MEET the MAYOR of PLYMOUTH STREET PHOTOS: GABRIELLE DALLAPORTA GABRIELLE PHOTOS: Ray Lalonde, the “Mayor of Plymouth Street”

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MEET THE MAYOR OF PLYMOUTH STREET PHOTOS: GABRIELLE DALLAPORTA GABRIELLE PHOTOS: Ray Lalonde, the “mayor of Plymouth Street”

By Sue Stefko of shortening his daily walk to school He worked there for the next 44 years, was pushing him to the Glebe Annex. from seven miles to four. That first job doing everything from office work to Lalonde married that beautiful lady in If there are two themes that run paid $45 a month, including room and shipping. In fact, even now, many 1947 and shortly thereafter moved to through the life of Ray Lalonde, they board. It was enough to get by and to years after he retired, his extensive an apartment on Lebreton Street. would be the dairy industry and the allow him to send some of his salary old-fashioned milk bottle collection That move was short-lived, however, Glebe Annex. back home to help his parents care for attests to his continuing fascination as the building was expropriated and His first foray into the dairy indus- his siblings. with the industry. demolished to make way for Natural try was milking cows on a dairy farm After high school, Lalonde wanted While Clark Dairy may have first Resource Canada’s Booth Street com- in the early 1940s. As the oldest in a to come to the city for a change of been the first thing to draw Lalonde to plex. In 1952, the couple heard about family of 11 children, he left home at pace. Clark Dairy, located at 634 the Glebe Annex, it was not the last. a home that was going on the market the tender age of 14 to support himself Bronson, seemed to fit the bill. Quite At a dance, he met a beautiful young right across from Marion’s parents and to ease the burden on his parents. determined that this is where he was lady named Marion who lived right on Plymouth Street. He talked to the His first job was on Mr. Spratt’s dairy meant to be, Lalonde went in, asked around the corner from Clark Dairy farm. It came with the added benefit for a job and was hired on the spot. on Plymouth Street. It seemed that fate Continued on page 2

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Mayor Continued from page 1 owner and then went away on vaca- tion for 10 days. He didn’t realize that as a result of that conversation and the owner’s connection to Marion’s parents, the owner had given him the right of first refusal on the house. With no cell phones and no email, the real estate agent had to wait impatiently for the Lalondes’ return to Ottawa. When they finally got back, they were only too happy to purchase the property, for a whopping $6,200. Lalonde has remained there ever since, with the couple raising five children in that modest three-bedroom home. Why the attachment to this little brick home in the Glebe Annex? Besides being close to work for the first little while (Clark Dairy moved to a new building on Churchill, now Clyde Avenue, in the mid-1950s) and close to family, the sense of community was an important draw. It was a great neighbourhood, with DALLAPORTA GABRIELLE PHOTOS: great people, he reminisces. Every- Four generations of the Lalonde family in November 2018, at the re-opening ceremony of Dalhousie South Park, the park that one looked after each other – at one Mr. Lalonde helped fight to establish point he had the keys to eight different houses in the neighbourhood. While the neighbourhood demo- dog biscuits by the door. There’s also “dog man,” Mr. Lalonde or just Ray, Perhaps his care and ministration for graphic has changed, with fewer a collection of birthday and Christmas it seems everyone knows him, and the his neighbours is one of the reasons children and fewer families, Lalonde cards from his neighbours – including mention of his name brings a smile. If he was dubbed “the mayor of Ply- has kept that neighbourhood feeling some from grateful neighbourhood this world was full of more people like mouth Street.” It was a community strong. He is well known and much dogs. Ray Lalonde, it would most assuredly full of children and full of life. To loved, by the four-legged and two- Lalonde has been a bastion of this be a better place. The Glebe Annex is help give the children somewhere legged alike. Some refer to him as the neighbourhood for nearly 70 years. lucky to have him as one of our own. to play, Lalonde was a key force in “dog man” – there are dogs that refuse He has contributed to its fabric, and the fight to establish the neighbour- to walk past his house without stop- he has been someone whom friends, Sue Stefko is president of the Glebe hood’s first (and only) official park, ping in for a biscuit and a pat. In fact, family and neighbours could count Annex Community Association and Dalhousie South Park, in the early one of the first things one sees when on for help. Whether he’s known as Glebe Report contributor on the 1990s. walking into his home is a big box of the mayor of Plymouth Street, the history of the Glebe Annex.

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QUARTER PAGE INSERTION - 4.75 X 7.25 GLEBE REPORT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019 COMMUNITY Glebe Report December 6, 2019 3 The Giving Gertie: a not-so-random act of kindness By Sarah Young project works, take a look at their website: giv- inggertie.com. We’ve all been noticing a rise in the number of people living on the street. While we may not MORE THAN ONE WAY OF GIVING always be sympathetic, these men, women and As Phoebe explains, their not-for-profit creates youth are in need of our compassion and gener- a multi-layered way of giving. First, buying a osity. What to do about it? Giving Gertie and giving it away helps the recipi- One local mother-daughter duo heard the call ent. Second, all proceeds from sales go directly and are doing something fantastic in response. to one of three local charities listed on their web- On a recent Friday evening, I attended the site and the buyer can choose which one will launch in Old Ottawa South of their new non- receive it. profit called Giving Gertie. Its objective is to help How do they pay for the Giving Gerties while others provide “not-so-random” acts of kindness donating all contributions to charity? The cost of by purchasing one (or many) of their Giving making the Giving Gerties is covered by fund- Gerties for just $5. They are reusable cloth bags raisers such as the recent launch party which containing a granola bar, a chocolate bar and a $2 raised $3,000. Their next fundraiser is still being Tim Horton’s gift card. Amidst the celebration, worked out. The mother-daughter team will par- I caught up with the pair – Kathy Patterson and ticipate in The Mission’s annual gala, where 100 her 17-year-old daughter Phoebe Seely – to find Giving Gerties will be one out how it works and how it got started. of the raffle prizes – it’s Phoebe told me she and her mother wanted to expected that the winner make a difference and connect with the people will distribute all the bags they kept running into on the street. Phoebe during the holiday season. says they were “racking their brains” to figure It’s a great way to help dir- out how to do that. So they laid out their goals. ectly and build awareness of

First, they wanted to raise awareness; second, the project. TORY ELSPETH PHOTO: they wanted to facilitate connections between They say that when street Kathy Patterson and daughter Phoebe Seely community residents and the homeless to share people receive a Giving co-founded the Giving Gertie fundraiser. what Phoebe calls “our common humanity.” Gertie, look you in the eye They came up with Giving Gerties. Kathy says and say “You just made wouldn’t happen on a normal day.” they are perfect to purchase for a Christmas party my day,” the experi- I have to admit I had tears in my eyes as I as a takeaway gift because they are so affordable ence can be profound. left the launch party hand in hand with my at $5 each. Everyone leaves the party with one As Kathy remarks, the 13- year-old daughter. On the way home, we and can give it out on the street as a compassion- giver gets just as much talked about ways we could develop our own ate act of kindness. out of the experi- mother-daughter initiative. I hope Giving Why did they choose the name Giving Gertie? ence as the recipient. Gertie will inspire other parent-youth duos in Kathy says the name Gertie could be anyone – Phoebe chimes in that our community and catch on as the best way your aunt or uncle, grandma or grandpa, friend the goal is to create to mark this year’s holiday season. or colleague, anyone. The name of their non-profit moments of compas- And the winter. And the spring. emphasizes that anyone with a will to give can sion and connection The Giving Gertie is a reusable cloth make a difference, whether it’s big or small. If you that “without the Giv- bag filled with goodies aimed at easing Sarah Young is chair of the Glebe Community want to know more about the name and how the ing Gertie just simply life for those living on the street. Association’s Zero Waste Committee.

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The Glebe Report is generously 8899. speed-limit zone is bounded by Bron- ually become conscious of the new supported by our local businesses. One of the son, Chamberlain, Bank and Queen regime and sporadically remember major elements of that support is a commit- CHANGES AFOOT Elizabeth Driveway. The speed limits on to slow down. Overall, the average ment to provide copies of the paper to their Glebe Physiotherapy and Sports Bank and Bronson remain unchanged. speed of cars on residential streets clients. The Glebe Report urgently needs a Injury Clinic is temporarily located Signs signalling this new regime have will be higher than 30 but lower than volunteer with a car who can devote a day in the Goodlife Fitness location, 900 appeared at entrances to the Glebe. As it is now. Of course, much depends on each month to distribute papers to many lo- Exhibition Way at Lansdowne but will well, painted markings on roads will be enforcement and signage, which could cal businesses. The time commitment is a full move as of January 2020 to the former updated to reflect the new speed limit. increase compliance significantly. day on the Friday of publication, with minor site of the Aroma coffee shop at 200 The intent of this change is clear – But more effective at slowing traf- follow-up deliveries in the days following. Marché Way. fewer injuries and deaths, safer routes fic would be measures to change the This position is key to the continued success for children to walk or bike to the five street landscape so drivers are psycho- of the paper and requires a commitment of DOGGONE IT schools and at least four nursery schools logically primed to go slower and made about 10 hours/month. PetSmart at 983 Bank Street will close in the neighbourhood, reduced danger to feel uncomfortable going faster than as of January 5, 2020. The company for seniors in the several retirement resi- 30. What we need are more bump-outs, If you are interested, please email chair@gle- decided the Lansdowne location was dences as they make their way around. large planters, benches, parklets and bereport.ca. Honoraria are provided. not profitable enough. And perhaps some reduction in the car- such to convince our unconscious selves bon footprint, who knows? to go slow. Some of these are promised, (This position was previously combined with Will it work? If people really do drive so we shall see. that of Distribution Manager. We would wel- CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE at the speed limit, yes, it will make our come a volunteer who would be interested in Bruce Annan Alison Langdon streets safer. So the real question is: will Liz McKeen taking on one or both positions.) 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Article on the Glebe’s war dead resonates OUR Re: “Neighbourhood of Sacrifice” by Dave O’Malley, Glebe Report, November 2019 VOLUNTEER Editor, Glebe Report Editor, Glebe Report Editor, Glebe Report CARRIERS Dave O’Malley’s article “Neighbour- What an absolutely extraordinary, I really want to thank Dave O’Malley Jide Afolabi, Mary Ahearn, Jennie Aliman, Tyler, Luke & Claire Allan, Julie Allard, hood of Sacrifice” in the November superbly researched, profoundly for all his hard work to research and Lawrence Ambler, James Attwood, Aubry Glebe Report does an outstanding moving article by Dave O’Malley write this story about mapping the loss family, Michelle and Ron Barton, Andre job of bringing the tragic impact of mapping the Glebe men who died in of Glebe families in the Second World Beauregard, Adrian Becklumb, Beckman the Second World War home to us in the Second World War! It would be War. I think it is an invaluable lesson family, Inez Berg, Carolyn Best, Daisy & the Glebe. His painstaking research, wonderful if people as committed and to really understand Remembrance Nettie Bonsall, Robert & Heidi Boraks, Martha Bowers, Bowie family, Adélaïde and poignant writing and careful mapping talented as Dave could do something Day. Taking one small community Éléonore Bridgett, Bob Brocklebank, Erica carries to us the near impact of a war similar for their own communities in Canada and showing the impact Campbell, Alice Cardozo, Bill Congdon, fought far away. across Canada. O’Malley elegantly of lives lost is very meaningful. I Marina Caro, Tony Carricato, Ava & Olivia It’s easy to forget that the carefree expresses an important point – refer- took down the names and addresses Carpenter, Ryan & Charlotte Cartwright, Tillie streets we walk every day were once ring to the deaths of the servicemen, of veterans who lost their lives in my Chiu, Sarah Chown, Sebastian, Cameron & Anna Cino, Avery & Darcy Cole, John also walked by the 163 men who sur- he observes that it is the survivors who immediate neighbourhood. I will pay Connor, Denys Cooper, Sammy & Teddy rendered their lives for our freedom are “conscripted to carry the burden tribute to them in quiet silence and Cormier, June Creelman, Marni Crossley, and peace. of that sacrifice to the end of their reflection as I pass their former homes. Georgia Davidson, Richard DesRochers, Thank you, Mr. O’Malley. Lest we days.” That burden is often heavy, Kudos to you, Dave, and thanks to all Davies Family, Marilyn Deschamps, forget. unrelenting and unacknowledged on our war veterans who fought against Diekmeyer-Bastianon family, Dingle family, Delia Elkin, Nicholas, Reuben, Dave & Remembrance Day. evil so we can enjoy our freedoms Sandra Elgersma, Thomas and William Ian McKercher Dan, my older brother and a former today. Fairhead, Amanda & Erin Frank, Judy Field, head boy at Glebe Collegiate, was an Federico Family, Liane Gallop, Joann Garbig, Editor, Glebe Report excellent scholar and spent most of his Vivian Croll Madeleine Gomery, Caroline & James career as a physicist at Bell Labs in de Groot, Hannah Good, Matti Goodwin- Sutton, Olivia Gorall, Barbara Greenwood, Please convey my congratulations to New Jersey. Dan and I and our par- Editor, Glebe Report Gary Greenwood, Ginny Grimshaw, Jono Dave O’Malley for “Neighbourhood ents came to Canada in 1948 after Hamer-Wilson, Henry Hanson, Tracy, William of Service,” describing the sacrifice the Communist coup in Prague. My KNOWING OUR LOCAL HISTORY and Mackenzie Harnish, Oliver, Martin of so many serviceman from such a wife Ruth’s mother, Charlotte Ogil- OF SACRIFICE and Simon Hicks, Hook family, Cheryle small neighbourhood. Dave deserves vie, attended Glebe when it opened As a currently serving member of the Hothersall, Christian Hurlow, Illing-Stewart family, Jeevan & Amara Isfeld, Jonathan & our gratitude for his dedication to in 1922. She and her family lived in Canadian Armed Forces. I want to Emma Jarvis, Lars Jungclaus, Janna Justa, collecting the data, admiration for a large house at 96 Carling Avenue thank Dave O’Malley for his wonder- Laura King, Lambert family, Leith and Lulu the outstanding graphic presentation. which burned down many years ago. ful article “Neighbourhood of Sacri- Lambert, Jamie, Alexander & Louisa Lem, Who would take the trouble to identify Charlotte’s father, Noel Ogilvie, was fice” in the November edition. Justin Leyser, Aanika, Jaiden and Vinay the area of the Glebe near Dow’s Lake alderman for Capital Ward for most Canadians are often focused on far- Lodha, Ben, Line Lonnum, Parker & James Love, Carol MacLeod, Jennifer, John, as undeveloped before the war? Who of the 1950s, and he was a generous away war monuments, cenotaphs and Owen & Ian MacNab, William Maguire, Pat would even know? Applause for his benefactor of St. Matthew’s. One of graveyards which pay honour to those Marshall, Scott McDonald, Ian McKercher, beautifully written moving story. A Charlotte’s brothers, Buzz (not Skeets) who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Zoe McNight, Lily and Maya Molitor, Julie masterpiece! Ogilvie, was a Spitfire pilot in the war. These locations scattered around the Monaghan, Diane Munier, Mary Nicoll, Ruth, her older sister and her brother world provide a place for reflection Xavier and Heath Nuss, Sachiko Okuda, Matteo and Adriano Padoin-Castillo, Abigail Dan Krupka attended Glebe, and her sister taught and personal connection and have an Panczyk, Brenda Perras, Brenda Quinlan, Lexington, MA there. Her sister’s three children went incredibly important role to play in Annabel and Joseph Quon, Beatrice Raffoul, Glebe Collegiate Institute to Glebe, as did our two. We have our history. Don Ray, Bruce Rayfuse, Mary & Steve Reid, 1952–1957 lived in our house on Powell Avenue However, what’s often missed is the Jacqueline, Lucy and Adam Reilly-King, for more than 52 years. immediate local connection which Anna Roper, Emile & Sebastien Roy-Foster, Keelin Rogers, Lene Rudin-Brown, Sidney Editor, Glebe Report So Dave O’Malley’s piece meant a surrounds us every day. To think that Rudin-Brown, Casimir & Tristan Seywerd, lot to Ruth and me, not only because, 163 citizens of the Glebe lost their Short family, Kathy Simons, Grady, Ella, Nick Congratulations and gratitude to as Dan says, it’s a masterpiece but lives in the Second World War alone is Stewart-Lussier, Stephenson family, Ruth Dave O’Malley for his magnificent also because it’s about a neighbour- quite astonishing; I would never have Swyers, Brigitte Theriault, John & Maggie “Neighbourhood of Sacrifice”project. hood in which Ruth, especially, and thought that. Thomson, Trudeau family, Zosia Vanderveen, Caroline Vanneste, Josh VanNoppen, And the same to the Glebe Re- I have deep roots. It’s easy to empa- Dave O’Malley’s well-researched Veevers family, Camilo Velez, Jonah Walker, port for publishing it in your No- thize with all those family members article provides a local connection and Erica Waugh, Vanessa Wen, Ben Westheimer, vember 8 edition. A powerful and conscripted, as Dave says, to carry the personal history of those who gave so Margo Williams, Zoe & Nicole Wolfenden, personal reminder of the immea- burden of their fathers’ and brothers’ much and of the families left behind. Howard & Elizabeth Wong, Ella & Ethan surable debt we owe. Thank you. sacrifice to the end of their days. Thank you Dave. Wood, Nathaniel & Maggie Wightman, Young-Smith family. Thanks for delivering! Bruce Annan Ivo Krupka Scott S. A. Healey WELCOME TO: Liane Gallop Speed limit Aberdeen Square naming rights Bill Congdon cannot be sold AREA CAPTAIN of 30 absurd NEEDED Editor, Glebe Report Editor, Glebe Report cillor, the naming rights were assigned The Glebe Report seeks an area captain to by delegated authority. volunteer several hours one day a month to The 30-kilometre-an-hour speed limit On September 25, 2019, local media My complaint is: How is it possible drop bundles of papers for individual deliverers. in the Glebe is absurd, except around announced that the Aberdeen Square for the city to grant naming rights to The role is crucial to the efficient distribution of the paper to our neighbours across the schools. Virtually everyone exceeds at Lansdowne Park had been renamed OSEG or any other corporation using Glebe. The role requires lifting many bundles of it. Is the city setting us up for speed Lac Leamy Casino Plaza, because of delegated authority, when the 2012 papers and requires a vehicle. If you can help cameras to pay for its other transporta- a naming rights deal signed with the agreement clearly specifies that nam- out, please contact the circulation manager at tion snafus? city. According to the CBC report, “A ing rights cannot be granted? [email protected]. Want to test your mettle at 30? Try city memo says OSEG is paying the The city’s 2013 Delegated Authority the Driveway through the Experi- city $143,521 for the naming rights and Policy states that anyone who has a com- AVAILABLE DELIVERY ROUTES mental Farm, which goes from 60 managing a $25,000 annual dedicated plaint or concern about the contravention Bell South - Orangeville to Powell to 30 travelling east to protect farm programing fund.” of the use of delegated authority should Bronson Ave. - Fifth Ave. to Bridge machinery and wandering cows. According to the 12 October, 2012 write to the City Clerk, who is to notify Cambridge South - Queensway to Powell Yes, there are studies that show if Lansdowne Partnership Plan Agree- the City Council and the City Manager. Henry St. Lakeside Ave. one is hit by a vehicle at 30, the per- ment, OSEG has no rights in respect The City’s clerk is Rick O’Connor. His Plymouth - Bronson to LeBreton South son is more likely to survive than at of the naming of the Aberdeen Square. email is: [email protected] Fourth - Bank to Lyon 40. Still, this is nuts. Forty was fine. Furthermore, the city cannot sell nam- If there is any citizen who is angry Oakland Ave. Want to be truly frightened by ing rights for Aberdeen Square, as it is to about this abuse of the use of dele- City Hall speed? Go stand at Fifth Avenue and retain its traditional name under the gen- gated authority, they should join me in Jackson + Frederick Place Bronson. Or watch the early morning eral description of “Lansdowne Park.” writing to the City Clerk, with a copy Powell - Percy to Bronson - South side Renfrew Ave. - Percy to Bronson- North side week-day races north along Bank (see p. 145 of the agreement on the city’s to the Ward Councillor, the Glebe Strathcona Ave. - QED to Metcalfe Street. Good viewing from the Bank website at documents.ottawa.ca/sites/ Community Association and myself Fifth - Bank to Percy - North side Street bridge to the Queensway. documents/files/documents/lpp_docu- at [email protected]. First Ave. - Lyon to Percy ment1.pdf). Chris Jermyn According to the Capital Ward Coun- Isla Paterson CONTACT: [email protected] 6 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 OP ED

