Jul 29, 2019Whistle While You WorkSome sing in the shower (well, let’s face it, the acoustics are pretty darn good in there). Some hum away as they focus on a hobby or...
Jul 11, 2019Learning to CarveLarissa volunteering at the 2017 festival Every year, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival raises funds for Innercity Arts. Many young...
Apr 12, 2019Mandala Workshop“Mandalas are an ancient artistic technique used in many cultures around the world as an aid to understanding who we are as individuals...
Dec 20, 2018Larissa’s Journey: My Christmas WishLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Dec 17, 2018Larissa’s Journey: My Changed LifeLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Dec 12, 2018Larissa’s Journey: I Met OIM – Choir & Innercity ArtsLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Dec 10, 2018Larissa’s Journey: Off The StreetsLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Dec 5, 2018Larissa’s Journey: Life On My Own – Homeless On The StreetsLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Dec 3, 2018Larissa’s Journey: Teen YearsLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Nov 28, 2018Larissa’s Journey: Early Years in Foster CareLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Nov 26, 2018Larissa’s Journey: My Earliest MemoriesLarissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Sep 27, 2018The Street Youth Who Changed My LifeThe poem was heart wrenching, it really struck a chord. It talks about a young man’s struggle, his pain with life and how he finally...
Jan 18, 2018Coming Full Circle @ The Innercity Arts GiveawayMinus 27 degrees Celsius – windchill made it to minus 30s. Apart from the emotional weight of moving Innercity Arts to donated Dymon...
Sep 7, 2017One evening, while on street outreach…Later that evening, my young street outreach partner and I met 52 street friends. They represented all facets of this diverse culture;...
Aug 1, 2017Canadian Stone Carving FestivalOn July 21-23, thirty-five stone carvers gathered on Ottawa’s historic Sparks Street for the Canadian Stone Carving Festival. Each was...
Mar 15, 2017The Portrait of the Artist“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the...
Feb 5, 2016The state of metal health services for homeless youthHere, let the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness say it best: “Youth homelessness has existed in Canada for decades;...
May 14, 2015Practicing t-shirt artThe kids are gearing up for a big art project in May using t-shirts. We got a bunch of ‘practice’ t-shirts in from Value Village for them...
Apr 16, 2015Navigating the SystemsDana Youth Outreach Worker #Addictions #MentalHealth #StreetYouth #streetyouthoutreach