Join us for a week of art, learning, and space activation.
We’ve partnered up with Cre:8 to bring you the full CAWI experience. Join us at 300 Sparks Street and connect with us as we activate the space from Oct 19 to the 22nd.
Learn all about our Caring Cities Initiative, dive deep into our two-decade journey, and learn what it looks like to plan and design cities that center care in real and practical ways based on what we heard from residents across Ottawa during our community-based participatory research.
What to experience during CAWI’s Caring Cities field school at Cre:8:
🖼️ Immerse in our 22-year journey through Our Origin Story panel collection
📷 Explore how our community-based participatory research developed through our photo gallery
📚 how city design and planning can foster care and inclusion by joining our Caring Cities Training (Lunch and Learn Edition)
Come visit us from 10 AM to 6 PM, Monday, October 19, through Thursday, October 22
and join our Caring Cities Training on October 20 from 12:30 to 2:30 PM!
Register for the training here!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interested in learning ways to plan and design cities that center care in real and practical ways?
Then this training (lunch &learn edition) is exactly what you’re looking for. Come to our Caring Cities Field School at Cre:8 where you will dive deep into what centering care and putting people first, from planning to policy, looks like and how it helps ensure our city is truly for all.
Our Caring Cities training is grounded in lived experience and community voices, and will share what we have heard from residents across Ottawa about how we can build systems of care. Together, we will explore how these insights can be translated into planning, policy, and action.
What to expect that day:
- Shared learning and connection
- Practical tools you can bring to your work
- Introduction to Caring City principles and neighbourhood-based approaches to planning
- How to apply Participatory methods as an approach to research
- How to make Ottawa more inclusive, equitable and caring
Details:
Date: October 20, 2026
Time: 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Location: 300 Sparks Street, beside the Marriott Hotel
Register for free by clicking on this link. Bring your own lunch and enjoy lots of learning in good company.
We have 20 spots available. Save yours today!