This is a collection of Open Access Books written by faculty, staff, and students at the University of Northern Iowa.
University of Northern Iowa. Environmental Literature (Spring 2017).
Beauty Outside Our Doors collects stories, poems, essays, and interviews with people of Black Hawk County, Iowa, giving voice to their relationship to the land, in their own words. From beekeeping to family farms to kayaking down the Cedar River and nature therapy, this work serves as a witness to the beauty to be found here—and the challenges we still face as citizens and lovers of the natural world.
Published as a collaboration between the Soil and Water Conservation District and students in the Spring 2017 Environmental Literature class at the University of Northern Iowa, this unique anthology invites you to open its pages to experience and honor the people and the land of Black Hawk County.
University of Northern Iowa. Two-Dimensional Concepts (Spring 2017).
This anthology is the result of a service-learning project supported by The Facing Project. Students enrolled in Two-Dimensional Concepts, a foundations art course at the University of Northern Iowa, and K-12 authors at the Waterloo Writing Project collaborated over the course of a semester through shared stories, conversations, and illustrations. The authors provided stories of their experiences and memories growing up in the Cedar Valley and were partnered with first year UNI art students who took inspiration from the authors' writings to create accompanying illustrations.
EPA has requirements for Gasoline Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk Gasoline Plants and Pipeline Facilities under 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart BBBBBB (NESHAP 6B) to reduce air pollution. This calendar has been developed to assist Bulk Gasoline Plants in complying with NESHAP 6B. Additional Iowa specific NESHAP 6B rules are discussed later.
The Iowa Air Emissions Assistance Program (IAEAP) at the Iowa Waste Reduction Center (IWRC), supported by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is pleased to present the 2016-2017 Environmental Recordkeeping Calendar for Dry Cleaning Facilities. The use of hazardous chemicals in the dry cleaning process, including perchloroethylene (commonly known as perc), can pose safety and environmental concerns if not managed appropriately. In an effort to minimize these concerns state and federal regulations are in place that may apply to your facility. These regulations have been developed to ensure your business operations will not unexpectedly harm the environment or individuals. The use of this calendar will assist you in implementing and tracking your business's efforts to comply with hazardous waste regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for dry cleaners (40 CFR Part 63 Subpart M). NESHAP records must be kept at your facility for 5 years and the hazardous waste records for 3 years. The calendar will allow you to: • Record results of required leak checks and equipment monitoring; • Maintain records for refrigerated condensers and adsorbers; • Track perc purchases and annual usage; • Document monthly hazardous waste generation; and • Organize and document compliance in the event of a DNR or EPA inspection. While this calendar is not inclusive of all environmental regulations that may apply to your facility, it will serve as a good starting point for tracking important information related to environmental compliance.
University of Northern Iowa. Department of Languages and Literatures.
During the spring and fall semesters of 2016, UNI students collaborated with adult Learners in English classes at the YWCA in Waterloo, Iowa as language partners. The stories below are just a sample of all the different backgrounds and talents that the adult English Learners brought to the collaboration. At the end of the fall 2016 semester, the YWCA students were invited to write about their past, present and/or future and, if they wanted to, about their family as well. (The document that prompted them to share their ideas is on the first page!) UNI students offered assistance, as needed, to help the YWCA students craft their stories. Students were also invited to share fabric from their home countries. These fragments of cloth inspired the patterns on the book cover and throughout its pages. We present this text as a means to join together words and images that linked students from around the world as partners in Learning.
University of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness and Applications (Fall 2016).
University of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness and Applications (Spring 2016).
Conversations and stories collected by the Spring 2016 Human Relations class taught by Kathy Oakland at the University of Northern Iowa.
Conversations & Stories: Acceptance, hardship, friendship, work, hospitality, serendipity, passion, misfortune, kindness, weather, waiting, imagination, forgiveness and gratitude.
The objective of this publication is to provide basic technical support for new and existing Iowa county roadside programs. The manual is also intended to provide guidance to policymakers and engineers interested in adopting or expanding integrated vegetation management in county right-of-way.
Iowa Waste Reduction Center. and Iowa. Department of Natural Resources.
The Iowa Waste Reduction Center (IWRC) at the University of Northern Iowa has provided environmental services including business assistance, industry training, as well as research and development for nearly 25 years. Since inception, the center has conducted over 3,600 on-site reviews in all 99 Iowa counties and as a result has become a national leader in small business environmental assistance. The IWRC works with dry cleaning facilities providing environmental on-site assistance offering recommendations for air, hazardous waste, wastewater, and solid waste compliance issues. The Iowa Air Emissions Assistance Program (IAEAP) at the IWRC, supported by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is pleased to present the Dry Cleaner Compliance Manual. The purpose of this manual is to help Iowa dry cleaning facilities using perchloroethylene, petroleum solvents, or alternative solvents understand and comply with state and federal regulations. The manual is to be used in conjunction with the Environmental Recordkeeping Calendar for Dry Cleaning Facilities. Electronic copies of the Compliance Manual and the Recordkeeping Calendar can be found on the IAEAP website at http://iwrc.org/services/iaeap/dry-cleaning/. The use of hazardous chemicals in the dry cleaning process, including perchloroethylene (commonly known as perc), petroleum solvents, and even alternative solvent-based cleaners can pose safety and environmental concerns if not managed appropriately. In an effort to minimize these concerns state and federal regulations are in place that may apply to your facility. These regulations have been developed to ensure your business operations will not unexpectedly harm the environment or individuals. This manual is organized into three sections; one for each of the most commonly used types of dry cleaning chemicals. Section 1 : Perchloroethylene-Based Dry Cleaning Systems Section 2: Petroleum Solvent-Based Dry Cleaning Systems Section 3: Alternative Solvent-Based Dry Cleaning Systems Each section will cover the applicable requirements to comply with regulations for air quality, hazardous waste, and wastewater for the specific type of cleaner being used.
This manual contains information on the main environmental rules that apply to a printing business. Depending on your own situation, there may be other rules, not included in here that you need to consider; also, environmental rules are changing constantly. Therefore, this is intended solely as guidance, and does not replace the actual regulations that apply to a facility at any given time. This (document or tool) cannot be used to bind the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and is not a substitute for reading applicable statutes and regulations.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pollution prevention can be defined as: "The use of materials, processes, or practices that reduces or eliminates the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source." Pollution prevention represents a shift away from the old school of thought, "pollution control," in which waste was not dealt with until after it was generated. Through pollution prevention, we look at the processes that generate the waste to see if we can avoid creating a waste in the first place, or at least reduce the hazardous nature of the waste. When this is not possible, the next best solution to prevent wastes from having a negative impact on the environment is through careful management and recycling. This manual will help golf course maintenance staff identify areas where pollution prevention techniques can be applied in a practical manner. Each section presents a waste type common to golf courses accompanied by pollution prevention recommendations. Although the focus of this manual is on pollution prevention, regulatory information is given as necessary where it impacts pollution prevention practices and to illustrate how pollution prevention can help reduce regulatory requirements.
