The youth consultation held by the City of Ottawa flopped like a dying fish when only two young people showed up to provide input on the plan being made for the city’s future.
Youth give up right to squawk
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Special ed before gifted
The Ottawa-Carleton Board of Education has warped classroom dynamics. By snipping fifty special education teachers from its payroll, it has placed many special needs children in regular classrooms.
Consultation overrated
The Ottawa Humane Society asked for the $19, 000 report. They invited the Humane Society of the United States in to make suggestions on how they could improve their services. Now, the Ottawa Humane Society is in a jam. It’s been over a year and the main thrust of 488 recommendations, public consultation, has yet to take place. Was this report a waste of money or not?
Wildlife centre deserves support
For the past 15 years, the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre has been a model of selfless voluntarism.
With the vision, personal caring and dedication of the founders, employees, volunteers, corporate and private patrons, the centre has progressed and grown to become an internationally recognized model of good urban wildlife rehabilitation and conflict resolution practices — the best in North America!