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…
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.
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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.
Any other professors notice students addressing you as "Miss" as a relatively recent phenomenon?
I don't remember ever referring to a university prof as Miss. High school was a long time ago but I seem to recall it was always Ms. Last name. Never just miss.
Do male professors get called sir?
I don't remember ever referring to a university prof as Miss. High school was a long time ago but I seem to recall it was always Ms. Last name. Never just miss.
Do male professors get called sir?
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Any other professors notice students addressing you as "Miss" as a relatively recent phenomenon?
I don't remember ever referring to a university prof as Miss. High school was a long time ago but I seem to recall it was always Ms. Last name. Never just miss.
Do male professors get called sir?
I don't remember ever referring to a university prof as Miss. High school was a long time ago but I seem to recall it was always Ms. Last name. Never just miss.
Do male professors get called sir?
I used to love the (seasonal) nightly crow roost when I lived on Junction. They'd fill the trees across the street and have a good chat at the end of the day. Seems like a lovely social ritual.
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I used to love the (seasonal) nightly crow roost when I lived on Junction. They'd fill the trees across the street and have a good chat at the end of the day. Seems like a lovely social ritual.
A lovely simple gesture that made my week.
I arrived early to campus for office hours. Just after entering my newly assigned office, there was a knock at my door.
One of the profs came over to introduce themselves. "I saw the door open and thought I'd see who the new contract instructor is."
I arrived early to campus for office hours. Just after entering my newly assigned office, there was a knock at my door.
One of the profs came over to introduce themselves. "I saw the door open and thought I'd see who the new contract instructor is."
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A lovely simple gesture that made my week.
I arrived early to campus for office hours. Just after entering my newly assigned office, there was a knock at my door.
One of the profs came over to introduce themselves. "I saw the door open and thought I'd see who the new contract instructor is."
I arrived early to campus for office hours. Just after entering my newly assigned office, there was a knock at my door.
One of the profs came over to introduce themselves. "I saw the door open and thought I'd see who the new contract instructor is."
This snow is getting in the way of my attempt to reinstate weekly Thursday after work drinks with friends.
I don't wanna drink alone.
I don't wanna drink alone.
January 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This snow is getting in the way of my attempt to reinstate weekly Thursday after work drinks with friends.
I don't wanna drink alone.
I don't wanna drink alone.
How Public Spaces Can Combat Social Isolation.
Charles Gordon Lecture on Society and Design with Mervyn Horgan and Saara Liinamaa.
Hybrid event @carleton.ca Dept of Sociology & Anthropology.
January 30.
Charles Gordon Lecture on Society and Design with Mervyn Horgan and Saara Liinamaa.
Hybrid event @carleton.ca Dept of Sociology & Anthropology.
January 30.
Charles Gordon Lecture on Society and Design - Department of Sociology and Anthropology
carleton.ca
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
How Public Spaces Can Combat Social Isolation.
Charles Gordon Lecture on Society and Design with Mervyn Horgan and Saara Liinamaa.
Hybrid event @carleton.ca Dept of Sociology & Anthropology.
January 30.
Charles Gordon Lecture on Society and Design with Mervyn Horgan and Saara Liinamaa.
Hybrid event @carleton.ca Dept of Sociology & Anthropology.
January 30.
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In my work (practice & research) public joy is not strictly personal or a fleeting emotion. It’s civic, cultural & spatial infrastructure—something cities should plan for, invest in, and evaluate with the same seriousness we bring to transportation, housing, resilience strategies, and public health.
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In my work (practice & research) public joy is not strictly personal or a fleeting emotion. It’s civic, cultural & spatial infrastructure—something cities should plan for, invest in, and evaluate with the same seriousness we bring to transportation, housing, resilience strategies, and public health.
Free transit on New years eve but last bus at 12:30. Oh well. I guess it was time to leave the party.
January 1, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Free transit on New years eve but last bus at 12:30. Oh well. I guess it was time to leave the party.
How much course prep to do versus recover and chill for the rest of the winter break?
This term should be better with only one new course but I'm pretty burnt out from the two in the fall. Also only 30 students versus 230.
This term should be better with only one new course but I'm pretty burnt out from the two in the fall. Also only 30 students versus 230.
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
How much course prep to do versus recover and chill for the rest of the winter break?
This term should be better with only one new course but I'm pretty burnt out from the two in the fall. Also only 30 students versus 230.
This term should be better with only one new course but I'm pretty burnt out from the two in the fall. Also only 30 students versus 230.
"In other words, we have all been left on our own to jury rig workable pedagogical scaffolds while the educational edifice is being bulldozed around us. Individual responses will not suffice; collective action is necessary."
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"In other words, we have all been left on our own to jury rig workable pedagogical scaffolds while the educational edifice is being bulldozed around us. Individual responses will not suffice; collective action is necessary."
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Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
Reposted by Sarah Gelbard
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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