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November 13, 2015

The ceramic artists of 260 Fingers, with their magic fingers (260? really?)

260 Fingers – top ceramic artists exhibit and sell their works By Marney McDiarmid and Maureen Marcotte

Canadian ceramic art is finally getting its due – double-page spreads in the Globe and Mail and ceramic exhibitions at the Venice Biennale. This November, residents of the Glebe will have the opportunity to view the works of Ontario and western Quebec’s most accomplished ceramic artists. Twenty-six artists are coming to the Glebe to exhibit and sell the most innovative and inspiring clay work being produced in the region. From functional to sculptural, from wood-fired to electric-fired, from pieces that are highly decorated to others whose main feature is form, the show features them all. The work is contemporary, risky, and innovative.

This exhibit has proven to be unlike any other ceramic show in the province. “For eleven years now we’ve been celebrating high-quality ceramic art,” states organizer and participating artist Chandler Swain. “I get excited every year because the pottery and sculpture at 260 Fingers is always different. Returning artists arrive with new innovations, and visiting artists bring work Ottawa has never seen before. Walking through those doors for the Friday opening is like opening a huge, delicious present. All of that creativity and expertise is a feast for the senses.” The event features award winning artists with international followings. In 2015 participating artist Paula Murray travelled to Korea to exhibit a series

MARK YOUR CALENDARS Nov. 6–15................ Imagine Glebe: a community visioning project of the ................................ GCA, 757 Bank Street Nov. 1–29................ Russ Paquette, GCC Nov. 13–15............. 260 Fingers, GCC, Friday 6–9 p.m, Sat. and Sun. ................................ 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Nov. 17.................... Ottawa Centre Refugee Action meeting, ................................ St. Matthews Church, 7–9 p.m. Nov. 21–22............. Handel’s Messiah “Dublin version,” ................................ St. Matthew’s, Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Nov. 24.................... GCA Monthly Meeting GCC 7 p.m. Nov. 26.................... Lecture: Vera Brittain and Marion Dewar, ................................ GCC, Thursday 7–9 p.m. Nov. 27–28............. Annual artworks show and sale, The Glebe Centre, ................................ Friday 6–8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Nov. 28.................... Abbotsford Bazaar, Sat., 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. C

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of bowls in the prestigious Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale. Next June, she will be bringing her distinctive work to the Ottawa Art Gallery for a solo exhibition. Artist Reid Flock is internationally renowned for his cutting edge exploration of the intersection between ceramics and new technology, and he will be exhibiting new work at 260 Fingers. Flock is the winner of one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for ceramics, the Winifred Shantz Award. He has recently returned from an eight-week residency at the renowned Medalta International Artists in Residence Program in the Historic Clay District in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where he worked on increasContinued on page 2

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MP’s Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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ing the scale of his work and exploring rapid prototyping technologies. Toronto potter Lesley McInally will be showing work that is stylistically similar to pieces she recently exhibited at the Calvin-Morris Gallery in New York City. Writes the gallery, “We set out to find great artists for whom form, surface, and technique, no matter how abstract or sculptural, never lost its ceramic integrity…McInally’s pieces refer to walls and street art and abstract painting without losing sight of their clay origins.” 260 Fingers will be a unique opportunity to see more of McInally’s compelling work. On Friday, November 13, from 6 to 9 p.m., under the domed ceiling of the lightfilled Glebe Community Centre, visitors vying to be among the first to view the new works will enjoy the festive atmosphere of an opening night complete with music, food, drink and great conversation. The show continues over the weekend, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15. The artists are always available for discussions; with such a wide range of work and artistic practice, visitors often have questions. Each afternoon at 2 p.m., a guided tour will walk visitors through the distinctive styles of the participating artists. Each artist has spent years honing his or her craft, developing a style that is original and accomplished. 260 Fingers is the annual opportunity to show it off. 260 Fingers is a free event at the Glebe Community Centre. For more information, please email 260talentedfingers@gmail.com or visit www.260fingers.ca. Marney McDiarmid and Maureen Marcotte are ceramic artists participating in this year’s 260 Fingers.

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Glebe comings and goings NEW TO THE GLEBE Glebe Parking Garage, located between Second and Third avenues just west of Bank Street behind McKeen Metro, opened for business on October 31. The bottom two floors are for shortterm parking, up to two hours, and the upper floors are for either short- or longterm parking. The garage has space for 141 vehicles, covered bike parking and two charging stations for electric cars. Tommy Gun’s Original Barbershop, 100 Marché Way, Lansdowne “Coming Soon” fall 2015. Another one in Bayshore opened in Oct 2014 and there are others in western Canada. “Now accepting resumes for stylists, reception and managers. Send your resumé to careers@tommyguns.com.” www. tommyguns.com

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Capital Barbershop at 590 Bank Street has replaced Spa Royale.

This ghost bike on Bronson Avenue just south of Holmwood commemorates the death of Carleton student Krista Johnson, 27, in 2012. The City has since made some changes to Bronson to make cycling safer on that stretch of road.

How long should ghost bikes haunt us? Anywhere in the city where a cyclist has been killed, a ghost bike (a bicycle painted white and usually decorated with flowers and mementos) is often erected to mark the spot. City Council’s transportation committee has approved a new policy on the length of time a ghost bike will be allowed to stay before being removed – six months, with the countdown triggered by a complaint. Apparently public opinion on this topic is mixed, with some feeling the ghost bikes offer a way for family and friends to grieve the passing of the cyc-

list, and others believing them to be a safety hazard and even an eyesore. As a cyclist, I approve of ghost bikes for a different reason. Every time a cyclist or a car or truck passes by one of these ghost bikes, it is brought home to them once again: this is where someone on a bicycle was killed. On this very spot! For drivers, the sight is an immediate visual reminder to be cautious, to give bikes a wide berth, to slow down when passing and to let them claim the lane in a bike lane zone. For cyclists, it’s a visceral alert that

this could happen to you, that this spot may have special dangers, that a bicycle is vulnerable and that you need to be on the defensive at all times. All of us, I think, can benefit from these occasional cautionary jolts that ghost bikes generate. And the jolt is powered by the knowledge that the tragedy occurred right here, and to someone real, someone who was loved. Perhaps on a day like today, with a slight breeze and clouds scudding across the sky… –Liz McKeen

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Kent of Inglewood, Canada’s shave shop, established 2013. “Classic grooming – straight razors – cocktail gear – axes.” Find the shop in Knifewear, with additional access from Third Avenue near Octopus Books. CHANGES AFOOT ImagineGlebe pop-up consultation will be held November 6 to 15 at 757 Bank Street, the former location of McIntosh & Watts. The Glebe Community Association’s Planning Committee invites you to pop in and help shape the future of Bank Street. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Spa Royale, the beauty, nail and hair spa at 590 Bank Street, has left the Glebe. SEEN OUT AND ABOUT At Café Morala, a chalkboard message reads: “Thank you Glebe, Ottawa, thank you Canada!!! For 13 years I have been very fortunate to serve loyal patrons. I am immensely grateful for your very generous support! The Glebe’s strong sense of community chooses and promotes independent and small business owners. This is an important contributing factor to making the Glebe the dynamic and thriving neighbourhood that it is. Your belief in Café Morala has inspired me… Sincerely, Miriam Fernanda.” As an addendum: “I am not leaving :) Just a thank you note. Miriam F.”

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A little respect for one another Editor, Glebe Report Re: Pedestrian safety and bikes – a polemic (Glebe Report October 2015)

Here for over a hundred years Editor, Glebe Report 137 Glebe Avenue: Here for over a hundred years; gone in just over a hundred minutes. A very different ending to what we were told in 2008. Minutes of the Glebe Community Association Board meeting, March 25, 2008: “The Simmonds architectural firm has been engaged to develop the property at 137 Glebe Avenue, just behind the former KFC. There is currently a 30-foot tract of land to the east of the existing building onto which they are proposing to build.

Sleepless in the Glebe Editor, Glebe Report Last winter, the Kent Street 417 overpass rapid bridge replacement project began. Residents living near the overpass construction site have been subjected at various intervals to allnight intense noises including droning engines and large tools such as grinders, sanders and drills. Subjecting people to these noises has been included in the United Nations’ Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (www.hrweb. org/legal/cat.html), “having regard to article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which provide that no one may be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” At one point, I suffered three consecutive sleepless nights, which made me

First, the new structure will be built, and then the existing structure will be brought up to new standards. There are four units in the existing structure, five proposed for the new section. The Board thought the development plans looked good and were quite in keeping with the neighbourhood and nearby buildings. The transition from commercial to residential was a welcome, and rare step. The Planning Committee will be in touch if a further meeting with the local neighbours is requested.” Pat Marshall Glebe Avenue

unable to function normally on subsequent days. This has been going on for months. Highway repair is a provincial responsibility so I approached Yasir Naqvi’s office and was told that Aecon requested that the City of Ottawa waive the noise bylaw. The request was granted. Aecon removed the sound baffle fence from the 417. No provisions were included in the contracts requiring sound abatement. I put it to Mr. Naqvi’s office that such provisions should be standard and included in all contracts. I have not received a response from the provincial government. This situation has raised a fundamental question for me: Have our government officials been relieved of their primary duty to protect the welfare of citizens? It appears that our governments are more in line with corporate interests than with the welfare of citizens. Kerry Smith Powell Avenue

Setting the record straight Editor, Glebe Report Re: When a a stranger knocks (Letter to the editor, Glebe Report October 2015) I hope our resident archivist will set the record straight regarding the name of Queen Elizabeth Driveway, as the letter by the Dorans of October 16 errs by referring to its current name at the time of the 1939 royal visit. When we moved to the Glebe in 1966 it was called The Driveway, and I think possibly around 1970 was renamed Queen Elizabeth Driveway. According to Wikipedia, it was originally known as the Government Driveway but was soon renamed the Rideau Canal Driveway and then simply The Driveway or Driveway before being renamed to the current Queen Elizabeth Drive. Maybe of interest was that we could ask for permission to park on the The Driveway for special events, until traffic volumes made this impracticable. Louis J. Cabri Queen Elizabeth Drive

I am writing as a cyclist, a motorist and a pedestrian. As a cyclist, I agree to some extent with the author of the article. There are a number of cyclists who ride the road without obeying the rules, ride at night without proper lighting and ride on the sidewalk obliging pedestrians to move out of the way or worse. They are not in the majority. The author refers to what is being called “the bike lobby.” The title is the author’s choice. I am not aware of any such lobby. Riding a bicycle instead of driving a car is a choice and has a number of advantages, such as no parking worries, no gridlock to be stuck in, increased exercise and fresh air. There are a number of disadvantages, including the risk of being hit by a car or an opened car door, or squished by a vehicle (car or bus). The City is helping to improve the safety of cyclists with the introduction of dedicated bike lanes. I am not aware of park-

ing places being eliminated because of the lanes, just moved to accommodate them. As the article’s title refers to pedestrians and bikes, I suggest the lack of parking and the reduction in the numbers of volunteers at the Glebe Community Centre would be better discussed in another article. As a pedestrian, I have also had to ask cyclists to give the right of way to pedestrians on a sidewalk, something I do if I am obliged for some reason to be on the sidewalk. I have had some unpleasant responses. As a motorist, I have had to contend with cyclists weaving in and out of traffic, failing to obey road signs and cycling without lights at night. Frustrating and annoying. To sum up, however, I have to say that I have met pedestrians, cyclists and motorists who put the safety or comfort of others at risk. I would suggest that we could all practice exercising a little respect for one another and thoughtfulness. Barb Grisdale Glebe resident

Editor, Glebe Report Perhaps Mr. Ramezani should imagine the Glebe where nobody rode a bike instead they all drove cars; such a lovely situation that would be. Mr. Ramezani is correct that there are idiotic cyclists but there are also idiotic pedestrians and motorists. All parties need to obey the law and be respectful of one another but, at the same time, the infrastructure must be improved so that the safety of pedestrians and cyclists is enhanced. I don’t really think we need worry much about the safety of motorists, as they tend not to get hurt unless they crash into one another. John Dance Old Ottawa East

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Fortieth annual bazaar at Abbotsford! The year was 1975, bell-bottoms were in fashion, children played Atari video games on black and white TVs, Pierre Trudeau was prime minister and Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre held its first annual Christmas Bazaar. This year marks the 40th annual bazaar for the seniors’ centre and long-term care facility on Bank Street across from Lansdowne Park, which means they are also celebrating 40 years of community programming and services for seniors at Abbotsford. “The bazaar is our major fundraiser for the year, the one we rely on to be able to carry out important programs and services,” said Karen Anne Blakely, Director of Community Programs. Blakely said those programs include the community support services that allow seniors who require a bit of extra help around the house to remain home safely and with dignity. It also includes money for the day away program for seniors with dementia, Alzheimer’s or those who are vulnerable or isolated. Blakely said the bazaar couldn’t happen without dedicated volunteers. “It’s very much volunteer driven. We couldn’t do it without the input, sorting and organizing all year long and then all the work on the very busy bazaar day,” said Blakely. For three decades, Janice Bridgewater, former staff member at Abbotsford, watched the bazaar grow

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Brenda Small, Elizabeth Hassan and Ann Kind Andrews (left to right, back row), with Leslie Sibthorpe (front), work in the “Flea” department of the Abbotsford annual bazaar and were helping to sell some of their wares at the Fabric Flea Market at the Glebe Community Centre, where they bought their hats.

from a small sale featuring crafts made by residents to the huge sale it is today. “What I think hasn’t changed is the way people who do the programs are involved, the members, the volunteers, the staff,” said Bridgewater. “It’s always something everyone wants to get involved with, it’s a wonderful representation of the organization.” Among the treasures to be found at the annual bazaar are antiques and collectibles, fine jewellery, toys, books, knitting, hand-made Christmas ornaments, baked goods, art, fine linens, country crafts, ladies’ clothing and a flea market. This year, a special addition to the bazaar will be the sale of original artwork by Glebe Centre residents that

will be featured at 77 Monk Street (beside the old stone house.) Abbotsford counts on donations from the community to fill the tables and booths. This year, the items most wanted include antiques and collectibles, including jewellery, pottery, glassware, paintings and other rare or whimsical items that will be featured in the “elegant treasures sale”. Organizers are also looking for donations of books (no magazines, Reader’s Digests, text books or encyclopaedias please). Donations can be brought to Abbotsford, the old stone house at 950 Bank Street, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “The Best Bazaar in the City” will

be on Saturday, November 28 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Abbotsford is your community support centre for Adults 55+. We are 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) 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 and educator who writes regularly about Abbotsford for the Glebe Report.

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Russ Paquette November 1–29 By Ellen Schowalter

Russ was a creative child born in Ottawa to a military family that moved around a lot. He spent his earlier years in Newfoundland and that east coast culture and landscape had a profound influence on him. He studied commercial art and design, and small business management at Algonquin College, and worked as a commercial artist in Ottawa for many years. He returned to university and spent four years studying theology, eventually becoming a community clergyman. It was always part of Russ’s dream to ultimately return to focussing full time on his creative arts, which has become a reality in his Ottawa home. Russ is a realist, magic-realist painter in the Canadian East Coast tradition. Other artists, including Alex Colville, Christopher Pratt and Mary Pratt, inspire him. For numerous years he and his wife have spent part of each summer along the south shore of Nova Scotia. He is also drawn to other artists such as Lawren Harris, M.C. Escher and Salvador Dali. He was the recipient of the Ottawa Humane Society Animal Art Award at the 2014 Ottawa Art Expo. Russ appreciates the complexity of life. He looks for, and paints, the details that exist in and behind everything he sees. He finds elements of the sacred in common everyday events. He invites you to come and view his works, and to join him in

“As Wise as Age, As Joyous as a Child,” 32 x 16, acrylic on canvas

“Low Tide,” 30 x 24, acrylic on canvas

seeing a beauty that expresses itself in the depth and detail of contemplative mystery. Russ Paquette: www.russpaquette.com russpaquette@gmail.com Glebe Community Centre Art Gallery, 175 Third Avenue

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Art therapy at The Glebe Centre showcases residents’ creativity By Ellen Schowalter

Creativity as expressed in making art is an essential component of human personality, a means of communication and a way to maintain identity and control of the world around us. Art therapy can be an effective way to reach those for whom words are no longer so meaningful or easily accessible. Images, colour and the physical act of painting itself can call forth a response totally different from the verbally and numerically oriented world we inhabit. The Art Therapy Program at The Glebe Centre, now in its 11th year, is proving to be extremely successful in improving the quality of life for people living with dementia or other types of cognitive impairment. The program, under the direction of noted local artist Patricia Doyle and assisted by a dedicated group of volunteers, has expanded to include any resident who wants to participate, with exciting results! People are able to focus, be in the moment, and create wonderful artwork in a setting that fosters self-expression and self-esteem, where there is no right or wrong response. It is a sociable experience as well, enriched by music, conversation and always lots of encouragement. Residents look forward to the sessions and often ask when they will be able to paint again. A different artist is featured each month in the front lobby of The Glebe Centre. A bit of biographical information along with a selection of paintings is on view in the “Art by the Bistro” showcase. Paintings by residents enliven the walls throughout the building, amazing family members and visitors. You will have the opportunity to view and purchase artworks by residents at the art exhibition and sale on Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28. Enjoy refreshments and live music at the gala on Friday evening. Everyone is cordially invited and admission is free! All proceeds from the event will go to support the art program and donations are, of course, always gratefully accepted. Ellen Schowalter, a Glebe resident and artist, is a long-time volunteer with the Art Therapy Program. Artwork by residents of The Glebe Centre annual show and sale Friday, November 27, 6 – 8 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The Glebe Centre 77 Monk Street (across from Lansdowne Park).

