Serving the Glebe community since 1973 June 11, 2021 www.glebereport.ca TFI@glebereport ISSN 0702-7796 Vol. 49 No. 5 Issue no. 535 FREE THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL UNVEILS REVISED PLANS FOR THE NEW CIVIC CAMPUS

By Bhagwant Sandhu and Sue Stefko

In the spring of 2018, the Ottawa Hospital set up a Campus Engagement Group (CEG) to provide input and advice in the planning of The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus. We represented the Glebe Community Association, the Dow’s Lake Residents’ Association and the Glebe Annex Community Association on the CEG. While the CEG’s work is now complete as the hos- pital moves into its next stage of planning, we intend to remain engaged as members of the community.

Last month, The Ottawa Hospital released revised plans for its new Civic campus. Gone are the circular, doughnut-shaped design and bulking block diagrams. They have been replaced by a central building flanked by two wings, one seven storeys and the other 11, with the main entrance off Carling Avenue. The plans are part of the site development plan application that The Ottawa Hospital has submitted The Ottawa Hospital has revised its plans for a new Civic campus, which now feature a central building flanked to the City of Ottawa. The full package is posted on the by two wings, one seven storeys and the other 11 storeys, with a main entrance on Carling Avenue. city’s website at https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/appli- PHOTO: COURTESY OF TOH cations/D07-12-21-0059/details. It includes countless technical reports and drawings ranging from a trans- On a positive note, there will not be surface park- All in all, there are many positive things about portation assessment to noise and vibration studies. ing. However, the garage will be developed on top the plan. The hospital extolls the future site as a The application will be voted on by city council of the current Queen Juliana Park. There will be two “state-of-the-art facility, home to the most advanced in early October. In the interim, city officials will be levels below ground and four levels above, and it will trauma centre, one of the most innovative neurosci- seeking public input. Community organizations and be topped with greenspace, including trees and pos- ence research programs in the world,” with advanced special interest groups representing environmental sibly interpretive gardens. Construction of the garage digital technology that will provide patients with new concerns, accessibility, rural Ontarians, Indigenous is expected to start as early as next year so contract- treatments and services. Indeed, the campus itself, groups and other interested individuals are being ors and vehicles will have a place to park during the with trees and greenspace, private rooms and an invited to review the application and provide their main build of the site, which is expected to take place abundance of natural light, will be a much-needed feedback over the summer. between 2024 and 2028. upgrade from the current Civic campus which was As we see it, the plan submitted by the hospital The news is mixed too for the Light Rail Transit built nearly one hundred years ago. is generally good news, with a few sprinkles of less station. Dow’s Lake Station will be linked to the hos- This construction of the Ottawa Hospital involves good news on issues that have been major preoccu- pital with a covered walkway to make it as sheltered, all three levels of governments with tranches of fund- pations for local neighbourhoods. Consider parking comfortable and convenient as possible, but the sta- ing tied to various stages of approvals. The best way as an example. The hospital expects one million tion itself is expected to remain on the north side of to remain connected with the ongoing progress is people to access the site annually, which translates Carling. to periodically check the hospital’s website at new- into approximately 2,700 people a day. Although the Another issue of concern for local communities civicdevelopment.ca or to sign up for the hospital’s hospital plans to encourage alternate modes of trans- is noise from ambulances and emergency vehicles. Checkpoint newsletter, also from its website. portation such as public transit and biking, many of Ambulances will not be arrive at the front of hospital those visits are expected to be by private vehicles. on Carling but will instead come in at the back – the Bhagwant Sandhu and Sue Stefko represent As such, the new campus will provide 2,500 park- main ambulance entry point is expected to be Maple neighbouring community associations on The Ottawa ing spaces in its main parking garage, located near Lane (west of the hospital buildings) with another Hospital’s Campus Engagement Group planning for a Carling Avenue. ambulance entry from Prince of Wales Drive. new Civic campus.

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An 11 to 15 tonne boulder unearthed during construc- tion on Bellwood Avenue in Old Ottawa South is thought to be up to a billion years old, probably a glacial er- ratic deposited by a moving glacier. Bellwood residents petitioned the city to save the boulder from being broken up, and plans are afoot to place it in Windsor Park instead. Lessons from the deer...... Page 13 Kids help stop idling...... Page 15 PHOTO: ANANT NAGPUR NEXT ISSUE: Friday, August 20, 2021 EDITORIAL DEADLINE: Friday, July 30, 2021 ADVERTISING ARTWORK DEADLINE*: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 *Book ads well in advance to ensure space availability.

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birds of the glebe During the pandemic, many of us have developed an appreciation of the birds in our neighbourhood. Quieter streets have allowed us to hear bird song, and we have more bird feeders than ever. The Canal, Brown’s Inlet, Patterson Creek, Dow’s Lake, the Arboretum, the Fletcher Wildlife Gardens and the Experi- mental Farm are also havens for birds. Each edition of the Glebe Report highlights a familiar bird found in the neighbourhood or The Majestic sometimes an uncommon visitor. We invite you to send in your bird sightings with photo to Great Blue Heron [email protected]. Happy birding!

A Great Blue Heron in the lily pond by the Flora Footbridge PHOTOS: JEANETTE RIVE

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BMS Group at 825 Exhibition Way at Lansdowne. “BMS is a dynamic global broker that provides special- Brown's Inlet looking southeast. PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN ist insurance, reinsurance and capital markets advisory services.” bms- Who can slay the traffic dragon? group.com As many have noticed, new signs on around schools where children congre- Restore Medical Clinic is open at Powell Avenue say “Local Access Only gate and many pickups and drop-offs Louise Green is the new Distribution 786 Bronson Avenue. “Our mission – Shared Space.” Earlier, sawhorses occur. Fifth Avenue is another busy cut- Manager for the Glebe Report, is to bring the latest developments restricted access at intersections along through route with longstanding traffic replacing Glebe Report board member in regenerative healing and aes- John MacNab, who stepped up to the street but have since been removed. problems. It has traffic lights at both do the job in an interim period that thetics to our patients for improved As I understand it, based on Shawn Bank and Bronson; Mutchmor is on the stretched to two years. health, beauty, and self-confidence.” Menard’s presentation and a discus- street and Corpus Christi is just a block Restoremedclinic.com sion at the last Glebe Community away. Fifth is also a fire route and is The Glebe Report is very happy to Association meeting, this is the latest considered a collector street. The Fifth welcome Louise Green as our new in a long list of traffic-calming meas- Avenue problems are exacerbated by Distribution Manager. In this role, she CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH ures (bulb-outs, flex stakes, speed the “local access only” rule on Powell, will coordinate the work of the many Iva Apostolova Laura Byrne Paquet boards, etc.) that have been put in place as cars are simply diverted to other neighbourhood carriers who deliver Louise Archer Barbara Popel on Powell over the years to “calm traf- streets, Fifth in particular. the Glebe Report each month to house- Karen Anne Blakely Jeanette Rive fic.” Powell is a convenient cut-through Others object to the Powell Avenue holds and businesses in the Glebe and Roy Brash Kate Roberts route through the Glebe between Bank restrictions on grounds of principle, as Glebe Annex. and Bronson. The latest pilot limiting we read on the letters page. Louise grew up in the Glebe and Claire Brodie Marisa Romano access to local traffic was requested by What do we make of these compet- attended Mutchmor school, as did her Patricia Brush Xavier Saikaley some 70 to 80 residents of the street, ing needs? Does the squeaky wheel three sons later. After retirement, she Helen Brydges Bhagwant Sandhu some of whom were at the meeting and get the oil, and is that wrong? There and her husband lived in the U.K. for Karen Cameron Clyde Sanger spoke persuasively about near-misses is no easy way to live together. When six years, returning to Ottawa and the Geoff Chapman Toby Sanger between speeding cars and their chil- one stretches, the other gets poked in Glebe in 2019. Matteo Cimellaro Sophie Shields dren. Menard pointed out that “local the eye. The way forward, I think, is to “I had been looking for a volunteer Tracey Deagle Lois Siegel traffic” isn’t limited to Powell residents; make accommodations – small adjust- opportunity,” said Louise. “I have been Jocelyne Despatis Peter Simpson it does include all Glebe and Glebe ments, shifts, increments, tiny retreats an avid reader of the Glebe Report for Pat Goyeche Judith Slater Annex drivers. and advances – that somehow make years. Stuck at home by the pandemic, Trevor Greenway Laura Smith As always, there are more sides to room for most of our needs to be met we are very appreciative of our wonder- Oliver Gullickson Roger Smith the story. Other Glebe streets have most of the time. That’s what politics, ful neighbourhood.” Joel Harden Sue Stefko similar problems with cut-through writ large and small, is about. Louise Green can be contacted by traffic and speeding cars, especially —Liz McKeen email at [email protected]. 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Official Plan In the company of my son Toby, I was OUR VOLUNTEER wonderfully surprised this Sunday CARRIERS lacks toilets at the magnificent display at Dow’s Jide Afolabi, Mary Ahearn, Jennie Aliman, Lake of newly blended tulips – subtle Tyler, Luke & Claire Allan, Julie Allard, Editor, Glebe Report shades, not just the traditional reds Lawrence Ambler, James Attwood, Aubry and yellows. This is a special year – family, Miko Bartosik, Stephania Bartucci, While the new Official Plan seeks to 75 years after the liberation of Holland Andre Beauregard, Adrian Becklumb, Beckman family, Joanne Benoit, Inez Berg, transform Ottawa into a world-class, and the gift of tulips from Princess Naéma and Raphaëlle Bergevin Hemsing, 21st-century city, there is one glaring Juliana of the Netherlands. Carolyn Best, Carrie Bolton, Daisy & Nettie omission: there is no mention of a net- Bonsall, Robert & Heidi Boraks, Martha work of public toilets. The lack of safe, Clyde Sanger, long-time Glebite and Bowers, Bowie family, Adélaïde and Éléonore clean and accessible public toilets is, journalist, at Dow’s Lake with the Bridgett, Bob Brocklebank, Ben Campbell- tulips PHOTO: TOBY SANGER Rosser, Alice Cardozo, Stella Cauchi, Bill or should be, a crosscutting issue for Congdon, Tony Carricato, Ava & Olivia all strategic objectives. Carpenter, Ryan & Charlotte Cartwright, Tillie Ottawa needs an extensive network Chiu, Sarah Chown, Sebastian, Cameron of public toilets to serve the ever- Juliana’s springtime pledge & Anna Cino, Avery & Darcy Cole, John growing community in the capital Connor, Denys Cooper, Sammy & Teddy Cormier, June Creelman, Marni Crossley, city of Canada. COVID-19 has made it Summertime smiles on Ottawa South, Yet, the contrast Georgia Davidson, Richard DesRochers, clear just how essential toilets are as ’Twixt the inside and the outside is great indeed. Davies Family, Marilyn Deschamps, a public health service and municipal Four years I’ve lived at Colonel By, and they’ve gone fast, Diekmeyer-Bastianon family, Dingle family, infrastructure. Pandemic closures have Perhaps because few landmarks slowed my day-long speed. Delia Elkin, Nicholas, Reuben, Dave & exposed highly inadequate public toilet Sandra Elgersma, Thomas and William Fairhead, Amanda & Erin Frank, James & access and deeply rooted disparities, I miss the evening sun despite my private door; Oliver Frank, Judy Field, Federico Family, inequities and systemic discrimination. As strong-armed carers slice the days far shorter Florencia Furbatto, Liane Gallop, Joann Access to a toilet is not just a basic They strip me down, then lift me in the beastlike minotaur Garbig, Madeleine Gomery, de Groot human right; it is an essential public And bed me with twists that end in not so gentle torture. family, Matti Goodwin-Sutton, Olivia Gorall, health service, a human and physical Barbara Greenwood, Gary Greenwood, Ginny Grimshaw, Jono Hamer-Wilson, Henry infrastructure to keep us healthy and to But Toby and the tulips bring old bones alive; Hanson, Tracy, William and Mackenzie build a robust economy and a thriving He leads upon the magic carpet hugging Dow’s Lake. Harnish, Oliver, Martin and Simon Hicks, society. Toilets may not be glamorous, With a fresh blend the Dutch this year dreamed to give Hook family, Cheryle Hothersall, Christian but they are a universal need for every- Truth to the pledge their princess years ago did make Hurlow, Illing-Stewart family, Jeevan & one to attend to our most private bodily To honour troops who freed Apeldoorn – Liberation 75. Amara Isfeld, Jonathan & Emma Jarvis, Lars functions with dignity. Jungclaus, Janna Justa, Michael Khare, Lambert family, Leith and Lulu Lambert, Great urban planning includes a Let the tall, bronzed man take his Two Hats and smack Jamie, Alexander & Louisa Lem, Justin public toilet provision. Studies in Them into one, just as our solid friendship shall survive. Leyser, Aanika, Jaiden and Vinay Lodha, Canada, the United States, Asia, the Ben, Line Lonnum, Parker & James Love, United Kingdom, Australia and Europe Clyde Sanger Vanessa Lyon, Carol MacLeod, Jennifer, have shown that women- and gender- William Maguire, Pat Marshall, Alicia McCarthy & family, Catherine McArthur, friendly, accessible public toilets with Scott McDonald, Ian McKercher, Zoe clear and visible signage are critical McNight, Julie Monaghan, Diane Munier, components of city planning. Many Carding on Mary Nicoll, Xavier and Heath Nuss, Sachiko cities in Canada such as Montreal, Okuda, Matteo and Adriano Padoin-Castillo, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Abigail Panczyk, Brenda Perras, Brenda Powell? Quinlan, Annabel and Joseph Quon, Beatrice Nelson, Smithers, Nanaimo, Esquimalt, Raffoul, Don Ray, Bruce Rayfuse, Kate Toronto and Winnipeg have stepped up Editor, Glebe Report Reekie, Thomas Reevely, Mary & Steve to include public toilet provision in city Reid, Jacqueline, Anna Roper, Emile & planning. The signs say: “Local Access Only.” Sebastien Roy-Foster, Keelin Rogers, Lene Businesses thrive in areas where That’s a comedown from the original Rudin-Brown, Sabine Rudin-Brown, Sidney Rudin-Brown, Casimir & Tristan Seywerd, there are public toilets as it makes the script: “Local residents only. Violators Short family, Kathy Simons, Grady, Ella, place more inviting. Cities like London, will be ticketed.’’ Did somebody recog- Stewart-Lussier, Stephenson family, Ruth Portland, OR, and Sydney and coun- nize the illegality of that? Swyers, Brigitte Theriault, Christine Thiesen, tries such as Japan, Germany and But still. Who is a local resident? If it John & Maggie Thomson, Tom Trottier, Scotland are subsidizing businesses means only those who live on Powell, Trudeau family, Zosia Vanderveen, Caroline Vanneste, Veevers family, Camilo Velez, for public access to toilets. has the city created a privileged gated PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN Jonah Walker, Erica Waugh, Vanessa Wen, Smart, inclusive, liveable and vibrant community? Would I, from Fourth Paul Wernick, Ben Westheimer, Zoe & Nicole cities include public toilets. The Official Avenue, be prevented from using Wolfenden, Howard & Elizabeth Wong, Ella & Plan offers an opportunity for Ottawa Powell to enter or exit the Glebe? And Ethan Wood, Nathaniel & Maggie Wightman, to show strong leadership to achieve if I were stopped and asked where I live, Fil Young/Harriet Smith, Murray and Christie its goal to make Ottawa the most live- wouldn’t that be a violation of my civil Wong. able city in North America in the 21st liberties and a form of carding? Does POETRY THANKS AND FAREWELL: century. not everyone from wherever have the QUARTER Ron and Michelle Barton The GottaGo! campaign has docu- legal right to travel along Powell? AUGUST 2021 Aileen Duncan mented best practices, lessons learned, I have some sympathy for people Margo Williams options and methods. We would like to along the street. Fourth is a cut-through What surprised me was. . . support the city’s efforts to enhance an going west to the light at Fifth and Since the unexpected burden of the pan- WELCOME TO: Official Plan that includes public toi- Bronson. It’s also a busy route eastward demic descended upon us and changed Michael Khare lets. A network of public toilets is the from Bronson to Bank Street. so much, what has surprised you most? Stella Cauchi standard-bearer of health and well- Oh dear, the teacups are rattling again How have you or the people around you Murray and Christie Wong being, equality and social inclusion, in the Glebe. Do I hear laughter from adapted or chosen not to adapt? What public decency and a sustainable econ- Kanata, Gatineau and Orleans? Did has emerged from such a sea change? omy and environment. someone say “Suck it up, buttercups.’’ Send us your poem that answers or completes, figuratively or literally, the Bessa Whitmore Chris Jermyn phrase “What surprised me was. . .” GottaGo campaign

