The First Lady of Manawaka is an excellent 1978 documentary on Canadian author Margaret Laurence, available in full on the NFB website. I only discovered it recently — and along the way found the NFB website to be a wonderful collection of documentaries from past decades available to the public. This one was directed by… Read more »
Library and Archives Canada was a good resource years ago when I was conducting research for my PhD dissertation. I could show up without reservation, present my card, order unrestricted library material, buy lunch in the cafeteria and have resources ready for me by the time I finished my meal. I haven’t had to turn… Read more »
On February 1, 2022, Donna Naughton, Executive Director of Kateri Native Ministry in Ottawa, visited St. Joseph’s Parish in Sandy Hill to receive the church community’s financial contribution to the Kendaasawin Learning Program. Kendaasawin is a cross-cultural initiative that fosters reconciliation and embraces both Traditional and Christian heritages. St. Joseph’s Parish provided a $17,000 contribution… Read more »
Originally from Ireland, twenty-six year old musician Matthew Oliver relocated to Canada right on the threshold of the pandemic – on March 5th, 2020, quite literally one week before everything got locked down. He was born in Dublin, but came-of-age in a rural region called Meath. The desire to travel, rather than establish permanent roots… Read more »
Jay White started producing and recording music in eastern Ontario in 2007 – initially, mostly as a hobby. But beginning in 2014, this passion for working with musicians grew into a profession. White knew instinctively that connecting with recording artists only over email and the internet wasn’t enough. Building an in-person connection was always the… Read more »
When I arrived at the unassuming redbrick house in Westboro — untouched by cookie-cutter gentrification — David Dino White was drinking coffee on the side porch, at ease on this mild November afternoon. The sunshine, the embers of late autumn, lit up the last of the leaves clinging to trees. Music emanated from inside the… Read more »
Fr. Norm Bonneau, an Oblate Scripture scholar and liturgist, often when teaching Scripture courses would use the phrase: “What is happening, but what is really going on?” to encourage his students to go beyond the literal story in order to explore the faith meaning of a biblical narrative. It is a phase which could help… Read more »
Born in Calgary and raised in Vancouver, photographer Malcolm Shuttleworth moved to the Ottawa area in early 2020, right on the cusp of the pandemic. While Shuttleworth offers a wide spectrum of photography services for his clients under his brand Majestic Skies, his real passion is for wildlife, natural landscapes and astrophotography. Over the years,… Read more »
Today in the gospel, we meet a very special person: Bartimaeus, a blind beggar sitting by the side of the road near Jericho which is the last stop on the way to Jerusalem. At first, it may seem that the story of the healing of the blind man is just another miracle narrative demonstrating the… Read more »
What began as a hobby five years ago turned into a vehicle for sharing a personal story of addiction, recovery and faith — one that speaks to many who experience the turbulence of substance abuse. When Blake Alexander, a 29 year old Ottawa-based rap artist, first started developing his skills, he was still in active… Read more »