TIME TO RETHINK OFF- “Things have begun to boil LEASH DESIGNATIONS? over. Neighbours shout at one another. Waste bins by Michael Honeywell-Dobbin of the park is no longer possible for are literally overflowing anyone. Dog lover or not, we all know from Designated dog parks make sense. with dog feces.” personal experience that dog owner- It means that dog owners can have a MICHAEL HONEYWELL-DOBBIN PHOTO: ship in urban areas can sometimes put place to enjoy where dogs and humans Waste bins overflow with dog poo at Brown’s Inlet. neighbourly civility to the test. can socialize. Well-equipped parks There are the crusty neighbours have convenient disposal bins. herons and other waterfowl, amphib- dog on parkland, or any part thereof, who complain about the adorable Equally, dog-free parks make sense. ians, turtles and freshwater fish. For where the dog is within five metres pup’s happy noises or poop on their It means everyone can enjoy a picnic, threatened painted turtles who lay (5m) of a: a) play structure; b) wading lawn, (even when it’s picked up). They play with their children or throw a eggs in the park in the early summer, pool; or c) spray pad. (Dog owners, threaten to call bylaw. Seriously? Are frisbee without fear of being accosted canines are not only a nuisance, they this should apply to the toboggan run they heartless? by an aggressive dog or slipping in a are a real threat. at Brown’s Inlet.) Then there are the dog owners who pile of dogs’ eggs. Maybe it’s time for the City of 46. [Dog owners] shall keep such are so blindly loyal to their dog that A great neighbourhood benefits Ottawa to create a new fenced dog dog in sight and under voice control they feel the rules just don’t apply to from both types of spaces. But they park in the vicinity, at another loca- at all times, and shall promptly leash them. They drop feces in little plas- need to be separate and rules need tion away from sensitive wildlife such dog when confrontations with tic bags into public bins in the heat of to be clear. Unlike at Brown’s Inlet. and to designate Brown’s Inlet as an humans or other animals may poten- summer or worse, they pretend not so Posted on-leash and off-leash times on-leash or even dog-free park at all tially develop. see when their dog drops a steaming are so confusing that few people can times. City bins should be removed pile into the grass where children play. make sense of them and some dog entirely from the park as they are an STOOP AND SCOOP They allow Fluffy off-leash wher- owners who do, tend to ignore them. ongoing health hazard. 37. Every owner of a dog shall ever and whenever it suits them – in There is no proper fencing. Over the In the meantime, we should all immediately remove any feces left by the park, on the sidewalk, outside a past few months, things have started familiarize ourselves with the exist- the dog. school. Even if Fluffy barks at and top- to boil over. Neighbours shout at one ing rules: 38. Every owner of a dog shall dis- ples a toddler or runs amok at a family another. Waste bins are overflowing pose of any feces removed pursuant picnic, they simply toss their head and with dog feces. Bylaw officers rarely ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL BY-LAW to Section 37 on his or her premises. chuckle, “Don’t worry! He’s friendly!” show up to educate the public on the NO. 2003-77 (EDITED) (Dumping dog waste in city bins is Are they completely oblivious? rules or to enforce them. Dogs in Parks therefore not only inconsiderate but Unfortunately, we all know these Brown’s Inlet is a unique space that 43. No owner of a dog shall have a also illegal). caricatures and perhaps try not to be should be available to be enjoyed by dog on parkland, or any part thereof, one of them. everyone. It’s beautiful green space in that is designated by sign as an area Michael Honeywell-Dobbin is a writer, In the case of Brown’s Inlet park in summer and a popular tobogganing where dogs are prohibited during: a) business owner, husband and father of the Glebe, discourse around dogs has destination in winter. The pond pro- certain times of the day; three. His work takes him all over the degraded to the point that enjoyment vides a unique habitat for a diversity of 44. No owner of a dog shall have a world, but he calls the Glebe home.

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RINK Glebe Report December 6, 2019 7 PHOTO: ROGER SMITH ROGER PHOTO: The much-discussed Mutchmor rink boards are up – now all we need is ice. The Mutchmor rink cometh By Dan Chook Reid There are issues that still need to be looked at, such as the size of the The temperatures have dropped and rink – it is shorter and smaller than winter is upon us. For many of us, the old one, not as big as the com- that means layering up, dusting off our munity expected. GNAG and the skates and hoping for a winter season city working closely with the Mutch- filled with lots of outdoor skating. And mor community to try to resolve that will be easier to do this year. concerns. As many of you have seen, the However, there is a buzz of excite- Glebe has a boarded rink again. On ment about having a boarded rink November 15, while many Mutchmor again in the heart of the Glebe. Hope- parents streamed through the build- fully we will soon hear lots of stories ing for parent-teacher interviews, city around the dinner table about skating employees took over Mutchmor field. adventures, from young Mutchmor They worked throughout the morning, students learning to skate during gym installing boards, a trailer and lights, class to dads and moms celebrating a putting everything in place for the rink good ol’ game of shinny. to be opened when the ice is ready. Hopefully our new rink will pro- Bringing a boarded rink back to vide beautiful experiences, culture the Glebe has not been easy. Many and recreation like the old one did. community members have laboured Time to get those skates sharpened, tirelessly to advocate for its return. we’ll see you out there soon! Thankfully, the hard work has paid off and community members will be Dan Chook Reid is chair of the Glebe able to enjoy a rink in their backyards Community Association’s Tenant again this season. Committee. What next? Community views By Richard Webb cent. • Continue to press for a return of the The boards are up for a rink at Mutch- original rink – 60.4 per cent. mor. The good news is we can look To summarize: forward to skating and playing hockey • 2.7 per cent agree that no further there for the first time in six years; action need be taken the bad news is it might be a lot more • 97.3 per cent want further action. crowded than it used to be. Based on these numbers, it is clear As you will notice, the rink is con- that most of the community are not siderably shorter than the original rink satisfied with the rink; in fact, given – the new one is 30 metres long, the the 6.3 per cent who want to go along old one was 50 metres. That’s even with the majority view, that means five metres shorter than the 35 metres fully two-thirds of respondents wish to the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa continue to press for a bigger rink. The Carleton Board of Education had pre- board must, at the very least, commit viously indicated it would be. It means to reviewing the situation in the spring the rink will be 40 per cent smaller and to considering all options, includ- than the original. ing a return to the original size. I have learned that the board has not I urge the community to continue to yet committed to continuing the rink provide me with their views and also past this winter, nor has it agreed to to continue to make their views known any future review of the situation. directly to the city and the board. As a result, I asked the community In the meantime, I would like to thank to recommend what further action, if community residents, the Glebe Com- any, should be taken. A large number munity Association, the Glebe Report of replies were received, indicating the and others who have supported and following community preferences: encouraged me in my efforts on to have • Take no further action – 2.7 per the rink returned and those, including cent. GNAG and community residents, who • Review the situation in the Spring have offered to provide assistance in – 31.1 per cent. Of that number, managing and maintaining it. 17.6 per cent favoured a spring review only if the board agrees to Richard Webb is a former Mutchmor a review with all options, including School parent who has spearheaded the return of the original-size rink, the Glebe community’s efforts to have on the table. The rest favoured a the Mutchmor rink returned to the review whatever the terms. community. He can be reached at • Support majority view – 6.3 per [email protected]. 8 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 CREATIVITY

comprises of a pattern of circles, another of dots; some feature exotic birds. There is a playful quality to her work, with col- ‘The Maker’ ours reminiscent of a sunny Mexican palette in greens, yellows and blues. I pick up a small white bowl with an of the Glebe almost iridescent green interior, one of By Carol Sutherland-Brown a series commissioned by a Glebe spa. I make out Von Dehn’s signature on the I first met Kathrin Von Dehn at a party base – the profile of her beloved dog in the Glebe. What I remembered of Ziggy, a long-haired dachshund. that evening was the magnificent view Ziggy is close by while she works in of a snowy Patterson’s Creek, delicious the studio and accompanies her on her Venezuelan arepas and a conversation exploratory walks and regular visits to with an artist so passionate about her the pottery studio at the Glebe Com- work that I was determined to seek her munity Centre. Von Dehn has taught out again. pottery workshops there for children and On a cool, rainy morning in Novem- adults and relies on its kiln to fire her ber, I walk to the home studio of the pieces. She also teaches at the Hinton- long-time Glebe resident, a potter, jewel- burg Pottery Studio and is an active ler and mixed-media artist. member of the Ottawa Guild of Potters. I enter a vibrant household, busy with Glebe artist Kathrin von Dehn, her daughter Bella and dog Ziggy She produces hundreds of pieces children, relatives, husband and dogs. every year and exhibits her work regu- Von Dehn offers me a berry cobbler larly. “It is the doing for me that is really and we sip coffee from her handmade completed formal training as a gold- large, well-organized space, divided important – I am a maker. I am happy mugs. I admire their weight, grace and smith at Toronto’s George Brown into separate areas, each reflective of to have things move, let them out in the cheerful pattern of playful birds in College, where she mastered the tech- her artistic interests. world to be enjoyed by someone else.” jaunty top hats. Her dining-room table nical aspects of jewellery design, and Her pottery tools are grouped together. I am amazed to see I have happily is covered with succulents in graceful then augmented her skills with a resi- There are many surfaces for the rolling, spent four hours in Von Dehn’s wel- pinched pots; hand-painted tiles grace dency at Toronto’s Harbourfront. pinching and cutting. Art canvases line coming studio. Before stepping back the kitchen. Her experimentation with ceramics one wall. Vintage suitcases are neatly out into the rain, I note the details of the Von Dehn loves finding objects to began with components of her jewellery. stacked above cabinets of art and shelves upcoming Ottawa Potters’ Guild show, recombine in her artistic practice. She But about five years ago, she shifted to lined with reference books. A sewing December 13-15 in the Horticulture was a forager, a collector, a reclaimer working largely with clay. “I love it. I am machine sits next to an armoire replete Building at Lansdowne, where I hope to of discarded objects long before recyc- continually surprised by what emerges.” with bolts of fabric – cozy woollens, pick up a few of her pieces for the enjoy- ling. Her kitchen counter sits on a base Given her hospitable nature, I am not warm plaids, shimmering silks. Wreaths ment of my friends and family. of reclaimed wood; her mismatched din- surprised that Von Dehn is a strong hang on the wall, ornamented with cer- You may follow her work on ing room chairs are all found objects. The believer in functional pottery. Her pieces amic buttons. Instagram at kvondesigns, and on Face- effect is one of harmony and individual- are used for serving, receiving and shar- “I like to take anything I can find and book at Kathrin von Dehn Designs. ity, reflecting Von Dehn’s design aesthetic. ing food and drink and for housing use it in my design,” she says, lifting a She tells me that after earning a BA flowers, cacti and succulents. feather reclaimed from the garden and Carol Sutherland-Brown moved to in German from Guelph University, she We go downstairs to her studio placing it gently on the wreath, looking Holmwood Avenue in 1987 after years realized that her interests lay in a dif- where she works from early morning thoughtful and pleased with the result. of travel, work and study in the Middle ferent direction. “All my life I loved to to late afternoon, with breaks for lunch I am drawn to the ceramics on display. East and Europe. Since her retirement make things,” she says. “My first ear- and the occasional game of Scrabble Von Dehn produces “families” of mugs, from Health Canada, she has been rings were made of orange peels.” She with her husband Sebastian. It is a bowls and receptacles. One collection writing memoir and short fiction.

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Street Height and Character Study, a In addition to a successful all-candi- comprehensive plan for our own Glebe **As of November 2019 Ad rates include HST dates’ meeting for the federal election, parks, reducing the carbon footprint the GCA also convened the commun- of the Glebe Community Centre, the ity at large public meetings about the classic Great Glebe Garage Sale, Bank Mutchmor rink, development along Street and infill development, and Bank Street, and a corker of a public heritage conservation on Bank Street forum about management at Lans- and environs such as Clemow. downe Park. In addition to work We will also ensure that the Glebe occurring in committees and monthly perspective is brought forward on meetings, these larger engagement whole-of-city issues such as the City of opportunities allowed the GCA to be Ottawa’s next Official Plan, the future well informed about the concerns of of Lansdowne Park, reducing single- residents. use plastics and other unnecessary This year also saw the GCA get waste, environmental sustainability together with the Old Ottawa East issues and urban forest management. Community Association and the Old If New Year’s resolutions are your Ottawa South Community Associa- thing, you might consider making tion to celebrate the opening of the one to become more engaged in your incredible Flora Footbridge – active community and to come out to a GCA transportation infrastructure that has meeting. In January we resume meet- connected our communities in a new ing on the fourth Tuesday of the month and exciting way that has exceeded at 7 p.m. in the Glebe Community most expectations. Centre. Our next meeting is January 28. We’d love to meet you there. THANK YOU PARTNERS If it’s just not your thing, I would In addition to our GCA volunteers, urge you to contribute to the com- I’d like to acknowledge our fantastic munity in other ways, whether that’s partners at the Glebe Neighbourhood volunteer efforts for other organiza- Visitors’ Activities Group, Glebe BIA, and tions, simply saying hi to those you Information the Glebe Report. Our commun- pass on the street or helping neigh- ity is richer, more vibrant and better bours with snow shovelling. In a time Night informed due to their contributions when the broader landscape seems th and those of their respective boards. so polarized, we should never forget January 28 I’d also like to acknowledge the Feder- our own power to make small positive ation of Citizens’ Associations which contributions to the world around us. 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ensures that community associations Have a safe and happy holiday and across Ottawa have an opportunity best wishes as you ring in the New Bilingual Toddler, Preschool & to come together to learn about and Year. Elementary Programs Glebe Montessori School TFI@glebereport

