Sarah Gelbard
@gelbard.ca
Punk planner and anarchitect | Housing justice, radical planning, and community care | Adjunct Prof, University of Ottawa | Contact instructor, Carleton U | firstgen scholar | tenant | bassist | she/her
Ottawa, Canada
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Sarah Gelbard
@gelbard.ca
· Jul 31
Intro post:
I'm a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa working on the bi-directional relationship between criminalization and housing insecurity from an abolitionist and feminist perspective.
gelbard.ca/just-home/
I'm a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa working on the bi-directional relationship between criminalization and housing insecurity from an abolitionist and feminist perspective.
gelbard.ca/just-home/
Just home
Mapping Collective Housing Journeys of Gender and Criminalization SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2025)Department of Criminology, University of OttawaCo-supervisors: Jennifer Kilty & Justin…
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Intro update!
My postdoc is wrapping up and I'm pleased to share that I will be staying on in Criminology at the University of Ottawa as an Adjunct Professor, continuing research on housing and criminalization.
I'll also be teaching courses at Carleton in architecture and sociology 2025/2026.
My postdoc is wrapping up and I'm pleased to share that I will be staying on in Criminology at the University of Ottawa as an Adjunct Professor, continuing research on housing and criminalization.
I'll also be teaching courses at Carleton in architecture and sociology 2025/2026.
This is fun. I was going through my old flickr account and found this photo from a #JanesWalkOtt back in 2014 of the Trillium MUP before it was completed South of Beech. #ottbike
WalkOtt: Discovering O-Train MUP
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November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is fun. I was going through my old flickr account and found this photo from a #JanesWalkOtt back in 2014 of the Trillium MUP before it was completed South of Beech. #ottbike
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Last night I hosted a special trivia night for the Architecture and Design Film Festival Toronto exploring brutalist architecture in film—perhaps one of the most unique events I've gotten to do! So much fun (and so much concrete!)
if you choose your friends well
someday they may MC a brutalism x film trivia night
and it will be fun
(the friend in question is @joelleondanis.bsky.social and this was for ADFF + @tosoarch.bsky.social at TIFF)
someday they may MC a brutalism x film trivia night
and it will be fun
(the friend in question is @joelleondanis.bsky.social and this was for ADFF + @tosoarch.bsky.social at TIFF)
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Last night I hosted a special trivia night for the Architecture and Design Film Festival Toronto exploring brutalist architecture in film—perhaps one of the most unique events I've gotten to do! So much fun (and so much concrete!)
"the dynamics of liberal cities in autocratizing states are characterized by asymmetrical power struggles in which national govts actively seek to neutralize municipal opposition. In these contexts, cities are not merely resisting unfavorable policies but are defending their very ability to govern."
Liberal cities in autocratizing states: Scholarly pathways and a research agenda
journals.sagepub.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"the dynamics of liberal cities in autocratizing states are characterized by asymmetrical power struggles in which national govts actively seek to neutralize municipal opposition. In these contexts, cities are not merely resisting unfavorable policies but are defending their very ability to govern."
New winter boots. I think I'm going to regret not packing shoes to wear for class. 3 hours on my feet will certainly help break them in.
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New winter boots. I think I'm going to regret not packing shoes to wear for class. 3 hours on my feet will certainly help break them in.
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in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
How Brutalism Became Both a Utopian Dream and a Dystopian Meme
Brutalism, an architectural movement associated with state power and science fiction, is perpetually misunderstood – yet it has left an indelible imprint on popular culture.
www.sothebys.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
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Simply repeating “productivity”/”nation-building” isn’t enough. There are many ways to improve productivity and to build a nation. Why these choices and not others?
Canadians are owed explanations and a debate over alternatives. Esp when youth and the most vulnerable are being asked to “sacrifice.”
Canadians are owed explanations and a debate over alternatives. Esp when youth and the most vulnerable are being asked to “sacrifice.”
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Simply repeating “productivity”/”nation-building” isn’t enough. There are many ways to improve productivity and to build a nation. Why these choices and not others?
Canadians are owed explanations and a debate over alternatives. Esp when youth and the most vulnerable are being asked to “sacrifice.”
Canadians are owed explanations and a debate over alternatives. Esp when youth and the most vulnerable are being asked to “sacrifice.”
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At Ottawa bookstores near u! (This is Rideau Indigo)
October 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
At Ottawa bookstores near u! (This is Rideau Indigo)
What are your restaurant recommendations for downtown Hamilton, folks?
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
What are your restaurant recommendations for downtown Hamilton, folks?
Sad. Last @ncc-ccn.gc.ca Bikedays weekend of the year. I hope next year they re-extend the hours 8-4 (at least).
Went for a little out-and-back along the KZM, checked out the Hintonburg Pumping Station and had some hot apple cider at Remic Bistro. Will get one last parkway run in tomorrow morning.
Went for a little out-and-back along the KZM, checked out the Hintonburg Pumping Station and had some hot apple cider at Remic Bistro. Will get one last parkway run in tomorrow morning.
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sad. Last @ncc-ccn.gc.ca Bikedays weekend of the year. I hope next year they re-extend the hours 8-4 (at least).
