EDUCATION
Ph.D. Urban Planning, Policy, and Design, McGill School of Urban Planning (2023)
Master of Architecture, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (2007)
Bachelor of Architectural Studies, with high distinction, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (2005)
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Association of American Geographers, Specialty Groups: Cultural Geography / Ethics Justice and Human Rights / Sexuality + Space / Urban Geography
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Canadian Society for Jewish Studies, board member
Heritage Ottawa
Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Philosophy of the City Research Group
Spaces of Struggle Research Group in Radical Planning
AWARDS
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Student Medal (2008)
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll (2007-2008)
Dean’s Honour List, Carleton University (2001-2005)
Governor General’s Medal and Scholar of the Year, South Collegiate Institute (2001)
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2016-2019)
Brenda Gewurz Scholarship for Feminist Leadership (2017)
Graduate Excellence Fellowship (2015-2016)
Schulich Graduate Fellowship (2014-2015)
CIHR Training Program in Neurodegenerative Lipidomics, Post-professional Degree Research Fellowship (2010-2011)
A. Andras Memorial Grant for Graduate Research in Jewish Studies (2007)
Carleton University Graduate Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship (2005-2007)
Carleton University Faculty Scholarship (2001-2005)
Education Foundation of the FCCP of Ontario Scholarship (2001)
Artist/production grants
Canada Council for the Arts, Architecture: Grants to individuals and firms (2015)
Awesome Ottawa Grant (2014)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (2005-present)
Housing Development Coordinator, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (2021-2022)
Teaching Assistant, McGill Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics (2016)
Teaching and Learning Activities Coordinator, McGill School of Urban Planning (2015-2016)
Research Assistant, McGill School of Urban Planning (2015-2016)
Communications Director, Ottawa Architecture Week. ORSA (2014)
Forensics Visualization, Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) / Ottawa Crown Attorney’s Office (2013)
Research Fellow and Program Manager, CIHR Training Program in Neurodegenerative Lipidomics. University of Ottawa Neural Regeneration Lab / CIMS. (2010-2011)
Architecture Officer, Canada Council for the Arts (2009-2010)
Studio Instructor, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (2009-2010)
Architecture Historian and Researcher, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada College of Fellows / Carleton Library and Archives / CIMS (2008-2009)
Teaching Assistant, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (2005-2007)
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
Teaching Assistant. McGill University:
ARCH 550/CIVE 433/URBP 618 Urban Planning and Development (Winter 2016)
Instructor. Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism:
ARCS 1005 Architecture Studio 1A (Winter 2010, Winter 2009)
ARCS 2105 Architecture Studio 2A (Fall 2009)
Teaching Assistant. Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism:
ARCH 5201 Graduate Seminar II (Winter 2007)
ARCH 5200 Graduate Seminar I (Fall 2006)
ARCS 1105 Studio 1A (Winter 2006)
ARCS 1005 Introduction to drawing (Fall 2005)
“But what about the library? Past-forward placemaking.” Cultural Memory Workshops (2017)
Ottawa Brutalism Workshop, Westboro Brainery (2015)
SketchUp Workshop for forensics and court documents, Ottawa Police Services (2015)
REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS
articles in scholarly refereed journals
Gelbard, S. (2023, ahead of print). Radical Solidarities in Punk and Queer Refusals of Safety and Inclusion Narratives in Planning. Urban Planning, 8(2).
Gelbard, S. (2023, ahead of print). “Did You Hear? Mavericks Is Closing!” Punk Refusal of Gentrified Endings. GeoHumanities, 1–19.
Gelbard, S. (2023). Assimilation City: Inclusive Planning and Histories of Exclusion. In D. Maoz & E. Mayer (Eds.), Canadian Readings of Jewish History: From Knowledge to Interpretive Transmission (pp. 213–232). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Gauger, B., S. Gelbard, C.M. Kayanan, J. Mah, S. Sherman, R. Vasudevan. (2019). “Spaces of Struggle.” Critical Planning 24. 13-18. *all author contributed equally
Gelbard, S. (2019). “Messy Methodologies: Proposing Radical Alternatives to the Formal Research Plan.” Critical Planning 24. 45-56.
Gelbard, S. (2017). “Shame and Theory, Tools for Radical Planning.” Free City. (1): 32-35.
