Glebe Report May 2015 by Glebe Report

Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 Issue no. 470 FREE

Vol. 43 No. 5

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May 15, 2015

The building at the corner of Bank and Fifth went up in smoke on Thursday, April 9 after an explosion at 11 p.m. Businesses affected are Mac’s Milk, Pizza Hut, The Beaver’s Mug, Silver Scissors, Encino Taco and Brown’s Cleaners.

Phoenix rising on Bank Street By Ben Bulmer

“None of this has stopped us, not even for a heartbeat,” says Eli Saikaley, whose 36-year-old Bank Street business, Silver Scissors, was destroyed in the fire that ripped the commercial block of Bank and Fifth Avenue the night of April 9. When police deemed the fire arson, Saikaley said he felt very angry about the situation. Three weeks and a day after the fire (“You can tell we’re counting,” says Saikaley), that anger has turned into a more positive emotion. “We don’t like the fact that arson brought down seven existing stores and a couple of dozen jobs here and there, and disabled people from their work place and their livelihood,” says Saika-

ley, “but we’re not dwelling, we’re going forward. The anger has turned into more of a positive emotion, we’ve taken that anger and were spending it towards more energetic things.” Saikaley’s son Sebastian made local headlines by donating $1,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, even though he himself lost his brand new business to the same fire. Sebastian’s business, Encino Taco Shop, had promised to donate 10 cents for every taco sold. Barely a month after opening and with no business standing, Sebastian stuck to his word. Saikaley says he’s still continuing with his obligations. “On Sunday (April 26) we did our fifth annual cut-a-thon at Algonquin College and raised thousands of dollars,” says Saikaley.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS May 20.................... Glebe Report AGM, GCC, 7 p.m. May 22.................... Family Dinner & Movie Night, GCC ................................ 6:00 p.m. (dinner); 6:30 p.m. (movie) May 23.................... Great Glebe Garage Sale May 25.................... Topical Talks, Mary Jane Maffini ................................ Abbotsford, 10 a.m. May 26.................... GCA meeting, GCC, 7 p.m. May 28.................... GCI Spring Music Night, GCI auditorium, 7 p.m. May 31.................... GCC Camp Information Day, 10 a.m.–noon June 4..................... GNAG Lobster Kitchen Party ................................ GCC, 6:30–9:30 p.m. June 5..................... G Factor Talent Show, GCC, 6:30 p.m. June 9..................... GCA AGM, GCC, 7 p.m. June 11................... GCA Environment Committee Meeting ................................ Ecclesiax Church, 7:30 p.m.

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Saikaley is temporarily running his hair salon out of the Water Salon Spa on Riverside Drive, and has maintained the majority of his clients, whom he describes as “amazing, amazing, amazing support.” “The majority have followed us, and for that we thank the Glebe and all our customers in Ottawa,” says Saikaley. The plan now is to get back to a Bank Street location, says Saikaley. Hopefully a building permit will be expedited because of the fire, and then it’s just a case of getting a plumber, an electrician and a paint job and 30 days later we’re in business, says Saikaley. “It’s not that hard, the key is to find the right location.” Robert Helal is co-owner of the destroyed building and is trying to be optimistic that it won’t be too long

before things start moving along. “We’re local businessmen – we can relate to the businesses and what’s happened,” says Helal, “it’s been really hard on them.” Because of the police investigation there’s been a delay in the insurance adjuster accessing the site, says Helal, and he hopes to know more next month. “We’re trying to be optimistic that it won’t take that long, and we will be sure to update the community as soon as we know what’s going on,” says Helal. As for Saikaley, he says he’s still up and around. “We’re making an effort and using every trick up our sleeve to be back there tomorrow.” Ben Bulmer, a recent arrival to the Glebe, is a regular writer of business articles for the Glebe Report.

WHAT’S INSIDE Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 26

Memoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Bee Friendlies . . . . . . . . . . 22–23

MP’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 34

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Councillor’s Report . . . . . . . . . 32

Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–11

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 24–25

Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 28

GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–17

Glebe BIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–19

Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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The fire and Browns Cleaners

Hesam Azimi, owner of Browns Cleaners in the Glebe

lifts my heart to see such compassion at a time like this. I’ve always had customers walk through our doors to drop off orders, but now I’m delivering at their homes. I’m getting to know my customers like never before. They invite me inside; ask about what’s going on and my plans in the next while. The conversation tends to end with “we will continue to do business with you,” which brightens my day, makes this process an easier one to handle and makes me more optimistic about the future. I look forward to seeing more of my customers in the weeks to come and hope to remain your preferred dry cleaner in the Glebe area. Thank you again for your support.

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It’s been over a month since the Glebe fire and I still can’t believe that in a matter of a few hours, everything I worked so hard for went up in flames. The experience has been very stressful and difficult to handle to say the least. Although we didn’t have direct fire damage, our store had major smoke and water damage. Thankfully, we were able to recover a significant portion of our customers’ garments and we’re working around the clock to restore the items. As a small business owner, you can’t just stand on the sidelines when things don’t go as you expected. It’s important to me that all my customers are satisfied and that no one is left hanging. We’ve been going through our lists and making sure our customers are informed about the restoration process and the status of their items. Also, as a temporary solution, I’m offering free pickup and delivery service in the Glebe/downtown area. The system is very simple and a convenient alternative. Customers can call us at our store number 613-235-9776 or visit our Facebook page (Browns Cleaners Glebe) for progress updates or to schedule a pickup. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the community and our customers for all of their support. Many customers and members of the Glebe community have reached out and it

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By Hesam Azimi

“Many customers and members of the Glebe community have reached out and it lifts my heart to see such compassion at a time like this.”

Hesam Azimi is the owner of Browns Cleaners Glebe, which suffered major smoke and water damage in the April 9 Glebe fire.

Message from Eli Saikaley, owner of Silver Scissors Salon: Dear Silver Scissors customers, We are temporarily working out of our other salon on Riverside Drive: Water Salon & Spa, 3685 Riverside Drive. For information and appointments, call us at 613-236-6408 or email book@silverscissors.ca. We appreciate your ongoing support through this difficult time.

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The Lansdowne Farmer’s Market reopened on Sunday, May 3 in Aberdeen Square, between the Aberdeen Pavilion and the Horticulture Building. The Farmers’ Market will be open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and  Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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“Sudanese refugee women endure long waits for water at Yida refugee camp in South Sudan,” said Alex Neve.

Sharing stories of struggle and survival By Julie Ireton

Few people would choose to travel into countries torn apart by war and violence, but that has become Alex Neve’s life’s work. This month, the secretary general of Amnesty International travels to Sudan and South Sudan, an unsettled and dangerous region in Africa, but an area that is largely off the radar of the rest of the world. While he’s there, Neve will go into refugee camps, do interviews and detail atrocities and human rights violations. On May 20, the public and Abbotsford House at the Glebe Centre members will get a chance to hear all about Neve’s fact-finding mission when he presents, “Reflections from a Forgotten Human Rights Crisis.” Neve will share personal accounts and con-

cerns about the crisis. Neve’s discussion is part of Abbotsford’s Learn and Explore Speaker’s Series that runs every Wednesday between 1 and 2:30 p.m. Admission is $2 and includes tea or coffee and treats. Neve says this mission is vitally important at a time when the world’s eyes and attention are on Syria, Iraq, the Ukraine and Yemen. “A major part of why I’m going is because it’s so difficult to get information. That’s what Amnesty International does well,” said Neve. “We want to get the latest, tell what’s happening on the ground and generate public awareness.” Amnesty International is a nongovernmental organization that visits about 70 countries every year. The organization researches and investigates human rights abuses and it

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supports those who’ve suffered from violations. “Our key role is to shine a light into dark corners. This is a perfect example of that. This area of Africa has largely been forgotten in recent years, it’s time to shine that candle,” said Neve. He says this trip will focus on the northern tip of South Sudan where a quarter of a million refugees currently live. Neve says thousands of people have arrived into the camps in the last couple of months. He says these are people who can deliver fresh accounts about what’s happening. Neve’s plan is to interview survivors, refugee officials, local government officials and other human rights groups to collect as much information as possible about what’s going on in the region. Neve notes it’s difficult travel that requires finding local guides, translators and secure transport. Upon their return, Neve and his teammate will develop a report and make recommendations to pass on to United Nations agencies and the UN Security Council. Neve says he looks forward to sharing some of the more personal stories and he’ll give a slide show at the May

20 discussion at Abbotsford. “There’s a tendency to be dismissive of problems in Africa. I hope to share incredible stories of struggles.” Also on the schedule for the Learn and Explore Speaker’s Series is the May 27 discussion with Lois Siegel. She is a filmmaker, casting director, writer, photographer, professor and musician. Siegel will talk about her film Stunt People. She will introduce and show the 47 minute film and then discuss the film and filmmaking. Abbotsford is your community support centre for Adults 55+. We provide the community programs of The Glebe Centre Inc., a charitable, notfor-profit, organization that includes a 254-bed long-term-care home. Find out more about our services by dropping by 950 Bank Street (the old stone house) from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., telephoning 613-230-5730 or by checking out all of The Glebe Centre facilities and community programs on our website www.glebecentre.ca. Julie Ireton is a journalist, teacher and long-time contributor to the Glebe Report.

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great glebe garage sale Great Glebe Garage Sale is Saturday, May 23! By Catherine Waters

With spring finally in the air, it is time to do your spring-cleaning and dig out the treasures that you may no longer need, to sell at the Great Glebe Garage Sale (GGGS). This year, the neighbourhood-wide garage sale takes place on Saturday, May 23, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. However, as veterans of the event well know, the keen shoppers will be out searching for the best buys as early as 7 a.m. Shoppers from far and wide, even beyond Ottawa’s borders, come to the Glebe to buy and sell, and wander through the neighbourhood enjoying the festive atmosphere and the spring weather. Everywhere you look, there are children, dogs, performance artists and musicians, buskers and balloons, and crowds of people chatting, eating hot dogs and shopping. But the Great Glebe Garage Sale is not just a festive occasion and an exemplary recycling event. It is also a day of giving. Once again, the Glebe Community Association is asking vendors to contribute 10 per cent of their earnings to the Ottawa Food Bank. So we look forward to another successful Great Glebe Garage Sale on Saturday, May 23! For social media puposes, please use the hashtag #gggs15. OTTAWA FOOD BANK

The Ottawa Food Bank supports 140 emergency food programs that feed around 45,000 people every month, 37 per cent of whom are children. By giving 10 per cent or more of our sales from the GGGS we help tremendously. Please give generously either online, by mail, in person at the Glebe Community Centre on May 23, or to volunteers who will be walking around on the day of the GGGS. HOW TO GET READY FOR THE SALE

One week before the GGGS, sort the items you want to sell and get ready with all the important materials you will need. Go to the Glebe Community Association’s web page about the Great Glebe Garage Sale at www.glebeca.ca/events/ garage_sale_faq.html to get more information and tips, and also to learn about the City’s regulations on food, parking and block parties. Be sure to prepare masking tape, markers, post-it notes, grocery bags, a cash box with lid, lots of change, sun hat, sunglasses, beverages and plastic cups for the sale day. The day before, price your items (normally between 10 to 25 per cent of what they originally cost) and make sure everything you want to sell is clean and fixed up. If you plan to sell lemonade and baked goods, make sure you have change, a clean selling area and food display. Test all electrical items first, and have an extension cord handy to show shoppers that they work. Have a garbage can and recycling bin ready to keep the street tidy.

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1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sat May 23 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun May 24

PLEASE REMEMBER

Make sure you set up your sale table on your lawn or driveway. You cannot use the sidewalk or road. If items are on the sidewalk, you could be ticketed by a city by-law officer. There are no road closures during the GGGS – please keep the roads clear and drive carefully if you need to get in or out of the neighbourhood on that day. Please remember that you cannot park that day on Fifth, O’Connor, Strathcona or Metcalfe, even with a parking permit, as they are reserved for emergency vehicles. And remember to be willing to bargain – it is part of the fun and you will be happy to say good-bye to your stuff! BANK STREET SIDEWALK SALE

The Bank Street merchants, through the Glebe Business Improvement Association, will be taking part in the GGGS with a wonderful sidewalk sale on Bank Street. Take a stroll to visit the merchants and see what they have on offer. AFTER THE PARTY’S OVER

This year we are also going to make special efforts towards environmental stewardship and the responsible and proactive disposal of leftovers from the garage sale. This is a partnership initiative between the Environment Committee of the Glebe Community Association, Ecology Ottawa (Glebe Community Network), the Glashan Schoolyard Greening Project and the TWIGS club at Glebe Collegiate Institute. Check out some drop-off points listed in chart above. For a detailed guide on where residents can bring their leftovers from the garage sale go to: www.glebeca.ca/events/garage_sale.html under Great Glebe Garage Sale Environmental Stewardship & Responsible Disposal Map of Ottawa 2015. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Catherine Waters at gggs@ glebeca.ca.

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Catherine Waters is the volunteer coordinator of the Great Glebe Garage Sale for the Glebe Community Association.

Heritage plaques on houses at the Great Glebe Garage Sale We’re holding a one-day Heritage Plaque Event in the Glebe. Why? To celebrate the wonderful architecture and social history of the Glebe. When? During the Great Glebe Garage Sale on Saturday, May 23, 2015. Who? The owners or residents of Glebe homes, with support from the GCA Heritage Committee. How? Prepare and install a simple temporary plaque or sign that identifies the history of your home and its architectural style, and attach it to a stick or tree on your lawn near the sidewalk. The plaque could include details on the builder or architect and on historical occupants. You can find a basic half-page template and example on the GCA website at www.glebeca.ca/committees/heritage/heritage.html or by emailing us at heritage@glebeca.ca, or feel free to design your own! Type it up, handwrite it, include photographs, whatever you like. We suggest you print it on a half-page adhesive label than can be adhered to a foam board or cardboard

PLANNING TO SELL BBQ FOOD?

Baked goods such as muffins, cookies etc. are easy to sell at the GGGS, but any food requiring cooking, especially meat, requires careful planning. If you are planning a BBQ on your property to sell at the GGGS, you must have some sort of rubber mat or painted plywood flooring under the barbecue and a wash station available (perhaps a garden hose and soap). If you are unable to meet the public health inspector’s requests, you may be asked to discontinue selling food. If you are a resident cooking food on your own property, you are not required to have a food service permit. However, you are still required to meet the requirements of the by-laws. You will find a link to the City of Ottawa’s website at www. glebeca.ca/events/garage_sale_faq.html to familiarize yourself with the rules.

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Send us a selfie with your Great Glebe Garage Sale treasure! The GGGS is coming soon on Saturday, May 23. Rain or shine, the sale must go on! And what better way to immortalize those fantastic finds than an Instagram contest? Come visit the Glebe Report table in front of the Glebe Community Centre and take part in our “GGGS Selfie Contest!” Share an Instagram selfie of you and your fabulous GGGS treasure for a chance to win prizes! Hashtag #gggscontest and @glebereport to enter.

and stapled to a wooden stake. During last year’s Great Glebe Garage Sale, the GCA Heritage Committee and Heritage Ottawa partnered to conduct a trial plaque event for the homes along Glebe Avenue east of Bank and on Linden Terrace. The trial was a great success, enjoyed by both residents and the hundreds of visitors who passed by and read the plaques. The GCA Heritage Committee would like to make this an annual feature of the Great Glebe Garage Sale to increase awareness and appreciation among residents and visitors of the valued heritage character of our Glebe neighbourhood. For information about how to research the history of your home, check out the City of Ottawa Archives guide. For other assistance or questions, contact the GCA Heritage Committee at heritage@glebeca.ca. The committee is happy to help identify the architectural style of your house or prepare your label for you with any information you might have.  You can also follow us on Twitter (hashtag #GGGS15) and check out our Facebook page.

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24 countries. Six cities. One goal.

Game guide

The games of the World Cup will be played in six cities across Canada. The Tournament is divided into six groups and Ottawa will host four games from Group B, one from Group E, one from Group F, two rounds of 16 games and one quarter final game. As far as which countries will play in the Capital, this was decided by a random draw so unfortunately Canada’s National Team is currently not scheduled to play in Ottawa. Depending on how they do in their group, we could possibly see them in action in Round 16 or Quarter Final stages. Tickets for the Ottawa games can be purchased as a package for all nine games, but if that many matches seems a bit daunting, there are a few games that are not to be missed. So for which days in June should you definitely be at TD Place Lansdowne? Valerie Hughes has some suggestions.