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Elemental worlds …[part 1] By Ava Butler

The following is an excerpt from the author’s longer work, Elemental Worlds. The kids didn’t know yet how a storm could teleport them into another world, but of course, no one would know... Alex, Samica, Fiona, and Austen were best friends. They were all in fourth grade. Alex had brown eyes, a love of school, and both her parents were architects. Austen was kind, had a good imagination, and drew a lot. Fiona’s dad was a computer scientist and Fiona herself was a smart girl, especially interested in the periodic table. Samica was pretty, always wore her hair in a ponytail, and loved dancing. The school bell rang and Austen walked out, scribbling furiously in his textbook, sighing about his homework. The three girls chatted, Samica skipping. The girls arranged to meet at the park near the library. Alex ran over to Austen and told him to meet them in the park. A half hour later, the kids arrived at the park for sort of a play date. They were going to plan Alex’s treehouse. “There has to be shelves, for drawings and books. Plus a slide,” Samica said. “A secret science lab, too,” added Fiona. “I love doing drawings out of patterns and other arts so we definitely need an art corner,” Alex pointed out. Suddenly, a breeze came, and it grew stronger and stronger until the kid’s faces almost felt like they were peeling off. Fiona dashed under a play structure in the park and motioned for the others to follow. Soon, rain picked up

and then everything dry caught on fire. Some tiny pebbles flew through the air. Austen accidentally poked his head out into an especially strong wind and vanished. Fiona frantically searched for him, and accidentally touched a flaming wood chip and disintegrated also. The remaining girls ran towards their bikes and Alex got hit by a large pebble and was in the middle of disappearing when she grabbed hold of Samica. Samica in turn was pelted by a strangely large amount of water falling from the sky and the two children were nowhere to be seen. Samica woke up on a beach. She stood and brushed the sand off herself. In front of her was crystal clear water, and she turned to see where the city would have been, but there was only an expanse of what looked like infinite sand. Samica looked around for her friends, but they weren’t there. She didn’t want to walk toward the endless sand, in fear of dehydration. This couldn’t be real though. She thought she had probably fallen unconscious in the storm and her parents carried her to her house and this was all just a dream. To make sure, Samica waded ankle-deep into the warm, comforting water and splashed some onto her face. She wasn’t dreaming. So she figured there was only one place to go: further into the water. She walked waist deep, dress floating on the surface of the water. A current pushed her towards a whirlpool, and despite her struggles, she was slowly sucked in. [To be continued…] Ava Butler is a Grade 4 student at First Avenue Public School.

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Community prepares to welcome refugees to the Glebe

Attendees at the OCRA meeting October 24 pause for a group photo.

By Carol MacLeod

Since early September a steadily expanding volunteer group of concerned folk has been meeting to find ways to address the growing world refugee crisis. The group is called Ottawa Centre Refugee Action, or OCRA. About 60 people responded to a mostly word-of-mouth invitation to our most recent meeting on October 24 at Glebe-St. James United Church. OCRA’s objective is to settle refugees in our community. The group is working through Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) program, which is the quickest and most efficient route to settle refugees. BVOR matches refugees identified for resettlement by the United Nations Refugee Agency with private sponsors in Canada. Under BVOR’s cost-sha r i ng arrangement, refugees receive financial support for one year from the date they arrive or until they become finan-

cially independent, whichever comes first. The government provides income support for the first six months and private sponsors such as OCRA provide income support for another six months plus a year of social and emotional support. OCRA is working to match every dollar we raise with monetary and in-kind donations from other sources and through free or costshared community programs. Our strategy has been to partner with government-approved sponsorship agreement holders, or SAHs, which in our case are the United Church of Canada and Jewish Family Services. This eases the bureaucracy, as we can tap into the SAHs’ expertise and use their financial administration and charitable tax statuses (the SAHs can issue tax receipts). Government guidelines suggest $24,000 per year to support a family of four and $12,000 for an individual, but we are building in a cushion. $62,000 had been pledged by end of October, not including in-kind donations. We

will support as many refugees as our financial contributions allow, be they families or single people, so our drive for donations continues. Participants can pledge a lump sum or monthly support amounts. All confidential financial commitments go into the general OCRA pot to be held in trust by an SAH. The SAHs assume formal financial responsibility for the refugee family. But money is not enough. Refugee families also need a community to help them navigate the first overwhelming months and we continue to seek participants who can give this kind of direct support. OCRA’s next major task is to match all the pledges of support with the needs of our refugee families. We are organizing small front-line family support groups to create a settlement plan for each refugee family and then implement it. The plans will detail arrangements for finding temporary and permanent accommodation, getting furnishings and clothing, learning languages, shopping, getting kids into school, arranging health and dental care, finding jobs, and much more. A detailed settlement plan gives refugees the best chance for succeeding

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in a new country and new culture. OCRA’s steering committee meets every week or two to plan strategy, organize volunteers and assess fundraising. The steering committee will continue to identify the financial, expert and direct support needs of individual refugee families. We will draw on our participants to provide language skills; pro bono health, medical or dental services; and other special skills. You can volunteer your talents, time and expertise as the family settles, or share your Ottawa-based networks. Are you a great fundraiser or networker? Can you take family members to appointments? Help with banking? Take them skiing in Gatineau Park? We may have our first family! In mid-October, we were offered the opportunity to sponsor a family of five – parents and three children, aged 21, 18 and 9 – and we accepted. We know nothing about them or when they might arrive in Canada, when their (and our) adventure will really begin. Visit our website www.RefugeeAction.ca and our Facebook page www. facebook.com/OttawaCentreRefugeeAction. We are also starting a youth group! To pa r ticipate, ema il us at OCRA613@gmail.com. We will get back to you with a link to the pledge sheet, where you can make a commitment, large or small. The extent of your involvement is entirely up to you. OCRA’s monthly meeting for all participants is your chance to network, explore new ideas, get updates, socialize and deepen your involvement with OCRA. Here are some dates: • Tues., Nov.17, 7–9 p.m. at 217 First Ave, St, Matthews, downstairs, • Sat., Dec. 12, 10 a.m. – 12:30, 650 Lyon, Glebe-St James, Fraser Hall, main level, and • Wed., Jan. 13, 7–9 p.m., 650 Lyon, Glebe-St James, MacPhail Hall, downstairs. Carol MacLeod is a participant in Ottawa Centre Refugee Action (OCRA) and a Glebe Report regular contributor.

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Sleep Out For Youth with C.A.T. Squad and KIT CATs

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GNAG’s Community Action Team (CAT Squad) of local youth leaders in Grades 9–12 will be participating in the Youth Services Bureau’s (YSB) Sleep Out For Youth for the fourth year in a row under the supervision of GNAG youth staff. In addition, GNAG’s brand new Kitchen Initiative Team (KIT CATs) will also be participating by sleeping out and preparing a dinner of chili and cornbread for event participants using food Mary Tsai donated by Metro Glebe and Sysco. www.gnag.ca YSB’s Sleep Out for Youth is an annual event held overnight November 19–20 on the lawn of Ottawa City Hall. With hundreds of participants, the sleep out raises critically needed awareness and funds for YSB’s emergency shelters and associated support services. Over 1,000 youth in Ottawa experience homelessness. Many of these youth face further difficulties associated with lack of safety and stability, mental health issues, poverty, abuse and addiction. Last year GNAG’s CAT Squad raised over $13,000 and had over 40 youth participate. This year, we want it to be even BIGGER! Together we can eliminate youth homelessness in Ottawa and help put them on the path to success. Contact GNAG’s youth Outreach and Leadership coordinator Tim Lamothe at tim@ gnag.ca for more information or to find out how you can help.

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GNAG Rink on the St. James Tennis courts – update

You may recall from last month’s issue of Glebe Report that I wrote about the GNAG–St. James outdoor rink. We have since discovered a new complication, in addition to cost, in hosting the rink on the St. James tennis courts. We have learned that there is a high level of risk of causing flooding in neighbouring homes in the spring when the rink melts. While we were lucky to have two wonderful seasons, sadly the rink will no longer be on the St. James Tennis courts. The City and the Glebe Community Association are working very hard at finding an alternative home for our community rink. Nothing is likely to happen this winter but our hope is to have it resolved by winter 2017. In the interim, the skating rink at Glebe Memorial Park, otherwise known as the Glendale rink, has come to the rescue. The Glebe Memorial Rink Rats will be expanding their rink surface to accommodate the influx of displaced community skaters and hockey players. They will also accommodate GNAG’s skating and shinny hockey programs. This winter, the park will have two ice surfaces – one for skaters and one for hockey players. The Glebe Memorial Rink Rats will be looking for rink enthusiasts to help maintain and supervise the rink. If you love hockey or skating and are handy with a shovel and a hose, contact the Glebe Memorial Rink Rats at dudleighcoyle@gmail.com. GNAG launches brand new website and registration system

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Glebe Report readers may have visited our ImagineGlebe “pop-up” at the former McIntosh & Watts location generously donated by Mario Staltari of MODA Development Corporation. Many more Glebe residents and visitors have provided their feedback through the Bank Street community visioning survey. The high response rate demonstrates our commitment to our traditional main street and the merchants we love to patronise. A broadly supported, community-developed vision can guide the redevelopment of a number of spaces on well-loved Bank Street. Our special thanks to Carolyn Mackenzie and her committee for their work, Councillor Jan Harder, Chair of the City’s Planning Committee, for her support and enthusiasm for the project, and our own Councillor, David Chernushenko, for his support (financial and otherwise) for this initiative. Skating Rinks in the Glebe

I reported on the challenges facing the Glebe St. James skating rink in last month’s column. While this pilot project was successful in terms of usage, it has, for a number of reasons, become unsustainable and will not run another year. So, the search is on for a new location. The GCA’s Parks Committee is working alongside GNAG and residents committed to keeping the same number of skating rinks in our neighbourhood. If this is an issue you care about, please let Councillor David Chernushenko know. If you would like to work with the GCA Parks Committee, send me an email. Trees in Complete Streets

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Last year, the GCA developed new priorities to guide us through the next few years. At the top of the list is greater resident engagement through enhanced communication. Our first step is to update our website to make it more informative about GCA activities and to gather your input on issues. We would love to hear from you about this. Please visit us at www.glebeca.ca and send us your ideas for improvement. On a related note, I wish to express our gratitude to Alex Gillis, who has been our webmaster for the past two years and has laid good foundations for our new website. If you (or someone you know) have web-related skills and are interested in this role on the GCA Board, please let me know. GCA’s 50th Anniversary

It’s amazing to think of all of the people who have been involved in the GCA since its inception in 1967. Come 2017, we will be celebrating their involvement with the GCA’s 50th anniversary celebration! What started as a small group of people opposed to having a high traffic connector road through our neighbourhood (Glebe Avenue, so that Carling would run all the way through to the Canal, or Fifth Avenue), has grown to have lots of impact over the years (see Carol MacLeod’s excellent article in the Glebe Report’s June 2013 issue). There are a number of big celebrations happening in 2017 (Canada’s 150th anniversary) in Ottawa, and we want to join the party with a great event. What ideas do you have to make the community celebration worth going to? Please let me know. Federal Election

Some may think 78 days is too long for an election, but one thing’s for sure, it gave us lots of time to learn about the issues, consider our choices and vote. And vote we did, with the largest turnout in the country. With Election Day now passed, I would like to express the GCA’s appreciation to Paul Dewar for his hard work and dedication over almost ten years of community service. The GCA also extends its congratulations to Catherine McKenna, a former GCA Board member, and wish her the best as she begins to fulfil her responsibilities as our Member of Parliament and as the new Minister of Environment and Climate Change. We look forward to Twitter: @glebeca working with you, Catherine! Email: gca@glebeca.ca

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Glebe Annex Community Association update

growing our own veggies in the Annex, but if it can be done in New York City and Singapore, maybe we can too. Anyone interested in these projects should visit our website for contact information and to share their thoughts. Here’s hoping for a mild and carefree winter. How lucky we are to live downtown in this wonderful city!

Clean-up Day

Darlene Charron and Sue Stefko

photo: Doug Milne

By Doug Milne

There were reports and lively discussions at the monthly meeting in October on a number of pertinent issues and dreams about some projects that would be worthy of taking on. Of particular interest was the recent appearance of a forbidding black fence erected at the southwest corner of Bronson and Carling avenues, where it appears that serious plans are afoot for yet another multi-residential building. If a tower is planned, and it falls within the allowable parameters set out in Ottawa’s Official Plan, no official application would be required. If it falls outside those limits, and an application for development is submitted, your community association and their associates will be making calls, knocking on doors and looking for answers. Next to that development is the now terminated Samcon Condo development, which is being redesigned to become a special-purpose student residence. Plans call for this to be similar to a dormitory, only professionally managed by private interests. Consultations have taken place and your representatives were present for those discussions. There are many positive aspects to this plan and the building could very well be a pleasing addition to the neighbourhood. Increased parking requirements continue to be a very real concern to all three neighbourhoods in close proximity to this location.

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reported on the results of our bi-annual “Clean up the Streets” campaign. She was heartened to report that there was a lot less trash than in other outings but was disappointed in the turnout as only a few residents came out to assist the already over-committed executive. President Sylvia Milne, reacting to reports of an overabundance of Tim’s and McD’s garbage on Bronson and Carling avenues, has approached the Glebe Collegiate administration to request a little more consideration and support in putting lunch time garbage in containers provided by the City, the restaurants and the school itself. The association suggested that perhaps a helping hand from students on cleanup day would allow students who participated to claim credits for volunteering. AGM

By the time this Glebe Report issue is delivered, our October 28 annual general meeting will have taken place. We hope for a great turnout of residents that will result in a few volunteers for street representatives to assist in our annual membership drive and that others will volunteer for ongoing committees. These new volunteers will be our assurance that we are indeed active and accurate mes-

sengers representing the Glebe Annex. GACA Membership

Please welcome Glebe Annex representatives who knock on your door to solicit your membership during the Glebe Annex Community Association annual membership drive, and show your support for the volunteers who work for the protection of our community, its benefits and its concerns. We never know when a threat to our quiet enjoyment of life or our safety will cause us to ask for help. We can, and will, do that...with your support.

Doug Milne is active in the Glebe Annex Community Association and keeps Glebe Report readers up to date on GACA news.

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On our dream list for next year is a doggy park or run. We just need some pet owners to step forward with their thoughts on what is required. Another item of interest is the development of a garden plot. It is hard to imagine

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The War Bride By Craig Kamcke She met him at a village dance, Across the room a wanting glance, A casual wartime romance, Then he was off to fight in France. He was among the first ashore, For his three stripes he proudly wore. By father filled with Great War lore, When hit, his wound he bravely bore. When he was gone, for quite a while She really missed his gentle smile. The other chaps had not his style; To her they seemed possessed by guile. And then one day he came calling, His appearance quite appalling. Still in love she soon was falling – Off to church, no more stalling. Across the sea to Halifax, A five-day trip on endless tracks; Past evergreens and city stacks, Then there he was, her grinning Max. It’s true she missed her native land With memories of home oft fanned, But warmly wore her wedding band, Determined she to make a stand.

Diana McCarthy, taken shortly before the incident described in the memoir.

Impromptu By Diana McCarthy

Schubert’s Impromptu in Ab major, Opus 90, no. 4. I studied it in 1972 and have not played or taught it since. Every time I hear it performed, either at a recital or on the radio, I remember a Winnipeg Thanksgiving Monday in 1972. When I looked out the window of my University College residence in the early afternoon, the snaking path towards the Administration Building sparkled. The vast, gingham blue prairie sky was cloudless. I reached for a lightweight sweater, grabbed my music and notebook and rushed across campus to catch a bus from the Taché Hall Men’s Residence to my piano lesson with Pearl Snider in River Heights. The lesson itself is now vague in my mind, but the rest of the day remains clear. The weather turned bitter as I waited for a bus on its holiday schedule to come along. The temperature dipped to seven degrees Celsius and felt much colder with the wind whipping out of the northwest. The late afternoon sun lowered on the horizon and no longer warmed my back. My thin sweater could not shield me from the cold. I had waited over half an hour with barely a car passing and I suspected the bus would never turn up. Just when I thought I could bear the cold no longer, a large cranberrycoloured Oldsmobile Delta 88 pulled up. The window opened and a balding late-middle-aged man in a bulky cardigan offered respite. “It’s awfully cold out there. Do you need a lift anywhere?” I climbed in, grateful for the warmth billowing from the car heater. We followed Corydon Avenue towards Pembina Highway. And then, in a molasses-syrup voice that made goose bumps rise on my

arms, he breathed, “Why don’t you move over and I’ll warm you up a bit?” My back went ramrod straight and my breathing and heart rate quickened. My thighs stiffened. Inside the car, bright chrome on the dashboard and wine-coloured vinyl upholstery assaulted my senses. Outside, the pitted road with its postwar bungalows and false-fronted stores stretched before me. Like a child’s wood blocks, the buildings were mere monochromatic grey-beige squares and rectangles. No one was in sight. The man patted the bench seat, beckoning me to move over. Without thinking, I seized the door handle, swung the lever down and thrust the door open. At that moment the car happened to be slowing to stop at a light. I spilled out. On wobbly legs, I scrambled to the bus shelter at the corner of Pembina and Corydon and sat on a metal bench, violently shaking and glancing nervously around. I was still trembling when I climbed on board a university-bound bus that soon came along. Throughout the 20-minute ride down Pembina to the University of Manitoba and even when I was safely back in my dorm, a phrase from the Schubert Impromptu tracked in my head, like a motif on a scratched LP. All evening I sat in the darkened room with the door locked hoping for the world to slow down. Finally the music stopped and I tasted relief. A new track, “You are so lucky,” started to play in my head. Diana McCarthy has a Master’s degree in English Literature and an Associate Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She is a piano teacher and has taken the Memoir Course at Abbotsford House.