(2013) Blanchard, A. P., G. S. McDowell, N. Valenzuela, H. Xu, S. Gelbard*, M. Bertrand, G. W. Slater, D. Figeys, S. Fai and S. A. Bennett. Visualization and Phospholipid Identification (VaLID): online integrated search engine capable of identifying and visualizing glycerophospholipids with given mass. Bioinformatics 29(2): 284-285.
*co-author contribution: representation theory consultant and data visualization
published conference paper
(2013) Wandering Dwellings: Diasporic Architectures. Diasporic Choices. R. Seredynska-Abou Eid. Oxford, Inter-Disciplinary Press: 221-230.
master thesis
(2007) Wanderer’s Sojourn into Dwelling. Master of Architecture, Carleton University.
scholarly meetings and conferences [see abstracts]
conference organizing
(2020) Spaces of Struggle: sessions on radical planning, ACSP Toronto ON
(2018) Spaces of Struggle: AAG sessions on radical planning, New Orleans LA
(2017) Spaces of Struggle: mini-conference on radical planning, Denver CO
(2020) Canadian Society for Jewish Studies annual meeting, Ottawa ON
(2017) Canadian Society for Jewish Studies annual meeting, Montreal QC
articles in professional or trade journals and magazines
(2016) The presence of past futures in the OPL: Reading Ottawa’s Main Libraries. Spacing. Summer 2016.
(2015) Ottawa the Brutal: Canada’s capital cast in concrete. Spacing. Summer 2015.
(2009) Imagining and Practicing a Real Architecture. Award Magazine. 23.
newspaper and weblog articles (editor-reviewed)
2013-2017. UrbSanity. Monthly column in Centretown Buzz/Spacing Ottawa. (go to full listing of articles)
NON-REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS
public lectures, panels, and interviews
(2016) CU in the City: Old Buildings New Forms. Carleton University, Ottawa ON.
(2016) Pop Can Crit: Current Conditions in Popular Canadian Architecture Criticism. Carleton University and Spacing, Ottawa ON. (invited moderator)
(2016) Brutal Ottawa: Architecture’s concrete utopias. Jane’s Walk Ottawa Gatineau.
(2016) LeBreton Flats Public Consultation. Ottawa Morning, CBC Radio.
(2015) Brutalist architecture in Ottawa. In Town and Out. Ottawa ON, CBC Radio.
(2015) I am not an architect. Design Studies, Algonquin College. Ottawa ON.
(2015) Tactical Brutalism. Council of Canadian Urbanism Summit Pecha Kucha. Ottawa ON.
(2014) Practice Space. TEDxElginSt. Ottawa, ON.
(2014) Inhabiting Gentrification. Ottawa Architecture Week. Ottawa ON.
(2014) Library as space/place. The Library as Space: a panel discussion. Ottawa ON, LANCR.
ART AND DESIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
urban art projects (Impromptu Playground)
(2014) Set the Stage. Awesome Ottawa Foundation. In collaboration with Musical Underground
(2014) Urbanism meets art: Collaborative mural. Bank Street Glow Fair. In collaboration with New Ottawa and M. Grigoriev.
(2013) LocoMaze, Science Play Day. Canada Science and Technology Museum.
(2013) DynamicMaze 2, ElectricFields & Nuit Blanche Ottawa + Gatineau. In collaboration with K Gillelan.
(2013) DynamicMaze, International Children’s Festival. In collaboration with K Gillelan, K Lucas, J Salmon.
(2012) Park_ingOttawa.
(2011) Pause & Play PARK(ing) Day 2011. In collaboration with K Gillelan, K Lucas, J Salmon.
(2011) Pause & Play, swings and hopscotch installations. In collaboration with K Gillelan, K Lucas, J Salmon.
exhibitions
(2014) Qu-lit, Chinatown Remixed. Art Flow Gallery, Ottawa ON.
(2011) Painting as Architecture. Gallery 173, Ottawa ON. (group show)
competitions
(2014) Entrenched Views. Jardins de Metis, Grand-Metis QC. (competition entry)
(2012) Impromptu Playground: yow/bru. Upcycle Human Cities Festival. Brussels. In collaboration with K Gillelan, K Lucas, J Salmon. (finalist)
(2007) Religious Courthouse. RAIC Justice Architecture Grad Competition. (National finalist)
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