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PHOTO: JOHN MUGGLETON PHOTO: old friends or making new ones. Pints & Quarts new owners Blair Brassard and Dan Rogers donated proceeds of Our goal is to provide the best pos- their golf tournament fundraiser to GNAG’s Community Development Fund. From sible experience to participants of all left: Katie Toogood, Paul O’Donnell, Dan Rogers, Lauren Fowler, Blair Brassard, ages. Whether you’re at an exercise Mary Tsai and Clare Davidson-Rogers GNAG class, the youth ski club or Mutchmor rink for a friendly game of shinny, we want to provide an unparalleled does it all! experience. Building on the adult social sports GNAG’S CREATIVE ARTS theme, I am excited to announce that We are much more than paintbrushes, we will be introducing a new adult jazz hands and improv. co-ed sports league on Wednesday New Clients Always Welcome! GNAG values and encourages nights – six weeks of dodgeball fol- • Preventive Medicine • Vaccination diversity and imaginative expression. lowed by six weeks of volleyball. • Assessment and Treatment • Surgery and Dentistry Our instructors cultivate creativity in We’ve partnered with the Pints and of Injuries and Illness • Nutritional Counseling performing and visual arts. As a facil- Quarts pub in the Glebe to give exclu- ity which provides arts education, we sive deals after your game each week. Monday to Thursday 8am - 7pm believe that art is powerful enough You can sign-up as a team or as an Friday 8am - 6pm & Saturday 8am - 2pm to change people’s lives in incred- individual to be assigned to a team. ible ways. When people connect with celebrating 20 great years in the glebe the arts, they gain self-confidence, MUTCHMOR RINK develop self-discipline and discover GNAG is the official operator of the creative expression – qualities they Mutchmor Rink. Thank you to com- carry with them for life. munity members who advocated for “GNAG’s drawing class has been so the return of a boarded rink and to incredibly helpful,” says Elspeth Tory, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Happy Holidays! a fundamental drawing student. “I’ve Board and the City of Ottawa for mak- now got fundamental tools I can use ing it possible. In order to ensure a Do you have enough life insurance to cover your when trying to capture an image and successful first season, we are looking mortgage & replace your income? We specialize ways to make sure I’ve done it right. for volunteers to help with mainten- Their art classes are a wonderful cre- ance and supervision. If you love in affordable term life insurance coverage. ative outlet and a much-needed break hockey and are handy with a snow- from technology for a few hours.” blower, shovel or hose, please send beckmanwealthmanagement.ca I recently attended a showcase of your information to Paul O’Donnell Temporarily located @ short plays written and performed at [email protected]. More hands make 1041 Gladstone Avenue by six community members, some more fun! Returning to the Glebe soon! with a bit of acting experience and all 613-680-2600 new to playwriting. I was absolutely WINTER PROGRAM REGISTRATION [email protected] enthralled by what was produced in With all that is going on, I am eight short weeks. The quality of writ- excited about GNAG’s winter line up. Follow us on ing was impressive; the stories were Do you have your Winter 2020 pro- Manulife, Manulife Securities, the block design, the four cube design, & strong reliable trustworthy forward amusing and imaginative. Need- gram guide from the November issue thinking are trademarks of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company & are used by it, & by its af liates less to say, it was a joy to witness of the Glebe Report? If not, there are under license. Manulife Securities Incorporated is a Member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. the outcome of one of the many per- extra copies at the Glebe Community Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc. is a Member of the MFDA IPC. forming art classes offered by GNAG. Centre or you can download the latest Image by Michaela Wenzler from Pixabay “I looked forward to our class each version from our website at GNAG.ca. week,” says Pascale Pergant, one of The GNAG team have worked dili- the playwriting students. “It felt like gently to put together a wide range a special treat to spend the morning of programs and activities and have ‘Tis the season! with our group, listening, sharing, signed up some of Ottawa’s finest creating and laughing together. John instructors, presenters and facilitators. “Wowing them” over cocktails, Muggleton did such a wonderful job Registration started December 4. or hosting a cozy Open House... of guiding us both as a group and Don’t miss out. individually, as we worked towards If you are looking for a gift idea, get dressed for less. our showcase performance. I’ll def- GNAG gift certificates are an ideal initely sign up again.” way to brighten up 2020. Email We love this time of year. “GNAG’s playwriting class was [email protected] for more information. Merry Christmas! the highlight of my week,” says Liz McKeen. “We surprised ourselves at SPONSORSHIP FROM the creativity that was unleashed in us PINTS AND QUARTS – and the fun we had! The night we In September, the Pints & Quarts showcased our short plays in front of pub hosted its first annual fund- a friendly audience was highly enter- raiser golf tournament. All proceeds taining, or so I’m told.” were donated to GNAG’s commun- The same applies to our youngest ity development fund. Thank you to participants. Every year at the Snow- new owners Blair Brassard and Dan 1136 Bank Street, Ottawa ON K1S 3X6 flake Special, it is fun to watch the Rogers for their generosity and com- 613-730-9039 • theclothessecret.com Cochrane Photography Cochrane preschool ballerinas prance on stage. munity support. COUNCILLOR’S REPORT Glebe Report December 6, 2019 11 BW Shawn Menard Councillor, Capital Ward

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LANSDOWNE PARK worse for our bottom line. for a comprehensive overview, please visit our web site: A few weeks ago, I was informed of In addition, I have called for a fare www.sandyhill.ca or call nathan gurnham at (613)832-1717 a staff report that was coming to the freeze in 2020. Fares are set to go up Finance and Economic Development on January 1, and that’s both unwise Committee (FEDCO) about Lans- and unfair. We can’t keep raising fares downe Park. It suggested that we while service and satisfaction drop. I give staff the delegated authority to was pleased when the mayor followed strike a deal with the Ottawa Sports up on this call and announced a three- and Entertainment Group (OSEG) month freeze, with possible extensions to give it control over operations and depending on service. We need to hold programming of the public areas of the line on fares so that we don’t push HOLIDAY SALE Lansdowne. Work began right away even more people to abandon transit. to counter what seemed like a fait I will continue working with staff and accompli. councillors on this. A public consultation had been organized by the community asso- ISABELLA-CHAMBERLAIN ciations of Old Ottawa East, Old DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS Ottawa South and the Glebe. When we The city is in the process of a func- released the news about the planned tional design study for Isabella Street, change for Lansdowne, the commun- Chamberlain Avenue and Catherine ity rallied. Five or six hundred people Street. After a lot of work with city came out and let the city and OSEG staff and a community stakeholder know that they didn’t want to see more group, we can happily announce that public space given up. the changes requested to the designs Community members continued have been implemented. We will now their efforts by writing to councillors have a full MUP (Muti-Use Pathway) and the mayor, coming out to a rally on Isabella and Chamberlain from Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park our office hosted before the FEDCO Percy to Elgin, connecting many meeting, then speaking passionately important pedestrian and bicycling and thoughtfully about what Lans- routes and improving the safety of the downe should be. More than 2,500 intersections along the way. people signed a petition in less than Work won’t start for several years a week. but it’s great that we’re looking for- After much work with staff and ward to a safer, more inviting streets councillors, we secured a motion that for everyone. Holiday Greetings from... revised the report, removed delegated authority for staff, ensured pub- CENTRAL PARK WEST lic consultation would occur before DRAINAGE UPDATE discussions begin with OSEG and Work to fix the drainage at Central included an option to bring back a “no Park West continues. Construction deal” outcome. It passed unanimously will wind down soon. The last work and was to be considered by council for this year will be spreading topsoil on November 27. An outcome would and building an accessible ramp from need to be brought back to council no Lyon Street. later than the end of the second quar- Once the ground has hardened and ter of 2020. frozen, crews will begin spreading Much work is left to do in the com- topsoil and building the ramp. Once ing months, and make no mistake, the topsoil is down, the contractor will there is still a big push for full com- remove the hoarding along Roseberry Please be sure to place your holiday orders mercialization of the pubic side of and open the pedestrian access at the early to avoid disappointment! Lansdowne. three other entrances. Work will resume in the spring, Holiday Gift Certi cates Available TRANSIT PROBLEMS including the final path grading and The roll-out of LRT has not gone as seeding. the city had hoped. To add to the LRT Our Holiday Hours struggles, we haven’t seen the prom- SENECA STREET, AYLMER AVENUE Thursday, December 19, 9-7 ised improvements to bus service once AND FULTON AVENUE UPDATE LRT began. We have been pushing A lot of work has been going on Friday, December 20, 9-7 hard on some issues with city staff, around these three streets. The main- Saturday, December 21, 9-6 like improving the reliability of doors line sewer and watermain work is and adding carpets and better traction complete and the watermains are in Sunday, December 22, 10-5 on stairs to address slipping hazard. service. The city is now switching Monday, December 23, 9-6 We are getting 40 more buses back on residents to the new watermain. the streets, some which will be added Road construction will continue Tuesday, December 24, 9-3 (early close) in Capital Ward to routes 6, 7 and 55. once water is reconnected. Sidewalks Closed Wednesday, December 25 to Friday, December 27 There remains a lot of work to be and base course asphalt should be Saturday, December 28, 9-6 done. I’ve expressed concerns with completed this month. Landscaping this from the start. Signing P3’s (pub- activities will progress (weather per- Closed Sunday, December 29 & Monday, December 30 lic-private partnerships) is not in mitting) through to winter shut down, Monday, December 31, 9-3 (early close) Ottawa’s best interest; it costs us trans- with landscaping completed next parency and service, and it is normally spring. Resume regular hours January 7 (closed January 1-6) www.glebereport.ca [email protected] 12 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 MP’S REPORT

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We are moving into the winter here, volunteers Aliya and Liam provided and as we inch closer to the end of some amazing assistance during their the year, I am truly humbled that the time in our community office. people of Ottawa Centre chose to put As we move forward, there are a their trust in me as their MP once more. couple of changes to note happening in Again, I made the decision to run on our community office. Monica Fath- a local campaign on issues that mat- allah will take on the role of Office ter to all of us. I delivered on the local Director and Ashley Gammie will be promises that I made in 2015. But I transitioning to Casework Manager. believe that there is a lot more to do to We are committed to continue work- create a more sustainable, prosperous ing hard for all of you, listening and and inclusive Ottawa Centre. helping with your concerns. Kitchen and Home Accessories • We need to restore the Prince As I prepare to join my colleagues We have a unique assortment of gift ideas and of Wales Bridge for cyclists and back on Parliament Hill, I will be a pedestrians. voice for all of you in Ottawa Centre, everything you need for holiday entertaining! • We need electric buses in the OC and do my best to represent you and Transpo fleet. continue to work hard for our com- Come by to see our selection of gadgets, • We need to expand Bayview munity. table linens, baskets, candles, glass storage, Yards and make Ottawa a global Thank you Ottawa Centre, clean-tech hub to create even and tons of stocking stuffers. more good jobs. Catherine Happy holidays from all of us at J. D. Adam • We need to build more affordable housing. Note: Our office will be closed * CELEBRATING 31 YEARS IN THE GLEBE! * • We need to respect and support December 20, 2019 and we will re- Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @jdadamkitchen our public servants. open January 6, 2020. • We need to eliminate single-use 795 Bank St. 613 235-8714 jdadam.ca plastics and plant thousands of PHOENIX PAY SYSTEM trees in Ottawa Centre. Resolving the ongoing public ser- • I promised to do all these things vice pay problem is our government’s and I will work every day to priority. If you have challenges resolv- deliver them for you. ing a Phoenix pay issue please contact We had a very busy and productive our office and a member of our team Beautiful Living Naturally summer this year and our summer will assist you.

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In a time of rapid change in the Glebe, it is my growing belief that we have to reimagine how we live in and navigate around our neighbourhood. As a resident and business owner here for more than 40 years, I am passionate about and committed to sustaining the quality of life that we who live in the Glebe have enjoyed for so many years. Our population of residents and entrepreneurs is growing, with major construction either underway or about to begin. Many of the changes that come with this growth are positive, but they also bring disruption. The old ways won’t work for much longer. Construction is reducing parking, not just in the short term but likely LIZ MCKEEN PHOTO: permanently. Parking spots will be Glebe businesses need to adapt to growing congestion. Can we reimagine the Glebe without cars? reduced for individuals and business owners alike. In addition, a larger popu- daily lives. The businesses where As a business owner, I have to get advocating strongly with our municipal lation is or will be competing for less they work, dine and are entertained more creative about how I attract councillors to ensure the disabled, the available space for just about everything. are very accommodating to the com- and retain my customers. I hope my elderly – in fact everybody – can con- What’s the answer? In my opinion, munity. They have it figured out. fellow entrepreneurs will do the same. tinue to patronize our businesses. we need new, creative solutions. We can take a lesson from Toron- How? By making it easy and conven- I am confident we can change our I was recently in the Cabbagetown to’s busy streets. As Glebites, we can ient for customers to get through our thinking and take action. Let’s get a neighbourhood in Toronto and took – in fact we must – reimagine how we doors. This means we have to work conversation started! some time to observe how people get navigate without cars. We also have to with developers to enable more liv- around. With parking virtually impos- encourage visitors to the neighbour- able neighbourhoods. It means City of Caren von Merveldt is a Glebite and sible to find, people walk, take public hood to do the same. Before long, the Ottawa staff have to pay more atten- owner of Von’s and Flipper’s. She transportation or hail a cab or other easiest way to live here or visit will be tion to what entrepreneurs need to began as an entrepreneur with Glebe ride-hailing services to go about their to leave our vehicles at home. keep their businesses thriving. It means Fish some 42 years ago.

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By Jennifer Humphries and glass facility. It’s an impressive operation where contents of our blue Garbage may not be a riveting topic, bins are sorted and compressed into but as Ottawa’s population grows – we large bales to be trucked to Cascades reached one million in June and the Recovery Montreal which turns them new Official Plan documents project into material for sale to manufactur- that we’ll hit two million within a few ers. Three types of plastic bottles and decades – our city’s waste footprint is containers are the most valuable for of growing concern. recycling – number 1 PET or PETE Canada is second only to the United (polyethylene terephthalate), number States in the developed world in terms 2 HDPE (high density polyethylene) of per capita garbage production, and number 5 PP (polypropylene). according to a Canadian Geographic Those marked 3, 6 and 7 have the article titled “Canada’s Dirty Secret.” least value and some may be diverted

It says Canadians produce an average to landfill, though Cascades does try JENNIFER HUMPHRIES PHOTOS: of 720 kilograms of waste each year. to use and sell as much as possible. Surrounded by bales: at centre Meg Sears of Waste Watch Ottawa and Prevent That’s not a pretty picture, so we have The most valuable materials are alum- Cancer Now; at far right Duncan Bury of Waste Watch Ottawa; at left Jake Bennett, work to do to avert what one commen- inum and tin cans, which can easily Operations Supervisor, Cascades Recovery; in background Kevin Wylie, General tator has called “suicide by garbage.” be marketed and recycled. Glass is a Manager, Public Works and Environmental Services, City of Ottawa. With Black Friday behind us and the different story. Because it breaks and holidays just ahead, it seems timely to contaminates other materials, it isn’t look at how Ottawa deals with waste actually recycled; instead, much of it ing a new site could take upwards of July; for example, plastic bags can now and to consider ways to limit our own is crushed and used in asphalt for road a decade and developing it could cost be used for organics. However, it’s still trash footprint. construction at the Trail Road landfill. at least $300 million. better to use paper bags, newsprint or Diversion to recycling is critical to The problem is much bigger than old cereal boxes, because plastic has to TRASH TOUR extending the life of the Trail Road individual citizens. Household gar- be screened out. For details: ottawa.ca/ First, how does Ottawa manage landfill. Based on current garbage bage only accounts for a third to half en/garbage-and-recycling/green-bin- waste? production, the city projects it will be of the refuse generated in Canada. and-leaf-and-yard-waste#changes- I recently took part in a “trash tour” “landfull” by 2042. In 2018, 50 per The rest comes from industry, com- green-bin-program organized by councillors Scott Mof- cent of curbside materials and 85 per merce and institutions (ICI), including And there’s an App for that. Look fatt and Shawn Menard, chair and cent of multi-residential (apartment restaurants, schools, malls, factories, for the city’s “Garbage and recycling co-chair of the city’s environment and condominium buildings) materi- office buildings and construction sites. collection calendar.” It will cue you to committee respectively, and by city als went to Trail Road. But WWO Small businesses can participate in regular and special collection dates. waste management staff. Along with says that if we change our habits and the city’s yellow bag program (see the Partners! Take your plastic bags 11 councillors, the tour included col- increase the diversion of waste from city website for details). Some man- to partners such as McKeen Metro leagues from Waste Watch Ottawa landfill disposal, we could extend age their own waste or use private which will send them to commercial (WWO), Ecology Ottawa and Trail Road’s life to 2065 or even 2075, contractors, operating under provin- recyclers. Check the guide on page 15 Community Associations for Environ- meaning we wouldn’t need to convert cial regulations, which may not always to see what’s recyclable or check the mental Sustainability (CAFES). We more land to this unproductive pur- yield good results for our commun- list on the big blue bin at the front of had the chance to see one of the two pose for a couple of generations. ity. To date, most waste diversion McKeen’s. Cascades recycling facilities contracted Thanks to good management and an has come from the residential sector. Choose “gable” containers of to handle our blue and black boxes, as optimization and expansion project in Improving residential waste diversion milk, plant milk, juice, etc., instead well as the Trail Road landfill. In the the 2000s, Trail Road has been able and getting the ICI sector to do more of TetraPaks whenever possible. near future, we also hope to visit the to handle Ottawa’s waste since 1980. are priorities, and we need to press Gable containers (they look like house Renewi organics composting site. The landfill includes a methane gas governments at all levels for strong gables) are recyclable and are much The overarching context is the cur- capture system which runs generators. legislation and enforcement. less energy intensive to recycle. rent city project to develop a new The electricity it produces is fed into Our actions as individuals, house- Blue bin blues. Avoid the wishful 30-year solid waste master plan (you the Hydro Ottawa grid and is enough holds and businesses can make a thinking trap that leads many to put can find information on the city web- to power 6,000 homes. significant difference. Many of you garden hoses and toys in the blue box. site, including the roadmap approved In many respects, the city’s land- are already on board, but I hope these These items and many others that we by city council in July). fill works well, but managers need tips will help us all to find more ways think should be recyclable are not. Cascades Recovery Ottawa runs two our help to sustain it to avoid the need to shrink our trash footprint. There’s a cost to removing them and operations – one for plastics, metal and for expansion and to avert the vast redirecting them to landfill, so best glass; the other for paper and fibre- financial and environmental costs of TRASH REDUCTION TIPS to check Waste Explorer before dis- board. 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Bales of metal at Cascades Recovery, ready to be trucked off for recycling www.mcquillanelectric.ca GARBAGE Glebe Report December 6, 2019 15 volumes. Don’t neglect these items. Metro’s Plastics Blue Bin CMYK Avoid heavily packaged products. Egregious examples include double- Your guide to what’s recyclable wrapped produce and baked goods. YES Avoid bananas in plastic bags! 1. Dry cleaning bags Buy at markets and shops that wel- 2. Produce bags 3. Grocery and retail bags come and even help you fill your own 4. Plastic wrappers (like those from toilet produce bags and containers. paper, diapers and paper towels) Buy at stores where you can refill 5. Cereal box liners Note: If it tears like your containers. An array of prod- paper, it’s not recyclable. ucts is now available this way. Using 6. Bubble wrap and air pillows Note: Pop the bubbles and pouches first. It’s not only and reusing containers means less in required, it’s fun. the garbage and less in recycling bins. 7. Plastic shipping envelopes That’s a good thing. Recycling isn’t a 8. Zip-top bags and sandwich bags panacea – it’s energy intensive and 9. Bread bags supports the continued production of 10. Newspaper bags short-lived “stuff” which increases the Trained raptors chase seagulls away from the Trail Road Landfill. Shown with its NO carbon footprint. handler is a Harris’s Hawk. Predator program birds are bred in captivity and trained 1. Food wrap (cling wrap) Most of us carry travel mugs for from a young age. Prior to the program, thousands of seagulls swarmed the site. 2. Cellophane (like from flowers or gift coffee. Why not use them at places Now there are only 100–400 a day. baskets) that only offer disposable cups even if 3. Frozen food bags 4. Pretzel and potato chip bags you’re “drinking in?” Paper and com- Note: Some manufacturers are taking postable cups may seem like a good strides to minimize packaging and reduce option but despite the claims, they are landfill waste – Teracycle has a program to not always recyclable or compostable. collect snack bags and turn them into 3D Reusable is still best by far. printer filament. 5. Biodegradable produce bags, often Get your own cutlery kit to carry recognizable by their greenish tint. Note: around. Some restaurants only pro- These bags are better suited for compost vide disposable dishes, even if you are collection. eating or drinking in. Plastic spoons, 6. Salad and greens bags, food packages knives and forks aren’t recycled in 7. Candy bar wrappers 8. Zipper bedding packaging Note: They Ottawa and have a big carbon foot- might be accepted by your curbside pro- print from resource extraction through gram – check with your hauler. production to disposal. Wrap gifts in reusable cloth bags Touring Trail Landfill by bus. Participants focused on a mountain of castoffs, from production. As Red Green used to or last week’s newspapers instead of lawn chairs and bikes to pieces of railing to…you name it. From left, Angela Keller- say, we’re all in this together. Judging using throwaway wrapping paper, Herzog of CAFES; Robb Barnes, Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa; Capital by efforts in the Glebe, we’re already Ward Councillor Shawn Menard. At far right, Marilyn Journeaux, Director, Solid bows and ribbons. Waste Services, City of Ottawa. making a difference. Buy to last. Many people are decid- ing to invest in a few items of quality recycling is possible but has a signifi- items you already own or find at vin- Jennifer Humphries is co-chair of the that are likely to have a long lifespan. cant energy cost. tage shops. Environment Committee of the Glebe For example, they choose a few classice Take hgh your good used stuff to Aim for thoughtful, minimal con- Community Association and a member wardrobe pieces rather than fast fash- second-hand shops rather than toss- sumption – the polar opposite of of Community Associations for ion, items that look great for a while ing it in the trashcan. conspicuous consumption or status Environmental Sustainability (CAFES). but will quickly fade, fray or fall out of Buy more used products yourself. consumption. You can reach her at:environment@ style, then wind up in landfill. Textile Repair, reupholster or redesign All of us need to trim our waste glebeca.ca.

