SHCHC Fall Newsletter 2022

221 Nelson Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1C7 (613) 789-1500

www.sandyhillchc.on.ca

The Centre’s new visual identity and new website

At the last Annual General Meet ing on June 29, the Centre unveiled a refreshed logo as its new visual identity.

The demand to improve client experience and access to services and information lead to the need to develop a refreshed SHCHC website. This has played a significant im pact in response to SHCHC’s recent experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. The context of providing service during the pandemic, as well as the extensive use of virtual ways to connect with clients have created new requirements for our website, including:

• the need to review the website design and layout of information to improve ease of use for the public;

• the need to improve client ease of registering for programs and exchanging documents required for registration to service;

• the need for more usable and readily accessible client resourc es online;

• the need to streamline the web site, and link to other communi cations, including social media.

The Centre engaged Caredove to develop a new website to address these needs. Caredove, a company experienced in web development for health and social services agencies, specializes in platforms to improve ease of access to appointment book ings for health care and social services. As part of the development process, Caredove recommended a visual identity refresh, including a new SHCHC logo, for the following reasons:

1. The former logo (blue swirl) and brand was no longer supported by the Alliance for Healthier Communities, which was the entity that created it. A new Alliance logo was introduced in 20182019, along with the organiza tion’s name change.

2. Since the Association of Com munity Health Centres (AOHC) became the Alliance over three years ago, many CHCs began to adopt their own logo and visual identity.

3. Many CHCs have moved away from the idea of a shared logo because of the franchise notion it conveys - that you might ex pect the same experience at any CHC. The uniqueness of SHCHC was lost in the shared logo.

4. Logos should convey something local and flavourful, and relate to the identity and brand of an organization. Caredove has ad vised that we would benefit from a more meaningful logo.

Visit our new website at www.sandyhillchc.on.ca

The colours

Indigo blue is the primary colour throughout, and is a nod to the lega cy website’s colours and the history of Sandy Hill, and is also one of the colours in the flag of Ottawa.

Vivid red colour is reminiscent of the fall leaves and the leaf of the ma ple tree appearing on the Canadian flag.

The yellow/gold is used sparing ly as a complementary and tertiary colour.

Forty-seven years of excellence in serving our community

On June 29th, members of our community, staff and Board gath ered virtually for the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and to celebrate 47 years of excellent service to our community.

The AGM included the presenta tion and approval of the Chair’s and Treasurer’s reports, the appointment of auditors for the next fiscal year, approval of proposed changes to the Centre’s by-laws, the election of the Board of Directors, and acknowl edgement of departing Board mem bers.

In her address, the Board Chair, Ms. Leila Bocksch, focused on areas where the Board has worked over the past year to support the Centre’s activities and make sure it continues to remain relevant and sustainable. She also added that, “despite the complexity of confronting these and other challenges simultaneously, it has been a year of hope. We are in credibly proud of how our staff teams helped our clients, partners and one another through trying circumstanc es. Our staff showed the true value and grit of the essential worker step ping up to every challenge to be there for their clients.

Along the way this past year, our Centre also received Accredita tion-wide recognition in November 2021. It was evident to the Accreditation Review Team that the Board, leadership team and staff are com mitted to excellence. The Canadian Centre for Accreditation (CCA) was very pleased with our performance in achieving 50 out of 50 mandatory standards and 28 out of 28 leading practice standards.”

Mr. David Gibson, the Executive Director of the Centre, spoke about the Centre’s excellence in the pro vision of health and well-being ser vices, and about the challenges we encountered in these times of uncer tainty and that still lie ahead: “This past year was a year like no other. It has challenged us, made us adapt to

Annual General Meeting

Looking forward together

new realities and inspired us to never give up. But most importantly, it has made us proud of what SHCHC can achieve together in a time of great challenges.