The years flew by, a lovely child. By Canada in time beguiled, His prairie farm with golden wheat, Who would the Leafs this season beat? It took a while, it took some pluck, But she became a proud Canuck. “The War Bride” is one of the poems by Craig Kamcke in his book, “To Stand and Fight: Poems of Canada at War, 2009.

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Glebe Report November 13, 2015

In the land of Glebe

A guinea pig’s perspective on the Glebe

In The Language Garden *BREAKING NEWS*

Zeus quits politics to focus on socializing!

Are all migrants refugees? By Adelle Farrelly

“I’m out!” bellowed Zeus when reporters caught up with him at Home Hardware sitting on the counter in the paint section, munching on a small bag of free popcorn. “Leading the Red Parsley Brigade had its perks, but it began to take up nearly an hour a month – I was exhausted!” The holiday timing of Zeus’s departure is suspicious; however, it has led many to speculate that his exit from politics was based on a fear that his activities could render him persona non grata at many of the upcoming holiday galas and soirées. “Zeus wants to ensure he continues to reap the benefits associated with being a non-partisan pig, such as mass adoration, invitations to high society events, and free dinners at GOODIES, Eddy’s Diner, and Pomeroy House,” stated Mimi, a GiddyPigs.com mailroom mouse unauthorized to speak on Zeus’s behalf. Still others believe that Zeus has deep-seated insecurities driving him to seek universal acceptance, despite his confident demeanour. Corroborating this, an unnamed employee at Nicastro’s confirmed that Zeus shut himself up for days and consumed near-lethal amounts of fresh parsley after finding out that Paul watched a new release without him. “It was just a mix-up, just a mix-up! It had nothing to do with his role in the Red Parsley Brigade! I tried to explain this to him but he won’t return my calls!” provided a distraught Paul from Glebe Video. Indeed, Zeus does seem desperate for affirmation; allegedly giving cuddles away for free at Home Hardware, when usually he charges 50 cents.

With the recent crisis in the Middle East, most notably Syria, and thousands of people pouring into Europe, there has been a lot of talk of “migrants” and “refugees.” I personally have encountered some people using the word migrant as if it were a more neutral way of speaking about those fleeing truly horrendous conditions than the word refugee, but I would like to contest this usage. Although it is true that migrant is from the Latin word migrare and means a person who moves from one place to another, and this does technically describe what those fleeing unstable regions are doing, their fleeing rather than movement for other reasons is what is significant. Refugee, meaning one seeking refuge, finds at its centre the Latin verb fugere (to flee). It came into usage in French in describing the Huguenots, who were réfugié, or gone in search of refuge, in the 17th century. “Re-“ in Latin is a pronoun meaning “to do again” or “return,” so refuge literally means “a place to flee back to for protection” but now means “a safe haven” in general. Migration is part of the human experience, whether due to wanderlust, seeking better financial prospects, following one’s heart, or fleeing war and terror. The temporary foreign worker, the student here on a visa, the diplomat, the partner who moved for love, and the refugee are all migrants, but to group the latter in with the others is to reject what makes the refugee’s position distinct—and dire. The words used to describe people can have power, such as the power to influence public opinion, and ought to be chosen with care.

GiddyPigs holiday gifts such as the 2016 calendar and children’s book, Puck’s Paradox, are available from PCPerfect, 779 Bank Street, next to Glebe Video.

Adelle Farrelly delights in bringing us her insights into the meaning, origin and use of words.

ImagineGlebe is a community visioning project initiated by the Glebe Community Association (GCA). The first phase of this project will focus on Building a Vision for Bank Street. If you look carefully, upwards of 30% of Bank Street in the Glebe is in need of some form of (re)development. A broadly supported Vision can guide the transformation of surface parking lots and underdeveloped sites/space in a way that will contribute to the vibrancy and attractiveness of Bank Street. The objective is to develop a forward-looking Vision, supported by a broad cross section of the community – residents, business owners, and developers. Our approach is to be creative, collaborative, and positive - to build a vision for the future. The end goal is to develop recommendations aimed at reinvigorating and further animating Bank Street.

Tell us what you think….Help shape the future of Bank Street! • Take the survey - online at www.imagineglebe.com and through our mobile survey teams. Let us know what you think! • Visit us at our Pop Up space at 757 Bank Street (between First and Second Avenue) from November 6 – 16th. We are eager to hear your ideas! For more information: www.imagineglebe.com, Email: imagineglebe@gmail.com. Facebook: ImagineGlebe,Twitter: @ImagineGlebe.

music

16 Glebe Report November 13, 2015

‘Dublin version’ of Messiah at St. Matthew’s

“It was simply curiosity that initially inspired me to want to present the Dublin version of Messiah.”

The world premiere of George Frideric Handel’s now much-loved Messiah, was enthusiastically received by a packed audience at Dublin’s newly opened theatre on Fishamble Street on April 13, 1742. About 700 women and men were crammed into the Great Music Hall – a venue designed for a smaller audience. They fit because ladies were asked not to wear hoops in their dresses and men were asked to remove their swords. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Glebe will present the “Dublin version” of Handel’s brilliant oratorio on Saturday, November 21 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 22 at 2 p.m. The adaptation, featuring the church’s joint choirs and an orchestra, aims to recapture the freshness of Handel’s acclaimed premiere. “It was simply curiosity that initially inspired me to want to present the Dublin version of Messiah,” said St. Matthew’s music director, Kirkland Adsett. “Frankly, I was eager to hear what the first version might have sounded like.” That the German-born composer’s music would attract a full house was not surprising. He had spent the winter of 1741–42 in Dublin where a subscription series of his works had

Photo: Helen Tansey

By Margret Brady Nankivell

Mezzo-soprano Bó Bárdos, one of the soloists in the “Dublin version” of Handel’s Messiah at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church on November 21 and 22.

run. But another draw was Susanna Cibber, a contralto soloist and stage actress whose extramarital affair was a salacious bit of gossip at the time. Her emotive rendering of the aria “He was despised” was so heartfelt that it reportedly inspired Reverend Patrick Delany to jump to his feet and cry, “Woman, for this be all thy sins forgiven thee!” Messiah has evolved over the years because of Handel’s many revisions and adaptations by music directors, often demanding increasingly large choirs and orchestras. In many cases, the intimacy of the earliest performances has been lost. Messiah aficionados will notice some changes in the arias and, in some places, expression and pace. After researching Handel’s revisions to his first Messiah score, Adsett was

moved by the realization that the great composer found the need to refine and improve his work over his remaining years. Handel wrote the first version in less than a month based on the scriptural references provided by Shakespearean scholar Charles Jennens. “I am reminded that making art is a process and that sometimes the process requires hard work, patience and perhaps some humility too,” said Adsett. The soloists will be Bronwyn Thies-Thompson (soprano), Bó Bárdos (mezzo-soprano), Alain Paquette (tenor), and Shawn Mattas (baritone). Thies-Thompson is studying at Carleton University under the tutelage of acclaimed counter-tenor Daniel Taylor, once a member of St. Matthew’s Boys’ Choir. She frequently sings with the Seventeen Voyces

chamber choir. Hungarian-born mezzo Bó Bárdos sings classical and experimental music. Opera Canada has described her voice as “mellow, fruity, that caresses the ears.” Alain Paquette has sung with Opera Lyra Ottawa and the University of Ottawa Choir, recently appearing as Dr. Faust in Pellegrini Opera’s production of Singing Swords. Now living in Ottawa, Shawn Mattas recently completed a tour of western and northern Canada and has been a soloist with Vancouver’s Chor Leoni Choir, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Toronto’s Amadeus Choir. The performance will be candlelit and will include a wine and beverage bar. Margret Brady Nankivell is a music lover, a member of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church and a regular contributor to the Glebe Report. Tickets are $15 to $40, available online at www.stmatthewsottawa.ca or at the church, 217 First Avenue (weekdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) or at Compact Music, 206 and 785 Bank Street.

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music

Photo: Courtesy of Lucas Porter

Glebe Report November 13, 2015

Lucas Porter, a talented and charismatic Canadian pianist, will perform Chopin, Beethoven and Ravel on November 28, 7:30 p.m., at Southminster Church.

The exceptional talent of Lucas Porter at Southminster By Roland Graham

The Master Piano Recital Series (MPRS) welcomes audience favourite Lucas Porter on Saturday November 28 for a presentation of virtuoso piano works by Ravel, Beethoven and Chopin for the third concert of its 2015/16 season. Lucas is a talented and charismatic young Canadian performer hailing from Port Williams, Nova Scotia. Distinguished in a host of national and international competitions, he most recently performed in Ottawa one year ago in an all-Chopin recital in the popular Doors Open For Music at Southminster noon hour concert series. His powerful performance of etudes, mazurkas, and polonaises made a lasting impression as one of the most memorable concerts in the noon hour series to date. Lucas is a graduate of the Glenn Gould School in Toronto and was the youngest student ever to win the school’s concerto competition. Shortly after, he made his orchestral debut playing Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with Symphony Nova Scotia, even before winning the Canadian Music Competition in 2007 and 2010 respectively. Earlier still, Lucas was chosen to represent Canada at Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan, taking part in a series of concerts with Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, and the following year, at the invitation of Peter McKay, he played for Condoleezza Rice and other dignitaries at the Halifax 9/11 Ceremony of 2007. Lucas has relocated to New York City since his last appearance in Ottawa to pursue an international performing career. His engagement on Saturday November 28 as part of the MPRS will be part of his first homecoming tour through Eastern Canada, and it is, in local piano circles, a highly-anticipated event. University of Ottawa Professor of Piano Performance David Jalbert, himself a prodigious Canadian piano talent, agrees. “Lucas Porter is one of Canada’s most gifted emerging artists,” he said of the young pianist, adding, “it will be a real treat for Ottawa music lovers” [to hear him play.] Lucas’s November 28 performance features three exceptional works by

three celebrated piano composers and will appeal equally to dyed-in-thewool piano fans and classical music neophytes. The program begins with Chopin’s Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28, written in tribute to J. S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, one piece in each of the 24 major and minor tonalities. From there, he goes to Beethoven’s third-to-last Piano Sonata, Op. 109 in E major, a free and original work featuring a memorable set of variations that interpret the work’s principal theme in a wide variety of ingenious ways. And finally to Maurice Ravel’s pianistic tour de force, Gaspard de la nuit, based on poems by the French Romantic poet Aloysius Bertrand. The work is famous for its difficulty, but also for its devastatingly visceral depictions of mermaids and monsters, following the ghoulish story of the poems. Young people, students of the piano, and fans of splendidly written, intellectually stimulating romantic piano music will not want to miss this performance. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors, and $10 for students, and can be purchased in person at the Southminster United Church office or at standard MPRS ticket locations. The MPRS features no less than seven concerts this season and continues to break down traditional barriers to classical music. Special group rates and pay-what-you-can arrangements can be made online at www.mprs.ca or by calling the MPRS information number: 613-862-2084. More information on Lucas Porter is at www.lucasporter.com. Lucas Porter: ‘19th-Century Masterpieces’ Master Piano Recital Series Concert #3 Saturday, November 28, 7:30 p.m. Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Avenue Chopin – Preludes, Op. 28 Beethoven – Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit Roland Graham is the director of music at Southminster United Church and artistic director of the Doors Open For Music at Southminster series.

poetry quarter

18 Glebe Report November 13, 2015

Skating Backwards

Patterson’s Creek

Skating backwards in time to the music in her ears (Schubert, Tchaikovsky, the Rolling Stones?) she swooped and swerved with grace and pleasure, glancing over her shoulder to make sure the path was clear.

dowse low, willow, dangle and we’ll read how long until skates.

INTERSECTION Wake up, my little one asleep in that designer baby carriage as your trendy parents, who helped upscale the Glebe, push you past the corner of Bank and Second. Wake up, look at what’s not there dream a vanished intersection decades back when I was a child— Badali Bros. selling fruits and vegetables Howe’s drugstore, Beamish hardware Two Sisters dress shop and across the street the Glebe Theatre where for 25 cents each my brother and I would go Saturday afternoons to watch westerns and musicals smuggling in our food and candy children stepping into another world. It’s gone now, it’s your territory now your carriage floating on silver wheels as you pass what you will never see— my brother, me, our enchantment while down the tracks on Bank Street streetcars rumble to their extinction. Glenn Kletke

She wore a bell-shaped blue coat legs in blue leggings, the bell’s lithe double gongs, a pink knitted hat, and a seraphic smile that for a second met my gaze. She returned to her music and turned forwards skating faster now, then backwards again, forward, then back skating figures among the leaden and unkempt and then into a rough patch when… whoops, she tumbled to the ground – briefly breaking the spell – but quickly scrambled back up onto her skates, and off. An apparition? Or a girl in blue skating backwards on white skates?

history wends figure eights. from the 1850s the creek was the butcher’s offal dump. the land for garden lots and for dumping night soil. pan the shot. in the 1870s, French and Irish squatters were decamped, the land, sold to the church then civil servants made first houses, the Bate and Grove hotels. kayaker, while you can, shoehorn your strokes into the window of a swamp-made-Dow’s-Lake. water firms better than any plan, thins with leaf ’s inevitability. ice has a lung within itself, holds, turns to a solid that will displace your image with its scratched long strong self. it will seem centuries, this coming winter. but it’s not our armageddon yet. Pearl Pirie

Stephen Acker

nostalgia blank eyes in old photographs pull me apart

Silence Cookies

Silence People straining Against the metal chains Over their souls that have long been Silent.

I saw the steam rising, the smell drifted through the air, the bitter chants of the cookies taunting me. I couldn’t resist, you had let me have one, so I had to have another. I inched myself forward further FURTHER, my feet rubbed on the hardwood floor. I tried to hold my hands back but it was like they had a mind of their own. My hands shot out from behind my back and nabbed the biggest one. The cookie was warm on my hands, my thumb sunk into the middle that had not yet hardened. I lifted the cookie to my mouth…then I bit it. The gooey chocolate melted in my mouth, it was like a tiny heaven…Just for me. Before I knew it, the cookie was gone. I heard the stomping of your feet nearing the kitchen. A swarm of butterflies fills my heart; when you look at the tray you can tell some crook has made her move. You give me a disappointed look, then a lecture. I am sorry Mommy. (But it was worth it!) The end. Lene Rudin-Brown, Grade 6

Lauren Reeve, Grade 6 (June 2015)

Aspen Wallace, Grade 8 (June 2015) November Nights I lie in the dark and count the crows on the fawn-coloured field and picture a dark stand of spruce with a surprise of yellow, and a Tom Thomson red maple mirrored in a lake and wish we were back there again. Green hill bordered by geranium maples, fat roan cow with big nursing calf, spiral of wood smoke – night after night, it’s crazy. Red-leafed ivy cascades over a page wire fence. Evergreens thrive in a handful of soil in the crevice of a rock face. Log cabin peeps out from the pines. We two inside. Can you feel me?

We Will Forget We Were One night, in August, we floated through a nebula. The lake had stilled her mirror, offering herself to the lights in the sky. And we, as small disturbances, drifted on our backs, arms feathering the water around us with a motion too human for grace.

Memory trembles like golden aspens, vanishes like parallel jet streams blending with clouds. Imagination always fall short. Swallows soar in celestial ballet, before heading south, and leaves swirl in a transient dance. Ruth Latta

I didn’t expect insignificance to feel so soothing, like forgiveness I had not realized I was asking for. I stayed that way for a while, learning to forget myself. Then your fingers found mine, and in your touch I felt our impermanence. Lost travellers, you once called us, sharing in a dream we both stumbled on. Did you see, then, that we would forget we once knew an August on earth, the taste of lake water, the sound of each other. The knowing that we were ever there, floating in the dark together. Liam McKinnon

safety has nothing to do with it you always said you liked the feathers i put in my hair, but the crows are burning and spinning from the sky.