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY 16 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 BIA 365 days, 16 new businesses, one exceptional year Jackie Morphy, owner of All Eco, says she knew from day one that her eco-product business would fit in seamlessly with the fabric of the Glebe, not only because of strong support for shopping local but also because residents are both environ- mentally and health conscious. “I’ve always felt the Glebe has an established environmental conscien- tiousness, and this has proven true,” says Morphy, who opened All Eco this fall. “In addition to appreciating all the items I offer, they have been especially thrilled that I offer a refill bar for cleaning and body products.” A roster of new restaurants is sure to keep food lovers’ cravings satisfied. The Last Train to Delhi serves authentic Northern Indian cuisine Footsteps at chic new digs on Fourth Avenue. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen offers its

PHOTO: LIZ MCKEEN PHOTO: famous fried chicken and addictive Nearly 20 new businesses opened in Cajun fries. You’ll find hummus and the Glebe this past year. falafels galore at the popular Chick- peas restaurant and mouth-watering authentic Mexican cuisine at The By Trevor Greenway Cabana’s Kitchen. Fill your sweet tooth with a decadent dessert from To say that 2019 was a good year in Cinnaholic – you may be there awhile the Glebe would be a major under- trying to decide among their 18 differ- statement. ent toppings. From the neighbourhood being For ladies’ fashion, look no further named one of six official Winter- than Viens avec Moi, a trendy new lude destinations to the launch of the women’s clothing store that offers con- first-ever Ottawa Christmas Market, temporary clothing for every occasion. the Glebe continues to live up to its The new consignment store, Bad Dog reputation as a must-visit destination Co., is a haven for retro shoes, wind- for families, sports fans, music buffs, breakers and more. If you’ve got old food lovers and shopaholics. threads you want to trade in for a fresh And it keeps getting better every look, this funky shop buys, sells and day. Nearly 20 new businesses opened trades urban and vintage street wear. in the Glebe this past year, adding to We all know self-care is import- an already stunning variety of unique ant, especially during the holidays. shops, restaurants and services, many The new One Body Wellness, located of which you won’t find anywhere else on Fourth Avenue, offers everything in the city. from massage therapy and osteopathy Unsurprisingly, the neighbourhood to acupuncture and other holistic treat- has welcomed these businesses with ments. Anna Belanger & Associates open arms. offers a variety of massage-therapy “Our first week was fantastic,” says treatments, including pre and post- Corey Hackett, who moved his Top natal massages for new moms. of the World Skate Shop to the Glebe Those looking to get their nails done from downtown in the summer. “We before holiday parties will be excited had an amazing response from cus- about Glorious Nails Spa’s gorgeous tomers, new and old alike, and our new space on Marché Way where you neighbours were also unbelievably can sit back and relax for a manicure, FOR ALE SOLD S . welcoming.” It didn’t take long for the pedicure or phibrows. The team of skateboard shop to become a staple in nurses at Luxé Beauty Clinic provide the neighbourhood, with scores of comprehensive skin care, including kids cruising along Bank Street on dermal fillers, IV nutrient therapy and their sleek new boards. Botox. They also do teeth whitening. “The vibe of the neighbourhood For entrepreneurs, freelancers, busi- is very upbeat and positive,” added ness travellers and remote workers, Hackett. “It’s also very community the new Lauft workspace at Lans- focused and welcoming. The people downe offers a flexible and convenient of the Glebe are amazingly friendly workspace where you find other like- and encouraging of local businesses.” minded professionals. The new Audi City Ottawa – the Visit us at intheglebe.ca to learn first and only one of its kind in Canada more about these new businesses and – boasts a state-of-the-art boutique to stay up to date on what’s happening showroom where you can admire the all year long. new Q3 and more. You’ll also find lots Thank you all for your constant sup- of accessories to browse and a fun port and unwavering commitment to interactive zone with games for kids our community and for remaining our and the young at heart. loyal customers over the years. It’s Just up the street on Third Avenue is been another exceptional year in the the new Collabo Café, with scores of Glebe, and we are excited about what coffee flavours, delicious snacks and the future has in store for our great all-ages events in the evening. Owner urban neighbourhood. Bring on 2020! Monera Saad is even getting ready to launch her new “mocktail bar” for Trevor Greenway is responsible for those who want a fun, and respon- communications at the Glebe BIA sible, night out. (Business Improvement Area). ©2019 Engel & Völkers Ottawa Central, Brokerage. Each brokerage independently owned & operated. Dominique Milne, Broker. Lyne Burton, Sales Representative. BUSINESS Glebe Report December 6, 2019 17 DOUVRIS MARTIAL ARTS CELEBRATES 35 YEARS By Chrystiane Mallaley as they progress through their training and belts. Douvris Martial Arts, a long-time Kim Hopkins is 12 years old and is mainstay of the Glebe and Old Ottawa on Douvris’ competitive team. She has South, recently celebrated its 35th an- her black belt and has already com- niversary. I was invited to stop by on a peted at three world championships. busy Saturday for cake and conversa- She has also been teaching younger tion about the secret to success for this students for the past four years. karate family. “I grew up here, it’s like my second John Douvris started training in home,” Hopkins said. “It’s a great Douvris Martial Arts aims to offer something for everyone, from “Karate Tykes” to martial arts in 1972 at the age of 12 place to learn, meet new friends and “55+ Karate” to “Total Body Training.” and was soon dreaming of his own have fun.” dojo. That dream became a reality in For the Douvris’s, family isn’t about story among parents I spoke with very proud of it,” said Peter Douvris. 1984 when John and his brother Peter the name on the door, it’s the philoso- – their kids brought them to Douv- “It’s a family business – my son and – both karate champions – opened phy underlying their offering and the ris and they got hooked themselves. my brother’s son are involved, and I’m their first Douvris Martial Arts loca- welcoming space they create for all. One couple joked that a sparring class hoping they’ll carry on with it.” tion at Bank and James Street. They “We have students who started makes for a great date night and is Douvris is also excited by the hopped down Bank in the years that here at four years old, stayed with much more productive than therapy. recent international expansion of the followed, to Bank and Fifth, and then us through university, and now we’re Weiler also made the point that brand. In addition to nine locations on to their current location at 1270 teaching their kids,” said Douvris. Douvris offers much more than in Ottawa-Gatineau, Douvris karate Bank Street in 1994. There have been couples, marriages physical fitness; it also promotes emo- is also offered in three locations in I asked Douvris, who is known as and babies that all started in the Douv- tional and psychological wellness. Guatemala and Panama in collabora- “Master John” around the studio, what ris dojo. “People come in for the karate but tion with local partners who share the he is most proud of as he celebrates From “Karate Tykes” to “55+ Kar- there’s so much more,” she said. “At Douvris philosophy. this latest milestone. ate” to “Total Body Training” (a CHEO, I’ve seen the negative impact “I’m very thankful to Old Ottawa “I learned a long time ago that lots high-energy, cardio kickboxing class), competitive sports can have on kids, South and the Glebe community for of people can teach martial arts, but Douvris aims to offer something for but I don’t see that here. These kids their support,” said Douvris. “We’ve the philosophy of the school is what everyone. are resilient, happy to be here and made so many great connections in makes the difference,” said Douvris. Gabrielle Weiler, a self-described excited to be part of a team.” this neighbourhood over the years.” “Our credo is to become the best per- karate mom and pediatrician at Another parent, Jennifer Goosen, Fitness, kinship and leadership for son you can be, and that’s what we CHEO, emphasized this. “Master agreed. “The support and resources all ages. Ready to give it a shot? Try strive for with every student. We really John and Miss Cathy make this place provided here help kids gain confi- two karate classes and receive a com- care about our students and our com- all about family,” she said. dence and understand and deal with plementary uniform for $19.95. Visit munity. I invite everyone to pop in and Weiler first gave Douvris a try when real life situations that they wouldn’t www.douvris.com to learn more. observe what happens here. It’s pretty her daughter expressed an interest in necessarily want to talk to their par- special.” martial arts after watching Mulan. ents about.” Chrystiane Mallaley is a public Many I spoke with praised the That daughter is now a second-degree So what does the future look like for relations pro and Maritimer, now Douvris Leadership Program that pro- blackbelt, and Weiler and her other Douvris Martial Arts? calling the Glebe home, keen to get vides students the opportunity to share daughter are students as well. “For this kind of business, there to know all the nation’s capital has to their knowledge with younger students It seemed to be a very common aren’t many that last this long, so we’re offer. Follow @cmallaley on Twitter.

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By Carolyn Best temples, the flavourer of their bev- erages. Uncultivated, vanilla yields The vanilla flower, ephemeral orchid few blooms, so the Totonacs folded of Meso America, once grew prolifi- down the vines to the height of a per- cally in the lands of the Totonac, an son and stimulated the flowering of indigenous people whose descendants many orchids on a single vine. The still inhabit parts of the present-day delicate blossom, which lives less GELL TAEGAN PHOTO: Mexican states of Veracruz, Puebla than one day, is a hermaphrodite and Making fabulous home-made vanilla ice cream can be a party! and Hidalgo. Before clear-cutting bears both a male and a female organ. devastated the region’s great forests, Self-pollination is blocked by a mem- beans and vanilla pods. It was not long heirs to a heritage that valued monu- limitless numbers of vanilla vines brane which separates these organs before Europe was infatuated with mental architecture and an advanced enwrapped the trees, reaching up to within each flower, and it can only be vanilla. Royalty, bakers and perfum- urban conception of cities. Some of the high jungle canopy. Inside the achieved with the help of a humming- ers could not be sated in their demand the Totonac loved Paris and had archi- vine’s large pods, which only form if bird or the tiny Mexican “abeja de for what soon became, and remains tects design mansions for them there. fertilization takes place, can be found monte” (mountain bee), which alights today, the world’s most popular flavour It is said that one of these still stands an oily liquid full of tiny seeds – the on the vanilla flower, pushes aside the and fragrance. Papantla, in the land of on Rue St. Germain, Totonac reliefs precious vanilla. hood, then effects pollination while the Totonac, was known as the town incorporated into its façade. While the Olmecs, Central Amer- gathering nectar. that perfumes the world. In the mid-19th century, 12-year-old ica’s earliest civilization, discovered In 1480 CE, the Aztec came to the The French tried to establish van- slave Edmund Albius made a discov- the value of wild vanilla, it was the land of the Totonac and defeated them. illa plantations in their colonies in ery on the French island of Reunion in Totonac who first domesticated the The conquerors demanded annual trib- similar latitude throughout the South the Indian Ocean. By keen botanical plant. Famed as the architects and ute in the form of vast consignments Seas. Though the vines flourished and observation, he deduced a method to builders of the elegant city of El Tajin of vanilla pods. In the Aztec city of flowered, they produced no pods. For pollinate the vanilla flower by human in the state of Vera Cruz, which flour- Tenochtitlan, Hernando Cortez first 300 years, only Mexico could supply agency, using a bamboo sliver to cross ished between 600 CE and 1200 CE, drank the sacred ambrosia of choco- vanilla to meet the steadily increas- the flower’s membrane and unite sta- they were still a powerful people at late, vanilla, chili and corn presented ing European demand. Among the men and pistil to produce a pod. the time of the Spanish conquest of to him by the emperor Lord Monte- Totonac were people who became Albius taught his method through- Mexico. zuma. The drink was served always in wealthy exporting the pods. With their out the lands where sea merchants, In the cosmology of the Totonac, golden vessels. When Cortez returned new riches, a number chartered trans- dreaming of wealth, had induced the vanilla is a gift given to them by to Europe, his ships carried not only atlantic ships and travelled to France. vanilla vine to grow but where no bee the gods, the fragrance in their gold but also sacks and sacks of cocoa These “people of the jaguar” were or hummingbird effected pollination. Vanilla became the most labour-intensive crop in the world. Today the Totonac hold only a small, though superior, share of the world’s vanilla trade. They still grow and tend vines around their houses with a reli- gious devotion appropriate for a gift day spa & advanced esthetics of the gods.

Carolyn Best is the former proprietor/ chef of The Pantry vegetarian tearoom and is a regular Glebe Report contributor on food.

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By Katie Stewart Rain, as well as “The Stairwell Carol” and many other carols by tenor and As the Stairwell Carollers prepare director Massie. for this year’s Christmas concerts, I Being part of the Stairwell Carollers am so happy and proud to be part of has been a real treat and an amazing this amazing choir that I dreamed of experience for me. We really hope to joining from the moment I first heard see you at our concert “An a capella it sing. Christmas” at Southminster United That was in May 2017 when I was a Church, 15 Aylmer Avenue at Bank member of the Glebe Collegiate choir Street, Saturday December 14, 7:30 and we performed with the Stairwell p.m. Carollers. I had never heard a choir Come celebrate and enjoy carols quite like it before, and I fell in love with us and hear a capella singing at with the music they sang. After I its finest! The Carollers will also be graduated from high school in 2018, I presenting a $2,000 donation to the had the courage to sign up for an audi- Cornerstone Housing for Women. tion, and I am so glad I was accepted. If you’re looking for that perfect This award-winning choir is Christmas gift, the choir’s CDs will directed by Pierre Massie, a former be on sale. Proceeds from tickets, CDs music teacher at Glebe who taught me and product sales are used to help when I was there. He has put together local organisations. Since 1997, the an incredible Christmas program for choir has donated more than $140,000 our concerts this year. Having sung to local charities and scholarships. many a capella pieces, with Glebe Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 in choirs and with the Stairwell Carol- advance at Compact Music, 206 and lers, I promise that this season’s pieces 785 1/2 Bank Street, or online at stair- are some of the best. wellcarollers.com. Included are unique arrangements If you can’t make it to Southminster, and compositions by four choir mem- you can also hear the Stairwell Carol- Imagine living at Villagia in The Glebe bers, our very own composer quartet. lers on Wednesday, December 18 at St The program includes two brand- Columba Church, 24 Sandridge Road, Now is the time to plan ahead for an enjoy- new carols: “Christmas is…” by bass 7:30 p.m. Terry Brynaert and “Mary’s Lullaby” able winter! You’ll love that we are minutes by alto Lyndsay Bolden. The choir is Katie Stewart is a former Glebe away from downtown, the historic Rideau also singing an arrangement of “Es ist Collegiate student who sings soprano ein Ros enstsprungen” by tenor David in the Stairwell Carollers. Canal and all that the Glebe has to offer. With both Independent and Assisted Living, you’ll enjoy peace of mind knowing you have the right care when you need it.