FIFA Women’s World Cup By Kendra Lee

The FIFA Women’s World Cup is coming to Canada this summer and Ottawa is one of six cities that will host games in June. Games will be played in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton. Many of you will be familiar with the Men’s World Cup and will have watched the matches that were played in Brazil last summer. Of course the men’s game has a long history, but the women’s game is becoming just as strong in a short time. The first women’s competition was held in 1991 and operates on the same four–year schedule as the men’s tournament. In its short history, the Cup has been won by four different nations; twice by the United States in 1991 and 1999, back-to-back by Germany in 2003 and 2007, once by Norway in 1995, and once by Japan in the last tournament in 2011. Canada has fared well in the tournament over the years coming in at fourth place in 2003. Currently Canada is ranked eighth in the world according to FIFA rankings. Forward Christine Sinclair is among the top goal scorers in the tournament’s history. FIFA representatives have already been working hard to organize this year’s event. Games will be played at TD Place Lansdowne from June 7 to 26 and organizers have recruited hundreds of volunteers to make it happen.

Sunday June 7: Norway vs Thailand (Group B) and Germany vs Cote D’Ivoire (Group B)

According to Valerie Hughes, FIFA’s Ottawa General Manager, “We’ve had an overwhelming response. We have about 300 volunteers who have exceptional experience to help us put on the best competition. We’re really lucky for not only their willingness to help, but the expertise that they bring and the motivation that they bring. It’s phenomenal.” The tournament promises to be a boost for the local economy as well. Hughes mentions that “the Canadian Sport and Tourism alliance projects that Ottawa itself will generate $16 million in economic output.” This a great opportunity to showcase our local businesses on an international level. “We’ll be drawing in visitors from around the world. They’ll get to see the world’s greatest game played live as well as experience the great Ottawa hospitality.”

On the first match day of the tournament, Ottawa will see two games back to back. “Our home opener will be a great one to see. Norway and Germany are so strong and they’re going to be taking on two newcomers to the Women’s World Cup,” Hughes says. The last tournament in Germany included 16 teams, whereas this year’s competition has grown to include 24 teams. Cote D’Ivoire and Thailand are two of those new teams. And where you might think they have less experience on the international stage, don’t count out the underdogs like Cote D’Ivoire “because they’re kind of unknown and they don’t play a lot of international games. They’re going to be a strong team but you don’t know how strong they’re going to be.” Thursday June 11: Germany vs Norway (Group B)

The second match day also features Cote D’Ivoire vs Thailand but if you must choose only one game for that day, better make it Germany vs Norway. “Germany is ranked number one in the world. Norway is ranked 11th in the world. Germany and Norway have a long-standing rivalry. When you look at their games against one another, they’re pretty even. In 2013 at the European Championship, they played a very tight game where Germany ended up winning the game in penalty kicks.” Expect this to be a close game with lots of excitement and emotion. Wednesday June 17: Mexico vs France (Group F)

“On the third match day we get to see France, who is again ranked number three in the world, go up against Mexico.” Expect this to be a very popular game. Mexico plays in the same soccer confederation as Canada, CONCACAF, so whether you see this as a positive or not, there will be a lot of people taking in this game. France has some very strong, skilled players like 20-year-old Claire Lavogez, who will make this game interesting to watch. Friday June 26: Quarter Final Round

The teams who play in the Quarter Final round will be decided by who wins earlier in the tournament. The top two teams from each group plus four wildcard teams will move on to the knock-out Round 16, and the ones that survive will move on to the Quarter Finals. Expect this game to be intense. “In the Quarter Final we could see the winner from the group of death, Group D, which is being played in Winnipeg and has powerhouses like the U.S., Sweden and Australia.” And with tickets to this game being 75 per cent sold already, the atmosphere is sure to be electric! Whether you come to all nine games in Ottawa or only one, tournament organizers urge you to just be part of it. “We want people to not let this opportunity pass them by. Come experience this live and be part of something huge. Many of us likely watched the men’s World Cup last summer on TV, but you can actually be part of the crowd and see everything live. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of something greater than all of us.” Kendra Lee is an ESL teacher and an avid soccer fan who is excited to be able to attend a FIFA Women’s World Cup game right here at Lansdowne.

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Tom Evans leaves St. James Tennis Club in good shape St. James Tennis Club president Tom Evans has retired after 15 years at the job. According to co-workers, Evans had been at the job for so long, he felt it was just time to move on. In Evans’ time as president, he undertook several large projects including renovations to the clubhouse and growing the court’s membership. “The clubhouse was a big thing that he undertook; he’s a renovation guy and a builder so he helped out with a lot of the architectural designs, plans and labour and kind of was the team and project leader,” said St. James tennis marketing board member John WinsPurdy. “When he started in 2000 it was a really small club, fewer than 400 members, probably around 350 members, and over his time as president, he grew the club to twice the size.” According to Wins-Purdy, it was because Evans was so supportive of community tennis that St. James started a community outreach program, that just started with a few classes. “Now basically every single class from the four primary schools come, so we get lots of kids in – hundreds of kids play on these courts every day for May and June. He was a big supporter of keeping it low cost,” said Wins-Purdy. New president Dave Hemphill believes Evans’ biggest impact came from his work developing young tennis players. Hemphill says this community development is the most important part of being a local tennis club. Hemphill stated that even though there are wealthier courts in Ottawa,

From left, Clive Doucet (then Councillor for Capital Ward), Tom Evans, president of the St. James Tennis Club, and Larry O’Brien (then mayor)

the fact that they build community spirit is what makes the St. James Tennis club unique. “We have a great club, community spirit, but we make the best of it. Most clubs aren’t back to back, it’s a unique feature and we work hard at making it a fun environment. Getting juniors interested in tennis is a key goal. And through his tenure, that’s his impact,” Hemphill said. Wins-Purdy stated that Evans managed to motivate all his workers and gave them responsibilities of their own. “Basically his management style is, he gave a lot of creative power to the juniors like myself and the other people working here.” It was also Evans’ ability to build a

community feeling with the people outside the Glebe that has made the club thrive. “When we were a smaller club membership-wise, I think all of the members were local or within neighbouring areas, but our programs have gained a really good reputation,” said Hemphill. Evans announced his retirement in 2014, but waited to find a proper successor for it to become official. “I think he was trying to find a successor who could hold the reigns,” Hemphill said. “He wanted to retire from the position, so I stood up and approached.” Hemphill looks forward to taking the reigns as club president but does not plan to change much from what Evans has done.

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“You know I think the club is going well and I think having good communication with membership, like we’re talking today additional signage around the club, and making sure, working with John, all the staff he hires is trained and can work with the members. But doing anything differently, Tom’s left the place in good shape and it’s not going to change from that,” Hemphill said. The first thing Hemphill did was to host an open house on Sunday, April 26 to encourage new members to join. He says this reflects the spirit of what Evans has done for the club. “It’s sort of in the spirit of what Tom’s done; to open the club to people who might want to try tennis. The goal is we’re trying to track them as members and we have an underlying job of trying to attract them to tennis,” Hemphill said. The open house gave everyone the opportunity to see the clubhouse and courts. The club hosts tennis players of all ages and wants to extend its presence to those who don’t live in the Glebe. “We’re really well known in the east and west ends, good for juniors too. So, you know, parents, even if they live in the suburbs, work downtown, they can take their kids. The open house is good because we can connect with not only the local players but the community as well,” Wins-Purdy said. Luke Carroll lives in the Glebe and is studying journalism at Carleton University. He is a sports fanatic and the new sports editor for Carleton’s newspaper, The Charlatan. He hopes to find a career in sports reporting.

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Images of the Glebe Leaving spring blossoms in her wake, she contemplates the way forward. Dow’s Lake, May 2015.

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Glebe’s heritage The word “glebe” comes from the Latin gleba, meaning clod of earth, and came to mean a plot of land given to a clergyman to keep a garden or a cow. We are just one of many glebes around the world. In 1837, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at Kent and Wellington was granted glebe lands running from Bronson on the west to Main Street on the east, between what is now Glebe and Fifth avenues. When the area opened for development in the 1870s, it became known as The Glebe. The term now refers to about 600 acres between the canal and the 417 (originally a Grand Trunk railway line). A small band of heritage activists has been working on repatriating the Glebe history plaque (after an unfortunate disappearance of the plaque in 2007 from its former location at the corner of Bank and Second Avenue). They recently succeeded, and the newly minted plaque commemorating Glebe’s history was installed on the corner of the St. Giles Presbyterian Church on May 12. At the same time, during the Great Glebe Garage Sale this year (for details, see page 5), the GCA Heritage Committee is spearheading an organized effort to have Glebe residents post brief historical information about their heritage homes, for all to see on the great and festive day. This idea was carried out on a smaller scale last year as an experiment, and was a great success. The devastation of the April 9 fire on Bank Street reminds us of the fragility of our environment and the speed with which all can change. In a similar vein, the Glebe Report article on the effects of pesticides on bees and other pollinators reminds us of the equally calamitous if slower destruction caused by pollution and other human constructs. We do well to honour our history and our heritage, and to support the efforts of those who would preserve and protect. —Liz McKeen

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Structube furniture and accessories store opened for business on April 25 at 225 Marché Way. Hours are Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Crust and Crate, opening soon, is “a new twist on a pizza pub serving Al Forno style pizza and gastropub fare with a focus on local, seasonal ingredients.” 325 Marché Way in Lansdowne. “Our team is hard at work creating pizzas, sourcing local ingredients and sampling craft beer.” (Facebook). CHANGES AFOOT ZaZaZa Pizza, 915 Bank Street, will be changing to a new dining concept: casual yet quality dining in the Glebe: The Rowan. “The Rowan is going to be a strong mix of our heritage contemporary British cuisine and Canadian locally sourced fresh food. We are planning for our new space to be ready in June.” Capital Home Hardware is renovating! “Renovations in progress! We received the new bank street register and it is wheel chair accessible!” Facebook. Brown’s Cleaners experienced smoke and water damage from the April 9 fire that destroyed five businesses. Brown’s Cleaners continues in business, offering free pick-up and delivery during the coming period. {segue} at 749 Bank Street is in transition, being renovated to take on a new identity as The Pomeroy House. Renovations are well under way. “Aiming to be refined yet approachable, The Pomeroy House will offer modern cuisine with a sense of nostalgia. Contemporary meets traditional. We look forward to welcoming you in early summer 2015.” GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Mac’s Milk, Pizza Hut, The Beaver’s Mug, Silver Scissors, Encino Taco, as the result of an explosion and fire on Thursday, April 9 that has been attributed to arson. Brown’s Cleaners had smoke and water damage but continues in business. Glebe Apothecary “It is with tremendous sadness and disappointment that we wish to inform you that a business decision has been made to close feelbest.com as of today, May 7, 2015.”

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Standing up to homophobia Editor, Glebe Report I attended an Ottawa Senators game for the first time last month. By traditional accounts it was a great game for Sens fans, the team won with a breakaway goal in overtime and many people stood and cheered, my partner pulling me to my feet to clap along and celebrate at the end of the game. It seemed like everyone around us was smiling as we walked hand in hand to the bus stop. There was a fairly large group of people at the bus terminal when we arrived and it felt somewhat chaotic. People were alternately laughing, talking and a couple of times someone started a cheer that others joined in, seemingly enjoying the victory of the night. Of course, there were a few people who seemed less joyous, some swearing and name-calling. Overall the situation was pretty much as I’d imagined it might be when so many people leave a sporting event at the same time and want to take public transit home. Until a young man with sandy blonde hair began yelling words that tore my heart apart. “F**! You’re gay!! You’re so f***ing gay! P**** boy!” and so on, in a loud, angry and aggressive voice. I don’t know what precipitated this, but it was directed at a group of about five people, walking away from him, occasionally turning around seemingly to keep an eye on him. “Yeah! You keep walking, f**!” Someone in the group that was walking away from him turned around and said, “That’s a pretty rude insult.” That was the only thing I heard the other group say. The guy yelling kept yelling, throwing homophobic vitriol around in such a hateful way that I felt sick to my stomach. And I didn’t do anything. What I felt in that moment was fear. Fear that if I said something, the guy who was clearly angry, aggressive and possibly intoxicated would try to physically hurt me or my partner. I was afraid that the aggressor would hurt me, so he got away with it. I was upset on the bus home. My partner and I agreed: if we’d had someone with us who was physically stronger, we would have said something. We didn’t want to make our-

TD Bank sign a failure of governance Editor, Glebe Report

selves vulnerable to attacks without allies who could help. And how big a deal is it that I didn’t hold someone accountable for such hateful public speech? Except that no one else did anything either. Which means that awful homophobic slurs exist in the world without opposition, words that combat the human rights values I hold so dear. I am concerned that allowing them to exist unopposed in the public sphere contributes to contempt and violence towards the LGBT community. I am concerned that by remaining silent in the face of this prejudice I am inadvertently condoning it. What is the impact for members of the LGBT community who witness this display? What is the impact for all people in our community witnessing this? For me, does the fact that no one called him out mean that I would have been alone if I had said something? I didn’t say anything, so I will never know if people there would have been allies or otherwise. In public school, we could tell an adult when someone said something wrong on the playground, and the teacher would enact some form of education, some form of recourse. As a public school teacher myself ten years ago, I was able to gently but firmly speak with children who used the words “you’re gay” as an insult. But in the world of adult predominantly male sports fans, who can we call upon when these insidious words come out? Whose responsibility is it to counter those attacks and ensure that they do not hang in the air without opposition in our community? How can we somehow demonstrate that we are not condoning this prejudice without resorting to insults or violence ourselves? How can I speak against it in the moment without fearing for my safety? I am concerned for our community when such overt prejudice and hatred can be exposed in public with no consequences. I call myself an LGBT ally and I did not do anything except write this piece as my voice of support, and ask: how can we do better?

Bill Dare

Proven Winners doesn’t believe neonics harm bees Editor, Glebe Report The Glebe community group Bee-Friendlies (see page 22-23) collected information from local nurseries, growers and suppliers on their use of neonicotinoids in bedding plants that they sell. Among the popular shrubs, perennials and annuals sold by many local nurseries are those developed and cultivated by Proven Winners, a company that supplies nurseries under stringent propagation agreements. In February we contacted Proven Winners to ask if neonicotinoids were used in the cultivation of the plants they sell to nurseries. We were surprised by Proven Winners’ response: “We have also heard it said that neonicotinoids are harmful to bees, but we do not believe this is true. While any pesticide or plant protection product that is used incorrectly may be harmful, neonicotinoids, like all plant protection products, are regulated and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (or by Environment Canada)[sic. Pesticide use in Canada is regulated by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency] for their specific use and are applied only by applicators who are licensed to use them. We are confident that the thousands of

In closing … Editor, Glebe Report Being the first writer about the demise of Britton’s, may I be allowed to close off the frank exchange that followed with two comments. I phoned up Tom Korski, whom I had never met, after his amusingly mocking letter about the tributes Robert Sims and Penny and I had offered to the Brittons, father and son. I was glad to hear he was also a journalist, and

family owned greenhouses that grow our products, some of who may use neonicotinoids, do everything they can to protect themselves, their staff, their customers, and the environment when using plant protection products.” So Proven Winners doesn’t believe that neonicotinoids harm pollinators. And if they are used incorrectly, it’s the growers’ fault. Similarly, their web site, www. provenwinners.com/bees, affirms, “At this time insecticide use is NOT considered to be a direct cause of Colony Collapse Disorder.” However, a recent review of 800 peer-reviewed scientific papers by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (http://www.tfsp.info/ resources/) indicated that neonicontoids may impact colonies when residues are brought into the hives by bees after they return from collecting food. The metastudy found that neonics posed too much risk for biodiversity and natural ecosystems. Not just bees and pollinators, but many other terrestrial, aquatic and marine invertebrates are impacted and we should take a precautionary approach. Carol MacLeod trained to have a basis for his remarks, more solid than gossip. Equally, Danielle Sabourin’s concern that community newspapers should deal in opinions, not mere gossiping, was a wise caution. At a time when many small businesses in the Glebe feel a chill wind from the big stores at Lansdowne, her words went home. Britton’s equally suffered the blustering winds; what is best to remember is how much they gave to the community. Clyde Sanger

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Once more into the fray? Editor, Glebe Report

Letter writers to the Glebe Report have been trying to convince and shame the TD Bank executives to remove the sign on the Rideau Canal, whilst City Council is silent and the NCC mutters about jurisdictional barriers. This approach to ensuring that the Lansdowne project follows the promised plan only legitimizes the fact that decisions on the care of the Rideau Canal are being made by the corporate captains of Lansdowne. How did and could this happen, and what does this mean for the future role of municipal government, both our elected representatives and our civil servants? The best I could come up with is to put a request to the City Auditor General to look into this simple example, to help us learn why current governance decision-making is not functioning. Maybe some municipal councillors can support this audit of how we are governing ourselves as well?

