Aujourd'hui, j'ai résisté. À quoi, me direz-vous? À l'envie d'aller sur Amazon et de profiter de la frénésie des offres prime day. Comment me suis-je retrouvée sur Amazon? Non pas parce que j'avais besoin de quelque chose, mais parce que, comme beaucoup d'entre nous, j'utilise les réseaux sociaux. En tant que magicienne de l'organisation, passionnée par la création de systèmes qui fonctionnent pour les personnes qui les utilisent (et non l'inverse!), je suis de nombreux comptes qui donnent des tas de conseils et d'astuces plus ou moins utiles. Oh là là, que j’aime une belle vidéo ASMR de réapprovisionnement, oui vous savez exactement de quoi je parle. Ces jolis frigos avec des contenants transparents, ces salles de bain avec de parfaits contenants sous l’évier, ces boîtes de taille parfaite pour vos tiroirs... Aaaaaah (profond soupir de satisfaction). Et avant même de vous en rendre compte, vous vous retrouvez dans la spirale d'une autre vidé...

Today I resisted. What you may ask? The urge to go on Amazon and get on the Prime Day deals frenzy. How did I end up on Amazon in the first place? Not because I needed something but because, as many of us do, I use social networks. As an organization wizard with a deep passion for creating systems that work for the people who use them (and not the other way around!), I follow a lot of accounts giving heaps of more or less useful tips and tricks. Oh my, do I love a good restock ASMR video, yes you know exactly what I am talking about. Those nice fridges with clear containers, those bathrooms with under-the-sink matching organizers, those perfectly sized boxes for your drawers… Aaaaaah (deep satisfied sigh). And before you know it, you get into the spiral of another video of this gadget you never knew you needed that will change your life forever. It takes a lot of self-control not to be tempted. Our brains are literally wired to crave the new. We basically are an evolved version of a ma...

Green roof on the Tabaret Building Our office has been working at improving sustainability on campus since 2006 and I am happy to say that we have had a lot of success. But one of the areas that we are still hoping to improve after all these years in our green space.  What is considered by many sustainability-minded institutions to be the crown jewel of their campus (lush green spaces) is a bit of a sticking point here at uOttawa. You see, a lot of older institutions were created through land grants or large land donations. This gave institutions the ability to finance the expansion of their programs by leasing and selling land. Not unliked these institutions, the University of Ottawa was founded based on a land donation by the Besserer family. But unlike some other land grants, it was a small parcel of land which means that since then the institutions has had to slowly try to buy up surrounding land. Sometimes this works... sometimes it doesn't. After years of purchasing land and ...