Smart City 2.0 – Ottawa’s Smart City Strategy

Being a smart city is important to Ottawa!

Last year, City Council approved its Smart City Strategy, Smart City 2.0, paving the way for Ottawa to become an even more connected, innovative, and prosperous city than it is today. Now, the City needs your help create a competitive bid for the Government of Canada's Smart Cities Challenge.

Answer our questionnaire before March 11, 2018. Your answers will help the City identify the most important challenges our communities will face in the future:
 

• How can the City better use technology to make Ottawa an even better place to live, work and play?
• Think BIG! Think BOLD! THINK OUT-OF-THE BOX!

Visit ottawa.ca/smartcity for all the details.

City of Ottawa Personal Emergency Preparedness Workshops

Learn essential information to be prepared and ready in the event of a personal emergency or disaster. It could be one of the most valuable events you ever attend.

List of available workshops:

 

• Vernon Community Centre, 7950 Lawrence Street – March 23 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Fred Barrett Arena, 3280 Leitrim Road – April 10 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Manotick Arena, 5572 Dr Leach Drive – May 9 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Osgoode Main Street – June 1 -  9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Kars Recreation Centre, 1604 Old Wellington Street  – September 13 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Metcalfe Community Centre, 2785 8th Line Road – October 11 -  9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Kenmore Community Centre, 3242 Yorks Corners Road – November 20 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am

 

Free to attend. Register at 613-580-2424 ext. 30235 or at osgooderideaurecreation@ottawa.ca

In-Person registration can be done on Tuesdays only at Metcalfe Client Service Centre: 8243 Victoria Street, Metcalfe, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. 

City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) Announcement

For anyone who is interested in becoming involved with CAWI, and especially the Women’s Action Committee, we are holding an Orientation evening on Tuesday, March 6^th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the PSAC Building at 233 Gilmour Avenue. The evening, which will include a light supper, will be your chance to understand what CAWI and the Women’s Action Committee is all about, to ask questions and to hear from current volunteers about what they have learned and enjoyed through their volunteer involvement. We have limited funds to cover transportation and childcare costs for those who need it.

For more information call Jenny at 613-798-0149.

City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) website: http://www.cawi-ivtf.org/ 

End of the 2017-2018 Skating Season

The official end date of the 2017-2018 skating season is February 28th. Given the warm weather and rain that we have been experiencing this week, it doesn't look like we'll have that many more days of ice available.

Thank you to all of our community volunteers who helped to build and maintain our community skating rink this winter. Thank you to everyone who came out to Kilreen Park with their shovels to clear off snow and to those who helped to flood the rink after this winter's freeze-thaw cycles.We would not be able to maintain a community rink without you!

We hope that everyone enjoyed this skating season!

Community Skating Party in Kilreen Park

Come out and skate with your neighbours on this beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon.

The QTSR Community Skating Party is happening today in Kilreen Park.

When: Saturday, Feb. 17th, 2:00-4:00
Where: The community skating rink in Kilreen Park (entrance at Southwood and Ryan Dr.)

There will be free refreshments and snacks!

News Brief - OCDSB Capital Priorities-Setting Consultation Process 2018

NEWS BRIEF

 

Capital Priorities-Setting Consultation Process 2018

 

Many school communities have questions about how decisions are made regarding the construction of new schools and additions. Ultimately, the Ministry of Education of Ontario makes these decisions through the approval of funding for capital projects - this is done as funding for new pupil places, additional pupil places, and in limited cases, it may also include the rebuilding of existing schools.

These funding decisions are made by the Ministry based on a list of capital priorities approved by the Board. In recent years this process has taken place on an annual basis. It is anticipated that the next Ministry call for capital submissions will come during the spring of 2018. In anticipation of the call, the capital priorities-setting consultation process was approved by the Board in November of 2017.

