Common themes include:
- Connection - Hubs and gathering spaces and places, for ceremony, for celebration, and to connect people, products and projects
- Stewardship - Safeguarding, respecting and protecting cultural and natural heritage
- Access to cultural places and spaces for all
- Mobility: walkability, transit, happy and effective ways to get there.
- Stewardship, protection, safeguarding, safe access and the junction of culture and nature
- What are the existing significant places and spaces connected to this theme?
- What kinds of natural and rural spaces, parks and open spaces are you looking for to enable cultural practice, participation and learning? What are the characteristics of this kind of place and space?
- What are the concrete opportunities and solutions that you see?
View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
Concept of Complete Community should include Culture assets, such as green space, view space, park, open gathering space and place
almost 4 years ago
Walkability and access to natural and cultural assets, in all communities and neighbourhoods, is important
almost 4 years ago
It takes more time for a new community to grow as a community than building it – City Planners should include culture when planning
almost 4 years ago
Need to designate those nature and cultural assets, in all communities of Ottawa, new and old ones, to be protected for future generations
almost 4 years ago
Parks are planned and manage by the City as recreational and sport places; it should also be planned and managed them as cultural assets.
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Common themes include:
- Connection: Hubs and gathering spaces and places, for ceremony, for celebration, and to connect people, products and projects
- Stewardship: Safeguarding, respecting and protecting cultural and natural heritage
- Access to cultural places and spaces for all
- Mobility: walkability, transit, happy and effective ways to get there
Questions:- What are the existing on-line places and spaces connected to this theme?
- What kinds of online spaces and places are you looking for to enable your cultural practice, participation, and access? What are the characteristics of this kind of on-line place and space?
- What are the concrete opportunities and solutions that you see?
View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
Online sales makes Ottawa a more sustainable place to pursue a global career in the arts. How are we preparing for that market opportunity?
almost 4 years ago
• Mapping the relationship between Ottawa’s informatic and transportation networks, and how they are affecting cultural lad use patterns.
almost 4 years ago
Using official communication channels not only to send information one-way, but to better understand the needs of communities with dialogue
almost 4 years ago
Developing more physical spaces that focus on the local / global connections and opportunities for residents and businesses.
almost 4 years ago
Researching how working online affects decisions about places that we travel to and how we’re able to access culture + information
Page last updated: 21 Oct 2019, 04:13 PM
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