PAL Ottawa is now offering New Assistance and Programming during the Pandemic. For more information, click HERE.

Thank you to everyone who attended Pal Ottawa’s Virtual Annual Membership Meeting. For more information, click HERE.

Apply today for the PAL Ottawa Mixed Income Live/Work Apartments Waiting List!

We Support Survivors and Have Much Work To Do: A statement from the PAL Ottawa Board of Directors…[more].

"PAL will provide a place built with a spirit of generosity, caring and respect for the arts community at its most vulnerable.” – Julie Nesrallah, Mezzo-soprano, National Host of Tempo, CBC Radio 2
PAL Ottawa members gather in support of the City of Ottawa's Homelessness Emergency Declaration in February 2020.
Doug Hempstead, Jacqui Du Toit and Eric Coates were our entertaining judges at our sold-out "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" cabaret benefit.
“To live and work in a place surrounded by art and music and those that create it all is possible, and with a little help from our friends, we can make this happen!” – Peter Hodgson, aka Sneezy Waters
Among the monthly PAL Ottawa Supporting Cast socials was a tour of the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Musician Michael Namer, visual artist Jerry Grey, community leader Catherine Lindquist, theatre artist David Whiteley (Photo: Andrew Alexander)
Whenever PAL Ottawa members get together, it's a colourful and creative experience.

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www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/entertainment/spencer-davis-intl-scli-gbr/index.html ... See MoreSee Less

Spencer Davis, '60s rocker behind 'Keep on Running,' dead at 81

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Spencer Davis, bandleader of The Spencer Davis Group who produced the hits "Keep On Running" and "Gimme Some Lovin'," has died at the age of 81.

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From the Ashes is a memoir told through prose and poetic fragments that details how Thistle's issues with abandonment and addiction led to homelessness, incarceration, and shares his eventual redemption through higher education. www.cbc.ca/books/from-the-ashes-by-jesse-thistle-is-the-1-bestselling-canadian-print-book-of-2020... ... See MoreSee Less

From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle is the #1 bestselling Canadian print book of 2020 so far | CBC Books

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BookNet Canada tracked sales of Canadian books from Jan. 1 to Sept. 26 to create the list, which also includes books by Margaret Atwood, Desmond Cole and Louise Penny.

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About PAL Ottawa

We reward the artists who delight us with our applause, and often assume that success in the arts brings financial security. But very few members of the arts community arrive at the end of their career with an adequate pension and other resources. That’s why we created PAL Ottawa: to provide affordable housing and a support system to arts workers in need. Learn more…

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Join PAL Ottawa! For a modest annual membership fee, you and/or your organization can support PAL Ottawa’s efforts to improve the lives of senior arts workers in the Capital, while enjoying numerous membership benefits.

Donations

Help provide the seed money needed to achieve our goals. Add PAL Ottawa to your list of Charitable Donations and receive a Charitable Tax Deduction. You could also consider PAL Ottawa as a legacy donation. Donate today.

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Get involved by volunteering for Supporting Cast. Lend our Board and working committees your hands-on skills in not-for-profit administration, affordable housing, website design, publicity or fund-raising. Email us to get involved.

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With sincere appreciation and special thanks to PAL Ottawa’s Sponsors