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Whistle While You Work
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...
Jul 29, 2019
Learning to Carve
Larissa volunteering at the 2017 festival Every year, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival raises funds for Innercity Arts. Many young...
Jul 11, 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...
Apr 12, 2019
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 20, 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 17, 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 12, 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 10, 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 5, 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...
Dec 3, 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 28, 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...
Nov 26, 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...
Sep 27, 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...
Jan 18, 2018
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;...
Sep 7, 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...
Aug 1, 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...
Mar 15, 2017
Dear Artist:
You and I don’t know each other – but I felt a connection with you.
Oct 31, 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;...
Feb 5, 2016
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...
May 14, 2015
Navigating the Systems
Dana Youth Outreach Worker #Addictions #MentalHealth #StreetYouth #streetyouthoutreach
Apr 16, 2015
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