As usual, poems should be: • Original and unpublished in any medium e-Scooters drag racing on sidewalks (no poems submitted elsewhere, please); Editor, Glebe Report hands stepping out of a store front. • No more than 30 lines each; • On any aspect of the theme within the They should not be allowed on the bounds of public discourse; and AVAILABLE DELIVERY ROUTES The electric scooters are back! sidewalks. There has to be signage • Submitted on or before Friday, July 30, Powell Bank to Lyon I thought they were meant for tourists regarding the rules, and the company 2021. First Avenue Lyon to Percy or even Ottawa residents to use to dis- owning these e-scooters should be Poets in the National Capital Region of all Wilton Crescent cover neighbourhoods, not for yahoos responsible. ages welcome (school-age poets, please Jackson and Frederick Place indicate your grade and school). Please send Rupert Street to race down the sidewalks! I think this needs to be addressed your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the cri- Clemow Bank to Lyon - south side Between Fifth and Fourth Avenues, immediately before the summer starts. teria) to [email protected]. Remember O'Connor First to Fifth we have a scaffold and the sidewalk to send us your contact information and your is very narrow. Now that we have the Caren von Merveldt grade and school if you are in school. scooters, you take your life into your Owner, Von’s/Flippers CONTACT: [email protected] Deadline: Friday, July 30, 2021 6 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 SENIORS Seniors in Conversation is back By Paige Kahkonen comedians who make us laugh our socks off, Connected Canadians who We are back! After a long month of plan- taught us about using online tools and ning and preparing for an exciting year social medias, and even Elvis for a ahead, the Trinity Anglican Church’s groovy Valentine’s Day concert. Reaching Seniors in Old Ottawa South Here’s a sneak peak at a few of our leadership team is thrilled to announce upcoming sessions: that Seniors in Conversation is back • June 15: Breanna Pizzuto from starting June 1. TalkTools speaks about the impact St. Patrick’s Day on Zoom with Seniors in Conversation, an initiative of Trinity Anglican Seniors in Conversation is a vir- of COVID-19 on our lives. Church’s Reaching Seniors in Old Ottawa South program PHOTO: PAIGE KAHKONEN tual program that hosts a weekly live • June 22: Rev. Canon John Bridges webinar-style event every Tuesday from discusses his many pilgrimages to 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. Each Jerusalem. week, we welcome a guest speaker • June 29: Tim Boreham talks about Abbotsford lends tablets to discuss a topic tailored for and his hike on the Camino Trail. requested by participants. The conver- • July 6: Liam Graham-Morton and By Karen Anne Blakely sations are stimulating, educational and his team from the Glebe Osteopathy fun to be a part of. They typically begin and Wellness Centre describe how Abbotsford House has started a special with a presentation by the speaker, fol- to heal your body and boost your Seniors Tablet Project (a tablet being a lowed by questions and conversation wellness with manual osteopathy, computer that is smaller than a laptop with the participants. All participants yoga and massage therapy. but bigger than a phone) to make are welcome to stay on or off camera By popular request, we plan to wel- it easier for seniors to connect with and participate in the conversation as come back Dr. Fred Goodwin and Dr. family, the community and each other. they see fit. Pamela Walker as well as some new pro- The Champlain Community Support You may be feeling socially isolated, fessors. We are also expecting to welcome Network secured a collective purchase but you are not alone at Seniors in CBC news anchor Adrian Harewood, of Internet-enabled tablets to be used Conversation. This program is a great who is starting a new job as a professor by seniors and adults with disabil- help for those feeling lonely because at Carleton’s journalism school, federal ities in their homes in the community. of the pandemic, for those who want to cabinet minister and Ottawa Centre MP Abbotsford House was given 10 tablets. meet new (virtual) friends and for those Catherine McKenna and Senator Gwen The funding came from the provincial who just want some enlightening con- Boniface. If you would like to learn more government, so there is no cost for cli- versation. To join this free program, about our program or register, email ents for use of one of these tablets. The simply register by emailing seniors@ [email protected], or find us on Royal Bank of Canada Foundation has trinityottawa.ca, highlighting the conver- Facebook at @HealthyAgengOS or on generously donated an additional 12 tab- sation that you would like to be a part of. Twitter @RSOOS_Trinity. We can also lets and protective cases to the project. Still not sure? We have a huge var- provide you with a link to Connected Abbotsford House is also pleased to Nick Bermudez oversees the new iety of conversations tailored to all Canadians to help you Zoom. receive funding from the federal gov- Abbotsford House project that lends kinds of topics and interests. In past ernment’s New Horizons for Seniors tablets to seniors. He will deliver the tablet to your door and provide training conversations, we have heard from an Paige Kahkonen is a Carleton Program for the Abbotsford Seniors and help in using it. PHOTO: PAT GOYECHE epidemiologist talking about COVID- journalism student who does Stay Strong project, which includes a 19, Algonquin spiritual leader Albert communications for Trinity Anglican tablet-loaning program to ensure sen- Dumont speaking about Indigenous Church’s program, Reaching Seniors in iors who experience barriers get the options to stay connected with others, reconciliation, a variety of stand-up Old Ottawa South. technology and any help they need to get what they need online, find answers use it to reduce isolation. The money to questions about health and well- will pay for some tablets and acces- ness, and even book appointments sories to loan to seniors, some online with their doctor online. Some may activities, training and wages. become active on Twitter, Instagram All the tablets are android-based and and TikTok! Others may play word will be used by clients to access virtual games with their friends or listen to care, participate in social and health podcasts. We hope some will want to programs, and to engage with family sign up for Zoom classes at Abbotsford and community through online plat- House to learn a new language or to do forms. The Seniors Tablet Project aims a fitness or art class. These new tech- to reduce barriers and support seniors nical skills will be useful now when and adults with disabilities living in movements are restricted by the pan- community. Some seniors will require a demic and later when it is impossible to lot of support to use the tablets; others go outdoors due to inclement weather have tech-savvy family members to or poor health. help them and just need the tablet to Abbotsford is your community sup- get started. port centre for adults 55+. We are the Nick Bermudez is overseeing the community programs of The Glebe project. He recently moved into a pro- Centre Inc., a charitable, not-for- gram facilitation position at Abbotsford profit, organization that includes a House, and he looks forward to con- 254-bed long-term care home. Find necting with the members and clients out more about our services by drop- of Abbotsford. He will be setting up ping by 950 Bank Street (the old stone the tablets, promoting the program, house) Mon- Fri 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, dropping the tablets off at clients’ calling 613-230-5730 or by checking homes and checking in by telephone out all of The Glebe Centre facilities and online. He will be helping to train and community programs on our web- participants to use the tablets and to site glebecentre.ca. connect to virtual programs, services and apps that interest them. Karen Anne Blakely is director of This project will give seniors more community programs at Abbotsford.

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The voice of God on the highway

By Jocelyne Despatis A man and a woman appear out of nowhere. He tells outcome. The convertible, with its low centre of grav- me to turn off the ignition and urges me to get out of ity, didn’t roll. My early adoption of seat belts, long t’s a glorious July day. I’m in my late 20s and high the car, while she tries to calm the howling boys. I real- before they became compulsory. The four witnesses, on life as I drive my sleek Valiant convertible ize that something’s wrong with my neck and upper not only helpful but also willing to testify. And most Ithrough the Laurentian countryside that I love. back when I swing around to check on them. I climb of all, the defensive driving course given by a charis- Three nephews aged six, seven and eight are enjoy- into the back where the boys are immobilized by seat matic female instructor, who had drilled her mantra ing the ride from their belted-down positions in the belts, shock and fear of broken glass. I unfasten the into my head: “Avoid a high-speed, head-on colli- back seat. middle one who clambers over the trunk of the car sion at any cost.” I’m feeling solid as a driver after months of practice with me pushing and the helpful strangers pulling – So why did my life-saving instinct, created in me by on all kinds of roads and in all kinds of weather. I’ve then the second boy, the third and me. a woman, manifest itself in a man’s voice? And not attended skid school, mastered parallel parking and We’re out, lurching away from the car, stumbling that of a mere man but of my culture's highest per- completed the defensive-driving course. and bloody but all moving on our own steam. The sonification of male power and authority? The toll autoroute ended some miles back, and we’re police arrive and then an ambulance. We’re given first At various stages of my evolution as a feminist over now on a gently winding two-lane highway. We head aid and taken to a hospital. Between the four of us, we the intervening half-century, I’ve often wondered if into a curve, around an escarpment on the left and have a good number of cuts and bruises, a dislocated in another life-threatening event of similar intensity, along a deep ditch on the right that separates the road shoulder and a few sprains. But, miraculously, noth- the authoritative, commanding voice would still be from a flat open field. ing serious. masculine. With luck, that question will never be Suddenly there’s a car in our lane speeding toward We learn from the police that the driver who forced answered, as I have no desire ever again to experi- us. Horrified, I freeze for a split second and hear the us off the road has been arrested thanks to a middle- ence such fierce, indelible panic. voice of God the Father thundering, “Nothing is worse aged couple, who not only witnessed the incident but than a head-on collision!” I can actually see his mighty also followed the offending car, got its licence plate Jocelyne Despatis came to Ottawa from Montreal presence splitting the sky. I press on the accelerator number and reported to the police. They had done 40 years ago and had a rewarding career as a and drive off the road, clearing the ditch before stop- all of this after depositing their two passengers, who consultant until retiring in 2005. Her memoir was ping abruptly in a bone-shaking encounter with the turned out to be the good Samaritans at the scene. written during Anne Le Dressay’s Zoom-based uneven surface of the field. A whole lot of serendipity led to this happy memoir-writing class at Abbotsford.

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Group gatherings in online spaces are truly surreal. These meetings are all Clergy life in COVID times business. No chatting over coffee before the meeting or in a parking lot after. Of By Geoff Chapman course, they are better than no meet- “I am front and centre, ings at all. I can feel and see the joy Clergy wear a lot of hats. We are ready to be heard or on faces; we are delighted to see one preachers and teachers, we preside rejected, subscribed another. The community is real, even over beautiful liturgies, we are com- if the room is virtual. But churches are munity organizers, we are friends in to or cancelled. I sing phenomenal places to join authentic Christ who visit folks in our commun- hymns with one or no communities, and physical distancing ity and through the sacraments, we other singers, I preach and Zoom meetings make authentic become living symbols of the church. interaction incredibly challenging. Depending on which hat I wear, COVID- without the assuring Perhaps the most surprising element 19 poses both difficulties and opportun- nods from parishioners. of this pandemic is the relative stability ities in this unprecedented time. Lately, they can see into of the church itself. We all see and read As a preacher and teacher, there have articles about the impending demise been moments of excitement and real my house, with kids’ toys of the church or the failed model of opportunities for change. Churches are Rev. Geoff Chapman reflects on his behind me. I am deeply parish ministry. Yet the church itself is experiences as clergy during COVID not traditionally on the vanguard of vulnerable in this new strong. We are bonded together through technological change and innovation, times. shared beliefs, a shared identity and a although I very much enjoy new tech- medium.” covenant with God. The church is not nology. I began my ministry 13 years barrier-breaking time for preaching and a business. We do not have any prod- ago with the very first iPhone available teaching. ucts to sell. And we aren’t a government in Canada. I could not manage pas- In liturgy, while I have truly grieved agency either. We exist to embody the toral visitation without Google Maps! the loss of weekly Holy Eucharist, I love I sing hymns with one or no other sing- love of God and to extend the love of My ministry has progressed along with the vulnerability that I experience per- ers, I preach without the assuring nods God outward through transformed technology and being able to preach sonally through the online worship. from parishioners. Lately, they can see lives. Our beliefs, identity and relation- and teach over Facebook, YouTube and On Sunday mornings in pre-pandemic into my house, with kids’ toys behind ship with God have not been shaken or Zoom has been a wonderful opportun- times, I used to dress in fancy vest- me. I am deeply vulnerable in this new altered by this strange time. Rather, I ity. It is incredible, for example, to be ments with a grand procession down medium. It is objectively harder for me believe we have begun to realize how able to reach shut-in folks this way. the centre aisle, greeting folks and but easier for many others. The vulner- important our faith community is for People unable to physically join us for leading worship from a grand, ele- ability of clergy is among my favourite us and how much we miss our church worship were cut off from their place of vated sanctuary. Newcomers arrived in change during this time. community. worship, which they may have gone to a church filled with strangers, sneak- As a leader of a community organiza- I am sure my experience is prob- weekly for decades. Now, through the ing in the back pew, doing their best tion, especially a parish that I have yet ably similar to yours in many ways. genius of modern technology, folks who not to look confused as they tried to to see gather in person, this pandemic Perhaps one day you might stop by rarely leave home can worship along- figure out if this was the right church time is difficult. We can meet online, St. Matthew’s at First and Bank and side the rest of us. We can also connect for them. Our roles are now reversed. but meetings over Zoom force us to have say hello! over bible study despite being miles Newcomers sit comfortably on their strange conversations in large num- apart. I joined Christians throughout couch, anonymously checking out me bers. They feel as if we are all standing The Rev. Geoffrey Chapman has been Ontario in study groups, and our own and our parish church. Meanwhile, I in a giant circle and speak one at a time the incumbent at St. Matthew’s in the services have reached folks around am front and centre, ready to be heard to the group. We sometimes watch as Glebe Anglican Church since April of the world. It is a wonderfully exciting, or rejected, subscribed to or cancelled. two people have a single conversation. last year.