I was dismayed to read letters from Harriet Smith and Mary Crook about the proposed apartment buildings at the Driveway and Fourth Avenue. I also thought there was a moratorium. In August 2013, you published an article by David Pritchard: “John Leaning – Architect and Author.” It read, in part: “In the 1960s, Leaning and other community activists joined forces to ‘stop developers making the Glebe into Los Angeles.’ Plans to widen and extend Carling Avenue (which at that time ran all the way to O’Connor) threatened to bisect the area and destroy its integrity. They founded the Glebe Community Association and after intense campaigning, the road proposal was dropped. Leaning, encouraged by former mayor Charlotte Whitton, prepared the Glebe Traffic Calming Plan, the first of its kind in Canada; it became the model for many similar schemes across the country. He was also involved in the successful battle to change the zoning bylaws after three residential tower blocks were built along the eastern side of the Glebe on Queen Elizabeth Driveway.” Has this battle to be fought again? Gunther Abrahamson

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Flooding in Central Park West in late April 2014 (from the May 2014 Glebe Report)

Central Park West By Philip Mason

A Central Park cleanup is being organized for Sunday, May 17. It is hoped that a blitz can be made on the gardens, and that invasive Manitoba maples can be cut, fallen branches cut up and removed to the Lyon Street entrance, dumped rocks removed and the park generally made tidy. Please come if you can and bring a wheelbarrow if you have one, plus gardening gloves, forks and loppers. We are also looking for volunteers to take over responsibility for the gardens. The Soggy Story of Central Park

There are parklands in the Glebe that run east/west from the Canal by

Patterson’s Creek to nearby Bronson. Central Park West is the section between Bank Street on the east and Lyon Street on the west, bounded by Renfrew/Powell on the south and Rosebery on the north. In fact, Rosebery dead-ends at the park. The park was created in the early 1900s by in-filling the Patterson’s Creek lake with building rubble from demolitions downtown and then covered with a layer of topsoil. The natural drainage flowing eastward was reversed with drainage systems taking water towards Lyon Street and into the sewers there. Also at this time the Bank Street bridge over the creek was replaced with the present causeway. The area was developed into very formal Edwardian gardens, with laid

out pathways, gardens, benches and shrubberies. Interestingly, original title deeds for properties on Rosebery express the boundary to the park in terms of the high-water mark of the pre-existing lake. The park lies approximately eight feet below the level of the surrounding land and below the rubble layer are several feet of peat-like material. This acts as a huge sponge and keeps the park moist through droughts. Unfortunately, due to its relatively low level, the park acts as a natural collection sump for run-off water in the spring and as a drainage area for the adjoining properties, particularly those on the Powell/Renfrew side where water seeps in all year round creating several wet boggy areas that never seem to dry up even in a hot summer. Until the 1980s, the park was owned and maintained well by the NCC. The land was part of the land swaps that went on at that time and became Ottawa city parkland. Ever since, there has been less and less maintenance. The spring flooding became so bad (up to 24 inches deep in places) that our then councillor, Jim Watson, arranged for Fire Department pumps to be brought in for several weeks to remove the surface water. Eventually, just before the amalgamation of Ottawa with the surrounding municipalities, it was agreed that a replacement catchment system would be installed. This consists of four catchment basins with metal grids on top, which are interconnected by solid pipe leading towards Lyon Street, where the last catchment sump is located. For the next few years this was used as the spring pumping point. Eventually the pipe system was extended and joined to the lower of the

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Volunteers needed for Spring Cleanup PHOTO: PHILIP MASON

Sunday, May 17 at 10 a.m. Central Park West Meet at Rosebery Steps

end of Rosebery, the residents were able to persuade the City to install a dogleg ramp in addition to replacement steps and to create three garden areas. The residents are expected to maintain these areas. One idea the City had was to plant a grove of small trees in the northwest part of the park. Like the shrubberies on the embankments, this soon became overgrown and a haven for illicit activities and vagrants camping out. Earlier clean-up activities have concentrated on thinning the shrubberies and getting rid of hidden areas, making the park a more comfortable place, especially at night. A similar improvement was made when the abutting large apartment complex in the northeast corner, Ambassador Court, removed their overgrown lilacs and various weed trees and replaced these with low- growing shrubbery and perennials. For the last number of years, I have planted several dozen dahlias in the bed with the lamppost, with a border of a hundred tulips, and have grown

PHOTO: PHILIP MASON

Canna lilies in a circular bed at the bottom of the Bank Street steps

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Remembering Rupert Brooke By Clyde Sanger

We are into a period of remembering dead poets in the Glebe. A while ago Pat and John Smart had a memorable party to mark the half century since the death of T.S. Eliot, and we recited bits of “The Waste Land” and “Little Gidding” while dipping into a feast of Pat’s goodies. Allow me now to mark April 23 for the centenary of the burial on the Greek island of Skyros of Rupert Brooke. At least one other Canadian has remembered Brooke: Paul Delany, emeritus professor of English at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of a timely if oddly titled biography, A Fatal Glamour, The Life of Rupert Brooke (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015). Many Canadians may ask, “Whoever was Rupert Brooke?” In short, he was the English counterpart of John McRae, as a poet who wrote his most

well-known poem and died during the Great War. Brooke’s sonnet “The Soldier” was read out by the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral from his pulpit in April 1915. Two weeks later, Lieutenant Rupert Brooke died on the way to the invasion of Gallipoli. Young officers carried copies of it into the trenches. “If I should die, think only this of me.” Major John McCrae, as brigade surgeon, was – in that same week – in a tiny bunker alongside the Yser canal, tending Canadian artillerymen wounded or gassed in the Second Battle of Ypres. Among those killed was his friend Alexis Holmes, and McRae after his burial sat by an ambulance, scribbling down the start of “In Flanders Fields.” The poem’s publication in Punch magazine inspired campaigns in several countries for Remembrance Day poppies. None of Brooke’s poems had such an effect. “The Soldier” was gently mocked for its six references to England in 14 lines. On the other hand, for someone who died at 27, he wrote a great variety of poems, humorous, sharp, nostalgic, lyrical. He was a good scholar who had loved going to Rugby School. He stepped into the job of housemaster at Rugby when his father had a stroke. Later he was made Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge on the merits of a thesis on John Webster and the Elizabethan Drama. He travelled widely in Europe and to the South Pacific (and across Canada, where he visited fellow poet Duncan Campbell Scott in Ottawa in 1913, as evidenced by a photograph of the two in Professor Delany’s book) and wrote lively letters to a dozen young women. Out of this grew a group calling themselves the Neo-pagans who

vowed to avoid “the accumulations of age: houses, jobs, spouses, children.” Brooke, whom Yeats once called “the most handsome man in Europe,” was for a time their leader after early dalliance with Fabians and socialism. Professor Delany seems fascinated by the Neo-pagans, and his biography is so laced with their doings and morals – hiking and nude bathing – that it swamps the occasional analysis of Brooke’s poems. (For a comprehensive collection, you should read Brooke: Collected Poems with a Memoir, by Edward Marsh (1942)). My own father, after two years on a howitzer battery in Flanders, was steeped in Brooke’s poems, reciting “The Chilterns” as we drove through those hills. I grew up admiring Rupert Brooke’s neatness of rhyme and wit and youthful attitudes, and have several by heart after 65 years. I asked my grandson Tommy to choose two poems he liked from a short list, and one of them is reprinted here. His nostalgic “The Old Vicarage, Grantchester” (too long to reprint) remains a quirky delight, just as long as you don’t read racism and misogyny into the lines:

work. Frances Cornford’s epigram about her friend rings true: A young Apollo, golden haired, Still dreaming on the verge of strife; Magnificently unprepared For the long littleness of life. Clyde Sanger is an eminent journalist, author, lecturer and specialist in international development and a regular Glebe Report contributor.

In Grantchester their skins are white, They bathe by day, they bathe by night. The women there do all they ought; The men observe the Rules of Thought. They love the Good; they worship Truth; They laugh uproariously in youth; (And when they get to feeling old, They up and shoot themselves, I’m told).

As Professor Delany concludes about Brooke’s five wartime sonnets, they are “The poems of innocence. The poetry of experience was yet to come,” with Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. That goes for his earlier

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Re-imagining the past: historians writing fiction By Anna Baccin

Making the switch from non-fiction to fiction seems to be a growing trend for historians since Alison Weir paved the way with her bestselling novel, Innocent Traitor (New York: Ballantine Books) in 2006. Historical fiction requires the historian to think about human character in a way that academic writing does not. It makes it possible for the historical novelist to discover the truths of human nature. Historical fiction has an important place in literary genres in that it helps us re-imagine the past. However, when writing fiction, historians struggle with just how much historical detail to add – too much and the story doesn’t move along, but too little and readers don’t find it authentic enough. Let’s take a brief literary tour through history and begin in 234 AD with Iron & Rust (London: Harper Collins, 2014) by Harry Sidebottom, who teaches classical history at Oxford. Since 2006, he has been

writing the “Warrior of Rome” series set in the Roman Empire during the “great crisis of the third century AD” featuring the Anglo-Saxon nobleman turned Roman army officer, Ballista. Iron & Rust is the first in a new series, “Throne of the Caesars,” which begins with the brutal murder of Emperor Alexander that puts an end to the Severan dynasty. With meticulous attention to historical and military detail, this is a political thriller set in a fascinating period that Sidebottom knows so well. Alessandro Barbero, author of The Eyes of Venice (New York: Europa Editions, 2012) is a popular professor of medieval history in Italy. Set in the late 16th century, we follow the lives of two young newlyweds in Venice whose lives are disrupted when Michele is accused of a crime, and then flees to spend years at sea working on galleys. We find stories within stories as we follow Michele’s adventures trying to reunite with Bianca who has remained behind in Venice struggling to survive.

Be prepared for a lengthy book with a depth of historical detail, especially on the social customs and politics of 16th century Venice. Kate Williams’ The Storms of War (London: Orion, 2014) is a family saga set in Edwardian England, and centres on the Anglo-German deWitt family as they become the target of hostility at the outbreak of war in 1914. We follow the family members as they are torn apart and changed by the war. Kate Williams is a social historian and broadcaster who is familiar with the issues of the period. Set in England and France, this is a well-researched book with realistic glimpses of the period and the horrors of war. We’ll end our tour in Stalin’s Russia with historian and lecturer Simon Sebag Montefiore, who has written two non-fiction books about Stalinist Russia. One Night in Winter (New York: Harper, 2014) begins in 1945 during the last decade of Stalin’s rule. Based on a true story, the investigation into the deaths of two teenagers

soon embroils their families, friends and teachers in the world of the Soviet elite. Montefiore depicts the terrifyingly precarious position that the elite held under Stalin, in a novel filled with passion and fear, and describes the workings of the Lubyanka in meticulous detail. This novel is a companion piece to Shashenka (Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2008). Montefiore describes historical fiction as “simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.” He doesn’t get bogged down with historical accuracy, but many readers like to be educated while they are entertained so they would much prefer that historical fiction not stray too far from the truth. But either way, historical fiction has never been more popular. All of these titles are available at the Ottawa Public Library. Anna Baccin is children’s programs and public service assistant at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

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and see how much the kids are enjoying school. Grape Draw

We are also looking ahead to our Grape Draw to be held on May 25 this year rather than in February (in other words, don’t panic, you didn’t miss it). GCNS members will be selling tickets for a chance to win enough wine to fill your wine cellar (bar, fridge, space under your bed … we don’t judge). Tickets are five dollars each or three for ten, and can be purchased from any GCNS parent and at the preschool.

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End of the School Year

At the Glebe Coop Nursery School, just hanging out.

Spring has sprung at the Glebe Cooperative Nursery School By Sheri Segal Glick

Who doesn’t love May? The month of tulips and long weekends and the official start of Ottawa spring (spring starts in March? Good one, calendar!). Spring Fling

Another thing to love about spring is the Spring Fling, one of my favourite events (do I say that too much? They’re all just so much fun). This

year’s Spring Fling took place on Saturday, May 9. It was amazing to see so many young families enjoying Dominic D’Arcy’s wonderful music, as well as games, crafts, face painting, Brad the Balloon Guy, the bouncy castle, the barbeque, the plant sale, the delicious bake sale, and of course the candy necklace making (my kids didn’t even need lunch after that – please don’t judge me). A special thank you to

our incredibly generous community sponsors and parent volunteers for helping to make this event such an incredible success. Tea Parties

Spring is also the season of the annual Mother’s Day Tea and Father’s Day Coffee Drop-in. The children spend many weeks preparing snacks (with the teachers’ help, so they are actually tasty and not poisonous), songs and gifts for these special parties. It’s really fun for GCNS parents, (grandparents and caregivers) to be spoiled, spend some time together,

Finally, with spring comes the end of the school year, forcing us to say goodbye to old and new friends. Also, if you are a big sap like me, it also means that your baby is one year older (the fact that I tear up at my kids’ preschool graduation ceremonies does make me worry about the mess I will be when they graduate from university) (and grade six). Graduation and moving up ceremonies will be taking place the last week of June. I will be the blubbering mess in the front row. Registration is Underway

Registration for the 2015–2016 school year has started, but we still have a couple of spots left! Packages are available at the school (downstairs at the community centre) or for download on our website at www. ottawapreschool.com. Sheri Segal Glick is the communications chair of the GCNS Board. The Spring Fling really is her favourite GCNS event, followed very, very closely by the Frankendance.

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Glebe Collegiate’s Blue & Gold Auction a huge hit On Thursday, April 16, hundreds of people flocked to Glebe Collegiate’s gymnasium to attend the second annual Blue & Gold Auction. Students, staff, parents, Glebe alumni, community members and local business owners attended. People got a chance to take part in both a silent auction and, at the end of the night, a live auction. Funds raised from the auction supported Glebe’s Community Living class as they took part in a floor hockey tournament at the Ontario Special Olympics. This tournament took place at Carleton University from May 7 to 9, and featured a traditional NHL rivalry. Ottawa Senator Bobby Ryan and Toronto Maple Leaf Jake Gardiner faced off against one another as they supported this excellent cause. Regardless of one’s hockey allegiance, it is great to see these pros come together to raise money for such a worthy endeavour. Glebe’s Community Living class has also qualified for the Special Olympics provincial championships in basketball and bocce. Two students also qualified for several events in track and field

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By Matt Armstrong

Glebe’s Community Living Program sends out their thanks for the Blue & Gold Auction.

– the shot put, the long jump, the 100metre dash and the 200-metre dash. For these sports, the provincial championships will be held in Oshawa from May 25 to 27. Our students and staff are tremendously proud of all students in the Community Living program. The local business community has been tremendously supportive of Glebe’s Blue & Gold auction. Prizes poured in from many of the Glebe’s stores and shops, helping to make this event the resounding success that it was. If you were looking for restaurant or pub gift certificates there were lots to bid on; if you needed a massage you had several choices at your disposal; there was also lots of apparel, gift cards, several nice bottles of wine, pottery, hotels, hockey tickets and more. Jock Climie, one of Glebe Collegiate’s many famous alumni, was the

evening’s guest speaker. Jock began his football career wearing the blue and gold before moving on to play at Queen’s University and then in the CFL for teams in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Four times he had over 1,000 receiving yards in a season, and he ended his career with 56 touchdowns. Jock now splits his time between practicing law and doing CFL broadcasts for TSN. Jock told several stories to the audience about his high-school days and about his professional football career. Lest anyone get the impression that Jock is the stereotypically pompous athlete – in a classic boy-am-I-getting-old moment, Jock admitted that he had not been back to Glebe in so long that he had to ask directions to find the gymnasium. (For the record, the gym has not moved.)

