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June - July 2020 JUIN - JUILLET 2020 I MPhotos Christine Aubry A G E Dear Reader, While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s habits, plans and priorities, our writers kept writing, photographers kept clicking, and Sandy Hill kept its chin up. Since April, IMAGE has been gratified (thrilled, actually) to receive more kind donations from readers, to cheer us on and offset our operating costs. In particular, we say thank you to the people named below. Al Belliveau, Laurier E. Bianca Bertrand and Timothy Williams, Blackburn Ave. Thomas Brooks, Laurier E. Lena Creedy, Besserer St. Elena Kasativa, Laurier E. Bob Meldrum, Blackburn Ave. Allan P Millard, Blackburn Ave. Peter and Jane Tugwell, Stewart St. Plus one who remains anonymous Between their support and a slowly reviving advertising base, we head into our summer break knowing we will return with another issue in October. Recreation options revive Wishing you a calm, creative With a notice of “zero tolerance for aggressive be- and carefully distanced haviour towards staff enforcing COVID-19 safety summer! protocol”, the Rideau Sports Centre at the east end of Adàwe Crossing reopened under Ontario’s Stage Jane Waterston, Editor, IMAGE I protocols in early June. For outdoor programs in- volving fewer than 10 people, that is. How great to hear the thunk-thunk of balls on racquets again. More coverage of Sandy Hill’s rebound on page 8. Action Sandy Hill’s virtual assembly – not quite thrust and parry pressed the City’s willingness to do what- tre and additional security, as helping to area. Fortier noted that a refresh of the John Cockburn ever it could to help citizens through the address the problem. He also stated there 2013 study would be released soon, and COVID-19 crisis, while Young noted the was an increased focus on dealers rather that a longer-term strategy is being em- Sandy Hill Community Response Team than users. Fortier added that she and barked on as outlined in the 2019 budget. n May 25, Action Sandy Hill COVID-19 efforts to assist those shut in Fleury were discussing what additional Participants noted that, sadly, terms of hosted its first virtual public as- by the pandemic. efforts the federal government can make reference for this study were not released sembly. Local elected representa- High-profile issues of the day were to ensure safe supply. for public comment. This does not augur Otives – the Honorable Mona Fortier from raised and the first of these was the situ- University student housing remains an well for a consultative process. Indeed, the federal Liberal government; Lucille ation around COVID-19 and Long-Term issue for the community. Fleury thought Fortier noted that the federal government Collard, Liberal member of the Provin- Care facilities. Collard mentioned her that the University of Ottawa could do would likely not even consider a tunnel cial Parliament; and Mathieu Fleury, party’s support for a Commission of In- more. Although it receives no govern- to route truck traffic between highway Rideau-Vanier’s municipal councillor – quiry. Fortier noted that it was a provin- ment funding for student residences, as 417 and the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, responded to questions provided by ASH cial responsibility, but it could not be a large landowner it still should be able the only approach that seemed to have and by the approximately 25 participants ignored, and that the deployment of Ca- to develop residences on campus at low some traction with the City. Some won- who logged in. The assembly was chaired nadian Forces in two provinces was evi- cost. The effect of the pandemic on stu- dered if there was any point to a public by ASH President Susan Young. Lines of dence of federal concern. Fleury observed dent housing in Sandy Hill is yet to be consultation if one option was precluded. inquiry included: COVID-19; concerns that two of the four City-operated LTC seen. Given the potential growth of online So, more studies: the trucks keep roll- about the Sandy Hill Community Health facilities were in his ward, and that the course delivery, lower demand for student ing on King Edward, Rideau, Waller and Centre; social and affordable housing for City was doing what it could to keep them housing may have an impact on the com- Nicholas. Perhaps the thousands of new vulnerable populations; student housing safe. He also noted that in the recent past munity and developers. voters slated to live on Rideau Street in pressures on Sandy Hill; and how longer- the provincial government did not assign In response to a question on affordable the next few years will have something to term issues including environment, econ- a high priority to the issue. Post meeting housing Fleury remarked that there are say about the matter. omy and equity can be incorporated in a reports of the state of LTC facilities have 12,000 people on the waiting list for Ot- The meeting concluded on time and post-COVID-19 public policy agenda. heightened these concerns. On another tawa Community Housing. Two thousand seemed to be a useful public forum that The Assembly kicked off with the front the particular needs of the disabled were residents of City-supported shelters could be regularly repeated. For this writ- politicians and Young touching on some were raised, and Fortier indicated that or hotels. He held out hope, with plans er, there is a concern about the immediacy high points in their current mandates with some specific federal support may be in for 10,000 units to be constructed in the of the conversation and the inevitability respect to COVID-19. Fortier cited the the offing. next few years. Fortier noted that afford- of a managed dialogue. There was a lot multitude of federal fiscal efforts. Collard Addiction and mental health issues able housing is high on her list of priori- of information out, but not so much of the stressed her party’s successful efforts to were raised with respect to stress on near- ties, as federal Minister for Middle Class back-and-forth that we all know and love. move the provincial government on re- by residents from some users of the Sandy Prosperity. That may be inescapable with a video- duced power rates and enabling alcohol Hill Community Health Centre. Fleury The final issue was the National conferencing format, which unfortunately delivery by restauranteurs. Fleury ex- noted physical changes around the Cen- Transportation Strategy for the Capital is all we have at present. 2 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 Photo Michael Barnes IMAGE Founded in 1972 under the 22, av. Russell Ave. Fondé en 1972 sous la direction of Diane Wood Ottawa K1N 7W8 direction de Diane Wood You’ve been IMAGE, a non-profit community news- IMAGE est un journal communautaire à flagged paper, is supported by its advertis- but non lucratif dont les seuls revenus ers. Opinions expressed are those of viennent des annonceurs. Les textes contributors and advertisers, and do not n’engagent que leurs auteurs et an- necessarily represent those of the volun- nonceurs respectifs et ne reflètent pas teer editorial staff. nécessairement l’opinion de l’équipe Poo bags in the park de rédaction, qui est composée de Did you know that 40 percent of the waste IMAGE is published in April, June, bénévoles. currently being put in Ottawa’s garbage is October and December. 7,500 copies compostable organic material that can be are printed (5,800 during the pandemic) IMAGE sera publié en avril, juin, put into the green bin? and distributed free of charge to all octobre et décembre. Son tirage est Organics recycling is an important part residents of Sandy Hill. Free issues can de 7 500 exemplaires (5 800 during the of the City of Ottawa’s long-term Waste also be picked up at various commercial pandemic). Il est distribué gratuitement Strategy. Diverting residential organic locations. partout dans la Côte-de-Sable. On waste away from landfill (Green Bin Pro- peut également l’obtenir aux plusieurs gram) saves the City millions of dollars, IMAGE welcomes articles, letters, commerces du quartier. and reduces the need for additional land- photographs, notices and other material fill sites. of interest to its readers in the Sandy Tous les articles, lettres, illustrations, In fact, soiled kitty litter, dog faeces Covenant in the time of Covid Hill community. Name and telephone photos et autre documentation pouvant (must be contained in a sealed, leak-proof number of contributor must be included. intéresser les lecteurs de la Côte- bag), and animal bedding is acceptable in This photo was taken looking south in de-Sable sont les bienvenus. Leurs the Strait of Magellan in March. We were If you’d like to write articles, draw the Green Bin program. auteurs doivent indiquer leur nom et Strathcona Park is designated on one on the last cruise ship allowed to dock in cartoons or other illustrations for stories, leur numéro de téléphone. Chile. A thousand people who were to go or take photographs on assignment, side as “No Dogs Allowed + Do Not Feed Wildlife” and on the other side, near base- on to Florida had to leave as Peru stopped please call and leave your name and Les personnes intéressées à colla- ball diamond and footbridge “Dogs on taking cruise ships the next day as well. number at 613-237-8889. No age borer à IMAGE sont invitées à télé- Leash Only!” Some ships leaving Argentina behind restrictions. phoner au 613-237-8889, en indiquant There is very specific signage in the us had COVID cases by the time they leur nom et leur numéro de téléphone. park, but it seems that some fellow citi- reached Chile. IMAGE reserves the right to edit in Nous apprécions la contribution de zens choose to ignore these designations. whole or in part all such contributions. tous, quelque soit leur âge. Michael Barnes Tel: 613-237-8889 I see it every time I walk through the park. Besserer Street E-mail: [email protected]. Re- IMAGE se réserve le droit de modifier For sure, dogs in the park means dog poo quests to join our IMAGE Specials email en tout ou en partie les documents is also in the park. distribution list are welcome. soumis. Website: imagesandyhill.org Courage!!! Tél: 613-237-8889 Editor: Courriel : [email protected] Côte-de-Sable, soyons prudents, Jane Waterston Site web : imagesandyhill.org en santé et respectueux Rédactrice de langue française : Betsy Mann Oh, Sandy Hillers, stay safe, Advertising: Jan Finlay, Peter Rinfret, Carol Waters, Jane Waterston stay healthy, stay in touch Administration: Christine Aubry, François Bregha, Ken Clavette, David Elden, Photo Catherine O’Neill Victorieux serons-nous de cet Jan Finlay, Shelley Hatt, Frank Heilingbrunner, Ron Hodgson, Claire MacDonald, Betsy Mann, Jane McNamara, Jan Meldrum, Kathy Moyer, Dodi Newman, Larry ennemi invisible mais dévasta- Newman, Judy Rinfret, Peter Rinfret, Dave Willis, Bob Whitelaw. teur Production: Bob Meldrum, Performance Printing (Smith’s Falls), Jane Waterston Immunity will be our saviour; Photographers: Christine Aubry, Dave Elden, Kathleen Kelly, Bob Whitelaw physical distancing, hand wash- ing and mask wearing, our Deadline Date de tombée protector Reserve advertising space or let us Publicité, articles, photos et know you have a text or photo by autres soumissions Donnons généreusement Given that the City of Ottawa Waste pro- aux démunis, aidons nos per- September 14, 2020 le 14 septembre gram includes dog faeces, I find it shock- (target delivery October 7) (livraison prévue le 7 octobre) ing that dog owners still choose to dump sonnes âgées et remercions nos their pet’s waste in the garbage bins in précieux services de soins de city parks! santé IMAGE is written, published and IMAGE est rédigé, publié et distribué This practice is incredibly selfish and delivered thanks to the efforts of grâce au dévouement et au talent de short-sighted, costing the City – meaning , 2, 3 à vos gardes! dedicated and talented volunteers and nombreux bénévoles, mais aussi avec all of us – money. In consideration of all 1 the support of our advertisers. Please l’appui des annonceurs. Soutenez les of us, please carry your dog’s poo home support local businesses, especially commerces locaux, et tout particu- and dispose of it in the compost or your 9-9 (ninety-nine) red bal- those who advertise in and display lièrement ceux qui font de la publicité personal garbage. loons… «I think of you, and let it IMAGE. dans IMAGE ou chez qui vous pouvez go» le trouver. Catherine O’Neill Questions re delivery? Dog lover and Sandy Hill resident (99 Luftballons by Nena) If you live in Sandy Hill, IMAGE is Questions au sujet de la distribu- Wilbrod Street delivered free to your door. Please call tion? IMAGE est distribué gratuite- 613-237-8889 if you are aware of anyone ment dans la Côte-de-Sable. Veuillez or any business in our neighbourhood appeler le 613-237-8889 si vous who is not receiving their newspaper. connaissez un particulier qui ne le reçoit pas.

BRAVO LES FINISSANTS!

La communauté de la Côte-de-Sable se joint aux parents des élèves de 6ième année de l'École élémentaire publique Francojeunesse et des élèves de 12ième année de l'École secondaire publique De la Salle pour féliciter les finissants et leur souhaiter un bon cheminement dans leurs études ou leurs carrières.

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To the Grade 6 graduating class, Viscount Alexander Public School, from Principal Paul McAnany

First and foremost, congratulations to the class of 2020! The past year has been filled with moments of laughter, joy, uncertainty and challenge. As you prepare to leave Viscount, I leave you with one last thought to ponder: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning” (Albert Einstein). I wish all of you the very best in your future endeavours. And so do all of us! — Ed. More news from Viscount Alexander PS on page 16. Geese daycare in Strathcona Park, May 22, 2020. Photo Peter Rinfret

YES, THE MARKET IS BACK!

Please note that until further notice, we are only offering ONLINE PRE-ORDERS and Saturday PICKUPS. We hope to get back to regular market shopping as soon as possible. To order, go to localline.ca/main-street-market and follow the instructions. It’s super easy!

Every Saturday, May to October, 9 a.m. to noon (times may change, please check our website for up-to-date information)

More vendors are Ordering is open from being added each week. FARMERS’ MARKET Monday to Thursday 210 Main Street in the for Saturday pickup. Green Door parking lot.

mainfarmersmarket.org Follow us on Facebook (@mainfarmmarket613) and Instagram (@mainmarketottawa)! 4 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 Action Sandy Hill notebook ­ April - May 2020

Annual General Meeting, 2020 and delays in dealing with Loblaws on Delayed but not cancelled. The Sandy Rideau, which was making more than Hill community association’s annual 700 deliveries per day. In May, a “con- meeting will happen online via Webex tactless” and free delivery service for on Tuesday, June 30 (see notice at left). seniors started up through a partnership The meeting will be shorter this year be- with Groceries to You/Achats à vous. cause the MP, MPP and city councillor Any senior or person in financial need held a Q&A with Sandy Hill residents at able to use the PC Express online order the ASH “virtual assembly” on May 25 app is asked to use it when ordering, (see John Cockburn’s report on page 1). otherwise one can contact the service This will leave lots of time for you to hear directly at [email protected] or from President Susan Young and commit- 613/893-2786. tee chairs, then speak up about concerns for the coming year. If you are not one Planters and trees of ASH’s 224 members in good stand- The storm sewer work on Mann Avenue ing, the easiest way to sign up is to go has meant more than 16 trees have been to www.ash-acs.ca/join-ash/, complete removed from the street’s south side. As the simple form and make an online pay- well, the trees in planters between Chapel ment. Your $8 annual fee brings you a and Blackburn, installed as compensa- vote at the AGM and regular information tion for the lack of green space on the St. about municipal and neighbourhood is- Clement church development at Russell sues, the neighbourhood skating rink and and Mann, are expected also to be re- ASH-sponsored community events such moved. Their final destination is as yet as the annual BBQ, yard sale, One & unknown.—Marilyn Whitaker Only craft fair and winter carnival. Bollards have replaced the planters at Police reports Besserer and Nelson; a new planter A spike in the number of home break-ins should be coming soon.

in Sandy Hill was seen early this year— Whitelaw Bob Photo 19 from January through March, com- pared with seven during the same period in 2019. COVID-19 response • Sandy Hill activities of the week. A se- ries of weekly treasure hunts has been posted at the ASH website between April 18 and June 5, devised by creative Sandy Hill residents and intended to help us live through the quiet days of isolation. • The Centre 454 day program on King Edward at Daly opened for showers, by appointment, as of May 4. The National Gallery has donated Plexiglas sheets to These signs mark beds and planters protect staff in the reception area. maintained by volunteers associated with • Food deliveries for seniors – In April the Sandy Hill Tree Group. Go ahead: there was growing frustration over costs take photos!

The Sandy Hill Community Response Team is still here to help.

