Life of Natalie
Most pregnancy cravings involve pickles, ice cream, or chaos. Natalie’s pregnancy craving was…
A: pickles, B: sour gummy worms C: Costco croissants D: actually none
D: actually none
This coloured Outlook flag is universally understood to mean: “I’ll deal with this later and immediately forget about it.”
Answer: What is the red flag?
This project document outlines the requirements bidders must meet and is also the document everyone pretends to fully read.
Answer: What is the RFP?
List all 6 standard PPE requirements
Answer: Hard hat, chin strap, steel toe boots, glasses, gloves & reflective vest
Ontario Place first opened in this year.
Answer: What is 1971?
At work, we know her as a VP for OP. Outside of work, Natalie’s family and friends know her best as this.
A: the costco mom, B: the crafty mom, C: the plant mom, D: the soccer mom
B: the crafty mom
This Outlook feature tries, bravely but not always successfully, to find a meeting time that works for everyone.
Answer: What is Scheduling Assistant?
This school subject suddenly becomes very important when your entire IO team consists of engineers, architects, and project managers.
Answer: What is math?
We’ve got OP, OPSS, OPSC, OSCR, CSO, OPPR, OPPS, OPP, OPRS. What does TGIF stand for?
Answer: Thank God It's Friday 🎉
What does OPRS acronym stand for?
Answer: Ontario Place Redevelopment Secretariat.
Long before capital delivery and executive meetings, Natalie’s first job involved significantly more choreography.
Answer: What is a professional dancer?
This Outlook calendar phenomenon occurs when you enter one meeting and find no escape for the next 6 hours.
Answer: What is back-to-back meetings?
Ammar chases the team for this every week - or every two weeks, depending on how fast time is moving.
Answer: What is the bi-weekly deck?
This magical project milestone exists in theory and is always “coming soon.”
Answer: What is substantial completion?
This provincial legislation grants sweeping legal immunity to expedite the redevelopment of Ontario Place, occasionally exempting it from environmental assessments and municipal bylaws.
Answer: What is ROPA?
The TV show Natalie binged during pregnancy sounds less like a comfort watch and more like an IO stakeholder group.
Answer: What is “Your Friends & Neighbours”?
This is the fastest way to turn a draft email into a public announcement.
(Hint: a keyboard shortcut that is responsible for accidentally sending an email before you meant to.)
Answer: What is Ctrl + Enter?
This is a part-time job on top of your full-time job involving reviewing excessive confidential material to produce an FNP.
Answer: What are Evaluations?
Name 3 of 5 IO’s official competencies.
Answer: What are Collaboration, Accountability, Curiosity, Integrity, or Adaptability
It’s the milestone that promises major construction progress, comes with ceremonial shovels, but usually leaves the actual ground surprisingly intact.
Answer: What is a groundbreaking event?
While the rest of us are deciding whether brunch is worth leaving the house for, Natalie is already fully operational by this weekend hour.
Answer: What is 5:30 AM?
This phrase is commonly used right before someone shares a screen with 47 confidential tabs open.
Answer: What is “Can everyone see my screen?”
This role somehow manages to coordinate construction sequencing, logistics, access, timing, and everyone’s opinions.
Answer: What is CLPA (Construction Logistics and Phasing Advisor)?
Name all 3 corporations involved in getting a new Kahua member onboarded - otherwise known as “the world’s longest group project.”
Answer: What are Kahua, IO IT Support & Deloitte?
This iconic, one-of-its-kind redevelopment, known as much for its controversy as its attractions, includes a science centre, a multi-use trench spanning the site, a 5-story parking garage, an OPP rooftop helipad, CSO lines, a future spa resort, and the world’s first permanent IMAX theatre.
Answer: What is Ontario Place?