Went for a little out-and-back along the KZM, checked out the Hintonburg Pumping Station and had some hot apple cider at Remic Bistro. Will get one last parkway run in tomorrow morning.
Went for a little out-and-back along the KZM, checked out the Hintonburg Pumping Station and had some hot apple cider at Remic Bistro. Will get one last parkway run in tomorrow morning.
Was just talking about this often overlooked part of the Bixi story (specifically when folks in Ottawa imply bike share just worked in Montreal because Montreal is a mystical magical bike haven).
Praise for Montreal's bike-share system, from TIME. Worth a holiday thread on a couple of operational + political aspects of Bixi's history that are intriguingly left unsaid.
“Montreal revolutionized the bicycle-sharing trend. The tech behind BIXI became the backbone for bike-sharing programs in London, New York, Chicago and dozens of other places, turning two wheels into a genuine option for navigating cities.”
October 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Was just talking about this often overlooked part of the Bixi story (specifically when folks in Ottawa imply bike share just worked in Montreal because Montreal is a mystical magical bike haven).
Tonight!
We're up first at 9:30! You can do it.
We're up first at 9:30! You can do it.
Been a while since my band has played a public show. Come out next Wednesday October 8 at House of Targ.
SkyLab '73
Run With Us (album release)
Bad Missionary (that's us!)
SkyLab '73
Run With Us (album release)
Bad Missionary (that's us!)
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tonight!
We're up first at 9:30! You can do it.
We're up first at 9:30! You can do it.
Another disappointing visit to the optometrist. Still don't need glasses.
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Another disappointing visit to the optometrist. Still don't need glasses.
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Tune in for #Candyshop Fridays 4-5pm on @ckcu931 📻 on the web cod.ckcufm.com/programs/481... 📻 @bedanderz from @run_with_us_613 guest co-hosts; check out their EP release show with Skylab '73 and Bad Missionary Wednesday, October 8th at @houseoftarg 🎵 #friday #CandyandAndiDish #rocknrollradio 🍭🍬
CKCU: Candyshop
cod.ckcufm.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Tune in for #Candyshop Fridays 4-5pm on @ckcu931 📻 on the web cod.ckcufm.com/programs/481... 📻 @bedanderz from @run_with_us_613 guest co-hosts; check out their EP release show with Skylab '73 and Bad Missionary Wednesday, October 8th at @houseoftarg 🎵 #friday #CandyandAndiDish #rocknrollradio 🍭🍬
Been a while since my band has played a public show. Come out next Wednesday October 8 at House of Targ.
SkyLab '73
Run With Us (album release)
Bad Missionary (that's us!)
SkyLab '73
Run With Us (album release)
Bad Missionary (that's us!)
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Been a while since my band has played a public show. Come out next Wednesday October 8 at House of Targ.
SkyLab '73
Run With Us (album release)
Bad Missionary (that's us!)
SkyLab '73
Run With Us (album release)
Bad Missionary (that's us!)
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It's hard even to believe today much less remember, but there was a time when the Post Office building was a symbol of pride and unity. It was central to the project of nation-building.
👇 Dawson City, Smiths Falls, St. Boniface, Renfrew.
#CanadaPost
👇 Dawson City, Smiths Falls, St. Boniface, Renfrew.
#CanadaPost
May 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's hard even to believe today much less remember, but there was a time when the Post Office building was a symbol of pride and unity. It was central to the project of nation-building.
👇 Dawson City, Smiths Falls, St. Boniface, Renfrew.
#CanadaPost
👇 Dawson City, Smiths Falls, St. Boniface, Renfrew.
#CanadaPost
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It’s tonight, at 7:00!!
Join us at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre for an evening of violin music, featuring Anne Lindsay and the ghost of a lost architectural masterpiece.
Short talks by Brian Foss, James Wright, and me.
Admission is free, all are welcome! 🎻 🎶
carleton.ca/aah/cu-event...
Join us at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre for an evening of violin music, featuring Anne Lindsay and the ghost of a lost architectural masterpiece.
Short talks by Brian Foss, James Wright, and me.
Admission is free, all are welcome! 🎻 🎶
carleton.ca/aah/cu-event...
Gathering Under the Dome: A Musical Evening at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre - Art and Architectural History
Anne Lindsay performs Soloworks 2, with short introductory presentations on architecture, art and acoustics by Carleton professors Peter Coffman, Brian Foss and James Wright. Toronto’s beautiful, hist...
carleton.ca
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It’s tonight, at 7:00!!
Join us at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre for an evening of violin music, featuring Anne Lindsay and the ghost of a lost architectural masterpiece.
Short talks by Brian Foss, James Wright, and me.
Admission is free, all are welcome! 🎻 🎶
carleton.ca/aah/cu-event...
Join us at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre for an evening of violin music, featuring Anne Lindsay and the ghost of a lost architectural masterpiece.
Short talks by Brian Foss, James Wright, and me.
Admission is free, all are welcome! 🎻 🎶
carleton.ca/aah/cu-event...
