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Hello,

My name is Annette Morand and I am the Community Adaptation Coordinator for OCCIAR (The Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources), located at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. I am contacting you because you were listed as the main contact for your Citizen/Community/Neighbourhood Association.

We are holding a “Changing Climate Citizen Panel Workshop” in Ottawa in late February/early March, 2012 which is free of charge, and will give 20 regular citizens the opportunity to hear and interact with climate change experts, make recommendations on Provincial climate change policies, and have their opinions heard by government. But we must get citizens to apply online first!

We are trying to spread the word to citizens in Ottawa and are placing two ads in the Ottawa Citizen, but we would also like to circulate the information (see attachment) within local community groups. I was wondering if there is any way to circulate the poster to your members or community via email/online newsletter, or any other means. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your consideration, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Cheers,

Annette Morand M.E.S.

Community Adaptation Coordinator

Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR)

MIRARCO/Laurentian University

Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6

Phone: 705.675.1151 ext. 5117

Email: amorand@mirarco.org

www.climateontario.ca

Letter from LCA to Mauril Belanger - Jan 18, 2012.pdf

Every year, the City of Ottawa dumps hundreds of millions of litres of untreated sewage directly into the Ottawa River. Now you have an opportunity to help stop this travesty once and for all. The province and the City of Ottawa have developed a plan, and the province and the city have both agreed to put up their fair share of the money. All we need is federal funding in the upcoming 2012 federal budget. Click here to let Ottawa area members of parliament know that you want action to clean up the river! http://ecologyottawa.ca/our-community/take-action/ottawa-river-action-plan/

The city has developed the Ottawa River Action Plan to address this issue and the plan is already delivering results. In June, the city announced that recent infrastructure upgrades have cut the untreated sewage going into the river by more than half compared to measurements of four years ago. However, in 2011, the city still discharged 417-million litres of combined sewage and rainwater into the river—that is the equivalent of almost 166 Olympic-sized swimming pools full of sewage!

City council would like to move forward with the next phase of the Ottawa River Action Plan—the construction of major combined sewage overflow (CSO) storage facilities. CSO storage facilities will lower the amount of contaminants released to the Ottawa River, improving the water quality and possibly reducing the number of beach closures.

According to Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown, who has endorsed this letter-writing campaign, it is imperative that the city moves ahead with the Ottawa River Action Plan, with or without federal support.

“But,” says Brown, “the Ottawa River is a key feature of the National Capital Region. The federal government should be doing everything it can to stop the dumping of untreated sewage in the river that runs through the nation’s capital.”

The province has indicated its willingness to contribute one-third of the cost, but the federal government has not yet made a similar commitment. We want to urge the federal government to commit to its third of the funding in the federal 2012 Budget. This is why we set-up an online letter writing campaign and we are asking you to go the website and write to your local Member of Parliament today: http://ecologyottawa.ca/our-community/take-action/ottawa-river-action-plan/

Please send a quick letter now to all Ottawa area MPs urging them to ensure that funding for the Ottawa River Action Plan is included in the federal 2012 Budget.

The health of our rivers depends on you demanding action from our elected officials today.

For more information, contact us at:

Email: info@ecologyottawa.ca

Phone: 613-860-5353

You can view the Ottawa River Action Plan here:

http://ottawa.ca/env_water/tlg/alw/brs/orap/index_en.html

And the recent Ecology Ottawa update here:

http://ecologyottawa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/January-17-2012-Help-Protect-Our-Rivers-from-Untreated-Sewage.pdf

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Ecology Ottawa

CoSA Forum Poster Mar 7 2012.pdf

From: Susan Love
Sent: January-27-12 2:56 PM
To: Susan Love
Subject: You are invited to CoSA Community Forum

Greetings!

I would like to invite you to attend an information session about Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) on Wednesday, March 7^th, 5 to 7pm, at main branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe St at Laurier (in the auditorium, lower level). This meeting is open to the public so feel free to extend the invitation to someone who might be interested and/or bring along a friend – perhaps a sceptic?

For those of you who are not familiar with CoSA, it is an initiative inspired by restorative justice principles, pioneered by Canadians, to safely and effectively reintegrate people back into community after being incarcerated for committing sexual offences. It was started in Hamilton in the mid 1990s in order to provide some support and accountability for those released at the expiration of their sentences without any parole supervision. Public safety is its primary goal. The program has now expanded considerably, including to Ottawa; this year, celebrating its 10^th anniversary.

We hope you are able to attend. The attached poster contains all pertinent details – feel free to post widely.

RSVP (preferred, but drop-ins welcome, if capacity permits) to Susan Love, Program Coordinator at slove@cosa-ottawa.ca

or 613 288-2284.

Free Admission ~ Everyone Welcome ~ Please forward/post this invitation!