This manual has been organized into seven sections. Section 1 introduces the reader to fluid management and potential rewards of a fluid management program. Section 2 provides a brief review of cutting fluid systems, functions of cutting fluids and characteristics a fluid should have in order to perform safely and effectively. Section 3 presents information on cutting fluid selection and types of cutting fluids available. It covers the four types of metalworking fluids used today, their advantages and disadvantages, and factors to consider in selecting a fluid. Section 4 is the main focus of this manual. It discusses the four integral components of fluid management–administration, monitoring, maintenance, and recycling. It provides information on practices that can be readily adopted to prevent the onset of fluid degradation, maintain fluid quality, extend fluid service life and reduce waste. Section 5 presents information on waste management and disposal. It provides an overview of environmental regulations that pertain to spent cutting fluid and reviews possible disposal alternatives for waste cutting fluid. Section 6 looks at alternatives to cutting fluids. Advantages and disadvantages of dry machining and other existing technology is examined, and information is presented on a number of emerging technologies that can extend cutting fluid life or even eliminate traditional cutting fluids altogether. Section 7 provides detailed information on the subject of worker health and safety, and provides sources for additional information on this subject. Appendix A contains several case studies. These studies demonstrate how the many pieces of a cutting fluid management system can be fit together to provide an effective, economical and efficient operation.
The Guide to Extending Your Reach through Local Economic Developers was prepared as a step-by-step work plan for technical assistance providers to extend their targeted promotional efforts through local economic developers. Building on existing relationships that the economic developers have with area businesses, the Guide provides advice, support material, and insight into the process of partnering with a local, trusted entity to build a strong foundation in the community with regard to utilizing the provider's technical assistance program to fill the environmental niche in the business community.
The reference information below is designed as a guide for the listing of materials on the Iowa Waste Exchange database. All materials need to be listed in pounds. This information is intended for estimation purposes when the material's weight is unavailable.
For MIS specialists and nonspecialists alike, teacher and consultant Dan Power provides a readable, comprehensive, understandable guide to the concepts and applications of decision support systems. Not only does his book help enhance your DSS design and development capabilities, it also shows how DSS can buttress organization goals and the impact DSS have throughout organizations and at all levels of management. Power defines DSS broadly: interactive computer-based systems and subsystems that help people use computer communications, data, documents, knowledge, and models to solve problems and make decisions. He focuses his book on practical applications, but also includes important and relevant empirical research and underlying theory. His book thus provides enough concrete detail to help grasp the essentials of DSS, but it also gives advanced tips and suggestions to DSS specialists too. For people trained in fields outside the information sciences, Power's book is especially valuable. It gives them the knowledge they need to work with their MIS colleagues and to truly appreciate the management value of information technology overall.
Filtering parts washing solvent is a good way to increase the life of cleaning solvent, and improve the cleaning performance of a parts washer. There are several options when considering filtration. If a business is adding or replacing units, the reasonable thing to do is to simply purchase a parts washer with a filtering unit built in. However, if the cost of new units is a concern, or if the old units are in working order, it might be more desirable to add a filtration unit to the current system.
This Handbook is intended to provide the information needed for agribusiness facilities to comply with state and federal environmental regulations. Staff at the Iowa Waste Reduction Center wrote the Handbook. Technical input and review was provided by Dan Eddinger, Nebraska Department of Enviromental Quality; Mark Lohafer and John Whipple, Iowa Department of Land and Agricultural Stewardship; staff at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) Region 7; staff at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR); and Chris Murray, Agribusiness Association of Iowa.
University of Northern Iowa. Small Business Pollution Prevention Center.
The Pollution Prevention Implementation Plan for Metal Manufacturers was prepared as part of the Iowa Pollution Prevention Initiative (IPPI) pilot project. IPPI demonstrated the team approach to small business pollution prevention technical assistance through integration of existing Iowa Small Business Development Center and Iowa Waste Reduction Center services. This cooperative effort was designed to help small businesses learn about and implement pollution prevention through recognition of pollution prevention options, comparison of costs and benefits, and evaluation of financing options. The Pollution Prevention Implementation Plan (PPIP) for Metal Manufacturers provides: • An overview of pollution prevention options, • A review of the costs and benefits associated with these options, and • Steps for pollution prevention implementation and financing Use of the PPIP will help a small business select pollution prevention practices that have a high probability of being successful from quality/production, environmental and economic standpoints. While this particular PPIP addresses the metal manufacturing industry, other PPIP's are available for printing and vehicle maintenance facilities.
The Pollution Prevention Implementation Plan for Printers was prepared as part of the Iowa Pollution Prevention Initiative (IPPI) pilot project. IPPI demonstrated the team approach to small business pollution prevention technical assistance through integration of existing Iowa Small Business Development Center and Iowa Waste Reduction Center services. This cooperative effort was designed to help small businesses learn about and implement pollution prevention through recognition of pollution prevention options, comparison of costs and benefits, and evaluation of financing options. The Pollution Prevention Implementation Plan (PPIP) for Printers provides: • An overview of pollution prevention options, • A review of the costs and benefits associated with these options, and • Steps for pollution prevention implementation and financing Use of the PPIP will help a small business select pollution prevention practices that have a high probability of being successful from quality/production, environmental and economic standpoints. While this particular PPIP addresses the printing industry, other PPIP's are available for metal manufacturing and vehicle maintenance facilities. Many pollution prevention options recommended for lithographic printing can be adapted to all types of printing shops and printing methods.
The Pollution Prevention Implementation Plan for Vehicle Maintenance was prepared as part of the Iowa Pollution Prevention Initiative (IPPI) pilot project. IPPI demonstrated the team approach to small business pollution prevention technical assistance through integration of existing Iowa Small Business Development Center and Iowa Waste Reduction Center services. This cooperative effort was designed to help small businesses learn about and implement pollution prevention through recognition of pollution prevention options, comparison of costs and benefits, and evaluation of financing options. The Pollution Prevention Implementation Plan (PPIP) for Vehicle Maintenance provides: • An overview of pollution prevention options, • A review of the costs and benefits associated with these options, and • Steps for pollution prevention implementation and financing Use of the PPIP will help a small business select pollution prevention practices that have a high probability of being successful from quality/production, environmental and economic standpoints. While this particular PPIP addresses the vehicle maintenance facilities, other PPIP's are available for printing and metal manufacturing industry.
Pollution prevention can be defined as: "The use of materials, processes, or practices that reduces or eliminates the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source." (EPA) Pollution prevention represents a shift away from the old school of thought, "pollution control," in which waste was not dealt with until after it was generated. Through pollution prevention, we look at the processes that generate the waste to see if we can avoid creating a waste in the first place, or at least reduce the hazardous nature of the waste. When this is not possible, the next best solution to prevent wastes from having a negative impact on the environment is through careful management and recycling. If you are a vehicle maintenance and repair shop owner or service manager, this manual is for you. It will help you identify areas in your facility where pollution prevention techniques can be applied in a practical manner. Each section presents a waste stream common to vehicle maintenance accompanied by pollution prevention recommendations. Appendices to this manual contain lists of equipment vendors and service providers, regulatory summaries, and other information necessary to implement recommendations. Although the focus of this manual is on pollution prevention, regulatory information is given as necessary where it impacts pollution prevention practices and to illustrate how pollution prevention can help reduce regulatory requirements. A shop with good pollution prevention practices will be well on its way to regulatory compliance.


My work is a collision of two worlds, painting and sculpture, but it has its origins in painting and architecture, which has inspired the proportions and scaling-up element in my work.