Putting on the Blue & Gold Auction is truly a team effort. Many parents donated their time and energy; the Athletic Council put in hours of work; and the Physical Education department’s teaching staff put on a tremendous show. In particular, the leadership and organization of teachers Janet King and Dave Malowski should be recognized. They dedicated countless hours of their free time to put on a fantastic event that benefits both their students and the wider school community. Even though both teachers are quick to recognize the work of others, we would be remiss not to give credit where credit is due: thank you Ms. King and Mr. Malowski for a job extremely well done. Matt Armstrong is a vice-principal at Glebe Collegiate Institute.

First Avenue gears up for the big switch By Isabelle Flannigan

As usual, there is a lot going on at First Avenue Public School these days. Our book sale was a huge hit again this year. We thank all community members who donated over 30,000 books. Children from our school were excited to come shopping in our gym and many were especially delighted to win a cake in our yearly cake raffle. Last month, some of our Grade 4 students participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Last month was also the time for our Grade 4 to 6 students to give the school some feedback on school climate. All students participated in the “Tell Them From Me” survey. The results will be used to reflect on and improve school climate and the support provided to students. Coming up later is a week of hiphop dancing for all students. Each class will take part in dance lessons

from Love2Gruv, a local dance business. Speaking of performing arts, our spring concert was held on May 7 and was dedicated to all of our parent and community volunteers. We’ve also recently enjoyed “Winderful Musical Zoo,” a program offered by the National Arts Centre and showcasing wind instruments. We are also hoping to have the Glashan band play for us before the end of the school year. Of course, one of our big projects right now is our transition to the Mutchmor Public School site. Construction of the addition is almost complete and we are scheduled to move in over the summer. An end-ofyear assembly is being planned to say good-bye to our beloved First Avenue building. We are also planning an inaugural ceremony to officially start the Early French Immersion program at Mutchmor.

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By Dijana Bate

While nearly every aspect of our lives is changing, our current education system, for the most part, remains stagnant and is “at risk,” according to Harvard Innovation Education Fellow Dr. Tony Wagner. “Our schooling culture has turned us into compliance-driven, good little consumers of information – a passive learning model. Innovative learning cultures are cross-disciplinary and teach about creating, not consuming.” Imagine a method that accelerates learning, provides a strong concrete academic foundation and is adapted to each individual’s learning style. Imagine an educational model that instills the desire to teach oneself and others … one that challenges students to think critically, innovate, problem solve, practice independence and be self-motivated. Imagine a classroom that fosters compassion and social responsibility as children of different ages engage with one another in a prepared, enriched environment, and where opportunities for collaboration, mentoring and practicing leadership skills are encouraged. Visionary Dr. Maria Montessori gave us a new template for education in 1907 – one that is more relevant in the 21st century than ever! This pedagogical template has gained momentum all around the world and has received recognition and support from countless individuals who have impacted all walks of life – just to name a few: Anne Frank, Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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our children, join us at GMS for a bilingual educational experience that will benefit your child for a lifetime! GMS offers programming for toddlers (ages 1.5 to 3), preschoolers (ages 3 to 6) and elementary students (ages 6 to 12). GMS also offers a Montessori Mediated Learning (MML) program for advanced learners with specific needs (ages 6 to 12). This spring, we are celebrating the fact that our GMS Grade 6 students can now continue their Montessori education in our own Glebe neighbourhood, at Lansdowne Park! A warm welcome to The Element, a Montessori based junior and senior

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Along with many Glashan students and staff members, Alex, Oliver and Jacob worked hard to load the truck!

Glashan’s used clothing drive a huge success! By Marie-Pierre Roure

With the support of the staff, Glashan’s School Council organized a used clothing drive to raise funds for the Schoolyard Greening Project. This initiative was spearheaded by Glashan parent Scott Nowlan, and involved partnering with the Used Clothing

Drive and the local Salvation Army. The used clothing drive was launched on Earth Day and ended on Saturday, May 2. The students and the community were invited to bring in bags of used clothing and boxes of household items and, to motivate the troops, a friendly competition between the grade 7 and the grade 8 classes

was started. Everyone had a lot of fun fulfilling this challenge! In addition to collecting items throughout the week, the school was opened on two Saturdays to accommodate the community. The many volunteers, some staff members and Glashan’s chief custodian, Al Ardley, worked endless hours to contribute to the tremendous success of this venture. Aside from the fundraising potential, this initiative provided another opportunity to educate the students about caring for the environment and reducing their ecological footprint by diverting waste from landfills. The students were informed that North American households generate nearly 70 lbs of textile waste per year. The average filled donation bag – an ordinary large garbage bag – weighs about 17 lbs. It was estimated that every household had the potential to contribute at least 4 bags. The results were overwhelming! The gym stage and part of the gym and the DT room were full of bags and boxes! On Tuesday, May 5, almost the entire school helped load the truck and after several hours of collective effort, our goal was reached! We collected 30,000 lbs of reusable or recyclable items, which will be translated into

$5,000 for our schoolyard! This was an incredible team effort and everyone was a winner! In the end, it was impossible to determine which grade had won the challenge because there were so many donations – it was simply impossible to keep track of the multitude of bags and boxes! The entire Glashan family would like to thank everyone for the outstanding support! This experience will be memorable. In addition to collecting used items, we also collected memories and great stories. Many former Glashan students, teachers and parents shared their memories with students, staff and volunteers as they dropped off their donations. It was very touching and it created new ties between the school and the community. If you would like to continue to support our Greening Project, please check www.glashangreening.ca or www.facebook.com/glashangreeningproject for more details. Again, a sincere thank you for the generous support and for contributing to making our schoolyard a better place to play! Marie-Pierre Roure is vice-principal of Glashan Public School.

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Judy Richards of Davidson’s Jewellers is the new chair of the Glebe BIA board of management.

The new faces of the Glebe BIA By Ben Bulmer

A second, third and even fourth generation of Glebe business owners are taking over the reins as the new Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA) board of management. The fresh board, new at the beginning of this year, is chaired by second-generation Glebe business owner and veteran businesswoman Judy Richards from Davidson’s Jewellers. “There’s so many of us that are second and third generation, so I think that having that history, I think I know the business community in the Glebe very well,” says Richards, who has been running the 76-year-old Davidson’s Jewellers since taking over from her father in 1972. Her four-year post as chair comes after sitting on the board for the last seven years. Richards has seen change in the Glebe more than most. “When my dad opened up here, this was a suburb and all the jewellers downtown said, ‘Are you crazy, going all the way out there to open your store?’” says Richards. Now change is coming with Lansdowne, but as Richards says, “Nobody’s quite sure what that change is meant to mean.” Richards is positive about the Lansdowne development and sees the development as a draw to the area. Richards says she is excited to be working with CityFolk Festival (formerly Ottawa Folk Festival), which will be held at Lansdowne in September, and the many community music

events being held throughout the week of the festival. Parking is a major concern to businesses and residents alike, with the BIA’s strategic plan focusing heavily on this issue. “There are a couple of committees, from Lansdowne, the City and ourselves, all working on traffic patterns,” says Richards. Second-generation business owner and board member Stéphane Sauvé from The Glebe Meat Market will sit his second term on the board and although he sits with Rebecca McKeen from McKeen Metro Glebe and Liz Slater from Whole Foods, Sauvé says being in the middle isn’t a problem. “It’s a very productive board,” says Sauvé, adding there’s absolutely no animosity between competitors. “Changing the board every four years is always a good idea because you get fresh ideas,” says Sauvé. The last board focused a lot on the street construction on Bank Street and the Lansdowne development, says Sauvé, so now that both projects are complete, the board can put their energy into the on-street experience. Sauvé says that Lansdowne has been good for his business, because it’s increased walk-by traffic and now he sees lots of new faces in the store – and after 31 years working there, he recognizes a new face. If the elephant in the (board)room is Lansdowne Park, Lisa Slater from Whole Foods is more than well aware of that. “Everybody has been extremely welcoming to us,” says Slater, adding that she’s definitely not

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Rebecca McKeen is the fourth generation to run McKeen Metro Glebe.

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Eva Cooper of Delilah is the new vice-chair of the Glebe BIA board of management.

the elephant. The former New Yorker, who moved to Canada over 30 years ago, says coming from the outside – Toronto – with a fresh pair of eyes gives her a positive insight into the community. “The BIA has the best interests of the Glebe, trying to balance all the concerns of residents and business people, in such a way as to maintain the character of the Glebe, while recognizing that things have to change,” says Slater. Everybody’s perspective from the standpoint of being a business is the same, she says. “We want our businesses to thrive, we want [customers] to have easy access to our business, we want to have a great relationship with the City, because it’s great for both of us,” says Slater. Rebecca McKeen is the fourth generation of her family to run McKeen’s Metro and one of the youngest members on the board. Having grown up in the Glebe, McKeen says, “My customers are mostly residents from the Glebe, and I have a big connection with what the local community likes and wants from the business community.” McKeen sees her age, and the enthusiasm that goes with it, as a strong asset for the board. “It’s a matter of energy and willingness to change and adapt,” she says. “I think when you have been running a business for a long time it becomes harder to make changes,” says McKeen. “From the young perspective, it’s easier to see the change and see the benefit.” About Lansdowne and Bank Street,

McKeen says, “It would nice if there was some integration, as they are two separate entities at this time.” McKeen hopes the Glebe will catch up with some of the other areas in the city that are booming right now, notably Westboro and Hintonburg. “I think there’s a lot of potential to reinstate the trendy vibe that we had going back five or six years ago.” Eva Cooper has run her Bank Street store, Delilah, since 2011 and is stepping into the position of vice-chair. “The future is extremely exciting. We have a very fresh board, and we’re led in a sound, positive way with Judy’s leadership, and we have a very dynamic executive director,” says Cooper. Making the Glebe more of a tourist destination and having a better connection with downtown is all part of the strategic plan the BIA is in the process of implementing, says Cooper. “2017 is a big goal for us and the Glebe is where we want people to come. The strategic plan is very focused on making the Glebe an area in which people are extremely engaged and proud to be a part of, whether it be business or residential.” A couple of ideas the board is looking into are having some kind of signage welcoming people to the Glebe, and a possible trolley bus taking people directly from downtown to the Glebe, says Cooper. “The Glebe has a lot of offer. We’re making sure it’s a beautiful part of Ottawa and a tourist destination.” Ben Bulmer is the business writer for the Glebe Report.

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20 Glebe Report May 15, 2015 Dear Diary Tamaya Garner, sculptor

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I worked alongside my husband, sculptor Bruce Garner, for 29 years, until he got ill in 2009. He was my mentor; I was his muse. A love, perfect with its imperfections. In this exhibition I am unmasking everything – love, fear, anger, inner reflection but no regrets. My art training with Bruce gave me the outlet I needed to keep hold of my sanity. Drawing every day was my most important release and best documentation of our final years together. Every sculpture was created from heart-wrenching agony. Watching my soul-mate deteriorate daily before my eyes could only be expressed through my art. Grieving is nature’s process. This was my way of understanding and finding strength.

My past series have been: Menopause the Natural Way, The Life Of A Uterus, Moods of Cancer, Mr. & Mrs. Globe, Virginia Woolf, and Woman. All have brought me here, to this place and time. It is fitting that my first solo exhibition is one that pays tribute to my husband and teacher. I feel that this is my best body of work. The exhibition has 80 plus works of art, both sculptures and paintings. There will be a celebration of Bruce Garner’s birthday on May 23, and there will be cake.

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Michaele Jean at the podium (above) in a ceremony at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights. The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights (left), unveiled in 1990, is located at Elgin and Lisgar streets.

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When the Dalai Lama unveiled the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in 1990, it was the only freestanding monument in the world dedicated to universal human rights. Located in Canada’s capital on the grounds of Ottawa’s City Hall at Elgin and Lisgar streets, the monument attracts visitors from Canada and around the world, as well as groups and organizations who use it for events and demonstrations to express their fervent desire for peace, justice, rights and equality. In 1998, the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, President Nelson Mandela visited the monument to unveil a plaque dedicated to John Peters Humphrey. In a 2014 tribute, Mayor Jim Watson held a ceremony designating the land around the monument as “Nelson Mandela Square”. Now, in 2015, the 25th anniversary of its unveiling, lights will finally shine

on the human rights monument, thanks to a generous grant by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. A ceremony to turn on the lights will be held this June with Ottawa-Centre MPP, the Honourable Yasir Naqvi. The lighting is dedicated to the memories of Melvin Charney, who designed the monument, and Philip Gabriel, who designed the lighting plan. Each generation defines human rights according to its own social and political context. A Canadian Tribute to Human Rights volunteer’s definition captures the spirit of the monument: “The scope of human rights enjoyed in a society indicates the level of civilization the society has achieved. The quality of treatment and the level of respect human beings accord each other are its measure.” Nothing of value comes easily. The project, culminating in the sculpture referred to as the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, started on December 10, 1983 – International Human Rights Day – with the vision of a few who desired

“an impressive sculpture, which narrates the struggle for human rights in granite and concrete.” The jury commended Charney for his rich use of symbols conveying many levels of meaning. Charney aligned the Tribute directly with the National War Memorial with which it dialogues artistically. The National War Memorial celebrates peace through victory in war; the Tribute celebrates peace through respect for human rights. In that way they complement each other. The Tribute invites passersby to leave Ottawa’s busy streets and enter an unusual space of symbols through an arch that has a façade of red Manitoba granite engraved with a quotation from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As a symbol of the fragility of respect for human rights in our society, it leans on a massive concrete structure called The House of Canada. Held aloft by columnar concrete figures on the monument are the words in English and French: EQUALITY, DIGNITY, RIGHTS from the quotation. On the reverse side of the granite façade, these three concepts are inscribed on 73 granite plaques in the Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada. The Aboriginal languages plaques are mounted from east to north to west in the geographical locations of the peoples who speak the languages. Finally, after 25 years, the Human Rights Monument will be visible at night to provide a beacon of light and commitment. Join us! For details of the event this June, watch for media announcements or contact Teena Hendelman at teenagh@yahoo.com.

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to create a permanent artistic symbol of the historic and ongoing struggles of ordinary women, men and children everywhere for fundamental human rights. The vision eventually involved hundreds of supporters who believe our country and the world need a tangible reminder that human rights affect our daily lives, our sense of dignity and often our survival. Soon afterwards, a community-based, charitable organization was formed. The Elgin Street site was donated by the then Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. A national design competition was launched. The competition elicited the following commentary from the magazine Canadian Art in its winter 1986 edition: “And now, that rarest of entities – a sculptural commission that made sense from the outset – was conducted with fairness to all concerned and produced indisputably fine results.” Of the 129 artists and architects from across Canada who entered the competition, 10 finalists were chosen. The jury unanimously selected the entry of Melvin Charney, awarding him the prize for

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How to ‘bee Friendly’ By the Bee Friendlies

What are neonics doing to bees and other pollinators?

The Bee Friendlies is a Glebe-based community group formed in October 2014 following a public talk organized by the Environment Committee of the Glebe Community Association about the effects of neonicotinoids (pronounced neeo-nicoteen-oids, a.k.a. neonics) on pollinator health and the startling decline in bees and other pollinators. The group aims to promote a pollinator-friendly urban environment. The primary concern of the group is the use of neonics and other systemic pesticides on seeds, seedlings and plants and how they affect pollinator health.