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It’s because each room in this build- and for connecting us with Tracy and ing will be used as a dance studio, art Scott. And a big thank you to Scott and studio, acting studio, fitness studio Tracy for giving us the opportunity to Mary Tsai and more. rent 174 First Avenue for the next 14 GNAG Executive Director At a time when GNAG is in such months. This temporary GNAG location need for more space for camps, we are will help us immensely through our N 613 233-8713 E [email protected] www.gnag.ca blessed with the good fortune of having post-pandemic recovery while giving amazing community-minded members our community another place to play. like Kailena Van de Nes, Jason Lambert, Tracy Rait-Parkes and Scott Parkes. Spring fundraiser initiative for Dare to dream about Kailena, her partner Jason and the GNAG’s CAT Squad Program Rait-Parkes family have long histor- Need to get your car washed? Want summer camp with GNAG! ies with GNAG. Kailena was GNAG’s to help a great cause? The GNAG Dance Program Coordinator several Community Action Team (CAT Squad) The GNAG Summer Camp team is very and whether bus trips are allowed, are years ago and grew the dance pro- is hosting a car wash on Saturday, June excited for a great season with your kids, still undecided. Once we get more infor- grams at the GCC. After moving on from 19 from 12 to 4 p.m. outside the Glebe full of fun, friendships and adventures. mation, we will post any changes to GNAG, she opened her own studio, KV Community Centre. This fundraiser After a tough school year, this summer’s our camps. Dance, where thousands of dancers is by donation only. All proceeds will camp theme is “Dare to Dream with We are confident our current offerings participated in her programs. Among go towards Harmony House Women’s GNAG.” There is still space in some of will require very little change. We hope her students were the three Parkes chil- Shelter in Ottawa. our camps. We have introduced a few to expand numbers to accommodate dren – they grew up attending many new offerings: Science, Dance, Art, some of the hundreds of children on our camps and classes at GNAG and KV. I Breakfast Club & Quest-4-Fun Theatre, Tennis, Leadership, Rec and waitlists. In the meantime, we have set have personally known both families afterschool care programs more. Financial assistance is available low enrolment and large camp spaces for many years. Are you looking for quality, fun and for families in need. to allow for safe social distancing. With As GNAG looked for more space, affordable before or afterschool care? Meet our warm and wonderful the high demand for childcare, we have Kailena and Jason were in the process GNAG is the spot for you! Activities summer coordinators – Cameron expanded the number of camp offer- of selling 174 First to Scott and Tracy. such as sports, art, science and adven- Davies, Erica Nowlan, Luke Geeves, ings by renting out church spaces in When I reached out to everyone (while ture games will keep your child so Megan Strahl, Monty Rogers, Sophia the neighbourhood. Thank you so they were closing the sale) about the well entertained that they won’t want Monahan, Will Tate and their dynamic much to our community partners – possibility of renting the space, it was to leave. team of camp staff will be working hard Glebe St. James Tennis Club, Glebe St. like coming full circle. The programs are ideal for children every day to ensure your children have James Church, St. Giles Church and St. This extra space will help us to who attend Glebe neighbourhood the best summer ever. All our full-time Matthew’s Church. meet the demand for additional pro- schools including Mutchmor, Corpus managers will also be there in the gramming for all ages over the next 14 Christi and First Avenue. Children middle of the action. The (GNAG) Studio – What is it? months, including summer camps and who attend other schools should Though Summer Camp is not far Where is it? an expansion of our after-school care email [email protected] to discuss logistical away, we are still waiting for provincial Come to camp in GNAG’s brand programs and our youth programs. accommodation. guidelines on what rules and restric- new space called The Studio at 174 I want to personally thank Kailena A lottery for new spots in the 2021- tions will apply to camp operations. First Avenue, the former home of KV and Jason for supporting GNAG in the 2022 school year will be held June Details, such as maximum cohort sizes Dance. Why do we call it The Studio? transition during the closing of the sale 14–18. Go to GNAG.ca for details. New heart and spirit at St Giles Presbyterian Church By Paul Wu in-person Sunday worship within the Of course, skeptics would say that I limits that government health guide- am still in the honeymoon period of It has now been six months since I lines permit. Strict health protocols pastoral ministry. “Wait until you are accepted the call to serve as minister (such as social distancing and mask in year two or three!” they would say. of St Giles Presbyterian Church. Given wearing) are enforced. There has not Nevertheless, I am hopeful. I am look- the longevity of the congregation and been any reported outbreak of COVID- ing forward to getting to know more of many of its members, I am still very 19 at St Giles during this time. The the congregation and more of my new much a new kid on the block. congregation has also invested sub- neighbourhood of the Glebe. Ever since selling the Logan-Vencta stantially in audio-visual technology Hall across First Avenue from the to make sure that services are available The Rev. Paul Wu is the recently The Rev. Paul Yu is the recently arrived church, the congregation of St Giles on multiple platforms like Zoom and inducted minister to St Giles minister of St Giles Presbyterian has been on a path of revitalization. YouTube. These efforts are designed to PresbyterianGMSElemAdGR19BW.pdf Church. 3 2019-10-18 3:52Church. PM PHOTO: PATRICIA BRUSH Significant resources were commit- welcome all people to this caring com- ted to repair and improve the physical munity of faith in the heart of the Glebe. structure of the sanctuary. You may Second, the congregation is gen- have seen some of those works when erous. Regular giving is up since the passing by the corner of Bank Street start of the pandemic and giving for A Montessori and First Avenue during the last few mission purposes is up substantially. years. The congregation is also aware Through Presbyterian World Service classroom of the need for renewal from within – to & Development, St Giles recently con- repair and improve its spiritual condi- cluded a fundraising campaign to help is where tion. A significant component of that Malawi through its COVID crisis; the the joy work was to engage and call a settled church is now considering another minister, and that is where I have been campaign to assist India. Meanwhile, of learning brought in to play my part. through the Centretown Churches Social I am an immigrant from Taiwan, Action Committee, St Giles continuesC comes having come to Canada in 1984 at the to engage in meaningful ways to helpM naturally age of 14. Prior to being called to St those who are at the social margins inY Giles, I served a Presbyterian congre- Ottawa. Once the pandemic restrictions gation in Montreal for almost 12 years. are lifted, the congregation will resumeCM Toddler, Having worked in a multilingual and housing a number of AA groups thatMY Preschool & Elementary multicultural ministry and having have utilized St Giles before. CY Grades 1-6 Bilingual Education experienced some success in congre- Third, the congregation is open toCMY gational renewal, I am well aware of St change. With my Asian background, I Giles’ expectations and hopes in that am keenly aware that my employmentK regard. Starting a new ministry during at St Giles is already a notable change. a global pandemic has its challenges – However, the change that I am refer- I have yet to meet some members of the ring to is the congregation’s realization congregation who are staying mostly of the need to “do church” differently, 650 Lyon St. South at home. There are, however, three whether it be in music, preaching, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3Z7 distinctive traits that I have observed hospitality, fellowship or different about St Giles. ways of blessing the community and Please contact us at: First, the congregation is resilient. sharing the message of Jesus Christ (613) 237-3824 During the past 15 months of pan- more effectively. There seems to be a demic restrictions, the leadership of St positive energy running through the www.glebemontessori.com Giles has kept the sanctuary open for leadership core of the congregation. 10 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 GCA

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By Janet Uren “I love watching the tennis as I work,” she says. “I used to bike down to the There is an old proverb: “If you would club – eight minutes door to door – be happy for an hour, brew a cup of tea. play a game and leave. Now that I’m If you would be happy for a day, prepare retired, I’m getting to know more a feast. If you would be happy forever, people. They walk by as I’m working plant a garden.” That is just what some in the garden and stop to say hello and Glebe residents are doing at the nearby thank you.” Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club The theme for the gardens comes (OTLBC) – they are planting gardens. straight from the club’s slogan – “Your During the pandemic, those gardens cottage in the city” – with the project are helping to keep them happy. leader working out a plan for the kind Colleen McGowan, who lives in an of lush, informal look that is typical apartment building in the Glebe, has of country gardens. “A bit on the wild been walking to the OTLBC in Ottawa side,” says McGowan, “with lots of South since 1985. Gardening at the peonies, daisies and delphiniums and club, she says, has really helped her not too well behaved.” “to get through the pandemic.” She Another way to get through diffi- was in Florida when the Canadian gov- cult times is to expand your horizons. ernment issued its call in early 2020 for Unlike McGowan, who literally grew up Canadians to come home. The journey among flower beds, Barbour was new back was difficult and stressful. Some 12 people have preserved their health and happiness during the pandemic by to the world of green thumbs. “I am a McGowan has some tried and true working as volunteer gardeners at the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club last farm girl but not much of a gardener,” ways to get through difficult times. season. The gardens are full of tulips this spring awaiting the return of the gardeners she says, “and it is something I always and tennis players. PHOTOS: CLAIRE BRODIE She has been baking, for example, wanted to learn.” The project leader and sending a steady stream of cakes, does most of the research and works muffins, pies and tarts to friends. She Another Glebe resident, Joyce a new, alternative kind of adventure. out the plan, then advises the volun- is also a self-confessed garden addict, Barbour, agrees that being active and “I have played at the club since 1998,” teers as they do their thing on their own and she finds gardening to be a never- outdoors has been essential to her well- she explains, “but this is the first year, patches. failing source of solace and peace. She being during the pandemic. For her, the now that I am fully retired, that I have The pandemic’s return with a ven- never needed that more than in 2020, gardening project came at a particu- the time to volunteer.” geance this spring and the renewed so when a fellow club member put out larly good time. Having recently retired, The OTLBC appreciates club members lockdown threw a wrench into the a call for garden volunteers, she was she was planning to travel. Obviously, volunteering for all sorts of special pro- garden project as it prepared for its among several people from the Glebe that was impossible in this “strange jects like the gardens. Over the years, third season. The gardeners were busy who responded. year.” The garden project offered her McGowan has seen various individuals before the province lowered the boom, and groups step up to look after the however. They weeded the beds, added flowers and shrubs, but such projects compost and got everything ready. Donna Edwards tend to be cyclical and last year she felt Then the club shut down in April, and House Portraits it was her turn. “And I enjoyed every the weeds got a bit of a break. minute,” she says. “I have a little sec- The pandemic and lockdowns will 613 233 4775 tion of my own, and I take great pride in end eventually, and one of the first it. Other members stop to say thank you signs of “better times ahead” will be www. as they leave the courts. I can’t remem- the sight of gardeners from the Glebe donnaedwards houseportraits ber that ever happening before, and I heading south to the OTLBC. .com like that.” The camaraderie of the garden pro- Janet Uren is a lifelong resident of Facebook: ject has been important to Barbour as Ottawa who lived in the Glebe for Donna Edwards well. Her little patch of garden is per- many years. She is a writer Art fectly located right beside the courts. specializing in local history. GARDENS Glebe Report June 11, 2021 13 Lessons from the deer CMYK on plants to grow

By Louise Archer

Some of my friends from Toronto think any mention of gardening at a cottage is nuts. Maybe you do too. Nevertheless, with the wonderful colours and fla- vours, it is tempting for me. Geraniums can stand a bit of drying out and pro- vide delightful splashes of colour by the cottage – pale pink, peach, coral, red, fuchsia, white – until the deer come calling to munch the blossoms before your eyes. Having witnessed my geraniums disappear, from now on I will only grow them on the high deck. The accom- panying photo shows the 2020 culprit with the leftover geranium, in case you recognize him or her. making your salads and dressings more delectable We thought daylilies would make a hardy show of You can still plant by adding freshly cut herbs. Chives, parsley and basil colour beside the driveway, so planted some at inter- beautiful flowers at the are all easy to grow. I keep mine on my high deck vals. Guess what, they did not bloom because the deer cottage if you find ways to away from rabbits which might eat them. The pots prefer to eat the buds before they open! outwit the deer. are all mixtures of flowers (especially geraniums) and I knew deer liked hostas, but I had an excess in town PHOTOS: LOUISE ARCHER. herbs, so there are pretty blossoms everywhere and I and a friend had already put a number in pots for me, am growing delicious edibles as well. so I accepted and planted them; by mid-summer, there Some of the native plants are especially attractive wasn’t a single hosta leaf anywhere. to butterflies, so I will leave all the milkweed that has The aforementioned are the things not to grow, Russian sage. popped up. I will introduce a few more butterfly and unless you have ways to protect them. What are the Deer do not like some plants. Daffodils, foxgloves, pollinator-friendly plants. options? Use plants that repel deer next to things they and poppies are common flowers with a toxicity that I will also do some companion planting. It’s not do like. Plant things deer do not like. Grow plants they deer avoid. Rhubarb is also toxic to them. Deer do guaranteed to work if the deer are desperate, but it’s like around the perimeter (e.g. a moat of hostas), so not care for the scent of ornamental salvias or laven- worth a try. My lilies will be guarded by some deer they can eat those before they get to your favourites. der, nor do they like flowers such as peonies, bearded non-favourites in pots beside them. My best lily, a rare Or install a physical barrier. irises, and marigolds. peachy one, will be protected by chicken wire. I will What repels deer? As I understand it, deer have pri- Install a barrier. If you want to try growing vege- forget about seeing hostas bloom. orities: number one is not getting eaten; number two is tables, here is advice from a recent article in Cottage I just received an ad for roses. It advised planting finding food. To serve the first priority, it is necessary Life: “No matter what you grow, it will be a veritable lavender around them to confuse the deer. For more to constantly be on the alert for danger by sniffing the smorgasbord to passing wildlife. Enclosing the garden details, one convenient list of deer resistant plants is air. If deer are sniffing the aroma of onions, thyme or in chicken wire is your best defence against maraud- found at almanac.com/content/deer-resistant-plants. fennel, they cannot notice the faint whiff of hungry ers.” You can have a fenced area, although deer are Good luck with choosing your plants this year, wolf or guard dog in the air; thus deer will avoid plants great jumpers. To preserve just a few of your best whether to feed the deer or not. that give off these predator-masking strong scents. plants, surround them with chicken wire. Here are seven plants that repel deer: bee balm, Here are my garden strategies for 2021. First, I will Louise Archer is discovering what garden plants are chives, cosmos, garlic, oleander, rosemary and try to keep things out of reach. There is nothing like compatible with the wildlife in Val-des-Monts.

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How Bidding Wars and Bully Offers Became the New Norm in the Glebe Housing Market

and realtors stunned to see ‘Sold’ signs on properties they did not know were even listed. Buyers rarely competed and the list prices, based on past sales, guided outcome. It was no surprise that Ottawa house prices were posting only modest gains year JUDY FAULKNER over year. Looking back, it is clear to see that the Broker of Record traditional approach strongly favoured the savvy buyer and had suppressed home prices. For obvious reasons, buyers do not like to compete. The first known bidding war in Ottawa dates back They get frustrated and have no control of the This home on Second Avenue was the focus of the to 1999, involving a popular centre-hall home on outcome. Even if their bid is the highest, the seller first official bidding war in Ottawa, back in 1999. Second Avenue in the heart of the Glebe. can choose to whom to sell their home or whether The executor for the estate resided in Toronto and to sell at all. A realtor that has their finger on the pulse of the was keen to use the delayed offer strategy, to hold Thankfully, it is now commonplace for market is best suited to advise their client. It is off accepting offers until a specific day and time, homeowners to provide a building inspection report a tricky process. The seller’s written direction not adopted by realtors in the Toronto real estate market to all prospective buyers in advance of submitting to convey offers means the listing brokerage cannot several years prior. The approach made good sense. an offer. At least buyers aren’t out of pocket $600 communicate, deliver, or even notify the seller that Competing buyers were given sufficient time to do to $800 for each home they try to bid on, knowing an offer has been received. The seller’s choice their due diligence before being asked to make their conditional offers are rarely entertained. may drastically alter outcome. best offer, irrespective of the list price. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number We must remain ever mindful that buyers and The estate received 11 offers and a final sale price of competing buyers has grown and buyers are sellers have opposing goals, buy low and sell high. that well exceeded recent sales. The Glebe real increasingly more aggressive. They will take It is of utmost importance that buyers and sellers are estate market was abuzz with excitement. whatever action is available to them to avoid not represented by the same real estate brokerage. One record sale led to another due to the new bidding wars. A new breed of buyer, referred Who knew how significant that Second Avenue sale, strategy of delaying offers. Despite disgruntled to as the ‘bully,’ has surfaced. The bully over 20 years ago, would be? It disrupted the status buyers’ objections, it eventually became the new disregards the seller’s instructions for an offer quo in Ottawa and was the first step towards leveling norm in the Glebe and later spread to other presentation at a future date and demands the playing field for both buyers and sellers. communities which were also experiencing hot a response to their offer before the seller is likely What remains undone is the option for the bidding seller market conditions. to receive another offer. process to be transparent. I am confident this change will be coming soon. Prior to the introduction of delayed offers to Ottawa, In response to the new phenomenon of ‘bully’ savvy buyers sought the inside track on new listings offers the Ottawa Real Estate Board recently Your questions or comments are always welcome. and raced to be first in line, leaving many buyers created new rules surrounding delayed offers. [email protected] 613.231.4663 14 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 GARDENS Settling into your summer garden