Other notable influences include the American minimalists and painters of light such as Piero della Francesca and Rembrandt.
At first glance the panels may look perfect – constructed as they are using the mathematical principles of Fibonacci – but look again and you find your eye momentarily jarred by some tiny imperfection; misplaced lines that skewer the composition, a fractionally off-kilter angle or the insert sitting off-centre in its larger panel of stone. These are the subtle flaws that give the work its personality, its thread of humanity.
For me, what's left unsaid is as poignant as what is said. I will whittle and pare the 'canvas' down to its minimalist essence, the intention being to leave a door open to the imagination; it's then up to the viewer to create their own reality out of my fragments of colour, distressed layers and play of light and shade. It's as if the pigmented portal offers a glimpse back in time and like a 'time capsule' helps peel back the layers and accretions of centuries. It might look minimalist but my work has an old soul. I'm fascinated by minutiae, by the details you isolate on a paving slab or the fragment of paint in a fresco, by worlds within worlds, and that's why I always create a portal within a portal.
Close-up it means nothing but stand back and you start to fill in the picture. You bring to it your own interpretation, the richness of your own emotional experience; you make it your own. There's also an ambiguity to the inner portals, which appear slightly crater-like, almost like ear-drums, as if they're listening to something much bigger – the universe perhaps? I like to think of them as light-filled thresholds to other worlds.


Description Children rode rugs down the Super Slide during Lake Park Fest in the late 1980s. Lake Park Fest was an annual summertime carnival held at Lake Opeka. This festival preceded our annual Fall Fest by many years.


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What Happened at Environment Committee Tuesday
Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ecology Ottawa
For Nancy Biggs, it's personal.
Though a member of myriad boards and committees across the city, she addressed the Environment Committee as an individual whose family has lived in Ottawa for six generations.
"We are seeing more freezing rain events, heavy rainfall causing flooding and sinkholes, as well as an increase in heat waves", she explained.
"Ottawa's climate has changed."
This direct, personal, message was the theme that ran through half a day of public delegations at Tuesday's Environment Committee meeting, as councillors met to discuss the Term of Council Priorities.
The Priorities document – almost certain to be passed by the full Council – lays out the initiatives that will receive both attention and funding from the city over the next three years. Climate change receives but faint mention.
One by one, concerned citizens, environmental groups and representatives from faith and First Nations communities stepped up to address Council. None was sufficiently naïve to think they could sway the committee's decision, but all were willing to take time out of a workday to make sure the message got through.
If councillors want to know what specific actions they can take to address climate change, it seems they won't have to look far for suggestions.
David Rhynas of 350 Ottawa requested the City divest itself from fossil fuels.
Don Grant of Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict proposed collaboration with property managers for a LED street lighting upgrade in the downtown core.
Charlotte Scromeda of Faith and the Common Good stressed the importance of a land acquisition strategy.
Gaye Taylor of Cool it for the Kids brought children's own views and voices into the committee meeting with a three minute video.
The fact that opposition to the Energy East pipeline was not dealt with in the document was noted more by more than one speaker and picked up by Metro News.
And many hammered home the point that the City is not doing enough to measure its progress as was reported by the Ottawa Citizen.
There was a clear sense that this message, at least, was getting through. Councillor Leiper took to asking public delegations for their thoughts on how and what to measure. Later he successfully moved a motion to add a city Forest Management Strategy to the list of strategic initiatives in the document – a recommendation that Ecology Ottawa had also made.
Councillor Qaqish pleaded with staff "somebody please tell me about divestment."
In the end, as expected, the Priorities were approved with little fanfare. But all the talk was about the public concern over climate change.
In all, 16 public delegations took turns sitting in front of the Council table and making clear that, while councillors may be undecided on the question of priorities, Ottawans are definitely not.
"We need to raise the bar higher [for climate action]", Biggs told the committee. "This needs to be recognized in the Term of Council Priorities."
Like others, Biggs has taken this issue to heart. Committee members had no choice but to receive that message.
Ecology Ottawa is seeking written versions of Environment Committee submissions and will post them here.
The presentation of Charles Hodgson on behalf of Ecology Ottawa
As you know Ecology Ottawa and our supporters have taken a lot of interest in the Term of Council Priorities.
This is not only because we were told that it represents the mechanism by which the climate change plan would get funding, but because the document sets out environmental directions the city will take for years to come.
Ecology Ottawa has already published two responses to the proposed Term of Council Priorities, a 3 page summary for our supporters and a 14 page analysis for discussion.
We've had strong interest in these documents from our supporters. They are on our website but I've also shared the links with the committee coordinator so they can be found by councillors and staff among the submissions to this committee.
3 page summary: http://ecoott.ca/ToCPsummary
14 page analysis for discussion: http://ecoott.ca/ToCP14pages
With respect to healthy watersheds we're very pleased to see a commitment to a new Water Environment Strategy. What's lacking though is any mention of green infrastructure or low-impact development. We recommend that "green infrastructure" be explicitly included in the Term of Council Priorities
With respect to tree cover we're very pleased that the city is partnering with groups like ours in an effort to plant one million trees for Canada's 150th birthday. What's missing though is a new Forest Management Strategy. We recommend that a new Forest Management Strategy be explicitly included in the Term of Council Priorities.
With respect to transportation we're very pleased to see a lot of emphasis on walking cycling and public transit. Again though, there is something missing and in this case it is the fact that a complete streets policy is not mentioned. We recommend that a new Complete Streets policy be explicitly included in the Term of Council Priorities.
Finally and perhaps most importantly, we are pleased to see that implementation of the climate change management plan is included in the Term of Council Priorities. But here again there's something lacking.
Mayor Watson promised at the time of the GHG Roundtable that the city would set and exceed greenhouse gas reduction targets. Yet greenhouse gas reductions are not one of the measures of success listed in the Term of Council Priorities.
We have seen Mayor Watson when he is pushing for initiatives like light rail or the Ottawa River Action Plan. He:
rallies the bureaucracy;
puts out a compelling vision;
proposes a substantial investment;
spells out what he needs from the federal and provincial government; and
works hard to make it all happen
During the 2014 election campaign Mayor Watson agreed that the City has "a moral and ecological responsibility" to address climate change.
The Mayor should throw his weight behind his words because ambitious action on climate change will achieve lasting and important gains across the entire environmental portfolio.
The presentation of Nancy Biggs
Thank you for allowing me to speak. Although I am a member of the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee, a volunteer with Ecology Ottawa and a past Board Member of Citizens for Safe Cycling, I am speaking today as an individual. My family has lived in Ottawa for 6 generations and the changes to the environment have been great, much due to the growth in population. Ottawa's climate has changed. The 2005 Climate Change Management Plan noted that the average temperature in Ottawa has gone up 1⁰C from normal, over a 30 year average. We are seeing more freezing rain events, heavy rainfall causing flooding and sinkholes, as well as an increase in heat waves. We are a lucky city and don't have to take such drastic actions as my brother-in-law living near Melbourne did this past year, building an underground bunker to take shelter in during a bushfire. While living outside of Melbourne, I have personally experienced a bushfire coming within 1km of my family's home. It's a very frightening experience and one that we are seeing happen more often in Canada and the US because of climate change.