While used to protect plants from specific insect pests, neonics also have negative effects on nontargeted insects including pollinators such as bees, butterflies and beetles. Pollinators may come into contact with neonics through contaminated pollen, soil and water. Neonics kill insects by attacking their nervous system. Bees that come into direct contact with the pesticide will die, while those that have long-term indirect contact to the pesticide may become more susceptible to disease. Their abilities to navigate, gather pollen and reproduce may also be negatively affected. According to the Ontario Provincial Winter Loss Survey, bee deaths in Ontario in 2013–2014 reached their highest recorded level at 58 per cent. The Federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency recently found a link between the use of neonics and bee deaths in Ontario: 70 per cent of dead bees examined in 2012 and 2013 tested positive for neonic residue.

What are neonics?

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Neonic-treated seed currently accounts for 99 per cent of corn and 60 per cent of soybean seed sold in Ontario. Following this winter’s province-wide consultations on pollinator health and the use of neonic pesticides, the government of Ontario just set a target of reducing the number of acres planted with corn and soybean neonic-treated seeds by 80 per cent by

Interviews conducted in March & April 2015

Do you think neonic-treated plants harm pollinators?

Do any of your growers or suppliers use neonics?

Do you sell neonic-free seeds?

Would you consider labelling neonic-free plants ?

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It was alarming to discover that garden plants we had selected to encourage pollinators might be contaminated with neonics. We went to our local suppliers with a questionnaire about their use of neonics and their interest in labelling neonic plants in the future. See the tables below to learn about what we found. Resources For more about neonics, see: • www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/pollinator-health • www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6079/351.short • www.tfsp.info/resources/ • http://foecanada.org/en/environmental-justice/the-bee-cause/ • www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7422/abs/nature11585. html

To contact the Bee Friendlies group, email beefriendlies@gmail.com

Are you aware of the neonic controversy?

Neonics are a class of systemic pesticides chemically similar to nicotine that were introduced to the market in 1991 and have since been widely used on a variety of crops including corn, soy, potatoes, tobacco, wheat seed, tomatoes, blueberries, apples, lettuce, citrus fruit and cotton, and are also used in nurseries and urban forestry. These pesticides are often applied by coating seeds or drenching the soil but they can also be used as a foliage spray. Neonics are absorbed into a plant’s tissue and can spread into the leaves, flowers, nectar and pollen. The most commonly used neonics include imidacloprid, acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, nithiazine, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam.

2017. To achieve this target the government is proposing new regulatory requirements for the sale and use of neonic-treated agricultural seeds in Ontario. The new requirements will be a boon for farmers who need pollinators in order to grow crops such as apples, cherries, peaches and plums.

1. Carries some neonic-free native plants 2. Recommends Aimers organic seeds 3. All organics, no neonics/herbicides/pesticides, native plants 4. Plant sale June 6 or by appt. fletcher@ofnc.ca; info on native plants, tips for attracting birds and butterflies, water feature advice at www.ofnc.ca/fletcher 5. All organic, locally adapted plants 6. Locally owned, staff can identify neonic-free plant materials 7. All neonic-free, organic plants except for plants from one small grower; just ask 8. Will look into the concern 9. Owner visits all growers annually 10. Does not consider greenhouse, registered neonic-treated plants harmful N/A = does not apply; __ = did not answer

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How to be ‘Bee Friendly’ in your garden

1. Rethink your lawn – use grasses and flowering plants. 2. Buy plants from local growers who do not use harmful herbicides or pesticides in the cultivation process. Use only natural pesticides and fertilizers and avoid using neonicotinoids in your garden. Read the label to determine whether a product contains neonics. Look out for: imidacloprid, acetamiprid, dinotefuran, clothianidin, thiamethoxam. 3. Plant native flowers to which local bees are especially adapted. 4. Select single flower tops i.e. daisies, marigolds. Double headed flowers look showy, but produce much less nectar and make it more difficult for bees to access pollen. 5. Skip highly hybridized plants, which are bred not to seed and produce little pollen. 6. Plant for blooms through as many seasons possible. 7. Build homes for native bees. 8. Create a bee bath. Fill a shallow container with pebbles and twigs giving bees something to land on while drinking. 9. If you live in a home without a garden, plant a window container or a patio plant. With permission from the David Suzuki Foundation.

More Buzz…And what about the big chains with seasonal garden centres? They weren’t prepared to answer a questionnaire, but we have information from several. “Canadian Tire is …working with more than 400 local Canadian growers to develope a system that will allow Canadian Tire customers to identify live plants that may have been treated with neonicotinoid insecticides…” “The Home Depot Canada is deeply engaged in understanding the relation of the use of certain insecticides on our live goods and honey-bee population. We’ve been in communication with government agencies, the insecticide industry and our suppliers for many months to understand the science and monitor research. We offer our customers the ability to choose from a variety of lawn and garden products and currently carry over 40 environmentally preferred alternatives. In fact we’re requiring all of our live goods suppliers to label plants that they have treated with neonicotinoids.”

Fletcher Wildlife Garden By Barb Riley

Loblaw: “The issue of pollinator health is of considerable concern for us. In 2014, we engaged the assistance of Dr. Nigel Raine, a leading global expert on pollinators, to provide scientific guidance and advice on the appropriate role that Loblaw, as a retailer, can assume in reducing the risk to pollinators.” Lowe’s: “Following studies that say many factors, including neonicotinoid pesticides, could potentially damage the health of pollinators, Lowe’s has committed to take several steps to support pollinator health. Lowe’s will include greater organic and non-neonic product selections, work with growers to eliminate the use of neonic pesticides on bee-attractive plants and educate customers and employees…” Rona: “Our suppliers are working on ways to reduce the use of pesticides through the use of integrated pest management strategies. 70 per cent of plants sold in our stores were grown without the use of neonicotinoids. We are … encouraging our suppliers to reduce the use of these pesticides… In 2016, all our plant suppliers will have to clearly identify whether their products were grown with or without the use of neonicotinoids.” For more about neonics, see: www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/pollinator-health www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7422/abs/nature11585.html photos: Mihael Simonic, Forest Wander, Christian Bauer, Karunakar Rayker , Christine Hanrahan

For 24 years, Fletcher Wildlife Garden (FWG) has been a wildlife oasis in the centre of the city, demonstrating how plants native to the region provide shelter, food and places to raise the next generation of bees, butterflies, insects, birds and small mammals and educating Ottawa residents on how to create wildlife-friendly gardens. Pesticides, disease and habitat loss have all contributed to the decline of many plant and animal species. FWG encourages people to counter this by planting native species on their own properties and in their neighbourhoods. Recently, the alarming decline in pollinator populations has raised public awareness of how much we depend on these creatures for most of the food we eat. The Butterfly Meadow and Backyard Garden at FWG showcase many of the native plants that attract and support such pollinators. The garden, certified as an official Monarch butterfly way station in 2011, works to support this severely threatened butterfly. FWG offers lots of information to help you create your own wildlife-friendly garden, with lists of native plants for various garden conditions, tips on how to attract birds and butterflies and advice on adding a water feature at www.ofnc.ca/fletcher/. Visit FWG in the growing season to see what many native plants look like and pick up free brochures from the bulletin boards on the property. The FWG’s annual native plant sale is on Saturday, June 6. If you miss that, you can still buy plants by appointment (fletcher@ofnc.ca). And if you would like to garden with us, please also get in touch. Barb Riley is a member of the management committee of the Fletcher Wildlife Garden.

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The GCA’s Environment Committee hosted a meeting on April 14 to come up with a roadmap for the City to use in reaching the goal of 100% Renewable Ottawa by 2050.

Meeting on roadmap to 100% Renewable Ottawa By Bill Nuttle

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An energetic group gathered at the Ecclesiax Church on the evening of April 14 to create a roadmap for the City of Ottawa. The event was the latest public meeting hosted by the Glebe Community Association’s Environment Committee. The topic was Councillor David Chernushenko’s vision for a 100% Renewable Ottawa. This means producing enough energy from local, renewable sources to satisfy the city’s needs. The discussion started on energy production, but quickly broadened to other aspects of the city. Clearly, the road to a 100% Renewable Ottawa will be a windy one, because energy is part of nearly everything we do. David Chernushenko kicked off the program by describing his vision and what this could mean for Ottawa. Chernushenko is councillor for Capital Ward and the new chair of Ottawa’s Environment Committee. Many of the 40 people who attended were already familiar with his ideas from reading an interview published in the February 13 issue of the Glebe Report. A broad-based effort will be required to decrease dependence on remote sources of energy and increase the local production from renewable sources. The benefits to the city include growing the local economy and decreasing the use of fossil fuels that pose a number of threats to public health and the environment. It also means new opportunities for employment and people learning to see the world in a different way. The economic opportunities already have the interest of local businesses. That was the message of Don Anderson, the evening’s second speaker. Anderson is an internationally known advisor to businesses on energy and environmental design and he chairs the Environment and Sustainability Committee for the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. The goal of sustainability applies as much to the city’s economy as it does to the environment. Beyond the new opportunities for business, the vision of a 100% Renewable Ottawa means building smarter, more efficient city infrastructure and more integrated communities. Working to achieve this vision will bring people together. Of course, climate change was the elephant in the room – not that anyone was ignoring it. Many people at the meeting want to do something about global warming at a personal level. Rather, the concern is that the

City will not take steps necessary now, at the start of a new city council, to achieve the goals set out by Ottawa’s new Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan. A number of cities around the world are increasing their use of renewable energy as part of their response to the problem of climate change. In April, Vancouver committed to becoming 100% Renewable by the middle of this century. What are the chances that the mayor and council of the City of Ottawa will make a similar commitment? Following the speakers, audience members provided their input in discussion groups of five or six people. I helped to lead the discussion for one of these groups. Participants were asked why they came to the meeting and what goals and milestones are needed to achieve the goal of 100% Renewable Ottawa by 2050. People were interested for a number of reasons, but two themes emerged. Many came to the meeting because they were curious. They had heard about cities and other organizations increasing their use of renewable energy and wanted to know more about how that is done. Many others arrived convinced that we have to use more renewable energy and wanted to know what can be done to encourage the City toward this goal. The goals and milestones suggested by the audience showed that people understand that the vision of a 100% Renewable Ottawa encompasses all aspects of living in the city. Topics ranged from energy efficiency in buildings and electric vehicles to planting trees and reducing car traffic. People agreed that opportunities exist now and action should be taken soon, within the next ten years. Only a few milestones were suggested for the years 2040 to 2050. The evening ended with questions for David Chernushenko and Don Anderson from the audience and general discussion. Talk turned to next steps. Chernushenko reminded the group that the mayor and council are working now to set priorities for the coming term. Meanwhile, more details are needed to turn the vision of 100% Renewable Ottawa into a viable strategy. A citizens’ action group is planned and more input from city residents is welcome. Bill Nuttle is an advocate of greater use of renewable energy and a member of the Glebe Community Association’s Environment Committee.

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Publicized fossil fuel divestment means making a public statement committing to freezing investments in major fossil fuel companies, selling off existing investments in those companies over a set timeframe and then publicizing that decision. There

in the U.S. (e.g. San Francisco, Minneapolis), but also in the U.K., Australia, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. These city governments took the decision to divest from fossil fuels on the grounds that keeping fossil fuel investments in the city budget would be inconsistent with any other actions they might take on climate change, such as reducing the city’s carbon emissions.

What is fossil fuel divestment?

are fossil fuel divestment campaigns on hundreds of university campuses; at least 25 universities have committed to divest. In addition, at least 70 philanthropic organizations have committed to divest; the most publicized of these was the divestment decision in September 2014 by the Rockefeller Fund. At least 67 churches around the world have also divested from fossil fuels, reflecting the strong moral imperative for fossil fuel divestment. In addition, 42 city governments have voted to divest from fossil fuels, mainly

To stop climate change before it becomes catastrophic requires a rapid, wholesale transition from the fossil fuel economy to a new economy based on renewable energy and energy conservation. Standing in the way of that transition are the profits of some of the world’s most powerful companies. Individual citizens and non-governmental organizations have tried various ways to reduce fossil fuel consumption and associated carbon emissions, but carbon emissions have continued to rise. It is simply wrong to knowingly drive the world towards large-scale calamity, when the solutions for avoiding that calamity are available. Publicized fossil fuel divestment makes that statement more clearly than any other action.

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According to Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and current governor of the Bank of England, “the vast majority of fossil fuels cannot be burned” if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change. Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben calls climate change “the most significant problem humanity has ever confronted” and the World Bank warns that “if we do not confront climate change, we will not end poverty.” Although most of us are increasingly aware of the reality of climate change, many would find these quotes extreme. They are not. On our current path, within a few decades a planet able to support over seven billion people will become a planet able to support less than half that number, a shift that will entail human suffering

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O’Neill’s plays have rarely been produced in Ottawa and Expressionism is seldom produced here. Expressionism explores the dehumanizing effects of industrialization and is characterized by symbolism, startling contrasts and a staged visual view of the world through the protagonist’s eyes.

By Lisa Zanyk

Cabaret-style theatre is coming to the Glebe and theatre lovers won’t want to miss the Ottawa premiere of Eugene O’Neill’s Expressionist masterpiece, The Hairy Ape, at the beloved Irene’s Pub on Wednesday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. Chamber Theatre Hintonburg has been producing their unique brand of up-close and personal plays performed in bars for over a decade and will be strutting on new turf with this wildly successful production that opened at the Carleton Tavern in April. A chamber play is a production that is created for the connoisseurs, for those who know what they are watching. “A bitter, brutal, wildly fantastic play of nightmare hue and nightmare distortion … a turbulent and tremendous play … so vital and interesting and teeming with life …” In The Hairy Ape, Eugene O’Neill created the original Brooklynese dialogue, a “gangstah” type character that became an American staple, recreated many times later by the likes of James Cagney, Sean Penn and now in Ottawa with Donnie Laflamme as Yank and a stellar twelve-member ensemble. The play has been produced internationally, and has been reinterpreted in a number of experimental ways, but never in Ottawa. O’Neill wrote The Hairy Ape: A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life in Eight Scenes in 1921. O’Neill was already established as one of Amer-

Playing at Irene’s Pub, 855 Bank St. For tickets or information, call CTH 613-791-4471 or go to www. chambertheatrehintonburg.ca. Lisa Zanyck is directing the Chamber Theatre’s production of the play The Hairy Ape.

Star-studded Cabaret for Reach ica’s greatest playwrights, having twice won the Pulitzer Prize, four in his career as well as a Nobel Prize. The play was a notable departure from his usual artistic approach; rather than his masterful use of realism, here was a play filled with intense symbolism mixing naturalistic dialogue with more surreal elements of German Expressionism. The play’s subject matter was new; never before or after did O’Neill’s work deal so overtly with political subjects, vividly depicting the exploitation of working people and their hatred for the capitalist class. The Hairy Ape contains a sympathetic portrayal of the radical labour organization, the Industrial Workers of the World, a group persecuted by the FBI and the Justice Department at that time and touches thematically on controversial issues of anthropology as well as alienation, industrialization and racial and male chauvinism.

Comedy giant Darryl Lenox headlines and MCs the “Star-studded Cabaret for Reach” on Wednesday, May 20 at St. Elias Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue. Glebe poet JC Sulzenko, who serves on the Cabaret committee and Reach’s board, believes this is a night not to be missed. “Darryl is side-splittingly funny. He is able to find both humour and humanity in real-life experiences with disability. I never have laughed as hard and as long as I did when I heard him!” Her reaction is not surprising, given that Lenox’s Blind Ambition CD was named one of the top comedy albums in 2012. Glebe resident Erin McNamara and Ottawa lawyer and lapsed comic James Foord co-chair the event. Both also sit on Reach’s board. McNamara promises the Cabaret will showcase amazing local talent as well. “We are delighted to feature the fine jazz duo of Peter Liu and Peter Hum, inspirational performers from Propeller Dance, blues and soul diva Maria Hawkins, and the unforgettable Loyal

Darryl Lenox, comic extraordinaire, headlines the “Star-studded Cabaret for Reach” on May 20 at the St. Elias Centre.

Kigabiro drummers.” The Cabaret begins at 7 p.m. with a sparkling wine reception, followed by the show and sweets at 7:30 p.m. Seats are $75 per person (with a partial tax receipt) and can be reserved through www.reach.ca or by calling 613-236-6636. Net proceeds benefit Reach Canada – Equality and Justice for People with Disabilities – which offers education and pro-bono legal referral programs in our community relating to the rights and interests of persons with disabilities.

