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• The number of years since the University of Ottawa created the Department of Visual Arts. The Ottawa Art Gallery is commemorating the five decades with Art School Confidential, an exhibition until September. The Vernissage is tonight at 6:30 pm. (Ottawa Art Gallery)

ottawan of the day

Dr. Christopher Milroy

• The pathologist and professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has been awarded the Order of the British Empire, bestowed upon him by Princess Anne at Windsor Castle. The award honoured his services to forensic pathology in the United Kingdom, where it was noted that he is one of the 30 most cited authors in forensic medicine and science.  (Natasha O'Neill at CityNews)
  

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To have the honour of entering people's lives in these incredibly vulnerable times, they should be held to a much higher standard

•  Executive director of domestive abuse refuge Interval House, Keri Lewis, on a new CBC report that shows that of all police officers suspended from duty in Ontario, one third was because of allegations of domestic abuse or sexual assault. (Julie Ireton at CBC)
  

• ➕ Related Ottawa Police Service chief Eric Stubbs says that in light of the CBC’s reporting on the costs of police officer suspensions, he’s going to think about the transparency of the Service.