Gutter.edu: Compassion in action
Welcome to Gutter.edu, your hub for compassionate learning modules designed to foster understanding and positive change. Explore our programs and discover how compassion isn’t just charity — it’s a strategy for a smarter, safer, and more stable community.
Compassionate landlords
A framework for landlords who want to rent ethically, support vulnerable tenants, and reduce housing instability. It replaces gatekeeping with understanding, and treats housing as a human right — not a power play.
Compassionate employers
A guide for workplaces that want to hire, support, and retain people facing barriers. It focuses on trauma-aware practices, flexible approaches, and real second chances — not performative “inclusivity.”
Compassionate classrooms
A model for educators who want to teach with empathy, awareness, and respect for students carrying heavy realities. It equips classrooms to be safer, more flexible, and grounded in real-world understanding.
Compassionate neighbours
A community blueprint for residents who want safer blocks, stronger connections, and fewer barriers. It pushes people to see neighbors as humans, not problems — and builds streets that care instead of judge.
Explore our blog
Dive into the stories that don’t make the news. Our blog is where street-level truth meets sharp insight — essays, dispatches, interviews, and raw reflections from people living the realities Ottawa keeps trying to ignore.
Whether you’ve lived it or you’re just starting to understand it, the blog brings you closer to the ground: unfiltered, human, and impossible to forget.