Chair, GCA Parks Committee

About Angus McCabe

Angus McCabe is a board member of the Glebe Community Association and Chair of the GCA Parks Committee. He has lived and raised a family in the Glebe since 1998. He was a coach with the Ottawa Centre District Hockey Association from 2005 to 2016 and has taught at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in downtown Ottawa since 2000. He graduated from Princeton University in 1992 and holds a Masters degree in History from Carleton University.

January 2023: Preserving the day-to-day quality of life of the neighbourhood and its parks, along with the viability of Ottawa’s film industry, through the regulation of vehicular parking by film production crews.

In recent months the GCA Parks Committee has been engaged with neighbours concerned with vehicular parking by film production crews and staging of off-duty/“base-camp” film crews. These residents have also met with Councillor Menard's office and have been pleased with the response they have received. On January 24, 2023 the GCA Board passed a [...]

2023-02-20T09:06:26-05:00January 29th, 2023|Parks, Uncategorized|0 Comments

February 2023: Protecting the culture, trees, habitat, and limited active recreational play spaces in small city parks adjacent to natural bodies of water and ecosystems.

The GCA Parks Committee has had several meetings over the last few months where, at the request of neighbours of Brown’s Inlet Park, we have heard about their concerns about protecting the park’s long-term health, usability, and culture. At the December Parks Committee meeting, neighbours came together again and, with collaboration from the community [...]

2023-03-05T13:47:11-05:00January 29th, 2023|Parks|0 Comments

October 2022: The GCA continues to urge the City of Ottawa to adhere to its 2018 City of Ottawa Reconciliation Action Plan in the naming of new parks in our community.

Following up on the GCA Parks Committee recommendation made in June 2021 to the city’s public consultation on the parkette at 635 O’Connor Street at Fifth Avenue next to Fire Station Number 12 in the Glebe, along with efforts to proceed with such engagement at the community level (see October, 2022 Parks Committee Report below), [...]

2023-01-02T11:47:48-05:00January 2nd, 2023|Parks|0 Comments

Spring 2022: Working to create and enhance inner city urban parks and greenspaces that meet the world’s Carbon 2050 Neutral goal, provide a natural habitat for animal and plant life, and meaningfully engage the peoples on whose un-ceded and un-surrendered territory they are on in the spirit of stewardship and reconciliation

Notwithstanding delays due in part to the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020-2022 and resulting supply chain issues, construction of the newly created parkette at 625 O’Connor Street at Fifth Avenue next to Fire Station Number 12 in the Glebe is set to begin in the Spring and Summer of 2022. Having pushed for the creation of [...]

2022-06-05T16:05:19-04:00June 5th, 2022|Parks|0 Comments

May 2022: Mobilizing Grassroots Community Energy as Stewards of City Parks – Renewal of Annual park clean-ups organized by the GCA Parks Committee as part of the City’s Spring Cleaning the Capital programme

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the GCA Parks Committee was pleased to renew its efforts to mobilize grassroots community energy to help out in keeping our neighbourhood’s city parks clean and safe as part of the City’s Spring Cleaning the Capital programme. On Saturday, May 14, 2022, park clean-ups were undertaken across the Glebe.

2022-06-05T15:32:52-04:00June 5th, 2022|Parks|0 Comments

January-April, 2022: Minimizing Urban Sprawl Through Densification while Preserving and Enhancing Urban Parkland and Greenspace

The GCA Parks Committee continued its work in the winter and spring of 2022 on the City’s current Parkland Dedication By-law Review and Replacement process as part of a broader inter-community effort organized through the Federation of Community Associations (FCA): the Parkland Dedication - FCA Working Group. The fundamental goal of this work is to [...]

2022-06-05T14:56:12-04:00June 5th, 2022|Parks|0 Comments

October 2021: A Call for Good Faith in the Planning & Development of High-Rise Projects: Preserve and Promote the Benefits of our Natural Urban Environments by Maximizing Green Space over Cash-in-Lieu of Park Payments; and Considering sites other than those Bordering Parks and Other Green Spaces for High Rise Projects

At its October 26, 2021 meeting, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee motion which urged that the City, in its consideration of a project proposed at 770 and 774 Bronson Avenue, and other like it, continue in good faith to work to ensure that new developments be approved that: - are consistent with the [...]

2022-02-08T18:31:52-05:00November 20th, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

June, 2021: A New Parkette with a Seniors’ Focus, Design, and Name – Thoughts on Reconciliation and a Carbon Neutral 2050 – Parks Committee Provides its Feedback to the City’s Public Consultation on the Proposed Park at corner of Fifth and O’Connor (next to the Firehall)

The city is almost ready to break ground on the planned parkette at the corner of Fifth and O’Connor (next to the Fire Station Number 12). The designs, including the idea that this be a park centred on the needs of senior citizens in particular, take into account ideas articulated by the committee and the [...]

2022-02-08T18:31:53-05:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments

June, 2021: A City Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan Envisioning More Parkland and Greenspace in Inner Urban Neighbourhoods, Health, Urban Livability, and Heritage Protection

In June, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee motion to provide the City of Ottawa with its feedback on the City of Ottawa’s first-ever combined Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan (PRFMP) in support of the new Official Plan (OP). The draft PRFMP contains recommendations about new and existing parks and recreation facilities to [...]

2022-02-08T18:31:53-05:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|Comments Off on June, 2021: A City Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan Envisioning More Parkland and Greenspace in Inner Urban Neighbourhoods, Health, Urban Livability, and Heritage Protection

June, 2021: Pickleball at Chamberlain Park Tennis Courts? “Due Diligence” First

In the draft Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan (which is going to the Community and Protective Services Committee and City Council in September, 2021 for approval) City staff are recommending that pickleball court lines be added on all existing and new public tennis courts. In June, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee [...]

2022-02-08T18:31:53-05:00July 22nd, 2021|Parks|0 Comments
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