L’Équipe d'intervention communautaire de la Côte-de-sable est toujours là pour vous aider. We have volunteers who Nous avons des bénévoles pour can help with groceries, vous aider à faire l’épicerie et les errands, dog-walking, courses, à sortir le chien, à passer friendly phone calls, and des coups de fil amicaux, et à offer other support. offrir d’autres formes de soutien.

CALL US / TÉLÉPHONEZ-NOUS: 613-454-5633

Photo Harlequin Sudiios June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 5 Town and Gown Committee Campus opening, Test your memory and IMAG(E)ination here have you seen, on your residences and walks around Sandy Hill, the serviceW unit in the photo at right? rentals update Let us know and we’ll salute you in the October-November IMAGE. Jan Meldrum President Jacques Frémont’s campus is dealing with mental health and racism Last issue’s mystery revealed below issues, as well as COVID-19 impacts. The unmissable globe on Adàwe he community and campus stake- footbridge over the Rideau River holders on the T&G committee met was identified, once again, by Poo- via Zoom on June 10 with reports nam Varshni. Good luck to all with fromT our councillor and the University of this issue’s challenge (above)! Ottawa. Councillor Fleury’s short report refer- enced the second phase of opening of the Photos Bob Whitelaw COVID-19 lockdown to start this week; the closing of Rideau Street from Sussex to Dalhousie which will continue to the fall; and the cancelling of this year’s Panda ASH director Paula Tchen helped Susan game and thus any associated problems. Young clarify neighbourhood concerns. U of O President Jacques Frémont noted estimate to help predict apartment rent- that discrimination and racism is at the als in the neighbourhood. It would be a top of mind. The university is continuing shame to have vacancies in Sandy Hill to work to end incidents such as carding apartments, many of which are only use- and going further with anti-racism policies. ful for groups of students, when there is They are also dealing with mental health a rental shortage in Ottawa as a whole. concerns for all plus extra support for ra- Susan also thanked the university for cialized students. dedicating a small residence for mar- The campus is slowly starting to open ginally-housed families and youths who after the COVID-19 closure, starting with were isolating because of COVID-19. some labs and research facilities. This will Marc-Antoine Joly from UO Facili- Decision about renaming of Sandy allow students who were unable to graduate ties said that the university is temporar- because of closures in March to finish pro- ily holding off on long-term residence Hill park delayed by COVID-19 grams and graduate in the fall. The univer- planning to see whether online courses sity is working with Ottawa Public Health become more prevalent. The assumption andy Hill resident Stéphanie Plante named after an Indigenous person. Denise on necessary restrictions. For the first term before the lockdown had been that in the is hoping to get the park behind the Killick, a retired public servant in the this fall 95% of courses will be online. Res- long term the university would have 6500 Sandy Hill Community Centre at area, sent the following comments on the idences, libraries and food services will be residence beds. The university does have S250 Somerset St. East renamed after the proposed renaming of the park: open but student presence on campus will a student housing strategy underway. late trailblazing Inuit artist, Annie Pooto- “I fully support this initiative. I met and not be necessary. A discussion of the effect on Sandy Hill ogook. chatted with Annie many times around Housing Service Director Rachelle Clark rentals of the sudden drop in students During this period when commemora- our neighbourhood and it was clear that described the procedures for residences. brought up the point again that there tive naming in the City of Ottawa has she was very talented. I had no idea she Starting in September the maximum num- would be difficulty in renting the many been put on hold due to COVID-19, was a famous Inuit artist until she died. ber of students in residence will be 3100 in- recently built student-style apartments Mme. Plante and Action Sandy Hill are I wish you every success in your bid to stead of the normal 4200. The expectation to non-students. These apartments, de- seeking anyone who may wish to provide have the park named in her honour. I can is that not all 3100 will come. Many have signed with several bedrooms and small comments on the proposed naming of the think of no better tribute to her life. An- the option of arriving for the second term. common spaces, are not suitable for park to submit them to stephanie.plante@ nie will always hold a special place in my The July 6 deadline for students to make families, singles or couples of any age. gmail.com heart.” their choices will allow a better estimate of This point made by ASH president Susan Since she started her initiative they have To learn more about Annie’s artistic lega- numbers in residence. Young highlights the need for more flex- received positive feedback from Annie’s cy, you can read her profile at the National Susan Young, President of Action Sandy ible design of rental units in the neigh- family and some local residents. Cur- Gallery here: www.gallery.ca/magazine/ Hill, asked that ASH be given the July 6 bourhood. rently, no parks in the City of Ottawa are artists/remembering-annie-pootoogook. 6 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020

IMAGE Eye on Development Ad June 2020 Deferral of AGM Demolition, infill and TO ALL MEMBERS: À TOUS LES MEMBRES :

NOTICE OF DEFERRAL OF THE AVIS DE REPORT DE L'AGA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DU CENTRE DE SANTÉ densification OF THE SANDY HILL COMMUNAUTAIRE tre close to the Sandy Hill arena; it is COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE CÔTE-DE-SABLE François Bregha roughly shaped like a quarter pie. The developer recently presented preliminary As the impact of the COVID-19 Alors que l'impact de la pandémie de plans to the community that showed four outbreak continues, Ontario and the COVID-19 se poursuit, l'Ontario et la otwithstanding COVID 19, de- 28-storey buildings along the pie’s cir- City of Ottawa are taking action to Ville d'Ottawa prennent des mesures velopment proposals continue cumference (along Lees Avenue) with ensure the province and city's pour assurer que la province et la ville apace in our neighbourhood. Be- sont prêtes à contenir et à répondre à an L-shaped 9-storey building along the readiness to contain and respond to a Nlow are descriptions of two new projects two sides of the pie’s point and a large une gamme de scénarios. range of outbreak scenarios. and an update of the City’s latest zoning landscaped courtyard in the middle. This Étant donné que le CSCCS n’offre que initiative. mixed-used development would include Given that SHCHC is only operating des services essentiels, et que les some commercial space along Lees Av- essential services, and given that mesures de distance physiques 114 – 122 Russell Ave. enue and about 1500 rental units, mostly physical distancing measures will continueront de restreindre la capacité At the request of neighbours, Councillor one and two-bedrooms. There would be continue to restrict Ontarians’ ability des Ontariennes et des Ontariens à Mathieu Fleury held a public consulta- underground parking for roughly half the to gather in groups of more than ten se réunir en groupes de plus de dix tion meeting on May 21 to discuss the units. people, we have determined that personnes, nous avons déterminé que proposed demolition of three houses at Being situated close to the Lees LRT sta- holding the Annual General Meeting la tenue de l'Assemblée générale 114, 118 and 122 Russell Ave. and their tion, this land is in a Transit-Oriented De- (AGM) on our usual late June date annuelle (AGA) à notre date habituelle replacement by two low-rise apartment velopment zone that mandates minimum would not be in the best interest of de fin juin ne serait pas dans l'intérêt buildings. In a sign of the times, the con- densities and allows high-rise construc- the public, staff, clients or Board of du public, du personnel, des clients ou sultation was conducted electronically tion. Nevertheless, the developer would Directors. du conseil d'administration. through Zoom. require a zoning amendment because the The developers propose to replace the current height limit is 20 storeys. While As a result, the SHCHC Board of Par conséquent, le conseil d'administration du CSCCS a two wood-frame houses at 118 and 122 this development is unlikely to proceed Directors approved the deferral of the Russell first and the brick house at 114 before 2021 at the earliest, as a formal ap- AGM until September 2020. approuvé le report de l’AGA à septembre 2020. Un avis de la date de in a second phase. The two new build- plication has not yet been filed, it is likely Notification of the final meeting date la réunion sera affiché dans le journal ings would contain 14 units each, di- to proceed in phases. Supporting studies will be posted in the local newspaper, local, sur notre site Web à vided among bachelors, one-, two- and have not yet been completed and the proj- on our website at www.shchc.ca, and www.shchc.ca/fr, et envoyé par la three or four-bedrooms. Four parking ect’s final design could still change. sent by mail to our corporate poste à nos membres corporatifs au spots would be provided at the back. In members at least 30 days before the moins 30 jours avant la réunion. response to previous comments from the R4 review meeting. community, the developers have made R4 refers to the zoning that covers much some changes to the exterior of the build- of Sandy Hill and Ottawa’s inner neigh- ings to add more brick cladding and bay bourhoods and allows the construction of windows. low-rise apartment buildings. City staff Action Sandy Hill asked the developer have been updating existing zoning regu- to consider the adaptive re-use of the lations to modernize them and encourage brick house on the property, as it is one of densification in the city’s core. While not the oldest on the street and, if torn down, opposed to densification, ASH has argued would be the third on the block whose strongly in favour of zoning rules that demolition had been approved. ASH also would support a mix of housing types recommended that the exterior design rather than more of the apartments that of the new buildings be more closely have recently been built designed primar- aligned with its neighbours in order to ily for students (some 2250 bedrooms in echo more the character of the street. both mid- and high-rise rental units added The applications are at the Site Plan in the past decade with another 650 ap- Control stage and do not require any zon- proved but not yet built). The City’s Plan- ing or Committee of Adjustment approv- ning Committee was originally supposed For a comprehensive overview, als. City staff and the developers said to consider the staff’s proposals in May please visit our web site: they would review the comments made but this item has now been pushed back to at the meeting. the fall. You can read Action Sandy Hill’s www.sandyhill.ca or call detailed comments and recommendations Nathan Gurnham at (613) 832-1717 2 Robinson at www.ash-acs.ca/the-future-of-zoning- This is the property that formerly be- in-sandy-hill-ashs-position/. longed to the Iranian Cultural Cen- Serving ottawa eaSt for over 20 yearS

Tis the season....for infrastructure renewal Photos by Bob Whitelaw

As the new water and sewer work on Mann Avenue and Range Road continues, the past meets the future. A pile of old pipes is dumped at the roadside while the new pipe waits for the installation. The plastic pipes are designed to be in use into the next century. Work on the streets is expected to continue until the late fall.

Right, top — The end result will be an improved turn at the corner.

Right, below— Workers digging the Mann Street trenches at Blackburn Ave. found a number of very large boulders in their way. The rocks were a surprise to the workers and not expected in Sandy Hill. June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 7 Business Newsbites Photo Bob Meldrum Bob Photo

For all COVID-19 updates visit mathieufleury.ca Pour les mises a jour sur le COVID-19 visitez le mathieufleury.ca Version francaise disponible en ligne au mathieufleuryca Essential food services continue despite COVID-19 closures Earlier this month we held another successful Strathcona Heights Landlord issues, not COVID. Readers may have enjoyed the Friday the 13th article pop-up food bank. With more than 45 people using this bi-weekly concerning The Tattoo Machine on Mann Avenue in the last IMAGE. Recently it was a service to the community, it is clear that access to food continues shock to see the store cleaned out. Had COVID caused another casualty? The answer is to be a need. At the beginning of this period of a state of No. The Tattoo Machine is relocating because of their inability to come to terms with the emergency, it was essential for us to ensure our food banks and Sandy Hill landlord. They wanted to stay in Sandy Hill but were unable to find suitable other community food programs continued. We have been able to premises. We will miss them on the next Friday the 13th. —Bob Meldrum host four pop-up food banks in Strathcona Heights, a large

Photo Kathleen Kelly Kathleen Photo community south of Mann Avenue in Sandy Hill. These efforts began when St Joe's parish had to suspend its services in Strathcona Heights during the early days of the pandemic In response, my office, with the help of local organizations and support from the Ottawa Food Bank, created the Strathcona Heights pop-up food bank to keep residents healthy and safe during the COVID-19 period I am happy to say St Joe's parish was able to resume its operations for the community For a neighbourhood typically described as a "food desert," this service was essential.

It is thanks to the many community partners in our neighbourhood (Ottawa Community Housing, Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, the Parent Resource Centre, St Joseph's Parish, and City resources) that this pop-up became a reality. Furthermore, I am committed to establishing an expanded food bank service in Safi Fine Foods is returning to Sandy Hill! Mohamed Ali Abdo, the Operations Manager Strathcona Heights to allow consistency in food security in Sandy will be re-opening his establishment in the commercial space at 296 Somerset Street East Hill through the evolving Strathcona Heights Community Hub. This (near Russell), currently under construction (photo above) with completion scheduled Hub will be critical in ensuring coordinated delivery of services in for end-October 2020. Look forward to resuming your shopping at Safi’s in November- the Strathcona Heights community December 2020. —Kathleen Kelly Physical distancing has completely changed the way we access Photo Christine Aubry Christine Photo our groceries and leave our homes. Now, after three months of physical distancing, we see how this crisis can impact anyone While our ward's food banks currently see the highest use, it has become evident that many people who now need to rely on them may not already be connected to these vital organizations The Ottawa Food Bank is providing food to these smaller food banks; they need support to do so. For those who are able to do so, please donate to ottawafoodbank.ca. Anyone in need of food services can contact 211 to connect with their local resources. MATHIEUFLEURY.CA / 613-580·2482 @MATHIEUFLEURY / [email protected]

Working Title Restaurant AND Bakery: Rolling with the pandemic punch, the Work- ing Title kitchen at Chapel and Laurier East has acquired a proofer (a warming chamber used in baking) and welcomed baker Cyril Pruvost (above) to its team. Pruvost, who hails from Cannes, was obliged to close his Gatineau bakery this spring as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown. Gatineau’s loss is Sandy Hill’s gain: you may now visit Working Table between 8 and 11 a.m. for a croissant or pain au chocolat or brioche with your coffee, or to take out a fresh baguette and other varieties of bread. Then from 11:30 am – 10 pm, the place turns into a full service restaurant, offering lunch, dinner and takeout meals. For reservations email [email protected]. — Jane Waterston 8 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 Pandemic Post Are you struggling with Pain, Strength or Movement issues? Stage 2 Reopening at last Nothing lasts forever: This is a phrase that we hear often. It is true for us – we are very Our multi-disciplinary team of registered happy to announce that Chartier Physiotherapie reopened its doors to the public on physiotherapists, massage therapists, June 8 for physiotherapy and massage therapy services. During the last few months, we have been busy seeing patients virtually, to help them personal trainers and Naturopathic Doctor with symptoms ranging from stress to back or neck pain. During the COVID-19 period, can help. Let us help you get back to exercises and movement are more important than ever for your physical and mental enjoying life. health. This is why we have posted on our Facebook page and website some key exer- cises and strategies to help you during these times. We worked hard to make sure the clinic was ready for June 8 and to have all the pro- tocols in place. Not only are we very excited to have clients back in the clinic, but we Souffrez-vous des problèmes de are pleased to welcome a second massage therapist, with 24 years of experience, to the Douleur, de Force ou de team! Visit our website and Facebook page to learn about the clinic. I would like to take this opportunity to also thank the community for your support and Mouvement? trust in our services. We are now open and would love to hear from you. Don’t hesitate to contact us for any health questions, and we will do our best to help you. We take pride Notre équipe multidisciplinaire de in being able to offer quality services. —Nathalie­­ Chartier massothérapeutes, physiothérapeutes, Brooklyn Hair at 115 Mann Ave. is reopening! Adhering to health and safety rules, Docteur en Naturopathie et entraîneurs owner Qué Luong will only take clients with appointments (absolutely no walk-ins!). personnels peut vous aider. Laissez-nous You may phone the salon at 613-565-1160 or send a private message on Brooklyn Hair Facebook page to arrange your appointment. Clients are required to wear their own face vous aider à recommencer à profiter de la mask upon entering the salon and must leave the mask on during the appointment and vie. wash hands or use hand sanitizer which will be provided. Qué will be wearing a mask, shield and gloves and each station will be sanitized after every use. —Kathleen Kelly Book an appointment today Aubry Christine Photo

