Archive 1997-2016
The recent claim that Carleton University’s Iranian student club received financial assistance from an organization affiliated with the shuttered Iranian embassy should ring alarm bells.
To the inexperienced eye, wildebeests and human beings may not seem to have a lot in common. I, however, feel like I have shared a similar challenge as these great creatures –migrating to find a new home. Ottawa is a built-up city. It’s full of businesses, hotels and homes, yet it seems the travelling herd have settled down more quickly than I have. 
What is and isn’t art is one of the greatest philosophical debates in aesthetics. Art is subjective. Is it enough for something to be called “art” for the public to appreciate it? Would the general public appreciate an abstract concept that it doesn’t understand? Not when public funds are used.
A planned footbridge over the O-Train track to Little Italy is moving a step closer after public consultations end.