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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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…
gelbard.ca
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 thread infiltrated my dreams as I rushed to make up the impossibly long pencheck staircase with missing treads threatening to have the whole thing crumble beneath me.
(It was also a not so subtle metaphor for my academic career path)
(It was also a not so subtle metaphor for my academic career path)
We’re dismantling a stone pencheck stair right now and so it seems a good time to revisit a short 🧵 on the subject.
How pencheck stairs work (resist torsion), and how they don’t (cantilever):
How pencheck stairs work (resist torsion), and how they don’t (cantilever):
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This thread infiltrated my dreams as I rushed to make up the impossibly long pencheck staircase with missing treads threatening to have the whole thing crumble beneath me.
(It was also a not so subtle metaphor for my academic career path)
(It was also a not so subtle metaphor for my academic career path)
Extra cold week in Ottawa but I somehow managed to walk 42km over the last few days. It's also been a busy week and walking is just generally preferable to the bus, even at -25° C.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Extra cold week in Ottawa but I somehow managed to walk 42km over the last few days. It's also been a busy week and walking is just generally preferable to the bus, even at -25° C.
The tram museum is pretty spectacular.
February 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The tram museum is pretty spectacular.
Saw it rolling down Bank St this afternoon.
Amazing to join City staff at Ottawa City Hall this week to celebrate the “Pride of Dreams” 2026 Black History Month mural featured on 3 OC Transpo buses, created by artist Jimmy Baptiste to honour Stefan Keyes, Angelique Francis, Charmaine Hooper and Paul Barber.
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Saw it rolling down Bank St this afternoon.
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
Amazing to join City staff at Ottawa City Hall this week to celebrate the “Pride of Dreams” 2026 Black History Month mural featured on 3 OC Transpo buses, created by artist Jimmy Baptiste to honour Stefan Keyes, Angelique Francis, Charmaine Hooper and Paul Barber.
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Amazing to join City staff at Ottawa City Hall this week to celebrate the “Pride of Dreams” 2026 Black History Month mural featured on 3 OC Transpo buses, created by artist Jimmy Baptiste to honour Stefan Keyes, Angelique Francis, Charmaine Hooper and Paul Barber.
Winter parking in Ottawa. Anything goes.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Winter parking in Ottawa. Anything goes.
Next Thursday, Ottawa!
Get an early start to the Family Day weekend with an all local punk show.
My band Bad Missionary joins our extended chosen family - Cultural Treason, Sunshine Overload, Slim and Popular, and 86-It - at House of Targ.
Doors at 8.
$10
Get an early start to the Family Day weekend with an all local punk show.
My band Bad Missionary joins our extended chosen family - Cultural Treason, Sunshine Overload, Slim and Popular, and 86-It - at House of Targ.
Doors at 8.
$10
LOCAL CHAOS: 86it + Slim and Popular + Sunshine Overload + Cultural Treason + Bad Missionary
Music event in Ottawa by House of TARG and 6 others on Thursday, February 12 20267 posts in the discussion.
facebook.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Next Thursday, Ottawa!
Get an early start to the Family Day weekend with an all local punk show.
My band Bad Missionary joins our extended chosen family - Cultural Treason, Sunshine Overload, Slim and Popular, and 86-It - at House of Targ.
Doors at 8.
$10
Get an early start to the Family Day weekend with an all local punk show.
My band Bad Missionary joins our extended chosen family - Cultural Treason, Sunshine Overload, Slim and Popular, and 86-It - at House of Targ.
Doors at 8.
$10
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
An oft-repeated statistic says men apply for a job when they have 60% of the qualifications while women wait till they have 100%. Pretty sure that stat was debunked, but …
Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
January 31, 2026 at 8:10 PM
An oft-repeated statistic says men apply for a job when they have 60% of the qualifications while women wait till they have 100%. Pretty sure that stat was debunked, but …
Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
"Go ahead and dunk your soggy cookies in yogurt and call it cheesecake."
Best Internet snark of the day.
Best Internet snark of the day.
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"Go ahead and dunk your soggy cookies in yogurt and call it cheesecake."
Best Internet snark of the day.
Best Internet snark of the day.
Tomorrow.
