Staff Picks: Inauguration Edition 2021
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!
Blue Roses
Blue Roses is an inspiring documentary about front line workers who provide care to people in Ottawa's inner-city rooming house community who face issues of poverty, addiction and mental illness that often lead to premature death. Through this process they expand our conventional understanding of palliative (end-of-life) care and show how much of this care can be provided to the community by its own members.
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Blue Roses is an inspiring documentary about front line workers who provide care to people in Ottawa's inner-city rooming house community who face issues of poverty, addiction and mental illness that often lead to premature death. Through this process they expand our conventional understanding of palliative (end-of-life) care and show how much of this care can be provided to the community by its own members.
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Written By:Ed Kucerak, Danielle Rolfe
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