Every aspect of operations at SHCHC was impacted by the pan demic. Countless processes were redesigned, new protocols were in troduced and continually refined, and staff were redeployed across the organization. SHCHC’s impact continued to extend beyond our walls last year, as we actively sup ported community-based COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics both off-site and on-site. We also collaborated with our partners in primary care, public health, community sup port services and mental health and addictions to address the impacts of the pandemic. Specific responses included supporting food security ini tiatives, respite services, counselling services and community-wide health promotion activities that ensured information about COVID-19 was available in a culturally and linguisti cally appropriate way.

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This year, as we look forward together and beyond the pandemic, we are harnessing what we learned, the resiliency that we demonstrated, and our amazing capacity for pivot ing and innovating. In the work we do to create pathways to health and well-being for vulnerable people, families and communities are also exhilarating opportunities to gener ate new insights, to strengthen exist ing partnerships and build new ones, to inspire creative new approach es, and to benefit from knowledge shared. We’ll work to leverage all of these opportunities as we continue into the new normal of 2022.”

The Board of Directors also recognized the Board members who ended their term or resigned during the past year: Ms. Miquelon Deller, who was with the Board since 2017, Mr. Guy Desaulniers, who joined the Board in 2018, Ms. Rebecca Gib bons, since 2018, Ms. Aynsley Mor ris, who came in 2015, Ms. BerniceMarie Kalubiaka, who joined in 2020, and Ms. Lesley Ng, who was on the Board for a short period of time of six months.

Mr. David Gibson thanked the outgoing Staff Representative Claire Scott who, for the past year, par ticipated actively with the Board of Directors and Board Committees, bringing her fresh perspectives on the work and daily challenges of staff at SHCHC. Claire resigned from her role as Staff Representative in early June, when she became a young mother.

The AGM concluded with the ac knowledgment of staff who, this year, turned 5, 10, 15 and 25 years of ded icated service at SHCHC.

Meet SHCHC’s Board of Directors for 2022-2023

• Board Chair: Leila Bocksch

• Co-Chair: Michael Mullan

• Vice-Chair: Glen Barber

• Vice-Chair: Brent Bauer

• Treasurer: Kim Brown

• Secretary: Daniel Roach

• Staff Representative: Marie Elise Blais and Derrick St-John

• Yvan Albert

• Karen Capen

• Letitia Charbonneau

• Hubert Paulmer

• Stéphanie Pelletier

• Elizabeth Sanderson

• Annette Traynor

The Board of Directors meets 10 times a year. If you would like to attend one of the meetings, please e-mail Cristina Coiciu at ccoiciu@sandyhillchc.on.ca

Upcoming Board meetings will be held on October 19 and November 16, 2022, and on January 18, February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17 and June 21, 2023.

SHCHC Award for Excellence in Health Promotion

With the annual Award for Excellence in Health Promotion estab lished in 2007, SHCHC is proud to honour those whose activities and initiatives have contributed to im proving the health and wellness of our community.

This year, the Board of Directors voted in favour of Félicité Murangira, Community Developer/Project Officer with the Neighbourhood Engage ment Team at Ottawa Public Health assigned to Strathcona Heights and Lowertown communities, for dem onstrating being a tireless advocate and supporter of these communities, specifically recognizing the issues and challenges being faced by resi dents living with regards to accessing COVID-19 information, vaccines, and supports.

Félicité Murangira has a Bache lor Degree in Law from the Universi ty of Burundi, and has been an advo cate for newcomers in Ottawa for the last 30 years. She currently works as a Community Developer/Project Offi cer with the Community Engagement Team at Ottawa Public Health. She is the team lead assigned to Strathco na Heights and Lowertown. Her role was to identify and recognize the is sues and challenges being faced by resi-dents living in those neigh borhoods with regards to accessing COVID-19 information, vaccines, and supports. She was instrumental in assisting with the organization of several mobile clinics in Strathcona Heights, mobilize outreach effort and help residents book appointments and arrange for transportation when necessary.

