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The Passion 4 Youth Fine Arts Program was fortunate enough to have Bruce Narbaitz come in and do a slam poetry workshop with the youth....

Last week however, one of the youth was in a crisis situation so I made the decision to call 911. Two officers arrived and assessed the...

I have known Skye for 3 years. She was one of the first street-engaged youth I met while doing outreach. I remember our first meeting...

Meet Nicky: homeless,  alcoholic, mentally ill. Nicky joined the art group last year. She told me that most of her childhood had been...

Hidden Homeless: People who are temporarily crashing with friends, relatives or others because they have no where else to go. I have been...

It was right before my eyes all the time, just waiting for me to wake up and see it! Typical of many smaller organizations, our needs...

When Art, a long time friend of OIM arrived at the office one morning, his famous smile was missing. “You okay?” I asked. “You’ll never...

Someone gave me a gift of money and instructed to help someone. Nothing came to mind immediately so I tucked it away- and took it out...

For the past three months I have had the absolute pleasure of working with the young artists involved in OIM’s Passion 4 Youth art...

Texture, colour, pattern, meaning… OIM is excited to extend an invitation to friends and community members for the up-coming Passion 4...

Everyone here at Ottawa Innercity Ministries, staff, volunteers and street-friends, would like to thank our supporters for coming out to...

If you haven’t already heard our Youth Outreach Worker was featured recently in a piece by a local journal. The Ottawa Anglican...

The Ottawa Police have had a heavy presence this summer. I see them patrolling the streets, walking down Bank or Elgin in pairs, or...