 



District Needs Analysis (DNA)

 

The District Needs Analysis (DNA) is one tool to assist Board during the 2018 capital priorities decision-making process and consultation. The DNAs will also inform the process over the next few years.  Other factors that are weighed in the process include, but are not limited to, child care needs, requirements of potential community hubs or partnerships, and needs resulting from reviews that serve to impact the student learning environment. The District Needs Analysis is two documents- one elementary and one secondary.

 

DNA packages for both the elementary and secondary panels have been prepared.  In accordance with Board policy, DNAs are to be updated on a four-year basis moving forward, that timing aligning with the second year of a trustee term.  Learn more.

How to Provide Your Input

 

A webpage dedicated to the capital priorities-setting process is located on the District website by clicking on the following tabs - Board of Trustees/Consultations/Other Consultations and Reviews/ OCDSB 2018 Capital Priorities-Setting Consultation Process.

​We would love to hear your ​

comments

​ regarding the capital process and the DNAs​

 via the following:

 

By email:              2018capitalpriorities@ocdsb.ca

By Fax:                 (613) 820-5210 

By Mail:                 2018 OCDSB Capital Priorities

                         133 Greenbank Road

                         Ottawa, Ontario K2H 6L3

 

Please continue to monitor the webpage for updated information as the process continues.

City of Ottawa Recreation Updates - February 2018

March Break – the perfect time for kids to try something new

Keep them in a routine but give them something new to do. March Break is the perfect opportunity for kids to explore new activities. Keep them active, let them get creative, get them playing games, let them sing, or provide them with an opportunity to build new skills and improve current ones. Find qualified and certified City staff at locations across the city. March Break camps run from March 12 to 18. Registration is open, so sign your kids up now.

Your guide to Winterlude activities at City facilities

Winterlude fun is taking over City facilities from February 2 to 19 with dance lessons for adults and children, crafts for kids, a skate party with the Mayor, rollerskating and the Crackup Snowmania challenge. There’s so many activities we can’t name them all here. Visit our guide to see them all.

Spring and Summer fun ahead!

Mark your calendars; February 21 is the launch of our online spring and summer recreation eGuide. Guides will be available in PDF format in both French and English. Find the perfect fun for everyone – it’s at your fingertips.

Registration Starts Soon!

Swimming and Aquafitness Programs  Online and Touch Tone Telephone Registration (613-580-2588) – starting Monday, March 5 at 9 pm. In-Person Registration on Tuesday, March 6 during regular business hours. All other Recreation Programs and Summer Camps  Online and Touch Tone Telephone Registration (613-580-2588) – starting Wednesday, March 7 at 9 pm. In-Person Registration on Thursday, March 8 during regular business hours.  What you need to know for registration.

Call for Artists (Ages 12-19) - Young at Art 2018

No better time than now to enter your artwork for Young at Art 2018! Participate in this citywide-juried art exhibition for a chance to exhibit your work and be recognized. Application forms are now available online here! For latest updates and everything you need to know visit ottawa.ca/youngatart.

Turn your March Break into a creative adventure at arts centres!

For a list of camps at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre and to register, click here. For a list of camps at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre and to register, click here.

At Your Museum - February 2018

Warm up to winter at your local museums

Play in the past. Make happy memories for the future.

Make tracks at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site

Did you know that cold winter conditions could actually make travel and transportation easier for settling families like the Pinheys? Experience a classic mode of winter travel and see Pinhey’s Point Historic Site in all its winter beauty with our snowshoe programs. Both Sunday Snowshoe and Snowshoeing under the Stars offer a fun way to embrace winter and to learn more about how early residents experienced the season. Visit our website for dates and info on how you can register.

Explore Ottawa’s winter heritage at Winterlude

Winterlude is celebrating the big 4-0 and we’re joining in on the fun! “Winter Heritage with the City of Ottawa Museums” will be at City Hall on February 18 and 19 from 11 am to 4 pm. Imagine winters of years past while giving period costumes a try and interacting with our artefact touch table. Getting into the Olympic spirit? Give table-top curling or a seasonal craft a sporting try.