Félicité has also worked for 10 years with Vanier Community Ser vice Centre as a settlement worker, Ottawa Carleton Catholic School

Board for ten years as a Board Com munity Liaison Officer, 5 years at Somerset West Community Health Centre as the Ethno-Cultural HIV/ AIDS Community Coordinator, and at the University of Ottawa as a Proj ect Coordinator for Global Ottawa AIDS Link (GOAL). Her involvement with this initiative has linked the Black Community to academic re searchers to facilitate an exchange of knowledge and development of innovative best practices in HIV pre vention, care, treatment and support. Through GOAL projects she has ini tiated a partnership between League Universitaire de Lutte Contre le SIDA from University of Butare in Rwanda and University of Ottawa in 2006.

Félicité is the Co-Founder and past Co-Chair of the African and Ca ribbean Health Network of Ottawa, she is also a past member of the Af rican and Caribbean Council on HIV/ AIDS in Ontario.

Félicité is a mother of 4 children, and grandmother to 6 grandchildren. During her free time, she continues to support immigrant families with a special focus on seniors, people liv ing with mental illness and many iso lated people.

Throughout the years, Félicité has been the recipient of multiple awards and accomplishments that span over three decades: the 1990 Canadian African Women’s Orga nization Volunteer Award for welcoming African women; the 1995 Canadian African Solidarity Volun teer Award; the 2005 Rwandese As socia-tion Award for her contribution to the settlement and well-being of the Rwandan community in Otta-wa/ Gatineau. In 2006, the awards and accomplishments continued, as she was selected to appear in the Ca-

Murangira

nadian Women’s Calendar, while also receiving the Planet Africa Tele vision Volunteer of the Year Award along with the Community Advocate Award. She also received the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Healthy Living. In 2009, she received the Immigrant Women Service Ottawa Community Leader Award for supporting immigrants to overcome obstacles and barriers.

In 2013, Félicité received an award from the African and Caribbean Health Network of Ottawa. In 2013, she also received the Humani tarian Award from CARI – the Cana dian Association of Rwandan Youth, for her ex-emplary efforts in helping others. In 2018, she received an award from Regroupement Affaire Femmes (RAF) for her community involvement.

Farewell to our young retirees!

In her departure note to staff, Ire na said: “When I started working in 1998, we were a much smaller cen tre. I began working part-time, one morning per week, as an outreach nurse at the Salvation Army Shelter. I can still vividly remember walking to the shelter on a frigid winter morn ing and feeling totally uninspired. But as soon as I entered the build ing and saw the line-up of homeless men waiting for my assistance, I was humbled. Doing this type of work over many years helped me truly understand first-hand the meaning and impact of the determinants of health and health disparity. This experience changed me as a person, I think for the better.”

Irena Konopacki

The Centre benefitted from Ire na’s expertise in diabetes. She was always excited to learn and apply new approaches to diabetes care, at a time when this field of medicine was exploding with novel treatments. In her own words, “I was grateful to be given a beautiful space to work in, and longer appointments with clients to individualize diabetes care and to motivate healthy lifestyle changes.”

She has spent most of her career at SHCHC, and she felt fortunate to have worked with so many wonderful people over the years.

Working with the smaller Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management team allowed her to collaborate with the enthusiastic and

dedicated group of professionals, to concentrate on her group facilitation skills, and to facilitate many different workshops and programs.

Irena also worked on interesting projects with a new generation of tech-savvy and clever nursing students. Her one-on-one health coaching of clients struggling with insomnia and other chronic health problems was also rewarding for her, as clients felt less alone in their struggles and were so appreciative of the support she was offering.

“I continue to be amazed at how Sandyhillchc has grown. Yet it has not lost the compassionate, clientcentered care that is often lacking in other medical models. Though it is extremely difficult to ‘let go’ and I will be sad to depart, I am eager for the opportunity to get my health back on track, to spend more time with family and friends and to eventually travel. Most importantly though, I plan to keep my heart open to where the spirit may lead me. If there are any additional steps that I can take to ease this transition, please let me know.”

We thank Irena for all her con tributions and dedication over the years, and wish her a healthy and exciting retirement!