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Who is Paul Dewar? Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of personal profiles of political candidates in the federal riding of Ottawa Centre.

Paul Dewar has always called Ottawa home. He was raised near Maitland and Carling, the youngest of four and son of Mayor Marion Dewar. Throughout his childhood he was a competitive swimmer, while also, like many Ottawans, an avid skier and cyclist. “Growing up in Ottawa, it’s part of the culture,” he says, “We kind of recognize Gatineau Park as our backyard.” Dewar received his undergraduate degree in political science and economics from Carleton University. He spent six months following his graduation from Carleton travelling and working in South America, a time he views as transformative. “That really was a profound experience for me and really changed my life in the way of what I wanted to do, and that was always to be involved in international affairs,” Dewar says, “But I always saw education as a way to make real change happen.” Dewar received his teaching degree from Queen’s University. He was a teacher for 10 years before turning to politics, working at the intermediate level in schools such as Hopewell Avenue. While teaching, Dewar was often involved in community campaigns. He helped to introduce teachers in Ottawa to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, an organization benefiting those with HIV/AIDS in Africa. This initiative gave Ottawa teachers the option to donate a portion of their paycheque to the foundation, and was later extended to teachers across the province. Dewar also worked with CODE, a project connecting students in Canada with children in developing countries, and served as an elected representative for the teachers’ federation. According to Dewar, it is essential to listen to one another and learn from each other’s experiences. “We have to understand, and we see this with First Nations here, that the relationship we have with others

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Paul Dewar and his son Nathaniel vie for the puck on a frozen lake.

needs to be two way,” he says. “Too often, it’s always been, ‘we know better, we’re going to help you by telling you what to do,’ as opposed to learning … wherever you are, no matter what your circumstances are, you can learn from people.” Dewar and his wife, Julia, live in Old Ottawa East. They have two sons, Jordan and Nathaniel. Dewar says his experience as a stay-at-home dad when his children were young has been one of the most significant learning experiences he’s had. “I think it’s important … for men to understand that there’s a real benefit,” Dewar says, “and I hope it underscores the importance of nurturing and caregiving, and that it’s possible for men to do that.” Dewar is a fan of live music, a love he shares with his family. They enjoy going to Ottawa’s many music festivals together when the time permits. “There’s a vibrant local music scene here, and very independent,” he said. “Ottawa’s always had an understated but very vibrant and rich music scene, art scene as well.” His own experience growing up with a parent in politics taught Dewar it’s not impossible to have a family while also being a politician, so long as you make the time. “It was important for me to get the kids up in the morning, getting the lunches made, doing the regular day-to-day things,” he explains. “And it’s not only important in being part of the family, but also to keep you grounded.” Dewar has been in politics for 10 years. He was asked to run federally just before the 2004 election, but after

Paul Dewar and sons Jordan (left) and Nathaniel after their 10K run, under a plaque commemorating the Marion Dewar Plaza at City Hall

losing the nomination he ran again in 2005 and was successful. He says while people tell him they aren’t surprised to find him in politics given his mother’s role as mayor, he never had a plan to become an MP when he was younger. Dewar says there are a number of strong Canadian role models he looks to for an example of the kind of politician he strives to be. These include Tommy Douglas, Jean Vanier and his own mother, who showed him that power is most useful when shared. However, he explains everyday people have just as much to teach us. “I’m also inspired by people I meet in my job. I met this human rights defender from Guatemala, a woman who was fighting impunity there, and when I was in the Congo I met these people on the ground fighting against gender violence,” Dewar says. “You meet these people and think you have problems, and then you see what they’re doing and you go ‘wow.’” Nicole Bayes-Fleming is a Carleton journalism student and regular contributor to the Glebe Report.

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Love triangle sparks opera war! It is a well-known fact that guinea pigs reign supreme in the opera world. In contrast to bipeds, male and female pigs alike are born spinto sopranos with naturally dark timbres, requiring little to no training. Their capacity to interpret even the most difficult of pieces with ease and uniqueness has led them to be highly sought after for masterpieces such as The Marriage of Pigaro, Pigliacci and Don Puigotte. It was no surprise, then, that when the sumptuous Ottawa-raised soprano, Miriam Khalil, and exquisite francophone pianist, Julien LeBlanc, planned their Ottawa recital, they sought out Zeus for a guest appearance. Indeed, even Pasha Goaty, the Ottawa Pigizen reviewer known for her cranky reviews, wrote “It’s not just Zeus’ vocal weight, but his bodily weight that sets him apart.” Zeus agreed to perform for parsley, and all was set. Unbeknownst to the audience, which included over 100 Glebites, a behind-the-scenes love triangle had infused the April 18 show at South-

minster Church with high drama. Jealousy raged as LeBlanc and Khalil fought violently over whom Zeus liked best. It all came to a head when Zeus allegedly looked at LeBlanc during his operatic whistle, not Khalil. At that moment, her signature warm, lyrical voice turned dark and ominous, peaking with currents of crisp anguish. Not to be outdone, LeBlanc’s innovative fingering – in particular during the Chopin piece – battled back with wild allure and unforgiving afterthoughts. The result: high art. Indeed, the musical and emotional fusion of breaking hearts and hungry souls left the audience entirely mesmerized. When interviewed after the performance, Zeus seemed oblivious as he gorged himself on his parsley bouquet from Bloomfields Flowers, “I must say, I was quite famished by the second song!” To see more of Ottawa-raised soprano Miriam Khalil or pianist Julien Leblanc, visit www.againstthegraintheatre.com or www.julienleblanc.com/#.

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We’re pulling for pollen By Adelle Farrelly

The flowers are blooming, the sun is finally shining, and soon it will be farmers’ market season. Enjoying the flowers can sometimes come with a catch, though, in the form of sneezes from pollen allergies. (For the very unlucky, there’s also the worry of stings from pollinators). Yet even the most congested recognize the importance of pollen and its dissemination, especially to our fruit and vegetable crops. After all, no bees or pollen, no farmers’ markets. Pollen and pollination are so firmly connected in my mind to their agricultural and horticultural significance that if you had asked me a month ago where I thought the words came from, I would have guessed some kind of “seed” or “fertilization” word. I would have been wrong, demonstrating that words don’t get always get passed down to us based on what we think GMSElemAdGR14C.pdf 1 2015-03-24 of as their primary function. Pollen

comes to us, spelling unchanged, from the Latin word pollen. Don’t make my common mistake in assuming that identical spelling means identical meaning! A lot can change over the centuries, and in Latin, pollen actually means “flour” or “fine powder.” Anyone with pollen allergies knows the fear of seeing a fine dusting of floury flower powder drifting through the air on a spring day. Quick bonus: why is pollen spelled with an “e” but pollinate with an “i”? It comes down to Latin grammar. When the word is used as the subject of the sentence, it is spelled with an “e” (pollen). When it plays a different role in the sentence, the spelling changes, including the change from an “e” to an “i”. For example, “pollen’s” would be spelled pollinis. Adelle Farrelly delights in bringing to Glebe Report readers her insights into 8:34 AM the meaning and origin of words.

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Be a part of the GCA! Along with cleaning up last year’s leaves carelessly left in the garden, admiring the flowers on the neighbour’s beautiful magnolia trees and painting my front porch (again), spring is the time of year for renewal at the GCA. Throughout the month of May, a significant cadre of volunteer block representatives go door-to-door to touch base with Glebe residents, renew memberships and gather community insights to inform GCA discussions. It is a perfect time to connect as many people are outside enjoying the warm weather and sunshine. Please consider renewing your membership and sharing your thoughts about local issues with the GCA canvasser who comes to your door. It is also the time of year for us to look ahead and seek nominations for Board positions for the next year. While we have a committed group of volunteers who take on Board responsibilities, each year some of those volunteers move on to new things, providing opportunities for people who want to get involved. Here are some of the positions open this year: Secretary – Don’t be fooled into thinking this is simply a matter of taking minutes at Board meetings. In fact it is a central role in the “community memory” of the organization. We are looking for someone who will support building monthly agendas, keep track of key discussions and decisions, follow-up on action items and support communications through vehicles such as the website. Definitely considered a central role. Membership Chair – This role is vital to a membership organization such as the GCA. Our biggest volunteer effort happens once a year through our door-to-door canvass. It is when we connect with the membership and find out what issues are top of mind for residents. The membership chair works with the area representatives and many, many block representatives to coordinate this once-a-year, largescale event. Along the way, they have a bunch of fun! Health and Social Services Chair – This position has been unfilled for the past few years, but would be a great opportunity for someone to build a committee and an agenda with a focus on connecting to the variety of health and social services in our community. Tenants Representative – We have particular challenges in engaging with tenants, many of whom reside in multi-unit dwellings, which we can’t access during the membership campaign. However, we know that

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approximately 44 per cent of dwellings in the Glebe are rental properties. The GCA is very interested in including tenant perspectives in discussions and deliberations. If you would like to help us improve in this area, we would love to hear from you! Area Representatives – In addition to helping organize the May membership canvass, area representatives help keep the pulse of the neighbourhood and share information with residents throughout the year. They attend monthly Board meetings and contribute micro-local perspectives on the many issues we deal with. We are looking to fill positions for a few areas this year, including: • Area 2A: Brown’s Inlet West (South of Fifth to the Canal; Craig to Bronson) • Area 2B: Brown’s Inlet East (South of Fifth to the Canal; Craig to Bank) • Area 4B: PowMow (Powell to Clemow; Bronson to Bank) While I will be staying on as President for another year, it is time to start thinking about my replacement. Being President of the GCA is one of the most rewarding volunteer roles I’ve had and it’s a great honour to serve the community with so many dedicated, smart, fun and energetic people. The President position is technically a one-year term, although by convention most people fill the role for three years. Next year will be my third. If you think you might be interested in leading this community-based organization, let’s talk! We have a year to prepare and I guarantee you’ll find it challenging and fulfilling! Finally, I hope you’ll plan to join us on Tuesday, June 9 at the Glebe Community Centre for our Annual General Meeting, where we will elect your new Board of Directors. A new twist for this year is that we will be proposing the GCA’s first strategic plan, which will outline our key areas of focus over the next few years. We are excited about our new approach and are anxious to share it with you. See you on the 9th!

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Thank you GNAG team for participating in the www.gnag.ca Glebe Parks Spring Cleanup! Members from our GNAG team came out Sunday, April 26 with rakes and gloves and joined community members in cleaning up Glebe Memorial Park (otherwise known as Glendale Park). The staff was in perfect form! Rake some leaves, pick up some garbage … play with the children … rake a bit more … and play with the children! Not only did the park look in tiptop shape, the kids and staff had a blast! Thank you team and thank you to the organizers of this great effort. We loved working with the rest of the community. Candlelight Flow Yoga

Lululemon Athletica Rideau Centre and GNAG partnered up for the second time for a wonderful community yoga event at the Glebe Community Centre. On April 30, yoga instructor Nigel Walker and musical guest Lucila Al Mar led a beautiful Candlelight Flow Yoga session with approximately 80 participants from the neighbourhood and surrounding areas. Picture it: upon entering Scotton Hall, the room glows with candles and relaxing music floats in the background. Nigel leads the group through a vinyasa (flow) yoga session synchronized to the breath and the soothing sounds of Lucila’s voice. Thank you Stephanie Kay from Lululemon Athletica Rideau Centre for bringing this opportunity to the Glebe. Special thank you to Nigel and Lucila for leading us through this magical journey.

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On Friday, April 10, GNAG, in partnership with RBC Bluesfest, featured three youth bands at our annual concert. The event was the result of three months of mentor-led rehearsals in the popular RBC Bluesfest Be In The Band program. Drawing a crowd of over 100 audience members, the evening was a huge success! In January, 14 teenagers ranging in age from 11 to 18 years answered a general call to “Be In The Band” (a program designed for youth to learn how to play as an ensemble and then perform before a live audience). The program was led by well-known Ottawa musician Todd Snelgrove and assisted by Jennifer Atyeo and GNAG’s very own Jacob Monson. The Be In The Band program teaches youth to fall in love with their instrument. As a skill-building program with an emphasis on learning and fun, Be In The Band also helps develop confidence and competence, and as such, is invaluable to youth. Furthermore, because the program puts youth together in a band/ensemble, the program helps participants build connections with like-minded peers and fosters an environment of creative teamwork. Truly, a one-of-a-kind program with a powerful, lasting impact. The musicians were thrilled when program leader Todd Snelgrove announced that the youth were invited to perform at this year’s RBC Bluesfest on July 19, 2015. On behalf of the teens from Be In The Band and GNAG, I would like to extend a big thank you to Executive/Artistic Director of the RBC Bluesfest Mark Monahan and to all the wonderful instructors. Without their ingenuity and support, this opportunity would not have come to fruition. If you missed the RBC Bluesfest Be In The Band concert in April, it’s not too late to enjoy more Glebe talent. On Friday, June 5 at 7 p.m., GNAG will be showcasing Glebe’s musical talents at the fourth annual G Factor talent show. Admission is $5. There will be a cash bar for the adults and light refreshments. Want to audition? It’s not too late! Email Tim Lamothe at tim@gnag.ca and set up a time! Lobster kitchen Party

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The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup is comDavid Chernushenko ing to Canada, to Ottawa and to Capital Ward www.capitalward.ca this June! I am excited. Very excited. I’ve purchased two passports to all the Ottawa games and I’ll be watching as many as I can get away with (maybe checking a few scores during the slow moments of some meetings) because I love soccer. I love women’s soccer. In my final year at Queen’s University, when it became painfully obvious that my own competitive days were numbered, a friend recruited me as cocoach of the women’s soccer team. They – we – went on to win the Ontario championship in 1984. It’s instructive to take that little nostalgic trip back in time because, back in the 1980s, there was no national tournament for women’s soccer. This was as far as you could go, so who knows what our Queen’s squad was capable of that year. In fact, ours was not even an official team. We were a “club” with virtually no funding. And our best players were not being scouted for the national team, because there was no national team. There was also no World Cup for women – that would not come until 1991. Our women, like all female soccer players at that time, were playing the beautiful game just for the love of it – for the fun, the endorphin rush, the physical fitness, the camaraderie and the break from studying. And there was nothing wrong with that: girls and women playing sports just because they wanted to. But let’s not kid ourselves. Like the women’s hockey team, or those who practised any other rough and tumble “men’s” sports, these were not typical athletes. They were among the very small percentage of university-aged women still engaged in regular physical activity, and they did have to endure their share of cheap shots and comments about whether it was appropriate to get sweaty, muddy, bruised and even bloodied. Fast forward to 2015: I am glad that so much has changed, but I am saddened that it has not changed enough. Still the percentage of females engaging in sports or any other form of regular physical activity plummets as soon as girls reach their teens. There are all kinds of reasons: body awareness, peer pressure, cultural norms, time pressures, etc. But at the heart of it, regular physical activity is still seen as more of a “guy thing.” That’s especially true of sports played with the intensity and frequency required to trigger the full range of known physical and mental health benefits, as well as that all-important selfconfidence boost that, research shows, comes from being physically fit. It’s hard to believe, with such great Canadian role models in Christine Sinclair, Haley Wickenheiser, Clara Hughes, Eugenie Bouchard, the Dufour-Lapointe sisters and others, but it’s a fact. So here is what I am hoping Canada/Ottawa/Capital Ward will get from hosting this summer’s marquee soccer event: 1. A chance to marvel at the speed, dexterity, power and focus of the players we will see. 2. A chance for girls and older women to be inspired by what they see, and translate that into a summer of getting fit or staying fit. 3. A chance for all of us to wonder why we only pay good money to watch men’s professional sports, and for corporate sponsors to ask themselves why they aren’t putting more money into women’s sports. 4. A chance for sports commentators and writers to get through the whole tournament without making gratuitous comments about any player’s or female coach’s looks, hair, body type or wardrobe. If you wouldn’t say it about Ronaldo, don’t say it about Marta! 5. And finally, a chance for us all to look beyond gender entirely and to be the great hosts and fans I know we can be. Seniors’ lunch

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I am hosting a free lunch on June 17 for seniors who live in Capital Ward (the Glebe, Glebe Annex, Dow’s Lake, Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, Heron Park, Riverside). Come to hear the special guest speaker, learn about seniors’ services provided by the City of Ottawa, and of course enjoy a nice lunch at the Colonel By, 43 Aylmer Ave. Seating is limited, so register now by emailing info@capitalward.ca or calling 613-580-2487. Doors open at 11 a.m. Parenting portal

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) launched a new web portal, ParentinginOttawa. com, to help residents access relevant, reliable and local parenting information. The site addresses topics such as pregnancy, breastfeeding, your child’s growth and development, healthy eating, immunization and mental health. You’ll find advice on when to worry, when not to, and on how to talk to your child or teen about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and puberty and sexuality. Finally, you can find out how to access community services for your family. For more information, please visit ParentinginOttawa.com or call the OPH Information Line at 613-580-6744.