By Judith Slater, with Tracey Deagle

The May madness of dealing with pests is thankfully behind us. Our lawn has greened up, even if it took a can of spray paint for the final touches, and the trees are now casting welcome shade into our gardens. June is the month when we finally get to relax and enjoy our garden – the deck is scrubbed, patio furniture is set up with two-metre spacing in anticipa- tion of when we can have a distanced get-together with family or friends and the stock of snacks is overflowing the kitchen cupboards. (Just remember to hide the Doritos for me!) Details to remember as we become glued to the lawn chair include: Grass is greening and much of the garden heavy lifting is done; now it’s just a matter of watering and enjoying! 1. Install soaker hoses or set the PHOTO: JUDITH SLATER sprinkler for early morning water- ing so plants can use the valuable over the summer months. If you feel Bridget and Nicole, making us a perma- a blown-away limestone screenings liquid during the day to cope with they are unsightly, plant perennials nent team of five. Zoe, Ariella and bag, lurching along the street, stomp- the onslaught of summer heat. or annuals around them. Anna, who are Glebe Collegiate stu- ing on the plastic. Wondering if the 22 Think about installing a timer so 5. Harvest your vegetables often, dents and TWIGS (environment club cubic yards of soil is actually reducing watering is automatic. Water each share them with neighbours and members), have been working week- in size after wheel barrowing it for five section deeply once a week – a light graze on them as you walk through ends while full-timers take time to hours straight. The double take at the watering does not promote deep your garden breathe. Tracey and I continue to be local nursery when they say, “Weren’t root growth, leaving plants suscept- This list is becoming like a chore list, amazed at how much we get accom- you just here for a cubic yard of triple ible to dying if there are a few days so let’s change tack and have a look plished in our 18-hour days, six days a mix?” to which I smile and say, “No! It of hot weather. back at our accomplishments. week. We are looking for more garden was my evil twin sister!” 2. Planters need watering once a day • Spring garden cleaned up – DONE clean-ups and maintenance work. We I feel bad for Alec as he’s often the (occasionally twice a day if they are • Grubs blasted into outer have hired seven Glebe students for lone male staffer among mostly middle- in cardboard planters or terracotta space – DONE the summer – we are paying them a aged women, all of whom are hard of pots) and feeding weekly. • Magnolias admired – DONE lot more than minimum wage, buying hearing, wearing masks, asking ques- 3. Once a flower has bloomed, nip off • Tulips viewed – DONE them work boots, eyewear, ear muffs, tions that others struggle to understand the end to encourage the plant to • Lilac scent inhaled – DONE bug spray and sunscreen and provid- – and only one wears hearing aids! The keep blooming. Once the plant has • Manitoba maples keys weeded, ing the occasional bandaid! resulting conversations are hilarious, set seed, it has accomplished its weeded and weeded again – DONE Our clients have been amazing in worthy of a comedy skit: “Can you start job, so it will stop flowering. Dead- • Fresh soil and mulch laid being flexible with schedules, weather, edging the bed?” “Sure, I can talk to the heading (a gruesome term) basically down – DONE availability of plants and trees as we’ve dead!” “What! Your walker is dead?” makes the plant continue to work • Garden centre/nursery flower pur- had to deal with shorter nursery hours, “What, you want me to water the by blooming and trying to set seed. chases – DONE delayed nursery deliveries because of a bed?” All that aside, we get lots done 4. Bulbs have now finished their spring • Incorporated at least one herb into shortage of drivers and supplies, online as we finally get clear instructions from show, but still need to regenerate for a salad/meal/drink – DONE orders and store pickups. each other. Alec just rolls his eyes, and next spring. Trim down the flower It’s been an intense month for us There have been some giggles. Like moves off to the back garden! stalk, then let the leaves die back too. We hired two new full-time staff, me, a total non-runner, trying to catch Judith Slater and Tracey Deagle are The Gentle Gardeners, working mainly in the Glebe, gently making your garden look its best! Visit our Facebook page at: facebook.com/ thegentlegardener777 or call at 613- 600-1717.

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Grade 2s care about the environment – and take action!

By Jennifer Humphries Roxanne Partridge, who does the French program, I encourage the stu- When teacher Lesley Kathnelson saw dents to take action. They have voices. an item in the Capital Ward News about If they don’t like something, they can a Glebe Community Association (GCA) stand up and say it. Let them be advo- poster design competition aimed at dis- cates early on. They are so savvy at couraging vehicle idling, she was keen this age.” to share the news with her two Grade On idling, Kathnelson’s students 2 classes at Hopewell Avenue Public discussed cars being “warmed up” School. Her students were ineligible in the winter. They learned that new on two counts: the competition was cars don’t require warming up – in fact only for students in Grades 3 to 6 and they run better if they are in motion 10 only at schools in the Glebe. But they seconds after being turned on. And had discussed idling back in December, most people don’t need much warming spurred by a student’s question about up if they are wearing winter clothing. why cars near their school were kept Students concluded that their par- running so long when they weren’t ents don’t need to turn on the ignition ready to go anywhere. Their teacher until everyone is in the car with seat- wanted them to know that the GCA belts on. This would reduce idling by Mrs. Kathnelson’s Grade 2 students from Hopewell P.S....believe that idling was engaging with young people on at least 15 seconds. Based on a couple is a problem and are committed to doing their part to bring change. Enjoy this issue. of two-way trips a day, that’s 15 times 4 their sincere submissions! “Grade 2s are amazing,” Kathnelson, or 60 seconds. Repeated each day, that a Glebe resident for more than 20 years, makes seven minutes a week. If every said in a recent conversation. “Many parent chauffeuring kids to and from Changing their parents’ behaviour people think that kids so young don’t school or weekend activities – say 200 is one thing, but what can seven- understand, but they hear their par- drivers – followed suit, that’s 1,400 and eight-year-olds accomplish on a ents talk about issues and they hear the minutes or almost 24 hours less idling larger scale? Quite a lot, as it happens! news. Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier each week. That means less air pollu- Kathnelson recounted that early in the – these young environmentalists are tion and less waste of fuel and money. pandemic, recycle bins were removed their heroes. Maude Barlow spoke to One parent told Kathnelson she defin- from the school and the children were my classes – she’s a rock star for them. itely can’t idle anymore – her Grade 2 concerned. Why couldn’t recycling Along with my teaching colleague child makes sure of it! continue? Why did they have to put recyclables in the waste bin? For a time, they all took recyclables home to put into their own blue and black bins. Then they decided to write to the direc- tor of education at the school board. It worked. The director agreed they could resume recycling. The custodial staff had to handle waste containers with caution and could do the same with ON SALE recycling bins. The students acted and got results. 44th Street Ribs 99 Apna T Gul Jamum 49 Water is also a big focus for Maplewood Smoked or Kathnelson’s students, who were eeaa Indian Style Frozen Cake Honey Garlic 595g 9 850gs eeaa inspired by the message from Peltier 7 and Barlow about the need to protect our water. The Grade 2s wrote to the prime minister to ask why there are still boil water advisories in Indigenous Boreal Botanical communities. Here’s hoping they 0 Sugar Drink get a binding commitment to change New! Blueberry Spruce & that soon. 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By Trevor Greenway restaurants closed since early April, we know just how eager you Let’s eat local. must be to get out and support Spinning off the successful your favourite Glebe restaurants. Canadian Eats campaign that They’re just as excited to see you. has featured inspired local dishes As an extra bonus, for cus- since 2017, food lovers this year tomers who use the Getit Local will be able sink their teeth into delivery service, delivery costs something new – Glebe Eats! will be waived throughout the The event will celebrate signa- promotion. (Please note, free ture dishes and fan favourites delivery is dependent on whether that our neighbourhood restau- the restaurant also subscribes to rants are known for. There will the service.) be delights to enjoy in the comfort It has been a difficult year for of your home through takeout or businesses trying to navigate with others inside the restaurant the pandemic, and restaurants or outside on patios (after COVID are no exception. Here is a great restrictions are lifted). opportunity to help support the For 10 days beginning in late local economy and the charming, June, diners are invited to take in vibrant neighbourhood you love or take out some of the best food so much. Merchants need help in the city. Participating Glebe now more than ever; it takes a restaurants are set to wow your village, after all. tastebuds with a signature dish, a So, what are you waiting for? menu item they are proud of and Browse the menu here and let our captures the essence of what they chefs do the cooking. Download do in their kitchens. These bistros the Getit Local delivery app here and eateries have formed a col- and order in tonight. Visit gle- Erling’s owner Liam Vainola shreds some fresh parmesan over a homemade lective Glebe Eats menu that you beeats.ca to browse the full menu pasta dish at his Glebe restaurant, Erling’s Variety. PHOTO: LOVE OTTAWA can now browse at glebeeats.ca. or for more information. Whether you’re dining in, enjoy- ing lunch on a patio or taking Trevor Greenway is responsible dinner home for the family, there for communications and are plenty of options to browse membership at the Glebe BIA on the Glebe Eats menu. With (Business Improvement Area).

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Beyond the complaints about Health Assembly declared the world the muddled rollout, initial uncer- free of the disease – almost two centur- mini tainties about availability and hesita- ies after Jenner discovered his vaccine. tions about potential side effects, we To date, vaccination is considered one can now see the light at the end of the of the major medical accomplishments, notorious tunnel. and smallpox eradication is described A group of 60-plus Glebe Friends as “the biggest achievement in inter- cakes! Forever (GFF) who received their first national public health”. jab in early spring celebrated the event During the implementation of the with a Zoom jamboree, complete with eradication program, countries that bubbly in flutes and special mini cakes were declared free of smallpox sus- in hand. The virtual party was in appre- pended smallpox vaccination. In ciation of the gift received: the hope of a Canada, inoculation of infants was return to a pre-COVID-19 life with hugs halted in 1972. and kisses, dinners with children and On May 8, 2020, as the WHO cele- grandchildren, backyard BBQs with brated the 40th anniversary of smallpox neighbours and travel adventures. eradication, the world was confronted The term vaccine derives from the with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Latin word for cow – vacca. The very pharmaceutical industry was working first one was produced by the English fast to generate vaccines to contain the doctor Edward Jenner at the end of the new deadly virus. A toast was raised at 18th century. His vaccination was pro- the GFF virtual celebration to recognise tective against smallpox, the deadly both events. We boomers have not only disease that had been striking human been among the first to receive the new populations forever. In fact, signs of COVID-19 vaccine – a privilege indeed scars caused by smallpox are present – but we are also among the last who on 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummies. bear the coin-shaped scars left on the Celebratory When Jenner made his discovery, the arm by the smallpox vaccine. It is a disease was still claiming lives all over reminder that life-threatening viruses gluten-free banana the world. can be beaten and that vaccines are an mini cakes Jenner inoculated people with a essential tool in disease eradication. small amount of liquid from the pus- This is the recipe for gluten-free Dry ingredients: tules developed on the skin of people banana muffins. They were crowned 1/3 cup white rice flour who contracted cowpox, a “tame pox” with the classic vanilla cream-cheese 1/3 cup sorghum flour passed to them by cows (vaccae); hence frosting and delivered to the door of the 1/6 cup tapioca flour – about 2½ tbs the name “vaccine.” Cowpox proved GFF just before the Zoom celebration. A group of “Glebe Friends Forever” 1/6 cup potato starch – about 2½ tbs to provide protection against the more Moist and fragrant, similar to carrot celebrated their vaccinations on Zoom 1 heaping tbs psyllium husks aggressive smallpox in humans. cake in weight and texture, these lovely with bubbly, noisemakers and banana ¼ tsp baking soda mini cakes delivered to their separate Vaccination became popular almost muffins become very satisfying mini doors. 2½ tsp baking powder immediately after its discovery and cakes when dressed up with the creamy ½ tsp salt was soon practised in many coun- topping. PHOTO: MARISA ROMANO 1 cup oatmeal tries around the world. But it was 1 cup chocolate chips (milk chocolate) not until 1959 that the World Health Marisa Romano is a foodie and Organization (WHO) launched a plan scientist with a sense of adventure who Wet ingredients: to eradicate smallpox globally, a plan appreciates interesting and nutritious ½ cup milk which included a mass vaccination foods that bring people together. ½ cup applesauce or mango/applesauce (the one-serving cups from President’s Choice) 1 tbs olive oil 1 egg, beaten 4 ripe bananas

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Tim’s Tapenade

1 1 cups olives, pitted, brine cured (I mix green and kalamata but if flying solo use kalamata) 3 tablespoons capers, rinsed 1 1 tablespoons parsley, coarsely chopped 3 cloves garlic, roasted if desired 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and zest (about 1 large lemon) 1 cup olive oil 1 red pepper, roasted, seeded

Chop solid ingredients or pulse in food processor. Add olive oil and lemon juice, season to taste. Feel free to add herbs or chilli flakes to your taste.

The olive tapenade adds a special something that raises a sandwich to the next level. PHOTO: PETER SIMPSON Elevate your sandwich with tapenade

By Tim O’Connor That’s the cat’s meow in my world. a little olive oil, a little lemon juice and could even make a nut-berry tapenade I want to share a little hack that has maybe a little vinegar. It makes this for your PBJ. I love sandwiches, everything from elevated my sandwiches: tapenade. beautiful friend for a sandwich, adding Get creative. Start small, use my recipe meatball subs to peanut butter and jelly, I made my first tapenade after I had a bit of moisture and oil. Sometimes the and try adding things to see how they but my true love is the deli sandwich. guests over, using scattered leftovers best part of a sandwich is when you dip taste. Sub tomatoes for red peppers or It’s an experience that starts at the from a charcuterie board – three olives, the last bit in the oily puddle of flavour marinated eggplant for pickles. If you’re deli counter where you pick and choose a couple of roasted red peppers that on your plate. It soaks in and tenderizes vegetarian, make a mushroom tapenade whichever meats you want, whether were hanging around the fridge and the bread and makes your whole sand- and you’ll have a sandwich you’ll want it’s plain bologna or turkey with roast wondering where they were going to wich more dynamic. to phone your mom about. There’s no beef or capicola with mortadella or all go, some roasted garlic and that last, My recipe is a basic tapenade, but wrong recipe, it’s just a matter of taste. of the above. My perfect lunch on a hot lonely survivor in the bottom of the arti- feel free to include whatever is in the summer day is to drop a deli sandwich choke jar. back of your fridge. It’s also great on Tim O’Connor was born and raised in on the grill and get a bit of crisp in the Chop it all up as finely as you can a grilled chicken or tofu sandwich or the Glebe and is head chef at Flora bread and a bit of heat in the meat. with a knife or put it in a blender with any sandwich you want to liven up. You Hall Brewing.