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The residential brokerage made sure interested buyers signed documentation that ensured they were in good health and that had them agree to the terms and conditions of the showing, such as the wearing of facial coverings, sanitizing of hands and How to Sell maintaining a minimum six-foot distance at all times. Up to two During a Pandemic people, accompanied by a realtor, were allowed to access the home By Judy Faulkner, at any one time. Broker or Record / Owner All interested buyers, save for one, accepted the recent house inspection For most of us, selling our report supplied by seller. This minimized the amount of time home is the largest and most important business transaction the sellers had to stay outside their we will ever make. home and also resulted in a quicker ln normal circumstances, the experience sale. The house sold, unconditionally, Faulkner Real Estate is keeping its clients safe during the pandemic while helping can be stressful. Throw a novel coronavirus within six days, following 35 showings them sell their homes, such as this property at 275 Second Avenue in The Glebe. pandemic into the mix and suddenly you're and 17 offers. dealing with a whole new emotion: fear. Not surprisingly, the number of The real estate industry, deemed an homes sold fell dramatically in April essential service in Ontario, has quickly due to worry and uncertainty Tips for selling one's home include: modified business practices to meet health surrounding the global pandemic. • Consider where you will pass the time when showing the house, as there are fewer and safety standards to prevent the spread of On the bright side for sellers, places to go during the pandemic. Options include visiting a park or going on a car COVID-19. Take Faulkner Real Estate, for prices were up in Ottawa due to low ride. Be sure to bring snacks and activities for young members of your family. example. lt made sure everyone was inventory, pent-up demand, • protected when it helped clients who and historically low interest rates. Have cleansers on hand to sanitize areas of the house that can be contaminated, such as door knobs, cupboard handles, light switches, taps, and handrails on needed to put their house on the market this The Ottawa Real Estate Board (OREB) stairs. By grouping showings into one timing block, it will reduce the number spring as part of a military relocation. reported year-to-date figures showing of times you will need to re-sanitize your home. Faulkner Real Estate screened prospective a 15.1 percent increase and an 18.5 buyers carefully to determine if the home percent increase in the average sale • The use of eye-catching photos and/or videos to promote a house is a must, was a good match and if they were prices for residential properties and especially with open houses now prohibited. pre-qualified for financing before viewing. condominiums, respectively. June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 9 Sandy Hill’s COVID-19 response team Neighbours help neighbours ing someone nearby. It’s enriching for Kathy Moyer me, too, because I get to know someone in the neighbourhood [and] it’s interesting to meet someone outside your circle. It’s hen the Sandy Hill Community almost like having a penpal because we’re Response Team launched its exchanging emails here and there.” “friendly neighbours” support Deborah was “delighted” when Mary serviceW on 27 March, it was against the called because it meant she got to know backdrop of newly unfolding self-isola- someone new in her neighbourhood—al- tion restrictions and looming threats of though it does feel a little unusual, she enforced lock-downs, potential food scar- adds. “Right now [Mary] just parks in the city, and overstretched health care servic- laneway and we have a short chat in the es. Now, a few months in, with the talk of morning. I look forward to knowing her “road maps” and phased re-opening filling better when I can invite her in for dinner.” the news, their approach appears to have About 75 volunteers have responded to reaped benefits. the team’s initial call to action. France Nancy Johnson, one of the first women Girard initially offered to help because to request support, has lived in Sandy Hill she lives on her own and her work, which for 15 years. Nancy made contact with depends on face-to-face contact, was dis- the team after her friend saw a poster in rupted. So, when organizers asked if she her apartment building. Soon, she was needed any assistance, France “re-imag- matched with two volunteers for grocer- ined” her experience with an after-school ies and prescription pick-ups. reading club and decided to request a Nancy recalls that “It was hard to know volunteer reader. France was paired with what situation you were facing at first Clara, a high school student, who chose when you were being told to stay at home. a book having enjoyed the author’s pre- It’s a learning process for everybody and vious novels. They soon found the story I didn’t feel good about going into a gro- was set during the Black Plague. Un- cery store. Having somebody being able daunted, they continued, and enjoy chat- to deliver groceries right to my door made ting on the phone for about an hour twice me feel much more secure.” a week—reading, discussing the themes, While the team was initially inundated and catching up with how each are doing. with a flurry of diverse concerns (from They are committed to finishing the story, pandemic-specific questions to inquiries although it may take a bit longer as cur- from neighbours seeking to navigate the rent restrictions are eased. myriad of government initiatives), their The Sandy Hill Community Response main focus has been to use a “buddy” sys- Team hotline remains open with the group tem to match volunteers with more than of 10 core members responding to any 30 individuals requesting support. The new requests. That includes a number of pairs then work together to create a so- members of Action Sandy Hill (ASH), the lution to fit their specific situation—and local neighbourhood association. hopefully create a friendship and sense of The team is also reviewing next steps, community as a result. including the feasibility of expanding the In Nancy’s case, Klaus, a volunteer, only services offered and asking what comes picked up her groceries for a short time next—during the pandemic recovery before she decided she was comfortable and after. They would love to hear your organizing curbside pick-up herself. Other thoughts about whether there’s value in grocery services are ongoing. Sandy Hill continuing this “buddy system” response resident Deborah Cowley, 83, receives team into the future. You can share your a weekly delivery from volunteer Mary opinion by emailing sandyhillcovid19@ Clark. “Mary usually calls me on Monday gmail.com. and [I] send her a list. She’s wonderful. Deborah, for one, hopes “that when this She obviously knows what I like and we is over someone will have the initiative like the same things—like chocolate chip to turn this volunteer group into an on- cookies,” Deborah says. going thing.” There are several success- For Mary, the call for volunteers came at ful examples of neighbourhood volunteer a good time: “My husband and I had been groups both in Ottawa and around the looking for some different volunteer op- world, including Washington, D.C. and portunities [and] I liked the idea of help- Tokyo, Japan. Watch this space! Photo David Elden David Photo Changing protocols Photo Christine Aubry Christine Photo Loblaws line-up, April 21 Photo Denise Killick

Loblaws line-up, June 10 Photo Bob Meldrum The Adàwe Crossing at rush hour, April 2 and June 10 10 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 Pandemic Post Sandy Hill resident Susan Sandy Hill Korah helps get information Somali mothers feed front-line to vulnerable people pandemic. Korah also secured the partici- workers June Coxon pation of well-known Mexican musician Lazaro Valiente. Their messages can be shared on cell phones, through WhatsApp Martha Milne n addition to her regular freelance and on other social media platforms. You writing assignments Sandy Hill resi- can also watch the video on this website: dent, journalist Susan Korah is using tellcorona.com n remark- 20 kilograms of rice herI communication skills to help some In a recent article written by Korah able times, 15 kilograms of chicken of the world’s most vulnerable people. for online magazine Convivium, Maria remarkable Chickpeas She is participating in a project aimed at peopleI often get Potatoes All the food was donated by local Somali Knapik explained why she so willingly addressing a serious gap in worldwide businesses and individuals. The Shafie took part. “It’s an important humanitarian busy. Six Somali Flour public health communications—spread- Food Centre, on Russell Road, and Alta project,” she said, “and I’m happy to par- mothers living Spices ing important health information to a Juba Supermarket, on Albion Road, both ticipate. Helping the most vulnerable has in Strathcona 200 samosas group that seems to have been forgotten donated halal chicken. Alhuda Restaurant, been important to me all my life. When I Heights are just 200 Somali sweet buns during the COVID-19 pandemic. such remarkable Somali chai tea a Somali restaurant on Bank Street in Alta was a child and used to perform with my In conjunction with Swedish journal- sisters all over Europe,… we sometimes people. These Buckets of Energy Vista, contributed samosas and rice. Indi- ist Nuri Kino who initiated the project, gave benefit concerts for orphans. I was women, with six Hearts full of Generosity viduals in the community also donated rice Somali women and other ingredients. The buckets of ener- Korah helped produce a You Tube video moved by the children’s gratitude, gener- from other Ot- gy that made this project a resounding suc- designed for the benefit of refugees, mi- osity and kindness.” tawa neighbourhoods, have been feeding cess were given happily and voluntarily. grant workers and other marginalized To find out more about this video ini- COVID-19 front-line workers using the What prompted Ruweida and her team to people who have not mastered the lan- tiative read Susan Korah’s article: www. ingredients listed above. take on such a huge undertaking? guage of their country of residence and convivium.ca/articles/the-high-c-cam- With the help of Somali youth, meals “I know a lot of people at the hospitals. so have limited or no access to essential paign-against-covid-19/ have been delivered twice to workers at We wanted to do something,” said Ruwei- health information coming from main- In addition to being shared with Ottawa the Montfort Hospital, the Civic and Gen- da. “A lot of these front-line workers are stream media during the COVID-19 cri- groups working with the target audience, eral hospitals, and twice to Brewer Park’s mothers too. The workers in the hospital sis. the Tellcorona Campaign video is fea- COVID-19 assessment site and to Ottawa need to know we want to help. They need “When my friend Nuri Kino asked me tured on the European Union’s migrant Public Health workers on Constellation to know we are praying for them and that to help him I readily agreed, because the integration website, noting that it is one Drive. In total, 2,000 meals have been they are not alone.” project is such a kind, thoughtful act and I of the “best practices.” The Polish Em- prepared by this hardworking group, The gratitude expressed by the workers saw the value of it for Canada, which has bassy in Ottawa has shared the video on while practising strict hygiene and social when the food was delivered was heart- such a diverse population of newcomers. its Twitter account along with a recom- distancing, and fasting for Ramadan from warming. “One lady at the General Hos- I was happy to search for suitable people mendation too. daybreak to sundown. pital cried when she saw the food. She within my own network of international So far about 100,000 people from Swe- The meal preparation initiative was in- couldn’t believe it,” said Ruweida. “They contacts,” Korah explained. den, Canada, Lebanon, Germany, Soma- stigated by Ruweida Shire, a Strathcona were so happy.” One of Korah’s contacts is Ottawa’s lia, France and Afghanistan watched the Heights neighbour and president of the Ruweida agreed to share the story of these internationally acclaimed opera singer video from the website and one million Daryeel: A Youth and Seniors Serving remarkable women and their gift of food Polish-born Maria Knapik. She joins have viewed it on Facebook. Centre. Volunteers at Daryeel came up only after understanding that this “good 15 celebrities from other countries, de- with a workable plan. news story” would help others during these livering a message on this Tellcorona Below — Ottawa opera singer Maria From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., “we cooked in pandemic times. “In our religion, whatever Campaign video in their own language Knapik helped deliver the health mes- our own homes and then delivered the we give or do for others, we don’t show on how to help stop the spread of the sage in Polish. food,” explained Ruweida. “Our youth off,” said Ruweida. helped us get the ingredients and with the “The giving comes from our hearts.” deliveries too.” Hearts full of generosity!

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www.bettyehyde.com [email protected] 613.236.3108 Pandemic Post June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 11 Pandemic parties fortunate habit of swallowing up portions Betsy Mann of the bust should the subject relax and lean back. Since the effect of a headless torso tends to be disconcerting and can “Zoom, Zoom.” Up to about two months distract from the purpose of the Zoom, ago, when I heard those words, my mind’s the use of such natural backgrounds re- eye showed me sleek, sporty Mazdas hug- mains controversial. Even more distrac- ging the curves on a mountain road or tion occurs when one of the busts in the racing ahead in the passing lane on flat grid abruptly steps out of its rectangular straightaways. My mind’s ear played the case, leaving behind an empty chair. What associated soundtrack which reverberated pressing business called? Were we bor- with revving engines, followed by a boy’s ing? Sometimes, a whole rectangle goes almost conspiratorial whisper, “Zoom, black or disappears entirely. Either the Zoom.” Like so many things in our world, spouse’s Zoom meeting took priority or those old associations have been replaced the neighbours all started watching Net- for me with a whole new reality, COV- flix at the same time, and the wi-fi failed. ID-19 oblige. Will the bust reappear? Has the person de- Now “Zoom” has turned into an ad- finitively “left the meeting”? Photo Paula Kelsall jective, a verb and a noun, as in, “I had The Mazda “Zoom, Zoom” never moved a Zoom meeting this morning and I’m me to purchase a sports car, but I’ve come Zooming again this afternoon. One more on board with this new Zoom. Without Zoom and I’ll be going cross-eyed!” The it, how would I have been able to respect new image in my mind’s eye is a grid of isolation requirements and still greet my Dining out . . . at home rectangles on a computer screen, each two colleagues to their faces while they occupied by the head and shoulders of showed me the contract and work plan missing its ebullient flower baskets this someone I may or may not have ever met. for upcoming training workshops? How Paula Kelsall year, but it’s still open when you need a I am reminded of a row of glass cases would I get to hear the writers in my comforting wedge of chewy crust, gooey containing portrait busts in some gallery memoir group read aloud their reflections cheese, and the toppings of your choice, of ancient Greek sculpture. on the big and little events of their lives— t first, we just wanted to stay all lavished with oregano. Delight the The soundtrack associated with the new a much more complete and meaningful healthy. But when we had made teenagers in your house with leftovers for Zoom universe is neither as loud as the experience than merely receiving their our peace with staying home, or breakfast! revving engines nor as soft as the whis- texts by email? How would my book club stayingA two metres away from everyone RamaKrishna, 417 Rideau St. It’s really pered aside from that old Mazda TV ad. be able to safely gather for a discussion we knew, and when we had made our- fun to peruse the very extensive menu of From time to time, when a thin green line of our current book? These five fellow selves some face masks and figured out this restaurant that’s replaced the Sitar, surrounds a case in the on-screen portrait readers are not mere busts in a gallery; how to get our groceries, we began to and it’s worth bearing in mind that In- gallery, a bust starts speaking, or at least they are familiar faces that I have known think about how nice it would be to eat dian food makes great leftovers, so you making some sound. Voices I may or may for over 35 years. Our friendships began something that had been prepared by can feel good about ordering an extra dish not recognize talk in turn, or they talk when we were all members of the Sandy someone else, once in a while. We re- or two and trying lots of things. Vegetar- over one another until someone wins and Hill Babysitting Co-op and we looked af- membered the local businesses that have ians will appreciate the creative ways this takes the floor. What’s the etiquette here? ter each other’s children. Naturally, our prepared so many tasty meals for us over place prepares the chewy cheese called When will my turn come? If the red mi- Zooming includes a check-in about the the years, and that still need to pay their paneer, and we all love the butter sauce crophone at the bottom left has not been well-being of our adult children and their bills. that RamaKrishna lavishes on many good clicked, household noises intrude on the families too. Seeing and connecting with We’re still not eating takeout too often. things besides chicken. soundtrack: dogs bark, children ask for these friends reminds me that I am deeply When we do, we order lots, so there’ll be homework help, and spouses announce rooted in a community. leftovers. We take advantage of the new Shawarma Palace, 464 Rideau St. they too have a Zoom and the wi-fi is And then there are our Family Games provincial rules to order beer and wine getting overloaded. More intimate sound Nights on Zoom, every second week. My Rounding the corner from Chapel onto as well when we feel like it, to save our- Rideau one night on my way to pick up a effects like flushing toilets and exclama- sister in Toronto chooses the game and selves a trip to the LCBO and to help the tions about dirty diapers can sometimes sends out the invitations to the 14 poten- couple of platters, I encountered a neigh- restaurants make a profit. And as much as bour carrying an insulated picnic bag, break through unmuted. tial participants. The invitations arrive in possible, we pickup our own orders, so Visual effects may also be surprising. locations stretching over 15,000 km from coming the other way. “Shawarma Pal- the restaurants aren’t splitting their prof- ace, right?” he said with a knowing smile. We are far from the carefully orchestrated Townsville, Australia, through two cities its with a delivery service. speeding Mazdas, with their rehearsed in BC, to Toronto, and finally to us in Ot- It seems that many of us rely on the gar- We have discovered the joys of shar- licky goodness of hummus and chicken laughing drivers. Not that users don’t try tawa. I’ve seen more of my sisters, nieces ing a meal with friends, using a video to curate their look. The busts in a Zoom and nephews in the last six weeks than in shawarma to bring joy to a humdrum din- chat app like FaceTime or Zoom. We’ve nertime. gallery display themselves in front of a the last six years! We have played ‘Two shared notes on meals from different res- wide variety of backdrops. Some artfully truths and a lie,’ and Slang Teasers, but taurants, along with the news of the day, Si Señor, 506 Rideau St. Here’s a restau- arrange a décor of neat bookshelves, sug- Pub Quiz Night with its trivia questions from the comfort of our respective din- gesting an erudite and business-like atmo- has been the favourite so far. Points do not rant that was an old hand at takeout even ing rooms, and felt much less alone in before the pandemic. Their burritos are a sphere. Others attempt to achieve an im- count, but laughter does. Elaborate masks the world. Now that the warm weather is pression of order by placing themselves in and whimsical hats, while optional, are well-rounded meal – rice, beans, toma- here, maybe groups of five or fewer will toes, coriander, cheese and tender meat of front of a suspended white bedsheet. This generally appreciated. The faces on my be gathering with their takeout containers fools no one as to the state of what is be- screen are no anonymous busts but a gal- your choice – in one delicious, if messy in backyards around the neighbourhood, bundle. Served with a friendly smile and hind the sheet, but at least it protects pri- lery of dear family portraits. I look at the for actual face-to-face conversation over vacy. Still others appear before a beach or grid of rectangles on my computer and a choice of homemade salsas: the haba- restaurant meals. If this sounds good to ñero is fresh and zesty. mountain landscape, photos that suggest know that the virtual universe that has you, here are some local kitchens to keep nostalgia for a long-ago vacation spot. blossomed in the time of pandemic can in mind — Working Title Kitchen & Café, 330 Admittedly, these glimpses of nature can make physical distancing and social isola- Laurier Ave. E. was quick to offer an on- soothe the soul in a world sheltering in tion disappear. Cadena Spanish Café, 323 Somerset line order form, along with free delivery place indoors; however, they have an un- Zoom, Zoom. St. E. We have loved their Spanish style in our neighbourhood, when restaurants shrimp, their sandwiches and their tortilla had to close. Their succulent short ribs, española for some time now, but the pasta and the rich, creamy polenta that came with salsa española (tomatoes, arugula, with it, provided a memorably comfort- chorizo, eggplant and anchovies) that I ing meal during the early days of the pan- watched a friend eating on my computer demic. The café’s summer menu includes screen a few weeks ago, looked so amaz- a large and beautiful potato salad with ing that I know what I’ll be trying next sun-dried tomato pesto that you’ll want to time we drop in on Cadena. try with any of their main courses. And of course, a box of Working Title cookies is Cumberland Pizza, 152 Nelson St. an unbeatable dessert investment. Our neighbourhood’s oldest pizzeria is