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mp’s report

MP Paul Dewar www.pauldewar.ca

Interns or just free labour? I am privileged to have a fantastic group of young volunteers that help me as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa Centre. My staff and I are always grateful for their assistance, and we do our best to give them a useful and interesting experience working in the office of an MP. But like many young Canadians, the volunteers in my office are contending with mounting student debt – $30,000 on average – and a youth unemployment rate (13.3 per cent) that is double the national average. Facing these challenges and others, young people across the country are seeking opportunities to gain work experience in a difficult job market. Today, many of these opportunities take the form of unpaid internships. As many as 300,000 Canadians currently work as unpaid interns. Unfortunately, some firms are taking advantage of legal loopholes to abuse the goodwill and labour of these young people. Stories about the exploitation of unpaid interns by companies and organizations are all too common. My NDP colleagues and I are strongly committed to improving the working conditions of young work-

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ers. The NDP has already pressured the Ontario provincial government into shutting down illegal unpaid internship programs at two Toronto magazines. While the Harper government has not offered any concrete plans to address this issue at the federal level, I am pleased that my fellow NDP MP Laurin Liu (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles) has tabled Bill C-636 – the Intern Protection Act. Disturbingly, under current federal labour laws, interns are not protected from sexual harassment, do not have the right to refuse dangerous work, and have no limit on their working hours. The Intern Protection Act seeks to address these glaring oversights. I am proud that the NDP is championing this cause. The Intern Protection Act has two main components: extending legal protections and rights to interns, and implementing limits on the use of unpaid internships. Under the Intern Protection Act, interns would not work more than eight hours a day or 40 hours a week. They would have a legal right to refuse dangerous work. They would be protected from sexual assault. And they would be entitled to days of rest and holidays. It also sets clear rules and conditions on the use of unpaid internships. Specifically, internships would have to be educational and provide valuable experience that primarily benefits the intern. Furthermore, intern positions would not be allowed to replace paid employees. Finally, the bill mandates that employers explicitly notify interns as to their working conditions and the unpaid nature of the work, and keep records of the hours worked. The NDP has a clear plan to protect the rights of interns, bring greater fairness for young people in Canada, and help train the next generation of Canadian workers. We hope the government will adopt this plan.

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Monia Mazigh’s first novel lovingly portrays Muslim women Mirrors and Mirages

A novel by Monia Mazigh (House of Anansi Press, 2014)

Reviewed by Pat Goyeche

Mirrors and Mirages is Monia Mazigh’s first novel. It was published in French in 2011 and translated by Fred A. Reed and published in English in 2014. I had the pleasure of attending Monia Mazigh’s book launch with my daughter in October 2014 and asked her to present at the “Learn & Explore” speaker’s series through The Glebe Centre’s Community Programs at Abbotsford. Ms. Mazigh is originally from Tunisia and now lives and writes in Ottawa. She completed a PhD in finance at McGill University. Her first book, Hope and Despair, chronicled her campaign to free her husband, Maher Arar, from imprisonment and torture in Syria, after he was sent there in 2002, a victim of extraordinary rendition by US officials. A judicial inquiry later revealed the extent of

Canadian responsibility for what had happened to him. Unlike her first book, Mirrors and Mirages is a novel – a work of fiction based on the familiar. That sense of familiar means the familiarity we all have with family. The varied families portrayed in this book emphasize in particular the relationships between mothers and daughters. These characters are laid out in succinct chapters jumping from vignette to vignette, teasing out relationships and conflicts that range from Ottawa to Dubai. The women at the heart of the stories are Muslim. Some are young and on the verge of adulthood, others are older and worn down by experience and expectations. All are struggling with identity, love and relationships. Mazigh deftly introduces four young women with their inner and outer turmoil, one chapter at a time. She hooks us into one narrative after another, leaving the reader wanting more. As the novel unveils, the main characters begin to take on many layers and interweave with each other.

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One of the great strengths of this novel is that it allows the reader to be a voyeur and have a very personal view into the minds and feelings of these women. Men are present in the stories but are on the periphery of the action. The heart of the book is in the feelings and actions of intergenerational women, which is shown through their cultures, nationalities and religious beliefs. Mazigh plays with ideas of mirrors as the young women contemplate their own images. One woman covers herself from head to toe in a black niqab, on her spiritual path to a purer, “unadulterated Islam.” Another embraces a headscarf but is not sure if it is what she wants. The younger women look in the mirror but what they see might be a mirage. Their mothers feel culturally and spiritually disconnected from their daughters and their love of one another is tested – in part – through the images they hold of each other. The poignant characterizations in this novel make it an important book for our time. These women are lovingly portrayed and they are universal. Yet they are drawn and described from the perspective of what being Muslim means for them personally. What emerges are moving and profound accounts that combine the images they have of themselves, how they are seen by others and,

perhaps, how they would like to be perceived. The inner world of Muslim women at home, amongst other Muslim women, is fascinatingly displayed in the storyline revolving around the character of Samia. She has three teenage daughters, a husband in Dubai and a luxurious lifestyle; yet also a somewhat hidden reality. She adheres to the traditions of Islam outside of the home but flaunts her material and vain side when in the company of her women friends, much to the shame of her eldest daughter. That daughter does not wear a veil and travels to and from work and school independently. Yet she yearns for her mother and sisters to better exemplify the best that Islam has at its core. She challenges the façade or the mirage of piety that she feels her mother evokes, but without outwardly displaying piety herself. Mazigh does not shy away from addressing difficult and controversial issues. The story of how Sally gets drawn into a case involving allegations and charges of terrorism against a man she loves, highlights how complex that can be within families. Secretive and highly charged terrorism allegations are very often all about “mirrors and mirages.” What is particularly meaningful here is the glimpse Mazigh offers of the impact on families, and on women in particular. This novel is a window into the lives of women we see every day. Like all windows, the image it reflects is a bit distorted. It is an incomplete image of the self – a mirage. We cannot know what another is thinking and feeling but Mazigh, through the women in Mirrors and Mirages, lets us look beyond their reflections and into their minds and hearts. Pat Goyeche is the program coordinator of community programs at Abbotsford House.

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What is religion?

Professor Antonio Gualtieri will speak June 4 at 7 p.m. at the Glebe Community Centre on “What is religion and how does it work?”

By Randal Marlin

Carleton University religion professor emeritus Antonio Gualtieri will lecture on “What is religion and how does it work?” on Thursday, June 4 starting at 7 p.m. in the Glebe Community Centre, Multi-Purpose Room. Professor Gualtieri, a long-time Glebe resident, has written books exploring religions of the world, more particularly Muslim orthodoxy in Pakistan and the melding of Christianity and native traditions among the Dene and Inuit. He has also spent many years as a United Church minister, with congregations in Deep River and Windsor, Ontario and St. Adèle, Québec. Professor Gualtieri travelled widely with his wife and children in the Muslim world in North Africa and the

Middle East and South Asia, and has many tales to tell about his and his family’s experiences. This is the final talk in a spring 2015 series sponsored by the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group involving retired Carleton University professors. Previous speakers have been Al Donaldson, Don Wiles and Peter Watson. The series began this year and there are plans to continue with the series in the fall. Paul O’Donnell has worked on behalf of GNAG to make the series possible. Randal Marlin, philosopher, Carleton professor and author whose most recent book, Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion, is now in its second edition, is a Glebe resident and occasional contributor to the Glebe Report.

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‘Putting students first’ as the school year draws to a close Spring is in the air! Now that the warmer OCSB Trustee weather has finally arrived the schools are gearKathy Ablett ing up for more outdoor activities and some www.capitalward.ca exciting events. Corpus Christi continued the monthly IWalk to School day on May 14. Grade 2 students celebrated First Communion Mass on Sunday, April 26 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. For details of many more activities keep in touch with your school. Immaculata hosted Career Day on May 6 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. with volunteers from the community. This event brought both students and professionals from many walks of life together to discuss job paths and opportunities. Immaculata is fortunate to be centrally located in Ottawa close to many professional businesses and organizations. Catholic Education Week – May 4 to 9

Catholic Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the unique and distinctive contribution that Catholic schools make to our students and our community. Many joined us in events that took place throughout the week. Catholic Education Week is celebrated annually by more than 600,000 students who attend approximately 1,500 Catholic schools across Ontario. The purpose of the special week is to encourage the Catholic community to celebrate the distinctive contribution their schools make in the lives of students, the community and the province at large. Catholic Education Week is marked by special activities at all grade levels in all schools, including prayer celebrations and service activities. Annual Director’s Forum a Success!

Recently, the Annual Director’s Forum was held bringing parents and school staff together to discuss topics that matter to our school communities. This year’s theme was “Keeping Home and School Connected.” The forum addressed the many challenges of school and home communication in the digital age, while exploring both high and low tech solutions to improve communication between home and school. Guests brought their own tablets, smart phones and laptops to get the most out of the interactive learning experience. 2015–2016 Budget Process and Guidelines

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As this will be my last column before summer I offer my best wishes to students as they write final exams and success as each of you go forward in your educational or working career. Immaculata High School will celebrate graduation on Thursday, June 25 and Corpus Christi will hold graduation exercises on Tuesday, June 23. I would like to take this opportunity also to thank two individuals for their dedication to our students. Mr. Michael Schreider, Principal of Corpus Christi is leaving at the end of June for St. Andrew School. As well, Ms. Carrie Bowie, VP at Immaculata High School is leaving to take another VP posting at St. Patrick’s High School. We will miss these wonderful educators and wish them every success in their new assignments. It is my hope that each of you will have a very safe, happy and fun summer holiday. I look forward to sharing school board news with you in the upcoming fall. If, at any time, I can be of assistance to you please do not hesitate to call me at 613-526-9512. Kathy Ablett Trustee Zone 9 Capital/River Wards 613-526-9512

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Telemann’s Don Quixote a rare treat By Margret Brady Nankivell

Georg-Phillip Telemann’s seldom seen Don Quixote will be presented by Seventeen Voyces chamber choir on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. The one-act comic opera will be directed by the choir’s founder, Kevin Reeves. Based on Cervantes’ popular novel, the performance will star bass-baritone Joel Allison as the eternal optimist who travels the countryside with his faithful squire Sancho Panza (Hyung Song). The performances, which feature the Ottawa Baroque Consort, will be at Southminster Church. The opera is set in the Spanish countryside replete with shepherds and a peasant wedding. Reeves hopes to include a giant puppet theatre with dancing sheep. “I’m always interested in tackling works of quality which are rarely heard – listening to recordings only after I’ve inflicted on it my own personal stamp,” says Reeves. “I had no idea Telemann had written a comic opera based on Cervantes’ Don Quixote until Marie Bouchard, harpsichordist with the Ottawa Baroque Consort, told me about it,” he adds. Telemann’s opera opens with Don Quixote and Sancho on the road, seeking their next adventure. They encounter a wedding party and are swept up in the event, finding, in quixotic fashion, that true love may not be compatible with wealth and status. This production will largely be sung in the original German with recitatives in English. Telemann (1681–1767) is one of the most celebrated and prolific German Baroque composers. Largely self-taught and actively discouraged from studying music by his family, he abandoned his law studies

at the University of Leipzig to begin composing music for Leipzig churches. In his 20s, he became Kapellmeister to Count Erdmann II in Sorau (now in Poland) and began visiting other European courts, later becoming general music director for the city of Hamburg. Amazingly versatile, Telemann played the violin, organ, harpsichord, recorder, chalumeau (clarinet), cello and calchedon (lute) and was a baritone singer. He was also a keen and not entirely successful gambler. Joel Allison, who teaches voice, violin and piano, is studying music at the University of Ottawa with Ingemar Korjus and has been tutored by Sandra Graham and acclaimed counter-tenor Daniel Taylor. He has performed several roles with the University of Ottawa Opera Ensemble and performed the role of Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the FAVA opera program in Salzburg. He also played Zuniga/Dancairo in Julie Nesrallah’s production of Carmen on Tap. Next year, Seventeen Voyces will be presenting the spectacular silent classic film Ben Hur with the Ottawa Choral Society. Most of the music will be from Carmina Burana. Their subscription series will also include a Christmas concert and another concert with the Ottawa Baroque Consort. You can purchase tickets at www.seventeenvoyces.ca, at Compact Music, 206 Bank or 785 Bank St.; Book Bazaar, 417 Bank St.; Leading Note, 370 Elgin St.; Herb & Spice, 1310 Wellington St. West or at the door.

An illustration of Don Quixote by Gustave Doré, showing Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

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Don Quixote Friday, May 29 & Saturday, May 30 Southminster United Church (15 Aylmer Ave.) 7:30 p.m. Tickets: adults–$25; students–$15

Margret Brady Nankivell is a music lover and frequent Glebe Report contributor on musical topics and events.

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At the flicks with Lois and Paul

Happy

Directed by Roko Belic (USA, 2011) By Lois Siegel

What is happiness? Everyone seems to have his or her own interpretation. The film Happy explores this emotion by asking people all over the world the question. “What makes you happy?” The answers are often surprising. Sometimes it’s the simple things in life, like taking a boat out on the swamp in Louisiana and watching the sudden appearance of animals – birds flying, fish jumping – nature. Even a man who lives in the slums of India experiences happiness. He’s happy in his home that is only partially enclosed. He likes being with his family and seeing his infant son smile. Japan is identified as the country with the least happy people. They work long hours and suffer from constant stress. Some people literally work themselves to death. The film cites an issue of The Economist about “Unhappy America,” July 2008. “Nations, like people, occasionally get the blues; and right now the United States, normally the world’s most self-confident place, is glum. Eight out of ten Americans think their country is heading in the wrong direction. Washington consensus told the world that open markets and deregulation would solve its problems. Yet American house prices are falling faster than during the

Depression, petrol is more expensive than in the 1970s, banks are collapsing, the euro is kicking sand in the dollar’s face, credit is scarce, recession and inflation both threaten the economy, consumer confidence is an oxymoron, and Belgians have just bought Budweiser, “America’s beer.” A Positive Psychology class at Harvard University is said to be the most popular course in the history of the school. Over 1,400 students enrolled for this class in 2006. Check out the website that includes a sample lecture: http:// positivepsychologyprogram.com/harvards-1504-positive-psychology-course/. People like you more if you are happy. Denmark is identified as having a very high level of happiness. They have free education and health care. (Note: The World Happiness Report just announced that Denmark is ranked number three on the 2015 list of happiness among countries). In Happy, the filmmaker focuses on co-housing communities. People live in a kind of commune and share chores. Twenty families live together, eat together and take turns cooking. Their kids have lots of friends. Social bonding and taking care of each other rank high in creating happiness. Another interesting community is Okinawa, Japan, comprised of 150 islands in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan’s mainland. They live longer, healthier lives than people in almost any other part of the world. “Historically, Okinawans’ death rates from diseases like heart disease, cancer and stroke are lower, and their lifespans are longer when compared to other Japanese. They eat until they’re 80 per cent full. This is a definite departure from the Western super-sized, all-you-can-eat approach to food. The Okinawan diet is also low in fats and sugars, and they consume less salt than any other Japanese population.” Happy is a film filled with people having fun, enjoying life and helping each other. It’s not a film about money, status or image. Personal growth is through relationships and community feeling. The film Happy might just lead you to happiness. Documentary, 75 minutes. DVD available at the Ottawa Public Library.