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The Kindred of the wild track, recognize all flora and fauna, live off the land and generally grow to com- By Chris McNaught rode down timber-jammed rivers, biv- prehend how profoundly rewarding ouacked in all manner of terrain, woodcraft was. Plague and political correctness per- titling his work plainly for its con- As for the real-life creatures soar- mitting, there’s little finer on a bright tent: The Mountains, The Silent Places, ing and bounding through his stories, Saturday morning than drifting through The Riverman. In The Riverman pub- Seton faithfully rendered their courage a flea-market stall of books from yester- lished in 1908, harking to the boom and environs and, far from fairy-dusting year. In that, I admit a genetic quirk: a days of lumbering, his readers vicari- things, noted “the life of a wild animal shameless affinity for the raw beauty ously leapt, terrified but skilfully, from always has a tragic end,” cautioning that and pristine scape of our magnificent log to log, crashing down dark streams, “we and the beasts are kin.” country just prior to the First World deftly wielding their “peavies” – know In recently enthusing over my rediscov- War, as passionately and graphically what they were? (Editor’s note: a peavy ery of these unique annals of our virgin depicted in unique volumes penned is a pole with a pivoting hooked arm and tapestry to a school-teacher friend, I was by a band of Canadian and American metal spike at one end, used to manipu- surprised by her comment that such work authors my mother teased as muscular late logs.). As America was losing its was inappropriate or too dark for today’s Christians: the dedicated woodsmen, frontiers, White recorded the California youth. I may have misunderstood, but I trail riders, climbers, fishermen, log- gold rush and extolled the rich virtues wonder, given the current paranoia of gers and sifters of the forest gloam. And of roughing it outdoors. pandemic, nuclear holocaust, terrorism, I never overlook the glorious period James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927), endless school massacres, gun crimes, CPR posters of Banff and Lake Louise another American member of this frater- partisan rancour, corporate avarice and to whet my journey back. nity of frontier raconteurs, abandoned a ILLUSTRATION BY FERNAND LUNGREN, FROM climate depredation, if a return to the I rejoice in the trove of tales, trails university English degree to plunder STEWART EDWARD WHITE, THE MOUNTAINS, 1904. wild might not in fact be both construct- and lore bequeathed by my pater- Alaska and Canada’s great northwest ive and more comforting? We might then nal grandfather (whether penned by to confabulate all manner of adventure a monstrous bear, “leaving him alone to begin to atone for the loss of harmony muscular Christians or just avowed nat- in the wilds – The Wolf Hunters, The his freedom in the mountains.” and beauty in our land. uralists and storytellers for whom the Valley of Silent Men and The River’s End, Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), Unlike the stories of Aesop, Beatrix land and wildlife formed their own reli- in which a Canadian Mountie “gets his was a British-born, longtime Canadian Potter or Kenneth Grahame (Wind in gion). I look over my sacred shelves and man.” He sweetened some tales with resident, latterly an American cit- the Willows, for example), which are I wonder who of you, or our children, secondary romance to extend commer- izen and a founder of Boy Scouts of unquestioned treasures of course, have brushed, or ever will brush, with cial reach and several of his themes even America – “Woodcraft is the first of all Roberts, White and Seton did not Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, first Canadian enjoyed early movie success. of the sciences.” He esteemed the “law anthropomorphize their subjects in the author attracting real world attention. Animals, however, were Curwood’s lead of the land,” meaning the rule and wild but ascribed character traits and Roberts and his fellow disciples her- characters. Once a hunter, like Roberts’ ways of nature. Back in 1912, he vigor- emotion dictated by observation and alded North America’s rugged allure young lad in The Kindred of the Wild who ously preached the cultural wisdom scientific reflection on animal instinct. nearly a century and a quarter ago, yet swore never to trap again after staring at of Indigenous people (the Utes, for So much to bind us to the past, should their prose rarely seems dated; many of dead rabbits in a snare, Curwood was example) who obeyed that law, dedicat- we listen, the key, cyclical ingredient their descriptive passages verge on the converted to preservationism after kill- ing himself to instilling native precepts of the present. May we all roam again magisterial. Roberts’ work, such as Kings ing several bears in British Columbia: as a foundation for youth to understand amongst the kindred of the wild, in that In Exile, The Haunters of the Silences and “The greatest thrill is not to kill, but to and respect the wilds. “land of mystery and enchantment.” The Kindred of the Wild, waved a flag of let live.” True to his words, he created his En route, Seton wrote extensively vivid, wildlife drama above Canada’s animal books as expiation for his “slaugh- about and illustrated how to construct a Chris McNaught is an author and young confederation, portraying primal ter,” which he came to regard as almost teepee, avoid poisonous toadstools and former criminal lawyer and university spirit as a national identity. criminal. In one of his finest works, The other fungi, locate pure water, create lecturer. His most recent novel is Dùn Stewart Edward White, master woods- Grizzly King, he consolidates his ultimate herbal medicines, build a proper cooking Phris, A Gathering, Pegasus/Vanguard man and trailblazer, roamed the Sierras, respect after spotting but not killing Thor, fire, sleep safely, leave or follow a hidden Press, UK, 2020.

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programs that will be happening all summer long. notebook to record all your summer reads on the Some programs require registration with a library TD Summer Reading Club website. You can also card. You can register online or over the phone in read e-books without a waitlist, vote in the Battle advance to get a children’s library card. of the Books, answer weekly trivia questions, write The TD Summer Reading Club will start with stories and jokes. You can also read a web comic a virtual kick off at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June created especially for the club and participate in 29, but you can join the club anytime throughout workshops by this year’s special author and illus- the summer, starting June 23. You do not need a trator Ashley Spires! Summerland is back! library card to join the TD Summer Reading Club Visit BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca for all the details or to participate in many of the programs. Visit about this summer of fun. See you in Summerland! By Susan Townley your local library branch or bookmobile stop to grab a Summer Reading Club kit, which includes Susan Townley loves to sing, dance and have fun I think we are all ready for summer to begin this year! A a fun bilingual notebook, a web access code, stick- every day in the Children’s Department at the sure sign of summer is the arrival of the TD Summer Reading ers and a fortune-teller. You can create an online Sunnyside Branch Library. Club and the Ottawa Public Library’s online celebration of summer, Summerland, is back this year. Every summer across Canada, more than 2,000 public libraries encourage children to keep reading and participate in the TD Summer Reading Club, a free bilingual program. Library summer reading clubs What Your provide an important way for children to maintain their read- ing skills, confidence and motivation. Children who partici- Neighbours are pate in summer reading clubs not only maintain their grade level in reading, they also enter the fall a few months ahead. This year more than ever, the challenge of not falling behind on reading skills over the summer is critical. Most import- Reading antly, libraries and their summer reading clubs encourage a life-long love of reading! Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: The Ottawa Public Library has many online fun-filled pro- TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR BOOK CLUB grams, games and prizes this summer. We are offering some The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, returning favourites and some brand-new online programs as Erik Larsen The 15 Book Club Family, and Defiance During the Blitz well. Our regular online English, French and bilingual weekly From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Storytimes emphasize literacy and numeracy skills for pre- Jesse Thistle Abbotsford Book Club on Zoom school and kindergarten children. For school-age readers, Homeless, and Finding My Way Books Talk is a fun online book club where kids get together Washington Black Esi Edugyan Broadway Book Club as a group to discuss their favourite books and characters The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue Can Litterers with a library staff member who will lead the discussion and activities. Dungeons and Dragons fans will enjoy creating a Transcription Kate Atkinson Helen’s Book Club story with our OPL Staff Dungeon Master. There is a new D&D The Sun is a Compass: A 4,000-mile Journey Caroline Van Hemert Seriously No-Name Book Club adventure every week all summer long. into the Alaskan Wilds We also have many special guests joining us online to offer A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adven- Rick McIntyre The Book Club programs for a variety of ages and interests. You can practise ture of Liberalism yoga with Little Lotus Yoga, dance with Luv2Groove, act with The Glass Hotel Emily St. John Mandel Topless Book Club the Company of Fools, be a scientist with the Maker Mobile of uOttawa, play music online with musician Joel Jacques, observe Indians on Vacation Thomas King the sky with astronomer Dave Chisholm and make a puppet with puppeteer Mike Harding. These are just a few of the amazing If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at [email protected]

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*Confidentiality guaranteed and COVID measures in place 22 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 BOOKS Picturebooks to heal your heart By Shoshana Magnet change. He lives in a neighbourhood where everything stays the same, prob- “Transitions are hard,” I say too often. ably what Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Recently arriving home and trying Betasamosake Simpson would call a to transition to the noise of chil- “suburban deathscape” – an “unchan- dren, I found myself yelling for quiet ging street with a fixed number of trees, when I was barely over the thresh- dogs, cats and cars.” Until the arrival old. “Transitions are hard mummy,” of Mr. Flux, who doesn’t just tolerate said my youngest. “Maybe you need to change, he loves it! He enjoys mixing get used to noise.” As we collectively things up, making art that includes approach a moment of transition, with a tuba filled with tennis balls. He is its attendant joys and anxieties, I high- unlike Martin whose fear of change light two books that focus on the possi- means not wanting to try a new bike bilities of movement and change. that is “too new and scary to ride.” Then Martin finds a large wooden box and gives it to Mr. Flux. Mr. Flux is hold- ing out a puzzle piece painted with a blue sky and fluffy white clouds. “Look, my friend just sent me a bit of sky,” says Mr. Flux, sparking a lovely friendship. The pandemic has necessitated spending more time with our neigh- bours. I feel so grateful to my adult neighbours for taking an interest in my children, talking with them seriously and asking them how they are hang- ing in. Mr. Flux is this kind of adult; he nurtures and encourages Martin to try some changes. Even when they don’t We Move Together, understand one another, they both like by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire, “each other enough to give new things illustrated by Eduardo Trejos. a go.” Isn’t that all life is? An unending AK Press, 2021. series of trying to give new things a go? I have longed for this book. As some- This pandemic asks so much of us, one with a child with a disability, this including to keep trying even when book is world changing. We are born we are surrounded by unwelcome and dependent, we die dependent. It is frightening change. You can sweep fantasy to think we are anything less back the tide with a broom until you are than dependent on one another all covered in blisters, but one truth is that our lives. This book emphasizes that we are bobbing on these changing tides “all bodies have strengths and needs of life, both separately and together. that must be met,” reminding us that When the day comes that Mr. Flux is we need to “move together, with no ready to move on, Martin is sad, then body left behind.” The illustrations secretly delighted when his friend’s car are joyful. Each page reminds me of the breaks down. But he sees “Mr. Flux’s joy of those moments when “we move sad face and knew he had places to together” and our shared movements go.” Martin fetches his “beloved old red produce change. bicycle” and bequeaths it to Mr. Flux. We are shown an ice cream shop ren- This book revives the old truism: Isn’t it dered inaccessible by a single stair, better to have been transformed by love followed by a scene with folks making than never to have loved at all? stair risers so all businesses can be accessible for those who roll. Look for the helpers, said Mister Rogers. Here they are, making the world better, one stair riser at a time. This book is wondrous because it teaches critical thinking in social jus- tice movements in a single two-page spread. One scene illustrates the importance of straws for some people with disabilities, as a woman holds out a cup with a straw so her lover can drink. The next page features the war on straws for environmental reasons, reminding us that “these things that connect us are often what challenge us” and that “sometimes we disagree about how to be together.” Yet We Move Together reminds us that disagreement, discomfort and conflict are not the end of the world; they are part of the strug- gle, the reason to patiently keep at it, even if we may need to take a break. We Move Together is all the better because one of the authors, Kelly Fritsch, lives in Ottawa. The book is available at Octopus Books.

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Her years in Canada unfurl without the political The Marta Poems upheavals of the early section of the book, yet the vicissitudes of a quiet life are no less dramatic in by Susan J. Atkinson Atkinson’s hands. Love waxes and wanes, dreams flare and fade, months turn into decades. Beloved Review by Laura Byrne Paquet items – a battered diary, a leather satchel – become totems anchoring Marta in the past, present and Ethereal, haunting, earthy, gut-punching – if I had future. And even those items, with Marta’s passing, a poet’s mastery of language, I’d be reaching for are drained of the power they once held. words like these to describe a new collection by Grief runs deeply through many of these poems, Old Ottawa South’s Susan J. Atkinson. Atkinson but readers’ reactions are hard to predict. Some may is a poet and Grade 1 teacher at Charles H. Hulse find the thoughtful reflections on heartbreak uplift- Public School. The Marta Poems is her debut poetry ing, while others may be brought low. While loss is collection. a recurring theme, it is far from the only one linking Those who think they “don’t like poetry” may be these poems. Many pieces capture moments of joy, in for a pleasant surprise, as the 79 pieces are linked sparked by events as simple as building a sandcastle by the gossamer strand of a single life. Together, they or gazing at stars. Just like life, together they’re a tell a tale as gripping as a full-length novel. Instead densely woven fabric of light and dark, sun and rain, of chapters, the reader gets glimpses into key points peace and sorrow. in the life of the title character. Atkinson expertly Atkinson explains in the notes that Marta was a distills the emotions and fallout from each experi- real person, but her story has been fictionalized to ence – a birth, a fire, a journey, a chance meeting make it more universal. Whether you read the pieces – to their essence. Little that’s extraneous remains, all in one evening to immerse yourself in Marta’s so the poems evoke moments in time that linger in story or savour them a few at a time, I suspect you’ll the memory like photographs. agree that Atkinson has achieved that end. Marta The pieces are divided into five chronological sec- lived and died in specific circumstances, but the tiny tions, beginning with Marta’s birth in Poland in details Atkinson has used to evoke them – a moonlit 1925. The following two decades see her buffeted by goodbye, a scrap of fabric, a thick slab of buttered forces ranging from family tragedies to the Second bread, a cardinal alighting on a tree – will have res- World War. (One note: Don’t read the table of con- onance for many. tents first – it gives away much of the story.) The poems vary in length, style and voice, each Through Atkinson’s words, we feel strangers’ finely tailored like the clothes Marta sews. Even if kneecaps digging into us as an overloaded railcar you think you don’t like poetry, try this collection trundles across Siberia, packed with unwilling human cargo. We feel the deck on for size. You might find it fits you. rocking beneath our feet as a ship crosses the Caspian Sea and the humid rain on The Marta Poems are available through Amazon.ca or, better yet, you can shop our faces during a Rhodesian storm. Then, as war’s end brings Marta to England, local at Perfect Books, Black Squirrel Books, Books on Beechwood, Octopus Books we feel the stirrings of hope mixed with distrust and weariness. Marta is only 23 and Coles Bookstore in Billings Bridge. when she sets sail once more, this time to Canada, but it feels to us – and to her – like she has already lived several lives. Laura Byrne Paquet is a freelance writer and editor living in Old Ottawa South.

