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Sam Hersh

Sam Hersh is a community and political organizer based in Ottawa. Since moving to the city, he has been involved in many local initiatives intended to further social, climate, and economic justice. He is currently on the Board of Directors for progresive municipal organization, Horizon Ottawa.

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Election Audits Should Serve the Public Interest not Punish Participation
Sam Hersh November 13, 2025
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City Budget 2025: A mess of Ottawa Council’s own making
Sam Hersh December 9, 2024
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Watson’s departure is an opportunity to build a better city
Sam Hersh January 30, 2022
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LRT Disaster Should Spell Beginning of the End For P3s in Ottawa
Sam Hersh October 27, 2021
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The Leveller is a publication covering news, current events, and culture at Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, the Ottawa/Gatineau region and, to a lesser extent, the wider world. It is intended to provide readers with a lively portrait of their campus and community and of the events that give it meaning. It is also intended to be a forum for provocative editorializing and lively debate on issues of concern to post-secondary students, staff, and faculty as well as Ottawa residents.

‘Proud,’ ‘Fucking Racist’ Absolutely Discharged of Assault on Palestinian Woman

Overwhelming Police Response to CANSEC Protests

Voluntary Camera Registry Links Ontario Police to Private Surveillance Footage

Ontario’s Landlord-Tenant Board “Rubber Stamps” Above Guideline Rent Increases

Ottawa’s May Day Rally Brings Together Communities, Common Struggles

‘Proud,’ ‘Fucking Racist’ Absolutely Discharged of Assault on Palestinian Woman

Amid the Rise of AI Data Centres, There is Still Hope

Ontario’s Landlord-Tenant Board “Rubber Stamps” Above Guideline Rent Increases

To Jail and Back Again

Tenants of Sandy Hill are Organizing!

Ottawa Police Claim Success With New Intimate Partner Violence Reporting Systems

School Board Election to Nowhere?

Voluntary Camera Registry Links Ontario Police to Private Surveillance Footage

Ontario’s Landlord-Tenant Board “Rubber Stamps” Above Guideline Rent Increases

Nuclear Reno Job at Darlington Didn’t Include All the Work

How “A Safer Ontario” Isn’t Working at Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre

Amid the Rise of AI Data Centres, There is Still Hope

Carney’s Attack on Refugees and Migrants

To Jail and Back Again

“We Are a Movement”

An Ecologist-Feminist-Socialist Utopia is in New Video Game, ‘Future? No Thanks!’

You Haven’t Seen One of The Greatest Films This Decade: ‘I Love Boosters’

Local Ottawa Cafe Blends Coffee and Culture

Sock ‘n’ Buskin Presents Little Women

I Was a Juror in Immersive Stage Drama, The Jury Experience

One Year Later, Carleton Board of Governors Remains Complicit

Students in Ottawa React to OSAP Cuts

Documenting Carleton’s Institutional Impartiality Policy

Students at Carleton University Organize Sit-in for Students in Gaza

Carleton’s Quiet Budget Cuts to Fund Genocide

Sam Hersh

Election Audits Should Serve the Public Interest not Punish Participation

City Budget 2025: A mess of Ottawa Council’s own making

Watson’s departure is an opportunity to build a better city

LRT Disaster Should Spell Beginning of the End For P3s in Ottawa