A No Non-Scents Woman She walks as the bee flies from bloom to bloom nose sinking past the petals down to nudge the stamens pollen dusting her nostrils. She revels in explosions of colour secrets of passionate yellows under their red coverlets blossoms stained and shameless like skirts of the can-can girls. Every scent has depth like a mine shafts and cross-tunnels of incense extrusions of Orient and of Arctic spring perfumes of Cleopatra enticing Antony memories of the young wild earth. I stop myself when she trespasses when she zones in like a missile on someone’s precious secret garden for she brings her private being to the flower and the flower blushes to return her love. Ralph Smith

Glebe Report Poetry Quarter Curated by JC Sulzenko

Thank you to all the poets who sent in their fine poems for our inaugural Poetry Quarter. We were impressed with the quality and number of submissions. Poems not published in this Quarter will be kept in a pool for consideration for a future issue, unless poets withdraw their work. (Poetry is published in Poetry Quarter on the understanding that it is the original work of the poet.) Call for poetry submissions for the second Poetry Quarter to be published in the February 2016 Glebe Report. Submission deadline is Monday, January 11.

Eligibility: • Poems should be original and unpublished in any medium • No more than 30 lines each including stanza breaks and title • On any subject within the bounds of public discourse • Poets of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your grade at school) • The poem or poet must have a connection to the Glebe or close neighbouring community: i.e. the poem is about the Glebe or the poet lives, works, studies or volunteers in the Glebe (or close neighbouring community). Please send your entries (up to 7 poems that meet the above criteria) to editor@glebereport.ca before January 11. Remember to tell us your Glebe connection, your contact information and your grade if you are in school.

journalism

Photo: Courtesy of Dan Taekema

Glebe Report November 13, 2015

Dan Taekema, recent Carleton journalism graduate, was awarded the Glebe Report’s Anne Donaldson Memorial Scholarship for Community Journalism.

High School is growing at Lansdowne!

Dan Taekema, superhero or mild-mannered reporter? By Dan Taekema

This past year, the Anne Donaldson Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Dan Taekema. This is his story. My name is Dan Taekema. I’m a recent graduate from Carleton University and currently work as a reporter for the Toronto Star. I was lucky enough to be the recipient of this year’s Anne Donaldson Memorial Scholarship courtesy of the Glebe Report Association. I was first exposed to the world of journalism through Clark Kent, Superman’s alter ego and to be totally honest, I’m still trying to find a way to live a life that’s equal parts superhero and mild mannered reporter. Grade eight marked my first attempt at journalism. In a flurry of ambition and inspiration I started my own “paper” which I creatively called the Daniel Times. The resulting rag was a onepage first issue that was mostly made up of editorials containing some very uninformed opinions and articles chronicling the goings on in our classroom. I printed 30 copies off on my home computer and rushed to school early the next day to distribute one on every classmate’s desk. Then I sat down to wait, fully expecting to be showered with admiration by all my peers. What I got was the opposite. Rather than fanfare and support, my first faltering attempt at writing was met with tears from girls, threats from guys and a detention from my teacher. I decided to stick to the working side of news for a while after that disastrous first attempt and went back to delivering The Chatham Daily News on a paper route. But the writing bug wouldn’t leave me alone. Every day I’d look down at the front page as I peddled along and marveled at what I saw. Action, adventure, news! It all appealed to me in a way I couldn’t ignore and by the time I was in high school, I got up the courage to give writing another try. I worked as a co-op student for a local weekly and this time my work was met with fewer tears and not one detention. Encouraged, I decided to try and carve out a writing career and headed to Carleton University to study journalism. I loved my time at school and, in turn, fell in love with Ottawa itself. Coming from a small town I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the friendliness and sense of community I found in Canada’s capital made me feel right at home. I spent five years at Carleton,

including a six-month exchange to Melbourne, Australia, and even found time to intern at CBC and CTV Ottawa. Receiving the Anne Donaldson Memorial Scholarship allowed me to take a couple of weeks off from work and attend the Canadian Military Journalism Course. It was a unique course that combined both classroom and field exercises and was based out of Fort Wainwright in Alberta. I spent 10 days learning how to report on the military, in between bumping across the foothills in military trucks. It was a lot of fun and also taught me lessons that have improved my reporting beyond what I could have hoped. I started working for the Toronto Star this past summer as an intern, which turned into a yearlong stint as a general assignment reporter. I seem to have a knack for finding quirky stories and have written about everything from giant goldfish invading Toronto’s waters to unclaimed remains clogging local cemeteries and funeral homes. My hopes and plans for the future are constantly changing. The journalism industry has faced some difficulty in recent years and seems to be always evolving and adapting to meet the current needs of consumers. That means many of the traditional forms of reporting such as print media or even nightly newscasts might soon look very different. As a young journalist it’s an exciting time to be in the industry although it’s not without challenges. One thing that doesn’t seem to be fading is the importance of community journalism. Local papers provide many young journalists with their first experience and exposure to the business and act as foundations on which to build their skills and careers. But more importantly, local papers are an integral part of their communities. Every city, town and neighbourhood has a story to tell and community papers provide a place for people to voice their opinions and talk about the things that matter to them. In the end that’s what journalism is all about. Anne Donaldson was a well-loved chair of the Glebe Report Board of Directors who died in 1997. The Glebe Report board established the scholarship for community journalism in her name to be awarded annually to a student in journalism and communication at Carleton University who displays academic excellence and a commitment to the wellbeing of the urban community.

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books

20 Glebe Report November 13, 2015

Mother Goose nursery rhymes: from cradle to lap – hooray! Clap, clap, clap. By Frank Dimech

Katherine Patterson, leading children’s advocate for literacy, literature and libraries, said, “It is not enough to simply teach children to read, we have to give them something worth reading.” Mother Goose nursery rhymes are something worth reading, for they are a child’s first steps toward the wonders and delights of listening and reading stories. Traditionally and literarily, the first steps for the young baby toward nursery rhymes are the “board books,” which are the right size for the baby to hold and touch (and taste!). Popular nursery rhymes to be introduced are Jack and Jill; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Pat-A-Cake etc. Key features for a board book are whimsical character drawings, bright colours and double-page spreads. A few of my favourite nursery board books are: One Two, Buckle My Shoe by Salina Yoon (Robin Corey Books, 2011), Hickory, Hickory Dock, and Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes by Sanja Rescek (Tiger Tales, 2006), Clare Beaton’s Nursery Rhymes by Claire Beaton (Barefoot Books, 2010), and My First Nursery Rhymes by Lucy Cousins (Gardners Books, 2014), the illustrator of the Maisy Books. Board books are the ideal introduction to the

first level reads for 3 month olds to toddlers. For the three year olds (and older), we have the second level reads: anthologies and picture books. A collection of traditional nursery rhymes will list more rhymes and often contain spectacular full– page spreads for individual rhymes with the rhyme beautifully illustrated. When I did library storytimes, my most prized book was My Very First Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells (Candlewick Press, 1996). It’s a treasure of a book; the stories literally pop out! Everyone can see the large pages, and the text is clear and easy to read. Another one is A Child’s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Kathy Denton (Kids Can Press, 1998). There are the traditional English rhymes and also American and international (a must read is the Ghanaian bedtime lullaby). Yes, besides nursery rhymes, there are also schoolyard chants, tongue twisters, lullabies and limericks. Another favourite is Mother Goose by Brian Wildsmith (Oxford University Press, 1964), still in print; this richly illustrated collection of rhymes sets the artistic standards for today’s picture books. With more than 87

rhymes, in chalk and water-washed sketches, each rhyme has a full-page spread. An index of first lines is at the back. Recently, individual rhymes became available in individual picturebooks. The leading illustrator of this method still has to be the American illustrator and storyteller Paul Galdone. Like the board books, his books are the right size for a child to hold. Each retelling, such as The Three Little Pigs and The Three Bears are full of colour and detail, with each character expressively drawn. For children, parents, daycares, and schools to borrow, Paul Galdone’s Nursery Classics (Clarion Books, 2001) is a must-have. The nursery rhymes are in Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish. We also can have nursery rhymes on music CDs and DVDs. Recently, I listened to these popular titles: Nursery Rhymes by Ella Jenkins, Sing a Song

of Wiggles by the well-known children’s performers the Wiggles, Mother Goose by the Canadian iconic singers Sharon, Lois, and Bram, Rondes et Comptines by Benard Clavel, and A Treasure in My Garden by Quebec artist Gilles Vigneault. For those who would like to experience a performance, we have DVDs such as This is the House That Jack Built and Sing a Song of Wiggles by the Wiggles. From this point, the young listener will step forward to third level reads: the Early Readers. I will eventually do a review on the Easy Readers Collection in print and non-print formats. All the titles described are available in print, e-book, book and music CDs, and DVD formats in the Ottawa Public Library. Frank Dimech is Information Librarian at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

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Glebe Report November 13, 2015

Contemplating big ideas By Ildiko Sumegi

How big is infinity? How does perception affect reality? What is humankind’s essential nature? Fiction has a way of bringing philosophical questions to life. Difficult ideas can be made accessible to children and young adults through fiction, prompting thought, critical discussion, and hopefully, more questions. Here are a few books for different ages that are sure to provide food for thought. They can all be found at the Ottawa Public Library.

swallow a half-baked idea for dessert– my favourite is, “night air is bad air.” We follow Milo and his companions to the Island of Conclusions (people jump to this island all the time), and to the Mountains of Ignorance where they must overcome terrible demons such as the Trivium who is a monster of habit–stay with him, and “you will never have to think again.” This is a story about how perception affects reality and about what happens when we truly notice the colours, sounds, words and numbers that paint our world. This book is a classic for children ages nine to twelve and for parents who are looking for a readaloud that will amuse them as much as their audience.

The Phantom Tollbooth (Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1961) by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer

Infinity and Me (Carolrhoda Books, 2012) by Kate Hosford and illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska

Uma feels small sitting beneath a starry sky in her new red shoes. Is the number of stars as big as infinity? Over the next couple of days, Uma asks friends, her teacher, the lunchroom cook, and her grandmother how each of them imagines infinity. While each person offers Uma a different answer, no one (and this is arguably the more important issue here) appears to have noticed her new red shoes. Kate Hosford has given us a thoughtful story for ages six to eight, and Gabi Swiatkowska’s illustrations offer up a dreamy landscape of the mind.

Milo is a little boy who is always bored. Nothing interests him, and he considers practically everything to be a complete waste of time. One day when he arrives home from school, he finds a parcel in his room that contains a purple tollbooth (assembly required). Having nothing better to do, Milo decides to climb into his little electric car and play the tollbooth game. He soon finds himself trundling down a road in some unknown land, and the adventure has begun! Milo discovers that the world he has entered and the people in it often make no sense. It turns out that the Kingdom of Wisdom is coming apart due to the absence of two very important people, Princess Rhyme and Princess Reason, who have both been banished to the Castle in the Air. It is up to Milo and his two new friends, the Watchdog and the Humbug, to rescue Rhyme and Reason and save the kingdom. The figurative becomes literal in a humorous way as Milo’s journey takes him on a trip to see, hear and think about what is out there in the “lands beyond”. There is a banquet of words at which everyone is asked to

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults)

AUTHOR

The Nature of the Beast1

Louise Penny

The White Masai2

Corinne Hofmann

Somewhere in France3

Jennifer Robson

The Sports Gene4

David Epstein

The Comeback

John Ralston Saul

Plum Johnson

They Left Us Everything6 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce

The Splendor of Portugal8

António Lobo Antunes

The Red Road9

Denise Mina

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Azar Nafisi

All the Light We Cannot See11

Anthony Doerr

TITLE (for children)

AUTHOR

Maîtresse en détresse12

Danielle Simard

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler13

E. L. Konigsburg

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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The Giver (Houghton Mifflin, 1993) by Lois Lowry

Jonas lives in a community where everything runs like clockwork.

There are many rules, but the rules are what make life simple. Your spouse and your job are selected for you. Children are produced by birth mothers and assigned to each family unit. The community is designed to avoid danger and pain as far as is possible. Questions are considered rude–too rude to ask. A degree of sameness blankets the people, the houses, and the flat and unchanging landscape. When children reach the age of twelve, there is a ceremony during which they are assigned their jobs within the community. It is at this ceremony that Jonas finds himself appointed to a very special position. He is to train with an elderly and well-respected man of the community known to him as the Giver. Jonas soon finds out that it will be his life’s work to carry the memories—all the memories—of how things were before the community existed. Through these memories, Jonas learns many things: he learns about snow and sailboats, war and hate, famine, colour, and what it is to love. With the memories comes a deeper experience of emotion, and with profound feeling comes power to make an important choice. Lois Lowry has woven an existential coming-of-age story about what it is to be human. It is a provocative tale that will engage young minds long after the last page has been turned. The Giver won the Newbery Medal in 1994 and will make intriguing reading for ages twelve and up. Ildiko Sumegi is a Glebe resident, mother of two boys, and owner of a well-used library card.

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The Glebe Spree is back! Is it your turn to win $10,000? Kathy Dobbin just spent the remaining winnings from her $10,000 Glebe Spree shopping spree last week – a bottle of Macallen Single Malt Whiskey from the LCBO. She’s planning on winning the spree again. “I got myself a nice little bottle as the last purchase. I hope I win again,” laughed Dobbin, from the Glebe home she has resided in for the past 40-plus years. “It was so much fun.” Fun indeed. Dobbin was able to make her prize last almost a full year and took her family to many Glebe outings – outings she may not have been able to afford if it wasn’t for the Glebe Spree. Dobbin shared the winnings with her kids and grandkids instead of blowing the whole thing on herself, and the young’uns had a whopping spree at the most fun store in the Glebe: Mrs. Tiggy Winkles. “I consulted with the kids and the grandkids and decided that everyone was going to get in on it,” said Dobbin.” “I tried a few new things in the Glebe, like The Original Burger Joint and I hadn’t been to the FarmTeam Cookhouse in a while. I was reminded of the great service they have there.” She bought beef roasts from The Glebe Meat Market, tried some of the new Lansdowne restaurants and picked up kitchenware she had wanted for a while from J.D. Adam, spending

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By Trevor Greenway

Last year’s winner of the Glebe Spree $10,000 Kathy Dobbin (third from left)

every penny of the $10,000 right here in the Glebe. Dobbin is hoping to get another shopping spree in the Glebe, as the contest is set to launch November 16. She’ll be in tough, as thousands of holiday shoppers enter the contest every year. This year will feature the same old loveable contests with a few new twists. If you’re a weekday shopper, you’ll want to leave all of your shopping for Tuesdays, as the contest boasts a double stamp Tuesday this year. For every $20 you spend in the Glebe, you’ll receive two stamps on Tuesdays.

Also new this year is a mystery store promotion, where on any given day, a Glebe store will be assigned as the secret store and an unsuspecting shopper will win an instant prize. There is no way of knowing what store is the mystery store, so you’ll just have to keep shopping. Also, if you enter the contest before November 30, you’ll automatically be put into a draw for a $1,000 ski package from Kunstadt Sports. How it works

Pick up your Glebe Spree Passport at participating Glebe stores on or after November 16 and start shop-

ping. Or keep an eye on that mailbox, because ballots will be sent to all Glebe residents in the coming days. You get one entry into the grand prize draw for a $10,000 Glebe shopping spree for every $200 you spend in the Glebe. Enter as many times as you want to increase your chances of winning the big prize. The Glebe Spree is an exciting and highly popular contest funded by Glebe merchants and the Glebe BIA (Business Improvement Area) as a way to give back to the community for supporting local businesses. “We are extremely excited to launch yet another edition of the Glebe Spree. It’s a contest that is loved by both Glebe merchants and shoppers,” said Glebe BIA executive director Andrew Peck. “The Glebe Spree gives holiday shoppers an added incentive to do their holiday shopping in Ottawa’s most dynamic shopping district, the Glebe. The seasonal contest also gives merchants a holiday boost and helps to promote our buy local campaign in the Glebe.” Once again this year, The Glebe Spree is made possible thanks to the generous support of Metro McKeen and Scotiabank, the promotion’s title sponsors. November 16 is fast approaching. Get ready to start shopping in the Glebe. Trevor Greenway is responsible for communications at the Glebe BIA.

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A year of challenge for the Ottawa Farmers’ Market By Ken Slemko

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The Glebe Community Association Board heard from Andy Terauds, president of the Ottawa Farmers’ Market, at its October meeting. Terauds outlined a number of factors that have made the first year of the market’s return to Lansdowne a challenging one. He also noted that the merchants remain committed to the market and are hoping that they can resolve some of the issues they faced this year. Missing Facilities

Terauds noted in his discussion with the GCA Board that some of the facilities that were supposed to be in place on the Lansdowne site were missing. These include anchors in the concrete to which the merchants attach the ropes that support their tents and canopies. In addition, water was in short supply even though the merchants were promised several water sources on the site.

The year has been challenging for the Ottawa Farmers’ Market at Lansdowne.

the merchants were not getting sufficient support, such as signage and advertising, to guide potential customers to the market. Available Area for Merchants

The original plan called for the market to operate on all the area from the Aberdeen Pavilion on the south to the movie theatre on the north. The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), which is responsible for operating Lansdowne, insists that a two-lane roadway be kept open in front of the Cineplex. This reduces the available room for new merchants at the market. Terauds believes that

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Parking for the merchants and their customers also created difficulties. While many customers were able to walk to the site, the cost of parking at Lansdowne likely kept others away. In some cases the merchants had to park their vehicles significant distances from the market. Terauds also felt

having the larger area and more merchants would improve the overall viability of the market. Conflict with Other Events – the Market loses!

