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CBC News: Finding time for new hobbies during COVID-19

Demand is also up over at the Ottawa School of Art on George Street in the ByWard Market. “We’ve been having a lot of calls … from people who aren’t regular members of the school inquiring about … taking some of the drawing classes [and] painting classes,” said Shannel Watt-Charley, the marketing and events […]

Homework Club Handbook for Critical Hours Programming

Members of the Ottawa Child and Youth Initiative (OCYI) have expressed a need formore information on creating a homework club handbook for programs across the city.This handbook is meant to be a resource for volunteers and staff who are lookingfor best practices, evidence-based strategies, and tools for either creating a […]

Frontline Reflections Blog

How Does Learning Happen? When a baby is  born, he/she already knows how to breathe, blink, cry, drink, and sleep. But in order to fully adapt to its new surroundings, that baby will have to learn other  complex, skills. Some of these skills can be directly taught, but others must […]