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.
My Christmas morning playlist. 🌟🎄⛄🎶
1. Fucked up Christmas again by Slo'Tom and the Handsome Devils
1. Fucked up Christmas again by Slo'Tom and the Handsome Devils
Slo'Tom and the Handsome Devils -- Fucked Up Christmas Again
YouTube video by Sherwood Lumsden
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December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My Christmas morning playlist. 🌟🎄⛄🎶
1. Fucked up Christmas again by Slo'Tom and the Handsome Devils
1. Fucked up Christmas again by Slo'Tom and the Handsome Devils
End of term teaching curse: Body be like "Are we done? Ok, I give up now."
Pulled my back cleaning up my office on Sunday. Putting away a box of pencils. I was stuck in pain in the floor for 2 hours before I could get up. Doing better but watching all my winter break plans fade away.
Pulled my back cleaning up my office on Sunday. Putting away a box of pencils. I was stuck in pain in the floor for 2 hours before I could get up. Doing better but watching all my winter break plans fade away.
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
End of term teaching curse: Body be like "Are we done? Ok, I give up now."
Pulled my back cleaning up my office on Sunday. Putting away a box of pencils. I was stuck in pain in the floor for 2 hours before I could get up. Doing better but watching all my winter break plans fade away.
Pulled my back cleaning up my office on Sunday. Putting away a box of pencils. I was stuck in pain in the floor for 2 hours before I could get up. Doing better but watching all my winter break plans fade away.
I'm out.
Mindless Instagram scrolling with the sound on got me. A few near misses with covers. I was so close.
#whamageddon
Mindless Instagram scrolling with the sound on got me. A few near misses with covers. I was so close.
#whamageddon
Tis #whamageddon season. Making annoyingly incessant carols almost enjoyable through gamification.
Last year I made it to December 22.
Last year I made it to December 22.
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm out.
Mindless Instagram scrolling with the sound on got me. A few near misses with covers. I was so close.
#whamageddon
Mindless Instagram scrolling with the sound on got me. A few near misses with covers. I was so close.
#whamageddon
TONIGHT! I believe there's still space and registration is still open.
Registration is now open for my upcoming Heritage Ottawa lecture on #OttawaBrutalism. (link below)
Thu Dec 18 2025 @ 7:00pm
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
Thu Dec 18 2025 @ 7:00pm
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
December 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
TONIGHT! I believe there's still space and registration is still open.
Student reflections are perhaps my least favourite AI-generated assignments.
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Student reflections are perhaps my least favourite AI-generated assignments.
Registration is now open for my upcoming Heritage Ottawa lecture on #OttawaBrutalism. (link below)
Thu Dec 18 2025 @ 7:00pm
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
Thu Dec 18 2025 @ 7:00pm
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Registration is now open for my upcoming Heritage Ottawa lecture on #OttawaBrutalism. (link below)
Thu Dec 18 2025 @ 7:00pm
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
Thu Dec 18 2025 @ 7:00pm
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
OMG. Reading through end of term comments and feedback from students. Several comments about my voice and potential for a career in ASMR. And some pedagogical appreciation.
"Lowkey could do ASMR, her voice is super soothing."
"Lowkey could do ASMR, her voice is super soothing."
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
OMG. Reading through end of term comments and feedback from students. Several comments about my voice and potential for a career in ASMR. And some pedagogical appreciation.
"Lowkey could do ASMR, her voice is super soothing."
"Lowkey could do ASMR, her voice is super soothing."
Tis #whamageddon season. Making annoyingly incessant carols almost enjoyable through gamification.
Last year I made it to December 22.
Last year I made it to December 22.
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Tis #whamageddon season. Making annoyingly incessant carols almost enjoyable through gamification.
Last year I made it to December 22.
Last year I made it to December 22.
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Construction starts on Lansdowne 2.0 this week.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Construction starts on Lansdowne 2.0 this week.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
@ckcufm.bsky.social “Still Mighty” 50th anniversary album release last night with "boutique sets" by buddies: The Atomic Tempunauts and, Slo’ Tom and The Handsome Devils. Along with James LeClaire, Tara Holloway, LH Express, King Kimbit feat Jhamesha, and Sleep Late.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
@ckcufm.bsky.social “Still Mighty” 50th anniversary album release last night with "boutique sets" by buddies: The Atomic Tempunauts and, Slo’ Tom and The Handsome Devils. Along with James LeClaire, Tara Holloway, LH Express, King Kimbit feat Jhamesha, and Sleep Late.
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
flic.kr
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
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
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.
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
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/...
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
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.”
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
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.
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
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!)
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
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