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I know I’ve been posting a lot about this, but it’s telling of how this government looks at society that at the very moment Mark Carney can’t stop talking about nation-building projects, he’s throwing the biggest nationwide service-delivery network on the scrap heap because it doesn’t make money.
September 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I know I’ve been posting a lot about this, but it’s telling of how this government looks at society that at the very moment Mark Carney can’t stop talking about nation-building projects, he’s throwing the biggest nationwide service-delivery network on the scrap heap because it doesn’t make money.
Strava was really bugging out during my trip to Ireland so I want able to map most of my walks. It kept bugging out and then days later try to recover a lost walk when I started a new one.
But this takes the cake!
And I would walk 5000km!
But this takes the cake!
And I would walk 5000km!
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Strava was really bugging out during my trip to Ireland so I want able to map most of my walks. It kept bugging out and then days later try to recover a lost walk when I started a new one.
But this takes the cake!
And I would walk 5000km!
But this takes the cake!
And I would walk 5000km!
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Was out buying refreshments for the musicians ‘green room’ tomorrow and went into the LCBO for the first time in two years. Very strange. Also HOLY CRAP booze is expensive. Think I got out of that racket just in time. Whatever! Come to our street party tomorrow okay? All welcome. Dogs too please. 🐾
September 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Was out buying refreshments for the musicians ‘green room’ tomorrow and went into the LCBO for the first time in two years. Very strange. Also HOLY CRAP booze is expensive. Think I got out of that racket just in time. Whatever! Come to our street party tomorrow okay? All welcome. Dogs too please. 🐾
Survived first week of classes. After a month of intense prep work for two new courses, it's very nice to be in space with students (and to actually be on the clock and getting paid).
Excited for the term ahead.
Hope y'all who are back to school (profs, students, staff) had a great first week.
Excited for the term ahead.
Hope y'all who are back to school (profs, students, staff) had a great first week.
September 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Survived first week of classes. After a month of intense prep work for two new courses, it's very nice to be in space with students (and to actually be on the clock and getting paid).
Excited for the term ahead.
Hope y'all who are back to school (profs, students, staff) had a great first week.
Excited for the term ahead.
Hope y'all who are back to school (profs, students, staff) had a great first week.
Not cool that I'm trying to limit student AI use but then the eBook portals for their assigned readings pop-up with AI generated summaries and takeaways.
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Not cool that I'm trying to limit student AI use but then the eBook portals for their assigned readings pop-up with AI generated summaries and takeaways.
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Yearly unpopular reminder that you should never post photos of your kids online, but if you're going to, you should ask them for consent.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
September 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yearly unpopular reminder that you should never post photos of your kids online, but if you're going to, you should ask them for consent.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
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Anne Lindsay created music for a beautiful, historic church. Before she could perform it there, it burned down. So she’s bringing it to another beautiful, historic church. In Ottawa. And you’re invited.
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Sept. 29. Admission free.
carleton.ca/aah/2025/a-g...
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Sept. 29. Admission free.
carleton.ca/aah/2025/a-g...
August 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Anne Lindsay created music for a beautiful, historic church. Before she could perform it there, it burned down. So she’s bringing it to another beautiful, historic church. In Ottawa. And you’re invited.
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Sept. 29. Admission free.
carleton.ca/aah/2025/a-g...
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Sept. 29. Admission free.
carleton.ca/aah/2025/a-g...
Depending on parents working from home is not a solution to the lack of available, affordable day care.
Reducing demand on public transit will not make it better.
Work from home is a bad bandaid to these problems and increases burden on others.
Reducing demand on public transit will not make it better.
Work from home is a bad bandaid to these problems and increases burden on others.
I worry about reversing progress made in socialized forms of collective care including public transportation and child care rather than using this moment to recognize we still have so much to do to improve and expand them to make everyone's life better not just privileged workers.
August 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Depending on parents working from home is not a solution to the lack of available, affordable day care.
Reducing demand on public transit will not make it better.
Work from home is a bad bandaid to these problems and increases burden on others.
Reducing demand on public transit will not make it better.
Work from home is a bad bandaid to these problems and increases burden on others.
Grocery store on the LRT. That's what I'm here for!
I bike to the Kirkwood location most of the year but it's too far to walk and ridiculous to bus to in the winter.
I hope the "urban format" store still carries their great selection of international foods.
I bike to the Kirkwood location most of the year but it's too far to walk and ridiculous to bus to in the winter.
I hope the "urban format" store still carries their great selection of international foods.
New grocery store opening in Ottawa’s Centretown neighbourhood
New grocery store opening in Ottawa’s Centretown neighbourhood
Shoppers in Ottawa’s Centretown neighbourhood have a new option for grocery shopping, as Food Basics opens its first urban concept store in the capital.
bit.ly
August 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Grocery store on the LRT. That's what I'm here for!
I bike to the Kirkwood location most of the year but it's too far to walk and ridiculous to bus to in the winter.
I hope the "urban format" store still carries their great selection of international foods.
I bike to the Kirkwood location most of the year but it's too far to walk and ridiculous to bus to in the winter.
I hope the "urban format" store still carries their great selection of international foods.