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VAR-UP CONSULTING Four neighbourhood friends visit the Louvre together in May, via a Zoom screenshare. 12 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 Photos Christine Aubry Christine Photos Pandemic Post to see a baby grow dur- ing the first year) and parents can request one- Virtual childcare to on-one teacher time for their child, for a quieter, the rescue: more personal connec- tion. All of this has kept the Bettye Hyde educators busy, and on the payroll. Even the cook, Liz, has changed on YouTube hats and become invalu- able with her technical knowledge and support. Christine Aubry Staff have also been making the most of an empty building to catch an you imagine having to entertain up on some organizing 39 children, between the ages of and tidying. 18 months and 5 years, virtually? Keeping the staff em- Violette with her mom France-Pascale and dad Craig look for- CWhen the Government of Ontario or- ployed was never in ward to the reopening of Bettye Hyde ELC. Meanwhile, Zoom has dered the closure of schools and daycare question. The Board helped them keep in touch with teachers and friends (below). centres as of March 23rd, the staff and of Directors even hon- Board of Directors of Bettye Hyde Co- oured the contract of a operative Early Learning Centre here in new hire, who joined the Sandy Hill decided immediately that they team the very day they would do everything they could to sup- had to close the doors port families—this meant offering cred- of the building. Janet is its or even refunds, and finding as many very grateful to Bettye ways as possible to stay connected with Hyde’s bookkeeper for the children and their caregivers. working hard to research With parents having to juggle working the different financial from home with child care and perhaps support measures, and home schooling older siblings, flexibility to former Director Cindy was key. Bettye Hyde staff quickly creat- Mitchell who had en- ed a YouTube channel so that the children sured that Bettye Hyde and their families could see the familiar had a solid business faces they miss whenever it was conve- model and could en- nient for them. The channel features edu- dure at least 3 months of cators reading stories, singing songs, and forced closure. guiding activities like crafts, exercising The question on every- and even cooking. one’s mind of course, is One parent told Director Janet LeBlanc how long can this con- that her child watches educator Lisa tell tinue, and what will the the story of Baby Beluga at least 20 times future look like? Early Learning Centres positive and even finding ways to - cel a day—providing welcome respite for a are in some respects ahead of the game ebrate. Since the annual Mother’s Day busy parent, no doubt, but also repetition, because they already had strict protocols and Father’s Day picnics can’t take place, which is key to early childhood develop- in place for sanitation and monitoring ill- they are holding a virtual family party in ment. ness. But there will no doubt be challeng- between the two dates. Staff also navigate Zoom meetings with es, especially in September when they There will be much to be thankful for the different age cohorts several times would normally welcome a whole new when life returns to normal, including the a week (including French circle time cohort of children within a short period of joyous sound of children’s laughter com- Le Service à l’enfance Aladin offre des and the weekly Seeds of Empathy circle time. ing from the corner of Osgoode Street and services éducatifs à l’enfance à l’école where the children have the opportunity In the meantime, the staff are staying Blackburn Avenue. Sainte-Anne, au 235 Beausoleil. Nous offrons nos services en français aux familles de la ville d’Ottawa. Nous avons des programmes éducatifs de qualité pour les enfants de la naissance Reducing the pandemic burden on Canadians à 12 ans, du lundi au vendredi, à l’année longue. of a pandemic in Canada. Their research stages were previously considered pos- Michael L.W. Barnes provided mathematical proof that early sible on the basis of modeling, experience Pour de plus amples informations, use of NPIs in a severe pandemic could from the 2009 pandemic has resulted in SVP contactez-nous à be effective—and it was published 15 general agreement that such attempts are here was a disturbing blindspot in [email protected] ou visitez months before the H1N1 influenza pan- impractical, if not impossible.” Yet Mexi- the 2006 Canadian Pandemic Influ- notre site internet à demic. Dr. Abba Gumel, the lead author, can H1N1 influenza pandemic data from enza Plan. It said, “Unfortunately went on to win the 2009 Dr. Lindsay E. 2009 showed an 18-day period of man- www.aladin.services mostT community-based measures under Nicolle Award for this significant contri- datory school closures and other social consideration, including the widespread bution to the field of infectious disease, distancing measures reduced influenza use of masks, cancellation of public gath- as demonstrated by the impact of original transmission by 29% to 37% in the Mexi- erings and closure of schools and busi- research published in that journal. co City area. Furthermore, hospitalization nesses, have been anecdotally reported to When I told the researchers that my feder- rates fell from about 70% to 10% during be ineffective, or their effectiveness has al department employer would not permit the period when schools were closed and not been formally evaluated.” It recom- them to acknowledge my role in launch- other NPIs were enacted. So actual H1N1 mended that future mathematical model- ing and commenting on their report, they pandemic data demonstrates these mea- ling be conducted to predict the potential chose to mask that acknowledgement by sures can limit transmissions and reduce effectiveness of such non-pharmaceutical changing the article’s opening paragraph hospitalizations. interventions (NPIs). to, “The main motivation of the present The next Canadian Pandemic Plan Even then, I was convinced that com- study stems from the encouragement we should recognize NPIs, as suggested munity-based measures would be highly received from some government officials since 2008, as effective ways to reduce effective, and in December 2006 I found in Canada, to extend the earlier work on illness, hospitalizations and deaths, espe- an interesting article in the Royal Society’s the analysis of the pandemic influenza cially when there are no effective thera- peer-reviewed journal Interface that used preparedness plans to the United King- pies and vaccines at the outset of severe mathematical modelling to show the likely dom (UK), the United States (US) and the pandemics. effectiveness of a variety of NPIs in miti- Netherlands, and to assess the Canadian NPIs continue to be used in Canada and gating a future influenza pandemic in the pandemic influenza preparedness plan. around the world to reduce COVID-19 USA, UK and Netherlands. Canada, like many other nations, has for- transmission and more. Down the road, a The three distinguished researchers who Pegasus mulated its pandemic preparedness plan vast amount of COVID-19 data will dem- wrote that Interface article, when I reached in anticipation of a potential pandemic.” onstrate the effectiveness of NPIs. Many them, agreed to volunteer and evaluate the Advanced Diabetic I was concerned that Canada seemed to lessons will be learnt from NPI use during potential impact of non-pharmaceutical be overlooking critical tools needed to this pandemic and many opportunities to interventions (NPIs) not emphasized in respond effectively to a severe pandemic. refine and improve the future use of NPIs and Basic Footcare the 2006 Canadian plan. They were Abba As an economist I felt that not using NPIs based on health, societal and economic Gumel, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, early and boldly in a severe pandemic reasons. But for now, I am glad that University of Manitoba; Miriam Nuño, would result in many more illnesses, hos- those three researchers had the foresight Ph.D., Department of Biostatistics, Har- Shelley J Ha , RPN pitalizations and deaths. At some point, to study and confirm the vital role these vard School of Public Health and Gerardo the health systems in severely affected public health measures play in “flattening Footcare Practitioner Chowell, Ph.D., Mathematical Modeling regions might falter, if not fail. the curve.” and Analysis Group, Los Alamos National Even today, the current Canadian Pan- A closing point: all Canadian jurisdic- 613 – 322-2108 Laboratory. They provided their research demic Influenza Preparedness: Planning tions should look to Vietnam, a develop- as a free public service for Canadians. shellabella.ha @icloud.com Guidance for the Health Sector (August ing country, who acted early and applied That report appeared in the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medi- 2018) states, “While aggressive measures NPIs vigorously. At the time of writing, (e.g., widespread antiviral use and restric- with 97 million people, Vietnam has had cal Microbiology in March 2008. It found tion of movement) to attempt to contain or just 328 COVID-19 cases and zero deaths. that NPIs can drastically reduce the burden slow an emerging pandemic in its earliest June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 13 Photo Rev. Laurie McKnight

The Lighting the Way Forward mural can be viewed by appointment at St. Paul’s-Eastern church on Daly at Cumberland. Mural a beacon of hope residents, “to help them express what rec- Linda Scales onciliation means,” says McKnight. Wilmot has created other murals with the youth and their parents at The Wabano nyone involved with Indigenous Centre for Aboriginal Health, on Mon- reconciliation couldn’t have pre- treal Road. dicted the importance of its heal- Through the use of symbols, such as ra- Aing methods during COVID-19. How- vens and northern lights, the centre of the ever, a new multicoloured mural created approximately four-by-four square acryl- as part of a local reconciliation process ic mural expresses the personal—­ what is has also become a beacon of hope during closest to the heart, and the outer part is these uncertain times. the cosmos. Local métisse artist Marie- “It’s kind of appropriate,” says Rev. Claude Charland co-ordinated the project. Laurie McKnight of St. Paul’s-Eastern Others integral to it were McKnight, Rev. United Church, on Daly at Cumberland Cheryl Gaver, and Claire Savage, a stu- in Sandy Hill, where the mural named dent minister at Aylwin Pastoral Charge “Lighting the Way Forward” temporarily (Low and Kazabazua, Quebec). resides in the sanctuary. The mural is meant to be shared, so The brainchild of Patrick Wilmot, a hopefully will be displayed at Ottawa City Mi’kmaq and a member at St. Paul’s- Hall and libraries, as well as at Wabano Eastern, the mural was the final project and local churches after the pandemic of three workshops facilitated by the restrictions are over or relaxed. For now, church. Started in April 2019, it incorpo- McKnight will open the church sanctuary rates the ideas of the members of several to groups of up to four people who wish local United churches and Indigenous to see it.

Photo Bob Whitelaw

Heart honours workers equipment to health care workers but wanted to find an additional way to rec- andy Hill residents may have noticed ognize the work of all essential workers. Sthe heart-shaped window lights on the Two members of the hotel staff worked west wall of the Courtyard by Marriott Ot- with floor and room plans to locate the tawa East at Vanier and Coventry Road. appropriate rooms to create the heart. The placement of the room lights was “We want to put smiles on people’s fac- “inspirational” according to Hotel Gen- es,” said Mr. Falcucci. The windows on eral Manager Franco Falcucci. Mr. Fal- the east side of the Marriott, which can be cucci explained to IMAGE that the hotel seen from the Queensway, spell LOVE. had provided surplus personal protective — Bob Whitelaw 14 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020

May 7: A Sandy Yvonne Van Alphen’s Hill resident has Isolation Photo Album set up a Hide-and- Seek competition I take a photo most days when walking the when I walk the loop. loop between the two bridges on the Rideau River. I went to check it out yesterday and found five of the ten bears. A nice idea for parents walking small children. Sad news. The City removed all bears from the park. No fun for you.

Apr. 9: A view of our house by the river—real Wind in the Willows stuff! May 8: Yesterday, t he Snowbi rds flew over at 5 pm. They are flying all over Canada in support of the front line workers who are helping to protect us against C OV I D -1 9. I took this picture standing on the Adàwe Crossing.

Apr. 27: Two kayakers enjoying the day on the Rideau River. They’ve turned back because of the rapids ahead.