It is with mixed emotions to an nounce that Rob Boyd, the Director of Oasis will be moving on to a new and exciting position as the new Ex ecutive Leader for the Ottawa Inner City Health Organization, starting October 17, 2022. I have had both the honor and privilege to work with Rob at the Senior Leadership table for the past 19 years. I am extremely proud of Rob for being selected to lead this progressive partner orga nization into a post-pandemic era. Both his skills and professional de meanor will serve him well as he em barks on this new leadership opportunity.

I would also be remiss to say that it is also an incredible loss for the SHCHC, the Senior Manage ment Team, and the Oasis Program.

Through our 19 years of work ing together, we have gone through many challenges, as well as had many wonderful successes. I will miss his optimism, sense of humor, media savvy, strategic and opera tional foresight, and more than anything his wonderful calm presence in a sometimes crazy-making world.

I would like to share below some of Rob’s work highlights since he came to SHCHC, in February 2003.

• He was on the hiring committee for the first Oasis Program Direc tor in, 1995.

• Started working at the Centre in February 2003.

• Rob oversaw the move of the Oasis Program to 221 Nelson, in 2007.

Irena Konopacki, Community Health Nurse and Health Promoter with the Chronic Disease Management Team, and Certified Diabetes Nurse Educator and Program Facili tator, retired at the end of April, after almost 30 years working at SHCHC.

Farewell, Rob!

Rob Boyd

Farewell to our young retirees!

Well, this is truly the end of an era at SHCHC... As many of you know, Serge Laverdure retired at the end of August. Serge started with us way back in 1997, and there are only a handful of staff remaining from that era.

It goes without saying that Serge has lent a helping hand to everyone at Sandy Hill CHC. He’s a one-of-akind person, who is always willing to take on projects and provide creative solutions. Serge has left an indelible mark on the Centre with his personality and his workmanship. His range of skills has benefited us all. He is a master of many trades and the evi dence of his excellent work can be found throughout the Centre.

Serge knew the Centre like no one else, and has dedicated his ca reer to making our work space func tional and comfortable. There is not one square inch of the building that Serge does not know and his depar ture and the history and knowledge he takes with him will leave a mas sive hole to fill. His work as a super intendent was a more challenging than most realize, and he was ex cellent at dealing with every chal

lenge that he was asked to resolve! His job was truly 24/7, and he was often called to work in the middle of the night and on weekends when his pager would go off, and abruptly put an end to whatever he was doing in his personal life.

On a personal note, I wish Serge and his family nothing but the best in retirement! Serge and I started our careers at the Centre around the same time, and we became friends. That relationship became different when I moved into my position as Director, and we both understood that professional boundaries needed to be maintained. That type of tran sition is often not easy, but Serge has been an amazing team member and someone whom I have nothing but praise and respect for as an em ployee and person. I look forward to remaining friends with him in retirement.

As we move forward in Property Management, we will do our best to honor Serge’s commitment to mak ing the Centre a great place to be. As I mentioned to him, he will be invited to take on special projects with us, if he is interested!

Serge Laverdure

So please join me in saying “Thank you” to Serge for all his service to us, and wishing him a happy and welldeserved retirement! Merci, Serge!

- by Matthew Garrison, Director of Administration, Human Resources and Information Technology

Farewell, Rob!

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• He was part of the successful advocacy for the continuation of the Crack Pipe Program, when the Board of Health canceled Ot tawa Public Health’s pilot project in the same year.

• In 2010, partnered with Dr. Lisa Bromley to introduce Opioid Agonist Treatment at Sandy Hill CHC, and initiated local Over dose Prevention Committee to begin to strategize for commu nity education and advocacy.

• He supported the launch of Otta wa’s first drug user led advocacy group DUAL.

• In 2011, partnered with Canadi an Mental Health Association to launch the Intensive Case Man agement Service, and advocated for “Housing First” philosophy.

• In 2012, he became the Manage ment Lead on Board’s direction to consider expanding services to include supervised injection.

• In 2016, he was awarded the Anglican Diocese Social Justice Award for supervised consumption site advocacy work.

• In 2017, he secured a federal ex emption to operate a supervised consumption site at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.

