Choice, no choice: More young women finding themselves in part-time jobs, data shows
Last fall, Carleton University student Kate Yoshida was juggling her studies with a part-time job. The 20 year old media production and design student was working in the communications department of the Canadian Forces Housing Agency. “I took the job just because it was my first full-time summer job that was related to my field of study,” she said. Yoshida...
Cumberland heritage museum to host new way to learn local history in March
Deep in Orléans East-Cumberland ward, along the Old Montreal Road on the rural eastern edge of Ottawa, lies a village lost to time. The Cumberland Heritage Village Museum prides itself on preserving a series of true-to-era reproductions of buildings between the 1920s and 1930s. And in March, the museum is hosting an event titled “Tales from the Village”. It invites...
NAC Orchestra plans landmark spring tour to South Korea, Japan
The National Arts Centre Orchestra is to embark on a monumental tour this spring, including its debut in South Korea and a return to Japan for the first time in 40 years. The orchestra has performed in every Canadian province and territory, but it is also known as one of the most accessible and collaborative orchestras in the world. This...