Apr. 29: Of course, there is graffiti on my River Walk. But, this one, I quite like, painted under a bridge. I think the City has greyed out some May 15: I went to photograph a bird along the edge of the river and I previous graffiti and then artist has saw this ... I was taken aback as it looked so real. Someone has taken made it into a goat? some time to make this tree look like it came right out of a story book. June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 15 Cindy Mitchell retires from Bettye Hyde “Bettye Hyde is a very special place. [It] Christine Aubry is not just a daycare, it is an extension of the child’s home,” she says. The centre is guided by the core value that every child o those who know her it should should be accepted as an individual and come as no surprise that when every family welcomed. Bettye Hyde has asked to reflect on her career, always been a mixed community, with CindyT Mitchell spent more time praising families from diverse backgrounds and others than talking about her own ac- with a profound awareness of the sur- complishments. rounding community. Cindy strongly ad- Cindy was the Director of the Bettye heres to the well-known adage “It takes a Hyde Co-operative Early Learning Cen- village to raise a child.” She is proud that tre (formerly Bettye Hyde Cooperative the training colleges recognize that this Nursery School) for almost 27 years. On model of early education provides the best her 25-year anniversary she offered IM- quality of care, and Bettye Hyde is always AGE readers a personal retrospective. accepting and mentoring high-quality stu- You can read her Oct. 2018 article online dents. at: home.imagesandyhill.org/2018/10/ Even when the daycare grew from a nurs- twenty-five-years-at-bettye-hyde-co-op/ ery school to an Early Learning Centre, it When she first started at Bettye Hyde, was never about making money. Cindy the nursery school in the basement of All praises the dedicated staff who always put Saints church was run by volunteer par- the children and the centre first, to their ents whose shifts supported the few paid own detriment at times. “The staff give so staff. Now Bettye Hyde has a beautiful much of themselves,” she said. home with nine paid staff and, thanks Another big accomplishment for Cindy, to Cindy’s hard work, a successful busi- and one for which she credits the volun- ness model that has been able to weather teer board of directors for being so pro- the business interruption imposed by the gressive, is the early adoption of fair com- current pandemic. pensation and health benefits for the staff Cindy’s retirement, planned for April in a field that unfortunately has never been 2020, was unfortunately precipitated by justly recognized. the discovery, just before Christmas, that In 2003, Bettye Hyde attended an an- her breast cancer had returned. Although niversary celebration of the school she a succession plan was in place, there co-founded 60 years earlier and observed, were only two (very emotional) weeks “You are doing exactly what we always Cindy Mitchell, centre, with her colleagues and friends Janet Leblanc and Lisa Lajoie. for her to say her goodbyes and hand wanted early childcare to be.” For Cindy, over the reins to Janet Leblanc, long- that was the highest possible compliment. time Bettye Hyde educator who, along Again, Cindy is so grateful to others— with educator Lisa Lajoie, has closely the board of directors and the parents. Cindy cultivated an amazing team of The first time I met Cindy, what began collaborated with Cindy over the past “Working at Bettye Hyde, I always felt early childhood educators that has as light chitchat moved easily into a 20 years. Cindy insists on sharing credit valued; parents always respected us and made Bettye Hyde one of the top day more in-depth conversation. My initial with Janet and Lisa: “The three of us re- supported us,” she said. cares in the city. What is most amazing thoughts were what a warm, caring and ally envisioned building Bettye Hyde Cindy’s connection to Bettye Hyde fami- about Cindy is her unlimited capacity to calm person she was…someone who together—expanding and hiring more lies and Sandy Hill was all the more spe- love and see the potential in every kid. takes the time to genuinely listen. These staff—I could not have done it without cial because her own son Deni attended the She was a huge resource and reassuring first impressions have proved to be true them.” nursery school, and so she became friends to me, especially when I felt out of my over the 25 years I have known her. I Now recovering well, Cindy is of with other parents at a time when she had depth as a parent! ­—Lynn Marchildon, have also got to know her social side; she course having to adjust to retirement in just moved here from Winnipeg. “Bettye alumni parent truly enjoys people and brings her sense this era of isolation, but she is managing Hyde is a very special place and my life in of fun to any occasion. Cindy has influ- to keep busy and maintain social rela- Ottawa has been a very happy one, thanks Everything I have to say about Cindy enced generations of children and par- tionships. An active and founding mem- to the love and friendships I found there. I is also true about her sidekick [her hus- ents with her thoughtful, caring nature, ber of the refugee sponsorship group Ev- will miss the Sandy Hill community very band], Kurt. Cindy has always been a infusing them with her strong values and eryone’s Sister, she is helping one of the much,” she writes. profoundly decent and sincere person. sense of honest joyful play. I feel blessed children with home schooling via vid- While Cindy’s advice and mentorship Being helpful and wanting the best for to be one of the many recipients of her eoconference. She is also involved with has been instrumental to the new direc- others are essential parts of her nature enduring friendship. —Diane Whalen, a group of neighbours making masks tor during these challenging times, Cindy as is her good sense of humour. There is alumni parent that are helping to raise money for the does not plan to carry on a formal role no drama with Cindy. Her affection and Ottawa Foodbank. (The group of neigh- with Bettye Hyde, though she does not caring attitude towards Sandy Hill and For twenty years I had the honour of bours calls itself the Mask Makers and discount eventually sitting on the board of its residents, especially its little ones, working with Cindy—much of the has raised more than $15,000 at time of other daycare centres. will be missed. —Dean Pallen, alumni school’s success is a result of Cindy’s writing.) Cindy has utmost confidence in Bettye parent passion and commitment to both our And for the time being she is still in- Hyde’s incredible staff and board. She ap- school and our community. I have volved with Bettye Hyde, from a dis- preciates that her advice is still valued, but When we hired Cindy in the early 90s, learned a lot from Cindy, she is both a tance—she keeps in touch with Janet she knows that the ship will sail on, per- we were impressed by her experience mentor and a friend. ­—Lisa Lajoie, Bet- regularly, attends the Zoom music class, haps to new destinations. and liked her very much. And then we tye Hyde educator for over 20 years. and has done some recordings for Bettye Until the community can gather together started seeing and learning what the Hyde’s YouTube channel. (For more on to say thank you to Cindy in person, here “co-operative” in the school’s name I could go on forever talking about that, see article p.12.) are some of the things that former Bettye could really mean. She became a val- Cindy. For over 21 years she has been Working at Bettye Hyde was not just Hyde parents and staff would like you to ued and effective partner with parents, a mentor, a friend, a confidant, a work- a job for Cindy, it was another home. know about Cindy. the church landlord, other pre-schools, mom. Bettye Hyde has been a labour of government officers, and of course the love for all three of us (Cindy, Janet and children. All were, in the nicest possi- Lisa). [Taking over the role of Director] ble way, challenged to be involved and has really opened my eyes to all of the work together to improve things. This behind-the-scenes work.. Cindy had such continued for 27 years. As Karen Junke an amazing career, it is very sad that a (who steered the search committee) re- commemorative did not happen [yet!] marked, “Now that was a good hire!” —Janet Leblanc, educator and now Di- —Jane Waterston, alumni parent rector.

Cindy is always pleased to meet up with alumni children — too many to count!

Cindy’s family includes son Deni and husband Kurt Saunders. 16 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 Three cheers for Michael Barnes! A letter of thanks for outstanding service to Viscount Alexander Public School fore becoming co-chair. Though his kids complishments of our students and school Mia Hunt are now in University, he has long re- through his regular column here in IM- mained part of our school community as AGE. community representative. Michael has a quiet confidence and wis- he parents, students and administra- Though we are sad to see him go, we dom that has been an unbelievable asset tion of Viscount Alexander Public know that Michael’s impact will be ever- to Viscount Alexander’s school council School – past and present – want lasting. For example, over a decade ago, through time. As our community “elder,” toT publicly acknowledge the tremendous Michael was instrumental in getting the he has held and shared the history of our contributions of Michael Barnes to our Early French Immersion program imple- school with new parents, school adminis- school council. At the end of this school mented at Viscount Alexander, a move trations and council members. We have year, Michael is stepping down from the which saved our small community school benefited so much from this “memory position of community representative after from potential closure due to low enrol- bank” as we make decisions and gained an astonishing 14 years of service. ment. Thanks to him, our EFI program is tremendously from his deep commitment Michael began as a Viscount Alexander thriving and Viscount Alexander remains to the school and its students. parent many years ago and has supported at the heart of the Sandy Hill community. the school through great changes in pro- Sincere thanks, Michael! For so long, gramming, infrastructure and administra- Michael was active in many other pro- you have made a positive impact on Vis- tion. He has served on council since 2006, jects, including working towards our new count Alexander and your work will im- when he began as a member-at-large be- kindergarten play structure and our ongo- pact the families of Sandy Hill for genera- ing push for a school addition, for which tions to come. Michael Barnes, with the green umbrella, he has advocated tirelessly. Of course, he With contributions from Magda-Lena driving Viscount Alexander’s walking has also played an essential role in faith- Capkun and Cristine Elrick school bus. fully chronicling the activities and ac-

musical mind.” I can’t verify that every- one in Sandy Hill has it, but I can tell you that on my city block (that’s Marlborough Ave. between Somerset and Templeton) it was easy to find six residents who are or were into music in a big way. —It helped to be working in Sandy Hill when movie producer Lee Demarbre lived across the street for five years. That’s how Sako Torossian got his dream assignment—a chance to be in a movie. Cheerful new wall murals like this desert scene, painted by students, adorn Viscount — How well does infill housing please lo- Alexander school’s hallway walls. cal residents? On this September morning I’m driving John Leaning along Goulburn Avenue, heading north from Mann. John is with me as an expert commentator. News from Viscount Alexander School —“Next in line. Step up, please.” It’s an audition. They sing, dance, and read a Director’s Citation Award goes to dramatic piece. Eighty-two kids, mostly Christine Elrick Ken Donovan, Chief Custodian! Peter Twidale girls, auditioned for 10 roles at the audi- Congratulations to Ken Donovan for re- tion for “Annie”,. It was a good day for ceiving the Director’s Citation Award. Sandy Hill lost one of its great ones Sandy Hill. Three Sandy Hill kids nailed Principal Paul McAnany’s message Every day, Ken rolls up his sleeves and (Continued from page 3) on May 9, when Peter Twidale died at down roles, including the lead. is a key component of the operations at the age of 83. A Marlborough Avenue —Oprah Winfrey’s book club has a A very special thank you to Michael Viscount Alexander Public School. Ken homeowner for more than 30 years, he million or more followers, and is to be Barnes for all his contributions to Vis- enthusiastically volunteers his time and was regularly seen on his bike, out dog- praised as the driving force behind the count Alexander’s School Council over knowledge to the school’s bike rodeo, walking in Dutchy’s Hole, at community book industry. Not surprisingly, though, the past 14 years. Michael has been an which provides students with access to meetings and/or pursuing some curious Oprah’s book club is nothing like the integral part of the school council and is bikes and helps them improve their skills. topic or other with teasing questions. book clubs in Sandy Hill. well respected in the Sandy Hill Commu- His contribution is organizing, fixing, and Peter, who studied journalism and —If there were an award for “Public nity. On behalf of the school community, adjusting the bikes. Always going above worked as a news service journalist for Service in Sandy Hill,” it might go to thank you for your hard work and dedica- and beyond, this fall Ken helped the kin- some years before landing as a writer the folks at the Sandy Hill People Food tion to the students, staff, and families. dergarten team get creative with ideas and with Transport Canada, was a regular Coop. This is not a food story. It’s a traf- Lastly, thank you to all the parents and materials to build a cave in a kindergarten contributor to IMAGE from 2006-2017. fic story. volunteers for donating food, school sup- classroom for the prehistoric centre. Ken His articles were personal, fun, relevant plies, and technology to our families in is professional, enthusiastic, caring, cre- and to the point. — Dan Grant will finish high school next need. We are lucky to be a part of such ative, and a respected role model. Thank And he could surely write a catchy month. Not a big deal except Dan cele- a caring and generous community. For you Ken. opening paragraph. brates his 51st birthday in April. now, be well. Be safe. Here, in his memory, are some of our — My house has become an adventure for End of an era for Viscount hallway Twidale favourites. me. I’m getting to know those who lived Kindergarten registration still open mural —Charlotte was 12 years old last year here in the 72 years before I moved in. With COVID-19 the kindergarten open Learning the history of a house is as easy Twenty years ago, Tatiana, an artistic par- when she agreed to distribute The Ot- house was cancelled, but we are sharing ent, painted a wonderful mural along the tawa East News. Fortunately, Charlotte as spending an hour with city directories. kindergarten information on the Viscount I can’t guarantee the results, though. main hallway of Viscount Alexander. She had signed up her dad, Alain Lauren- Alexander Public School website. If you painted landscapes, nature and animals celle, making them a team. — There’s a saying, “If you are doing have a child born in 2016, you can regis- found in Canada and around the world. —Marcia Lea, a well-known Sandy Hill as an adult what you did at 11, you are a ter your child in the coming months for As the building has shifted over the de- artist, never had the worries of trying to happy man or woman.” Few of us are so school in September 2020. When school cades, a few cracks occurred that needed find a career. She was five years old on lucky but I recently met someone who fits opens again, please bring your child’s repair, and the mural was touched up and the day she publicly announced her dedi- the bill. Laura Nerenberg has been play- birth certificate or passport and proof of refreshed 5 years ago. The mural needs cation to art. The audience that day was ing the violin, not from the age of 11, but address such as your driver’s licence or further repairs and the hallway is getting a her Grade 1 classmates. from the age of three. rental agreement. You can register online new coat of paint in the near future. Plan- —I don’t bicycle in winter. But I walk —Gerry Daoust is going against the grain. by going to www.ocdsb.ca and go to the ning has begun to create new mural wall my dog. And that’s how I met the three He’s opened a bar in the Byward Market “How do I?” tab. panels that can be changed every 5 years “crazy winter cyclists,” as they’re some- that isn’t trendy. There’s no theme, just and involve the children in making them. times called. . tasteful decoration. The bar is Chez Luc- While sad to see the old mural go, we are — It was jazz pianist Bill Evans who said ien . looking forward to a fresher look at the everyone has what he called “a universal Peter Twidale: gone, but not forgoten! school. June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 17 Ken Clavette’s Album of Bygone Sandy Hill Alexander S. Woodburn Printer, founder of the Ottawa Journal, Sandy Hill resident