On an occasion when there was a major event in the Aberdeen Pavilion and a Redblacks game, the Farmers’ Market merchants were asked to shut down early. Obviously this created a big problem for the market, and the GCA has asked OSEG and the City to make a major effort to avoid such situations because of the impact it has on the merchants.

Does the Lansdowne Farmers’ Market matter to you?

The market is currently negotiating a new contract. If you believe it should receive stronger support from the City and OSEG, you can contact the Mayor, Councillor Chernushenko and management at OSEG to highlight your concern. All efforts should be made to support the market in those negotiations so that a vibrant and viable Farmers’ Market at Lansdowne Park – surely a key objective for all concerned – can be achieved. Ken Slemko is chair of the Glebe Community Association’s Lansdowne Committee.

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‘Cycle in’ provides clear path for improvements On September 14, over 60 volunteers “cycled in” to City Hall from 12 wards including Capital Ward. Overall, 20 different routes were taken. Each team had clear instructions: note the good and the bad and take a few photos along the way. The campaign called Cycle In was organized by the Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict and supported by Parsons, Ecology Ottawa, Enviro Centre, Citizens for Safe Cycling and VeloGo. Several Glebe residents participated in the ride with two departures from our ward: one from Cameron at Bank and the other from Craig at Holmwood. Team Bank went up Bank Street, over the Bank Street Bridge, through Lansdowne, crossing at the new lights at Fifth and the Queen Elizabeth Driveway and then up the west side of the Canal on the multi-use path. They found that Bank is a challenge to ride, especially in rush hour, but the group “claimed” their lane over the Bank Street Bridge. Still, we are recommending changes to the bridge to encourage use by less experienced riders and to keep bikes off the sidewalk. Team Holmwood followed the Percy bike lane all the way to Laurier, then the Laurier bike lane to City Hall. The bike lane in the Glebe is excellent and well used. The contra-flow crossing under the Queensway at Percy is easy

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By Don Grant

The multi-use pathways along the Canal are shared by walkers, runners and cyclists, among others.

to use and has one of Ottawa’s few traffic lights dedicated to bikes. The overall conclusion was that we are very lucky in the Glebe with two excellent north-south routes and a third arriving in 2016 – a bi-directional separated bike lane that will follow O’Connor all the way from Parliament Hill to Lansdowne. The observations of all 60 Cycle In participants can be summed up as follows: • We have a great cycling city with many pathways to take. • However, these pathways are not continuous and addressing the gaps is important. • Commuters and experienced cyclists are resilient and choose the most practical path from their home to downtown, balancing safety, enjoy-

ment and time of travel. • However, increasing the modal share for cycling means bringing new cyclists into the fold, and our rides point to many things that could help in this regard. Every time new infrastructure is opened, cyclists embrace it. Recent examples include the crossing at Fifth and Queen Elizabeth; its sister crossing at Clegg and Colonel By; the new crossing on Carling by Andrew Haydon Park; the Saw Mill Creek pathway; the Millennium pathway by the O-Train line (which gets a crossing over Carling later this year); and the great path through the field by the Adult High School connecting the Laurier bike lane with bike lanes along the river. There is often a temptation to point

fingers or to suggest that one particular group of users is worse than the others, or is particularly in need of training or enforcement action. The bottom line is that pedestrians, cyclists and motorists all have rules they like to ignore. Some pedestrians love to jaywalk or ignore the pedestrian signals, leaving early and crossing late. Many motorists speed over the limit, anywhere from a little to 10 or 20 km over. Some roll through stop signs and others tailgate. Some cyclists ignore waiting cars at four-way stops and ride recklessly on multi-use pathways. At the end of the day we all need to respect one another. However, a big step forward for cyclists is dedicated infrastructure. Pedestrians have sidewalks on virtually every street, and vehicles have roads everywhere. Walkers have great crosswalks and walk signs; drivers have lights, on-ramps and off-ramps. According to the City of Ottawa Transportation Master Plan, in 2011 total trips in the Inner Area which includes the Glebe break down as follows: walking 33 percent, automobiles 38 percent, transit 22 percent and cycling seven percent. The City’s goal is to increase the modal share for cycling in the Inner Area to 12 percent by 2031. The keys to increasing cycling as an option for transportation are to make it easy and safe. Cycle In and other community campaigns are helping by sharing ideas for improvements with the City and the National Capital Commission. Go to www.ottawaecodistrict.org to see the full report. Don Grant is a Glebe resident and the executive director of the Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict.

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Louis Helbig discusses his photographs at the New Art Festival in the Glebe.

Up, up and away to ‘Down Under’ The Glebe is losing long-time resident, author, photographer and pilot Louis Helbig. Helbig’s partner, Kristin Reimer, has been offered a position at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, so the couple and their young son, Oscar, have decided to pull up roots and move down under for another life adventure. Helbig was a Glebe Report deliverer for many years, a familiar face in the Patterson area. Having lived in the Glebe for about 10 years, it is with mixed feelings that they leave the neighbourhood where they have felt so comfortable. Helbig says that he will miss the sense of community here, of seeing familiar faces on Bank Street. “It is a Jane Jacobs sort of place,” he said, referring to the well-known urban planner and activist who promoted liveable cities that include gathering spaces for people that contribute to a safe, interesting and alive environment. The Helbig-Reimer family hopes to find such a neighbourhood when they

move to Melbourne in January. Having studied economic history, Helbig had a varied career working for a number of organizations in different parts of Canada where he expanded his knowledge of environmental issues, climate change and global economics. This background influenced his future direction as he began to explore innovative ways of interpreting and understanding society and our role in the natural world through art. Although he has no formal training as a photographer, he found his footing as an artist with the New Art Festival and the Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studio Tour and also displayed his work in other venues. He has a pilot’s licence and it was while doing some commercial photography for local farmers that he realized that there was an opportunity for capturing images from the air that present completely different perspectives. His eye for patterns is enhanced when he views the landscape from above. His Sunken Villages series, showing 12 communities that were flooded to build

Louis Helbig, Oscar Helbig-Reimer and Kristin Reimer

the St. Lawrence Seaway, is an amazing record of what was lost and is now under water. Beautiful Destruction, his stunning photographic documentary of the industrial development in the forests of Northern Alberta and the oil/tar sands, is helping to change how Canadians and people around the world view, understand and discuss this massive project (see our book review of Beautiful Destruction in the April 2015 Glebe Report at www.glebereport. ca). There has been a strong response to his images, which depict the power and responsibility that we have towards this kind of development. It has raised awareness and prompted meaningful debate across the board between individuals with very different ideas and bringing together a range of points of view. Helbig has been a popular public speaker and panellist, participating in the Ottawa Writers’ Festival and other events. His presence in the Glebe and Ottawa arts community will be missed

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KV Dance Studio celebrating its one-year anniversary If passion could be bottled as a perfume her name would be Kailena Van de Nes. The 31-year-old owner of KV Dance Studio radiates joy from every fibre of her body. Kailena’s students are probably thankful she did not choose a career as a pilot like she long dreamed she would. A whole generation of youth from the Glebe and beyond would not have been introduced to power of dance had she done so. Born in Toronto, Kailena and her family moved to her mother’s birthplace, Brazil, for several years where the young girl studied jazz, ballet, the mambo and the samba. The family moved to Nova Scotia in 1992 where she continued to dance in high school. She taught dance part-time at Acadia University while pursuing a degree in recreation management, a program that gave her a solid business background. Kailena taught at various venues when she moved to Ottawa in 2007, finally focussing her energies on managing the dance program at the Glebe Community Centre. She grew the program from three classes to 70 classes in her nine years there. She credits much of her success to her supervisor, Mary Tsai, who believed in her. Last year, Kailena felt it was time to make the leap to owning her own dance studio. An ideal space became available in the basement of 108 Third Avenue. While the prospect of operating her own business was a scary proposition – “like walking on a tightrope”—she was well prepared. She drew upon a 73-page business plan she had written in university as well as details she had laid out on her Pin-

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terest page. She worked with an architect and a designer to oversee the creation of a reception area, office and three dance studios — the blue, pink and green studios. Expansion continued this year with the addition of the purple studio. She even taught herself photography so that she could take studio-quality photos of the dancers. Kailena’s best friend, a sixyear old Weimaraner dog called Faeryn, hangs out with her all day to help keep her company. “I am so excited to come to work every single day… I pinch myself every morning…it’s everything I ever wanted” said Kailena. Kailena is supported by a roster of top-notch dance instructors who spe-

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a committed community player, she rents daytime studio space to businesses looking for rooms for their own programming. She also partners with Wild Oat Bakery, which provides catered after-school snacks to the students. Kailena takes seriously her responsibilities to her 600 dance students. As a believer in the impact of dance on selfesteem, she feels strongly that each and every person who walks through the doors should feel at home, “like being in a safe space”. Whether a child is taking a hip hop class once a week or is immersed in the competitive program, everyone should feel special. “Never give up and follow your dreams” is a mantra she imparts. “I have been dancing with Kailena for seven years. She is always very kind and welcoming; [she] is always there for you and is always ready to give a hug,” said 11-year old Glebe resident Rory about the teacher she has studied with from age four. The sky’s the limit for Kailena, who was voted by Ottawa Life Magazine as one of this year’s Top 25 People in the Capital. She has demonstrated a unique ability to turn a passion into a vision as a first-time business owner, and to follow through on building a successful dance studio through commitment, energy and hard work. It will be exciting to watch what the next ten years hold for her.

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As your new MP As I write this, it has been less than a week since election night and I’m elated and humbled by the trust you’ve placed in me to serve as your representative in Parliament and to be your federal government advocate to make MP our community more prosperous, vibrant and CATHERINE McKENNA sustainable. catherinemckenna.liberal.ca Thank you for this support and for helping to elect a new Liberal government led by Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau and a strong team of MPs from all regions of our great country. I want to express my sincere gratitude to all the candidates in Ottawa Centre, especially Paul Dewar, Damian Konstantinakos and Tom Milroy, for running such thoughtful and positive campaigns. To Paul Dewar, thank you for all your hard work and exemplary record of service to Ottawa Centre for the last nine years – you have left big shoes to fill. Thanks as well to the hundreds of volunteers who worked tirelessly on the campaigns of all the local candidates. Your energy and commitment helped drive Ottawa Centre’s voter turnout to the highest in the country, from 72 percent in 2011 to 82 percent in 2015! Over the past 17 months, I’ve had the opportunity to meet, listen and talk to literally thousands of people in the riding. That was important to me to understand the issues of concern and build trust with residents. As I begin my new job as your MP, I pledge to be a strong voice for Ottawa Centre in the new Liberal government and work very hard to improve the lives of everyone in our community. Job creation – especially for youth; rebuilding trust in and respect for the public service; new infrastructure investments including public transit, housing and a new footbridge linking the Glebe and Old Ottawa East; clean up of the Ottawa River; safer NCC pathways... I relish the months and years ahead as your Member of Parliament making progress on these key issues and more. In the near future, my MP community office will open to serve you. I look forward to working collaboratively with my municipal and provincial counterparts, and with community leaders in Ottawa Centre and residents of the Glebe during the next four years. Together, let’s prove better is indeed possible!

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Say what you want about the October 19 federal election; the big winner was Ottawa Centre. A Canadian record was set here at the advance polls when 18,751 electors – 25 per cent of total voters – cast their ballots. By midnight October 19, 68.5 percent of Canadian electors had voted, the best result since 1993. In Ottawa Centre, 75,886 out of the 91,625 eligible voters voted. This 82.8 per cent participation rate was the highest in Canada. The riding is clearly home to people who take their citizenship responsibilities seriously. We were privileged to have two particularly strong candidates vying to represent Ottawa Centre in Parliament. Liberal Catherine McKenna took in 32,111 votes

and NDP candidate Paul Dewar drew 28,988. Conservative Damian Konstantinakos received 10,943 votes and Green Party candidate Tom Milroy got 2,247. There was also a sprinkling of support for candidates from the Libertarian, Rhinoceros, Marijuana and Communist parties. Ottawa Centre is a large riding stretching from the Rideau Canal and Rideau River in the east to Maitland Avenue and Sherbourne Road in the west. Redistribution since the 2011 election added homes south of Baseline Road and east of Fisher Park to the riding. Ian McKercher is a historian and former teacher at Glebe Collegiate, and a regular contributor to the Glebe Report on Glebe history.

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At the flicks with Lois and Paul

What We Did on Our Holiday

Written and Directed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin (UK, 2014) By Lois Siegel

Trying to get a family with three young kids organized to go on a trip is every parent’s nightmare. And it’s even more complicated if the parents aren’t getting along. Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) argue all the time and are getting divorced. In a sense, What We Did on Our Holiday is a tragicomedy because it’s never that fun when parents are breaking up. But this film is essentially delightful because of the talents of the three kids: Lottie-10 (Emilia Jones), Mickey-8 (Bobby Smalldridge), and Jess-5 (Harriet Turnbull). Whether it’s pet rocks that have to be taken on vacation or the father falling asleep at the wheel, saved by his 5-year-old daughter who is bravely steering the car, you won’t be bored. The scenery is lovely, the Scotland Highlands. They are travelling to celebrate grandfather’s (Billy Connolly) birthday. The event turns out quite different from what one would expect. The adults know that this may be grandfather’s last birthday because he has cancer. They arrive at Doug’s brother’s house. Gavin (Ben Miller) is a rich, tight assed, social climber and has created a Smart Home. The lights go on when you clap. The grownups are uptight about preparing for the 215 guests who are due to arrive. Grandfather insists on taking the kids on a drive for the day. The adults know this isn’t a good idea, but they are distracted. Grandfather takes off with the kids in his truck. First, they meet his friend Doreen (Annette Crosbie), a lesbian who raises ostriches. Then he takes the kids to the beach. Grandfather’s motto is, live more and think less. The day doesn’t go as planned. When grandfather becomes ill, the kids come up with solutions that you would never dream of; in fact, you can’t predict hardly anything in this film. It’s sad and delightful, but always imaginative, and includes an embarrassing videotape accidently

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Political satire can be something of a minefield for most filmmakers; one must walk a fine line between overthe-top caricature on the one hand, and delivering oneself of a tendentious, message-laden polemic on the other. In Going to War with Guibord, Philippe Falardeau, who has previously brought us Congorama, and the marvellous Monsieur Lazhar, steers a middle course, gently poking at his characters while always acknowledging their humanity. This is not easily done, for our story plays out against the backdrop of the vast (and fictitious) riding of Prescott-Madewà-Rapides-aux-Outardes, set somewhere in the Abitibi region (the film was shot mostly around Val d’Or) and the riding’s federal representative is an independent MP who must contend with a variety of competing social elements and interest groups. MP Steve Guibord, played here with nuance by Patrick Huard (Bon Cop, Bad Cop), is kept busy heading off confrontations between First Nations groups who set up roadblocks to protest the illegal cutting of timber on their land, and the truck-drivers who set up their own roadblocks in response. Holding Steve to account in these scenes is a diminutive young reporter named Stéphanie (Sonia Cordeau), who, with her wideeyed expression, big glasses and gentle but persistent questions, almost steals the show. The First Nations groups are always portrayed in a positive light with their dignity and humanity intact, as are the truck-drivers, whose spokesperson speaks with a mild stammer as he defends their livelihood. All of which makes it hard for an MP to get around in his own riding! But help is on the way! In what is perhaps the film’s most brilliant device, Steve’s new assistant arrives in the person of a Haitian intern named Souverain (!), who totes volumes by Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau and is not above quoting from them. Souverain’s arrival is timely, because back in Ottawa, the governing Con-

State and Main

Written and Directed by David Mamet (France/USA, 2000) State and Main is one of the funniest films I’ve seen. It’s a spoof on Hollywood and the insane process of making a film. A movie crew invades the tranquility of a small New England town. Havoc rules. The director of photography – the guy responsible for shooting the scenes – has a fake European accent. He sabotages the fire hall when he doesn’t like a required shot. The heartthrob actor, played by Alec Baldwin, says “Everyone needs a hobby.” His just happens to be 14-year-old girls. The screenwriter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, can only write on a manual typewriter. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker demands $800,000 to show her tits. The picture is set in 1895; but the director, William H. Macy, is offered a computer as product placement. It’s explained that “associate producer” is the title given to your secretary instead of a raise. It’s a catch-all payback for financial or other contributions. Watch the end credits. The humour continues… Running time: 105 minutes. Available from Ottawa Public Library.