• Also in 2017, he accepted the “Transformative Change Award” (shared with South Riverdale and Parkdale/Queen West CHC) on behalf of the Centre’s suc cessful advocacy to open super vised consumption services.

• In 2018, partnered with the Uni versity of Ottawa and Carleton

University on an evaluation of mass spectrometry-based drug checking at our Centre.

• In 2019, he was the Recovery Day Award recipient for Com passion and Perseverance in the field of Addiction.

And, of course, who can forget that Rob captained the Centre’s “One Hit Wonders” to three consecu tive championships in the Annual Social Services 3-Pitch Tournament. Please join me in congratulating Rob and wishing him every success and best wishes as he transitions from SHCHC to Ottawa Inner City Health as the new CEO!

- by David Gibson, Executive Director

The SHCHC family have lost a former colleague, community activist and friend... Sadly, Alex Hay passed away in early June, 2022.

He had just retired from his teaching career in May, and, as an experienced paddler, Alex bought himself a kayak as a retirement gift and headed for a solo camping and paddling trip in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, on Lake Superior. Tragi cally, he suffered a heart attack and was found by a search team the fol lowing week.

Alex was born in South Africa, in 1965. After completing a Master’s degree in History and a B.Ed., Alex began his teaching career in Ottawa at age 22. As a teacher and international volunteer with the World Uni versity Service of Canada (WUSC), he worked in Botswana, Swaziland, and Nepal. Alex taught with the OCDSB, worked with SHCHC, and spent the last 15 years of his ca reer at the Adult High School in Ot tawa. This past year, Alex taught in the Mishkeegogamang First Nation, near Pickle Lake, north of Thunder Bay.

Alex was deeply committed to environmental and social justice, manifested in his actions, his spirit and his unwavering pursuit of fair ness and equity. Much of Alex’s in terest in and out of the classroom

was focused on supporting refugees, newcomers to Canada, and adults returning to the world of learning. He was not just a passionate and creative teacher; he was often an advo cate, a cheerleader, a mentor and a friend to his students.

At SHCHC, Alex Hay held sev eral roles including contracts as the Community Garden Network Coordi nator and support staff at the former 88 Main Street satellite hub, in Old Ottawa East.

When Alex moved on from SHCHC to return to his teaching ca reer, he stayed connected - in par ticular, as a regular volunteer with the Community Development and Engagement team’s Bike Rodeo skills training events at Viscount Al exander Public School. As an active transportation activist, Alex cycled all year long, choosing a bike over transit or owning a car. He enthusi astically encouraged others to learn to ride as well, and was involved in cycling advocacy in Ottawa for many years.

When Syrian refugees were seeking safety in Canada, Alex reached out to his various networks and friends and created Salaam Ot tawa, a sponsorship group that sup ported the arrival and settlement of a Syrian family of four. After cham pioning the process, despite the bu

Alex Hay (1965 - 2022)

reaucratic hurdles, Alex continued his support of refugee settlement through further involvement in the sponsorship of more families coming to Ottawa.

Many former and current SHCHC staff were fortunate to have worked alongside Alex, and we remember the sparkle in his mischievous eyes, his quick wit and generous humour, his deep connection to the outdoors, and his interest to work hard to make the world a better place.

I met Alex in the late 1990’s in Southern Africa, and formed a last ing friendship with him and with his wonderful family. It is difficult to ac cept that he has left this physical world, but his presence touched so many people in so many positive ways. This was exceedingly evident when, on July 2, friends and family from various threads of Alex’s paths gathered at Mādahòkì Farm for a celebration of his life, to share sto ries and photographs, and to witness the incredible impact of his generous spirit.

The Centre will mount a leaf in his memory on the Memorial Wall during a small ceremony, on November 17.

- by Chris Osler, friend of the family and former SHCHC staff member

Shelly Ann Patricia Terkuc (1979 - 2022)

We were saddened to learn that on July 16, 2022, our former col league, Shelly Terkuc, passed away suddenly at the age of 43.

