Alexandra Yarrow
@alexyarrow.bsky.social
Reader, runner, cyclist, transplanted Montrealer, library manager, co-founder of @FreeBooksOttawa, infertility & miscarriage survivor, mum. Opinions are my own. Photo credit Nathan Fréchette.
Putting a mini park with astroturf in a wedge of land between downtown and a new development, beside a major transit hub, is such a gift 💚 #montreal
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Putting a mini park with astroturf in a wedge of land between downtown and a new development, beside a major transit hub, is such a gift 💚 #montreal
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BCFNJC opens the doors to the Indigenous Diversion Centre (IDC) in Prince George aiming to divert Indigenous individuals from the criminal justice system, offering culturally appropriate healing and support as an alternative to incarceration.
Full release here: bit.ly/4lzo4aw/
Full release here: bit.ly/4lzo4aw/
July 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BCFNJC opens the doors to the Indigenous Diversion Centre (IDC) in Prince George aiming to divert Indigenous individuals from the criminal justice system, offering culturally appropriate healing and support as an alternative to incarceration.
Full release here: bit.ly/4lzo4aw/
Full release here: bit.ly/4lzo4aw/
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“Indigenous Diversion Centre will work with RCMP to intervene to stop cycle of incarceration by providing wrap-around care for a person who is either heading toward prison or is just being released and is at risk of reoffending” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The Indigenous over-incarceration crisis can only be addressed if Canadians act
A new B.C. centre aims to reduce Indigenous incarceration by diverting individuals from the justice system
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Indigenous Diversion Centre will work with RCMP to intervene to stop cycle of incarceration by providing wrap-around care for a person who is either heading toward prison or is just being released and is at risk of reoffending” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Just a truly beautiful day
October 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just a truly beautiful day
Long run and Caldwell Carvery Conservation Area joys. One of the top five Ottawa jewels IMO 🍁
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Long run and Caldwell Carvery Conservation Area joys. One of the top five Ottawa jewels IMO 🍁
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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
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Alarming finding from case studies of urban play projects.
“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”
“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”
How to give children the freedom to play all across the city – not just in playgrounds
Play should be promoted in cities to bolster children’s right to play anywhere.
theconversation.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Alarming finding from case studies of urban play projects.
“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”
“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”
Hey @en.ottawa.ca where can i buy more red bike lights from you? My kid (3yo) lost the one he got at Meet the Fleet and is despondent 🩷
July 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hey @en.ottawa.ca where can i buy more red bike lights from you? My kid (3yo) lost the one he got at Meet the Fleet and is despondent 🩷
I feel this in my bike bump addled spine
Here’s a good question — why is riding a bicycle in the city turning into [actually, being deliberately turned into] a culture war?
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Why is Riding a Bicycle in the City Turning Into a Culture War
Here are some key reasons why a safety and efficiency issue is turning into a bicycle culture war.
momentummag.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I feel this in my bike bump addled spine
The Cohen Ewart story destroyed me and deeply spoke to my lived experience 💜 thank you for always-beautiful work @thewalrus.ca
Our 2025 summer reading issue has arrived, featuring excellent fiction from Cohen Ewart, Lisa Moore, and Danny Ramadan. Plus, don’t miss beautiful poetry from Barbara Nickel, Ronna Bloom, and Sarah Wolfson. Get your copy today:
📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W56NIPSW
📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W56NIPSW
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Cohen Ewart story destroyed me and deeply spoke to my lived experience 💜 thank you for always-beautiful work @thewalrus.ca
@timtierney.ca thanks for your kindness to my boy today. Nothing Kiran loves more than music … and also hijinks. You two are simpatico!
June 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@timtierney.ca thanks for your kindness to my boy today. Nothing Kiran loves more than music … and also hijinks. You two are simpatico!
Magnolia season is the best season
May 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Magnolia season is the best season
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Jane's Walk, the literary walks
www.janeswalkottawa.ca/
free registration required
May 3 - Plotlines & Pathways: Central Ottawa in Contemporary Fiction by Susan Johnston 11 am. Moulin de Provence, Byward Market. Sign up: www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/janes-walk-ottawa-gatineau-2025/22005
www.janeswalkottawa.ca/
free registration required
May 3 - Plotlines & Pathways: Central Ottawa in Contemporary Fiction by Susan Johnston 11 am. Moulin de Provence, Byward Market. Sign up: www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/janes-walk-ottawa-gatineau-2025/22005
Jane's Walk Ottawa
www.janeswalkottawa.ca
May 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Jane's Walk, the literary walks
www.janeswalkottawa.ca/
free registration required
May 3 - Plotlines & Pathways: Central Ottawa in Contemporary Fiction by Susan Johnston 11 am. Moulin de Provence, Byward Market. Sign up: www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/janes-walk-ottawa-gatineau-2025/22005
www.janeswalkottawa.ca/
free registration required
May 3 - Plotlines & Pathways: Central Ottawa in Contemporary Fiction by Susan Johnston 11 am. Moulin de Provence, Byward Market. Sign up: www.janeswalkottawa.ca/en/walks/janes-walk-ottawa-gatineau-2025/22005
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‘A natural storyteller’: Jane Gardam remembered by Tessa Hadley
‘A natural storyteller’: Jane Gardam remembered by Tessa Hadley
The author of Late in the Day pays tribute to the exuberantly inventive Yorkshire-born novelist who has died aged 96
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘A natural storyteller’: Jane Gardam remembered by Tessa Hadley
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Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests
Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests
New work says novelist, who was a censor during second world war, may been employed to look for coded messages
It is an irony that she herself would have revelled in: Barbara Pym, the author who punctured the social strictures of 20th-century Britain, worked as a censor during the second world war.
But research suggests that rather than just poring over the private letters that must have helped hone her talent, she may have also been working for MI5. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests
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Opinion: FACE is a Montreal success. Quebec must not mess with it https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-eds/article900775.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
Opinion: FACE is a Montreal success. Quebec must not mess with it
www.montrealgazette.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Opinion: FACE is a Montreal success. Quebec must not mess with it https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-eds/article900775.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
April 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Maybe you need this bunny close-up glam shot, courtesy of my 3.5 y o
April 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Maybe you need this bunny close-up glam shot, courtesy of my 3.5 y o
Centennial Park, Rockcliffe Park
April 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Centennial Park, Rockcliffe Park