Kindness, Leadership & Why I Love Calling Ottawa Home
There’s something special happening in Ottawa right now — and it perfectly reflects why I feel so lucky to live and work here.
As part of its bicentennial celebrations, Ottawa has launched 200 Days of Kindness — a beautiful initiative encouraging residents to show up for one another in small but meaningful ways. Someone on Threads joked that a group of Canadians should be called a “kindness”… honestly, that feels about right. ❤️
And it turns out the feeling isn’t just anecdotal.
Ottawa was recently ranked Canada’s #1 most livable major city in The Globe and Mail’s 2026 livability report, recognized for quality of life, safety, green space, and economic stability. For those of us who call it home — and for the clients I serve here — it reinforces something we already know: this is a city where community matters.
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