“It was my privilege to work with Shelly at the SHCHC. Her positive energy and humour lightened may challenging days in the Oasis Pro gram” , said Rob Boyd, the Director of the program. “Shelly will be great ly missed by colleagues, friends and all those who loved her.”

A leaf in her memory will be mounted on the Memorial Wall on November 17, 2022.

Strathcona Heights Summer Camp

This year, for the first time ever, the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre brought summer camp to Strathcona Heights! The Day Camp for children and youth aged 6-14 ran from 10 AM – 2 PM. Overall, 58 par ticipants were registered to be part of the program.

The camp ran for a success ful six weeks, ending on August 19. There were eleven youth from the neighborhood who were also part of the program through volunteering opportunities, as well as three Junior Community Assistants employed through the Youth Services Bureau Summer Student Program. Another three Senior Community Assistants, as well as a Camp Coordinator, were also hired through the same pro gram.

The activities focused on learn ing about community spaces, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and community build ing. Trips to Dutchy’s Hole Park, the splash pad, the green space behind 430 Wiggins Private and the community gardens were a part of experi encing the Sandy Hill community.

We had the opportunity to work with MASC (Multicultural Artists for Schools and Communities) and Envi ro Centre. MASC brought artists that prepared percussion performances, storytelling and dance, while Enviro Centre taught kids about recycling, garbage and compost with games and activities for everyone. Ottawa Community Housing also brought a fun activity during the last week of camp: beautifying the neighbour hood by painting the benches and tables inside Lori Heath Park. Trips planned throughout camp included: the Science and Technology Mu seum, the Museum of Nature, Fun Haven, as well as frequent visits to Strathcona Park.

Many thanks to all summer camp staff: Simrit Athwal, Celia Karezi, Joyce Kavugho, Jean Desriveaux, Rayan Ahmed, Abdiqani Hassan and Hildana Adan. Also much gratitude to our youth volunteers: Meron, Sara, Nuhamin, Tarek, Samuel, Afrah, Mai da, PJ Senai, Ismalia and Tanite.

- by Gerald Dragon, Community Development and Engagement Team Leader

No such thing as good or bad eating, only joyful eating!

“Eat this, not that.”

“This food is bad, don’t eat it.”

“Eat less of this, because it’s unhealthy.”

You may have heard these phras es before, or you may even have been the one to say them. People of ten like to categorize or label things to help better understand them. As you can see, we do this with food as well. You may notice that some foods get called “bad” and “good” or “heathy” and “unhealthy”. These are very loaded labels that pack a lot of punch into how we perceive certain foods, if we allow ourselves to eat them, how much we allow ourselves to eat, how we feel about ourselves when we eat them, even what we think of others who eat them. Add on to these labels the never-ending waves of conflicting diet messages from social media, television and ad vertising that tell us what we should or should not eat. Just to sweeten the deal, our friends and family may have a say on the matter. Combine all of these messages, and suddenly eating becomes overwhelming, guiltinducing, burdening, a rulebook that needs to be followed. Talk about taking the joy out of eating.

What if we shift our focus away from these messages? Put in our earplugs and drown them out. What would we be left with? Consider “competent eating”, a concept for which the primary principal is a good relationship with food and address ing our eating attitude and behaviors rather than only our food selec tions. Competent eating is when we are positive, comfortable and flex ible with eating, as well as “matterof-fact” and reliable about getting enough to eat of enjoyable foods. The Satter Eating Competence Mod el (ecSatter), created by registered dietitian and family therapist, Ellyn Satter, outlines this concept for us1 In fact, it is a model that has been scientifically tested and validated, and has shown that people who eat competently are more active, have better nutrition and metabolic mark ers, and have more positive quality of life indicators2,3

Sounds pretty great, right? Let’s see how one can become a compe tent eater. To start us off,

1. Feed yourself faithfully, which means to reassure yourself and your body that you will be fed at all times. Create a regular meal and snack routine including foods that you actually enjoy and not being dictated by the labels “foods-to-avoid” or “foods-toeat”. Make eating times pleasant and relaxing, pay attention as you eat, and take your time with every bite.

