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Centre for Global and Community Engagement - In the Service of Others
Tabaret Hall
550 Cumberland
Room 304
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1N 6N5

Tel.: 613-562-5800 ext. 5945
Fax: 613-562-5285
Email: servingothers@uOttawa.ca

Students – Community Partners Details




COMMUNITY PARTNER INFORMATION:
Organization:
Ottawa Folk Festival
Description:
The Ottawa Folk Festival is a non-profit volunteer-based community organization which celebrates the creativity of musicians, dancers, artisans, and storytellers through an annual festival and a series of concerts during the year. The Mandate of the Ottawa Folk Festival is to: Provide performers with a space in which creativity, imagination, and exploration are celebrated as fundamental to personal expression; Recognize dance as a means to both connect the body with the spirit and the music to ourselves; Embrace the participation of visual artists and craftspeople as an integral component of the artistic community at the festival; Present the greater community with the opportunity to enhance their experience of the festival by listening to, sharing in, and creating music, dance and stories; Treat our volunteers and staff, who are the heart of our organization, with respect and care, and provide them with opportunities for personal and professional growth; Consider our sponsors and friends as valuable members of our organization, whose presence, ideas, and feedback are essential to the ongoing vitality of the festival; Enhance the cultural life and contribute to the economic activity of the local community, the city, and the region; Encourage a sense of community in all who participate in shaping the festival, while challenging ourselves to uphold the values the festival promotes

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