My going-away party at Maxwell's Plum (Halifax, Nova Scotia) on July 2nd, the night before I went to Ottawa to join the pre-departure sessions. That's John, Mark, Jonathan, and my cousin Catherine.
PS21 - Ottawa
July 7th, 2005: well, I'm off
Photos from the pre-departure sessions in Ottawa where we spent a few days in preparation for our Canada Corps e-governance program in Ukraine. We had excellent pre-departure traning courtesy of the Canadian Foreign Service Institute in Gatineau (across the river from Ottawa).
My going-away party at Maxwell's Plum (Halifax, Nova Scotia) on July
2nd, the night before I went to Ottawa to join the pre-departure sessions.
That's John, Mark, Jonathan, and my cousin Catherine.
An indoor fountain in Ottawa International Airport - my very first
picture of the trip.
Ottawa's Notre-Dame Cathedral, across from the National Gallery of
Canada.
An MT-AT walker
from the planet Cardia,
featured in the Jedi
Academy novels. Or it could be a legitimate sculpture. That's Vlad
on the left, he's a Program Manager with Canada
World Youth - and in the middle is Shelley (Alberta), one of the seven
participants in our program.
Parliament Hill,
as seen from the Ottawa River.
The Ottawa side of the Royal
Alexandra Interprovincial Bridge, which leads to Gatineau, Québec
(and also, ultimately, our hotel).
Again, the Alexandra Bridge, looking across to Gatineau.
View of Gatineau, Québec from the Alexandra Bridge.
Lee in a memoribilia display at the Canadian
Museum of Civilization (Gatineau, QC).
Me, in front of a replica Ukrainian Bookstore at the Canadian Museum
of Civilization.
The Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Ryan, Shannon (a nice girl from PEI), and Lee, still in the Museum.
The entrance of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, taken while I
was waiting for Barb to come pick me up for dinner. The architect, Douglas
Cardinal, had also designed the Grande
Prairie Regional College, a major fixture on my previous CWY program
in Grande Prairie, Alberta - so now we're coming full circle!
And now we get a little peek at Ottawa again...
Barb picked me up in her PT Crusier and took me to dinner! On the right
is Laura, my second cousin whom I hadn't met until that day, and Neil in
the middle is my first cousin once removed, and Barb is his wife.
(I just couldn't decide which one was better; the one with the flash,
or the one without.)
And here we are dressed up in front of the Embassy
of Ukraine in Canada, waiting for a cab to take us back to Gatineau.
We'd just met with the Acting Ambassador and his staff, and Matthew Pearce
(the President of Canada World Youth at the time) was also with us. That's
Lee (Alberta), Amy (British Columbia) and Roch (Québec).
The girls crossing back over Somerset Street, having searched for our
cab.
Our group poses for a farewell shot at the Canadian Foreign Service
Institute, where we held our pre-departure sessions. From left to right:
Roch (Québec), Kelly (our fearless facilitator), Sheryle (Alberta),
Shelley (Alberta), Amy (British Columbia), Lindsay (Ontario), William (Nova
Scotia).
Sheryle tries some new headgear.
Here we are in front of the Canadian Foreign Service Institute, waiting
for cabs again.
The sign in front of the Canadian Foreign Service Institute (Gatineau,
Québec), in all its Federal glory.