Bill Staubi
“Hello, Centretown. My name is Bill. I’ve been living here in Centretown for the last 25, 26 years. I think of myself as a friend of the artists and the arts community here in Centretown and throughout the city and the Ottawa region. One of the things that I like about coming to a place like Highjinx Ottawa. […]
Jose Palacios
“Hey, Centretown. My name is Jose Palacios. I’m an artist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I was born in Lima, Peru, but I’ve lived in Ottawa most of my life. I do music, visual art, and I’m also a DJ in Ottawa. I’ve held a couple of longstanding events as a DJ. The first was Kitchen Party, and […]
Sarah Farmer
“Hi Centretown, my name is Sarah. I’m the owner of Gumption Studio. I used to be a chef in Centretown and now I’m a photographer and I’ve worked with many restaurants in the area. Since having a baby, I’m essentially starting from scratch. I’ve redone my website, yeah and essentially getting all new clients. It’s a challenge that a lot […]
Hayley Pugh
“Hi, Centretown. I am Hayley and I live in Centretown and I work in Centretown. I’m very proud to live my life in Centretown. I love this neighborhood. I love the community here. I primarily bartend at Union 613 in the main level at Union also in the basement, The Staff Room. You can always find me […]
Izzy Poirier
“Hey, Centretown, I’m Izzy, founder of the Ottawa Design Club. The Ottawa Design Club is a speaker event series where we meet quarterly under a theme and we have three speakers talking about their pivotal moments, their journeys, and it’s also a place for all of us to network. Following the speaker events, we wanted […]
Sacha Jackman
“Hi Centretown, my name is Sacha and I’m a communications professional and an art director and I live in Centretown. I wanted to talk about multi-sensory design, it’s something that is really interesting to me. I love all things design, I started off by being really interested in visual design and as I started down […]
Ryan Jordan
“My name is Ryan Jordan. I’ve been a resident of Centretown for the past five years. Before that, in the early 2000s, I started off competing in mixed martial arts in the onset of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. And I came to a crossroads. I either pursue my passion and become a pro fighter, which we didn’t really know […]
Fletcher Gailey-Snell
“Let’s go rollin’, rolling, rolling the whole world ‘roundThat fine gal of mine’s on the Georgia line And we’ll roll the woodpile down Hello, Centretown, my name’s Fletcher Gailey-Snell and I’m one of the members of the Bytown Sea Shanty Collective! Ottawa’s only sea shanty group. Bytown Sea Shanty Collective is a group of four guys. We’ve known […]
Maren K Elliott
“My name is Maren Kathleen Elliott and I’m a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of movement, visual arts and sound. I’m really inspired by stories, emotion, seeing what I observe around me and then bringing that back in using humour, using curiosity to express that with different non-verbal forms and then bringing that back […]
Rebecca Rowe
“Hey Centretown, the calls I have been getting from you guys about going back into the office and freaking out about not having enough clothes that make you feel put together has been extraordinary this month so let’s talk about it. My name is Rebecca Rowe. I am a personal stylist here in Ottawa. I […]