I recently completed a radio documentary about Ottawa students who are learning about the history of Indian residential schools through a program called Project of Heart. The doc was aired as part of a current affairs radio show called ‘The Friday Show’ at Carleton University.

Offered at an Ottawa-area alternative high school, Project of Heart was developed because aboriginal history is not part of regular school curriculum.

Please let me know what you think of the doc. Listen here.

I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Blog you later,
Anita

I’d like to share a radio piece I did on the potential closure of Ottawa-area alternative schools, which I completed for a radio news show at Carleton University that aired on February 5.

Here’s a quick blurb about the piece I wrote at the time:

After the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) education committee voted to close the alternative program at Manor Park Public School on February 1, Richard Deadman and members of the Alternative School Advisory Committee are working to fight the closure of similar programs at five other Ottawa-area schools at an upcoming OCDSB meeting on February 9 because they feel alternative programs provide children with positive educational experience.

So please check it out, and let me know what you think!

Saving Ottawa’s alternative schools

Blog you later,
Anita

Museums are a big part of life here in Ottawa. As a political town, Canada’s capital isn’t big on nightclubs and concert halls. But its museums are some of the best in the country — which is why both tourists and local Ottawans were up in arms when workers at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Canadian War Museum went on strike in September. I was there to cover the strike, and in the process, got a pretty good photo essay out of it. Please enjoy!

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Anita

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