RE:DESIGN - Guest Lecture on “Collage and co-creation as abolitionist practice ” by Dr. Sarah Gelbard (she/her) | Industrial Design
carleton.ca
February 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Tomorrow.
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A motion will be discussed by Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee that would require 90% of buildings to meet heritage protection criteria (rather than the current 25%) in order to create a Heritage Conservation District.
This would make it essentially impossible to create HCDs.
This would make it essentially impossible to create HCDs.
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A motion will be discussed by Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee that would require 90% of buildings to meet heritage protection criteria (rather than the current 25%) in order to create a Heritage Conservation District.
This would make it essentially impossible to create HCDs.
This would make it essentially impossible to create HCDs.
Survived January only to remember February also sucks.
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Survived January only to remember February also sucks.
I used to look at it from the window of my old apartment and imagine it as a super cool arts studio and performance space co-op.
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I used to look at it from the window of my old apartment and imagine it as a super cool arts studio and performance space co-op.
I remember a few occasions where it highlighting some significant lifestyle incompatibilities which were the real issue.
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I remember a few occasions where it highlighting some significant lifestyle incompatibilities which were the real issue.
"Lectures were sometimes hard to follow. But made more sense when I did the readings."
- student experience questionnaire comment
- student experience questionnaire comment
January 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Lectures were sometimes hard to follow. But made more sense when I did the readings."
- student experience questionnaire comment
- student experience questionnaire comment
"The exam focused too much on the lectures and readings."
- student experience questionnaire comment
- student experience questionnaire comment
January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"The exam focused too much on the lectures and readings."
- student experience questionnaire comment
- student experience questionnaire comment
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa is looking for a new ED
Careers – Elizabeth Fry Society
efryottawa.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa is looking for a new ED
That's so sad. I included the site in a recent lecture for first year architecture students about where to find heritage information.
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
That's so sad. I included the site in a recent lecture for first year architecture students about where to find heritage information.
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🏘️ Canada’s #housing crisis is not accidental. It is the result of decades of political choices, market logics, and planning systems failing to centre people, #equity, and #care. 📖 Read "In and Against the System: with Dr. Carolyn Whitzman" @cwhitzman.bsky.social at www.WomenInUrbanism.ca/words.
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
🏘️ Canada’s #housing crisis is not accidental. It is the result of decades of political choices, market logics, and planning systems failing to centre people, #equity, and #care. 📖 Read "In and Against the System: with Dr. Carolyn Whitzman" @cwhitzman.bsky.social at www.WomenInUrbanism.ca/words.
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
Calls for AI guardrails at Carleton University
Calls for AI guardrails at Carleton University
Teaching assistants held a rally at Carleton University on Thursday, calling for rules to be put in place for AI use. CTV’s Kimberley Fowler
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Calls for AI guardrails at Carleton University
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Line 1 riders reported 16 different trains on the tracks yesterday. Help @railfans.ca track how many go out today by reporting your car number here: www.railfans.ca/traintracker....
To help residents track how many trains are in service, @railfans is asking residents to report which train cars they've seen in service. If you catch a train number in service on Line1 report it here: www.railfans.ca/traintracker...
January 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Line 1 riders reported 16 different trains on the tracks yesterday. Help @railfans.ca track how many go out today by reporting your car number here: www.railfans.ca/traintracker....
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
You could be eligible for a rent reduction—no matter what your landlord says. Pass this on, especially if you or your friends live in a multi-residential building in Ottawa that is more than 15 years old.
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
You could be eligible for a rent reduction—no matter what your landlord says. Pass this on, especially if you or your friends live in a multi-residential building in Ottawa that is more than 15 years old.
Good read
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society... We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
"The purpose of AI art – and the story of AI art as a death knell for artists – is to convince the broad public that AI is amazing... to create buzz."
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society... We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
"The purpose of AI art – and the story of AI art as a death knell for artists – is to convince the broad public that AI is amazing... to create buzz."
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Good read
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society... We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
"The purpose of AI art – and the story of AI art as a death knell for artists – is to convince the broad public that AI is amazing... to create buzz."
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society... We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
"The purpose of AI art – and the story of AI art as a death knell for artists – is to convince the broad public that AI is amazing... to create buzz."
Finally watched Stranger Things finale. Well, that was... not worth it.
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Finally watched Stranger Things finale. Well, that was... not worth it.