
- Jan 202529 January
Carleton’s Selective Application of Rules
By Maxwell Heroux & Maheeshan Sivanesan Campus movements in support of Palestine have spread across Canada, the most prominent of such being the student encampments set up at universities. Famously, encampments were set up at University of Toronto, University of Windsor, and one familiar to Otta
- 28 January
Mental Health Stigma in Ottawa’s Somali Diaspora
By Sarah Hirsi The sounds of children and family fill the house, while one girl sits in front of her computer, talking to an online therapist. She makes an effort to keep it discrete, trying to hide that she’s on a call with a therapist. Mental health is a big deal for her, but it’s not someth
- 28 January
Ottawa Police Repress Palestinian Solidarity; Labour Raises Funds
By Ashton Starr After one year of fundraising for the legal defence of Ottawa Palestinian solidarity activists, the local chapter of Labour For Palestine (L4P) spoke to The Leveller about the increased need for support. The organization’s website states the fund has financially assisted those receiv
- 27 January
Ontario Tables Safe Consumption Site Ban
By Alivia Vanin In late August of 2024, the Ontario government announced a plan as a part of their Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act that includes Ontario Safe consumption sites. The bill requires that all safe consumption sites located within 200 metres of either a school or childcare facilit
- Dec 202430 December
Paying More for Less
By Je Ho Cho In May 2020, the Trillium Line in Ottawa was closed for an extension project nearly two decades in the making. Over four years later, students en route to Carleton University continue to load themselves onto cramped replacement buses – neatly wrapped station exteriors and empty new trai
- 9 December
City Budget 2025: A mess of Ottawa Council’s own making
By Sam Hersh Each year Ottawa’s city council and Mayor are faced with what should not be a difficult decision: what to fund and how to fund it. Of course, this is not to say budgets are not complex processes with competing priorities. However, as Ottawa residents we should be able to feel confident
- Nov 202430 November
The Leveller’s Gift Giving Guide
By The Leveller Staff Black Friday just smashed through our lives like a brick through a Starbucks window. Inboxes and mail room recycling bins become full of flyers misidentifying the last Friday of the month as a “Black Friday Week” and “Black Friday Month”, paving the way for the inevitable “Blac
- Oct 202428 October
Rental Policies Enable Landlords to Displace Tenants
By Emily Miller The provincial governments’ policies have made tenant eviction profitable. Mass evictions, like the one currently being carried out by Smart Living Properties (SLP) of Bank Block Tenants (BBT) in Centretown, have become a common strategy for landlords to extract more money from tenan
- 28 October
Addressing Menopause Care Gaps for Women in Canada’s Healthcare System
By Annie Tuba Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe believes Canadians need to have better conversations about menopause. As a family doctor working in the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, she explains that menopause treatment plans are less accessible to low-income and racialized women. Menopause is a
- Sep 202415 September
Bank Street Tenants Confront Smart Living Properties to say No to Mass Eviction
By Emily Miller Tenants facing mass eviction from a heritage building in downtown Ottawa marched to their landlord’s office on Sept. 10. Residents are demanding that Smart Living Properties (SLP) drop the N13 eviction notices and meet with tenants. Thirty tenants and supporters organizing under the
- 15 September
The View From 227 Bank Street
By Ben Emond At the end of October, 2023, Smart Living Properties (I will call them “Smart Living” for short), who had bought not only my building but the entire block along Bank Street between Lisgar and Nepean Streets in the Fall of 2022, issued a termination of tenancy form (N13) to me and all of
- Jun 202421 June
A choir with a cause
By Anya Swettenham On Friday, May 24, the Ottawa Community gathered to celebrate Just Voices’ 20th anniversary concert in effort to raise money for the Ottawa Food Bank. Just Voices is an activist choir that aims to raise awareness about social equity by performing at rallies and fundraisers in the