March Break programs at your Ottawa Public Library

Join staff from Billings Estate National Historic Site, Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Nepean Museum, or Pinhey’s Point Historic Site at your local library for a fun and interactive series of March Break programs. Each program has a different theme and will allow kids to explore local history with a musical twist! Visit the Ottawa Public Library website for more info and to register.

Artefact Showcase

When royalty take public transportation, they ride in style! At least that was the case in 1901 when the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York visited Ottawa during their tour of the British Empire. A private royal streetcar was outfitted especially for the future King George V and Queen consort Mary. The opulent furnishings included 14 of the chair pictured here and the streetcar itself stood as a demonstration of the manufacturing skill of the Ottawa Car Company. You can learn more about the history of streetcars and rail in Ottawa as part of the upcoming City in Motion exhibition.

Sneak Peek at City in Motion

An exciting new exhibition is coming to your City of Ottawa Museums this spring and you can get a sneak peak at the Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place beginning March 15. City in Motion will take you on a journey through Ottawa’s transportation history from birch bark canoes to electric rail and beyond! Following its run at Ben Franklin Place, the exhibition preview will also be on display at City Hall before all four complete modules open at Billings Estate National Historic Site, Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Nepean Museum and Pinhey’s Point Historic Site respectively in May.

Family fun at Nepean Museum

Did you know Nepean Museum is open all winter? Take a break from the chilly weather and step inside to explore our latest exhibition: Play! The building blocks of learning. Play! is a hands-on museum experience, perfect for kids of all ages (and adults who are kids at heart). Visit our website for information on hours of operation.

Thank you to our volunteers!

Thank you to all the City of Ottawa Museums volunteers who were able to join us at the “Crème de la Crème” ice cream party in January! We greatly appreciate the varied contributions of all our volunteers and had a blast celebrating all of 2017’s successes with you. Spring will be here before you know it and we are already gearing up for Easter programs at several of the museums. If you are interested in joining the City of Ottawa Museums volunteer team, please contact us for more information.

Follow us on Facebook!

Get the most up-to-date details about special events and programs by following us on Facebook. Billings Estate National Historic Site Cumberland Heritage Village Museum Fairfields Heritage House Nepean Museum Pinhey’s Point Historic Site Doors Open Ottawa You can also find Cumberland Heritage Village Museum on Instagram! Do you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for our newsletter? Please contact Jennifer Maybank at jennifer.maybank@ottawa.ca or call 613-580-2424 ext. 29289.

Garden Days 2018

Save the date / Réservez cette date

June 16-24 juin 2018

 

Garden Days, a program of the Canadian Garden Council, is a joyful, country-wide celebration of the role of gardens in our communities and in our lives. The program’s objective is to draw attention to Canada’s garden culture, history and innovations and to underscore the importance of public and private gardens, the values of home gardening and the promotion of environmental stewardship. We invite you to be part in this exciting national event!

 

Le programme du Conseil canadien du jardin, les Journées du Jardin, se veut un joyeux événement à l’échelle nationale qui célèbre le rôle des jardins dans nos communautés et dans nos vies quotidiennes. L’objectif de ce programme est d’attirer l’attention sur la culture du jardin au Canada, sur son histoire et ses innovations. Aussi, les Journées du jardin se veut une occasion de souligner l’importance des jardins publics et privés, des valeurs du jardinage domestique et la promotion de la bonne gestion de l’environnement. Nous vous invitons à participer à cet événement national passionnant !

 

Gardens Ottawa / Jardins d'Ottawa

 

For more information visit the link at www.gardensottawa.ca or email us at info@gardensottawa.ca

 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez www.gardensottawa.ca ou contactez-nous par courriel à info@gardensottawa.ca

Want to Support Our Community Rink?

Are you looking for a way to support our community skating rink in Kilreen Park?

Whenever it snows we need help clearing off the ice. If you have a few minutes to spare, then bring a shovel out to the park and help us clear off some snow...and you can enjoy a skate afterwards.

The more people who come out and help, the easier it is to keep the ice clear. It is a good way to get some exercise and to meet your neighbours.