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servatives, with one of their MPs sidelined by health issues (an Alberta MP is in a coma after her breast augmentation operation went awry), need Steve’s vote to support a motion to go to war somewhere in the Middle East. (Does any of this sound familiar?) Independent MP Steve Guibord, who, up until now, has gotten by on a sort of good-old-boy charm, is now in a pickle. He must cast the deciding vote on an issue of momentous import, a tall order for a one-time promising hockey player whose NHL career was cut short by a pathological fear of flying. He is pulled in one direction by his politically ambitious – Steve has been offered a cabinet post if he cooperates – wife (Suzanne Clément), and in quite another by his peace activist daughter Lune, a delightful turn here by Clémence Dufresne-Deslières, who is determined to see that ‘Papa’ does not sell out! More pressure is brought to bear; a promised defence plant has local politicos salivating, and, in a thinly veiled reference to the 1995 referendum, busloads of Anglophone anti-war demonstrators arrive from outside the riding. Acting on a suggestion by the everhelpful Souverain (Irdens Exantus, whose affable intellectualism contrasts nicely with Patrick Huard’s more down-home approach), Steve sets out to take the pulse of his constituency and gets more than he bargained for. Director Falardeau has erected a complicated edifice in this film; he must keep several balls in the air if the entire structure is not to become unravelled. He achieves this largely on the strength of Patrick Huard’s performance and that of the supporting cast. In a nice touch, Souverain supplies commentary via Skype for practically everyone in his hometown back in Haiti, almost all of whom have taken a sudden, keen interest in events in Steve’s riding; a sort of reverse lesson in civics. All in all, a delightful – and very timely – political satire that works because it never takes itself too seriously. Watch for director/actor Micheline Lanctôt in a humorous cameo as a local mayor. Scheduled for upcoming DVD release. In French and some Creole, with English subtitles. 108 minutes. Rated 14A, coarse language.

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Glebe Report November 13, 2015

Traditional French Noël – recording release Christmas is full of traditions and performances by mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah, harpist Caroline Léonardelli, and organist Matthew Larkin have been part of the Christmas concert tradition in Ottawa for more than a couple of years. This past summer they decided to put together a recording of some of their and their audience’s favourite pieces. They will be releasing the recording and performing at Southminster United Church on Saturday, December 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20, students $10, and $40 for family. Tickets are available in advance at Leading Note on Elgin Street in addition to other locations to be confirmed. When it came to selecting the pieces it was the French ones that they gravitated towards. The result is a very traditional French Noël. It is believed that it was a recording premiere for the Sept Noels de Lourmarin composed by French poet Henri Bosco. Julie Nesrallah and Caroline Léonardelli have been performing these French Provincial carols for the past seven years. Ottawa composer Kelly-Marie Murphy provided new arrangements for two of the oldest French carols, “D’où viens-tu, bergère?” and “Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris” and are recording premieres. “Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus” by Henri Busser is believed to be a 13th century carol from the Anjou region and features all three musicians. In addition to the vocal pieces

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Caroline Léonardelli and Julie Nesrallah, with Matthew Larkin, will perform traditional French Christmas songs at a CD release performance on December 5 at 8 p.m. at Southminster United Church.

there are solo harp and organ. Larkin performs Prélude sur l’Introit de l’Epiphanie by Duruflé, and Pastorale Op. 19 by César Franck. Léonardelli performs the well-known Un flambeau by Jeannette Isabelle, and Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noël by Samuel Rousseau. The later piece inspired the title of the recording Noël Nouvelet. Many people request the Ave Maria so the recording has not one but two versions including the well-known composition by Gounod and a rarely heard one by Widor. Nesrallah and Léonardelli completed the recording with Matthew Larkin at Christ Church Cathedral in July between performances of their

summer “Impressions de France” tour, which took them from Carnegie Hall, to the Indian River Festival in PEI, Leith Summer Festival, Festival Niagara, American Harp Society Toronto, Ottawa International Chamber Festival and Prince Edward County Music Festival. In addition to performing shows with Nesrallah, Léonardelli recently performed to a sold-out audience at the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto with the Afirara String Quartet. A review of the show on the Musical Toronto website described Léonardelli’s performance as “outstanding.” Léonardelli said, “it was an extremely busy time; however, Julie and I were performing so much together that it

seemed like the perfect time to record”. The recording this season is in special limited release to the Ottawa area and in CD format only. The recording will be available at the release performance and other performances by the artists during the month of December. The recording will also be available at select locations in Ottawa. Next Christmas, there will be full worldwide distribution with availability in digital and vinyl formats in addition to CD. Robert Samuel is a supporter of the artists and is married to Caroline Léonardelli.

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The SOS Glebe Cares team raised over $1,500 in this fall’s chilly Ride for Refuge fundraiser for SOS Children’s Villages.

Fundraising concert for refugee sponsorship Knox Presbyterian Church is working to sponsor refugee families affected by the Syrian crisis. We need the community’s assistance to raise the funds that will change suffering to hope for at least a few people. On November 18 at 7:30 p.m., the regular monthly Jazz Vespers at Knox Presbyterian Church will be replaced by a benefit concert featuring acclaimed jazz pianist Brian Browne and saxophonist Peter Woods, with poetry and reflections by Gary

Paterson. All proceeds will go to the church’s Refugee Sponsorship Fund. The threesome is on a second tour of Ontario, bringing their inspirational blend of narratives and music that touches on the big questions circling our lives. Brian Browne, a legendary force in the world of Canadian jazz piano, finds the harmonies and rhythms in old songs. Melodies lifted by Peter Woods’ saxophone find new homes in the hearts of listeners. Gary Paterson, a former moderator of

the United Church in Canada, is in a unique position to reflect on spiritual questions and his poetic sensibility engages audiences with his intelligence. Knox Presbyterian Church Wednesday, November 18, 7:30–9:30 p.m. 227 Elgin Street $15 in advance at www.Eventbrite.ca $20 at the door

Glebe high school student Mikka Zeisig and her father Bernie Zeisig braved the cold wind on an early Saturday morning this fall to participate in the 11th annual Ride for Refuge, a fundraiser for SOS Children’s Villages. This father-daughter duo captained the SOS Glebe Cares team, which included Mikka’s classmates Sofi Martin and Selina Neve. Together, they raised over $1,500 for SOS Children’s Villages. “My family and I have been sponsoring children through SOS Children’s Villages for years, and I knew my friends and I had to participate in supporting more children in need,” said Mikka. It was a record-breaking year for the Ride, as more than 6,500 participants came together in 30 different cities across Canada. Together, over two million dollars was raised for the displaced, vulnerable and exploited. This was the first year that SOS Children’s Villages participated in this family-friendly cycling and walking fundraiser. The money raised will help fund SOS programs for over two million children and families in 134 countries around the world. None of it would have been possible without our wonderful donors and riders. It is our pleasure to say thank you to those who participated in making it such a success.

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Angels with backpacks at Christmas By Joy Hitsman and Dianne McCauley

Twelve years ago, St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Glebe and the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa developed a program to ensure that homeless and vulnerable young people would receive gifts to make life on Ottawa’s bitterly cold winter streets a bit more bearable. The “Angels with Backpacks” program, which has grown each year, provides backpacks stuffed with clothes, food, toiletries and other items to young people in need. Each December, the backpacks are presented to the guests of the Youth Services Bureau’s Downtown Services and Drop-in’s annual holiday party. Last year St. Matthew’s Angels with Backpacks program contributed 250 backpacks to the Youth Services Bureau, a value of more than $25,000. The program also received $1,600 in gift certificates, as well as donations of bus tickets, cash and other items. Home Hardware in the Glebe has provided tremendous help to the program for many years. They have donated backpacks and provided others at cost. Last year they also made a generous cash donation to the program. “Giving our youth the tools and necessities to help achieve their goals is a project that Capital Home Hardware is passionate about,” says Marc Clement, the Glebe store’s owner. “The project fits into the values of Capital Home Hardware and those of our staff.” The Downtown Services and Dropin is a street-front program that provides a refuge for young people aged 16 to 20, who live on the streets or in at-risk housing. Here, young people connect with peers who face similar challenges. Working with counsellors, they identify needs, set goals and get connected to vital supports and services. For some, this means free access to telephones or the Internet, showers, a food bank, clothing, laundry facilities and healthy meals. For others, the drop-in is a lifeline to housing, crisis

Capital Home Hardware’s Marc Clement and some of his staff, who are major contributors to the Angels with Backpacks program.

counselling, addictions treatments and health care. Day-to-day challenges facing these young people can be overwhelming. This is what makes Angels with Backpacks a welcome and muchappreciated program that brings a bit of warmth to many young people over the holiday season. Each backpack is filled with 40 or more brand new items, such as mitts, hats, socks and Sudoku books. The gifts are received with excitement and enthusiasm. For many of the recipients, the backpacks may be the only gifts they receive over the holiday season. Without this program, some of the most vulnerable young people in our community would be forgotten. “Without this backpack, I wouldn’t get a single thing for Christmas,” said one teen. “It’s been like that for me for three years now. I remember how surprised I was the first time I received a backpack – I couldn’t believe that there were such generous people in Ottawa.” Over the years, the Angels have collected donations from St. Matthew’s parishioners and their friends, students at Ashbury College and Roberta Bondar Elementary School, federal government employees (HRSDC and PSC), Royal LePage’s David and Marianne Bournes, Action Rehabilitation Potential, and The Aphasia Centre of Ottawa. For more information about the program, contact St. Matthew’s Anglican Church office at 613-234-4024 or stmatthewanglicanchurch@bellnet.ca. Joy Hitsman and Dianne McCauley are parishioners at St. Matthew’s. They are co-chairs of the Angels with Backpacks program and serve on the church’s Outreach Committee.

Rocky Horror a smokin’ good time The Mayfair Theatre’s Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight showing on October 30 was a little more exciting than usual. Mayfair-goers were asked to leave the theatre a little ways into the movie due to a small fire. Mél Boyer, General Manager at the Mayfair, said, “We narrowly avoided an electrical fire, actually! Security alerted me that there was smoke coming out of the floor near one of the aisle plugs, so we turned off the breaker for that plug (and the movie) and evacuated a full house while calling the fire department. They arrived quickly, thanked us for turning off the breaker and determined that the problem was caused by the wires leading to the plug.” The emergency exit lights are on the same breaker as that plug, though,

which obviously had to remain off until an electrician could come in. And since not many electricians are awake at 1 a.m., the only option to let the show go on that night was to post a staff member at each exit with a flashlight. But after consulting with the Absent Friends (the theatre’s Shadow Cast), they decided to call it a night. It was a swift evacuation. “I’m really proud of the team,” said Boyer. “Everyone who stuck around received a ticket to a Halloween night show, or a pass for a later date. An electrician came the next morning to fix it, so all was well for our shows on Halloween night.” See the October 2015 issue of the Glebe Report for background on the Rocky Horror Picture Show phenomenon.

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Boost your immunity naturally By Zenah Surani

Tis the season of pumpkins, leaves changing colours, cold snaps and daylight saving. This also means it’s the season when many of us begin to think of getting our flu shots (available at your local pharmacy) and also when people begin asking my colleagues and me about ways to boost their immunity. There are a few different natural immune boosters that I am often asked about, so I thought I would write this month’s article about the rationale and history behind some of these remedies. It is important to consult your pharmacist before trying any of these remedies, particularly if you are taking any other medications, pregnant, breastfeeding, or have any medical conditions. Elderberry

One very popular alternative remedy is elderberry (sambucus nigra). It is native to Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. Hippocrates, the “Father of Medicine”, was known to have referred to elderberry as his “medicine chest,” because of its broad range of treatment abilities. The berries and flowers have been traditionally used as remedies for everything from treating wounds when applied to the skin, to treating upper respiratory illnesses. The elderberry must be treated before being ingested, as the raw unripe fruit and other parts of the plant are toxic; they consist of compounds related to the poisonous chemical cyanide. It is a truth almost universally known and studied time and again that certain berries are chock-full

of antioxidants (specifically, flavonoids), substances that help to protect our bodies from damage from free radicals brought on by different factors such as stress and pollution. A particular group of flavonoid, anthocyanins, are found in the pigments of the elderberry and this is the compound that makes the elderberry so powerful as an antioxidant. It is said to have among the highest antioxidant capacities of all berries. Studies have shown that elderberry anthocyanins boost the production of cytokines, which are messengers in the body’s immune system that help to protect against invading pathogens. Elderberry is available as a syrup, a liquid to be used in a drink, a tincture and a lozenge.

product will contain at least 80 percent carvacrol (100 percent carvacrol is too potent so it’s usually made into a tincture with olive oil). When using it myself, I usually prepare a hot drink using about 4 drops of the oil in a mug of hot water, drinking it this way at least twice daily. I often warn people that it is not pleasant to get down, as it’s quite strong, but it can help relieve symptoms of sore throat and congestion. Diluted preparations of oil of oregano have been used as a topical massage oil to help ease pain from conditions such as arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Oil of Oregano

I am often asked around this time of year about oil of oregano (origanum); something I use it when I start to feel a bit under the weather. It is available in your local pharmacy as a capsule and in oil form. Oil of oregano has been used for centuries in Mediterranean cultures and Chinese medicine for symptomatic relief of upper respiratory illnesses and for some stomach ailments. The active ingredient in oil of oregano is carvacrol. Carvacrol has been shown in lab studies to inhibit the activity of norovirus, which it does by breaking down the wall of the virus particles. Another substance found in oil of oregano is thymol, a natural antiseptic. Interestingly enough, thymol is the active ingredient in Listerine mouthwash. A good quality oil of oregano

Americans; however, its use has become popular across Europe and North America today. The evidence behind Echinacea’s use for the common cold is inconclusive. There are studies that point both ways. Another confusing issue is that echinacea preparations can vary (i.e. use different species and different parts of the plant), and so comparing these studies to one another can be like comparing apples to oranges. However, a study done by the Cardiff University Common Cold Centre, one of the largest studies ever done on echinacea, used the patented Echinaforce, which consists of echinacea purpurea herb and root. It had some interesting results. The study, done in 2012, involved 750 people who were followed over four months. The study showed that the group treated daily with Echinacea endured shorter durations of flu. The study also showed that the group suffered fewer episodes of the common cold. The results of the study were published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Zenah Surani is the pharmacist/owner of the Glebe Apothecary.

Echinacea

Echinacea is an extremely popular herb that, like the two aforementioned compounds, has been used for centuries as a natural remedy for various ailments including infections, wounds and upper respiratory tract infections. It was used many years ago by Native

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Oh my, dry eye; dry eye, oh my! By Dr. Jay Mithani

Do your eyes look red, and feel scratchy and dry? Do you get excessive watering that worsens in the wind? Does closing your eyes bring temporary relief from a burning sensation? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may be suffering from dry eye syndrome. This is a common disorder caused by a lack of adequate lubrication on the surface of the eye. Dry eye has the propensity to cause a loss in work productivity and an impairment of daily activities. It is essential to identify the type of dry eye a sufferer has and its underlying cause to come up with the best treatment plan. Our tears play an important role in the healthy visual and physiological functioning of our eyes. Our corneas, the clear outer surfaces of our eyes, are coated with tears. Tears help keep the cornea moist, and help to sweep away dust, debris and bacteria that may otherwise harm the cornea. Put simply, our tears are made up of three layers: i) an outer fatty/ lipid layer, ii) a watery/aqueous middle layer and iii) an inner mucous layer. A disruption in one of the layers can lead to the corneas not being properly bathed in tears, hence a dry or scratchy sensation. There are two main types of dry eye: evaporative dry eye and aqueous-deficiency dry eye. Evaporative dry eye is more common, and is aptly named for tears evaporating more quickly than they are produced. Evaporative dry eye is frequently due to congested and inflamed glands that produce the outer lipid layer of our tears; without the outer fatty layer, the watery layer just below evaporates. Aqueous-deficient dry eye is due to insufficient production of the watery middle layer of the tears. This form of dry eye can be associated with inflammatory diseases such as Sjogrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and lupus. Dry eye can also be exacerbated by contact lens wear and increased computer use. Our blink rate tends to decrease with digital device use, causing increased evaporation. Additionally, diseases that cause the eye to bulge

outwards, such as thyroid eye disease, can increase the surface area of the eye and evaporation. It is also important to note that certain medications can cause dry eye. Once the type of dry eye is identified, appropriate treatment may be initiated. With evaporative dry eye, there is an emphasis on reducing evaporation by increasing the quantity of the upper fatty layer; this is typically achieved by reducing the congestion and inflammation of the lipid-producing glands that line our eyelids. Prescribed hot compresses can alleviate this congestion, along with specific over-the-counter artificial teardrops. Your doctor of optometry will recommend a specific artificial tear for you among the dozens found on the market. Slowing the drainage of tears from your eyes with punctal plugs can be beneficial for the aqueous-deficient form of dry eye, in addition to supplemental artificial teardrops