Contact Sue at (613) 617-7888 For the Glebe Report’s February Poetry Quarter, drive your poems to the limits! Explore the notion of extremes – highs and lows, ups and downs, inside or outside, joy or sorrow, solo or together. In to book your tour! the throes of dread winter, contemplate hot and cold. Or delve into the in-between – what’s found in the grey between black and white, in the pause between racing and standing still. 480 Metcalfe Street Deadline: Friday, January 24, 2020 Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3N6 As usual, poems should be: • Original and unpublished in any medium (no poems submitted elsewhere, please); • No more than 30 lines each; Managed by • On any aspect of the theme within the bounds of public discourse; Newly Renovated! See for yourself the • Submitted on or before Friday, January 24, 2020. • Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate changes and lifestyle you can enjoy! your grade and school). Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) to [email protected] before the deadline of Friday, January 24, 2020. Remember to send us your contact information and your grade and school if you are a student. The Glebe Report’s Poetry Quarter is curated by JC Sulzenko. VillagiaInTheGlebe.com 26 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 MUSIC

touring shows and albums – including Swinging for Supper and Ballads Not Bullets, an album in support of the INSPIRING GIRLS Canadian Red Cross – have reached those affected by floods, typhoons, fires, drought, terrorism, youth suicide, homelessness, environmental disaster and economic disadvantage. In recent years he has become increas- ingly well known for his annual Huron Carole Benefit Concert series, the proceeds of which support food banks and charitable organizations across Canada, including Tewegan Housing for Aboriginal Youth in Ottawa. Jackson’s compassion for those in crisis stems largely from the time he was suffering on the streets of Win- nipeg as a teenager. He brings the WE ARE EXPERTS IN HOW GIRLS wisdom gleaned from his life experi- LEARN, LEAD AND SUCCEED. Harmony Concerts presents ences to his audience. Huron Carole is an evening of contemporary and fes- Tom Jackson’s tive music, featuring original songs At Elmwood, each girl is encouraged to challenge herself and stories created by Jackson and to excel in the classroom, develop conﬁ dence and lead with The Huron Carole his ensemble. Harmony Concerts strength. Here, girls learn to be the best students, leaders, knew that a show embodying Jack- and global citizens they can be. By Eleanor Fogolin son’s belief that we can create change with a song, poem or musical tour is Learn more about our innovative approach to girls’ education Harmony Concerts is welcoming the the ideal way to warm the hearts and and book a personal tour at elmwood.ca holiday season on December 17 with spirits of Ottawa this holiday season. a truly special cultural and musical Tom Jackson will be performing event: Tom Jackson’s Huron Carole. Huron Carole at Carleton Dominion- Tom Jackson is an iconic figure in Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street, Canadian music and media. As an on December 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets are actor, singer, producer, activist and available through the Harmony Con- Officer of the Order of Canada, Jack- certs website harmonyconcerts.ca. son has been bringing his powerful (Reserved tickets are sold out.) presence into Canadian homes for 40 years, through his television roles Eleanor Fogolin is a freelance writer • All Girls BOOK YOUR TOUR (North of 60, Shining Time Station), in Ottawa, the traditional territory of • Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 • International Baccalaureate film roles (The Diviners, Grizzly the Algonquin. She has spent more World School . Falls), theatre and radio productions. than five years creating content Born to an English father and Cree for the education sector, digital mother, Jackson’s career revolves innovation centres and not-for-profit around art, music and compassion. His organizations.”

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Fall Choral Workshop sings Bach

By Roland Graham

As if there isn’t enough to choose from to scratch your holiday musical itch, my Fall Choral Workshop is putting the final touches on its second annual 2019 Family Christmas Concert, to be held Sunday, December 8 at 2:30 p.m. at Southminster United Church. GRAHAM OF R. COURTESY PHOTO: An educational program for choral The Fall Choral Workshop, under the mentorship of Roland Graham, is preparing its second annual Family Christmas Concert, singers in the community seeking to be held Sunday, December 8 at Southminster United Church. to advance their musicianship, these popular choral workshops develop Hejnar and baritone Geoffroy Salva, and Leontovych’s “Carol of the Bells”. music cognitive abilities and singing acclaimed professional singers from There will also be familiar hymns and J. S. Bach’s Wachet auf Cantata technique over a 12-week workshop, the Canadian opera and oratorio scene carols for the audience to sing. & Keyboard Concerto in D leading to a concert that showcases the making their debuts at Southminster. Described by one participant as “stir- Featuring participants of Roland Graham’s Fall Choral Workshop, Jeremy Hare-Chang (piano), Ania Hejnar group’s accomplishments in a live pub- Another remarkable soloist, 16-year- ring, contemplative, and nostalgic,” (soprano), Geoffroy Salva (baritone), orchestra lic performance of the studied works. old pianist Jeremy Hare-Chang, will the program perfectly sets the mood Sunday, December 8 at 2:30 p.m. The Fall 2019 workshop has been open the concert by playing Bach’s for Advent and Christmas and “to be Southminster United Church learning J. S. Bach’s Advent cantata, Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV singing it is a gift.” So will it be to hear. Tickets: Eventbrite.ca Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleep- 1054. Originally a violin concerto (the Tickets for the 90-minute event are (search “FCW 2019 Christmas Concert”) ers Wake), BWV 140, which it will well-known E major, BWV 1042), $25 for general admission, $5 for chil- perform with a professional orchestra Bach adapted the work, along with a dren 16 and under, $15 for students (up begin on January 22, focusing on of strings, winds, brass and keyboards handful of others, to be played on the to age 24) and $45 for families of up to Mozart’s Requiem, which participants for our second annual choral work- harpsichord. Jeremy, who is in Grade two adults and four children They can will perform in concert on April 26, shop Christmas concert. The music 10 at Glebe Collegiate, will play the be purchased in advance through event- 2020, under the baton of Kevin Mal- is challenging, but participants have concerto on Southminster’s 9’ Heintz- brite.ca (search “FCW 2019 Christmas lon, conductor of Ottawa’s 13 Strings been working very hard to master it, man grand piano supported by the Concert” in Ottawa) and at the door. Orchestra. Write to ottawachoralwork- developing new skills and a greater strings as per Bach’s original score. Five dollars from every ticket sold [email protected] for details. appreciation of music along the way. Supplementing the cantata will be and general proceeds from the concert Appearing alongside the choir, fur- a selection of shorter choral works will be donated to the CHEO Foun- Roland Graham is a conductor, nishing Bach’s splendid solos and duets including Darke’s “In the Bleak Mid- dation which supports the work of the teacher, producer and pianist, and (“Wann kommst du?” and “Mein Fre- winter”, Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria”, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. is musical director at Southminster und ist mein!”) will be soprano Ania Philip Stopford’s “Lully, Lulla, Lullay” A follow-up choral workshop will United Church. 28 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 MUSIC Robin Hood, a Christmas pantomime – rollicking fun for the family!

By Sarah Cassidy – the audience is encouraged to boo the villain and cheer for the hero. Cheer the heroes and boo the villains! My Robin Hood features a cast of veteran actors, husband Matt Cassidy and I are producers of most of whom grew up in the Ottawa area, Ottawa Musicals, and we are thrilled to an- including Mark Allan (Stage West, Ross nounce that our sixth annual family musical, Petty Productions, Angelwalk Theatre), Andy Robin Hood, is coming to Ottawa this holiday Allen-McCarthy (Orpheus Music Theatre), season. Robin Hood and his band of merry Constant Bernard (GCTC, Starvox, Disney friends will take on the evil Prince John and Cruise Lines), Declan Cassidy (Ottawa Music- his sheriff in this zany, madcap pantomime als, Orpheus Music Theatre), Chad Connell December 28 to January 5 at the Gladstone (Good Sam for Netflix, The Good Witch, Theatre, 910 Gladstone Ave. Reign, Mortal Instruments, Suits, Murdoch This is a show the whole family will enjoy. Mysteries, Warehouse 13), Émilie O’Brien Come see another magical offering from the (Randolph Academy), Cara Pantalone (STC, producers of Freezing, The Blizzard of Oz, Smile Theatre), Shelley Simester (Charlotte- Alice in Winterland and Cinderella and the town Festival, The Stratford Festival, Citadel Ice Slipper. Theatre, Odyssey Theatre) and four local Matt and I bring a high level of talent, qual- ensemble members. ity and professionalism to this theatre venture. Robin Hood is written by Mark Allan, Having spent more than 20 years as profes- directed by Matt Cassidy (The Stratford sional equity performers in Toronto, we made Festival, Mirvish Productions, Jersey Boys the decision six years ago to move our young Canadian Company), musical direction by family to Ottawa to produce an annual family Wendy Berkelaar (GCTC, Broadway Across musical in the style of a pantomime. We have Canada, Zucchini Productions), choreo- both performed in Ross Petty Productions graphed by Jessica Vandenberg (Citadel Family Musicals and in The Stirling Festi- Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Disney Imagin- val Panto, and we knew this style of family eering), original music by Jonathan Evans entertainment would be well received in my (Gemini award winner, Emmy nominated, hometown of Ottawa. Esme and Roy for Sesame Street), costume A pantomime is a type of musical comedy design by Lu-Anne Connell (Capital Critics stage production designed for family entertain- Circle award winner). Musicals. ment. It was developed in England and is still Tickets: adults $49, children 12 and under performed in the United Kingdom and other $41, preview $31. For tickets and information, English-speaking countries, especially during contact The Gladstone Theatre at 613-233- the Christmas season. A modern pantomime 4523 or visit OttawaMusicals.com. includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy, double This holiday spectacle is made possible by entendres and dancing. It employs gender-cross- the generous support of the Preston Street ing actors and combines topical humour with a BIA, EQ Homes and Funhaven. story more or less based on a well-known fairy TFI @glebereport tale or fable. It is a participatory form of theatre Sarah Cassidy is a co-producer of Robin Hood. ART Glebe Report December 6, 2019 29

“Silent Witness,” by Susan Moxley

Art by members of Art Lending Ottawa

Glebe Community Centre Gallery January 12 – February 9

Several members of Art Lending Ottawa have been invited to show their work at the Glebe Community Centre from January 12 to February 9. These juried artists represent a range of artistic media – photography, batik, acrylic, oil, pastel and watercolour.

John Hugh Craig is a fine-art photographer with more than 30 years of experience. Specializing in wildlife and nature, he spends countless hours observing the animals he photographs in their natural habitat.

Christiane Kingsley is an award-winning Ottawa painter in watercolour, acrylic, oil and mixed media.

Maggie Fietz began painting in watercolour in 1992, combining strong col- ours with fine, detailed work. She prefers to paint quiet landscapes, birds and flowers in their natural settings.

Leslie Firth’s media include pastel, acrylic and watercolour. At the National Gallery, she challenges children to use their eyes to really see colour. HURRY! GLEBE SPREE Jenn Raby was educated in the history of fine arts and ultimately found her visual voice with batik and water colour. ENDS DECEMBER 31 Pick Up Your Glebe Spree Passport! Luminita Serbanescu’s art is always about light – light on the walls, on the 1 windows, on trees hiding houses. Available at participating Glebe merchants, or download a ballot at glebespree.ca. Susan Moxley has experimented with a variety of media and subjects, use of colour, shape and composition to evoke strong feelings. A Montreal company has developed a collection of clothing as wearable art based on her art. Shop The Glebe! 2 Collect a sticker for every $15 purchase - when you reach $150, enter your ballot for your chance to win.

Double Up! 3 Every Two-Stamp Tuesday and during the Christmas Chaos weekend (Dec. 7 & 8) every $15 purchase gets you TWO stickers! 4 Shop Often! You never know when you can win an instant Any Day prize just for shopping at your favourite Glebe merchant!

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No purchase necessary. Contest runs Nov. 15/2019 at 8:00:00 am ET to Dec. 31/2019 at 11:59:59 pm ET. Open to residents of Canada who are of the legal age of majority. 1 grand prize consisting of $10,000 awarded as gift certificates or travellers cheques or other cash equivalent; and 5 weekly prizes, each consisting of a $1,000 gift certificate or gift card (odds depend on number of valid entries received.); at least 30 instant win prizes, each consisting of a $100 gift WIN IT IN certificate or gift card (odds depend on number and timing of Glebe store or business visits). Mathematical skill-testing question required. Full rules, including purchase entry/no purchase entry and prize details, at www.GlebeSpree.ca. “Ducks on Log,” by John Hugh Craig 30 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 BOOKS Ottawa Rewind unearths fascinating quirks of Ottawa Ottawa Rewind: A Book of Curios date, and 38 of them appear in 1850s. She became famous and Mysteries, by Andrew King. (Ottawa the book. for the accuracy of her Press and Publishing, Canada, 2019) Most of the tales take place prophecies which she dis- in or near Ottawa. Some deal pensed from her home in a Reviewed by Eleanor Thomas with fairly recent history, log cabin that is still stand- like story of the cool tiki bar ing near Perth. Sometimes you pick up a book and (The Beachcomber Room) at One delightful aspect think “This is going to be fun.” Ottawa the Talisman Hotel on Car- of King’s blog is the feed- Rewind, by local author Andrew King, ling Avenue which closed in back from readers. He has is such a book. It is a compendium of 1991. Others date from the included some of these com- fine little research adventures, lived Second World War, such ments in the book. Several and recorded by the author. Reading as the mystery of the lost readers had heard of the witch the table of contents is like walking B-17 from the Rockcliffe and one had a direct connec- through the door of a country flea Air Base which simply dis- tion. “I remember a story my market with antiques and collectibles appeared over the Atlantic in 1944 unearth its remains, revealing grandfather told me of his displayed for your enjoyment. The on a return trip from delivering mail more about early St. Lawrence Iro- father going to see her to get help on book includes treasures like lost motels and supplies to Canadian troops in quois history, a chapter in time that has solving a mystery at the family farm in in the Greenbelt, solstice pyramids, Ot- Morocco. eluded much study.” the Chesterville area,” the reader wrote. tawa River shipwrecks, Ottawa’s first The book goes back even farther, to There are many tales from the 1800s. “Let’s just say, the trip was worth it.” pub and scores more. a lost Iroquois village, Toniata, on the For example, he discovered that the These are just a few of the dozens Andrew King lives near Manotick, St. Lawrence River near Prescott. King sundials on an old convent building on of gems to be found in King’s collec- but he grew up in Prince Edward noticed the village on a 300-year-old Sussex Drive were completed in 1851 tion of stories. The writing style is County. He was intrigued from an map he bought at a flea market. “This and are the second oldest on the con- engaging, the topics are fascinating and early age by the history of the St. Law- mysterious village has vanished from tinent. He also tells of an enormous the illustrations are quirky and enter- rence River and the people living on all records, its whereabouts unknown,” serpent-like creature that lived in the taining. This is a book that everyone its shores. writes King. Intrigued, he set off to Ottawa River near Arnprior in the late will enjoy. King studied industrial design and search through centuries-old records 1800s. It had been spotted by several Ottawa Rewind is available in animation in Ottawa and he earns his to learn more. He found a reference terrified observers over the years and the Glebe at Octopus Books, in living painting and illustrating. Local to the village in a 1654 account and was finally captured in 1882 by the other independent bookstores and history is a hobby he pursues as a break other reports of native Indians living crew of a steamship, the Levi Young. at Chapters, Indigo and Coles from art. King describes himself as a at a settlement of that name around The Arnprior Chronicle reported that chain stores in Ottawa. The Ottawa fan of Ottawa and he has been explor- the same time. He followed clues from it was 11 feet long, more than a foot Rewind blog may be accessed at: ing mysteries in and around the city later records and with the help of Goo- thick and had huge jaws. Snake, catfish ottawarewind.com. Andrew King’s for years. He has documented many gle maps, he believes he has found or eel? No one knows, and no further art work may be viewed on his web- of these in a blog, also called Ottawa the exact spot where the village was records have been found. site: andrewkingstudio.com. Rewind. 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Concession Street Secrets, Relations). He worked on the social by Ralph Smith, 2019. services side, travelling the nation to Reviewed by Ian McKercher negotiate the development of childcare organizations on reserves. He Ralph Smith was born in Yorkton, also worked in Human Resources Saskatchewan in 1948. A Glebe resi- Development Canada on policies dent since 2007, he also owns a house including homelessness for which he near Pau in south west France where received a Queen Elizabeth Golden he vacations every year. Jubilee medal in 2002. Smith is a writer with a consum- Smith turned 58 in 2006, took ing passion for the work of Charles early retirement and immediately Dickens. This fascination was engen- began work on a Ph.D. at the Uni- dered by Smith’s Grade 7 teacher versity of Ottawa. He completed his Ralph Smith, Glebe resident and author Mrs. Fisher, who read David Copper- thesis on Dickens and fever in 2012. of Concession Street Secrets, a novel field out loud to her class. “Many of “I explored the way Dickens repre- set in the streets of historic Ottawa my classmates were clearly bored sented the spread of epidemics and by Mrs. Fisher’s story time,” Smith the way he used fever figuratively in stories on the side. He is haunted by admits, “but I sat there transfixed by his writings,” says Smith. “Epidem- the death of his mother when he was the powerful narrative.” ics were a major health issue in all of a child and by his subsequent abuse By the time he finished Grade 12, England and especially in inner-city at the Christian Brothers’ Boarding Smith had read the complete works of London in the 1840s. Health author- School in Kingston. Dickens. Following an undergraduate ities of the day blamed the epidemics – those connections between the organic O’Shea’s colleague at the Kingston degree at the University of Saskatch- on the poor. Dickens, however, cham- and inorganic – are one recognizable Whig is an interesting and sympathetic ewan, he went on to do a Master’s degree pioned the poor population as morally trait. Smith, like Dickens, also portrays “intersex” character in the novel who at the University of Regina on Charles superior to the wealthy of the day and the trials of the underdogs in life. Oliver functions as both Eliza Malkins and Dickens and the Victorian underworld constantly portrayed working-class Twist, Pip and David Copperfield could Timothy Fairlight. Secretly in love – a world Dickens portrayed in graphic heroes in his writings.” be models for Smith’s Eliza Malkins and with Alex, she cares for her delu- detail in many of his novels. In 1972, Smith took a correspondence course Alex O’Shea. sional mother, a widow who refuses Smith received a travel scholarship to do in short story writing from Stanford Smith’s first mystery novel, Con- to believe that her son, a sailor, has research in London, England. He com- University in 2014, followed by a two- cession Street Secrets, was published been lost at sea. pleted his thesis in 1974. year on-line Stanford course in novel this spring. The book is a genre blend Parliament Hill is part of O’Shea’s From 1973 to 1987, Smith did policy writing, which he felt was a turning on the border between mystery and journalism beat. In Ottawa, he stum- work for the government of Saskatch- point in his own writing. gothic fiction. It’s set in Ottawa and bles upon the child-like Mary Baker, ewan in a variety of fields, including Although Smith names Wilkie Collins Kingston in 1868, the year after Con- youngest daughter in the mysterious energy and social services. In 1987, and James Joyce as favoured authors, federation. The heights at the north Baker family of Concession Street. he moved to Ottawa to take a position Charles Dickens clearly has influenced end of Concession Street (currently Here we are introduced to the ever- with what was then the Department his own fiction writing. The anthropo- Bronson Avenue) sprouted the homes so-innocent Mary (or is she?), her of Indian and Northern Affairs (cur- morphic references such as “houses of affluent owners of the lumber mills protective older sister Maddie (or is rently Ministry of Crown-Indigenous conspiring” and “angry trees frothing” down below and beside the Chaudière she?), predatory Uncle George (or is Falls. The fractured Baker family he?) and the devious butler Benson (or lives there in a “sombre stone house” is he?). A veritable cauldron of decep- behind “a heavy oak door with black tion and deceit. iron studs” where “the door knocker Concession Street Secrets is avail- sounded like bones rattling together.” able on Amazon in both electronic That sets the mood for the multiple format and P.O.D. (print on demand) layers of mystery that unfold within. and from Barnes & Noble. The novel weaves together the offspring of several dysfunctional Ian McKercher is a long-time Glebe families who all harbour secret pasts. resident, a former Glebe Collegiate The protagonist, Alex O’Shea, is a teacher, a part-time historian and a 27-year-old journalist from the Kings- current novelist, whose latest work, If your book club would like to share its ton Whig who writes murder mystery Carbon Copy, has just been published. reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at [email protected]

Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: , MA RP TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR Signy Fridriksson The Lemon Tree1 Sandy Tolan Counselling and Psychotherapy The Radium Girls2 Kate Moore The Day the World Came to Town3 Jim DeFede Couples, Families, Individuals and Moccasin Square Garden4 Richard Van Camp 2-on-2 Couple Counselling The Quintland Sisters5 Shelley Wood with Steven Fick Pier 21: The Gateway That Changed Canada6 Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic Entry Island Peter May Old Ottawa East A Gentleman in Moscow7 Amor Towles 613-864-5222 [email protected] The Lightkeeper’s Daughters8 Jean E. Pendziwol www.signyfridrikssoncounselling.ca Born a Crime9 Trevor Noah [Presentation by French writer in residence]10 Isabelle Amonou The House of Four11 Barbara Nadel Woman World12 Aminder Dhaliwal H Is for Hawk13 Helen MacDonald TITLE (for children and teen) AUTHOR Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls14 Elena Favilli Harold and the Purple Crayon15 Crockett Johnson

1. The 35 Book Club 9. OPL Sunnyside Adult Book Club 2. Abbotsford Winter Book Club 10. OPL Sunnyside European Book Club 3. Broadway Book Club 11. OPL Sunnyside Mystery Book Club 4. Can Litterers 12. OPL Sunnyside Ottawa Comic Book Book Club 5. Helen’s Book Club 13. OPL Sunnyside Second Friday Adult Book Club 6. Seriously No-Name Book Club 14. OPL Sunnyside Mighty Girls Book Club 7. The Book Club 15. OPL Sunnyside Eager Readers Book Club 8. Topless Book Club 32 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 BOOKS Celebrate the season with picture books to set off on an evening adventure through the dark woods. What Marie and Benoit find on their quest is nothing less than a Christmas miracle. A lovely story with beautiful illustrations. Canadian author and photographer Nancy Rose, who captured our hearts with The Secret Life of Squirrels, features some holiday cheer (and her By Kelly Sirett squirrels) in Merry Christmas, Squir- rels! Through photographs and words, As the weather gets colder and days this book tells the charming tale of become shorter, a special excitement Mr. Peanuts, a most unusual squir- sets in for book lovers – it’s the perfect rel celebrating his favourite season. time of year to stay home and cuddle What is truly remarkable about Nancy up with a good book. December is the winter solstice with this playful Rose’s books is that she stages the also a time for traditions. Years ago, story, which is sure to incite discus- photographs in her backyard in Nova hash browns, told to write a Christmas I met a family at the library who told sion and make you laugh. Scotia and does not digitally manipu- carol and nearly offered as a present, me about their tradition of creating an Meerkat Christmas is a heart-warm- late them to position the squirrels; this poor latke cannot seem to make advent calendar with library books. ing story from one of my favourite instead, she hides nuts to entice them. anyone understand that “Christmas Each day, they discover a new story creators of children’s books – award- Did you know that children in the and Hanukkah are completely differ- or revisit an old favourite. Children’s winning author and illustrator Emily U.K. leave Santa a meat pie rather ent things.” But don’t worry, this story picture books are written to be read Gravett. Fans of her work will recog- than milk and cookies? Or that there has a happy – or at least tasty – ending! aloud and shared with others, so what nize meerkat Sunny from Meerkat Mail, are more than 600 varieties of Christ- A spin on the classic Little Red better way to celebrate the season than published in 2016. This time, Sunny mas tree? Learn these and so many Riding Hood, Little Red Ruthie: A by reading one with someone you embarks on a trip around the world to more unusual facts about the holidays Hanukkah Tale, written by Gloria love? Here are some of my favourite find the perfect Christmas which, of in National Geographic Kids’ Bizarre Koster with illustrations by Sue East- holiday-season picture books that I course, must include well-boiled Brus- mais vrai! Noël (a translation of the land, introduces readers to Hanukkah would like to share as my gift to you. sels sprouts. Sunny keeps in touch with popular Weird but True! series). This traditions in a clever and humorous One of my favourite books to his family back home in the Kalahari book will engage young readers, help way. Little Red Ruthie is off to visit read this time of year (and one that desert by sending cards from each entertain the whole family on long her Bubbe Bashe to make latkes when, I always recommend) is A Coyote place he visits. This is a beautiful and drives and could even be a helpful of course, she encounters a wolf. Solstice Tale, written by acclaimed engaging picture book with a sweet mes- distraction from unwelcome dinner Ruthie’s quick wit (and the tasty lat- author Thomas King with illustra- sage that readers of all ages will enjoy. conversation topics. kes she makes) help her save the day. tions by Gary Clement. King brings La fabuleuse nuit de Noël by Mari- Beloved author Lemony Snicket And, like all good books about latkes, his renowned storytelling ability, lyn Faucher tells the story of Marie, a takes on the holidays with this laugh- there’s a recipe at the back of the book. sharp wit and insightful observations young girl who loves Christmas. It’s out-loud funny and extremely clever to this delightful tale. Told in rhym- Christmas Eve when Marie’s mother book, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Kelly Sirett is a librarian and the ing verse, the story centres on a winter realizes that they do not have enough Screaming: A Christmas Story. With Coordinator at the Sunnyside Branch solstice celebration in the woods, but it flour to make cookies for Santa. Faced beautiful illustrations by Lisa Brown, of the Ottawa Public Library. She has also offers a critique of the consumer- with the possibility that this could ruin this is the story of a frightened and many interests and loves many things – ism and excessive consumption all too Christmas, Marie offers to help. She misunderstood latke living in a Christ- but especially sunny days, first and last frequent at this time of year. Celebrate convinces her reluctant brother Benoit mas-obsessed world. Mistaken for lines and doing the hokey pokey.

like them or have similar life experiences. Why diversity in publishing matters Invite diverse authors for book readings and events at schools and libraries so students can appreciate that writers come from all abilities, backgrounds, cul- By Shabana Ansari tures, genders, races, religions and sexual orientation. Read, review and promote books by diverse authors on social media. Word- We are all different from each other in so many ways – age, ability, background, of-mouth publicity is the best way to shine a light on a new writer, book or culture, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation. Our differences make our lives publishing company striving to offer a platform to emerging voices. interesting. But do we have real diversity in our life? In our neighbourhood? Hire a diverse workforce at publishing and distribution companies to improve Social circle? Place of work? The books we read? understanding of different perspectives, market needs and the pulse of the audi- The need for more diverse books across all genres and categories has been ence. Promote and market diverse books not just to a certain segment of readers talked about for years. Many of us vehemently agree the world needs greater but to everyone who loves to read. diversity so anyone from any group can see themselves represented in books. The Display books by diverse authors prominently in bookstores and libraries, and only way to make this happen is to provide a platform for all people, irrespec- have book readings and events to showcase different authors. tive of who they are, to tell their stories. But a lot of work remains to be done. It goes without saying that all of us – whether we are parents, teachers, pub- Most books sold today seem to be written by and for a single group. Traditional lishers, retailers or avid readers – can play a role in encouraging the publishing publishers continue to focus only on similar voices and stories while excluding industry to be more inclusive and reflect the diverse society we now live in. the rest of us. Happy reading! My friend Hanieh Khoshkhou and I recently started Peacock Press to address the diversity gap in the publishing industry. We hope to offer a platform for Shabana Ansari has worked as a journalist, writer and editor in three countries unheard voices that traditional publishers are not willing to invest in because of across three continents. She now lives and works in the Glebe and is the co-founder the misplaced notion that a majority of readers are not interested in stories writ- of Peacock Press, an independent publishing house. ten by people who don’t look or think like them. The truth is that more and more readers are seeking varied stories written by underrepresented authors. Our first book Because I Can has received support not only from readers but also from community leaders like Mayor Jim Watson – he presented us with a plaque and called the book an “important breakthrough for inclusive storytelling and underrepresented literary artists.” Despite support from unexpected quarters, we continue to face numerous challenges – distribution companies refuse to work with us because we aren’t “big enough,” bookstores and libraries show no interest in stocking our books because they don’t have “mass appeal”, and vendors are unwilling to purchase from us because we are not part of their traditional distribution and sales channels. While these issues cannot be fixed overnight, we are confident our efforts will soon create a more inclusive publishing industry where no stories or voices will go unheard.

Here are some suggestions on what we can do collectively to address the divers- PRESS OF PEACOCK COURTESY PHOTO: ity gap in publishing: Because I Can, the first book from the newly founded Peacock Press, has been Introduce children and young people to books with characters who don’t look called an important breakthrough for inclusive storytelling. ABBOTSFORD Glebe Report December 6, 2019 33 BW Working it out at Abbotsford

By Pat Goyeche

It isn’t officially winter yet but it sure feels winterish with cold temperatures and early snow. This time of year can challenge our level of fitness but we are “working it out at Abbotsford” and so can you. Abbotsford offers fun fitness workouts in comfortable temperatures whatever the weather. Dance to a Latin beat in one of our Zumba Gold classes, try our popular Broadway dance class, belly dance with us, or NICK BERMUDEZ PHOTO: challenge your core muscles with Joseph Cull’s aerobics class at Abbotsford doesn’t monkey around. stretch, balance and strength classes. We also offer Hatha yoga, restora- tive yoga and yoga for stress relief. In well as at stimulating weekly presen- As our forty-fourth annual fund- Last but not least, please join us for short, there is something for everyone, tations as part of our Learn & Explore raising bazaar comes to a close, we our New Year celebration on Friday, at every level. Tried and true, always- Speakers Series. would like to thank our commun- January 3 at 1:30 p.m. as we celebrate popular weekly muscle toning and Our watercolour and mixed-media ity sponsors: Glebe Metro, TD Bank new beginnings, friends and com- aerobics workouts are also in the mix. art classes continue to flourish along and Ottawa Sports and Entertain- munity. It is a great chance to mix and Our dynamic team will be changing with workshops on painting for callig- ment Group have all contributed to the mingle, learn about Abbotsford and be a bit as we expand and welcome new raphers, stained glass and Ukrainian success of this volunteer-driven fund- entertained too. instructors. Some of our longtime egg making. raiser. So many friends, members, Abbotsford is your community sup- instructors are lightening their loads Clubs keep us singing, talking about volunteers and businesses have con- port centre for adults 55+. We are the in pursuit of life balance. We are so books, playing pool, crafting, prac- tributed items, time and sponsorship community programs of The Glebe grateful for the tremendous dedica- tising Tai Chi, making teddy bears, to the “Best Bazaar in the City,” and Centre Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit tion and care that our instructors have playing ping-pong and simply getting we are truly thankful for the ongoing organization which includes a 254 bed brought to their work and for the new together with others who are facing support of the community. long-term care home. Find out more generation of instructors who are the challenges of being a caregiver. Our Winter Program Guide comes about our services by dropping by taking on the exciting challenge of The cold months are also prime time out the second week of December. 950 Bank Street (the old stone house) leading fitness classes for our mem- for warm kitchens, cooking delicious Drop in and pick up a copy, take out a Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., tele- bers. food and sharing it with others. Check yearly membership and join in! It will phoning 613-230-5730 or by checking There is lots more on offer. Chal- out our pop-up cooking workshops also be posted by mid-December on out our website glebecentre.ca. lenge your brain with classes in bridge, on our website under community pro- the Glebe Centre website under com- device training, conversational Span- gramming, or just drop in to see what munity programming. Call us if you Pat Goyeche is coordinator of ish and memoir writing (advanced), as is new and exciting. have questions at 613-230-5730. community programs at Abbotsford.

and information requests (such as financial data and impact analysis) that must be provided by for-profit businesses. Non-profit nominees must further demonstrate that their work is meaningful, measurable, memorable and financially viable, and that it shows leadership in best practices. “LiveWorkPlay has received other awards hon- ouring our achievements in promoting inclusion, but this is a unique and special night because we appreciate being recognized also for our financial planning, human resources and governance practices, and all of the work we do with communications and public relations too,” said co-leader Julie Kingstone. “We are honoured to recognize LiveWorkPlay as the recipient for Best Non-for-Profit,” said Sueling

PHOTO: COURTESY OF LIVEWORKPLAY COURTESY PHOTO: Ching, interim president and CEO of the Ottawa LiveWorkPlay received the 2019 Best Ottawa Business Award (BOBS) for Best Not-For-Profit, awarded by the Board of Trade. “They demonstrate visionary leader- Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal. LiveWorkPlay is co-led by Julie Kingstone and Glebite ship, innovative thinking and play a vital role in Keenan Wellar. making Ottawa the best place to live, work, study, play and invest. We are privileged to have them in the National Capital.” LiveWorkPlay receives prestigious award On May 7, 2020, LiveWorkPlay will celebrate 25 years of helping the community welcome people LiveWorkPlay won the Best Not-For-Profit Award at some 200 individuals with intellectual disabilities with intellectual disabilities, autistic persons and the prestigious 2019 Best Ottawa Business Awards and autistic persons each year and works with more individuals with a dual diagnosis to live, work and gala attended by VIPs and leaders from business, than 150 local businesses to deliver incredible out- play as valued citizens. This anniversary edition of the public sector and non-profit organizations. comes related to employment, housing and social the annual Make A Buzz Ottawa event is expected “We’re here 30-strong and with a huge online inclusion.” to sell out even earlier than usual, so those inter- audience because LiveWorkPlay supporters under- The awards were presented at the Westin Ottawa ested in attending should purchase tickets before the stand the extraordinary journey of our charitable by the The Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa end of December. Follow us on Twitter @LiveWork- organization,” said co-leader Keenan Wellar. “We Business Journal. Play, Facebook at LiveWorkPlayFans, YouTube at started in 1995 as an idea on a notepad and grew Although the award category is “not-for-profit,” LiveWorkPlay.tv and Instagram at liveworkplay.ca. to be an influencer of social change that supports the nomination process included the same questions Phone 613-235-9550 34 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 HEALTH

some types of seafood, beer, whiskey fewer gout attacks than those who did and high fructose drinks such as soft not. Eating more cherries is not always drinks. Certain prescription medica- a realistic option because of their high tions can also increase uric acid. sugar content and because they are not The most common recommendation always available in Ottawa. Luckily, for treating gout is to initiate lifestyle cherry concentrate capsules are sold changes including a better diet, regu- as a feasible substitute. lar exercise and weight loss. The latter There have been several studies two help prevent other conditions on vitamin C supplements as a gout which could increase susceptibility to preventitive. A median daily dose of gout attacks. 500 mg taken for an average of 30 Treatment for acute gouty arthritis days showed a significant decrease in includes immediate nonsteroidal anti- serum uric acid. inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such Preliminary research has also shown as ibuprofen, naproxen and indometh- that certain compounds in celery seed acin which will help for pain and joint can work to prevent gout. They possibly inflammation. Colchicine, an older pre- do this by decreasing the presence of scription medication, is also prescribed uric acid and other substances in the for treatment, and it can help by decreas- body that increase inflammation. ing uric acid buildup in the joints and Since the beneficial compounds are By Zenah Surani by increased production of it in the decreasing acute inflammation. found only in the seed, not in in the body or decreased excretion from the For those who experience gout celery stalk or juice, it’s recommended January is a time for new starts, fresh body (the more common cause). Men attacks often, it is ideal to treat with to take a commercially available cel- outlooks and a chance to recover from are more likely than women to suffer medications that can lower uric acid ery-seed supplement to benefit fully. In the joyous season’s excesses. Overin- from gout, and gout is often seen as levels or block its synthesis to prevent addition, natural and traditional supple- dulgence often leads patients to ask a comorbidity in those who also have attacks in the first place. These medi- ments to counter inflammation, such as us at the pharmacy about how to treat other conditions such as high blood cations should be started at a low dose curcumin and boswellia, may also help painful cases of gout. Gout can cause pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and monitored as they are increased for gout. It’s important to consult your extremely excruciating pain which metabolic syndrome and chronic kid- because some may cause rare hyper- pharmacist if you’re thinking about most often affects the big toe. It’s an ney disease. Foods rich in purines, sensitivity reactions. Patients should taking one of these natural supple- inflammatory form of arthritis caused chemicals which are broken down take them for at least six months. ments for gout, particularly if you take by excess uric acid crystals which de- into uric acid, can contribute to exces- I often get questions about natural other medications or have any allergies posit in the joints. These crystals can sive uric acid production and can in supplements to prevent gout. A two- to medications. also affect the kidneys, resulting in turn overwhelm the body’s normal day study in 2012 found that those of kidney stones or urinary obstruction. uric acid waste removal. Purine-rich the 633 participants who increased Zenah Surani is the owner of and This buildup of uric acid is caused foods include red meat, organ meat, their intake of cherries had 35 per cent pharmacist at the Glebe Apothecary.

