Meet one of our newest board members:

Marisa Victor is an Ottawa-based lawyer and adjudicator.

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Opportunity to share your work within the mental health sector to the greater Ottawa area!

Art in Strathcona Park is returning on Saturday, August 6th.

Find out why Writer and Historian Charlotte Gray – among so many others – supports PAL Ottawa!

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Mixed Income Live/Work Apartments Applicants List!

Karen Kain: "...I am so pleased to support PAL Ottawa’s initiative to build an affordable housing complex in the nation’s capital for artists in their senior years. I cannot think of a better way to honour and support arts workers who have devoted their lives to enriching our own and the world around us.”
Kellylee Evans: "I feel heartened to know that organizations like PAL Ottawa exist to help those who have contributed to the creative fabric of our city.”
Julie Nesrallah: “PAL will provide a place built with a spirit of generosity, caring and respect for the arts community at its most vulnerable.”
"Arts are vital to our communities and to our culture, and arts workers bring us experiences that enrich our lives. PAL Place is an important campaign providing affordable housing for senior artists when they are most vulnerable financially.”
Maria Hawkins: "PAL Ottawa was very supportive right from the get and the go...PAL Ottawa saved my life."
Pier Rodier: "Thank God there is something like PAL Ottawa. I want to keep working as an actor, and living at PAL Place would make that easier for sure.”
Lynn Miles: "Affordable housing for arts workers has always been an issue..."
Sneezy Waters: “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!”
Polly Shannon: "PAL Place is a wonderful help for those who’ve given so much!"
Tibor Egervari: "PAL Place is one major effort to alleviate an aging artist’s situation, and as such deserves all the help it can get."
Jay Shore: “No question, the arts is a big risk financially...PAL Place helps address this problem.”
Tony D: "Please support PAL Ottawa, who support the art and the artists. By doing so, it makes for a better creative community for us all.”

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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Today marks the centennial of Canadian short story author Mavis Gallant's birth, she was born on August 11, 1922.

Gallant wrote over 100 short stories, and was published in The New Yorker magazine, Montreal Stories, Going Ashore, From the Fifteenth District, and more!

Take a dive into Gallant's life and if you're not familiar with her, get to know her and her work. ... See MoreSee Less

30 facts you might not know about the renowned short story writer Mavis Gallant | CBC Books

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Born Aug. 11, 1922, the Canadian literary legend would have been 100 this year. Mavis Gallant spoke to Writers & Company's Eleanor Wachtel in Paris in 2008. A reprise of their CBC Radio conversation w...

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2021/2022 PAL Ottawa Annual Membership Meeting: Monday, July 18th

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A tribute to Shirley Greenberg – Her generosity to PAL Ottawa in doing something about the plight of affordable housing for older arts workers in our community as they age through the development of PAL Place was enthusiastic and full of helpful advice.

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