The 2005 Climate Plan set targets to reduce CO2 emissions at 30% by the city corporation and 20% by the community from 1990 levels. Many of the specific recommendations for GHG reductions have not been achieved. Targets were set with emissions reduction measured by the actual volumes in metric tonnes of CO2. It is the total amount of CO2 emissions that is critical. For example, one goal in 2005 was to "Increase Transit ridership by 4.5% per year to increase modal share. Control Parking Supply and pricing "with a reduction potential of 9,000 tonnes per year".
Yesterday's Globe and Mail compared how reducing emissions to targets set by the G7 is "similar to engaging your car's brakes: Start early, and the process is smooth and steady. Wait too long, and you'll feel a jolt". To avoid the jolt we need a reduction rate of 5% per year starting in 2015 to avoid having to reduce emissions by 9% per year if we put it off until 2020. The City of Ottawa, in the 2014 Climate Plan has set its target at less than half that rate at 2% per year. We have to raise the bar higher. This needs to be recognized in the TCPs.
What has been achieved so far? In 2004, Ottawa's emissions per capita was 7.3 T and in 2012 it was 5.8 T. That sounds good, but actually, most of this drop in CO2e was due to the provincial government closing its coal fired power stations. Ottawa's population is projected to grow by 1% per year, reaching a population of 1,031,000 by 2021. Therefore, 5.8 T per capita per year would mean a 10% increase in emissions from 2012 to 2021. I apologize about all the numbers, but it's the numbers that count!
The elephant in the room is that 95% of Ottawa's GHG emissions are from the community as opposed to city operations.
The City acknowledges that protecting air quality and adapting to climate change will require changes in the community's habits, lifestyles and daily behaviours. If the City is truly serious about reducing its total emissions, it must get the community involved. Maybe by starting an advertising campaign, much like an anti-smoking campaign, which would help to educate, promote, incent and facilitate changes in community behaviour to significantly reduce their emissions. Possibly the City could provide and app on its website that allows Ottawans to calculate their carbon footprint and suggest how they can make it smaller.
The TCPs that fall under the lens of the Environment Committee are more about how city operations can reduce its GHG emissions, when the focus should be on the community, as they produce 95% of Ottawa's emissions. Reducing the community's GHG emissions should be included in the TCP priorities.
The presentation of David Rhynas on behalf of 350 Ottawa
Good morning and thanks for the opportunity to comment on the Term of Council Priorities.
My name is David Rhynas and I'm representing 350 Ottawa, the local chapter of 350.org. 350 is a world-wide grassroots movement raising awareness about climate change. The number 350 is the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in parts per million, deemed by scientists as a safe upper limit to avoid a climate tipping point.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels trap heat in the earth's atmosphere. Last year 2014 was the hottest year on record. Right now the concentration of carbon dioxide is just over 400 parts per million, the highest it's been in the last 800,000 years, and on the way to 600 parts per million by the year 2050, which will have a further driving impact on temperature.
We are heartened that Sustainable Environment Services and the 2014 Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan have been included as part of the proposed Term of Council Priorities; but the City needs to be doing more. In particular, there should be specific performance measures such as improved Greenhouse Gas Inventories for tracking Ottawa's progress in reducing emissions, both for City operations and the general public. As a minimum, the objectives should align with the 2024 per capita target cited in the climate plan. Better still, the City should match the more aggressive targets announced by the Ontario Government in May.
To step back and put things in broader context, I'd like to draw your attention to three trends.
Trend Number 1. If our society continues business as usual, then the world is on track for an average temperature increase that will well exceed 2 degrees Celsius with a devastating impact on the number of extreme weather events … such as heat waves, flooding, drought, which in turn will lead to more famine and wars.
So in effect we are on a final countdown to a dramatic change to civilization as we know it, within just the next few decades. The change can either be managed and graceful or chaotic and harsh.
Trend Number 2. Last week the G7 leading industrial nations, including Canada, agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century, with an interim goal of 70% reduction by 2050. This historic announcement sets the stage for some binding agreements at the Paris climate talks later this year.
Vancouver City Council also made history by voting to support a shift to 100 per cent renewable energy by the year 2050, becoming the first city in Canada to take this step.
These are positive developments but it's like trying to turn a huge tanker and may prove to be too little too late.
Trend Number 3. To shift the economy from fossil fuels to renewable energy, our society needs to remove the subsidies and financial incentives for oil, gas and coal. To this end, many organizations – churches, universities, city governments, and others – have committed to fossil-fuel divestment, that is freezing new investments in fossil-fuel companies and setting a schedule for moving existing investments out of fossil fuels.
Right now roughly 9% of the City of Ottawa's 250 million dollar Endowment Fund is invested in oil and gas stocks. Our City should consider divesting itself from these holdings. Fossil-fuel divestment makes sense ethically and practically. Ethically, if it's wrong to wreck the climate, it's wrong to profit from that wreckage. Practically, it signals to other investors and governments that financial markets are greatly overvaluing the fossil-fuel reserves, 80% of which must be left in the ground if we are to keep the world-wide temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.
In summary, 350 Ottawa encourages the Environment Committee to:
1) approve the Strategic Objectives and Initiatives associated with Sustainable Environmental Services in the current draft of the Term of Council Priorities;
2) recommend the addition of specific performance measures to track the City's reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, both for corporate operations and the general public. The objectives should align with the targets announced by the Ontario Government in May;
3) recommend a review of the City's investment policy. Divestment from fossil fuels would make the strong statement that the City of Ottawa is taking leadership on climate change action, and would place our city on the right side of the defining issue of our time.
Presentation of Gaye Taylor on behalf of Cool it for the Kids
Presentation of Liz Bernstein on behalf of Lowertown Community Association
Ms. Bernstein spoke of her personal family experience in the wake of hurricane Katrina. She noted that she recently returned from visiting and ten years later larger cities like New Orleans or smaller ones like that of her parents', Bay St Louis, are still struggling with recovery. Municipalities will pay one way or another, if we do not invest now, we will have to pay more later.
She noted she was speaking on behalf of 20 community associations calling for action, which indicated people and organizations across the city take this critical challenge of our time very seriously. She then presented the list of the 20 community associations and 7 other groups which have co-signed a letter to the mayor urging action on climate change as a Term of Council Priority, and funding in Strategic Initiatives this year, as well as in city budgets for subsequent years.
She closed with a note on her experience in organizing, with Nobel Women's Initiative, an event with women from across the city on the dangers of the proposed Energy East pipeline. The main concern raised by women was that of climate change. Women, community associations and organizations across the city are asking for leadership from our representatives.
Presentation of Shelley Page
I'm a mother of two and a 28-year resident of this community. In my family, we care deeply about the environment and climate change and like so many in our community, have taken many individual actions to reduce our carbon footprint.
We take public transit to school and work and play, reserving our one car for kids activities that can't be reached by bus. And we car pool.
I telecommute and take the train when I travel to my office in Toronto.
We live in an 1889 cottage and have never upsized – even though we need more room. We have stayed where we are so we don't consume more than we need to – and that includes hydro and electricity.
I live in the Westboro Beach area where most of my neighbours share these same values and concerns.
All of that being said, dealing with climate change is so much more than anyone individual or family can do.
