Dutch Canadian Association

A reader is asking for her mother if there are retirement home/Long Term Care homes in Ottawa with Dutch speaking staff. Her 89 year old mother is reverting back from English to Dutch. Any suggestions welcome in the comment section below

Dutch Store in Ottawa for Sale The Postbode received the following letter from de Van Zijltjes: Dear Valued Customers,... We’d like to inform you that we have decided to sell the store. We are happy in the store; business is good, customers appreciate what we do, and the staff is working hard to keep the store in top condition for you. However, we are getting older and we have plans to do other things than work in the years ahead of us! We hope that you would help us in spreading the word. Perhaps you, your family or friends might be interested in this unique opportunity? The store is profitable and is a great place for a couple or partnership to make their business dreams a reality. We appreciate you letting us know of anyone interested to learn more, or having them contact us directly. Thank you, Henk and José van Zijl Email: [email protected]

CAANS: 90 Year of Change in Boreal and Sub-Arctic Wetlands - Jean Thie Satellite images of fires, permafrost melting and exploding beaver habitat by... Jean Thie Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 7:30 pm Boardroom, Minto Building Carleton University CAANS-Ottawa has the pleasure of inviting you to a presentation by Jean Thie on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. As usual, the presentation will be delivered in the Faculty Lounge in the Minto Building of Carleton University. The meeting room is on the main floor, just to the right of the entrance, and will be open at 7:00 pm. The talk will be in English and start at 7:30 pm. Dutch may be used in questions and discussion following the presentation. In addition to a few smaller paid parking areas near the Minto Building, there is paid parking in the P9 and P18 parking garages. There may also be free parking space in Brewer Park, a 15-minute walk from the Minto building. The presentation in a nutshell Jean Thie will take you back 90 years with amazing images taken from ‘Canada’s Flying Canoes’ to the present day exceptional high resolution remote sensing satellites. Combined with his fieldwork (1967-1987), Jean will provide surprising perspectives of environmental change in boreal and subarctic wetlands, including: Wildland fires - as agent of change; Permafrost melting - at its most sensitive southern edge of occurrence; Unequaled beaver habitat finding the longest beaver dam, the highest density of beavers in the world, the largest beaver landscape; Virtual visit to Canadian beavers in Finland, Russia and Tierra del Fuego. About Jean Thie Jean Thie has worked over 45 years in ecological land classification, environmental monitoring, geographic information systems and the management of science and policy programs. Initially studying forestry and rural engineering in the Netherlands, he completed an M.Sc. in Soil Science at the University of Manitoba. Remote sensing and air photo interpretation were his themes of study at the International Institute for Aerial survey and Earth Sciences (ITC, Delft now Twente) and the Laboratory of Application of Remote Sensing (Purdue University, U.S.). Jean and Marjolijn emigrated from Amsterdam / Muiderberg to Winnipeg in 1967, where he joined the Canada Land Inventory Project and she started Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. During his career Jean worked with the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, the Lands Directorate (Environment Canada) and the National Atlas of Canada. Jean and Marjolijn moved to Switzerland in 1999, where Jean joined the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). After his retirement from the IUCN in 2004, Jean established Ecoinformatics International Inc., through which he provides consulting services to national and international environmental organizations.

Canadian Army Ball 2020 is looking for people of Dutch Heritage The Army Ball is being held this year on April 4th , 2020 at the Hilton Lac Leamy. The theme is completely centered on the Liberation of the Netherlands. The evening is a formal dinner for the Canadian Army with an amazing show during the dinner. Think of an indoor tattoo. For one of the acts in the show they would like to re-enact a moment of Liberation with Dutch people cheering and waving flags and singing th...e Dutch National Anthem. They are looking for volunteers who would like to be in the show. You would not be at the dinner but at the end of the show, you would be invited to stay for the party with a great band for dancing. Drink tickets would be provided. If you are interested to participate, please contact Wendy Sewell at 613-852-670-6033 or [email protected]

Op zoek naar Olivier B. Bommel Mijn naam is Willem Kunst en ik ben een verwoed verzamelaar van de krantenstrips van Tom Poes en Heer Bommel, zie https://www.tubantia.nl//almelose-olivier-b-bommel-verzam/... Deze verhalen verschenen in veel Nederlandse kranten tussen 1941 en begin 2000, maar ook in Nederlandstalige kranten buiten Nederland, zoals in Indonesië, Suriname, de Antillen en Australië. Ook in de Nederlandse Courant voor Canada zijn voor zover ik weet enkele verhalen verschenen. In mijn verzameling heb ik 1 strook van zo'n verhaal uit het Kerstnummer van 1966. Van wat er precies is verschenen is hier in Nederland bijna niets bekend. Wel heb ik ontdekt dat in de Library and Archives of Canada in Ottawa zich exemplaren van de Nederlandse Courant zijn opgeslagen, die ter plekke kunnen worden ingezien. Omdat een de reis van Almelo naar Canada niet binnen mijn mogelijkheden ligt, zoek ik iemand die het zoekwerk in de LAC voor mij zou willen doen. Het gaat dan om het aanleggen van een lijst met de titels van de in de Nederlandse Courant verschenen verhalen, met begin- en einddatum van verschijnen van elk verhaal. Een tweede is het scannen van de begin- en eindstrook van elk gevonden verhaal (in png of jpg). In de tussentijd heb ik een lijst kunnen bemachtigen met de dingen die ik wil en waar je ze kan vinden in de Archives. Daardoor wordt de zoektijd minder en kost het iets minder moeite. Een ruime beloning voor de moeite (die momenteel voor mij moeilijk in te schatten is) zit er helaas niet in, wel kan ik daar een aantal boeken met de verhalen van Tom Poes en Heer Bommel als tegemoetkoming tegenover stellen. Meld zich iemand, wilt u mijn e-mail adres dan doorgeven? Dan kan ik diegene van de nodige zoekhulpen voorzien. In afwachting van uw reactie, Willem Kunst [email protected]