City of Ottawa - Registration for the Planning Primer II: Development Review and Implementation

February 24 and 26, 2018 (Offered in English)

Location:       City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Honeywell Boardroom, Second Floor   
8:30 a.m. to noon
March 5, 2018 (Offered in French)

Location:
City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Festival Boardroom, First Floor   
9 a.m. to noon

You can register for the course online until February 23, 2018. Seating is limited to 40 residents per session.

The Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department offers the Planning Primer Program to help residents become more aware of, and more involved in, the land-use planning process.  The program is a series of half-day courses.  Please see our schedule for other Primer courses.The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years.

Please send your questions to primer@ottawa.ca.

City of Ottawa 2018 Ethnocultural Seniors Forum

Aging in Your Community: Working Together to Address the Needs of Ethnocultural Seniors in Ottawa

On behalf of the Social Planning Council of Ottawa, please accept this invitation to the: 2018 Ethnocultural Seniors Forum - Aging in Your Community: Working Together to Address the Needs of Ethnocultural Seniors in Ottawa   Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:30 am - 12:30 pm RA Center, 2451 Riverside Drive, Clark Hall Room The event will feature Key Note Speaker Susan Braedley, MSW PhD, Associate Professor School of Social Work, Carleton University, on: Learning From/Learning With Ethnocultural Seniors: Supporting Social Change through Research. Followed by a Roundtable discussion with ethnocultural seniors and service providers. Breakfast will be provided. You are also invited you to stay after the event to network, enjoy the cultural celebration and view the many contributions and accomplishments our ethnocultural seniors have achieved in building the social, cultural and economic fabric of Canada. Please Register on Eventbrite. For more information, please contact Sybil Braganza at sybilb@spcottawa.on.ca

Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) discussion on City of Ottawa Waste issues

Hello CAFES folks, WWO supporters, and interested friends, 

 

In partnership with Waste Watch Ottawa (WWO), I would like to invite you to our next Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) meeting on the subject of *waste*.

 

10:30am -12:30pm - Saturday February 10 2018

Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue

 

Please RSVP at this link so we know how many chairs and how much coffee/tea and snacks to get

We are currently shaping the agenda. Our thinking is along these lines. 

 

Objectives:

1 -- share knowledge and learn more from each other about waste management and waste diversion issues in Ottawa including:

     - status & future plans of City of Ottawa 

     - what are implications of Waste Free Ontario Act? When will there be new regs?

     - what is impact on Ottawa of recent Chinese policy decision to stop importing global recyclables?

 

2 -- Discuss and crystalize

    -- some questions to raise at the Jan 20 City of O Environment Committee mtg that has a waste update on the agenda

    -- what are the pointy waste issues for the fall municipal election?

 

3 -- Discuss and crystalize 

--- what are some messages that we can take back to MPP Yasir Naqvi who has welcomed a meeting with us to talk about waste issues (and identify who wants to come do that)

-- what are the pointy waste issues for the June provincial election?

 

The idea is to have lots of sharing, listening, discussion. If you have a (short) presentation you would like to make on a local waste issue please flag this for organizers in the comments/suggestions box of the RSVP form please. 

Resources : We will also circulate some waste management information in the next short while, both for the meeting and for people who are interested in this but cannot attend the meeting. If you have a document or a link that you think adds core info to this topic (locally, Ottawa), please send to akellerherzog@gmail.com. 

Stay in the loop with CAFES: If you are active with your community association and are interested in environmental issues, sign up here for the CAFES Google group. 

Cheers (and apologies for the somewhat short notice) 

Angela, Jennifer, Liz, Duncan & Bill

Angela Keller-Herzog

Co-chair, Environment Committee, Glebe Community Association

Jennifer Humphries

Co-chair, Environment Committee, Glebe Community Association

Liz Bernstein

President, Lowertown Community Association

Duncan Bury

Founder, Waste Watch Ottawa

Bill Toms

Founder, Waste Watch Ottawa