Those of us who are motivated to do something about climate change can't carry the weight on our individual shoulders.
We are looking to our local government to both be role models in this area and provide leadership on how we can take action.
When the Term of Council Priorities were recently released, many of us were anxious to see how the issue of climate change would be tackled.
I'd like to congratulate you for the leadership role you are taking to on the corporate side, as an example, lowering emissions and setting targets for city vehicles.
But corporate emissions account for only five per cent of the total greenhouse gases.
As a community, how do Ottawans come together to tackle the rest, which is a significant amount?
The question is left unanswered.
The priorities document is definitely oriented to action on climate change – with some specific objectives that can measure certain areas of success
But –there is no mention of reducing Ottawa's overall greenhouse gas emissions in the proposed Term of Council Priorities (or using reductions as a way to measure success).
At the end of your term, voters won't know if we've moved the needle on reducing greenhouse gases.
That's worrisome. And disappointing.
During the 2014 election I was in the audience when the Mayor Jim Watson acknowledged that the City has "a moral and ecological responsibility" to do its fair share to fight climate change.
The city's priority initiatives related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, cycling, walkability, public transit, watersheds, trees, nature conservation, waste, emergency preparedness, etc. all relate to climate change.
This is why the climate plan cuts across so many environmental files, and why the climate plan is a lens through which a wide range of environmental issues can be advanced.
As such, for those who care about the environment in general, the full implementation of the climate plan seems to be the the best single way to ensure that the environment is a priority in our city.
As a city as a whole, we need ambitious targets — akin to what the province of Ontario recently set – and a strategy for how to meet those targets, and measure them, so we can work toward a common goal.
I am hoping that the city, and Mayor Watson support ambitious action on the climate change plan
We have an opportunity to be a city that is a leader in tackling climate change.
Presentation of George Sorger on behalf of concerned citizens of Vanier
The Energy East Pipeline may threaten our drinking water and the health of Ottawa's citizens is a priority, therefore we (the Vanier Citizens Action Committee on the Environment ) request that the city conduct a professional risk assessment, and based on it, come to a decision regarding the acceptability of said pipeline. This decision should then be made known to the National Energy Board at the City of Ottawa's intervention at its hearings.
The proposed Energy East pipeline crosses the Mississippi river, carrying 100 million litres of diluted bitumen per day. At this volume, it is just a matter of time before there is a leak and/or spill into the river, which empties into the Ottawa river upstream of the two water purification plants of Ottawa, that draw water from said river. At a consultation meeting between the Ontario Energy Board and the public (22/01/2015), experts informed us that if there were a spill, it would take more than 20 minutes to stop it and more than a million litres of diluted bitumen would spill into the river. Two thirds of this spill would be tar, which would be nearly impossible to clean up (a spill of this sort occurred into the Kalamazoo river years ago and despite major efforts has resisted clean-up) and would leach toxins and carcinogens, the other third would be the diluent, which is partly water soluble, contains the carcinogen benzene, and the water purification system is not built to remove it. An even more likely scenario is that the pipeline would have a slow undetectable leak, because it would not cause a noticeable decrease in pressure within the pipeline, and would contaminate our drinking water over a longer period.
Given the above possibilities it would seem that the responsible thing for the City to do as a priority is to carry out a professional risk assessment and respond to its results according to the gravity of the health risk to Ottawa citizens indicated by them
Presentation of Charlotte Scromeda on behalf of Faith & the Common Good
Good afternoon. My name is Charlotte Scromeda, and I represent Faith & the Common Good, a national, interfaith network working for the common good to protect the environment. We support faith communities from very diverse backgrounds that share a desire to safeguard our ecosystems, and we believe that through collaboration and understanding we can achieve our common goals. In addition to hosting green events, our "Greening Sacred Spaces" program helps faith communities in their greening efforts by providing a variety of resources and information. Our new "Mission Per Square Foot" program aims to assist in the revitalization of faith buildings to maximize sustainability and serve the larger community. The environment is something that we all share, and therefore as an organization, as members of faith communities, and as citizens of this city, we support the City of Ottawa's proposed Term of Council priorities relating to the environment.
Faith & the Common Good sees climate change as one of the most pressing issues currently facing our society. We are very happy that the city has identified attending to climate change as a Term of Council priority. The sooner we confront these challenges, the easier it will be to move forward as a green society.
Additionally, as a young adult who has lived in Ottawa most of my life, I am also deeply invested in Ottawa's development into a greener city. Ottawa is home to a lot of youth, many of whom seek alternative, less expensive, and greener modes of living. I am glad to see that the Term of Council priorities address the need for action regarding climate change, so that youth such as me can look forward to a greener future for our city.
Faith & the Common Good believes that transitioning to a Renewable City is the best economic and environmental development strategy available currently. It won't be easy, and it will take a lot of time and effort, but starting as soon as possible is extremely important. We offer our enthusiastic support for the Renewable Energy Strategy as a method of achieving this goal. By determining the current status of energy supply and demand and examining our options for energy efficiency for the future, we will be taking a vital step forward towards a Renewable City.
Our organization encourages land acquisition, the creation of green buildings, and the protection of green spaces through our various programs and initiatives. We believe strongly in the need for dedicated funding for land acquisition, which was lacking from the Term of Council priorities. The city needs to complete the work of setting up a mechanism to finance and acquire land, and to budget for an annual contribution. We are glad that the city is committed to forest management. The Increase Forest Cover Initiative will help preserve green spaces that are important to our city's communities.
Furthermore, under our "Greening Sacred Spaces" program, Faith & the Common Good supports communities engaged in promotion of sustainable transportation. We applaud the City of Ottawa's commitment to public transit, cycling, and walkability. Sustainable, affordable, and safe transportation options are important to building strong communities and encouraging people of all ages and cultures to be active and to participate in society.
Finally, the implementation of a sustainability lens to decision-making is a very significant move for the city. As an organization, we recognize that sustainability can and should be a consideration when making important decisions, whether these decisions relate to the well being of a faith community or to the future of the nation's capital.
Presentation of Adrienne Yuen on behalf of the city's Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee
Good morning Committee members. My name is Adrienne Yuen and I am here on behalf of the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee, a diverse group of citizens appointed on a voluntary basis to provide advice to City Council, through this Standing Committee, on policies and programs relating to the environment. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Proposed Term of Council Priorities. You will hopefully have seen the document containing our feedback, circulated yesterday by our coordinator, so I will present highlights rather than go through every detail.
Broadly speaking, ESAC is supportive of the Strategic Objectives, Initiatives, and Performance Measures laid out in Section 5. Many of the Performance Measures are very specific; several of the items are self-explanatory and reasonably ambitious.
Other items, in our view, could be strengthened. For example, the Performance Measures for Initiative #20, the Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan, could include additional indicators to track progress of the Plan, such as concentrations of urban air pollution and tonnes of CO2 removed from the atmosphere, rather than only how much electricity or fuel the City is consuming. Moreover, the Green Municipal Fleet Plan and the Green Building Policy also appear to be lumped together with the AQCCMP under item #20, while budget estimates are only given for the Air Quality & Climate Plan, so we recommend clarifying how funding will be split between these three initiatives. Further, as the AQCCMP is laid out within a 20-year timeframe, for accountability purposes the TCP should specify which of the plan's actions will be completed by when.
