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Some 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...
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- Jul 11, 2019
Learning to Carve
Larissa volunteering at the 2017 festival Every year, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival raises funds for Innercity Arts. Many young...
- Apr 12, 2019
Mandala 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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: My Christmas Wish
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: My Changed Life
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: I Met OIM – Choir & Innercity Arts
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Off The Streets
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Life On My Own – Homeless On The Streets
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Teen Years
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Early Years in Foster Care
Larissa’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, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: My Earliest Memories
Larissa’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, 2018
The Street Youth Who Changed My Life
The 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, 2018
Coming Full Circle @ The Innercity Arts Giveaway
Minus 27 degrees Celsius – windchill made it to minus 30s. Apart from the emotional weight of moving Innercity Arts to donated Dymon...
- Sep 7, 2017
One 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, 2017
Canadian Stone Carving Festival
On July 21-23, thirty-five stone carvers gathered on Ottawa’s historic Sparks Street for the Canadian Stone Carving Festival. Each was...
- Mar 15, 2017
The 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...
- Oct 31, 2016
Dear Artist:
You and I don’t know each other – but I felt a connection with you.
- Feb 5, 2016
The state of metal health services for homeless youth
Here, let the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness say it best: “Youth homelessness has existed in Canada for decades;...
- May 14, 2015
Practicing t-shirt art
The 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, 2015
Navigating the Systems
Dana Youth Outreach Worker #Addictions #MentalHealth #StreetYouth #streetyouthoutreach