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The Door You Came In
On February 25, OPL presented
an extraordinary performance of spoken word and song in partnership with the
Canadian War Museum, as part of its Canada 150 program. Author David Mcfarlane
and musician Douglas Cameron presented tales of family, memory, and war based
on David Mcfarlane’s poignant memoir, The Danger Tree.
Mayor’s Poetry Contest
This Marquee Event will
take place during National Poetry month (April), in partnership with Ottawa
2017 and four Ottawa School Boards. OPL will work with school boards to have
PoeTree Sculptures in four branches, upon which student poems will be hung. More
information will be shared at a later date, we encourage everyone to keep an
eye out for this contest and encourage all school-aged children to
participate. There will opportunities for Board participation during the
event.
Vice-Chair Bergeron noted
that he and Trustee Fisher sit on the Canada 150 Ad-hoc Committee. He
thanked staff for their tremendous work and suggested that staff identify a
list of trustees and local councillors to attend each of the events.
Direction to staff:
That staff propose a list
of trustees and local councillors to attend each of the four branch events
with respect to the OPL Canada 150 Marquee Event: Mayor’s Poetry Contest.
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