Archive 1997-2016
I am writing to follow up on the report and associated editorial on comments attributed to Mac Harb on the NCC’s vision for downtown Ottawa/Hull in your Oct. 9 issue.
. . . I was at the same meeting as your reporter and thought it would be useful to let your readers know that the comments attributed to Mac Harb are not what I heard at the meeting.
When corporations reach out with fists full of money and seek partnerships with our public
education system, we should beware of Chaucer’s smile that hides the knife.
Cisco Systems Canada, which had $7.2 billion in revenue last year, has just secured a partnership with the Ottawa-Carleton School Board to train students for two to three years in computer networking. Cisco will train the teachers and provide the computer labs. The students get a certificate and a chance to work in the United States right out of high school.
By Amy Nickerson
The National Arts Centre has kicked off a season of plays which are as plagued with ethical dilemmas as the NAC is with managerial problems.
“I ended up with a season that addresses some very important issues to do with ethics, to do with morality,” says arts director Marti Maraden, “to do with individual morality in the face of public pressure.”
Canada’s newest human rights ambassadors are all under the age of 18 — and they are spreading their message through art.
The National Arts Centre held an art contest for children last year to celebrate human rights. Now this celebration will be seen in more than 18 different countries.