2026-06-17 — Ottawa Housing & Community Land Trust Meetup
Ken posted a new Eventbrite link: Ottawa Housing & Community Land Trust Meetup
- When: Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
- Where: 123 Slater Street, 6th floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H2
- Description: Join us in Ottawa to chat all things housing, affordability, and community land trusts!
This continues the Commonwealth/Common Wealth meetup series, now expanding to Ottawa with a housing and CLT focus. This aligns with the earlier brainstorming about abstracting from “LVT Meetup” to “Land Meetup” to encompass housing, CLT, and LVR topics.
2026-06-22 — Monopoly-Themed Ottawa Presentation Preview
Ken shared conceptual preview images of a Monopoly-themed presentation for the Ottawa meetup this Wednesday (Jun 24).
- The Monopoly theme was brainstormed by Ken and Liam as a framing concept for LVT events
- The Ottawa presentation will be the seed of something recorded for their total audience later
- This connects to the earlier “Land Meetup” abstraction idea — now being executed with a creative Monopoly angle
- Presentation is Wed Jun 24 at 6:30 PM, 123 Slater Street, Ottawa
Key context: The Monopoly board game metaphor (players buy land, collect rent, eventually one player owns everything) is a natural fit for LVT advocacy — it visually demonstrates how unearned land rents concentrate wealth.
2026-06-22 — Ottawa Monopoly Presentation (Google Slides)
Ken shared the full Google Slides presentation: Ottawa Monopoly Presentation (2026)
- This is the finalized version of the Monopoly-themed presentation previewed earlier
- Will be presented at the Ottawa Housing & Community Land Trust Meetup on Wed Jun 24
- Ken noted it “will be the seed of something we record for our total audience later” — indicating plans to record and distribute this presentation more broadly
2026-06-26 — Ottawa Meetup Photos Posted
Ken posted 8 photos from the Ottawa Housing & Community Land Trust Meetup (held Wed Jun 24, 6:30 PM at 123 Slater Street). The event featured the Monopoly-themed presentation previewed earlier in the week.
- Photos show the meetup venue and attendees
- This was the first Ottawa Commonwealth/Common Wealth meetup
- The Monopoly presentation will be “the seed of something we record for our total audience later” per Ken
- The event links the Monopoly framing (land rent concentration) with CLT/housing advocacy in a live setting
Significance: First execution of the “Land Meetup” concept (abstracted from LVT-only to include housing + CLT + LVR), with the Monopoly theme as the creative framing device.
2026-06-30 — Ottawa Meetup Blog Post Published
Ken shared the blog post recapping the Ottawa meetup: Ottawa Housing & Land Meetup
- Partners: Ottawa Community Land Trust, Henry George Foundation of Canada, and Make Housing Affordable
- Format: Liam Wilkinson and Ken Yang debuted a Monopoly-themed interactive presentation
- Blog summary: The meetup covered housing affordability, community land trusts, and land value taxation — all framed through the Monopoly board game metaphor
- This was the first Ottawa Commonwealth meetup and the debut of the Monopoly presentation format
Significance: The Ottawa meetup is now documented publicly on commonwealth.ca, establishing the Monopoly theme as a recurring framing device for Commonwealth’s land/housing advocacy events. The blog post serves as a record and promotional tool for future meetups in other cities.
2026-07-02 — Toronto UBI Meetup Graphics Posted
Ken posted promotional graphics for an upcoming Toronto UBI meetup:
- 1x1 square promotional image (toronto-ubi-meetup-1x1.png)
- 16x9 widescreen promotional image (toronto-ubi-meetup-16x9.png)
- Ken captioned the post simply “incoming”
Significance: Following the successful Ottawa meetup (Jun 24), Commonwealth/UBI Works is expanding the meetup model to Toronto. The promotional graphics suggest a formal event announcement is imminent. This continues the pattern of city-by-city rollout of the land/housing/UBI meetup concept with the Monopoly-themed presentation as the core creative framing.