2. Give yourself permission to eat, which means, eat what you want, as your body requires va riety of good foods and to feel happy. Eat as much as you want, as your body knows how much food it needs. Trust in this. Go to meals hungry (not starving) and eat until you really feel like stopping. Finally, eat food if it tastes good, if it doesn’t, then don’t force yourself. This all may sound very freeing and relaxing, but also, scary. In fact, you may worry that by giving yourself per mission to eat competently, you will lose complete control over eating and not eat well. This is where the last point comes into play:

3. Notice, as you learn and grow. Becoming a competent eater takes time and patience. It’s been so long that you’ve been holding onto those food labels, diet messages, and the “do’s” and “don’ts” of eating. Give your self structure and permission to eat. Eventually, you will be reli able about seeing to that you get fed regularly, you will eat what

you need regardless of the por tion size, you will eat “forbidden” foods as normal foods in com pletely normal ways, and you will eat a variety of nutritious foods (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, etc.) simply because you enjoy them and not because anyone is telling you should.

As the holidays and year-end festivities are on the horizon, you may notice yourself feeling more pressure, stress, even guilt around eating. Try to think back and re member these main concepts behind competent eating, structure and permission to eat. Start small and slowly work to bring back the joy to your table. For more infor mation on competent eating, visit: http://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org.

References:

(1) Satter E. (2007). Eating competence: Definition and evidence for the Satter Eat ing Competence model. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 39 , S142–S153. https://doi-org.proxy.bib.uottawa. ca/10.1016/j.jneb.2007.01.006

(2) Krall, J.S. & Lohse B. (2011). Valida tion of a measure of the Satter eating competence model with low-income fe males. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. ; 8,2636. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-26 3.

(3) Lohse B. (2015). The Satter Eating Competence Inventory for Low-income persons is a valid measure of eating competence for persons of higher socio economic position. Appetite. 87 : 223-8. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.12.228.

When I say AWESOME, you say ARTS!

we’re grateful that another success ful program was able to be held.

Many thanks to the following funders: Government of Ontario, ACFO, Boys and Girls Club of Ot tawa, Riverside Park Community As sociation, Cultural Human Resourc es Council, Ottawa Markets and the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, as well as to our partners: MASC, Viscount Alexander Public School, Christie Lake Kids, École élémentaire publique Francojeu nesse, Ottawa Community Housing, York St. Public School, and École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Anne.

This is the call and response chant that can usually be heard com ing from the MC and the audience during the Awesome Arts/Arts en Folie Festival! This year, though the chant was present, it was much qui eter due to the limited number of at tendees who could be at the Ottawa Art Gallery for the in-person event.

Earlier this year, Awesome Arts/ Arts en Folie was back for its 10th year in Sandy Hill and, as usual, we worked with Viscount Alexander Public School, our long-time partner. This year, our programming partner MASC received funding from the As sociation des Communautés Fran cophone d’Ottawa (ACFO), specifi cally for Francophone workshops which allowed for an extension of the program to École élémentaire publique Francojeunesse, where several other workshops such as a Mural with Nicole Bélanger, Spoken

Word with Wise Atangana, and Bol lywood Dance with Kuljit Sodhi were offered.

In Strathcona Heights and at Viscount Alexander Public School, participants attended workshops with BBoyizm (Dance), Just the Jaamal the Poet (Spoken Word), Tina LeMoine (Animation), Jacqui Du Toit (Story Telling) and again Kuljit Sodhi, the creator of the world mu sic ensemble Galitcha, a visionary group that performs original compo sitions based on Indian folk music. This was the first time that Awesome Arts/Arts en Folie worked with Kuljit Sodhi and his crowd-gathering. Bol lywood dance choreography had most people off of their feet at the Festival!

While we look forward to the return of the after-school version of Awesome Arts/Arts en Folie, as well as the raucous in-person Festival,

Take a look at this amazing mural created by MASC artist Nicole Bélanger, with the help of kids from l’École Élémentaire publique Francojeunesse! Find it at Ottawa Art Gallery!

- by Gerald Dragon Community Development and Engagement Team Leader

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