There is also room for improvement with respect to Initiative #22, the Renewable Energy Strategy. For instance, energy includes electricity, thermal energy, and energy for transportation, so any baseline analysis of supply and demand should take these three distinct sources into account. The City would ideally work with the Province's existing Integrated Regional Resource Plan on this, in order to provide the data to shift towards a greater share of renewable energy, as the City of Vancouver has pledged to do. Some measures are refreshingly low-tech, such as planting green roofs, which would lower electricity demand simply by reducing the urban heat island effect.
With respect to waste, we noticed that residential waste diversion was not included in this section. This could be amended by including a reference to the Waste Master Plan, with specific initiatives to divert organic waste from landfill, such as removing barriers to implementing the program in high density residential buildings and making organics separation and storage facilities a mandatory requirement of new development approvals.
ESAC also identified best practices from other jurisdictions that the City could consider to enhance existing plans. For example, in 2012 the City of Kitchener approved a policy providing credit to property owners who use Best Management Practices to mitigate stormwater runoff entering the municipal system. Toronto's Deep Lake Water Cooling system is another good example, and the construction of the Combined Sewer Storage Tunnel provides an opportunity to adapt this concept.
These are just the highlights; further details and comments are in the document before you. I encourage you to refer to it for the full list of our recommendations.
In conclusion, the Terms of Council priorities as written in this document are good, but can aim for much more. Although organizations do have their respective spheres of influence, we hope that the City can consider raising its own environmental ambition by setting tougher targets, studying best practices from other jurisdictions; and ensuring that performance indicators are specific enough to properly measure and account for progress.
Presentation of Don Grant on behalf of Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict
This summarizes the key points that Don Grant made in his presentation today at Environment Committee.
The Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict (OCED) is supportive of the plan and in fact our question is how can we help? We have enjoyed a very good working relationship with the City of Ottawa to this point as well as Invest Ottawa, Hydro Ottawa and over 50 other community partners.
Our EcoDistrict Network includes almost 40 Champions (organizations inside of the EcoDistrict) and Ambassadors (supporters outside of the EcoDistrict). Members of the network are active in supporting us as we work towards our goals. We also have strong connections with the local electric vehicle (EV) community.
We would like to see if the City can implement the LED street lighting upgrade in the downtown core in 2016 as part of the rollout. We would then work to get property managers to switch their exterior lights to LED to make the whole area an LED zone. This ties in very nicely with the National Capital Commission's (NCC) plan to focus on illumination in the coming year.
We are encouraged to hear that the City will be convening a downtown working group and focusing on EV policy and support (as noted in the original AQCCMP). We are available to help with both of these projects.
We are also hopeful that the dialogue on local improvement charges will continue. Our work will be with commercial buildings and multi-residential buildings but if we can help we will.
We would like the City to consider requiring the mandatory disclosure of energy and water performance by commercial buildings. In the UK, Australia and in several US municipalities this is the law. The City needs data to assess community emissions and we believe that disclosure will focus attention on energy and water use and will make it easier to convince the owners of older buildings to upgrade their buildings. We would be happy to lead this research with support from the City.
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Presentation of David Beddoe on behalf of Ottawa-Gatineau Greenpeace
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Presentation of Brian Tansy on behalf of Zero Waste Alliance
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Presentation of Marwan Ghalib on behalf of Sustainable Eastern Ontario
In addition, several speakers were registered to present to Environment Committee but were unable to stay the full length of the meeting. Here are their notes.
Notes of Mark Brooks
I had hoped to give my perspective as an instructor at Algonquin College to relay what some of my students say about their lack of faith in the political process and how meaningful action by the city on climate change represented a real opportunity for council to show some major leadership and inspiration for these young people.
Notes of Sucha Mann on behalf of the Ottawa Chapter of Professional Engineers Ontario
Notes of Janice Ashworth on behalf of Ottawa Renewable Energy Coop
Unfortunately I had to leave prior to being able to present these comments to the Committee yesterday, but I hope that you will consider them in your ongoing discussions of the term of Council Priorities.
I am speaking to you on behalf of the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op's 400+ members, 600 supporters, and 700 followers. For background, we are a green electricity generator in Ottawa currently providing 1MW of green power to the Ottawa grid from solar rooftop projects. These projects represent $5 million in assets, the majority of which has been invested by OREC members through our security offerings to date.
We have 2 main comments to share today.
There is an omission of baseline data and measurement protocols of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly the community emissions which are 95% of our emissions as a City. As the Mayor himself stated, the City has "a moral and ecological responsibility to do its fair share" with regards to climate change. To do so, we need targets and measuring protocols that are in line with international standards.
Our second comment is on the energy components of the term of council priorities. Shifting our energy sources to sustainable energy sources is the most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is that there is a business case to be made for renewable energy.
Energy is used for three main purposes, transportation, electricity, and heating/cooling of spaces. Our renewable energy strategy needs to consider all of these functions of energy so that we can find the most effective strategy to reducing emissions.
Solar power production on city buildings was specifically mentioned as a priority. For background, in 2011 the City approved Energy Ottawa to run a pilot of 20 solar rooftop projects on the city's most viable buildings. To date, only 8 of these are under development to be connected by 2016. These projects should take no more than 2 years to develop, so there are delays in the buildout that could be facilitated by Public Works and the Real Estate and Property Department.
Also, this initial goal is un-ambitious, considering there are tens of thousands of solar installs across the province because of the clear and stable business model created by the FIT program. This also means private capital is available for these projects. If the City is serious about achieving more solar on City buildings, a simple direction to Public Works would expedite at least completing the pilot project initiated 4 years ago.
This Term of Council document suggests that the City is looking to expand beyond the pilot program. I would like to bring it to the attention of Council and City Staff that the next Feed-In Tariff application window is expected to open in September, which provides 20 year contracts to produce green power for the grid at a set rate per kilowatt hour, making the projects viable. I would like to ensure that Ottawa does not miss this opportunity, as it could be the last FIT contract round.
I would also like to speak from our experience in engaging the community in the renewable energy transition. When individuals are invested in the renewable energy infrastructure, they are more aware of the effort to produce energy, thus the importance of conservation measures. This has been demonstrated by renewable energy co-ops in Europe with more years' experience, and more data, than us. Our co-op is one vehicle to directly engage residents of Ottawa in the solar projects that the City aims to develop and keep money invested in the local community.
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Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016, Timms stepped out for an incredible 264 appearances for the Australian National Team, including four World Championship appearances (1986, 1990,1994, 1998) and three Olympic Games campaigns-bronze and silver medalist (1988, 1996, 2000). While she brought home World Championship bronze in 1998, she also made an indelible mark at the Olympics, earning bronze in 1996 before captaining the Opals to silver on home soil at Sydney 2000.
A player renown for her competitive nature, play making abilities and perimeter shooting, there are few better positioned and credentialed than Timms to understand what it means to represent your country and your sport at the Olympics.


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Although it's common for newborns to have misshapen heads after birth, typically the shape resolves itself within a few days. However, a misshapen head that persists should be evaluated. Early diagnosis and treatment for craniosynostosis is important for the proper development of your baby's brain and skull.
