Join our Caring Cities Training (Lunch & Learn Edition)
Cata Jurado2026-10-08T10:40:34-04:00Learn how city design and planning can foster care and inclusion by joining our Caring Cities Training (Lunch and Learn Edition)
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10, 2026
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10, 2026
CAWI is going on a field trip.
Cata Jurado2026-10-08T10:17:28-04:00Join 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: [...]
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06, 2026
Come to our Climate Action Party on July 9!
Cata Jurado2026-06-10T11:08:30-04:00CAWI and Ecology Ottawa invite you to an evening of storytelling, art, and community on July 9th, celebrating residents building power for a resilient, equitable, and caring city.
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06, 2026
Come to our Climate Action Party on July 9!
Cata Jurado2026-06-17T09:35:59-04:00Every corner of our city is feeling the impact of cost of living increases, extreme weather events and mounting uncertainties. Over the past year, CAWI and Ecology Ottawa have been building power together and in communities across Ottawa to understand how we can build an equitable, resilient, and caring city. Do we have the power to influence change? Join us for an evening of community storytelling and art to celebrate residents and communities with the courage to act, learn, and imagine a climate equitable, sustainable, and caring future. Psst! The answer: come on July 9th and find out! To celebrate is [...]
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12, 2025
This Giving Season, Help Us Give the Gift of Stability
Cata Jurado2025-12-02T08:21:26-05:00Hi friend, It’s Giving Tuesday and we’re excited to launch our first ever Giving Season campaign anchored in a simple, powerful message: give the gift of stability. For over two decades, City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) has been a home for community-led change in Ottawa. From our early days co-creating accessible civic engagement workshops with newcomer women, to influencing gender-responsive budgeting at City Hall, to supporting grassroots leaders navigating neighbourhood issues - from transit to safety to flourishing public spaces - CAWI has always been rooted in one belief: When communities have stability, they can thrive. This year alone, CAWI [...]
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11, 2025
CAWI’s Transit Therapy Line Preliminary Results
Cata Jurado2025-11-20T15:50:08-05:00You're speaking, we're listening. Preliminary results from CAWI’s Transit Therapy Line are in, and the message is clear: We need reliable, accessible and affordable public transit in Ottawa. "Unreliable transit is making living with a disability even harder." "I’m spending less time with my children because we all need to leave the house earlier to get to school or work." [Increase in travel time] "I’m needing to take a full day off work just to get to one medical appointment." [Increase in travel time] 97% of participants surveyed have said new ways to bus transit has not improved transit in [...]
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10, 2025
You’re invited to our Story of Origin opening reception!
Cata Jurado2026-04-07T13:17:41-04:00For over twenty years, CAWI has championed equity and collective advocacy in Ottawa. Join us for “Our Origin Story,” a Vernissage celebrating our journey through art, stories, and community connection on Wednesday, November 6 at the City of Ottawa Archives.
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10, 2025
Join us for CAWI’s Action Forum: Cities as Places & Spaces of Care
Cata Jurado2025-10-21T15:39:47-04:00Join us for CAWI’s Action Forum: Cities as Places & Spaces of Care Good news! It’s time for CAWI’s Action Forum, and you’re invited. This year, we are coming together for Cities as Places and Spaces of Care, an evening of reflection, creativity, and dialogue. Together, we will explore how to reimagine Ottawa as a city that embodies care and places the daily needs and rhythms of residents at the heart of planning and policy. Here is what you can look forward to: Creative exploration and storytelling Co-designing through countermapping Learning how to bring the Caring Cities movement to Ottawa [...]
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10, 2025
Participatory Gendered Budgeting Workshop
Cata Jurado2025-10-09T09:27:56-04:00Participatory Gendered Budgeting Workshop Since 2008, the City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) has worked with residents to understand and influence the city budget through community workshops, training, and advocacy. Our annual Participatory Gendered Budgeting workshop continues this important work. This workshop is a space where community members can learn how the city budget works and how we can have a say in where public money goes. Participatory budgeting is about people coming together to make decisions, share ideas, and push for equitable use of public funds. This year, we will be guided by the Care Lens - a way [...]
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10, 2025
Participatory Gendered Budgeting Workshop
Cata Jurado2026-03-31T10:49:31-04:00Learn how city budgets can be shaped by care, equity, and inclusion. Join CAWI’s participatory gendered budgeting workshop.