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On Jan 15, OIM launches a NEW Innercity Veterans Outreach & Support Service (DETAILS BELOW). Over the coming weeks and months, we will be...

Wednesday night team on the first snowy night of the season. When OIM staff pack up for the day and lock the doors at 4pm, we know that...

Have you ever met someone who is just amazing at remembering names? That person who you met once 3 years ago, who remembers your name as...

It was a particularly rough start to the night at Innercity Arts. One of the youth had arrived in distress, suffering from a mental...

Larissa volunteering at the 2017 festival Every year, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival raises funds for Innercity Arts. Many young...

Damon was downtown one afternoon, when he began to sense the ever too familiar feelings of anxiety and depression taking over: quickening...

“Mandalas are an ancient artistic technique used in many cultures around the world as an aid to understanding who we are as individuals...

Resiliency is the ability to recovery readily after being bent or stretched from adversity. I have about 50 heroes in my life; all of...

As we near the 10th anniversary of Innercity Arts, I wanted to look back on how the program came about. I recently spoke with Jason Pino,...

For the past several years, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival has raised funds for Innercity Arts. The festival founders are passionate...

Each month, Terri drops off a home cooked meal for the youth of Innercity Arts. She always puts such love and care into her meals, making...

You may be surprised to learn that I have heard this been said many times. Today, it was said by Sarah – a young person in our art...

“I’ve been on my own a long time. I left home when I was 10. Been on my own ever since.” Edward told me this as we sat together in the...

For the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey click play below: Kurk had served several tours of duty in the armed forces,...

You would think that in a city like Ottawa, when a vulnerable citizen faces a crisis and loses their housing, there would be a system in...

You see her every day on your way to work. Usually she is sitting at Tim Horton’s or resting on a bench. She is hard to miss – a small...

On July 21-23, thirty-five stone carvers gathered on Ottawa’s historic Sparks Street for the Canadian Stone Carving Festival. Each was...

Innercity Arts was lucky enough to have Patrick Imai, a local carver, volunteer his time to come in to teach us about soap stone carving....

“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,” Psalm 30: 11...

The term “at risk youth” is thrown around a lot, often without much thought or care. It’s a label that can feel very cold and...