“Mes préférences?” I query. “Oui, si ça va mal dans les heures qui viennent.” AMBULANCE I suck in a deep breath. The word “mal” hangs in the air like a lead weight on a rope from the ambulance roof. She’s asking about my preferences if things go bad. An inner voice whispers to me: “Boy, are you in deep TALK doo-doo, Bob.” I blurt out in English: “No heroic By Bob Irvine measures. Do not resuscitate.” The words come quickly, like rote learn- It’s Friday, August 9. I am lying on a ing after organizing end-of-life care gurney in the post-op recovery area for both my parents. at Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Sherbrooke, Dr. Tremblay switches to English Quebec. I’ve just had an operation to to make doubly sure I understand replace my left hip. The day before, her final question: “What do you feel I had fallen in a bike accident at our about intubation?” summer cottage on nearby Lake I know what she is talking about Memphremagog. because it was an option discussed Instead of being under general sed- during my father’s final hours – the ation for the operation, I followed the insertion of a plastic tube in the trachea surgical team’s recommendation and to provide oxygen to collapsed lungs. just had the area around my left hip “I would be comfortable with that,” “frozen” with local anesthetic. On I say, not knowing the long-term con- the operating table, I experienced the sequences of such a procedure. most excruciating pain I have ever felt We arrive at the CHUS. I am in my life as the surgeon worked her IRVINE OF B. COURTESY PHOTO: whisked away so fast that I am unable scalpel. This was followed by what Author Bob Irvine is happy to have survived his dance with fate and be out of the to thank Dr. Tremblay and her col- seemed like an endless round of ham- hospital. leagues. A surgeon quickly installs a mering that shook my entire body and filter, and I spend the next three days the operating table. lung, have formed during the operation. him is a male nurse-practitioner who under close observation in the hospi- Sitting close to my gurney now is a Things start to move very fast now. is studying the veins in my right arm tal’s intensive-care unit. Because of young doctor – Dr. Lucie Tremblay, I Dr. Tremblay explains that I will be intently. Dr. Tremblay sits by my head. later complications, I spend some five see on her name-tag – who is closely transferred to a sister institution of The ambulance speeds away from the weeks in hospital, followed by five monitoring my vital signs. I am tell- the Hotel-Dieu, le Centre hospitalier Hotel-Dieu. Its siren is wailing. weeks in a nursing home. On nice ing my wife Karen on the phone that universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), The young nurse-practitioner tapes days during my last week in the home, I am now out of the operating room a half-hour drive away. It has equip- my arm to the steel side-rail of the Karen drives me to our cottage for when Dr. Tremblay signals that I need ment, not available at the Hotel-Dieu, gurney and, despite bumpy roads, lunch on our deck, looking out on the to end my call – my blood oxygen level to install an embolic protective device carefully begins what looks like lake. There I breathe fresh air for the has become disturbingly low, and she – a blood filter – to prevent the trans- embroidery. It turns out he is install- first time in two-and-a-half months. needs to deal quickly with the situation. mission of clots to where they might ing a set of catheters so medical staff We are back from the lake in Ottawa At Dr. Tremblay’s direction, a nurse has do severe damage, most notably my can “hit the beaches running” once I now. I have progressed enough that we oxygen delivered to me through a nasal brain. I’m rushed through the hospi- arrive at the CHUS. can go on short hikes in the Gatineau, cannula. The nurse then wheels me to tal’s corridors to a waiting ambulance. Dr. Tremblay leans toward me. Her if I use a cane. The autumn air smells an adjacent room, first for a round of Once inside it, I am introduced to face is about a foot from mine. I told especially sweet this year. x-rays and then a CT scan. The results those seated on benches in a tight cir- her earlier that I was bilingual so she come quickly and Dr. Trembly immedi- cle around me. On my left is the nurse addresses me in French: Bob Irvine is a regular contributor to ately shares them with me – four large who was helping Dr. Tremblay. Next to “Est-ce qu’on peut parler de vos pré- the Glebe Report, often in the form of a pulmonary embolisms, two in each her is the ambulance attendant. Next to férences, Monsieur Irvine?” spoof or satire, especially in April. HEALTH / HISTORY Glebe Report December 6, 2019 35 Travel tips for the holidays

By Nardine Bekhit

The holidays are here! December is the busiest travel time for Canadians looking to escape the snow or spend time with family. The winter weather can also make travel a test of patience. To keep yourself comfortable and merry this holiday season, here are our top five travel tips for the holidays:

GET COMFORTABLE IMMEDIATELY Take the time to ensure you are settled and comfortable at the beginning of your trip. Take items out of your front and back pockets. Sitting on your wallet or cell phone may not be bothersome at the time, but it can throw your spine out of alignment and cause pain later. Items in your front pockets can also cause pinching and pain at the front of your hips. Dress in layers so you can adjust to changes in temperature.

PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR POSTURE Keep your chin tucked slightly so that your head sits in line with your shoulders. Make sure that your back is aligned against the back of your seat. Try using a footrest if available to reduce stress on your lower back. Getting comfortable for a long trip may take some trial and error to figure out what works best for you.

BRING YOUR OWN BACK SUPPORT A lumbar support can make the seat more comfortable and supportive for your back. If you don’t have one or forgot to pack it, you can improvise by STOCKUNLIMITED PHOTO: rolling up a sweater, towel, or blanket and placing it your muscles and joints healthy. A little planning before your trip can make a between the curve of your lower back and the seat. big difference in keeping pain and soreness at bay PACK LIGHT, LIFT RIGHT during your holiday travels. Be sure to visit your GET UP AND MOVE AROUND Over-packed luggage and improper lifting techniques chiropractor or massage therapist before your trip to Your body is designed to move. Prolonged sitting are common causes of injury to the back, neck, and make sure your body is in tip-top shape. Bon voyage! will cause your joints and muscles to stiffen which shoulders. Your carry-on luggage should not weigh can lead to pain. If possible when travelling by car, more than 10 to 15 per cent of your body weight. When Nardine Bekhit is a doctor of chiropractic at schedule regular stops, ideally every 45 to 60 min- lifting a bag into an overhead bin, move slowly and CURAVITA Health Group – Glebe Location, formerly utes. In between rest stops, move and stretch in your break down the action into smaller steps when possible. known as Glebe Chiropractic Clinic + Massage seat for 10 seconds and pump your ankles to keep the For example, it can first be lifted to the seat, then into Therapy Centre. You can reach the clinic at 613- blood flowing. If you are travelling by train or plane, the bin. Similarly, if loading a suitcase into the trunk 237-9000 or at CURAVITA.com, or follow us on take a walk up and down the aisles. Regular move- of a car, you can lift it first to a chair or step stool, then social media: @curavitahealth on Instagram, @ ment will increase your blood circulation, keeping into the trunk. curavitaglebe on Facebook and Twitter.

Back in the day in the Glebe PHOTOS: COURTESY OF GLEBE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GLEBE HISTORICAL COURTESY PHOTOS: Brothers hanging out on the roof of their dad’s store at 901 Bank Street with their cousin, circa 1924. From left: Gordon McKeen (age 15?), Keneth Schwerdfager, Harold McKeen (age 13?) (James McKeen’s grocery store was originally located at 901 Bank, now the home of the Running Room.) Four friends dressed as drum majorettes (?), circa 1926. From left: Betty Campbell (later, Eligh), age about 13, Kewpee Black, Lucy Aston and Judy Sparks. 36 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 SCHOOLS Blast to the past: the Novae Res and the Glebe Gazette This article was originally published in the September 2019 issue of the Glebe Gazette. Reprinted with permission.

By Hannah Bindman trict School Board before retiring to industrial printer in Glebe’s main you sit and thumb through them all, focus on his own writing. He has since office. you can’t help but be struck by the Long before the days of Kachi col- released three novels, period pieces set Though the method and name of long history of Glebe Collegiate. The umns and articles detailing the strange in Ottawa. This summer, we met him the Glebe’s official school newspaper Novae Res and Mr. McKercher are a pursuits of the school’s Lettuce Club, in his Glebe home to talk about his might have changed over time, the part of this long history, but as he said, the newspaper of choice at Glebe experiences running the school news- sentiment remains the same. “This is the Glebe Gazette and the students of Collegiate Institute was the Novae paper – and the differences between the record of the school,” Mr. McKer- the 2019-20 school year are the future. Res. Unlike the current school paper, then and now. cher said at one point. “It’s going to the Glebe Gazette, which is run as Since the Novae Res was run as a last one hundred years.” He’s right Hannah Bindman is a Grade 12 a student-led club, the Novae Res class, he said, students were able to about that. The school archives are student at Glebe Collegiate Institute (“new thing” in Latin) was actually devote more time and effort to the filled with copies of school news- and co-founder and co-editor-in-chief an accredited course led by a teacher. newspaper. “Some of those students papers dating back decades. When of the Glebe Gazette. Archives of the old Novae Res papers even ended up becoming real jour- date from 2003 back to 1965. nalists,” Mr. McKercher told us. Not surprisingly, producing a school Nowadays, we accept all interested newspaper in 2019 is much different students for the Gazette; students who than producing one more than 50 wanted to write for the Novae Res had years ago. Technology today allows us to submit written work as an applica- to compile the Gazette on a computer tion, and Mr. McKercher chose the one day and submit it electronically best writers. Because of additional for printing the next; back in the days time and more access to resources, of the Novae Res, production had to be the Novae Res staff was able to pro- carefully regulated in order to stay on duce a new edition every two weeks; time and ensure that every edition was the Gazette puts out only seven a year. published on schedule. When we set Hearing Mr. McKercher explain the out to create a new school newspaper, process of printing, designing and for- we had to answer several questions matting the paper made us appreciate before we were allowed to proceed: the relative simplicity of the modern Who would write our articles? How technology we use now. To compile would we compile the newspapers? the Gazette, we sit down at a computer How would we print our newspapers? and, led by Mr. Fried, use a design As it turns out, putting out the Novae program to put in photographs, articles Res was a much more complicated and headlines. We can even use the operation. previous month’s edition and simply Glebe resident Ian McKercher, who filter in new content. It was far differ- taught at Glebe from 1969 to 1995, ent at the Novae Res. Mr. McKercher was in charge of the Novae Res for explained the complicated process of about seven years in the 1970s. He manually justifying paragraphs, then grew up in London, Ontario, studied at copying and pasting onto the news- Queen’s University and then attended paper outline. For the first few years, teachers’ college. During one of his the Novae Res was printed commer- mandatory teaching placements, he cially but that proved too expensive ended up at Glebe, teaching English so Mr. McKercher arranged to use a under the wing of Brian Doyle who press after hours at a nearby voca- later became a celebrated author. After tional school. A night class was set up 26 years at the school, Mr. McKercher for students to get the paper printed. moved to the Ottawa Carleton Dis- Later, they switched to using a large, PHOTO: COURTESY OF GCI COURTESY PHOTO:

The Nova Res on June 1984 – a banner year that saw production of 25 issues of the paper.

This is an excerpt from an article originally published in the October 2018 issue of the Glebe Gazette. Reprinted with permission. The Novae Res, precursor to the Glebe Gazette

By Matthew Loukine perhaps parents of today’s students. Every year, the newspaper added new As Hannah Bindman and I began to ideas and concepts, forever growing do our research to create this new and evolving. A notable year is 1984 newspaper, the Glebe Gazette, we when the Novae Res crew set a record found hundreds of newspapers sim- by producing 25 editions during the ply lying around in a filing cabinet. school year. We noticed that the paper They turned out to be copies of a became more critical of the school as newspaper that was the predecessor the years went by, as students seemed of ours – it was known as the Novae to become less afraid of voicing their Res. We had discovered a wonderful opinions. In one copy, students tore assortment of archives that went as apart the editor of the paper, saying far back as 1965. that printing the exam schedule would After reading a few copies, we be far more interesting than the pieces quickly realized this was a gold mine; on the student council. Students even we had discovered valuable histor- publicly critiqued the English depart- ical documents of Glebe Collegiate ment for setting high standards on Institute. The papers describe an student essays. unquantifiable variety of past events At the time, the Novae Res was the at Glebe. The newspaper ran stu- golden age of student journalism at dent opinion pieces which revealed Glebe Collegiate. So what happened that past students shared some of the to it? Well, it’s pretty simple really – same issues that we face today. A con- people went online. stant flow of sports news spills from page to page. Cartoons, sketches and Matthew Loukine is a Grade 12 student fonts galore dot every article. Every at Glebe Collegiate Institute and co- piece of writing and art has a name founder and co-editor-in-chief of the attached – some of those students are Glebe Gazette. FILM Glebe Report December 6, 2019 37 AT THE FLICKS with Lois and Paul Parasite

Directed by Bong Joon-Ho (South Korea, 2019)

Review by Paul Green

This film feels a little like Down And Out In Beverly Hills meets Nightmare On Elm St., but that hardly begins to do it justice. Parasite is a parable or social satire on class relations in contemporary South Korea. Or what can go wrong in a country where the distribution of wealth and income is so skewed and upward mobility so restricted that an underemployed, working-class family living in a roach- infested basement hovel must resort to quite comic but darkly so. appalling stratagems in order to move Ki-woo and family are now running up the proverbial ladder? the place. The Parks are rich but still Kim Ki-woo and his brainy sister nice, says the father. His wife corrects Ki-jung live with their well-meaning him, pointing out that they are nice parents in a Seoul slum where they because they are rich. Park is a CEO struggle to make a living by folding at a high-tech firm. He seems person- pizza boxes for a local restaurant. One able enough, but is always muttering is tempted to laugh but for the realiza- about servants “crossing the line.” tion there are people who must do this And the poor smell funny, he tells if they want to eat. his wife. Soon the Parks are off on a This family is nothing if not resource- high tech camping trip while Ki-woo ful – they scam their Wi-Fi from the and his family – the Parks haven’t the upstairs neighbours by walking about slightest idea that their new servants and the oversize decorated glasses that with cellphones held high. And they find are related – kick back and enjoy their Rocketman became his trademark. He starts a it above the toilet which sits on a raised new surroundings. song slowly, then speeds up, jumps to platform. Perhaps this is meant to tell us At least until late one rainy night, Biography, Drama, Music his feet and kicks the music bench out something about the Internet. when the Parks’ former maid shows Directed by Dexter Fletcher of the way while still banging the key- Then opportunity knocks. Ki-woo up at a most inopportune moment and (UK, USA, Canada, 2019) board. His antics fire up the audience. learns from a well-off friend that a rich everything starts to go south. What His performance of “Your Song” on family needs an English tutor for their started as comedy satire shifts ground Review by Lois Siegel January 14, 1971, was Elton’s second daughter. Ki-woo’s sister Ki-jung, who and morphs into something violent appearance on Top Of The Pops. is an ace with Photoshop, works up and almost biblical. Rocketman is outstanding. It’s a must- He becomes famous, wearing white a fake diploma for her brother. This For a film with a running time of see. The film is essentially a musical. furs, with a boyfriend now in the pic- suits Ki-woo who wants to attend uni- 133 minutes, Bong Joon-Ho (Mother, The dramatic biographical scenes from ture. Elton John’s screen character versity some day, so why not arrange Snowpiercer) keeps things moving the life of Elton John are interspersed explains his transition from unhappy for a diploma to begin with? at a fast clip. As for the social sat- with musical fantasies with a stage full child prodigy to rock superstar: “You When Ki-woo shows up to apply for ire, it is hard to know which of these of dancers and singers performing. have to kill the person you are to the position, the film’s locale has shifted two families is more deserving of Reginald Dwight, who later changed become who you want to be.” dramatically. Now going under the our scorn. In a remarkable sequence his name to Elton John, was born on The film shows but doesn’t fully name “Kevin” – Ki-woo is aware that toward the end, an antediluvian down- March 25, 1947 in Middlesex, Eng- explain his sexuality. He briefly mar- wealthy Koreans have a penchant for pour washes away nearly everything land. Taron Egerton is an excellent ries a woman. They have separate American first names – he finds him- Ki-woo and his family hold dear in actor who portrays Elton John so that bedrooms. He cavorts with men on the self standing in a verdant, cloistered their basement apartment. It seems we feel how tumultuous his life was. side. His parents don’t care about his compound staring at a modernist struc- they live on a flood plain and neigh- We’ve read about his use of alco- fame. Cocaine, pills and booze send his ture that resembles something designed bours in the slum are killed. Cut to hol, cocaine and other drugs, but we personal life into a downward spiral. by Frank Lloyd Wright, all glass, angles the Park compound on the hill, where don’t always understand why all this He splits with his agent. His music and concrete. This is the abode of the the ditzy Mrs. Park rhapsodizes about happens. Quick success and con- expresses his loneliness – at one point Park family, and the contrast with the how beautiful everything is after the fused sexuality are possible factors; we hear a one-note tune. He has to roach-infested hovel that Ki-woo calls rain. Back in his hovel, Ki-jung sits his home life as a young boy might learn to love himself. A new boyfriend, home could not be more stark. calmly on the toilet, trying to smoke be another. His mother hated him Canadian David Furnish, whom Elton The Parks are classic upper class a cigarette as backed-up sewage spews and had affairs; his father was often John would later marry, helps to get twits, Korean style. They are helicop- in all directions from under the toilet absent, showed absolutely no affection him sober. The film story stops there. ter parents who spoil their children cover. I haven’t witnessed a scato- and basically ignored him. An afterword on screen explains that and outsource their lives. All the logical scene like this since the toilet We follow as Elton’s natural talent he has been sober for 19 years. cooking, cleaning, driving and child- exploded in Marco Ferreri’s 1973 film for playing the piano is revealed. At a The acting in the film is superb. rearing chores are performed by paid Blow-Out (La Grande Bouffe). very young age, he can hear any tune Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher help. Kevin, who is clever enough to This is bravura filmmaking that and play it by ear. His grandmother is also an English actor. He is cred- tell these people just what they want to won Parasite the Palme d’Or in encourages him and enrols him at age ited with finishing the film Bohemian hear, lands the job and is soon schem- Cannes earlier this year. It tells us 11 in the Royal Academy of Music Rhapsody after Bryan Singer was ing to find employment for his sister something about ourselves, surely, and where he receives a scholarship. At fired. Sources claim that the film’s and parents in the same household. offers a scathing comment on just where first, he has to perform classical music, lead actor, Rami Malek, and the crew This takes some doing, as it includes South Korean society may or may not be which he doesn’t like. We see him had grown tired of Singer’s behav- getting rid of the Parks’ maid who used headed. One might well argue that it is switch to electrifying rock and roll. iour; the director reportedly showed to work for the architect who designed not these two families who are parasitical He writes songs, then records in stu- up late on set on multiple occasions the house for himself, then stayed on but rather the prevailing socio-economic dios. His tunes are unforgettable and repeatedly clashed with Malek. when the Parks moved in. It seems system that dictates such a yawning gap His agent gets him a gig at the Trou- On December 4, 2017, Singer was the maid more or less ran the house- between them. I hope to see this film at badour in New York when he is only fired, with about two weeks remain- hold. In a nice touch, sister Ki-jung, least one more time. 23. Elton starts to change his look, ing in principal photography. now “Jessica,” is performing bogus, wearing more flamboyant, colorful Internet-inspired “art therapy” on the Korean with English subtitles. costumes – for example, a shirt of DVD release: August, 2019. unmanageable younger son who thinks Running time: 133 minutes. stars with white overalls, stylish boots Running time: 2 hours, 1 minute he is a North American Indian. It’s all Rating: 14A. 38 Glebe Report December 6, 2019 SCHOOLS Milestone anniversary for Glebe Collegiate Institute

By Connie Boynton

“Yellow and blue, yellow and blue! What we want we always do! Who are you!? Who am I!? We’re the gang from GCI! A-rick-a-rack a-rick-a-rack, hulla- baloo, balloobala, humpty dumpty, rickety-rack, sis boom ba! GO GLEBE!”

