Canadian War Museum: Forever Changed, Stories From the Second World War

 Forever Changed, the current temporary exhibit at the Canadian War Museum, explores Canada during the Second World War. For those who are wondering why a museum that already covers Canadian military history is presenting a special exhibit on the Second World War, the exhibit focuses less on the technological aspect of

The Fight for History

 Title: The Fight for History: 75 Years of forgetting, remembering, and remaking Canada’s second world war By: Tim Cook Publisher: Allen Lane ISBN: 9780735238336 A masterful telling of the way the Second World War has been remembered, forgotten, and remade by Canadians over seventy-five years. The Second World War shaped modern Canada.

Lots to celebrate at this year’s Canadian Tulip Festival

 Each May, the Canadian Tulip Festival attracts people from around the world to come celebrate the start of spring and the tulip, an international symbol of peace, friendship and sacrifice, since 1953. From May 10th to the 20th, over 650,000 people will be visiting Ottawa to create new memories at

Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr

 Focusing on one of Canada’s most controversial cases, Guantanamo’s Child is a documentary which tells the story of Omar Khadr, a Toronto-born Canadian citizen who was captured in Afghanistan by American forces in 2002 and convicted of war crimes at the age of 15. After spending a decade behind bars

Black History Month’s 20th Anniversary Shines on Accomplishments and Challenges

 All photos courtesy of Damira Davletyarova. Kika Otiono smiles shyly while onstage. She is facing a full auditorium at the Black History Month kick-off event at Saint Paul University. Otiono is about to receive the 2016 Youth Builder Award for her leadership and work that makes Ottawa a more diverse

A terrific Saoirse Ronan calls a routine “Brooklyn” home

 Brooklyn Directed by John Crowley Written by Nick Hornby (based on the novel by Colm Tóibín) Produced by Wildgaze Films et al.     There are two scenes in Brooklyn that get at a fundamental truth of travelling long distances. In the first, recent Irish transplant Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) is

The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Facing the “Flying Peril”

 In 1934, two decades after the outbreak of the First World War and five years before the onset of the Second, a prescient former British soldier and politician named Winston Churchill spoke about the threat posed to England by air warfare. Churchill remarked that, “The flying peril is not a

Women and the World Wars

 Photo © Canadian War Museum The Canadian War Museum is celebrating Canadian women’s roles and contributions made during the First and Second World Wars in the museum’s new exhibit, World War Women. Dr. Stacey Barker is the Acting Historian, Art and War, at the Canadian War Museum. Barker has been working at the

Phoenix Players: Rexy!

 Take a step back in time with Rexy! Phoenix Players is back at the Gladstone Theatre with a production of the beloved political satire, Rexy! Phoenix Players, a staple in the capital community since 2001, brings affordable, high quality live theatre to the communities in and around Ottawa. Dedicated to