• This is Ottawa

  • By: CBC
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This is Ottawa

By: CBC
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  • What would it take to make the Rideau Canal swimmable? Where do you go to find love in Ottawa when you've given up on online dating? Every week, host Robyn Bresnahan seeks out people to answer one question about the city we love. New episodes every Monday.
    Copyright © CBC 2024
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Episodes
  • Is Ottawa an island?

    Is Ottawa an island?
    Oct 7 2024

    Podcast listener Matt Bell has always been curious about something. Given that a central part of the city is surrounded by two rivers and the canal - is it technically an island? We took his question to a geology expert who initially guffawed and then dug into her stash of city maps to come up with an answer.
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    15 mins
  • Have land acknowledgements become “white noise”?

    Have land acknowledgements become “white noise”?
    Sep 30 2024

    They’re read at sporting events, music festivals, school assemblies, corporate conferences and city hall meetings. But have they become more performative than meaningful? Robyn Bresnahan meets two women from different First Nations who share similar views on what land acknowledgements ought to include to make them more than “white noise”.
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    17 mins
  • What happens when Robyn knocks on the door of her former Carleton University residence room - 27 years later?!

    What happens when Robyn knocks on the door of her former Carleton University residence room - 27 years later?!
    Sep 23 2024

    There are nearly 9000 students living in college and university dorm rooms in Ottawa. So what’s dorm life like? And how much has changed in the nearly three decades since host Robyn Bresnahan lived in residence? She takes a trip down memory lane to find out.
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    21 mins

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