• Indigenous place and space

    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:

    • Ceremony, celebration, gathering space
    Questions:
    1. What are the existing places and spaces connected to this theme?
    2. What kinds of spac...
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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 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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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Ensure to engage + consult with Host Nation (11 communities), First Nations, Inuit and Métis, (elders and youth) on land use policies.

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 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)

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Increase Indigenous presence + visibility by naming and renaming of place and space in Anishinabemowin; more Anishinabe public art downtown

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Restore access for ceremony to Victoria Island after remediation, and communicate with Indigenous communities around progress and status

  • New immigrants places and spaces

    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:

    1. What are the existing places and spaces connected to this them...
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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Respect established cultures in Ottawa and welcome new cultures through space and place consideration

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Develop sustainable and accessible spaces to celebrate diverse cultures – inter and intra- communal spaces

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Engage and consult new immigrants on Official Plan and other policies

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Include City support mechanisms for cultural communities in planning approaches

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Go beyond space for one-time cultural events and festivals to build sustainable initiatives and programs that include new immigrants

  • Arts, heritage and cultural hubs

    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
    Specific themes include:
    • Clusters, districts, built heritage, co-location of assets, proximity, gathering space

    Questions
    1. What are the existing place...
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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    All development/intensification has a cultural component to be considered when planning

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Re-purpose/co-locate or partner with managers/owners of underused space, malls, churches, sports plexes to create affordable cultural spac

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Map current cultural inventory to identify opportunities and note cultural deficits in certain areas

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Develop local cultural hubs that reflect the community and its needs, creating an opportunity to share and celebrate the local culture

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Artists are looking for ways to access affordable workspace and housing with access to sustainable financial resources

  • Natural and rural areas, parks and open spaces

    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:

    • Stewardship, protection, safeguarding, safe access and the junction of culture and nature
    Questions:
    1. What are the existing sig...
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    lachapelfr, City of Ottawa

    6 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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    lachapelfr, City of Ottawa

    6 years ago

    Walkability and access to natural and cultural assets, in all communities and neighbourhoods, is important

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    lachapelfr, City of Ottawa

    6 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

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    lachapelfr, City of Ottawa

    6 years ago

    Concept of Complete Community should include Culture assets, such as green space, view space, park, open gathering space and place

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    lachapelfr, City of Ottawa

    6 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

  • Culture online

    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:

    Online culture and connection, technology infrastructure, access and engagement, virtual workspace, cultural authenticity, socia...
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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Using official communication channels not only to send information one-way, but to better understand the needs of communities with dialogue

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Developing more physical spaces that focus on the local / global connections and opportunities for residents and businesses.

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 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?

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    Researching how working online affects decisions about places that we travel to and how we’re able to access culture + information

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    Kwende.Kefentse

    6 years ago

    • Mapping the relationship between Ottawa’s informatic and transportation networks, and how they are affecting cultural lad use patterns.