{"id":188,"date":"2020-07-28T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:50:43","slug":"the-capital-advantage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/the-capital-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capital Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The Capital Advantage\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/128620746\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn what Ottawa has to offer. Produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawatourism.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Tourism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"the-capital-advantage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Capital Advantage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Consistently ranked as one of Canada\u2019s most livable and safe cities, Ottawa is a diverse and multicultural city with interconnecting waterways, park-like greenery and extensive walking and biking trails. For UnderGrad, Grad, MA, and PhD students who choose to study here, Ottawa offers invaluable research facilities and work opportunities at the numerous agencies, institutions, and businesses in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although known primarily as the seat of Canada\u2019s federal government, Ottawa is so much more! Elegant shops, international restaurants, movie theatres, nightclubs, <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/recreation-and-parks\/swimming#beaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beaches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dowslake.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dows Lake<\/a>, fresh waterways, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncc-ccn.gc.ca\/places\/hogs-back-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hog&#8217;s Back Park<\/a>, and a bustling <a href=\"http:\/\/byward-market.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">farmers\u2019 market<\/a> flourish in a dynamic downtown core situated in the shadow of Canada\u2019s majestic Parliament buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa is also known for its many festivals such as <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawabluesfest.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bluesfest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tulipfestival.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tulip Fest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawatourism.ca\/en\/see-and-do\/winterlude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winterlude<\/a> and many more. With all Ottawa has to offer \u2013 no matter where your tastes and interests lie, you\u2019ll find something here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did we mention that ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University is on an island, right beside the Rideau River?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what Ottawa has to offer. Produced by Ottawa Tourism The Capital Advantage Consistently ranked as one of Canada\u2019s most livable and safe cities, Ottawa is a diverse and multicultural city with interconnecting waterways, park-like greenery and extensive walking and biking trails. For UnderGrad, Grad, MA, and PhD students who choose to study here, Ottawa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7223,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}