Ottawa

The Ottawa Tribe was one of the first Indian tribes to see the value in education. Because their leaders knew the importance of learning, the set money aside to start a college. The University of Ottawa was founded in 1865 (Ottawa.edu) and has grown into a full functioning college that thrives today. The idea of a school came when a group of Baptist Missionaries led by reverend Jotham Meeker was working alongside the Ottawa tribe to improve their lives (Ottawa.edu). The original idea was to set up a boarding school for ages six to eighteen, however they changed their minds and opened a college instead. The tribe and the Baptists formed an agreement that the tribe would pay for it, as long as the Baptists would run the school (Ottawa.edu). The…

We interpret that the Ottawa student protest did not face this issue because of the precedent set by the Montreal strike. Jennifer Beth Spiegel wrote an article called Performing “in the red”: Transformations and tensions in repertoires of contention during the 2012 Quebec Student strike. In her article she highlights a lot of the key aspects of the student strike. As she states in her paper: “The legitimacy, and very ability, of a student strike was denied outright by many government and…

a bit of information to a group discussion, either in my classes or in a club meeting, I have often surprised to see how impressed other individuals are at my understanding of various topics. When I have submit an assignment and my professor gets back to me saying that it was the more thorough and sophisticated paper they had read, it gives me a feeling as though I have really come a long way in my studies, and that my hard work has really paid off. I realize that despite all of my hard work,…

early June 1935 and headed across the prairies. After the trek had left Calgary, “the trekkers” picked up more recruits and when they reached Saskatchewan they were numbering an estimated 2,000 men. On June 17th when local governments refused to help the strikers they began to be disheartened by their lack of progress, so strike leaders decided to move the protest to Ottawa. 1000 strikers took freight trains and began the "On to Ottawa Trek”, but after receiving an order from Prime Minister…

The Ottawa process is a great example of how Canada took an important intermediate political role, creating one of the first innovative treaties. Nearly 122 representatives from across the globe traveled to Canada to sign the Ottawa treaty to stop the use of landmines, creation, transfer, and their destruction (Kitchen). The idea behind the ban on land mines was their ineffective use against other military personnel, which suppressed innocent civilians rather than its designated use. The ban of…

IS THE OTTAWA CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (1986) STILL RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY? INTRODUCTION In 1986 Canada held the first International Conference on Heath Promotion in Ottawa, aiming to attain World Health Organisation (WHO) objective of advocating health for all (WHO 1986). The charter defined Health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (WHO 1986). The Ottawa Charter advocated for five principles of promoting health…

I am chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe. Many historians have discredited me with their accounts of my involvement in the resistance movement against the British so I am here to set some things straight. I was born in 1720 in an Ottawa tribe near the Maumee river near the Mississippi river. By 1755, I had become chief and many of my people looked up to me to lead them through the resistance of the British Colonies. I allied with the French Colonies and aided them to many victorious. Even though…

The new Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is opening in less than two weeks, on April 28th, with an extravagant opening gala and we think it would be a natural fit for Elle Canada be a part of the big event. The new Ottawa Art Gallery is a perfect fit for Elle Canada audiences. The gallery is proudly helmed by an almost all-female staff, including a woman director, chief financial officer, and chief of staff. It also boasts an all-female curatorial team. I’ve included more information about the…

Health promotion is the process of advertising the importance of peoples ability to control and improve their health. It is a way of enabling people to reach a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is the name of an international agreement organized by the World Health Organization. The agreement focuses on targeting communities, governments, and companies in order to achieve ‘Health for all’ and an overall better lifestyle for…

This article talks about how Ottawa was ranked third out of all of Canada for environmentally friendly cities. However, many environmentalists disagree for several reasons. In 2007, GreenApple released a ranking of Canada's largest cities in order of the most environmentally friendly to the least. The environmentalists disagree because Ottawa has poor pollution monitoring, bad transit policies, and not-so environmentally friendly vehicles. They say there is no way that Ottawa could rank third.…