Light refreshments will be served

www.cosa-ottawa.ca

Susan Love

Program Coordinator

Circles of Support & Accountability

303-200 Isabella St.,

Ottawa, ON K1S 1V7

tel: 613 288-2284

cell: 613 266-6309

fax: 613 237-6129

slove@cosa-ottawa.ca

www.cosa-ottawa.ca

The Ottawa-Carleton Plowmen's Association invites you to their

2^nd Annual Winter Family Fun Day

at Anderson Links Golf & Country Club

on Saturday, February 18th

January 29, 2012 – ' It is our 2^nd year of organizing the Winter Family Fun Day and people who participated last year have already contacted us wanting to know the date'. Again this year we are organizing old fashion types of events such as sleigh rides, pond hockey and Sno-Golf ' says Sharen Armstong, President of the Ottawa Carleton Plowmen's Association.

The Winter Family Fun day is being held at Anderson Links Golf and Country Club on Saturday, February 18^th from 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. The cost is only $5. per person. Food (Chili, Hot Chocolate and more) will also be available as well as entertainment.

Fabulous February is Fun.doc

For more information:

Sharen Armstrong

613-913-0721

Sharenarm@hotmail.com

www.ottawaplowmen.com

www.andersonlinks.com

Hello – FYI, please read the message below from United Way and see attached document (guidelines and application) in which all details are presented. Should you have any questions, please contact Katrina Charnley or Meghann Darroch from United Way (contact information in the message below).

Please take note no neighbourhood in our catchment area has been identified priority neighbourhood, CDF or Strong Neighbourhoods. But as stated in United Way email, it seems there may still be an opportunity. Therefore, should you be interested, we encourage you to contact them as soon as possible to obtain additional information or to prepare yourself to submit a request for next year.

Have a great afternoon,

Claude

Hello All,

Please find attached the new Community Action Grant funding opportunity for local community capacity building initiatives. The Community Action Grant (CAG) is a collaborative approach to supporting residents’ engagement at the neighbourhood level. Presently, United Way Ottawa and the City of Ottawa are pooling resources to give residents and community groups an opportunity to develop their community action plans and local initiatives in an effort to build healthy and strong neighbourhoods. United Way Ottawa and the City of Ottawa have allocated $20,000 each for a total of $40,000 for the 2011/2012 pilot phase of this collaborative approach.

Any community organization or residents’ association that is working with service providers to improve their neighbourhood is eligible for a grant of up to $2,000. The grant application must be submitted by the local Community Health or Resource Centre on behalf of the Community Organization or Resident’s Association. For the first year of this pilot, only CDF and Strong Neighbourhoods identified priority neighbourhoods will be considered for this funding. Other neighbourhoods may also submit a request and will be considered on a case by case basis.

There is no deadline for the application as it is open year round.

For more information or to submit an application please contact:

Katrina Charnley

kcharnley@unitedwayottawa.ca

613-228-6740

Meghann Darroch

mdarroch@unitedwayottawa.ca

613-683-8021

Rural Crime Prevention: A literature Review

Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) is exploring the issue of crime prevention in the rural areas of the Ottawa region. As a first step we have completed a literature review of rural crime prevention. A literature review is a search of academic research studies that have looked at the issue of crime prevention in rural contexts.

Understanding what is already known about rural crime – and how to prevent it – is an important first step to addressing the situation in the Ottawa area. You can download or read the full report on our website. Let us know if you are interested in working together to prevent rural crime.

What You Need To Know About School Fees

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The Kraft Hockeyville 2011 competition >>Info

Ottawa Artisans Guild non-profit organization upcoming event www.ottawaartisansguild.ca

Advanced Community Facilitator Training

July 2011 – February 2012

City for All Women Initiative (CAWI)

Neighbourhood-based Civic Participation Training

ARTS AND HERITAGE PLAN RENEWAL DISCUSSION PAPERS ARE READY!

Ottawa 20/20 Arts and Heritage Plan Renewal discussion papers present potential strategies and actions to be considered for inclusion in a second 5-year Action Plan for Culture. The 11 discussion papers can be found at http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/arts/news/plan_renewal/index_en.html

We hope that you will take the time to read them and send in your answers to the questions included in each paper. Other comments, strategies and thoughts are welcome! You have until April 29 to send in your response.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment and support. We encourage you to distribute this message to your contacts.

All feedback will contribute to Ottawa’s second Five-Year Action Plan for Culture!

Dan Chenier

Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services

Please find information regarding the 2011 Recruitment at the following link:

http://ottawa.ca/city_hall/mayor_council/advisory_committees/index_en.html

link to a proposal to start a dump at the property at Russell Rd between McNeely Rd and Herbert Drive

revised le 04 Feb 2012