Immediately following birth, your baby's brain undergoes an extremely rapid phase of growth and development. The infant's skull consists of individual bone plates held together by fibrous connective tissues called sutures. Cranial bones remain separate for about 12 to 18 months.
During infancy and childhood, the sutures are flexible. This allows the brain to grow quickly and protects the brain from minor impacts to the head, such as when your baby is learning to hold his or her head up. Without the flexibility of these skull sutures, your baby's brain can't grow properly.
It's important to get a diagnosis for craniosynostosis as soon as possible.
We Treat All Types of Craniosynostosis
Our pediatric neurosurgeons and our cranial remolding experts treat various types of craniosynostosis and combinations of types of craniosynostosis. The different types of craniosynostosis also bring with them specific medical complications. Every child's medical circumstances are different and we address the individual complexities of that specific cranial condition.
The four major types of craniosynostosis include saggital suture, metopic suture, coronal suture and lambdoid suture synostosis. The location of the suture that is affected leads to a specific abnormal head shape.
Sagittal Suture Synostosis
The sagittal suture is located on the midline, on top of the skull and extends from the soft spot towards the back of the head.
Sagittal Suture Synostosis is the most common type of single suture synostosis and predominantly affects males. It's medically necessary to treat this condition. The suture is located at the midline, on top of the skull and extends from the soft spot towards the back of the head. Sagittal synostosis causes a shape that's long and narrow, known as scaphocephaly. As the head grows in this long and narrow direction, the back of the head becomes prominent, pointed and the forehead protrudes. There is a low risk of abnormal brain growth and development, but 15% of cases are associated with increased intracranial pressure. This form of synostosis is generally easy to diagnose by one of our physicians, and with further tests, our team can ensure a proper plan for treatment.
Coronal Suture Synostosis
The Coronal Suture is located on the side of the skull and extends from the soft spot to an area just in front of the ear.
Coronal Suture Synostosis affects the side of the skull where the forehead and the frontal lobe grow and expand forward. When this suture closes too early, the condition is known as anterior plagiocephaly (a merge from either the right or left side of the coronal suture that runs from ear to ear). With this type of craniosynostosis, the forehead is sunken and flattened, and the eye socket is elevated and tilted. You will also notice your baby's eyes protruding, while the nose deviates to the opposite side. Your baby may want to tilt their head to the side in order to prevent seeing double - this is a major indicator of this type of craniosynostosis and a result of Coronal Suture Synostosis being untreated.
Metopic Suture Synostosis
This midline suture is located in the middle of the forehead and extends from the soft spot to the root of the nose.
Metopic Suture Synostosis affects the middle area of a baby's forehead, and extends from the soft spot to the root of the nose. Both frontal lobes expand forward and sideways, and the eye socket will move to either side resulting in eyes lying closely together. When early closure occurs, it can result in the baby developing an upwards bump, or midline ridge, and the forehead will slant backwards giving the forehead a triangular appearance when viewed from above. The back of the head will then protrude, due to the brain growing in that particular direction.
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Premature closure of the lambdoid suture is the least common of all forms of craniosynostosis and has been frequently confused with positional molding of the head.
Lambdoid Suture Synostosis is the least common of all types of craniosynostosis. A premature closure in lambdoid suture synostosis results in the flattening of the back of a baby's skull on the affected side, protrusion of the bone behind the ear, the mastoid bone, and lowering of the affected ear. This particular case may also cause the skull to tilt sideways.
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Present-day classical music largely consists of two opposing categories. The bigger strives for accessibility -- the kind of thing American symphony orchestras commission in order to rejuvenate their dwindling, aging audiences, and which can often sound flaccid and stale, if not actually DOA.
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None of the five Mexican composers featured on New Music for Strings has adopted American directions, as set forth by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Lou Harrison, Steve Reich, et al. With the exception of Iván Naranjo, they have studied and lived abroad, and it shows. The best known, Hilda Paredes, resides in the UK. Her Uy u'tan (Listen to their language), for string quartet, is music of luminous beauty. Like Uy u'tan, Hebert Vázquez's String Quartet No. 1 and Iván Naranjo's Uno for string quartet partake of a "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" attitude. What at first may sound like impenetrable thickets of notes will, upon exposure, reveal individual distinction and nuance.
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Familiar faces on the path to being together again
By WestJet | May 4, 2021 | 2 min read
Surrey residents arriving at Fraser Health vaccination clinic were surprised to be greeted by smiling WestJetters in teal, usually a more common sight at Vancouver International Airport. Instead of tagging bags and printing boarding passes, the WestJetters forming part of WestJet's Care Team are on site assisting nearly 200,000 B.C. residents who are expected to pass through the clinic doors between now and October.
WestJet Cabin Crew member, Mike, is one of almost 200 WestJetters recalled from furlough to provide guest care in two Vancouver-area vaccination clinics. He has been a familiar face to frequent Vancouver flyers, including one of the first people to arrive at the WestJet-supported vaccination clinic. "He mentioned he flew to Palm Springs a lot and it clicked immediately. His name popped into my head and I said, "It's Bob, isn't it!' I was kind of blown away that I remembered. It was maybe a year and a half since I'd seen him."
WestJetter Volunteer Mike working at the Fraser Health vaccination clinic
Mike says the team gelled quickly and they are all proving to be a natural fit for the health environment. "We're running like clockwork. We're used to working with people, funneling them safely through the airports and ensuring they are comfortable in that journey."
While the WestJet team is not involved in the medical side of clinic operation, they are handling greeting, check-in, data entry and patient observation after receiving the vaccine.
WestJet partnered with the Government of British Columbia to assist in the organization of vaccinations clinics in the Greater Vancouver Area. The clinics will run approximately 12-hours per day through the fall and will employ approximately 200 WestJetters in the Vancouver area.
"Public-private partnerships like this are critical to allow for clinical staff to remain focused on providing the best care and delivering vaccination to prevent further spread of the virus, " said Billy Nolen, Vice-President Safety, Security and Quality for the WestJet Group of Companies. "WestJet has kept the safety of our people and our guests at the forefront throughout one of the most challenging periods in our history. It is our responsibility and our pleasure to support efforts like this one through our partnership with the Government of British Columbia to curb this pandemic."
After a difficult year, Mike said it feels good to be helping get things back to normal. Judging by the expressions on their faces, B.C. residents coming in to be vaccinated feel the same way.
"It's good to see people with hope," continued Mike. "They're hopeful this is the thing that will change it all and bring us back to something better."
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Interview with Betsy Bitch
Betsy Bitch has been in the music business for some time and she did several releases on Metal Blade back in the 1980's. She is back at it again and I recently got to interview her to learn more.
MM-I know that you have your band going again. Who else is in the current line-up and where did you find them?
BB-My current line up is as follows:
Betsy Bitch (of course)
Robby Settles - drums (original BITCH drummer)
Steve Kara - lead and rhythm guitar
Steve Gaines - bass
Jay Dean - lead and rhythm guitar
Robby, as I said, has been with BITCH since it's formation, Steve Gaines has been a long-time friend and was in Abbatoir back in the day, Jay Dean and I used to go to high school together (!), and Steve Kara is a friend of Jay's and that's how I met him (phenomenal guitar player).
MM-So where have you been playing? What has been the response to you shows so far?