Plans are underway for celebrating Glebe Collegiate’s 100th anniversary in 2022-23. Glebe school council is seeking input from the community and alumni for ideas to mark the special occasion. We are holding a brainstorming session on February 6 at 7 p.m. Spread the word and come OF GCI COURTESY PHOTO: on out and join us. Glebe Collegiate Institute, when it was completed in 1923, was considered to be on the outskirts of town. Glebe Collegiate Institute began holding classes in the fall of 1922. The Early on, Lisgar students were lives in an old home will know. One accommodate the crowd that attends school wasn’t fully completed at that attending a banquet at Glebe when a difficulty is the lack of air condition- the ceremony. The Glebe commun- time, so its official opening was held in food fight broke out! Only the princi- ing. Some classrooms are unbearably ity would like to facilitate repairs and 1923 when the building was finished. pal was able to quiet things down and hot in the spring and fall when tem- upgrades so the auditorium can be Glebe was created as an expansion bring peace. Eventually, Glebe and peratures are high. A fundraising used more widely. of Ottawa Collegiate Institute (OCI) Lisgar became separate entities with effort is underway to provide fans to Glebe school council is beginning which was housed in the building that their own administrations. all these classrooms. Some fans have the planning and fundraising process is now Lisgar Collegiate Institute. In Glebe holds fond memories for the already been purchased, but more are for this landmark 100th anniversary 1919, the Adolescent School Attend- many alumni and families who were required. If you would like to contrib- celebration. We are planning fundrais- ance Act had made attending school affiliated with the school and evokes ute to the Glebe Fan Club, please bring ing events in the new year as well as compulsory until age 16, leading to strong devotion from current students. a cash or cheque into the school office. the February 6 brainstorming sympo- a dramatic rise in secondary school Past students have gone on to excel A tax receipt is available. sium to see how we should celebrate enrolment. Glebe was built on what in various disciplines in the arts and Other parts of the school are aging this event. To stay informed, please was then the outskirts of town. In old sciences. Glebe even has its share of but can be repaired. One large project watch for the next Glebe CI article photos, you can see dirt roads and illustrious alumni such as Peter Mans- that has been brought to the atten- in the Glebe Report and check the empty hills. At that time, the Glebe bridge, Alanis Morissette and Angela tion of the school council is fixing the school’s website for updates. would have been considered far from Hewitt. auditorium. The auditorium is well the downtown. In a building almost a century old, used by the high school and also by Connie Boynton is a Glebe resident OCI initially consisted of the Glebe Glebe is in need of some revitaliza- the community and other schools. For and member of Glebe parent council. and Lisgar campuses which led to tion. Certain aspects are difficult to fix example, Mutchmor Public School She is the parent of a current Glebe much rivalry between the schools. in an older building, as anyone who holds their Grade 6 graduation there to student and a future Glebe student.

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We can’t forget about our bird children will have a pyjama day to friends. Always resourceful, our celebrate. A change in the routine like teaching team turned some leftover pyjama day always brings new conver- pumpkins into bird feeders. The chil- sation and giggles for the group. dren were keen to remove seeds and We also have the magic of the holi- curious about the type of feed a bird day season. With a diverse group of needs for its family. The children families at the Glebe Cooperative check the feeders, an excellent reason Nursery School, our children bring to get out into the fresh air each day. stories and examples of a range of We are moving a little more slowly traditions and celebrations from their in and out of the classroom these days own homes. We certainly have discus- as we learn the ins and outs of snow- sions about Santa and his reindeer, but suits and boots. The onset of cold we also hear about special traditions weather is always a learning curve as like countdown calendars, candles our children figure out how to wig- being lit, excitement about visiting gle in and out of their layers. There family, twinkling lights and delicious is some frustration as we learn about foods served at this time of year. getting snow pants pulled on before One of our holiday traditions is sticking feet into boots, and there is pairing up with local toy store Mrs. the inevitable struggle of mittened Tiggy Winkles for a private shop- hands with jacket zippers. The teach- ping event. This year’s event was held ing team and our duty parents are in late November and gave our par- busy teaching the order of things and ents a chance to connect (kid-free!) watching as children develop resili- while getting some holiday shopping

PHOTO: HELEN BRYDGES PHOTO: ence and patience in the face of these done. The ticketed event sees the store Learning about snow at the Glebe Co-op Nursery School new challenges. We know it will soon donate store points from purchases to become routine, and children will sur- the school. We are so grateful for the prise us with newfound agility and community participation and generos- eagerness to get bundled up quickly ity of the store. One real benefit was Winter magic at when there is a new snowfall to enjoy. having our teaching team on hand to Inside the classroom, the children make suggestions for parents, grand- Glebe Cooperative Nursery School are buzzing about our bears pro- parents and friends looking for the ject. We have been talking about the perfect gift for their toddlers or pre- By Melissa MacInnis ways to enjoy the snow. Our outdoor change in seasons and how different schoolers. Our thanks to Mrs Tiggy kitchen is a focal point for snow pie animals get ready for chilly weather. Winkles for the ongoing support. Winter has arrived and the children of and other creations. The play structure Bears have become a focus, and the The children, parents and teaching Glebe Cooperative Nursery School are is another great area for chilly creativ- children are excited about the prepar- team of the Glebe Cooperative Nurs- ready for it. The magic of the season ity – snow makes a fun landing at the ations they make before hibernating. ery School wish a magical holiday to is special, and we see it in so many bottom of the slide. We’ve also been We’ve been creating, reading, sing- the Glebe community! ways in our classroom. blowing bubbles in the cold air and ing and talking about bears – several Our outdoor space has turned into a watching as they pop with a particular small bear figures prominently in our Melissa MacInnis and her husband live winter wonderland, and children are chilly snap a magic moment for both daily discussions. We will soon put in the Glebe with their young sons, who coming up with all kinds of wonderful children and adults. our bears to bed for the season, and attend Glebe Coop Nursery School.

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By Alison Langdon flix, simultaneously stuffing my face next stage, which is a gradual ris- by Cold Play and “All You Need is with tea and chocolate. ing from the depths. Try “The Lark Love” by the Beatles. Dance to Recently at a small dinner party, the I can also listen to my music. There Ascending,” particularly Nicola “Arroz Con Mango” by Zigo, Cuban conversation turned to the current are some old musical friends I can go Benedetti’s recording, or “Bring Him music that demands you move those state of mental-health services in to in times of need. On a sad day, I Home” from Les Miserables. For that child-bearing hips. Or, as Canadian Ontario. Every one of the other seven find it helpful to turn off my phone, matter, why not try Barbra Streisand’s musicologist David Huron observed, it people there could and did refer to a TV and laptop and lie down on my version of “As Time Goes By” or “I is impossible to be down and listen to family member, neighbour or friend back on the sofa. My go-to sad music Find Your Love” by Beth Neilson banjo music, a phenomenon he termed who had suffered from schizophrenia, includes Gorecki’s Symphony No.3 Chapman. “the Steve Martin effect.” depression or some other psychiatric and the swelling strings of Rachman- Maybe another day you will be pot- Those for whom mental illness is a disorder, and all were united in con- inoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of tering in the kitchen and find yourself persistent and heavy cross to bear, my demning the paucity of mental-health Paganini.” “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the humming along to “Here Comes The heart goes out to you. I hope you have services in Ottawa. filmThe Mission by Ennio Morricone Sun” sung by Nina Simone or “Why a friend you can talk to, a friend who I stayed quiet. Mental health has is very healing as is his theme from Worry” by Dire Straits. If you have will truly just listen without judgment affected my family too closely for me Cinema Paradiso. a child still small enough or even a or advice. And I beg you: go to your to discuss it in a social setting. I have Most importantly,“Don’t Give Up” cat, they may tolerate you cradling doctor. If your doctor doesn’t help you flirted with depression myself off and by the wonderful Peter Gabriel and the them while you sing “You and Me with medication or talk therapy, ask on in the past. There are still occa- incomparable Kate Bush has to be on Together” along with the Dave Mat- him or her to refer you to someone sions when the black dog gets too this list of therapeutic songs. thews Band. who will. There are help lines avail- close, and I need to head him off at These pieces have one thing in com- The day will eventually come when able if you feel there is no one to talk the pass before he catches up with me. mon. They are all so beautiful that you the cloud lifts, sometimes as mys- to. There is an answer out there for I am one of the lucky ones. I can at cannot help but be moved by their teriously as the day when it came. I you. Don’t give up. least recognize when I need to take plaintive melodies. Yes, a few tears believe it’s important to recognize action to fend off the darkness. I have may well trickle from the outer corner these days, rather than just using them A retired physiotherapist, Alison a number of options that I can call of your eyes and run down to your hair to do all the jobs you have let slide Langdon has lived in the U.K., Canada upon including walking, preferably as you lie there, but they will be tears during the down days. Put your tunes and Jamaica. She moved to Ottawa in outside in nature, or talking to a good of relief as you let go of the breath that on then and play all your favourites, 2017 and discovered a love of writing friend. Rather less admirable is going you hadn’t realized you had been hold- sing at the top of your lungs and dance when she took a class in memoir to bed with the covers over my head ing until that moment. around the kitchen. Pull out “Happy” writing at the Glebe Community or binge watching Queer Eye on Net- Those tunes can move you into the by Pharrell Williams, “Vive La Vida” Centre. TREKKING Glebe Report December 6, 2019 41 PHOTO: COURTESY OF J. STEWART OF J. COURTESY PHOTO: Although equally barren, the conditions of Jennifer Stewart’s trek in Iceland in 2017 for the Shelter Foundation were cooler and more forgiving than her expectations for Morocco. Local realtor undertakes charity hike through Morocco

By Craig Petter Stewart consistently donates a portion forged between realtors from all So despite the scorching heat, sting- of her commissions to the foundation. over Canada. She stresses, however, ing scorpions and suboptimal toilets, For two gruelling weeks in November, In anticipation of the trek, Stewart that the primary motivator for her is Stewart was willing to walk through realtor Jennifer Stewart was absent boosted her affiliation with the charity always the cause. hellish terrain because of the countless from open houses because she was by crushing the minimum fundraising “When you’re walking along for eight women who already did. trekking through the open desert. goal of $5,000 for participants by rais- hours, slogging it and feeling sorry for The latter half of Diane & Jen ing closer to $7,000. yourself, you realize that some people Craig Petter is a first-year journalism Ottawa Realtors, Stewart tackled Proceeds from the trek will be split go home and get beaten up. In their and humanities student at Carleton a 100-kilometre hike in sweltering 80-20, with 20 per cent being fun- home. For no reason. You realize that if University who regularly covers sports Morocco as a participant in the Royal nelled into the Shelter Foundation’s you have a safe place to stay at the end for Carleton’s independent student LePage Shelter Foundation’s Sahara national programs and the rest going of the day you’re pretty lucky.” newspaper. Twitter:@Cpett_19 Desert Challenge for Shelter. Aim- to local shelters chosen by the par- ing to safeguard women and children ticipants. Stewart has pledged to two fleeing domestic abuse, Stewart and shelters, the Lanark County Interval more than 100 other Canadian realtors House and the Ottawa Interval House raised nearly one million dollars prior which has a unique pet sanctuary pro- to embarking on the hike. gram so women in trouble have a place When I spoke to her before the trip, to take their pets. Stewart was experiencing a flurry of “Women will stay in abusive situ- emotions that could only be expressed ations because their pets are often as feeling “frazzled.” being threatened or they’re worried for “I’m feeling physically prepared, their pets’ safety,” she noted. “They I’ve done a lot of training,” she said, don’t have a place they can go and “but I feel like I have a lot of stuff to bring their pet.” gather. I’m a little overwhelmed with Inspired by her causes, Stewart all the things I have to do to get ready was unfazed by the logistics of the for the actual trip. But I’m excited.” hike itself. Upon arriving in Marra- As daunting as walking the equiva- kech, Stewart’s group of around 30 lent of two and a half marathons through realtors departed the next day for the sand may seem, Stewart is no stranger desert, where the group was dropped Merry Christmas to treks. In 2017, she participated in off “with some camels and some Bed- the Shelter Foundation’s previous hike ouin tents.” and through mountains and gorges in Ice- Each portable tent houses four or land. In preparation for the Moroccan five people and one smaller tent is car- trek, she pushed herself to the extreme, ried along as a designated bathroom. Happy Holidays from the conquering sand dunes in Cape Cod and There are no showers for the sweat- climbing a mountain in Curacao. soaked 11 days, and Stewart suspected Despite her substantial experience, that the bathroom would likely only team at Lansdowne Dental! Stewart pinpointed some looming include a “bucket setup.” challenges in her next adventure. The realtors are accompanied by “The big challenge for me will be guides, cooks and a volunteer doctor the heat,” she explained. “I don’t like to treat any ailments, including snake- the heat. I’m a skier, I like to snow- bites and scorpion stings. Stewart did 613.422.5900 shoe, I can do anything in the winter. not fixate on the danger of snakes and I don’t like being trapped in heat.” scorpions and instead anticipated the Another potential obstacle for undeniable perks, such as the food. Located in the heart of the Glebe: Stewart was the unfamiliarity of the Cooks provide three meals a day, all Lansdowne Park, 981 Bank Street (next to PetSmart) Moroccan desert. A polar opposite of traditional Moroccan fare. Stewart Canada’s landscape, Stewart was wary had heard only praise for the cuisine, FREE VALIDATED UNDERGROUND PARKING of the psychological shock posed by which would doubtlessly be a far cry an arid, desolate environment. None- from the “porridge, fish and horse- theless, she remained confident thanks meat spaghetti” she ate in Iceland. www.lansdownedental.ca to her investment in the cause. For Stewart, the passion for these The Royal LePage Shelter Founda- treks outweighs the risks and fears. tion is a charity across Canada. As She diagnoses herself as a “thrill- well as participating in fundraisers, seeker” but also loves the comradery 42 Glebe Report December 6, 2019

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Please join Collabo Cafe will exhibit the Béland Brothers art us for our New Year celebration on and photography in January. Jules’s Fri., Jan. 3, 1:30 p.m. as we cele- Ernesto’s Barber Shop photos offer perspectives on the brate new beginnings, new and old Escape Clothing beauty and harmony in nature that friends and community. It is a great often go unseen. Michel’s paintings chance to mix and mingle, learn Feleena’s Mexican Café convey warm and alluring narra- about Abbotsford and be enter- tives of nature from his travels in tained too. Fourth Avenue Wine Bar California, France and the Ontario Glebe Apothecary countryside. SUNDAY SOCIALS. We are pleased to invite caregivers and their person Glebe Meat Market Reminder of ongoing BLOG ON for Sunday Socials at Abbotsford Glebe Pet Hospital FAITH (EXISTENTIAL SELFHOOD) Seniors’ Community Centre (the AND ETHICS: A blog on ways of Paintings by Jaya Krishnan’s students will be on view in the Glebe old stone house at 950 Bank St.). Glebe Tailoring seeing and ways of life by Nino Community Centre Gallery from December 5 to January 12. Jaya On Jan 12, 1:30–3:30 p.m., musical Gualtieri, emeritus professor of reli- Krishnan is a noted Glebe artist whose paintings of Brown’s Inlet entertainment with Mary Gick and Glebe Video gion at Carleton U. and long-time are iconic favourites. A self-taught artist, he is also a talented Chris White and creativity activity Goldart Jewellery Studio resident of the Glebe (argualtieri33. teacher, guiding students to achieve wonderful work. with JC Fleury. The events are free wixsite.com/disclosures). for caregivers and their loved ones. Ichiban If you are interested please, regis- FRIENDS OF THE FARM presents customs, practices, heritage, lan- CLUB DE LECTURE EN FRANÇAIS ter IN ADVANCE with Abbotsford Irene’s Pub Blooms, a book about the Central guage and arts of the Algonquins of (af.ca/ottawa/en/notre_culture/ reception at 613-230-5730. 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