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(US, Korea, 2021) to find a lost child. The story asks us to Directed by Jo Sung-hee weigh money against morality so many times it’s like we’re being beaten over Review by Kate Roberts the head with a Dickens novel. Space Sweepers does a good job of pitting man This Korean Netflix movie owes us against self, but someone on the pro- absolutely nothing. It isn’t a franchise, duction team had a wave of anxiety that a book adaptation, a historical reenact- a villain of conscience isn’t enough. ment or a remake. It falls somewhere There must be more! To fix that, they between the dramatized movies of introduced a harsh environment that winter and the sparkly epics that signal our heroes battle in every scene and the start of summer. Space Sweepers threw in an ancient megalomaniac Meatballs still keeps you laughing asks us to drop all expectations and who is literally crippled by greed just to enjoy what pieces we can, whether it’s chase our good people around for a bit. the robot child with delicate sinuses or Space Sweepers starts with an ambi- (US, 1979) Haliburton and West Guilford in August the space-turf environmental terrorist tious yet financially unlucky crew and Directed by and September of 1978. cinepix.ca/film/ organization. jumps through many plot holes to end Ivan Reitman meatballs/ It’s a little all over the place and yet in a united rush to save humanity and Meatballs was directed by Ivan I’ve heard this story many times before. the planet itself. If you think about it, Review by Reitman and selected for National A team of rogues spends its days doing everything links together – but you have Lois Siegel Canadian Film Day on April 21 this year. everything it can to make a penny. to really think about it. Two things that Back in the day, it won Genie Awards Eventually the rogues find something are mercifully consistent, however, are Many young people go to summer for Best Screenplay and Best Actress for worth more than money and unite yes- the graphics and creative world-build- camp. Maybe you have been to one, but Kate Lynch. (The Genie Awards are now terday’s competition to save the day. ing. I would not hesitate to see Space it surely was not as crazy as the one in called The Canadian Screen Awards.) This is the same plot as Guardians of Sweepers on a giant IMAX screen. It’s the film Meatballs. The film stars Bill The film was the highest-gross- the Galaxy, Les Misérables, Ready Play not always clear whose banged-up Murray as Tripper, the camp program ing Canadian film of all time in the One, Sing, etc. Where Space Sweepers box of a ship belongs to whom, but director. Camp North Star is a boy’s United States and Canada, winning the finds originality is in its details. the speckles of space debris, orbiting camp in Ontario for 14- year-olds. Golden Reel Award Canada, which was In 2092, life has moved into orbit and highways, detailed streets in temporary The story follows a young man, Rudy, presented at the Genies to the highest- space trash is a fact of life. Collecting living barges and grunge-style control who is not keen on being at the camp grossing Canadian films. the floating debris is a job for desper- rooms transport us to a promising new and lacks self-confidence, but Tripper I was part of the production crew after ate suckers like the crew of the Victory, world. Even the regular lens flares add expertly helps him to fit in. teaching film production at John Abbot manned by Captain Jang (Kim Tae-ri), a little mystery to this sci-fi environ- Tripper is also the head prankster at College and Concordia University. pilot Tae-ho (Song Joong-Ki), strong- ment. What Space Sweepers lacks when the camp. People sometimes wake up Other Canadian crew members and man Tiger Park (Seon-Kyu Jin) and the it comes to focused plot, it makes up for to find themselves sleeping in trees. their school affiliations were: robot jack-of-all-trades Bubs (Hae-Jin in culture and design. Fans of Bill Murray will love his per- Ernie Kestler – second camera assist- Yoo). Their latest haul is an abandoned Most life in 2092 happens off-planet, formance. The first thing Tripper does ant, Concordia University ship, but as they’re disassembling it, a meaning that national borders have is tear up the camp rules. Delightful Rit Wallis – second assistant editor, white space suit pops into view and it all but evaporated. There are at least chaos prevails. With Tripper in charge, John Abbott College) contains a lost little girl. Um – who dis? a dozen languages spoken in Space Camp North Star is different from other Josh Nefsky – stills photographer, While the crew tries to figure out what Sweepers, so it makes no difference camps – for example, he announces Concordia University. to do with this calm, adorable mystery, whether you watch the movie in the Sexual Awareness Week and brings Much to everyone’s surprise, a news broadcast warns them that a dubbed English (which is actually quite hookers into the camp. Meatballs grossed $17. 9 million in its terrorist organization has developed a good) or the original Korean so long There is Olympian competition with first 17 days. It was followed by sev- new bomb that looks, sounds and acts as you turn on the subtitles. The only rival Camp Mohawk and it includes a eral sequels: Meatballs Part II (1984), like – you guessed it – a little girl. The cultural difference in Space Sweepers swimming rally. To give Camp North Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) crew shelters in place from their bowl- is whether our characters live up in Star an advantage, one camper puts a and Meatballs 4 (1992). None of the cut weapon of mass destruction while the clouds or down in the smog. This fish in a competitor’s swimsuit. sequels involved either Ivan Reitman or the girl (Ye-Rin Park) starts a new col- is essentially the sequel to the 2013 A popular camp song becomes: “The Bill Murray. Only Meatballs lll: Summer ouring project. Although terrified, the Elysium but with a lot more Pacific Rim Food is Hideous.” And there is a hot Job had any connection to the original. team isn’t stupid and sees potential for inspiration. Space Sweepers gets a little dog eating contest between two very some quick cash, even if it means doing lazy around plot structure but it steps overweight rivals. The film is full of sur- Running time: 94 minutes business with terrorists. They strike a up with pretty visuals and fun charac- prises and is always entertaining. Available: Amazon deal and get moving, but as they near ters. It’s dumb but highly satisfying. Although Meatballs first came out in the drop-point, it becomes harder and Space Sweepers is a great warm-up for 1979, it still holds up and will keep you Lois Siegel is a photographer, harder to resist their little cargo’s explo- those summer blockbusters at a 5.5/10. laughing as everything goes wrong. filmmaker, educator, musician and sive charm. Filming took place at Camp White agent who regularly reviews films for That’s the first half of Space Sweepers. Running time: 2 hours 16 minutes Pine on Hurricane Lake between the Glebe Report. It perfectly explains that our crew are Available: Netflix cool people with tilted moral codes. They’re also dirt poor. In the world – or Kate Roberts grew up in the Glebe and off-world – of Space Sweepers, money is is a movie addict who has been writing everything. It’s the difference between reviews since 2013. Her reviews can be living on a poisonous planet or farm found at plentyofpopcorn.wordpress. fields in space. Or having enough cash com.

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Actress. Nomadland is Zhao’s third film; versions of themselves. Brady is played known. It defines who he is. What is The Rider: all of them have been “docu-dramas” – by Brady Jandreau in what is one of the he to do with the rest of his life? And hybrids of documentary and fiction. My most touching performances I’ve ever how can he possibly give up being a cowboy docu- favourite is her second film, The Rider. seen on screen. His father is played around horses? He dearly loves them There are plenty of reasons why The by his real father, Tim Jandreau. – especially his beautiful horse, Gus – drama by Oscar- Rider was on 30 critics’ “Top 10 Films Lilly is played by Brady’s sister, Lilly and is supremely skilful when training of 2018” lists. Jandreau. By some sort of cinematic them. We watch him patiently, gently winning director The Rider is a lyrical story about a magic, Zhao and her cinematographer, break a horse to a bridle and rider; it’s modern-day cowboy and rodeo star, Joshua James Richards, unobtru- pure poetry. (USA, 2017) Brady Blackburn. Brady lives on the sively captured beautiful naturalistic Brady has conflicts with his father, Directed by Chloé Zhao Lakota Sioux’s Pine Ridge Reservation performances from every one of the who worries he’ll kill himself if he in South Dakota with his ne’er-do-well people on screen. returns to the rodeo. Brady pushes Review by Barbara Popel father, Wayne, and his sister, Lilly, who After Zhao filmed her first film,Songs back, reminding Wayne that he had may be autistic. My Brother Taught Me, on the Pine always told Brady to “be a man,” to By now, many folks are aware that This is where The Rider differs a bit Ridge Reservation, she said, “When I “cowboy up” in the face of adversity. Chloé Zhao made history as the first from Nomadland. In Nomadland, the saw Brady, who was working there, I Most of his friends urge him to get back non-Caucasian woman – and only the dramatic focus is on the accomplished just thought, wow, he has a presence, I in the saddle. But you can see that Brady second woman – to win the Oscar for actress, Frances McDormand. But in think the camera is really going to love is unsure whether he should do so. He Best Director. Her film, Nomadland, The Rider, Brady, Wayne, Lilly and his face. And then I saw him training has seizures that cause his right hand also won the Oscar for Best Film, and every other character are non-actors horses and I knew I had to make a film to lock in a clenched fist. His inner con- Frances McDormand won for Best who are playing lightly fictionalized with him.” But she was unable to find flict is made worse because his father a story for him that worked, until the hasn’t paid their rent for four months. day he was injured in a horrific accident Somehow, Brady needs to make money. – a bucking horse he’d been riding at He’s a gifted horse trainer, but that Whiplash a rodeo threw him and stepped on his involves riding. There are virtually no skull. And that is the beginning of the other work options for him. a riveting film that story of The Rider. The Rider is a beautiful, very moving The film opens with Brady gingerly film. You’ll want to see what choices stays with you removing a large bandage from his Brady makes. head, revealing a mass of stitches. (US, 2014) Something a doctor or nurse should Running time: 103 minutes Directed by Damien Chazelle be doing at a hospital much later, but Rated: 14A Brady is anxious to get back to his Available on Cineplex Store, Google Review by Angus Luff normal life. Except his normal life is Play, Microsoft, Mongrel Home now fraught with real peril. The doctors Cinema, Mubi, Prime Video, TIFF Whiplash came out in 2014, yet it lives have warned him that he can’t afford Digital Lightbo, and YouTube on because of its relevance to anyone another head injury. “No more riding, who has a dream and wants to pursue no more rodeos.” So being a cowboy, Barb Popel has lived in the Glebe since it, such as myself. Whiplash is prob- much less being a bronco rider, is com- 1991. At university in the early 1970s, ably my favourite film of all time; it’s the room. When Andrew is out in the pletely out of the question. But being she was introduced to the joys of film. certainly up there at least. It uses the open, able to talk and connect to his a cowboy is all that Brady has ever She’s been an avid filmgoer ever since. power of cinema, what we hear, see family, the cold but refreshing green and feel to its fullest potential and cre- and blue play into the relief of getting ates an absolutely riveting and electri- out of that tight, claustrophobic, terrify- fying experience that will stick with ing room. This is what makes Whiplash you forever. such a compelling story, not just char- Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an acter wise but also visually; this a story aspiring drummer, looking to make it that couldn’t be told through a book or in the jazz industry. During Andrew’s video game but only through cinema. time at a music conservatory, Terence Fantastic direction from Damien Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), a jazz teacher, Chazelle, amazing acting from J.K. sees potential in him and transfers him Simmons and Miles Teller, the music, into his band. Everything seems alright the cinematography and pacing give for Andrew at first, but Fletcher’s teach- this movie an energy that builds and ing style is shown in its true colours builds until the explosive, show-stop- when Andrew joins the band. Fletcher ping conclusion that can be read so is extremely emotionally and verbally many different ways. We know that abusive to his students, including Fletcher’s teaching is wrong, but tech- Andrew. He torments Andrew with his nically Andrew got what he wanted and ruthless ways, causing him to focus he improved. Andrew lost everything, more and more on the drums instead but this was all he really had. He did of his family and girlfriend. He spirals have his family, but his family didn’t into this obsessive state as the relation- really care about his dreams. After it’s ship between Fletcher and Andrew gets over, you start thinking about all the increasingly heated. possible ways to interpret the char- Much like how Rocky isn’t actually acters’ motivation. You think about it about boxing, this movie isn’t actually hours after you watched it and then about drumming. The drums could for days and weeks and months. If you mean anything to the audience. The start thinking about a film and relating drums could mean sports or acting it to your life even months after seeing or drawing; it’s whatever the person it, that’s when a film succeeds. Films watching it wants to aspire to. This should make us think and Whiplash makes the film so much more mean- not only made me think, it made me ingful than just a really good drama. try and get better and better at what I And because we sympathize and love to do. Even though I haven’t even relate to Andrew, this gives us an emo- scratched the surface of what this tional attachment to him and makes movie means to me, just saying that it the stakes even higher. We all want made me think about my life is prob- to succeed so we want Andrew to suc- ably all I really need to say to sum up ceed, but this movie asks how much is the power of this film. enough? Which it asks very well. The cinematography makes us feel Running time: 107 minutes so many different things. When we Streaming on Amazon Prime Video are in the studio band with Fletcher in this stressful, dangerous world, the Angus Luff is a student at Glebe warm colours – the oranges and reds Collegiate. He grew up in the Glebe – play into the anger and hostility in and is obsessed with movies. 26 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 FILM ON THE SCREEN O

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This year, we’re working with streets a raised crosswalk between Mutchmor directly to implement new initiatives. and the school yard. We’re only in the Shawn Menard On some streets, you will start to see beginning phases of this project and Councillor, Capital Ward painted bulb-outs with flex stakes. will be consulting residents for feed- N 613-580-2487 These are meant to narrow the street, back and suggestions. E [email protected] T @capitalward encouraging drivers to slow down. We E [email protected] www.shawnmenard.ca have also set up new signage alerting West Coast Video Update drivers to share space with other road The two-storey building at 1123-1125 users to try to make our streets quieter Bank Street that used to house West and more welcoming for all residents. Coast Video has now sat vacant and Ward improvements, street safety These signs are part of a special pro- boarded up for 12 years. It was gutted gram that the city has implemented by fire in 2009 and has been a challenge and a big handout to big business during the pandemic, when we need ever since. It is a significant concern for more space in our streets for residents Old Ottawa South and the rest of us in City Hall is busy wrapping up a few files have occurred without the tax break. to move around safely. Capital Ward. There has been regular before council breaks for a few weeks In just a few days, more than 4,000 In the coming months, we will take graffiti on the building, bylaw com- over July and August. At the end of May, people signed a petition to stop it. The a report to council to complete the plaints about garbage, leaks, animals we held a public consultation on bicyc- vote at council was 15-9 in favour of the 30 km/h gateway speed zone east of and other issues. ling infrastructure in the ward as part tax break, and it follows other coun- Bank Street, like the one implemented At the end of May, we brought a of work on the Transportation Master cil decisions that highlight why change a couple of years ago on the west side motion to city council that would allow Plan. We have also been consulting is needed. From the Chateau Laurier of the neighbourhood. Bringing speed for the demolition of the building and with the community and staff on a vote to the Stage 2 LRT vote where vital limits down to 30 km/h makes a signifi- expedite the process. few development projects in the ward. information was withheld from coun- cant difference in the overall safety of We are working with the building And we continue with our Community cillors to the vote on expanding the our streets. It is our intention to imple- owner to see this through and allow it Care calls, as we want to hear what’s urban boundary, City Hall needs to do ment these zones across all of Capital to be replaced with a temporary small important to you, the residents of a better job of listening to the public Ward by the end of this term of council. park that would include grass and a Capital Ward. and acting accordingly. Finally, we are currently working with sitting area. We are hopeful this will the city’s Road Safety Action Plan team happen and be a crucial first step to A Tax Break for a Porsche Dealership Traffic Calming in the Glebe on improvements to Fourth Avenue the redevelopment of this property on Back in May, city council made the Every year, we roll out measures in between Lyon and Percy. This block was our traditional mainstreet. regrettable decision to give a $2.9-mil- the neighbourhood to try to calm traf- identified for improvements as part of lion tax break to an established Porsche fic and make our streets safer. Our office the city’s “Transforming School Zones” Shawn Menard is city councillor for dealership on Montreal Road. The pay- has a limited budget for these measures project. Staff are considering meas- Capital Ward. He can be reached ments would be spread out over ten – called “Temporary Traffic Calming” ures like speed bumps, bulb-outs and directly at [email protected]. years after the company built a new or TTC measures – and we do our best dealership on its lot. to spread them around the ward to help This is an unfortunate decision. as much of our community as possible. This giveaway was made as part of a Many of you are familiar with the Community Improvement Plan for 30km/h speed limits, the flex stakes in Montreal Road. The intention is to the centre of streets and the blue flex spur development along that stretch, posts along our bike lanes, but the encouraging developments that would TTC program covers a number of other not otherwise occur. measures as well. These include road- Unfortunately, there is scant evi- painting, special traffic calming signs, New Clients Always Welcome! dence that this development would not electronic speed boards and more. • Preventive Medicine • Vaccination • Assessment and Treatment • Surgery and Dentistry of Injuries and Illness • Nutritional Counseling