Along with a partner, John George Bell, Ken Clavette he established a printing business in the 1860s working together until Bell’s death in 1874. Their business prospered and lexander Smith Woodburn was a at one point employed up to 80 people. prominent citizen in early Ottawa. When Thomas D’Arcy McGee was as- He rented a home at 332 Besserer sassinated on April 7, 1868, it was Bell St.A before buying a house at 46 Hender- & Woodburn that printed up the reward son Ave. (now numbered 40) in 1898 and poster that offered the princely sum of where he died in 1904. $2,000. The firm printed the City Direc- Born Nov 13, 1830 in Garvagh, County tory, along with maps, and government Derry, Ireland, he immigrated with his documents. The offices were at 36 Elgin parents and four siblings to Hull Township and his home just around the corner at in 1841. The family moved a short time 127 Maria (now Laurier Ave West). later to Gloucester Township where his His early work in newspapers led him to father farmed near Green’s Creek. “A.S,” found the Ottawa Evening Journal which or “Alex” left the farming life to work in appeared on the streets of the capital on Ottawa in his teens. Taking up the print- Dec. 19, 1885. Starting a newspaper is ing trade he apprenticed under Dawson expensive, and facing financial difficul- Ker, publisher of the Orange Lily; then as ties with both the printing business and a journeyman, he was the foreman of the the newspaper, the next year Woodburn Bytown Gazette. In 1862 he married Han- brought in a partner, Philip Dansken nah Mills and together they had six chil- Ross, to whom he sold his share in the dren, four girls and two boys. Journal in 1891. In 1871 Woodburn served on City Council represent- ing Wellington Ward for Among other positions, Alexander S, Woodburn (1830-1904) was a director of the only one annual term. In his hospital at the corner of Rideau and Charlotte Streets. obituary the Journal wrote, “never again did he show University’s first home in the Glebe). He any ambition to re-enter the also served on the board of the County municipal arena devoting of Carleton Protestant General Hospital his attention more to phil- located in what became known as Wallis anthropic work.” And serve House on the corner of Rideau and Char- his community he did. He lotte streets. He and Hannah attended the was secretary-treasurer of founding meeting of the Lady Stanley the County of Carleton Ex- Institute for Trained Nurses in 1890, Ot- hibition Association and tawa’s first nursing school. helped to promote the large In his early years he became interested in exhibitions, forerunners of military affairs because of an 1855 deci- the Central Canada Exhibi- sion by the British Government to with- tion or the “Super Ex” as it draw most of its troops from the Province was finally known. In that of Canada. The colonial legislative as- role in 1875 he success- sembly passed the passed the Militia Act fully lobbied to have Elgin which included the creation of the Volun- Street, which then stopped teer Militia Field Battery of Ottawa which at Lisgar, extended out to Woodburn helped organize. The Regiment Lansdowne Park. became known by the nickname, “The A teetotaler, he was an ac- Bytown Gunners” and is now known as tive organizer of the Sons the 30th Field Artillery Regiment, one of of Temperance Lodge in the country’s oldest military units. Wood- Ottawa. A founder of the burn served with the battery along the Ca- Irish Protestant Benevolent nadian border in eastern Ontario 1866 and Society, he helped found 1870 in response to potential Fenian raids the Protestant Home for from the United States. He acted as the the Aged (now known as unit’s paymaster and retired with the rank the Glebe Centre) eventu- of Honorary Major. Bell & Woodburn’s printing business printed this historical In 1892 Woodburn gave up his printing reward poster ally making it non-denom- inational. He was on the businesses due to financial strain and per- sonal tragedy. Both his sons died young, that tell the history of Ottawa’s early board of directors of the years, and of the organizations he was in- Ladies’ College (Carleton Robert in 1871 at the age of eight, and in 1883 Sydney, who Woodburn was bring- volved in. ing into the business with hopes he would His name is associated with the growth succeed him. He had lost his govern- of the city but sadly even when the City ment contract due to political patronage of Ottawa did its Sandy Hill Heritage after investing in a larger printing plant. Study in 2010 not a mention was made While he fought a protracted legal battle, of this man who built and served our finally winning $18,600 in damages, by city, lived and died here in his Sandy Hill then most of the money went to pay his home. He was indeed a community activ- creditors. To earn a living, he returned to ist that shaped our city and one we should the Journal as an employee in remember. their printing business. Woodburn died on March 31, 1904 and was laid to rest at Beechwood Cemetery. The Ot- tawa Journal wrote about him, “His name has been always as- sociated with the growth and progress of the city.” It said, “We are sure he will be missed and regretted in the business world of this city, where he was to the last a familiar fig- ure, very specially regretted in the circles which were familiar with his philanthropic work.” A small collection of Wood- burn’s documents are now in Library and Archives Canada

Alexander Woodburn’s for- mer home on Henderson Ave. as it looks today. It is now part of St George’s Housing Co-op. 18 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020

A summary of recent IMAGE restaurant reviews and food The birth of features, plus other advice from our contributors about where to find great food in and Action Sandy Hill around Sandy Hill. Please send news of your recent Sandy Hill food was enormously ambitious and included discoveries to: François Bregha countless briefs, submissions, letters and [email protected] applications to all levels of government on all the issues above; attendance at public ver the last few months, CO- meetings; sponsorship of a tree-planting VID-19 has turned our world program in Sandy Hill; founding mem- Oupside down and closed down bership of the Federation of Commu- restaurants, theatres, arenas, festivals, nity Associations; advocacy of recreation stores and so much more, but not Action programs and management of a summer Sandy Hill (ASH). Indeed, while we day camp, as well as periodic updates to have all been practicing self-isolation, members. There was more government ASH has responded to the City’s new support available at the time – Local Ini- zoning proposals for inner city neigh- tiative (LIP) and Opportunities for Youth hat a lot of changes to the basic business of obtaining food we have seen in bourhoods, coordinated reviews of vari- (OFY) grants at the federal level as well Sandy Hill this winter! The loss of Metro and Safi Fine Foods early in the year ous development proposals, supported as some provincial money – that enabled set us up for the tableau of long lineups waiting to get into Loblaws when public consultations by Zoom, liaised ASH to hire casual employees. Nonethe- physicalW distancing became the rule in March. Conversations about the weather were with our councillor, organized fun ac- less, the level of effort at a time before displaced for a while by discussions of how long it was taking to get a delivery through tivities for young and old to pursue in word processing, email and photocopying Instacart, and which store might still have flour in stock for the home baker. an era of physical distancing, created is impressive. Things have simmered down now; the lineups are shorter and we’ve all found a routine a tutoring online resource page on its ASH can justifiably point to several im- that works for us, whether it involves shopping in person or online, picking up our gro- Website and pursued the construction of portant accomplishments in its early years, ceries or getting them delivered. One strategy that helps to add some joy to stocking the a new gazebo in Strathcona Park. Had it including the City abandoning its plans kitchen is to remember small local businesses which have shown flexibility and creativ- not been for the pandemic, ASH would for the King Edward Freeway (Nicholas ity about meeting the needs of their clients. also have led its annual park clean-up. Street was widened instead) and the estab- How did this vibrant organization come lishment of Ottawa’s first Heritage Con- ByWard Fruit, Saslove’s, about? servation Districts. But its most important ASH was born in 1968. The late 1960s achievements were undoubtedly the Sandy Lapointe’s and House of Cheese were a challenging time for Sandy Hill. Hill Secondary Plan and the process that In March when we had just returned from Over the years the city’s elite had grad- led to it. the U.S., and were self-isolating for two ually moved to Rockcliffe and young From its very foundation, ASH asked that weeks, it was wonderful to discover that families to the suburbs, leading to the there be a robust public participation com- some of our favourite ByWard Market repurposing of large mansions for com- ponent to any urban planning initiative businesses were still operating, and were involving Sandy Hill. working together to sell their wares in To its credit, the City a safe and convenient way. We sent an eventually agreed to a email to ByWard Fruit with a list of fruits unique collaborative and vegetables we needed, also asking for approach. Perhaps les- bacon and cheese. When the order was sons had been learned ready a day or so later, we paid over the from the experience phone, and a magnificent box full of great in Lebreton Flats and food appeared on our steps a short time Nat’s Bread Photo Bill Blackstone Bill Photo Lowertown where later. natsbreadcompany.com “urban renewal”was Although the Market is increasingly imposed with no pub- You may have become a fan of Nat’s over open for in-person shopping, you can still lic input and unhappy the last couple of summers, when their get in touch with any of these businesses results. The Sandy Hill delicious four seed, potato buttermilk and to arrange an order from more than one of Neighbourhood Study whole wheat sourdough loaves have been them; they will work among themselves was a joint effort by the a highlight of the ByWard Market stalls. to fill your order and deliver it to you or City’s Planning Branch In the winter, their loaves could be found, have it ready to pick up. It’s worth re- and the Citizens’ Com- if you were lucky, at Saslove’s. During membering that ByWard Fruit also stocks mittee for Planning in the current crisis, Nat’s will deliver to a good supply of less-perishable, organic Sandy Hill—a City your door on Tuesdays or Fridays. The goods like peanut butter, canned beans first. For a time, both minimum order for delivery is $25.00, ASH played a key role in the establishment of Ottawa’s first and mayonnaise. so make room in your freezer for a few Heritage Conservation Districts. shared a field office at 292 Laurier Avenue loaves, or share an order with a neigh- East. Portuguese Bakery bour. ASH’s participation was facilitated by 48 Nelson St. mercial and institutional use. The Uni- federal grants that enabled ASH, among Scone Witch The best buns in town for a fat sandwich versity had announced that it planned to other things, to conduct a household sur- are still waiting for you at this venerable 35 Beechwood Ave. acquire, by expropriation if necessary, vey and compile a list of historic proper- Lowertown shop, which has changed its the lands it did not already own south ties in advance of the planning exercise Like so many businesses these days, our hours during the COVID-19 crisis, and is of Laurier Avenue and west of Hender- and allowed it to play a more meaningful New Edinburgh neighbour is closed, but now open daily from 12:00 to 5:00. The son Avenue, removing several inhabited role through the Citizens’ Committee. you can order frozen, unbaked scones Syrian Kitchen side of the business is also blocks from the neighbourhood. The Neighbourhood Study eventually from them, ready to go into your oven, still in operation, and their falafels, baba The 1960s was also the time when gave rise to the Sandy Hill Secondary Plan, for a special breakfast or a teatime treat. ghanouj and baklava are an easy way to the city was considering linking the still in force today. This plan provided im- Order online for delivery on the week- create a backyard picnic. newly built Queensway and Macdon- portant stability to the neighbourhood for end. They also sell coffee, tea and jam. ald-Cartier Bridge through a new King several decades, although it is now under Scone Witch’s website has detailed bak- Edward Freeway. In Sandy Hill, the threat as a result of several factors, includ- ing instructions, along with suggestions freeway would have run along Hender- ing the recent doubling in the University on making your own clotted cream. son Avenue and required the demoli- of Ottawa student population. tion of the houses on the west side of Yet, as the saying goes, plus ça change, the street. Combined with the plan to plus c’est la même chose. ASH challenged IMAGE’s image by Kathleen Kelly transform Somerset Street into a four- the City’s spot rezoning allowing the con- lane arterial road linking Overbrook and struction of a mid-rise apartment building Centretown, these two road widenings at 385 Laurier Avenue East in 1969 and would have effectively cut Sandy Hill had to do so again for the student residence into quarters. at Friel and Laurier in 2014. Sandy Hill Finally, the 1960s was the era of “urban residents were concerned about property renewal.” Ottawa had seen first-hand standards, student housing and heritage what urban renewal entailed in Lebreton conservation in the late 1960s: all these is- Flats and Lowertown. So when Ottawa sues remain 50 years later. Mayor Don Reid spoke of the need for Nevertheless, over the years, ASH has urban renewal in Sandy Hill in his 1968 contributed enormously to Sandy Hill’s inaugural address, many residents felt quality of life. Many of the things we take understandably alarmed. for granted, such as the conservation of Action in Sandy Hill was formally our heritage districts, the stricter regula- launched on May 1, 1968 at a public tion of new construction and the stronger meeting at the Sandy Hill Community enforcement of the noise by-law resulted Centre attracting some 275 participants. in part from ASH’s efforts. As we look ASH quickly established itself as an ac- ahead to the many challenges still facing tive and forceful community voice on us, let us remember to support our com- urban planning, zoning, transportation, munity organization. housing, heritage and other issues. The scope of its activities in its early years June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 19 A Brief History of Primary colours and more in Sandy Hill Gold and Mann, for example, is a house with a Maureen Korp blue door. It faces a house with a red door. Their colours are easier to see than their Erwin Wiens house numbers, 250 and 245 Range Road, he galleries and museums are and easier to remember, too. Its inherent properties are of closed. Yes, we know that. What to do in the meantime? Take a walk? little use ThatT is what this writer did. In the course that either rhyme or reason of a few sunny days, my walk took me along Mann Avenue, Range Road, Wil- can deduce. brod Street, and a bit of King Edward It glitters and doesn’t rust. So Avenue. does tinfoil, Further along Wilbrod, the angled straight lines at the corner of 373 Wilbrod so doesn’t lead. might beckon the traveller to stay on the It can’t be beaten either into straight and narrow. swords or ploughshares and brass serves as well for gilding public squares. It can be coined and stamped with a king’s face but so can paper, and it takes less space.

Currently long, long white hoses are We, clever Europeans, once snaking along both sides of Range Road. They are accented by small yellow flags knew how to manage What fun at the outset to find a jungle marking here, there, wherever. In this set- its mythic lure to our gym coloured red, yellow, blue, stand- ting, yellow and blue fire hydrants are as The vibrant colours of the LaTeranga Af- ing tall in the yard at Viscount Alexander colourful as lawns of blue scylla in bloom. rican Cuisine restaurant at 332 Wilbrod, advantage. Public School, 55 Mann Avenue. The chil- Lana Doss of The Fine Gardener was seen however, impart a different story. The Sent our wooden ships across dren attending Viscount Alexander are in cheerfully using her bright yellow rake to restaurant displays the red, green, yellow the primary grades. Red, yellow, blue are ready the gardens of 100 Range Road. flag of Sénégal on its porch. In the Wolof the sea the primary colours of the paint box. All Is Charybdis far away? Two blue chairs language of Sénégal, teranga denotes the with plundered Inca gold to other pigments are built from them. Re- await at 88 Range Road, a sculpture of quality of warmth, of welcoming accep- member Blue + Yellow = Green? a monster on its step, and the noise of a tance. In other words, “Come in, sit down, bewitch Lesson learned, and seen. Colour and loud, barking dog within. have something to eat, what do you like? a drowsy emperor and his line are the basics of visual art. Your writ- In past summers, myth and story have more, stay awhile.” This being Ot- er decided to walkabout looking for red, abounded outdoors in Strathcona Park. tawa, a blue snow shovel is tucked away Manchu minions. yellow, blue. Add in black, white line, This year the performances of Odyssey on the side of the porch, just in case. Then homeward bound, too. Theatre and the Company of Fools will be sorely missed. Where now to find a bit of athwart with silk and tea drama? Take a look at yourself crossing and spices to tickle a sluggish the bridge over the Rideau. Make a face, wave, take a picture. Ken Emig’s reflec- Western palate. tive sculpture installation on the bridge We could have sent them provides bicyclist and pedestrian alike the chance to see and be seen. Entitled “View useful stuff, beaver pelts from Two Sides,” 2016, the sculpture’s or teeming cod from our large spheres are worth multiple looks. Grand Banks, or proper trousers, or cuckoo Artist Claudia Salguero and the Viscount clocks Alexander students know their colours well. In 2018, they designed and painted to help them regulate their a large mural on the outside wall of their days. But no, school. Entitled “Diversity,” the mural presents the face of a multi-coloured fig- they wanted gold. ure surrounded by the clasped hands of friendship, and the graceful curving lines of storytelling, art, music. In this set- And so their empires ting, the bright yellow storage bin under- crumbled—whether Ming, neath their mural becomes a sculpturally grounded accent. Walking towards King Edward, one Qing or Mughal—while ours Not too far away in the park, the chil- might see a slender female torso, tucked ran riot, masters dren’s play area makes good use of left- shyly beside the porch at 240 Wilbrod. It over stone architectural finials. Here, too, is the work of Jeanne Vaillancourt, and en- of the meridians from Land’s is another storytelling area of grand possi- titled “One foot ahead,” 2005. End to Tienching. bilities. Range Road reaches its north end at Laurier Avenue. There sits the grand fa- cade of the Cordon Bleu, a stucco build- the world, ing trimmed in blue, but of course! Along Wilbrod Street are a number of thenFor five they centuries turned the we tablesruled interesting colour and line juxtaposi- on us. Now we tions. The windows of Happy Goat Café at 317 Wilbrod are filled with a tumble send them of storytelling lines. One might imagine wheat, canola, oil and potash, the conversation of people talking in a neighbourly manner about the state of the Grade A Several good examples of the direct use world near and far. The interlaced black pork and beef, our whole of colour and line can be seen in seven line of the café is the same black line we storefronts along Mann, between Cha- see in the gate fronting 386 Wilbrod. On lobster quota, pel and Blackburn. At both corners, red, the doorstep, the large urn tells us in vino white, blue colours denote the location veritas, a truth many know. of the Canada Post box at Blackburn, goose-down parkas, and Sandy Hill Cleaners at Chapel. Four andour finestthey vintage wines and storefronts use but one colour for their signs. The Quickie, for example, uses red; Photos by Hélène Lacelle send us smartphones. Mirage Café yellow. Jerkies Chicken, Then, turning the corner onto King Ed- however, proclaims its delights in green ward Avenue, and greeted once more by and red. Next door, Sugar and Slice is the yellow and blue fire hydrants and red gar- Erwin Wiens lives on Besserer St. place for ice cream and pizza. Its sign is bage bins, do stop and take a moment to in Sandy Hill bedecked with a jolly figure dressed in look at the quiet blue and white art deco red, yellow, blue. detailing of 545 King Edward. Colour and The colours red, yellow, blue are visible line brought you here, too. Colour and line markers. At the corner of Range Road will make tomorrow clearer, also. 20 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 BOOK REVIEW The Age of Fentanyl Ending the Opioid Epidemic, by Brodie Ramin M.D. Dundurn, Toronto, 2020