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Like most cities, Ottawa aspires to be worldclass — or at least I assume that’s what many of our residents, politicians and business leaders want, because I hear them express the phrase so often. Whether we’re comfortable with the term “world-class” or think it’s hollow and overused, let’s assume most of us want Ottawa to bear the title of National Capital with dignity and to be viewed in a positive light both domestically and abroad. Let’s also assume that we broadly define this goal as sharing many of the attributes of advanced cities: a high quality of life, excellent transportation infrastructure and transit systems, top-notch healthcare facilities, schools, parks, libraries, cultural venues and events, and plenty of thriving natural features, such as clean bodies of water and an extensive tree canopy. That list could go on, refined by each of us according to our own priorities. If we take this as a reasonable definition of world-class, we have to ask whether Ottawa qualifies. Are we there yet? If so, how do we stay there? If not, how do we get there? Ottawa is right up there with many of the cities we look to for inspiration or aspire to become equal to, but there’s work to be done in several areas, such as: • frequency of transit service, especially outside the main suburb-downtown express routes, • availability of affordable housing to all who need it, • complete walking and cycling networks, • more mixed-use zones that combine a vibrant street life with residential units, • clean, well-maintained main streets, and • higher levels of waste reduction and recycling. To reach our goal and hold on to what we achieve, we need to study what is happening elsewhere, identify best practices, and follow through by adapting those practices to our particular circumstances: our climate, geography, culture, economy, etc. Finding valuable inspiration and guidance does not automatically mean looking to the usual list of leading European capitals. Smaller cities often adopt innovative policies and approaches first, and best practices can be found as easily in North or South America as in Europe. A number of professional organizations and city departments make a point of bringing speakers to Ottawa to share their knowledge. When conferences bring valuable expertise to Ottawa, the City or community groups often capitalize on their presence by inviting them to make private and public presentations. I’ve learned a great deal from visitors from New York City, Chicago, Miami, Vancouver, Seattle, Copenhagen, The Hague and more over the course of my five years in office. In July, as part of Ottawa’s participation in the World Cities Project (see capitalward.ca/worldcities), delegates from our partner city Hannover, Germany told us how they are addressing urban planning, public transit, waste management, energy conservation and renewable energy generation, and adapting to a changing climate. More recently, I participated in a packed public discussion at City Hall featuring Vancouver’s deputy mayor Andrea Reimer, who told us about Vancouver’s goal to become the world’s greenest city by 2020. What I find remarkable is that other municipalities are so willing to share their knowledge, successes and even mistakes with us in a transparent and non-competitive way — beyond the good-natured rivalries and tourism pitches. We are not in competition with each other, but in a shared race to tackle common challenges such as homelessness, air pollution and climate change. We benefit greatly from our counterparts in other cities travelling to Ottawa, so it is important to reciprocate by sending our own delegations of city staff, representatives of private-sector and non-profit groups, and even the occasional elected official. On these trips — such us my own visit to Hannover in October as part of the Ottawa delegation — we play the combined role of ambassador and student, learning from what we see and whom we meet, and sharing our own knowledge and experiences. Ottawa has much to share, for example our recent progress in promoting cycling as a viable mode of transportation, our adoption of a Complete Streets policy, and our early efforts to put this into practice. Considering the value of well-chosen trips beyond our municipal boundaries, I find it unfortunate when they are labelled as junkets or portrayed as a waste of taxpayers’ money. I’m not saying such criticism is never warranted, but the right conference, exchange program or fact-finding delegation to view at firsthand another city’s advances in mixed-use community planning, for example, can pay off handsomely as a learning experience and as an opportunity to promote our own city. Provided the purpose is clear, the results are shared and the public knows what the trip was for, such travel can be a valuable investment for taxpayers. Cities do not become world-class by looking inward. Ottawa needs fact-finding trips, research, experimentation and focused investments to become a leader, and to stay a leader.

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Thirty Years Ago in theGlebe Report

Ian McKercher

Vol. 14*, No. 10, november 8, 1985 (44 pages – largest to date) *Volume Numbering Error

Volume 1, Number 1 of the Glebe Report was published in June 1973. A new volume began each new calendar year. Unfortunately, a typographical error in the numbering of the November 1985 edition listed it as Volume 14 instead of Volume 13. The error went undetected until March 2010, when board secretary Micheline Boyle corrected it. To avoid confusion, the incorrect (i.e. as printed at the time) volume numbering will be used in this column. MUNICIPAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 12, 1985

This edition of the Glebe Report

swelled to 44 pages with ads and articles focused on the upcoming municipal elections scheduled for November 12. Capital Ward alderman Howard Smith was challenged by three other candidates: David Hagerman, Susan Pond and former GCA president Rob Quinn. (Quinn won easily with Smith polling a distant third behind Hagerman. Jim Durrell defeated Marlene Catterall in the race for mayor.) 520 THE DRIVEWAY

The City of Ottawa’s Planning Committee approved a site plan for 13 condominiums to be built on the historic Whyte House estate at 520 Queen Elizabeth Driveway. Thirteen housing units would surround the existing mansion and the mansion itself would be divided into three additional units. The City had given the 114-year-old Whyte House, built by prominent merchant James Whyte, heritage status. The house later became home to the Apostolic Delegate to Canada and then to the Order of St. Bazil the Great. Many area residents opposed the

Vera Brittain and Marion Dewar: a lecture By Randal Marlin

Deborah S. Gorham, Distinguished Research Professor of History at Carleton University, will be comparing the lives and contributions of two notable feminists in a talk entitled “Vera Brittain and Marion Dewar: Two Devoted Feminists for Their Times,” on Thursday, November 26, at the Glebe Community Centre, 7–9 p.m. in the multipurpose room. The powerful and engaging movie Testimony to Youth, about Vera Brittain’s hope-filled and later tragic experiences before and during the First World War, was screened in Ottawa recently. Those who wanted to find out more about Brittain would

discover that the biography to consult was “Vera Brittain: A Feminist Life.” It was written by Professor Gorham, and published by Blackwell in England and the U.S.A., with a paperback edition published by University of Toronto Press. Professor Gorham has recently completed a book on the life of Ottawa’s very popular former Mayor, Marion Dewar. The book, “Marion Dewar: A Life” will be published by Second Story Press/Feminist History Society, Toronto, in the fall of 2016. The lecture is the seventh and final of the 2015 series of lectures by retired Carleton professors sponsored by GNAG and facilitated by Paul O’Donnell.

development by Melgro Holdings because of concerns that shading from high roofs, noise, loss of vegetation and sewer overflow problems would adversely affect their properties. REGIONAL WASTE PLAN

A representative of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton briefed the Glebe Community Association Board on WastePlan, their 25-year waste management master

NOTE: All back issues of the Glebe Report to June 1973 can be viewed on the Glebe Report website at www. glebereport.ca under the ARCHIVES menu.

plan. Consultants had identified 15 potential landfill sites and 22 potential sites for waste processing facilities. One proposed site for an energyfrom-waste steam plant was the area bounded by Carleton University, the Rideau Canal, Dow’s Lake and Bronson Avenue. Community input was being sought and the GCA appointed Brian Jonah, Eric Meek and Martha Quan to represent Glebe interests.

This retrospective is filed bimonthly by Ian McKercher of the Glebe Historical Society. The society welcomes the donation or loan (for copying) of any item documenting Glebe history (photographs, maps, surveys, news articles, posters, programs, memorabilia, etc.). Contact Ian at 613-235-4863 or ian.mckercher@opera.ncf.ca.

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Putting students first: Successes set the tone for the school year Welcome to another school year to all returning OCSB Trustee students and a big hello to those students who Kathy Ablett are joining our Catholic school family for the www.capitalward.ca very first time. You are among the 750 new students and it promises to be a fantastic year in all respects. Let me give you a snapshot of student, staff and school successes and items of interest board-wide. Success for all students is our number one priority and we work very hard to ensure that this is what happens. Please join in on your parent councils and see first-hand how your involvement can add to your child’s success. Today’s topics are covered by the words change, championship, challenge and construction. Change

A warm welcome goes to Wanda Symes and Michelle Gauthier, new vice-principals at Immaculata High School. Wanda comes to us from St. Mark’s High School and Michelle from St. Pius X High School. Jennifer Grant is the new principal at Corpus Christi Catholic School. Ms. Grant arrives from McMaster Catholic School where she was principal. McMaster is newly renamed St. Gemma, the patron saint of students. Championship

On September 24, Immaculata students and staff not only participated again in the 23rd Terry Fox Run but also surpassed their goal of $14,000 by $800. They will be presenting a cheque for $16,000 to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research. This includes another $1075 raised in an optional dress-down day held on October 14. Congratulations to everyone who participated in this wonderful event. A special thanks goes to two students who are cancer survivors, Devon Miron and Taryn Redmond, who assisted at the kick-off Terry Fox assembly on September 16. As your Trustee, I’m so very proud of all of you. Go Mac Go! Corpus Christi Catholic School and the Glebe Community Association have joined forces in an Active Living Program at the school that will help bring a wide variety of sport, fitness and nutrition programs to youth in the community. The initiative is supported by a provincial grant. Starting November 2, grade 4-6 students at Corpus Christi Catholic School will be the first to access these programs during their lunch hour. Challenge and Construction

As work on Main Street proceeds, the safety for our students is a must. Monitoring of the situation is ongoing and several changes have been made to ensure that students get to and from school safely. Changes by the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority are also ongoing. I have had a chance to talk to parents about their concerns. I admire your patience and participation as OSTA works to achieve the best student transportation solutions possible. I would like to share the following board-wide good news! The Ottawa Catholic School Board is the proud recipient of the Canadian Education Association’s award for Innovation in the Field of Technology. We were chosen unanimously from 35 school districts as the number one board to achieve this standard from across Canada. We have demonstrated how to turn vision into reality over the past five years. Congratulations to the many people, who wanted, worked for and accomplished this goal. Now the entire Catholic system will benefit. I hope to meet many of you over the coming years. Thank you for you ongoing support. If at any time I can be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to call me, Kathy Ablett, Trustee, at 613-526-9512. Kathy Ablett Trustee Zone 9 Capital/River Wards 613-526-9512

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Grade 11 Glebe students, from left, Kieran Holmes, Andrew Worling, Matt Dunn and Alex Hall, work on a video in the hallway; eventually, students will be able to create and edit videos in the “green room” of a new Student Learning Commons.

Glebe Collegiate to get a facelift By Caroline Coady

Glebe Collegiate Institute is at the heart of our community, one of the most vibrant schools in Ottawa, giving students living in the Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Centretown and Ottawa East, and international students from around the globe, a world-class secondary education. This historic high school boasts many accomplished students, alumni and staff, both past and present, in all disciplines. I think we can all call to mind one or two famous Glebe alumni, and many Glebe grads have now seen their children, and grandchildren pass through those historical halls. The trouble is, some of those halls have not changed a great deal since the school was founded 93 years ago. Of course the school has had important renovations during that period. But it’s now time to revitalize and upgrade some of the school’s important facilities, including the library, cafeteria, gym and yard. Glebe Institute and its students are also well known as fundraising leaders in our community, raising large sums for the Terry Fox marathon and CHEO, along with many other charitable initiatives throughout the school year. It’s now time to raise funds for the school itself, so that the facilities can support the continued excellence of its academic programs. This fall, Glebe School Council created a Glebe Institute Fund (GIF) to finance projects to improve the facilities and create a better learning environment for students and staff. We need the community to rally behind and support this initiative, as it has stepped up for improvements to other important neighbourhood schools such as Mutchmor, First Avenue and Glashan. GIF’s first fundraising drive will support the school’s project to transform its main resource areas, the library and staff room, into wired, collaborative, cooperative spaces or “learning commons.” Today almost all research-based learning is done online (as soon as a book is printed, it is out of date). Collaboration teaches many important life skills, and creates a better outcome than isolated individual efforts. The overall cost for this transformation is $60K. This covers upgrading infrastructure and purchasing modular furniture and supporting technology such as Smart TVs, iPads and Chromebooks to facilitate collaboration.

Glebe Collegiate’s library will undergo a facelift in Phase I of the renovation project.

Phase I: The Library

Phase I will transform the school library into a Student Learning Commons. Designed in 1922, the library has served the school well but it’s long past time to fully move it into the digital age! The design encourages the collaborative building of better, richer products while maintaining individual responsibility for learning and growth. In addition to wired, connected learning pods, the commons will include a modestly equipped “green room” where students can create and edit videos. Phase II: Staff Lounge

Phase II will see similar upgrades to the staff lounge, allowing staff who now work in small, isolated prep rooms to collaborate on learning plans and lesson study models.

Photo: Ruth Kagan

Photos: Caroline Coady

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Some of the Glebe Grade 10 students in Ruth Kagan’s Civics classes who helped count the Student Vote. All four Civics classes helped: the morning classes organized the polling stations and worked the polls; the afternoon classes counted and recounted the ballots.

Student Vote at Glebe Collegiate The CIVIX Student Vote program held a student election in parallel with the recent federal election in an effort to encourage youth in Canada to vote. The program allowed students who are not yet eligible to vote to cast ballots. More than 850,000 votes were reported from over 6,000 schools across Canada, representing 337 federal ridings. The results of the program across the country showed the Liberals winning a majority government with 223 seats and the Conservatives forming the official opposition with 69 seats. The NDP won 40 seats, and the Greens won four. The Bloc Québécois won one seat in Quebec. Complete Student Vote results are available at www.studentvote.ca/results/. The Glebe Collegiate Institute votes were recorded for the Ottawa Centre riding on October 14, five days before the election. The results were kept confidential until the close of polls on October 19. GCI Results: John Andrew Omowole Akpata — Marijuana Party: 0 Paul Dewar — New Democratic Party: 344 Dean T. Harris — Libertarian Party of Canada: 39 Damian Konstantinakos — Conservative Party of Canada: 34 Conrad Lukawski — Rhinoceros Party: 0 Catherine Mary McKenna — Liberal Party of Canada: 275 Tom Milroy — Green Party of Canada: 70 Stuart Ryan — Communist Party of Canada: 55 Total number of valid votes: 817 Total number of rejected ballots: 222 With files from CIVIX and Ruth Kagan.

Timeline

The design and specifications for both phases are complete. Initial work on Phase I has begun, with the goal of completing it by June 2016. Phase II will begin in December 2016, with a target of completing it by June 2017. This important project is the first of many the GIF hopes to finance in support of revitalizing one of Ottawa’s most historic and respected secondary learning institutes. Won’t you join us? We will be launching the fund at a School Tour and Tasting Event in the new year, when a guided tour will reveal forgotten corridors and little-known historical facts. It will be followed by a reception featuring local fare. For more information about the Glebe Institute Fund, or to donate or volunteer to help our fundraising efforts, please contact glebeinstitutefund@glebeschoolcouncil.ca. We need your support to make this happen! Caroline Coady is a Glebe parent and member of the Glebe Institute Fund team.

Everyone Welcome! COMMUNITY SKI AND SKATE CONSIGNMENT SALE Saturday, November 28th 9:30 am – 11:30 am Glebe Collegiate Institute (Bronson @ Glebe Ave) Drop Off Used Equipment: Friday, Nov 27th, 5:30pm – 8pm, bring skis, snowboards, boots, poles, skates, hockey gear and helmets to the Cafeteria at Glebe CI. You set the price and keep 70% of the final sale price, if sold. Equipment Sale: Great deals on winter sports gear for everyone! Saturday, Nov 28th, 9:30am – 11:30am Proceeds/Equipment Pick-up: Saturday, Nov 28th, 11:30am – 12:30pm, pick up consignment proceeds and/or recover unsold items at Glebe CI. Unrecovered items will be donated locally. 30% of all sale proceeds will be shared by Hopewell Ave. PS and Glebe Collegiate Institute (Vendor’s choice). All donations to Glebe CI will go to the Glebe Institute Fund.

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By Isabelle Flannigan

We are now fully settled into our new building and are really enjoying the new space. Recently, we sent over 150 students to the regional cross-country running meet. Our boys’ and our girls’ soccer teams also participated in a tournament in October. Our students felt great representing our school, but said they needed a team name to call out when cheering on their friends. Therefore, we began the work of getting a new team name for ourselves. Students had the opportunity to suggest names and then all the students voted for their favourite. Introducing to the Glebe and the Ottawa Carleton District School Board: the Mutchmor Mustangs! Our students will once again participate in the Right To Play program this year. The program began this week with a school assembly hosted by the Right to Play association. Paralympic athlete Ashley Gowanlock spoke to the kids about her Olympic experi-

ences in horseback riding in 2008 and 2012 and of how she found meaning in her experience by giving hope to others. During the year, our Grade 6 students will participate in various training activities so that they can lead the Right To Play day in the spring. Mutchmor will continue the “gift giving and food drive” tradition this winter carried over from First Avenue School. The school collects Christmas gifts for children and donates them to the Children’s Aid Society for distribution to families for the holidays. We also collect non-perishable goods to donate to the Centretown Emergency Food Centre. Every year, we host an assembly in December to invite representatives from the Children’s Aid Society and from the food centre to receive our donation. We also include a holiday singalong as part of our assembly. We look forward to another generous year. Isabelle Flannigan is the principal of Mutchmor Public School.

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First Avenue Falcons soar By Jenn Wilson

Life is settling down into a rhythm for the students of First Avenue. It has been an eventful year, with the biggest excitement being the switch that happened at the end of the 2014¬2015 school year. To help with the transition to their new school, our students selected a new school logo and a name for our teams, the First Avenue Falcons. Each child in the school received a t-shirt with the new design; they wore them during the Terry Fox Run and at the cross-country meet. The school year started off with the excitement of getting to know our new school building. After some delays, a new play structure in our primary yard has finally been completed and inspected and is ready for our students to use. The children from our younger grades, and from the Glebe Parent’s Daycare preschool program that operates onsite are really enjoying it. We are very proud of all of our excellent teachers, but recently a few of them have been recognized within the larger Ottawa community. Our school has a very active drama club, which begins to work on its production in early September, with the big presentation usually taking place in late May. We are so proud that Angela Ward and Chloe Lambert have been awarded the elementary-level award for Drama by the Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s Advisory Committee on the Arts. School council has had its second

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First Avenue “Falcons” on the Terry Fox run

meeting of the year and is pleased to be assisting financially with upgrades and improvements to our music room. We have also committed funding to technology needs, middle French immersion materials and equipment for physical activities. Each year, our school participates in the Silver Birch, Blue Spruce and Le Prix Tamarac awards for literature, funded through school council. Upcoming events include our annual Holiday Craft Fair on November 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. I hope to see everyone there. We will have many artisans and crafters from the neighbourhood, so it is a great opportunity to shop locally for your holiday gifts. Jenn Wilson is chair of the First Avenue School Council.