BB-After we played The Bang Your Head Festival in Germany (awesome experience...we played with Dio, Twisted Sister, Dokken, Y&T, Thin Lizzy....the list of legendary bands goes on and on), that's when I put this new line-up together. We played some local shows just to get the feeling of playing live together and the response was quite good. We performed mostly vintage-BITCH material and people were saying they had never heard it sound so good. Since then, we have been focusing on recording our new release and not playing gigs too much.
MM-Have you been writing any new music? If so then how does it compare to your older material?
BB-The new release is all-new killer material. It's still heavy, but the songs are much better and the musicianship is far more superior than in the past.
MM-What were some of the first albums that you really got into?
BB-My favorite albums from way-back-when that inspired me were "Love It To Death"/Alice Cooper...."Cheap Trick"/Cheap Trick (their first release)....."Ziggy Stardust"/David Bowie....."British Steel"/Judas Priest....and pretty much all of the earlier Alice and Cheap Trick releases. That's the "short list"..there are many more.
MM-How old were you when you started singing in bands? Were you in any bands before Bitch?
BB-I was about 19 when I got into my first "garage band" (we didn't even have a name)...then a couple of years after that, I joined a band called "The Boxboys". We started out rock & roll/kinda' new-wave, and then they eventually changed it into a ska band. We had a couple of releases, one of which was on the soundtrack to a movie. In the long run though, ska just wasn't my style of music so I sort of fled that situation.
MM-This is probably the question you have heard all the time, but why did you pick the name Bitch?
BB-My original guitarist, David Carruth, and Robby (my drummer) already had the name picked out before they met me. They originally had it in mind for it to be an all male line-up. But after they met me and I auditioned, we all figured what better name for a band with a female front-person. And I was all for it due the fact that I was inspired by Alice Cooper...I was totally into the concept of not only fronting a band, but playing the role of "Betsy Bitch" as well.
MM-What do you remember about the early days of Bitch? Was it tough to get signed? How did you break through?
BB-The early days of Bitch bring back fond memories...writing our first songs....rehearsing every weekend wherein those rehearsals would sort of turn into a party/showcase kind of thing with friends and family hanging out at the studio watching us play. The metal scene in L.A. was pretty happening back then. We had some awesome gigs...played with Metallica, Slayer, Wasp, Ratt, Great White. It was tons of fun. It wasn't difficult for us to get signed at all. Brian Slagel was a good friend and he was just starting up Metal Blade at that time. He put us on the first several "Metal Massacre" compilation releases, and then we were his first full-band release after that.
MM-What was the LA club scene like in the early-mid 1980's? Was it insanely competitive? What were you doing that helped get you noticed?
BB-The L.A. club scene at that time was awesome. You could go out and either play a gig, or see a band any night of the week (not just weekends) and the clubs would be packed! Yeh - there were alot of bands, but I wouldn't necessarily call it competitive...we were all kind of enjoying playing with one another. The Sunset Strip was always a party too...bands all up and down The Strip handing out flyers...you didn't even necessarily have to go into a club to have a good time...The Strip was a party in and of itself. I guess what made BITCH stand out and get noticed was that we were the first leather and studs/metal band with a female out front playing a character. We had all our bondage gear on stage...I'd come out with my whip...we even had a gimmick where I would coax my "Slave" out of a box. He'd come out all macho and leathered-out and by the end of the bit I reduced him to a cowering servant hanging onto my leg. We have it on video...Classic!!
MM-On the cover of "Be my slave" you have all of the chains, whips and stuff. Did you use any of those kinds of props live?
BB-Sorry I jumped the gun, but I did answer that in the last question. Yeh - I'm a big fan of using props as a front person. I believe that if you're gonna play live, you gotta give the audience a visual kick in the ass, as well as kicking them in the ass with the music.
MM-Why the name change to Betsy for the 1988 album? Did you consider it a solo album?
BB-The name change was just an experiment to see if not using the band name of BITCH might afford us a little more commercial affordability. Back then, the "B-word" was a little more taboo than it is nowadays, so we thought that might have been impeding our success abit. In the long run, it made no difference, so we went back to the original and better name of BITCH. However, the "Betsy" release is my favorite in terms of material, performance and production.
MM-Your last album was in 1989. Do you get out of music after that or were you still trying to make a go of it into the 1990's?
BB-None of us ever got out of music. BITCH just kinda' took a bit of a hiatus when the whole grunge thing started to become more prevalent. We will did different things....I re-formed BITCH with temporary members just to play some gigs...I was also in an all-female band for a short time called "Sister Strange". Another thing I did in the interim was help friends' bands out in the studio occasionally, such as my duet with Lizzy Borden on "Don't Touch Me There". Ya know...just kept busy.
MM-Let's say someone came up to you and had never heard your music, but could only afford one album. Which one would you recommend and why?
BB-Even though releases such as "Be My Slave" are more representative of what BITCH was all about, I always recommend the "Betsy" release because that's the one I feel most confident about. I like pretty much all of the songs on it, my voice is in peak form, and the production is superior.
MM-What do you think about the hard rock/metal scene these days? Is it growing, dying or what?
BB-I like the fact that "everything old is new again". The hard rock metal's back...the hair metal is back...nostalgia is a good thing! When you come right down to it, those types of music never truly went out.
MM-What kind of music are you listening to these days?
BB-I still listen to a lot of the old stuff. Some of the newer bands I recently got into were The Darkness, Oasis, Foo Fighters....but I still love to listen to my old Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Whitesnake, Sabbath, Priest, etc.
MM-Pick the band from each of the following pairs that you prefer and tell why you picked that band.
BB-
Lizzy Borden or WASP
Wasp had better material.
Motley Crue or Ratt
Motley Crue...more interesting on stage and better overall material.
Aerosmith or Alice Cooper
DUH!!! Alice is my hero (I have a tattoo of him on my left bicep...Me & Alice = together forever!)
Alice Cooper or KISS
Double-DUH!!!! (although I have been to my fair share of KISS concerts and "Kiss Alive" got more than a few hundred spins on my turntable)
MM-Is there anything else that you would like to say about your band or your music?
BB-We have a website in the works, but until then - stay tuned to http://www.myspace.com/bitchmetal for future developments on the upcoming release, and all-things-BITCH. I also wanted to thank everyone for their support and ongoing interest in the band. You haven't heard the last of this Bitch...not by a longshot!
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posted by Metal Mark at 1:49 AM
funny that you posted this. betsy and i just reconnected after about 8 years. she's really cool and we used to talk quite often. If memory serves me correctly, she was married to David Carruth. I think she is single now. She's looking good for 51!
Thanks for this. I was a fan back in the '80's and I was glad to hear they're back. I can't wait to hear what the new material is going to sound like.
I'm surprised she picked WASP over Lizzy Borden though, lol.
THE RISE AND FALL OF CT DEATH THRASH METAL said...
Awesome interview, BITCH kicked ass at the L'Amour in Queens in the early mid 1980's. I was standing right in front of her. Great times I miss big time. Never will be repeated EVER. Now I want an interview for my comeback zine (1984 - 1988)DEATHRASHER FANZINE # THIRTEEN aka Dera 01666. Out in the fall of 2010 now because of a cuntputer crash. New OZ 2010 interview.... Thx for posting this awesome interview. You rule BITCH!
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