Probably the best starting place to begin Larry Newman treatment is a clinic like the Oasis clinic at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. rodie Ramin is a medical doctor One of the advantages of the Supervised who has an office at the Sandy Consumption Site located at the SHCHC Hill Community Health Centre is that there is the opportunity for a client Band counsels drug users, primarily us- to talk with a counselor about addiction ers of opioids like fentanyl. He wrote a and treatment, sometimes several times book, The Age of Fentanyl about opioid a day. That starts the process of recovery. drug addiction and the process of recov- There is a relatively simple treatment for ery. My review of this book is a follow- opioid addiction—replace a short-acting on to the review of Ben Westhoff’s Fen- opioid of possibly unknown strength and tanyl Inc. in the last issue of IMAGE. contaminants with a long-acting pharma- Westhoff reveals how fentanyl is a busi- ceutical-grade opioid like methadone or ness and tells how it is made, distributed, buprenorphine. Each provides relief from and sold. Ramin’s book tells about the opioid withdrawal symptoms and reduces effects of opioid addiction, particularly cravings. It activates the same receptors as fentanyl, and the options for treating it. does heroin or fentanyl but it does it lon- Dr. Ramin engages the reader at his first ger and with many fewer risks. sentences as he tells the story of a young Dr. Ramin prefers buprenorphine. The woman, Amber, who has just overdosed first few treatments of buprenorphine will on heroin, one of several opioids avail- take place in the addiction doctor’s of- able on the street. She appeared not to fice. When no problems arise, the client breathe when she was found but Dr. Ra- will get a prescription that requires going min detected a slow pulse and naloxone to a pharmacy every day to get the drug. was administered. She went from near When urine toxicology screening shows death to life in a few seconds. That’s the that no opioids have been taken for sev- amazing feature of naloxone. eral months, the client may get a prescrip- tion requiring only one visit/month to the Helene Lacelle creating poster. Photo Peter Evanchuck Naloxone doesn’t cure the addiction. But it counters the effect of opioid over- pharmacy. dose, allowing the individual’s normal At some point down the road a phased breathing rate to resume. Addiction reduction will take place and the client comes from the repeated application of will be free of opioids. However, even af- opioids through the blood stream to vari- ter avoiding opioids for months or years, Humans never ous receptors in the brain. When opioids some clients will resume their addiction come into contact with these receptors, and the recovery process starts over again. understand Newman Larry Photo themselves dogs on Wonder bread slathered with Peter Evanchuck mustard, ketchup and relish), it didn’t take long to figure out that using the im- was downing a Corona the other day age I had shot of Vac, with his bright yel- thinking how the name of my favou- low jogging pants and bright white T-shirt rite beer resembles a virus when I got in the background, would balance the yel- upI and headed for Toronto to begin shoot- low mustard/white Wonder bread close- ing my new fiction film. With a work- up in Lacelle’s hand. ing title, Wonder Wieners, it’s an absurd Meanwhile Helene completes the new existential drama about a para-homecare poster for In Sane which already has been worker (Helene Lacelle) who enters the selected and awarded in the Moscow, life of a desperate, poor and ill mid-aged Florence, Glasgow and Kosice festivals. man of no means, Valentino (Vac Veri- Our previously completed (2019) Brodie’s Sandy Hill office. kaitis). award-winning documentaries, A Short History of Poverty and Searching for a dopamine or pleasure molecules are re- Drug replacement with methadone or I hoped all would be well with my lead leased. It’s addicting. actor to begin this shoot. Not so, his CO- Beautiful Bachelor, had been selected and buprenorphine is a straightforward and ef- invited to screenings in Florence, Rome, Aside from the addiction itself, there is fective way to deal with addiction, even to VID-19 concerns overwhelmed his prom- another hazard: the individual needs more ise to shoot; so that left Helene and me Atlanta, and L.A. festivals which closed cure addiction by slowly reducing the dos- live screenings. So we stay in Canada liv- and more opioid to again attain the first age of the addicting opioid. Opioid addic- floundering, “What to do, what to do”? It pleasurable experience, the “high.” More didn’t take us long to decide to head back ing as fully as we can in as free a manner tion is often only one of the problems that as possible in today’s world. Meanwhile opioid means a greater activation on the people who use drugs may have. Hepati- home—through the wild Sunday morning receptors in the brain stem. These brain desolation of downtown Toronto. I’m thinking in this absurd world of coro- tis C and HIV are common medical prob- navirus gone mad: Is there sanity? stem receptors control the most basic of lems that are experienced by drug users Home is always where the work is so functions in the human body—including Helene begins making another poster for Albert Camus, the absurd existentialist, and a holistic approach is necessary for reminds us that, “Man never understands respiration. As a user takes more and more effective treatment. Then, there are prob- our latest documentary In Sane, (see the opioids to attain that first pleasurable ex- April/May IMAGE) while I lie back with himself, only fears himself.” lems such as homelessness, PTSD, mental I do believe that a better understanding perience, the brain stem receptors may illness, and others that an addiction physi- another Corona to figure out in my mind trigger a decrease in respiration, a fatal the layout and design for the Wonder Wie- of the dangers must prevail, so as usual, cian will discover and have to deal with. Helene and I work from our home studio, condition unless there is intervention. This addiction doctor, Brodie Ramin, ners poster. Just as Dr. Ramin and his team inter- Our partnership is simple: I imagine creating and following a sensible, smart loves his job. His book offers much more approach to the present situation. vened to save Amber’s life with naloxone, information, context, history and advice it—she makes it. Since Wonder Wieners he counsels and treats patients in the hope is about a low-income diet (chicken hot For information movieshandmade.com than this short review can cover. Buy the that this more indirect and lengthy inter- book. It’s very well written and is very rel- Not a fan of drab... vention will prevent them from continuing evant to current drug addiction problems In early April, their addiction. Dr. Ramin tells anecdotes with fentanyl that we are now seeing in Hurdman Road’s that reveal the variety of contributors to Sandy Hill. Peter Evanchuck drug addiction: overuse starting with an let IMAGE know original pain prescription, about another big depression, homelessness, project, as revealed PTSD, Big Pharma’s huge in this glowing opioid advertising budget, “Ever worin perso need  wif!”

Photo Peter Evanchuck Peter Photo and many more. It’s not photo. “Our artistic • Regular & Occasional cleaning enough to just provide meth- home sweet with • Pre & Post move cleaning and packing adone or buprenorphine to • Pre & Post renovation cleaning new full paint job... the addict who is being treat- • Blitz and Spring cleaning soon vines will be ed. One must understand the • Organizing cupboards, basements ... in full bloom and contributors to the addiction • Perhaps a waitress? then she be looking in order to understand the Laure 613-749-2249 amazing.” treatment. rent-a-wife-Ottawa.com June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 21 Thank you, Sandy Hill restaurants, for staying open!

Photo Dodi Newman Photo Working Title Café Dodi Newman

oday’s column is different— it’s about restaurant cooking, not home cooking. Good food, well served inT enjoyable surroundings, is one of life’s great pleasures and one that restaurants all over Sandy Hill happily provided be- fore COVID-19. Alas, since March 16, Ottawa restaurants have either had to close entirely or stay open only for take-out service for an in- definite time. Among those open for take- out are Working Title Café at 330 Laurier Avenue East (workingtitleottawa.com) and RamaKrishna Indian Restaurant at Kadahi Chicken 417 A Rideau Street (ramakrishnarestau- Executive Chef Vishal Chand rant.ca), whose recipes are featured here. RamaKrishna Indian Restaurant See also Paula Kelsall’s article, Dining out at home, on page 11, for other restau- Serves 2 to 3 rants open for take-out. Sandy-Hillers who are not able to eat in Vishal Chand’s Kadahi Chicken, a mild and exquisitely flavoured their favourite eateries may feel gloomy masala, is the signature dish of RamaKrishna Indian Restaurant. or dejected these days. But for restaurant The ingredients list makes it look formidable, but making it is not owners and their staff this is a real threat difficult, just be sure to have all ingredients at hand, ready to add to their very existence. Heartfelt thanks to the pan, before starting to cook. go to all restaurants who continue to give 3 tablespoons vegetable, sunflower or corn oil wonderful and safe take-out service. And my plea goes to you, IMAGE’s readers, 1/2 teaspoon whole cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon whole coriander seeds Muhammara dip (left), walnut pate and beetroot hummus as to join me in supporting them as best you served in Working Table’s “Cocktail Party-In-A-Box”. can so that we can all enjoy eating out 2 whole cloves, when this is over! 2 green cardamom pods Meanwhile, here are two recipes from 2-3 whole black peppercorns Muhammara the chefs of two of my favourite restau- 1/2 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste Chef de Cuisine Nena Ngo rants—just to remind you of what you Working Title Café may be missing. Both restaurants have or 1/4 teaspoon finely minced ginger and 1/4 teaspoon crushed garlic kindly agreed to let IMAGE publish a Makes between 1 and 1-1/2 cups recipe for one of their dishes. Thank you, 1/2 large onion, finely minced (generous 1/2 cup) RamaKrishna Indian Restaurant and its 1 medium tomato, finely minced (generous 1/2 cup) Nena Ngo’s Muhammara is a sophisticated and innovative varia- executive chef, Vishal Chand, for the lus- 250 grams boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite- tion on a Mediterranean mezze. It is quick and easy to prepare cious Kadahi Chicken recipe. And thank sized pieces if you have a blender or a food processor and excellent as a dip you, Working Title Café and its chef de 1/2 medium onion, diced (1/2 cup) with pita bread. Or do as Working Title Cafe does and use it as cuisine, Nena Ngo, for the delightful Mu- 1/2 medium bell pepper (1/2 cup), any colour an accompaniment to grilled chicken thighs. hammara recipe. 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 2 roasted red peppers, diced Happy cooking! 1 teaspoon Garam Masala 20 g raw sunflower seeds 1 teaspoon ground cumin 15 grams sun-dried tomatoes, diced 1 teaspoon ground coriander 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoons honey 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste 1 teaspoon sumac 2 green chili peppers 1/2 teaspoon salt 10 grams fresh coriander leaves, coarsely chopped, plus extra 1 tablespoons lemon juice for garnish 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 tablespoons butter 1 garlic clove, sliced 100 ml (1/2 cup) whipping cream (35%) Extra sunflower seeds for garnish, optional

1. In a non-stick pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and process them until you have a smooth purée. Et voilà—ready to serve! 2. Add cumin seeds, whole coriander seeds, cloves, cardamom, black peppercorn to the pan. Stir until the seeds turn a light brown colour—a few seconds. Add the ginger-garlic paste and let it cook Illustration by Phil Caron for few seconds more, stirring gently while it cooks. 3. Turn heat to medium high. Add the finely chopped onions, and cook until they turn a light brown, stirring gently. 4. Add the finely chopped tomatoes and cook until they melt into the onions, again stirring gently. 5. Now add the chicken and stir well. Then add to the pan the diced onion and bell pepper, the turmeric, ground cumin and co- riander, garam masala, paprika, bay leaf, chili peppers, and salt. 6. Stir to blend the masala with the chicken for 3 minutes. 7. Cover the pan, turn heat to low, and cook for 10 minutes, or until chicken is tender, stirring from time to time. 8. Add the coriander leaves and cook for a minute. 9. Add whipping cream and butter, cook for 3 minutes, stirring gently. 10. Remove from heat and place in a serving dish. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve. It is best served with freshly baked naan bread.

Photo Bob Whitelaw The published recipe may vary slightly in seasoning from what is served on any one night by the restaurant.

Left— Creative and useful idea spotted at the entrance to the Sandy Hill Lounge and Grill on Somerset East. Used hockey sticks have been repurposed as a small garden trellis. Bonus points for recycling and reuse! — Bob Whitelaw 22 June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020