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It’s time for justice in long-term care Every morning when I walked into for-profit LTC homes came first. work in the first week of May, I thought A Toronto Star analysis noted “the of a personal support worker coming financial statements of Extendicare, off a night shift at a long-term care Sienna Senior Living and Chartwell (LTC) home. Retirement Residences show that in Why? Because the report from the first three quarters of 2020 (ending Ontario’s Long-Term Care Commission September 30), these for-profit com- had just dropped. The report is the panies collectively paid out nearly $171 third document in recent months that million to shareholders at the same time is damning of the Ford government’s as they received $138.5 million through handling of COVID-19 in LTC homes, provincial pandemic pay for front-line notably in for-profit homes. workers, the Canada Emergency Wage As one report noted: “We know the Subsidy (CEWS) program or other pan- first cases of COVID-19 were found in demic funding.” four LTC homes on March 17 of last year. As David Milstead of the Globe and From March 2020 to the end of the year, Mail reported, Chartwell, which oper- 76 per cent of LTC homes in Ontario ates 23 LTC homes in Ontario, paid out reported cases of COVID-19 among more in executive bonuses in 2020, the residents and staff. As of today, 3,918 year COVID-19 came to Ontario, than it residents and 11 long-term care staff had the year before. have died with the illness in Ontario, Not one private LTC home has lost its according to provincial data.” license, and they are all fully funded What was the Ford government’s until the end of August. We can and By Jim Watson Ottawa once again for their patience response? Merilee Fullerton, the LTC must do better than this. over the last 14 months. Vaccines are minister, spent most of the week blam- It’s time to implement the recom- The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubt- rolling out in large quantities, the ing others. mendations of the Long-Term Care edly impacted nearly every single facet weather is getting nicer, we are making “We were overdue for a pandemic,” Commission, including raising wages of our lives in Ottawa and around the great progress on our key city-building she said. Pardon me? and benefits for PSWs, so their com- world. Virtually no domain has been projects and the end of this difficult “Government coordination takes pensation is comparable to the hospital left untouched in the face of this public journey is in sight. We will get through time,” she continued, “and it just sector. We also need a four-hour min- health crisis, with one exception: work this together. wasn’t a match for the speed of COVID- imum daily-care standard, so every continues to move forward on major 19. There are many lessons learned resident gets the quality care they need. projects that will transform this city The path to a greener city from wave one, wave two and there will Finally, we need to take profit out of for generations. I wanted to provide As we’re starting to get a glimpse of be lessons learned from wave three.” long-term care, so every dollar invested a brief update on a few of our largest a return to normal life in Ottawa, the That’s nonsense from start to finish. in the system goes towards care rather infrastructure projects. warm days of spring reminded us that The governments of B.C. and Quebec than being paid out in dividends and the climate is not what it used to be. took a different approach as one wave executive bonuses. New Civic Campus Rain in February, snow in April, 30+ of COVID-19 led to the next. They were What happened in long-term care The Ottawa Hospital has completed degrees in May and our city has seen able to protect personal support work- homes last year can never be allowed the next stage of planning for the more natural disasters in the last three ers (PSWs), LTC residents and other to happen again. Let’s overhaul the campus and plans to open in 2028 as years than we had in the previous half care workers. system to put the wellbeing of residents one of the largest and most advanced century. Environment Week in Ottawa But in Ontario, the interests of and workers before profits. hospitals in Canada. Construction of took place in early June, and I am proud the project will help drive the regional to share a few ambitious projects that economy, creating an estimated 20,000 the City is undertaking to ensure our jobs as well as research and training greenspace and waterways are pro- opportunities. It will offer world-class tected for future generations: health care in eastern Ontario that will Climate Change Master Plan: In attract health care providers, research- October 2020, Council unanimously ers and students from around the world. approved the Climate Change Master Plan, including Energy Evolution, an Stage 2 LRT energy transition strategy for Ottawa. With Stage 1 of our Light Rail Transit This aggressive plan sets the frame- system open and operating smoothly, work for Ottawa to achieve a reduction we are keeping up the momentum to of community GHG emissions of 100% better connect the suburbs of Ottawa by 2050. to the downtown core. Residents will Electrification of transit: Once fully see construction on all three O-Train operational, the LRT Stage 2 alone extensions – south to Limebank and will reduce GHG emissions by 110,000 Digital rendering of the Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic Campus. (credit – TOH) near the airport, east all along Highway tonnes per year. As part of a pilot proj- 174 and west towards Moodie Drive and ect, four electric buses will be in service Waste Diversion: The City has seen Water: The 17 projects that make up Algonquin College. I am encouraged by this fall, marking the first step towards a significant increase in diversion of the Ottawa River Action Plan (ORAP) the pace of the work and look forward the electrification of the OC Transpo organic waste. In 2019, the City col- are all designed to enhance the health to seeing these next stages of our LRT bus fleet, which will help the City reach lected 9% more organic, leaf and of the Ottawa River. The Combined roll out over the next few years. its 2050 goal. yard waste than in 2018, and a fur- Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST), one LED streetlights: Hydro Ottawa has ther 15% increase was observed in of the most important projects of the OPL/LAC Central Library so far converted 53,000 of our city’s 2020. We also saw a 37% increase ORAP, will greatly reduce the frequency The new, net-zero-carbon, joint facil- streetlights from traditional lamps in the number of multi-residential of sewage overflows entering the ity with Library & Archives Canada to energy-efficient LED. This project properties with a Green Bin program. Ottawa River during storms, thereby will be an accessible and welcoming decreased the City’s carbon dioxide Greener buildings: The Ottawa protecting our water, the fish habitat space for all to connect, learn, discover emissions by a remarkable 1,200 metric Public Library and Library & Archives and our beaches. and create. The plans include an area tonnes every year and translates into Canada Joint Facility will be a state- Wishing you all a wonderful summer dedicated to the study of Indigenous a 55% reduction in energy consump- of-the-art building. Scheduled to and I hope you will enjoy all the beau- culture, an open “town square” on the tion, equivalent to $4 million in annual open in 2025, it is being designed tiful parks, paths and beaches that ground floor and a rooftop café with savings. to be a Net Zero Carbon facility. On Ottawa has to offer. stunning views of Parliament Hill and Trees: In addition to my commitment the residential side, the new Better For more information on the City’s the beautiful Ottawa River. This excit- to plant 500,000 trees during this term Homes Loan Program will provide environmental initiatives, please visit: ing new space is expected to open of Council, the new and strengthened low-interest loans to homeowners JimWatsonOttawa.ca. in 2024. Tree Protection By-law will help better for the green retrofitting of their I would like to thank the people of preserve and protect our urban canopy. properties. Jim Watson is the mayor of Ottawa. GLEBOUS & COMICUS Glebe Report June 11, 2021 29 CMYK The Glebe according to Zeus A GUINEA PIG’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLEBE

Odyssey Theatre will host 15 youths for a memorable four-week free online theatre apprenticeship in August, covering a range of theatre roles and techniques. Applications are due by June 18. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ODYSSEY THEATRE Odyssey Theatre gives youth a glimpse into theatre world

By Matteo Cimellaro learn how a theatre production is run from inception to performance. The apprentices Do you know a youth with an interest in do 12 workshops across different areas of theatre? In August, Odyssey Theatre will the theatre (performance, directing, writ- host 15 youths for a memorable online ing, design) and receive feedback from theatre experience. Apprentices will professional artists. At the end of these spend the entire month being mentored sessions, they will present their own the- by professional theatre artists on theatre atre creation and receive feedback from roles and techniques before staging their Odyssey’s actors and director. Peegcoin cryptocurrency: boom or bust? very own production in front of Odyssey To finish the program, apprentices will artists, friends and family. have a talk-back session with Odyssey A cryptocurrency that started as a had never heard of it but wanted to “The youth apprenticeship program professionals for advice on school and joke skyrocketed last week by 4,000 sell it. Will Wates was unavailable for is so important for students to develop careers. They are encouraged to maintain times its initial value to a whopping comment, citing personal affairs, but their creative skills and explore their connections with the local theatre com- 0.00000000005 billionth of a cent. his lawyer stated the cryptocurrency interest in theatre alongside professional munity following the program. Peegcoin, the enormously popu- may not be legal. artists,” said Odyssey’s artistic director Previous apprentices have gone on to lar rival to Dogecoin, was started by One person did seem to know Laurie Steven. “They will learn every- study and work in performance, produc- Algonquin College culinary gradu- about Peegcoin. “Peegcoin is genius,” thing about creating live theatre through tion, sound and running a theatre. One ates François and Jean-Guy. “It was gushed Eyon Tusk. “They are gold fun, engaging workshops.” recent apprentice was nominated for a just a joke,” said François. “Ben ouai, bullion coins, I’m told. Finding them Odyssey Theatre is Ottawa’s award- Rideau Theatre Award as best emerging c’était juste une blague,” concurred requires walking about in the Glebe – winning professional summer theatre artist. Odyssey’s apprentices also learn Jean-Guy, who was recently released no crypto-mining. It’s eco-friendly. It’s renowned for its productions featur- new life skills, develop self-confidence from incarceration after a run-in with healthy. It’s genius. I’ve been scouring ing masks, physical theatre, clowns and and create lasting friendships. the Hintonburg Border Collie Police. the Glebe for weeks to get my hands puppetry. Its Theatre Under the Stars “It is so worth it,” said a 2019 appren- But Peegcoin is also volatile, plum- on a Peegcoin. Lost four pounds.” takes place beside the Rideau River in tice. “You really learn so much and make meting last week to an all time low As of press time, we were not able Strathcona Park and has been a highlight friendships that will last a lifetime. There of 0.00000000005 to the power of to locate a single Peegcoin, even at of the Ottawa summer theatre scene for is no experience like it.” negative aleph-two of a cent. When Alf’s on Third. However, the Glebe the past 35 years. The program is free and Odyssey offers pressed about this unexpected fluc- Stock Exchange (GSE) reported Odyssey usually offers its unique community volunteer hours, compliment- tuation, the culinary graduates had that Peegcoin was back on the rise summer apprenticeship program in the ary tickets to next summer’s production less to say. “I have a friend called by a number of alephs after Tusk’s park. Due to the pandemic, the plan at and a letter of reference. Aleph – he lives on Second Avenue,” endorsement, suggesting the market this point is to conduct this year’s work- Applications and more informa- offered Jean-Guy, only to be corrected could be moving toward a coin cor- shops on Zoom. tion are available at odysseytheatre.ca. by François that their friend’s name rection. Jean Guy and François could The program allows youth to express Applications are due June 18. was Alf and he lives on Third. be on their way to being pennion- their creativity and develop the skills Few seem to understand Peegcoin. aires – or prisoners, depending on needed to explore their theatrical talents. Matteo Cimellaro is an arts management From his yacht, Heff Bozos said he the legality of their joke. During the four-week program, youth will intern at Odyssey Theatre. Struggling with “you” in many languages

By Sophie Shields tu among close friends and family and in addressing those of inferior social status. But by the 16th cen- “Wollen wir uns duzen?” is always one of the first tury, thou had become akin to insulting someone – “do questions asked in my German classes, just like “peut- you thou me?” By the 17th century, it had gone out of t-on se tutoyer?” or “¿nos podemos tutear?” in French " favour. Nowadays, ironically enough, thou is the clos- and Spanish lessons. As English speakers, the ques- est to a formal “you” in modern English. tion “can we use the informal ‘you’?” seems irrelevant. All you want to All you want to do is converse in another language, But its answer is critical for speakers of languages that but the questions are endless: Am I being rude by distinguish between the formal and informal “you.” do is converse speaking formally, or have I disrespected someone Linguists call this the T-V distinction, stemming from by speaking informally? Can I speak with my friend the Latin informal tu and formal vos. in another informally, or do I have to wait for them to ask me? To avoid insulting someone in another language, It becomes even more perplexing with Asian lan- you need to know when to use T-form (informal) and guages, such as the seven speech levels in Korean or V-form (formal) pronouns. For instance, etiquette language the honorifics in Japanese. Indeed, T-V distinctions requires French speakers to refer to elders and stran- are linguistic minefields. But to have successful social gers with the formal vous instead of the informal tu. relationships in other languages, you need to be able Similarly, German insists on using Sie to show respect take a shot of vodka and kiss on the cheek; this stems to navigate them. instead of du; the police can fine you 600 Euros for from the German Bruderschaft(brotherhood) custom. addressing them by du instead of Sie! In Poland, Pan Though long forgotten, English also once had a T-V Sophie Shields is a Carleton student studying global (Sir) or Pani (Madam) is used, even towards your par- distinction. If you read Shakespeare at school, then literature and a proud Franco-Ukrainian who is ents, to signal respect. When men switch from Pan the pronoun thou shouldn’t be foreign to you. From learning German. She is the social media coordinator to the informal ty, they traditionally interlock arms, the 13th to 16th century, thou was used like the French for the Glebe Report. 30 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 DECLUTTERING During our COVID confinement we’ve all been staring at our excess “stuff,” wondering how that happened. In this occasional series, Martha Tobin will answer some of your organization and decluttering questions and provide some tips and tricks for making the process easier. Send your questions to [email protected] (confidentiality guaranteed and no names mentioned). Conquering before your clutter

and take a look through them while sipping your morning coffee. Not only will you have a wonderful walk down memory lane, but you may also real- ize you are now ready to pare down the baby clothes and other keepsakes. Keep only those items that evoke the strong- est memories. As Ruth Soukup says in her book, Unstuffed - Decluttering Your Home, Mind and Soul, “if everything is special, then nothing is. Let go of the guilt.” Are you dreaming of a basement free of clutter and confusion? Here are some In addition to purging, reorganize the tips to get the better of your excess stuff. PHOTOS: MARTHA TOBIN pared-down items more efficiently (i.e. maximum one keepsake bin for each Taming your family member) and label them accord- ingly. No need for any fancy labelling basement machines. Remember that simple organizing systems and solutions are after By Martha Tobin always the best ones. A roll of masking tape and a Sharpie will serve you well. Dear Martha, For suitcases, I recommend the Our basement is literally chocka- “Russian nesting doll approach.” Keep block with stuff. We have multiple three suitcases per family member bins of baby clothes down there (and (preferably only for those currently our “kids” no longer live here). We living in your home). I recommend a also have more suitcases than we’ll large wheeled one, a small wheeled one ever need, more tools than we’ll ever and a medium sized day bag/backpack. use and inherited china that has not Place the smaller luggage inside the entertained anyone since it arrived larger luggage, like Russian dolls. If you over a decade ago. I know we need to no longer need some of your luggage, do something about our basement, but take a photo and measurements and I am so overwhelmed. I have no idea put it on a Buy Nothing online group. where to start or even what to do with Regarding tools, I can almost guaran- all the items we no longer want. Can tee you’ll save time and effort the next you help? time you need a tool if you donate some – Overwhelmed that you never or rarely use. You will no longer be digging through a var- Dear Overwhelmed, iety of screwdrivers just to find the one You are not alone. Basements are one that you use 90 per cent of the time. of the key areas in a home where organ- By donating excess tools to an organ- ization goes to die. It’s usually where ization like Habitat For Humanity’s if it evokes positive memories. If so, being alive is cause for celebration and we keep items we’re just not ready to ReStore program, you’ll be giving them why not use this china as your every- thanks. Use the good china and cele- part with, like baby clothes and other a useful second life. day tableware? Or keep a couple of key brate every day that ends in ‘y’. keepsakes. Problem is, items that are As for inherited china, unpack it items, like a sugar and cream set, and not seen regularly are forgotten – out and use it. As Erma Bombeck wrote donate the rest to local refugee com- Martha Tobin, owner of Room2Breathe of sight, out of mind. That’s compli- in her infamous 1979 “If I Had My Life mittees who help set up homes for new - Organizing & Decluttering, will cated by inaccurate bin labelling and, To Live Over” column, use items that arrivals in Canada. happily answer your organizing and in many cases, lack of any labelling, are important to you. “I would have Whatever your clutter, the key is decluttering questions in the pages of which leaves you with mystery bins. burned the pink candle that was sculp- always no waste. No wasted time look- the Glebe Report. Please send them The best approach is to open the bins tured like a rose before it melted while ing for items, no wasted rooms taken along to [email protected] and take stock of what’s inside. Commit being stored,” she wrote. Take a good up by unused items, no wasted items (confidentiality guaranteed and no to bringing up a few bins each Saturday look at all your “good china” and ask in landfills and no wasted days. Just names mentioned)

Please wear a mask and stay safe! Joel Harden MPP, Ottawa Centre joelhardenmpp.ca 109 Catherine St. Ottawa, ON. K2P 2M8 [email protected] 613-722-6414 SCHOOLS Glebe Report June 11, 2021 31 CMYK A crash course in pronouns By Oliver Gullikson listed, though it is important to note that does not mean that you can pick a set. They are telling you This article is based on a presentation given to Glebe that they are fine with all of them, so use all of them. Collegiate Institute’s parent council. Pronouns might be tricky to remember at first, but by making a conscious effort, you’ll get better. Practice Many people don’t often think about pronouns, but makes perfect, but if you’re really struggling, try writ- they are increasingly a topic of conversation these ing them down on a note on your phone. Asking days amid growing awareness of the transgender for pronouns when you meet somebody can also rights movement, the deconstruction of the gender help, since then you will only know them by those binary and the idea of basic respect. But many people pronouns. It is worth noting that while asking for pro- are still uncertain about the changing concept and nouns, it’s important to never single anyone out. If Jimmy evolving use of pronouns. What are they, how are they you’re meeting everyone in a group for the first time, he/him/they/them used, what if a mistake is made? Thankfully, there are ask them all for their pronouns. lots of resources out there to educate people on the Of course, you could still mess up. If you do, the basics of pronouns, including this article! key is knowing how to apologize. It’s important not to What are pronouns? This (usually) gendered prefix spend a lot of time apologizing. This draws attention tells you how to refer to somebody. Some pronouns are to the fact that you misgendered someone and draws relatively new concept for you. The more conscious more common, like she/her, he/him and they/them, attention to them as well. It’s embarrassing for all par- you are of asking for and using pronouns, the easier and other pronouns are less common. Those are called ties involved. Instead, quickly correct yourself, then it will become and, more importantly, the safer many neopronouns; they are used as an alternate pronoun move on. If someone corrects you, do not apologize. people will feel around you. The normalization and for those who want a non-gendered pronoun other Instead, thank them for correcting you. An apology respect of pronouns is something that really benefits than they/them. Some you may see or hear are e/em/ shifts the accountability off you and implies that you people’s mental health and above all else it’s basic eir (pronounced ay/em/air), ze/hir/hir (pronounced are exempt from any further criticism because you respect. zee/heer/heer), or ze/zer/zers (pronounced zee/zer/ apologized. Thanking the person instead makes sure zers). Some folks may also use more than one pro- that you continue to hold yourself accountable for Oliver Gullikson is a Grade 11 student at Glebe noun, a combination such as she/they for example. your mistake. Collegiate Institute. He is the head of the school’s All this means is that they are fine with any pronouns Pronouns can be tricky, especially if they are still a Gender and Sexuality Alliance.