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Busy days, hands and minds at Good Morning! Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool is remarkable in 2015 among preschools in Ottawa in that we have a toddler program. Unfortunately, many nursery schools that had toddler programs have shifted programming with the introduction of full-day kindergarten. It’s more common to find Ottawa area nursery schools now offering programming exclusively for three-year-olds, having ended preschool programming to become daycares, or have closed entirely. For us, the program for two-year -olds is a particularly treasured one. The five to one ratio is key to the program’s success. These little people may be experiencing their first time away from their parents or caregivers, who are usually equally concerned about leaving their little ones for the first time. Knowing that there is such a low ratio of teachers to toddlers helps children and parents alike feel at ease. Chatty two-year-olds make the toddler program a hoot!

Most years, the school year starts slowly. It’s very quiet in the toddler room as the children explore, play parallel to their new classmates and learn a new routine. This year has been very different. This year, twelve classmates arrived in September full of energy and ready to go. The classroom was a bustle of activity, and there hasn’t been a dull moment yet!

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By Sarah Brickell

Portrait of an artist as a young girl, at Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool

One thing that stands out about our toddlers this year is their amazing verbal communication. In some years, we have children who start before they have had their second birthday and these youngsters may have very limited vocabularies if they’re communicating verbally at all. Children aren’t rushed to settle into the classroom environment and there are always lots of cuddles. This year, that child-led process surprised the Good Morning teachers, who all have years of experience with this age group. The chit-chat starts when they’re dropped off and doesn’t end until 11:30 a.m. when class is over. Also unique has been how quickly our toddlers have embraced the routine and structure of the classroom. At Good Morning, we focus on learning through both structured and unstructured art and play, including creative arts, drama, circle time, free play and story time. Already, children are playing cooperatively together, playing with all the toys put out for them and participating actively in circle

time. During art activities, the toddlers’ eyes brighten with joy as they see what they’re creating take shape. There are still a few spaces available in the toddler program at Good Morning for your child to join in with all the fun we’re having! The program runs from 9–11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Creative Arts StoryScapes mixes age groups

Mixed age-groupings are popular in preschool and elementary programs. StoryScapes is a multi-age program at Good Morning, with children ages three to five playing and creating together one or two afternoons a week. Not every child is ready to attend kindergarten all day, five days a week. Good Morning introduced the StoryScapes program as an option for parents who want flexibility and children who are craving structured art and drama programming. This program is a great fit for preschoolers who have dropped their nap, children who are homeschooled but need

a little extra art in their lives and kindergarten-aged children who need a smaller ratio classroom setting once or twice a week. The maximum ratio in the StoryScape program is six to one – all the children get lots of one-onone play and art time. Multi-age programs have consistently been proven through research to be hugely beneficial. Children learn to cooperate and are less likely to compete. They learn at their own speed, and never worry about comparing themselves to others. Fundamental to the Good Morning philosophy is the fact that each child should be treated as a unique individual, and nowhere is that more evident than in StoryScapes. Every child is challenged to be the best that they can be according to their own abilities and never compared to another child. Older children mentor and lead, while younger children have the opportunity to accomplish tasks that wouldn’t be possible without an older child’s help. Younger children learn empathy and nurturing skills because they see the class as a family, with members supporting and caring for each other. StoryScapes also has a very limited number of spaces available on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Register for one day, or for both! The program runs from 1–3 pm, and has an optional lunch club program from noon to 1 pm. Visit www.gmcaps.com for more information on these programs and other GMCAPS programming. Sarah Brickell in President of Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool and has two StoryScapes alumni at home, who have insisted she keep every piece of art they have ever created at GMCAPS.

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Grateful reflections on working together For nine years, I had the incredible honour of representing the people of Ottawa Centre in Parliament. Every single day of those nine years was different. But whether I was advocating for federal investment to clean up the Ottawa River, demanding accountability and oversight for Afghan detainees or Syrian refugees, or attending an amazing array of events in support of terrific community organizations, I always woke up and fell asleep feeling like the luckiest person in the world. Ottawa Centre is a place of fabulous diversity and fascinating people, a neighbourhood of neighbourhoods. Through my work, I’ve been privileged to meet local leaders in cities across the country and around the world. I am tremendously proud to confirm that the neighbourhood associations, community groups and civil society organizations in Ottawa Centre are the best of the best. In addition to outstanding local activism, the people of Ottawa Centre consistently prove themselves the most politically engaged in Canada. This past election was no exception, with Ottawa Centre producing the highest turnout in the country at the advance polls – and then again overall, with a remarkable 82 percent of eligible residents casting their ballots. Located

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Paul Dewar and family on Election Day: Nathaniel, Paul Dewar, Julia Sneyd, Jordan and Wesley.

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my offices, on subjects extending far beyond Ottawa Centre and my foreign affairs portfolio, was constantly and extraordinarily high – multiples higher than is true for many other MPs. I always tried to respond and act in ways worthy of my exceptional constituents. I entered politics because I wanted to work with all of you to make a difference in our community and in our country. Nine years later, we can be proud of our accomplishments. We have a cleaner Ottawa River, a better-protected Gatineau Park, and a more transparent National Capital Commission (NCC). We pushed the NCC and the City to make transit planning in the National Capital Region more community-oriented and environmentally friendly by moving buses away from residential areas, holding a community summit on cycling, and getting the ball rolling on a footbridge across the canal between Old Ottawa East and the Glebe. We defended and protected our public services and the people who deliver

them, and exposed Conservative lies about the benefits our public servants deserve. We made a Conservative laissezfaire government regulate Bisphenol A and incandescent lightbulbs, and adhere to international guidelines on conflict minerals. We passed parliamentary motions supporting peace, human rights and democracy in hotspots around the world, and commemorated genocides and other mass atrocities. We prevented the use of indiscriminate cluster munitions by the Canadian military. We secured a passport for Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy. We obtained funding to support victims of sexual violence and the investigation and prosecution of war crimes in Libya, Iraq and Syria. We forced public parliamentary committee hearings in 2012 and 2013 on the situation in Syria, which produced unanimous recommendations urging Canada to increase humanitarian assistance and refugee resettlement – and when the government didn’t follow through, we kept pushing. I’m very proud of this record – our record – of meaningful achievements for our community, our country, and people beyond our borders. And I’m proud to have worked for you and with you at every step of the way. Together, we’ve done so much. Together, we will do so much more. Of course, I will no longer be your Member of Parliament. Catherine McKenna worked very hard as a candidate and ran a great campaign, and I’m sure she’ll be equally committed as our MP. I wish her all the best in the months and years to come. Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to continuing my own engagement and involvement with our community. In doing so, I will take care to apply everything I’ve learned from all of you over the past nine years. Whatever I do and wherever I go, I will benefit from the collective wisdom, experience, enthusiasm and vibrancy of Ottawa Centre. There is so much more to do. But if the last nine years have taught me anything, it is that Jack was right. If we are loving, hopeful and optimistic, we can and will change the world. Thank you, my friends. On continue. Paul Dewar is the outgoing Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre and former foreign affairs critic for the New Democratic Party.

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Glebe Report November 13, 2015

By Luke Carroll

Two staff members at the Glebe Community Centre went beyond the call of duty on election day, reviving a woman who experienced a heart attack outside the polling station. Clare Rogers, Head of Communications, and Mary Tsai, Executive Director of the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG), were working on election day (the Glebe Community Centre was the location of an election polling station) when a worker alerted them that a woman had collapsed. “One of the after-school childcare staff ran in and said there’s a woman who’s collapsed on the ground by the front door. Clare and I immediately ran out to her,” Tsai said. According to Tsai, she was struggling for breath when they arrived at the scene. The two immediately covered the woman with blankets and attempted to revive her, to no avail. The two received help from a physician who happened to be picking up his child at the community centre at the time. “She wasn’t shaking or anything but there was severe distress. She was lying there, unable to move, unable to speak and staring into space. But she was definitely alive,” Rogers said. Said Tsai, “You kind of go on automatic pilot, because the first thing I said was, ‘Someone go call 911 and get the AED machine (defibrillator).’ Then I had to think, who is saying this?” The woman began to turn blue. When they checked her vital signs and listened for breath, they found she was no longer breathing. They then began three-person CPR. After a couple of minutes of CPR, they administered one shock, which brought the woman back. This was just as the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrived. “She was speaking and she was making sounds and she was confused. Then the paramedics took over and brought her to the hospital,” Tsai said. Despite how quickly the EMS arrived, it felt like forever to Rogers. “It was all very, very quick. I remember the second set of compressions and I said to somebody, ‘Where the hell is the ambulance?’ and it had been

less than three minutes,” Rogers said. “When somebody’s life is on the line, it seems like the EMS can’t get there fast enough, but they got there in three minutes.” The woman had not come to vote alone. Her brother was waiting for her in the car, and had no idea what was happening. It was when he saw the paramedics carrying her out that he was alerted to the situation. Tsai explained to him what had happened. Tsai said she has talked to the brother since, and that his sister is in stable condition. “I am relieved she survived and I am really glad that she is doing okay. I’m thankful for that. I’m happy that we were able to respond so quickly. We are all trained here and everyone would have done the same,” Tsai said. While all the Glebe Community Centre staff members are trained in CPR and first aid, Tsai explained that this was still a different situation to experience. “You try to take control and be really calm and firm, but of course, when it’s all said and done, you’re quite shaken afterwards. You’re like, wow, what just happened here? But in the moment, all of us worked very well together. We just jumped into action.” Rogers said that it was a traumatic experience, but that her husband and most likely her co-workers feel safer knowing how they responded. “My husband teased me when I got home, saying, ‘I feel a whole lot better about my chances.’ I was happy it made him feel much more reassured,” Rogers said. “I think that has been a side-effect for a lot of the staff, including myself. They saw Mary and I use the things they learned in first aid and we used it – that was probably really reassuring for our staff, that it’s not just talk.” Said Tsai, “The lesson here is that the AED (defibrillator) really makes a difference. It’s so great to have these devices in public buildings like the Glebe Community Centre. That’s really what saved her life.” Luke Carroll lives in the Glebe and is a journalism student at Carleton. He hopes for a career in sport journalism.

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Woman revived at community centre on election day

Mary Tsai, Executive Director of GNAG and Clare Rogers, Head of Communications, used a defibrillator and their CPR and first aid training to come to the aid of a woman who suffered a heart attack outside the polling station on October 19.

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GRAPEVINE ABBOTSFORD’S 40TH ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CHRISTMAS BAZAAR, 950 Bank St., Sat., Nov. 28th from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.– Antiques & collectibles, fine jewelry, toys, books, knitting, hand-made Christmas ornaments, baked goods, flea market, art, fine linens, country crafts and ladies’ clothing! This year, a special addition to the bazaar will be the sale of original artwork by Glebe Centre residents that will be featured at 77 Monk St. (beside the old stone house). Free Admission….bring your own bags! CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION OTTAWA HEALTHY LIVING FREE EVENT! (www.diabetes.ca), Sat., Nov. 14, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr., Courtside A&B + Outaouais Room. Highlights: Exhibitors, Workshops & Demonstrations, Free diabetes screening, Food sampling & giveaways, Get physical! Free bowling, Ask the medical expert booths. CANTONESE OR MANDARIN LANGUAGE LESSONS FROM JK TO 8, St Anthony School, 391 Booth St., Saturdays 9:30 a.m. – noon. Ongoing enrollment for new and returning students. Visit www.chinghua.ca or write to info@chinghua.ca for more information. Again, as in the past 35 years, the CHRISTMAS HAMPER PROJECT, hosted by Centretown United Church will be making Christmas brighter for 175 families who have been referred by Centretown social agencies. To “adopt” a hamper, visit www.centretownunited.org/xmashamperproject by Dec. 5th. To pack hampers and help wrap gifts on Dec. 22nd, call 613-8092674. To deliver hampers or drive on Dec. 23rd, contact Linda at linda.pollock@sympatico.ca or please send a cheque to: Centretown United Church, Attn: Christmas Hamper Project, 507 Bank St., Ottawa, ON K2P 1Z5. F RO S T Y ’S FA I R C H R I S T M A S BAZAAR: Sat., Nov. 14, 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Start your Christmas shopping early. Get some homemade baking, jams and jellies. Want something handmade? Look at the selection of sewn and knitted items. You’ll also find Christmas decorations and cards, jewellery and a big selection of things at the gift tables. Buy books, CDs or DVDs. Bid at the Silent Auction. Take

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your kids to the gingerbread house to do crafts and decorate gingerbread cookies. Stay for lunch at Frosty’s Café where there are menu items for kids and adults. Trinity Church, 1230 Bank St. Info: www.trinityottawa.ca or 613-177-7536. GLEBE ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH FALL BAZAAR, 650 Lyon St., Sat., Nov 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Featuring: bake goods, Christmas crafts, children’s toys, newish books, jams and jellies, frozen dinners, collectibles and you will be able to dine at our famous “Tea Room.” Info: 613-236-0617. GRAND MARKETPLACE, Sat., Nov. 14, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Churchill Seniors’ Centre, 345 Richmond Rd. Hosted by Granny Groups in the region. High quality, gently used goods; handmade crafts and goodies; homemade lunch at the Sweet & Savoury Café. Proceeds to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. HERITAGE OTTAWA FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: CRAFT, HERITAGE AND DIGITAL TOOLS, Wed., Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St. (corner of Laurier Avenue W). This lecture will examine a series of projects where digital technologies augmented traditional crafts in the repair of stone carvings on the East and West blocks. Speaker: James Hayes is a PhD candidate and lecturer at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism. Info: www. heritageottawa.org or info@heritageottawa.org or 613-230-8841. LEARN AND EXPLORE SPEAKERS SERIES AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., each Wednesday, 1– 2:30 p.m. $2 admission, includes tea or coffee and a home-made treat! Nov. 18 - Lois Siegel is a filmmaker, casting director, writer, photographer, professor and musician back for a partial presentation and discussion of her film Lip Gloss. This is a documentary giving us a behind-the-scenes look at female impersonators and exposing the lives of transvestites, transsexuals, drag queens and female impersonators. Not to be missed! LOG DRIVE CAFÉ AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., with artists Maura & Daphne Volante and Ranald Thurgood. Come sing along with

Christmas Cheer and Joy...everyone is welcome! Fri., Dec. 11, 7:30–9 p.m. Admission: $10 at the door. (Doors open at 7 p.m.) THE MAY COURT CLUB OF OTTAWA presents an Art Gala by Silent Auction, on Nov. 22, from 2–4 p.m. at the Rockcliffe Retirement Residence, 100 Lodge Rd. Bid on the art of Eric Martin and Keith Yach while enjoying a glass of wine and music on a late fall afternoon. Tickets are $40 and may be purchased by calling the club secretary at 613-733-4681 or e-mailing secretary@maycourt.org. Proceeds go to The May Court Club’s community projects, specifically the “Munch’n Learn” program, supporting afterschool nutrition for children in local Community Houses.

baking, jams and jellies, gift baskets, handicrafts, Christmas decorations, purses, books, a kids only gift area, a cake walk, a silent auction and other tables of interest. The Red Berry Café will be open at 9 a.m. for muffins and coffee and the Christmas Bazaar luncheon will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. TOPICAL TALKS AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., on Mon., Nov. 30 - Paul Sokoloff, botanist, ecologist and research assistant with the Canadian Museum of Nature will present What’s a Botanist Doing on Mars Anyway? Paul spent two weeks as a crew member on Expedition 143 to the Mars Desert Research Station in southern Utah. Simulated missions at this station serve as a dress rehearsal for future trips to the red planet. Refreshments (a muffin, juice and a coffee) will be served at 9:45 a.m. Talk begins at 10 a.m. sharp! Cost $3. TOASTMASTERS, Need to make presentations at work or at social events? Have a fear of speaking in public? The Dawn Breaker Toastmasters Club can help you overcome these fears in a friendly, non-confrontational atmosphere. Meetings are 7 to 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday mornings at 269 Laurier Ave. West. Please contact Vicky at 613-834-1562 for more information.

available On Sun., Nov. 29 at 3 p.m., the OTTAWA BRAHMS CHOIR is celebrating its 35th Anniversary with a Shepherds’ Christmas concert at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 2345 Alta Vista Dr., under the direction of Christopher Askwith and with our new accompanist Svetlana Logigan. The choir presents works by Berlioz, Handel, Hammerschmidt and other composers. There will be audience participation. Free parking at the church. Tickets are available from choir members, Compact Music and Leading Note. For more info please consult www.ottawabrahmschoir.ca or tel. 613-749-2391 or 819-568-8169. SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Sat., Nov.14, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., 15 Aylmer Ave. at Bank St. (please enter by the Galt St. door). There will be jewelry, collectibles,

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