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Bird People

Directed by Pascale Ferran (France, 2014) By Paul Green

Pascale Ferran’s whimsical film opens with a scene from Charles-de Gaulle Airport outside Paris – travellers striding purposefully across the busy concourse, the floor beneath them marked off with a giant clock face, reminding us of the ineluctable passage of time. Cut to an airport-bound subway train where we are privy to the private reveries of a disparate group of commuters. In what appears to be a nod to Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire, we listen to music on someone’s headphones, a conversation on a cell phone and even some private thoughts as a woman tries to recall an important number and a pilot silently reviews items on his pre-flight checklist. And then we see her, Audrey, portrayed by Anaïs Demoustier, a competent actress of unspectacular good looks who excels in playing everywoman roles as she did in Thérèse and Quai d’Orsay. Audrey is en route to the Airport Hilton where she works as a chambermaid; she has just calculated that she spends ten hours a week commuting and one senses that she is more than a little fed up. In a hint of things to come, the train stops and a swallow alights on a window ledge; as Audrey looks up in bemused wonderment, bird and human appear to enjoy an instant of fleeting contact. Back to the airport where we encounter Josh Charles in the role of Gary, an American computer programmer who has just landed in Paris and whose presence will shortly be required at a business meeting. The scenes of Gary checking into his hotel are neatly intercut with those of Audrey arriving for work, except that Audrey moves through the bowels of the hotel to take up her shift. Some nice bits of exposition here, showing us what it’s like to labour in these impersonal institutions. After some more explanatory

scenes, director Ferran (Lady Chatterley) moves on to the first of two chapters; “Gary” is a skillfully drawn portrait of a man whose life has reached a breaking point. Josh Charles is convincing in the role of a Silicon Valley engineer set to walk away not only from his stressful career, but also his wife and family. Watching Gary painstakingly and conscientiously extricate himself from a life gone awry is a compelling experience. The highlight is a long-distance confrontation with his wife, the always-excellent Radha Mitchell who is seen only on Josh’s computer screen. She argues and remonstrates but to no avail. A bravura bit of filmmaking, as the critics say. Another hint: there is an instant where his wife steps away from the screen and Josh notices a swallow perched on the kitchen window of his home back in California. Something going on here … In the second chapter, “Audrey”, we follow our chambermaid through another day of work under indifferent but demanding supervisors. While tidying up Gary’s room, Audrey gleans from the papers strewn about his desk that he has missed his flight to Dubai and understands that he is a man who is not where he is supposed to be. Not surprisingly, the viewer has perhaps reached the same conclusion about Audrey. A pair of lost souls whose lives will cross paths in a most unexpected fashion. At this point, Bird People veers into fantasy and of this I shall say little except that Audrey acquires a new perspective on her life. It works masterfully and the ending is far from clichéd. Pascale Ferran’s style is marked by a lovely fluidity; there are no awkward time shifts and the intercutting between the linked narratives of Audrey and Gary is remarkably smooth. The excellent acting of the two leads and some nifty camera work does the rest. A thoroughly engaging and delightful film. Running time: 128 minutes. In French and English with English subtitles. Available at Glebe Video.

speech Speech and language development in your child By Michelle Riff

Did you know that at least 1 in 10 children will have a speech and/or language delay? The first three years of a child’s life are critical in the development of communication skills. Communication is much more than what words we say and what someone hears. In addition to the words we say, messages are transferred by the tone and quality of voice, eye contact, physical closeness, visual cues and overall body language. Speech-language pathologists (S-LPs) are professionals who screen, assess, identify and treat articulation disorders (omitting, substituting or distorting speech sounds), language difficulties (receptive and expressive language), stuttering (hesitations, repetitions) and voice problems (loudness, pitch, hoarseness). S-LPs are also trained to assess and treat swallowing and feeding problems. S-LPs look at speech and language milestones to identify potential problems. Regardless of which language babies are exposed to, they all develop skills for spoken and written language according to a specific developmental schedule. Although the milestones follow one another in roughly the same sequence, there is significant variability from child to child. In the first months of life, although they cannot understand the words they hear, babies can feel, interpret and respond to those around them. They learn to understand what you are saying and begin to babble or make sounds, smile, gesture and use facial expressions. Babies usually start cooing at about two months and are babbling by about six months. By 12 months, most children use sounds and simple words to show, label, refuse, protest and interact. They can understand much more than they

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can say. By 24 months, the average child can use approximately 50 words and begin to put two words together. They learn to take turns speaking and listening, they use the word “no” frequently, and they use gestures. Acquisition of speech sounds occurs gradually. Children develop at different ages and rates, so consider an age range when looking at mastery of specific sounds. By about age two, you should understand your child 40 per cent of the time. Sounds acquired before age three include p, b, m, w, h, t, d, and n. By about age three, you and your family should understand your child 60 per cent of the time. Between ages three and three and a half, the sounds k, g, y, ng, f, s and z appear. Children expand their word combinations and can speak in sentences, use correct grammar, use pronouns, articulate sounds more clearly, and rapidly increase their vocabulary. By about age four, familiar and unfamiliar listeners should understand your child most of the time. Children can now say sh, j,ch and l. After age five, they begin to master r, th and v. As well as monitoring your child’s speech sounds, you should also watch for any of the following behaviours: • Limited eye gaze with others, does not look at you when listening or speaking • Not interested in playing with children of the same age • Limited pretend play skills • Does not respond to sounds or their name • Does not gesture or point • Stuttering for more than six months • Repeated ear infections • Difficulty following directions • People have difficulty understanding your child • Frustrated when trying to communicate • Difficulty eating or swallowing food • Voice problems (hoarse, nasal) • Repetitive movements • Makes noises or uses gestures to show needs instead of speaking If you notice any of these behaviours, consider

contacting a S-LP for consultation. When your child enters school, monitor your child’s language skills and articulation. Language impairment may be reflected in difficulties in the following areas: • Following directions with three or more steps • Following directions within a group and also “if … then” directions • Using more mature grammar • Telling stories with a beginning, middle and end • Problem solving • Imaginative play • Generating rhymes • Sound-symbol recognition • Learning the alphabet • Identifying sounds within a word • Describing events in the past, present and future Children may be referred to a S-LP at any age. As a parent, you know your child best. If you are concerned, trust your instinct and seek the advice of a professional. You can contact the First Words Preschool Speech and Language Program (www. firstwords.ca), you can talk to your child’s classroom teacher and ask to be seen by a S-LP through the school, and you can also seek the help of a private S-LP (www.sac-oac.ca/ or www.osla.on.ca). Michelle Riff is a registered Speech-Language Pathologist living in the Glebe.

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PHOTO CREDITS: COURTESY OF JOHN LAST

“My wife and children enjoyed ... swimming in the swimming pool the crew rigged on deck after the storm was over.”

John Last (with pipe) on the Adelaide Star in 1954

Storms at sea

Behind the ceaseless heartbeats of the engine are the comforting sounds of the ship bending and stretching as she responds to the force of the sea. As the waves strengthen into a storm, the ship’s pitch and roll sharpen. With every wave the ship’s steel spine, ribs and skin move, quietly at first then more noisily as the waves gather strength. The creaking of the shifting plates and rivets gets louder until it becomes a complaint closer to a

By John Last

Every ship I’ve sailed on moved in the sea like a living creature. A ship’s frame must yield before the force of the sea, or the ship would break up and sink. You can hear ships bend and stretch under pressure from the waves, as if they are living, breathing.

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rich with life of all kinds. We saw huge jellyfish, great translucent brown or green creatures two meters across, shaped like the little Portuguese man-of-war, the dangerous stinging jellyfish of tropical waters. We saw whales, sharks, hammerhead sharks, huge schools of tuna chasing smaller fish that leapt in panic and in vain above the waves trying to escape their fate. We saw not only the albatross that accompanied us all the way, but also gannets, terns and mutton birds, far from land. One day we saw land, a shadowy high peak rising from the mist in the distance. This was St Paul Island, confirming that we were far south, halfway across on the great circle route from the Cape of Good Hope towards landfall off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. In 1964 crossing the Pacific with my wife and children from Brisbane to the Panama Canal we ran into a cyclone with wind gusts to 130 km/h, and for three days battered our way into fierce winds and huge seas. This was a much stronger storm than the one 10 years earlier in the Southern Ocean, enough to clear the dining saloon of all but three or four of us. The dining saloon faced aft on that ship. The best vantage point was the bridge, to which I had access as a member of the crew, the ship’s doctor. I spent many hours on the bridge discreetly out of the way, aft of the wheel and the instruments that told us how this storm was slowing our progress. I watched huge waves breaking over the bows and surging back, with the wind helping them gather force before they crashed into the superstructure. The open decks were dangerous: when I ventured out the spray hit my face with the force of shots from a gun. I felt then the power of the sea when it is angry. When the storm passed and the sea was calm again, we could see the ocean all around us ablaze with ghostly light on moonless nights, from myriad tiny phosphorescent plants and animals. Then a day or two later the sea was flat calm, not a breath of wind, the surface broken occasionally by flying fish that burst forth into the hot tropical air to fly 100 meters before slipping back into the sea. My wife and children enjoyed that more, and swimming in the pool the crew rigged on deck. But I loved every moment of those storms. Dr. John Last is an Australian-born doctor who has taught epidemiology and public health at the University of Ottawa, and is writing his memoirs.

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By Ashwin Shingadia

While Ottawa was freezing at mid-winter temperatures of –20°C, we basked in the heat of India (28°C) in Diu, Gujarat, swimming in a pool every morning, walking on the beach and meeting people from all over the world. We were there to celebrate the hundredth birthday of my “uncle,” Popatlal Chauhan, combining it with a holiday. Where is Diu? When Ramesh Chauhan, my cousin, an orthopedic surgeon from Ottawa, invited us to his dad’s centenary, we looked it up on Google maps and found an island in the northwest at the southern tip of Gujarat near Porbandar, where both Gandhi and Jinna were born. The current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, also comes from that state. After an hour-and-a-half’s flight from Mumbai, a driver met us at the small airport and drove us to the hotel just 10 minutes away through the rural countryside, along the sea-coast road lined with palm and coconut trees. The highlight of our stay was a sumptuous dinner and cultural evening arranged by Mr. Chauhan’s children: Nalini, Ramesh, Jayant and Ashwin. Some 26 friends and relatives attended the event. Participants came from the Shingadia and Oza families from Canada (Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver), U.K., U.S., Zambia and Oman among others. Two music and dance teachers, a man and a woman, organized their students to perform Garba, Dandia Raas and traditional Portuguese folk dances. The Garba is a Gujariti folk dance that has a circular swing movement, with dancers moving around in a circle, originally around a statue or image of the goddesses Amba or Kali. The songs and lyrics are devotional, usually about Lord Krishna and the “Gopis” or milkmaids. Dandia Raas is a “stick dance” where couples strike each other’s sticks in a regular rhythm. The Portuguese folk dance was accompanied by tambourines and accordion with “little men” dressed in black traditional costume and hat while the “little women” wore white and red. Goa, Daman and Diu were Portuguese colonial territories within India until 1961, when they were integrated, but the culture continues to thrive. The teachers stayed on after the performance and instructed the guests who joined in the Garba dances. We danced with energy and verve until midnight and the centenarian, Mr. Chauhan, was still going strong, beaming, watching and encouraging everyone to keep dancing. This was one way of encouraging charitable educational projects with which he is involved. Who were the other people we met in Diu and why were they there? We talked to members of a group tour,

people involved in spiritual tourism, and members of the Indian diaspora (non-resident Indians, or NRI) as well as some of the locals. The first night, we were seated in the hotel’s restaurant next to a group of 20 Belgians, and struck up a conversation in French with their coordinator, who came from Brussells. He has been leading tours of Gujarat and India for at least a decade. His tours began with a few friends and became a regular event. Ordinary working and retired people joined his groups – teachers, civil servants, business people and blue- and white-collar workers. Spiritual tourism is characterized by two extremes – one aimed at western well-to-do people, the other, at those experiencing the realities of ordinary Indian life. An English couple we met fell into the first category. Patrick and Anne – he an electrical engineer turned psychologist, she a reflexologist – have been coming to India, to the Jain Osho Resort in Pune, for 23 years. It has a meditation hall, a Buddha grove and entertainment (dancers) on a 45-acre estate. They have also travelled to Kerala and Delhi. Two burley men from Montreal, Jean Marc and his friend Michel, had been touring India for three months. They took ordinary bus transport and lived with the local people. Radhika Resort was the last leg of their journey. I asked whether the poverty they saw bothered them. Jean Marc replied that no, their ancestors in Quebec had also lived under such conditions. They were interested in the question posed by William Dalrymple in his book, Nine Lives (they had a French edition, Neuf Vies): as economic development advances, what is happening to Indian civilization, spiritualism and traditions? They had visited Karnataka, and noted that Tibet youth all over the world wore black and were tied to their cell phones, but traditional dress and jewellery was still preserved in places like Rajasthan. Among the NRIs, a couple from U.K., Laljee and Sheila, noticed that women, many with children, were doing the heavy road construction work outside the hotel. They felt sorry for the women and children, and bought ice cream from a vendor for the whole crew and children! Our accommodation was a spacious high-ceilinged bedroom with bathroom and a small sitting room where we could invite visitors for a chat. On the beach across from the road, green coconuts with both water and kernel were available. We took day trips to visit the famous temple of Somnath some 80 kilometres away. Since the 1950s, bullock carts have been replaced by tractors and the small farms are greener due to the introduction of irrigation. St Paul’s Church and Museum is close Staging and creative home interiors

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Ashwin Shingadia and Dorothy Phillips at the caves at Diu

St. Paul’s Church, Diu

to caves and the original Portuguese Fort. Gujarat has a long coastline and many beaches. Other cities are relatively close, Porbandar, Rajkot and Ahemedabad among others. We reluctantly left Diu behind to face the hustle and bustle of Mumbai, meet

Sidewalk art being created at a temple on Diu island

our cousin Ramita, and do some shopping before flying off to Barcelona. Ashwin Shingadia is a Glebe resident and former member of the Glebe Report board who is a regular contributor to the Glebe Report.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ART EXHIBITION, The Clarence Street 5: Personal Palettes – Mixed media paintings, drawings and ceramics. Iris Arnon, Lucy Hensel, Diane Keevil Harrold, Marion Robertson, Beth Stikeman (info@studiosixtysix. ca). Come celebrate with us! June 4 only, 6–9 p.m. at Studio Sixty Six, 66 Muriel St. ATLANTIC VOICES SPRING CONCERT “From Fogarty’s Cove to Fresh Water: Celebrating Stan Rogers.” Sun., May 24 at 3 p.m., Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. Doors open with the Fumblin’ Fingers at 2 p.m. Silent auction and refreshments. Tickets $15 through May 22, $20 at the door. Children 12 and under free. Tickets at Leading Note, 370 Elgin, or from Hannie at 613-722-9240. More info at www.atlanticvoices.ca. Who wouldn’t love an afternoon with Stan Rogers? BIGGEST LOBSTERFEST of the year! Chicken also available. May 22, Centurion Center, 170 Colonnade Rd.. S. (free parking). Cash bar, social 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m., dancing 8 p.m. Tickets $60. Contact p.mccumber@ rogers.com or 613-794-8796. Proceeds to organizations supported by Kiwanis Club of Ottawa West. ENCORE FASHIONS, Consignment Quality Almost New Apparel, 109A Fourth Ave. at Bank St. Open Wed., 10–2, Thurs., 4–6:30, Sat., 10–1. Closing for the season on Sat., May 23. Come find a bargain at the Great Glebe Garage Sale! FLETCHER WILDLIFE GARDEN (www. ofnc.ca/fletcher) NATIVE PLANT SALE, Sat., 6 June, 9:30–12:30 p.m. (East side of Prince of Wales Dr., just south of the Arboretum). Hundreds of beautiful wildflowers grow in the Ottawa area. These native plants attract and support local wildlife, including pollinators such as bees and butterflies. We encourage you to grow native plants so that pollinators and other wildlife can find shelter and food. Come and visit our “backyard” garden, pick up gardening info, and talk to experts. FRIENDS OF THE FARM MASTER GARDENER LECTURE, Tues., May 19, 7–9 p.m. Plant for Continuous Garden Joy by Judith Cox. This master gardener

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