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Glebe Report April 28 2021 (1).indd 1 2021-05-26 4:36 PM 32 Glebe Report June 11, 2021 SCHOOLS Good Morning Preschool celebrates 40 years

By Karen Cameron schools: First Avenue, Mutchmor, Corpus Christi and Glebe Montessori. At Good Morning Creative Arts and GMCAPs has evolved over the dec- Preschool (GMCAPs), we are celebrat- ades, remaining focused on offering ing 40 years of providing an arts-based, a diverse program that encourages early-childhood program and summer exploration and creativeness and camps for families in the Glebe and sur- instills confidence and independence. rounding communities. We have thrived over the past 40 years The preschool, which opened in 1981, thanks in no small part to the dedicated was founded by a group of local par- staff, supportive families and wonder- ents. Shortly afterwards, the toddler ful children who have been associated playgroup grew into a licensed pre- with the program. And we look forward school offering morning programs for to serving this community for another two- and three-year-olds. 40 more! We continue to offer these same programs along with an afterschool Karen Cameron is the director of Good creative arts offering for children up Morning Creative Arts and Preschool. to 10 years old with pickups from local

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Good Morning Creative Arts and Summer Preschool was founded by a group Camps of parents in 1981. Happy 40th! PHOTOS: GOOD MORNING PRESCHOOL SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE! JULY How Thing Work July 5 – 9 Our Planet and Being Green July 12 – 16 Fine Art and Exploring the Masters July 19 – 23 Music Exploration July 26 – 30

AUGUST Shark Week Aug 3 – 6 Fairy Tales Aug 9 – 13 Landscapes Aug 16 – 20 Art Around the World Aug 23 – 27

KindnessBy Savka Wisecup Kindness is an emotion that students feel and empathy is a strength that “Let us treat them with all the they share.” kindness which we would wish to Maurice Elias, professor at Rutgers develop in them.” University Psychology Department, –Dr. Maria Montessori says, “As a citizen, grandparent, father and professional, it is clear to The definition in the Cambridge English me that the mission of schools must dictionary for kindness is “the quality include teaching kindness. Without it, of being generous, helpful and caring communities, families, schools, and about other people or an act showing classrooms become places of incivil- this quality.” ity, where lasting learning is unlikely How do we learn kindness? Why is to take place. Kindness can be taught, BROKER OF RECORD kindness important? Educators, phil- and it is a defining aspect of civilized SALES REPRESENTATIVES osophers, religious leaders, sociologists, human life. It belongs in every home, 25 YEARS scientific researchers, community lead- school, neighborhood and society.” Rob Marland OF FOCUSED ers all agree having compassion and Dr. Maria Montessori promoted her Jane Forsyth EXCELLENCE kindness supports everyone’s mental teaching methodology for children Myha Ewart and physical well-being. to learn all subjects, but the most Karen Gibson IN REAL ESTATE Kindness promotes a sense of important aspect of a Montessori belonging, reduces depression, builds education was and still is “character Haidyn Picco TOP 1% FOR ROYAL LEPAGE IN CANADA* self-esteem, increases acceptance and development.” Her recognition of the inclusivity, improves concentration importance of educating the “whole and productivity and gives purpose child” includes character develop- *Based on closed and collected earnings and direction. These positive qualities ment. To promote this development, can be credited to acts of kindness. Dr. Montessori created “Grace and In her article, 8 Reasons for Teaching Courtesy” lessons, which are prac- MARLAND TEAM Kindness in School, Patty O’Grady, PhD, ticed daily in Montessori classrooms. ROB MARLAND - BROKER OF RECORD an expert in the area of neuroscience, The children learn how to peacefully writes that “kindness changes the brain resolve conflicts, respect others, learn by the experience of kindness. Children to listen, speak in a polite tone, assist and adolescents do not learn kindness and teach younger children, wait their 613.238.2801 | robmarland.com by only thinking about it and talking turn, say please and thank you, and 165 Pretoria Ave. Ottawa, ON K1S 1X1 about it. Kindness is best learned by feeling it, so they can reproduce it. Continued next page SCHOOLS Glebe Report June 11, 2021 33 CMYK Shelley Lawrence Ottawa Catholic School Board Trustee

N 613.978-2644 T @SLawrenceRSCJ E [email protected] A school year we will never forget

School year 2020-2021 is one we will with their mathematics learning. never forget. The consensus was clear that inte- As someone who spent decades grating technology helped student working with students in Catholic learning and engagement. Some edu- Glebe Coop Nursery School students welcomed the warmer weather as a chance schools, I knew our educators were cators plan to take the lessons they to be outdoors making sand patterns, using spray bottles and digging with shovels. innovative, creative, lifelong learn- learned in the virtual world back to PHOTO: HELEN BRYDGES ers. This year, they had to take those their brick-and-mortar classrooms in skills, mix them in a “pandemic September. blender” and create unique, exciting Trustees were also provided with lesson plans that were good for both an update on the International Summer cleaning? in-person and virtual learning. Our Language Programs. As in most con- OCSB educators met that challenge tinuing education programming, Glebe Cooperative Nursery School and raised the bar. They trans- administrators and instructors had formed education on the fly while to find a way to offer the program vir- can use your old toys never forgetting the importance of tually and they once again met with citizenship, character, communica- success. We provided 21 different lan- tion, critical thinking, collaboration guage courses to our community. By Emilee Harvey and creativity. Nineteen hundred elementary Glebe Coop Nursery School At a recent board meeting, staff pre- and 371 secondary students took If you used the latest lockdown to do sented trustees with the highlights part. To offer that many languages some additional spring cleaning and SEEKS DONATIONS from our Environmental Stewardship to that many students, 94 elemen- regret another year without the his- Committee (ESC). The progress both tary instructors and 17 credit teachers toric Great Glebe Garage Sale, con- High-demand items that would be system-wide and within our schools were hired. sider putting your extras to good use welcome donations and well used by during a pandemic was quite impres- If you want to find out more, you for Glebe Cooperative Nursery School Glebe Coop Nursery School students sive. The committee aims to support can visit the board’s Youtube chan- (GCNS). COVID-19 has required new for the remainder of this year and into ministry environmental initiatives nel and check out the May 11 board approaches to classroom play and the fall: and develop working partnerships meeting. Due to physical distancing toy selection. Many of the beloved • shovels with other organizations such and COVID-19 restrictions, our board wooden toys have been put away in • buckets as Ecoschools, Laudato Si and meetings have been held virtually. cupboards because they cannot with- • sieves Environmental Education. You can tune in live from the comfort stand the wear and tear of the heavy • trucks Our ESC promotes environmental of your home on our YouTube chan- cleaning protocols. Additionally, toys • bubbles practices and outdoor education nel. Our board meetings are open to that might have lasted the year under • chalk, both sidewalk with students and staff. These prac- the public and are held at 7 p.m. on normal circumstances have been loved and regular size tices run the gamut from proper use, the second and fourth Tuesday of into permanent retirement by enthusi- • paint brushes storage and dispensing of batteries every month during the school year. astic preschoolers. • wagons to energy and recycling. One of the I want to say how proud I am of As you sweep out your nooks and • plastic animals (farm, zoo, etc.) key initiatives last fall was to find how our administrators, educators, crannies this June, please think about • plastic garage, barn, dollhouse out more about Canada’s plan for a support staff and fellow trustees han- setting aside toys and other items on • wooden puzzles Single-Use Plastics Ban. The ESC was dled this pandemic while educating our list for GCNS. Email vicepresident@ • toddler and preschool books pleased to discover that many OCSB our students. It is an understatement glebepreschool.com for donation drop- • cell phones no longer being departments are already ahead of to say they did a good job – they did off information. used (battery taken out) schedule in reducing the use of some a great job! We all came together to For those interested in registration • Lego single-use plastics. Departments are ensure that student-focused learning, for fall 2021, students for both the tod- • Duplo encouraging staff to use reusable whether in-person, remote or a com- dler and preschool are being accepted • tennis balls cups and bottles and continue bination of the two, would continue on the waitlist. Please visit our web- • scrap paper of all sizes for art their efforts to establish additional to prioritize social and emotional site at glebepreschool.com for more • plastic bags environmental initiatives. wellbeing as well academic success. information about the program and • paper bags The environment wasn’t the only Like I stated at the beginning, it will registration. • envelopes student-focused topic up for dis- be a year to remember for both its • buttons cussion. Trustees also learned all challenges and its victories! Emilee Harvey is vice president of the • wooden beads about mathematics in the virtual If I don’t see you around the GCNS Board and a parent of a student world. Educators and students were neighbourhood, have a healthy and in the GCNS preschool program. able to combine vital digital tools happy summer. Kindness practice kindness with each other. Start Raising Kind Ones, that “we should the article “It’s Cool to be Kind” writ- contributing to unity or separation in The power of modeling kindness encourage our children to do their best ten by Christine O’Leary (Montessori this moment? If we do this, we are cul- by teachers, parents and commun- and to take pride and joy in their accom- International College), she describes tivating kindness and being co-creators ity leaders is equally important in the plishments; kindness doesn’t require how the “purpose of World Kindness of a better world.” development of peaceful and kind sacrificing those things. The real test Day is to look beyond ourselves, beyond At Glebe Montessori School, we cul- future citizens. This modeling of kind- of parenting is not what your children the boundaries of our country, beyond tivate kindness each day with our ness, with gestures great and small, will achieve, but who they become and how our culture, our race and our religion, students, for we honour Dr. Maria impact all. Competition, achievement they treat others. If you teach them to so that we realize we are citizens of the Montessori’s statement that “children and success command our attention, but be kind, you’re not only setting your world. As world citizens, we are con- are human beings to whom respect is equally important is how we measure kids up for success. You’re setting up nected with every living thing, we have due, superior to us by reason of their these qualities with kindness, com- kids around them, too.” This statement, a commonality, and it is by focusing on innocence and of the greater possibil- passion and integrity. In the December once again, declares the positive impact what we have in common – not our dif- ities of their future.” 2019 issue of Atlantic Magazine, author of kindness. ferences – that we find likenesses and Allison Sweet Grant’s writes in her arti- In Japan, World Kindness Day is cele- empathy for others. An important ques- Savka Wisecup is a Montessori cle, “Trying to Raise Successful Kids and brated annually on November 13. In tion to ask ourselves each day is: Am I educational consultant. 34 Glebe Report June 11, 2021

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ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OTTAWA VIRTUAL Escape Clothing CAFÉ-DISCUSSION Free online activity, June A great Blue Heron at Brown's Inlet PHOTO: CHRISTINE MAKI Feleena’s Mexican Café 16, 9 a.m. Share an online breakfast in French with us and talk about the news. Activity ani- GLEBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Annual our website for all details of the sale. Fourth Avenue Wine Bar mated by a French teacher. Open to all French General Meeting will be on Tuesday, June 15 at Glebe Apothecary levels. You will receive the Zoom link a day 7 p.m. via Zoom. Go to glebeca.ca for details on OTTAWA NEWCOMERS CLUB Our club is a before the activity. Info: [email protected] or 613-234- how to join. All are invited. non-profit, social organization for women Glebe Meat Market 9470. who have recently moved to this area and Glebe Pet Hospital GREAT NEWS! THE COMMUNITY POP-UP those who have experienced a significant life ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OTTAWA VIRTUAL ART GALLERY AT LANSDOWNE PARK plans Glebe Tailoring change and would like to meet new people of BOOK CLUB Free online activity, Sat., June to reopen on June 19 when non-essential retail 26, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. B1 French level advised. is again permitted in Ottawa. We will be open similar interests by joining our many group Glebe Video This month’s book is Les Funambules by on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. – 5 activities. More information about us and Goldart Jewellery Studio Mohammed Aïssaoui. Info: [email protected] or 613- p.m. until the end of July. Drop by the former what we do can be found on our website at: 234-9470. Structube store, 225 Marché Way, Unit #102, to ottawanewcomersclub.ca or by contacting Ichiban support local artists. Info: glebearttour@hot- [email protected] Irene’s Pub CLAUDIA GUTIERREZ | DOUBLE FLAME (stu- mail.ca diosixtysix.ca/collections/claudia-gutierrez) AVAILABLE Isabella Pizza Show runs to June 27. Claudia Gutierrez is a The 2021 FLETCHER WILDLIFE GARDEN Kettleman’s Latin-Canadian artist living in Ottawa. Having ANNUAL PLANT SALE will be going online this Student offering a variety of YARD MAIN- expanded her practice from painting and print- year. On our website at ofnc.ca/fwg-online- Kunstadt Sports TENANCE AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANING/ making to include textile production, she is plant-sale-2021, customers will be able to inspired by patterns found in written language, pre-order and pre-pay for plants selected from ORGANIZATION SERVICES. For any inquiries Lansdowne Dental by the tactility of her materials and the potential our list of available plants. They will then be about the services provided, please call 613- LCBO Lansdowne for repetitive, meditative handwork to weave contacted via email by a volunteer who will 293-6883 or email [email protected]. together notions of lineage, location and limi- confirm their order and arrange a contactless Pricing to be discussed. LCBO Pretoria nality. curbside pick-up date and time. Please consult Little Victories Coffee Loblaws Marble Slab Creamery McKeen Metro Glebe Nicastro Octopus Books Olga’s RBC/Royal Bank Second Avenue Sweets Shoe Plus Shoe Studio Sixty Six Subway Sunset Grill The Ten Spot TD Bank Lansdowne TD Pretoria The Works Von’s Bistro Whole Foods Wild Oat

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Thurs, June 17 CAT Squad Car Wash Fundraiser 7:00 - 8:30 pm $15/household Check out our updated guide Bring the family together with a online at GNAG family trivia night. Fun for kids of all ages, and amazing for adult egos - you’ll probably know GNAG.ca most of the answers 😉😉 . Saturday, June 19, 12 - 4 pm