From competitive pow wow and hoop dancing to bubble soccer and a colour run, the Ottawa Summer Solstice Aboriginal Festival will offer up a jampacked, three-day schedule from June 19-21. “We try to do new and unique activities every year and we’ve certainly added […]
Community Profile
Giving new parents the wings to fly
The Monarch Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, which opened in Ottawa last year, aims to offer new moms crucial post-hospital support, writes Sonia Mendes. About six weeks ago, Kelli White’s baby girl was born a month early. She weighed only four pounds and […]
The magic of CHEO
In 2014, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario celebrated 40 years as a pediatric health and research centre. Widely known for providing outstanding, family-centred care, it has become the third-largest pediatric research hospital in Canada. Sonia Mendes explores CHEO’s history […]
‘It’s an incredible experience for them’
The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is celebrating 30 years of granting wishes – and unforgettable moments of pure joy – to children across the country with life-threatening illnesses and life-limiting conditions Four years ago, a little boy from Ottawa […]
‘Although I had a child young, it was not the end of the road’
Clarissa Arthur was 17, with a three-month-old son, Dyon, when in 1995 she discovered Youville Centre, an Ottawa charity that supports young mothers and their children through help with education, childcare, and social services. Originally from Nova Scotia, Arthur moved […]
‘It really is a neighbourhood kind of place’
The Soloway Jewish Community Centre, in Ottawa’s west end, offers a world of learning, fitness and creative fun for the whole family From the saltwater pool and a myriad of fitness classes to the after-school programs, language learning and innovative kids’ […]
Centrepointe Theatres still at play, 25 years later
Quarter-century anniversary marks new family-oriented vision for Ottawa theatre Much has changed since Centrepointe Theatre opened a quarter-century ago, yet the facility’s role as a quality-of-life boost for the community remains. The theatre was originally part of a bigger project […]
Sing, dance, act with the stars
New Star Children’s Theatre stokes the creative talents of Ottawa youth, inspiring confidence through challenges and old-fashioned fun At 15, Rhiannon Sterne is a veteran actor, about to star in her tenth production. A performer with Ottawa’s New Star Children’s Theatre, she has, for […]
Dancing her way to business success
Ali Goldfield, mother of two dancers, was inspired to create an online consignment shop where parents can buy and sell outgrown dance costumes Ali Goldfield is quite the busybody. The Ottawa mom offers psychological advice through her online blog, works […]
The selfless love of ‘the purple lady’
The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa’s longest-serving foster parent, LaDorna Penteluk, has opened her home to more than 500 children over the years. Ellen O’Connor tells her story. As the morning light rose in the sky, LaDorna Penteluk’s Hiawatha Park […]