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Cotton shirts Bettye Hyde Early Learning Centre, now it is cleared for reopening, is looking for washable shirts that the staff can wear when hugging/ holding, bathrooming children. These shirts can only be worn once while dealing with one child and then must be laundered so they need lots. Please be assured the shirts will be reused many times over, and once they are no longer planning and implementing upcoming and new required they will be donated to the Salvation initiatives. It is expected that all summer positions Army. If you are able to help keep the children at Arts Network Ottawa will focus on web-based and staff safe by donating long sleeved cotton exchanges and online programming. Application shirts, you can drop them off at the school—43 deadline: June 22, 2020. Full information at: arts- Blackburn Ave. at Osgoode. netottawa.ca/summer-job-opportunities 2020/ Odyssey Theatre Summer program A quiet apartment Odyssey Theatre mask and puppet making Phil Caron (whose drawings are featured regu- workshops (July) and, Youth Apprenticeship larly in IMAGE) needs to move. He is looking for Program (August). See article at left and www. a modestly priced, very quiet apartment for rent. odysseytheatre.ca/ As a meditation/yoga practitioner, a very quiet environment is top priority (e.g. not a student Mitchel Rose, Ross Mullan, Bruce Spinney, Maryse Fernandes, Odyssey Theatre. 2019 Ottawa Children’s Theatre goes international -filled residence). You can reach him at philcar@ with 16 online summer camps July 6 to August sympatico.ca 21, 2020, for children and youth ages 7 to 18. OCT online summer camps run for one, two Nursing student (second year) at the Univer- or three hours per day, depending on the age Odyssey cancels summer sity of Ottawa is available to work 10 hours a of the camper. Most camps are one week long week this summer as a helper/companion for and range in cost from $125 to $550 (2 weeks). an elderly person. She will only take on one There is no limitation in location––students are theatre in Strathcona Park client to reduce the risk of COVID. References currently registered from Europe, the United available. $25/ hour. For more information, call States and across Canada. However, enrolment Mackenzie at 613-562-0017. is very limited due to the nature of the medium but reinvents with online Une étudiante de deuxième année en sci- and parents are encouraged to register as soon ences infirmières à l’Université d’Ottawa est as possible. www.ottawachildrenstheatre.net/ or disponible pour travailler 10 heures par semaine contact Amanda Lewis at 613 267 6205 | info@ programming en tant qu’aide / accompagnatrice pour une ottawachildrenstheatre.net personne âgée. Afin de réduire les risques de transmission du COVID, elle travaillera avec People to take tick precautions worlds of folktales from around the globe un seul client. Son taux horaire est de 25 $ Ticks are NOT social distancing despite pan- Jesse Kahat but with a new Canadian twist. Odyssey’s / heure et des références sont disponibles demic. Pets and people need to take precautions talented writers and actors will perform sur demande. Pour plus de renseignements, before heading outside. You can learn more about the risks of tick-caused Lyme disease at updated versions of these diverse stories veuillez communiquer avec Mackenzie au 613-562-0017. the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (can- or 34 years, Odyssey Theatre has with narration, music and inventive theat- lyme.com). If you have been bitten by a tick, been delighting audiences with rical storytelling. Arts Network Ottawa / Réseau des arts Emilie Norris-Roozmon, a master’s student at Theatre Under the Stars in Strath- Odyssey is adapting its highly success- d’Ottawa — Summer job seekers Queen’s University, would like to hear from you. Fcona Park every summer, but this year it Three opportunities are available for bilingual She has launched an online survey that tracks ful Youth Apprenticeship Program to is going virtual. Despite the new realities youth (15 to 30 years) this year to help with the aftermath of being bitten: (bit.ly/Tick-Survey). of COVID-19, Odyssey Theatre will not an all-digital format. Ottawa theatre art- go dark. Instead, it is ready to deliver ist Eleanor Crowder will lead students an interactive digital theatre series for through live, interactive workshops with everyone – bringing together audiences professional guest artists to explore per- Rideau Branch Library Programs and artists everywhere. A Virtual Odys- formance, design, writing and directing. Programmes à la succursale Rideau sey is an innovative digital theatre series The program finishes with a presentation de la bibliothèque which will captivate audiences with cre- of scenes, monologues and improvised pieces inspired by the play, attended on- ative and interactive online programs for 377 Rideau St., 613-580-2940 families, youth, adults and artists. line by the friends and family of appren- tices. Free for youth ages 15-19. Applica- [email protected] “While we are disappointed not to per- tions are open now and due on June 19. www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca form in the park this summer, the safety of our audiences and artists comes first. Puppet and mask making workshops are But I am thrilled to launch an exciting also on offer for young people (and their online theatre series that will bring Od- parents). Odyssey’s talented mask design- yssey into the homes of our patrons and er Clelia Scala is hosting two Zoom ses- Curbside returns and holds pick up (by Service de retour et de collecte reach a whole new audience in Ottawa sions, one on July 7 (register by June 23) appointment) service are now available d’articles en bordure de rue and across Canada,” says Laurie Steven, for 5-7 year olds, and a second on July 14 at six branch locations: Main, Nepean La BPO offrira un nouveau service de re- Odyssey’s artistic director. Steven, an (register by June 30) for 8-12 year olds. Centrepointe, Cumberland, Beaverbrook, tour et de collecte aux six succursales sui- award-winning artistic director and play- Kits to make each creation and materi- Greenboro, Ruth E. Dickson, during new vantes : Centrale, Nepean Centrepointe, wright, is collaborating with a talented als about the stories or characters will be hours of operation. Cumberland, Beaverbrook, Greenboro, team of Odyssey actors, designers and mailed to participants prior to the work- Get details about hours and procedures Ruth E. Dickson, avec un nouvel horaire playwrights to create entertaining pro- shop date. For details and to register see by visiting the library’s home page at de service. the Youth section of the Odyssey Theatre https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/home grams that offer something for everyone. Toutes les succursales de la BPO demeur- website: odysseytheatre.ca/. and clicking on “curbside service.” As a love letter to its home by the Rideau ent fermées au public et les services du River, Odyssey will be presenting Strath- Odyssey’s first webinar series, Comme- All OPL branches and Bookmobile stops Bibliobus sont suspendus. Les dates cona Park Diaries – a social media proj- dia Talks will offer actors, directors, de- remain closed to the public. Due dates d’échéance pour tous les articles em- ect and art contest that will pay tribute signers, theatre arts teachers, and theatre for currently checked out materials have pruntés ont été prolongées et les frais de to the place where it has made magic all lovers everywhere an in-depth look at the been extended and late fees suspended. retard suspendus. Toutes les boîtes de art behind the art form as they share the these years. Interviews with past Odys- All book drops remain closed. retour demeurent fermées. sey artists, coupled with stories from secret of bringing Commedia dell’Arte Sandy Hill residents, will let neighbours to life in full length productions of both The library continues to offer online ser- Pendant cette période, la bibliothèque of- relive beautiful memories made in the contemporary and classic works. With vices and programs, resources and links, fre des programmes et services en ligne, park. masked performances, interviews and the available from the “Isolation Recreation” ainsi qu’une multitude de ressources pour creations of their artists, they will show- page on its website. For information toute la famille, disponible de la page Odyssey Theatre kicked off A Virtual case the depth and range of this theatre about library cards, virtual programs, « S’isoler sans s’ennuyer », sur son site Odyssey on May 7 with a live, interac- form from the Italian Renaissance that contact InfoService at 613-580-2940 or web. Pour toute information sur les cartes tive reading of a play that they work- inspires Odyssey’s creativity. by email at infoService@BiblioOttawaLi- de bibliothèque, les programmes virtuels, shopped online: Sheridan’s comedy clas- brary.ca. ou autre, communiquez avec InfoService sic, The School for Scandal, adapted for A Virtual Odyssey will run throughout the summer and into fall 2020. Odyssey Library Online for learning and fun au 613-580-2940 ou par courriel au infoS- mask and movement in a neo-Goth style. [email protected]. Two more readings are scheduled: a new Theatre is Canada’s award-winning mask You can access many reading, learning translation and adaptation of Molière’s and Commedia dell’Arte theatre. For over and entertainment resources online with Visitez la Bibliothèque en ligne pour satire on medicine, The Imaginary In- three decades they have stirred imagina- the Ottawa Public Library. Read books, apprendre et vous amuser. valid, by Ottawa’s David Whitely; and, tions with extraordinary plays that include watch movies and TV shows, study for La Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa (BPO) Steven’s own The Blue Demon, an origi- epics, comic fantasies, satires, tragedies, school, and listen to music...for free! vous donne accès à une multitude de and madcap comedies. Their stunning nal mythic fantasy created in collabora- The Isolation Recreation section at the ressources —des livres, des films et des tion with Sri Lankan artists. Viewers can performances are woven from masks, séries...gratuitement! puppets, music, dance and ritual. Behind website has fun things to do plus a Study submit their questions during the reading at Home section to help children keep Visitez la nouvelle section « S’isoler sans in real time. the scenes they create original plays, train professional artists and reach out to the learning for school. s’ennuyer » du site Web pour découvrir et A new podcast series is sure to enchant community to introduce new audiences to apprendre une foule de choses. audiences. Odyssey’s Wonderous Tales is the magic of live theatre. All you need is a library card! Tout ce qu’il vous faut, c’est une carte de an eight-episode weekly podcast where bibliothèque ! tricksters and sages, villains and hero- ines will transport listeners into faraway June - July 2020 IMAGE juin - juillet 2020 23

Let’s talk real estate Lynda Cox

General and Cosmetic Dentistry his is a challenging time to be have re-opened just in time to watch the sure. The real estate market baby goslings on the Rideau River. On here in Ottawa has decreased in a personal note: My husband and I were 613-789-0800 activity as the COVID numbers scheduled to visit our new grandson in rampedT up. This is typically a time when Italy on March 1. At the last minute we A beautiful smile and new listings are increasing daily as we cancelled. The anxiety we still feel for plough through the busy spring market. their safety is great even as restrictions healthy teeth. Not so for 2020. All real estate offices are slowly lifted. are closed to staff and the public. Open How are you coping? I’d love to hear Houses are forbidden, virtual visits are from you. Have you been banging your encouraged, real home viewings are pots and pans in appreciation of our strictly monitored for social distancing front-line workers? It’s time to raise each and sanitizing practices. Many home other’s spirits as we safely wait out this owners do not want strangers in their crisis. home at this time and have decided to Please come see us for wait until the threat of COVID-19 is Sandy Hill Real Estate update past before listing again. Sellers that March - April 2020 a SMILE consultation. have just sold their home are actively looking for their next home in a market March 2020: of dwindling listings. Anxiety levels Sold 9 Condominiums, 7 Houses (9 sold are high. All transactions are being over asking price—range $5K - $125K) completed electronically. The few sales April 2020: Invisible braces with that are still happening are often multiple New patients and Invisalign offer situations, proof that buyers are still Sold 10 Condominiums, 2 Houses (1 sold over asking price—approx. $22K over) emergencies Intra-oral exam using out there and willing to offer. How long digital video technology this will last is anybody’s guess. Note the always welcome. Treatment of March/April stats below. I suggest taking Active Listings: 13 Condominiums, 3 Houses Appointments available on evenings sensitive teeth this time to declutter, paint and repair, so and Saturday that when the market is ready you will Full digital X-ray, Conditionally sold: 3 less radiation - WE CARE! be too. 389 Rideau St. (at Friel) This epidemic has left Sandy Hill eerily If you must sell . . . FREE PARKING Bilingual service silent, with all our university students returned home and local residents Oddly enough the market continues to staying at home. Silver lining: I am sure move. There are few listings and still some Les activités de la semaine pour la Côte de sable many of you have discovered Sandy active buyers though many are taking a break. Would I recommend listing now . . Vous trouverez une série de chasses au trésor pour enfants et adultes au site web Hill’s online and take-out food service, d’Action Côte de sable (https://www.ash-acs.ca/category/fun-sandy-hill-activities-of- making this time safer and tastier in your . NO . . . Do it only if you have to. In this time of social distancing and flattening the-week/) entre le 18 avril et le 5 juin. isolation. Perhaps you have mastered Ces activités ludiques, élaborées par vos voisins, nous sont présentées pour nous the sourdough loaf and I’m sure your the curve I would wait. I would want your home to have the advantage of multiple aider à mieux survivre notre période de confinement. Si un de vos enfants soumet FaceTime/Skype/Zoom visits increased, un formulaire rempli pour une des chasses, il pourrait gagner un livre! bringing much joy. buyers. The Ottawa market will start up I am reflecting on the effect of this again with a fury . . . Never fear, it might virus on our families, old and young, be sooner than you think. BE SAFE near and far. I am happy that our parks

I have worked for over 30 years as an Drumming of Osteopath, Registered Massage Therapist, Remedial Exercise Therapist and Movement Coach/Trainer, now in Sandy another kind: Hill. During this time of sequestering A breathing meditation myself I have been studying and writing and this is the simple beginning of a physiologically based approach to breathing. The breath of life is, after all, Robert Black fundamental to everything else we do.

ie on your back. Support under your Then let the skin “implode/retract.” knees (so your low back is released). Do not engage with the hard IfL necessary, support of a firm (not hard) overwhelming control movement of surface under your head at the back of the rib cage which will overwhelm the the head (but not jammed in your neck feeling of the movement we are after curve) to keep your head in alignment by overpowering the feeling with the with your spine. If necessary. powerful accessory respiratory muscles. Make sure you are warm enough and With your intention, (not your will!), comfortable. amplify the feeling of expansion and Place the tips/pads of your three middle retraction of the skin of your drum. This fingers at the V junction where your ribs is a very vulnerable space to be in so meet at the base of your breast bone make sure you don’t have a cat ready to (anatomy: at the xiphoid process), with pounce on you! your index finger resting on the bone. Concepts These fingers are providing presence This should be pure respiratory without pressure. Gently resting on the diaphragm breathing. In this exercise skin. you want to get to the level that you are Feel for the expansion of your skin only. no longer doing the breathing but that Feel for the retraction of your skin only. you feel that you are being breathed. This is not rib cage movement, nor belly Note: No one has ever committed movement. suicide by not breathing! You need to release tension and become open/vulnerable to the soft tissue of your Time solar plexus nerve centre. I find it takes 20 minutes to half an hour Pause at the beginning of the out breath to really kick in to the experience and to allow/feel for the sweet spot of the benefits of this physiological meditative elastic recoil of the lungs (anatomy: the technique. And practice does make more elastin fibres in the alveoli of the lungs). and more perfect. ND U the O

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OurA RideauRRide sincerestideaeau thanks is to made all those on possible the front lines. thanks to our generousby assponsors much as 30 to 50 percent and field observations indicate that ecological con- Wishing you good health and hopeditions to see are youbecoming soon, stressed. The aver- At the RVCA, we have been able to continue our RVCA Board of Directors and Staff age 90-day rainfall measured at climate stations in and around the watershed is conservation work by implementing changes to protect just shy of 80 per cent of normal for this staff, clients and the public. While buildings and amenities time of year. In the past 30 days, average remain closed, conservation areas are open for walking. rainfall is slightly below 50 per cent of normal.” Most program delivery continues with modifications to Let’s hope for more rainy days to help field work and site visits, and consultation with clients and our beautiful Rideau keep flowing nor- Board meetings are now being done electronically. mally. — Jan Meldrum

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400 event in January caused water levels to rise and flows to increase throughout the watershed. A significant build- 300 up of ice within the snowpack was the result. RVCA and 200 Parks Canada’s snow monitoring confirmed that there was March 18, 2016 April 8, 2017 April 21, 2019 100 April 19, 2018 March 15, 2020 above average water content within the snowpack. Luckily, 281 CMS 456 CMS 243 CMS 355 CMS 288 CMS 0 the above-average March temperatures and precipitation resulted in a nice, slow, gradual melt. Only limited flooding The peak flow in the Rideau River for this spring was was reported. Water levels and flows are currently a bit 288 cubic centimetres per second (CMS) which occurred below average for this time of the year. Call BRIAN for on March 15. On average, this winter was warmer thanINSPIRING more info at ext. 1141, [email protected]. GIRLS Stillwater Creek Wetland Restoration One year in and the Stillwater Creek Wetland Restoration projectRideau is proving River to Peakbe very Flows positive for habitat and 500 critters both. The three constructed wetland cells have proved400 that they provide water retention, thus mitigating downstream300 erosion — that’s a win! The restoration project200 was completed in the fall of 2018 when plant March 18, 2016 April 8, 2017 April 19, 2018 April 21, 2019 March 15, 2020 diversity100 was low; however, by early summer in 2019 the wetland281 had CMS greened456 up CMSnicely with243 a CMSmajor boost355 inCMS plant 288 CMS 0 diversity. As wetland vegetation continues to evolve and grow, the number and diversity of fish and wildlife will also improve. So far, 13 species of fish have decided to make the restoration project home. We’re looking forward to seeing this natural gem metamorphose into an even more diverse habitat. For more info, contact JENNIFER at ext. 1108, [email protected]. WE ARE EXPERTS IN HOW GIRLS LEARN, LEAD AND SUCCEED.

Ticks are NOT social distancing despite pandemic May is Lyme disease Awareness Month. And it couldn’t have come at a better time with tick season now underway. PetsAt and Elmwood, people each need girl to is encouragedtake precautions to challenge before herself heading to excel inoutside. the You can• Alllearn Girls more about the risks of this debilitatingclassroom, disease develop at confi the dence Canadian and lead Lyme with Disease strength. Foundation Supported by (canlyme.com). • Pre-Kindergarten If you have been to Grade bitten 12 by a tick, • International Baccalaureate World School Emilieexcellent Norris-Roozmon, educators, engaged a master’s peers and student a connected at Queen’s community, University, girls would like to hear from you. She has launched an onlinelearn survey to be thethat best tracks students, the aftermathleaders, and ofglobal being citizens bitten: they the can onset be. of symptoms,ACCEPTING the treatment APPLICATIONS from the health-care system,Discover and morethe outcomes. about our innovative(http://bit.ly/Tick-Survey). approach to girls’ education— FOR SEPTEMBER 2020 including what parents and students say about “At Home Learning” with Elmwood—at elmwood.ca/at-home (613) 744-7783 | elmwood.ca/apply