Ottawa is commonly misspelled as Ottowa. It's Ottawa, and it is a word derived from Algonquin
Ottawa is not that small. It is the national capital of Canada, located in the province of Ontario on the unceded territory of the Anishinabe-Algonquin Nation. It is one of the largest cities in Canada, the second largest in Ontario after Toronto. Its population is a little over a million people (1.02 million in 2021).
Ottawa is connected by bridges over the Ottawa River to a city in Quebec called Gatineau (the Gat), some amenities are shared between the two cities and public transit crosses over between the two. The legal drinking age in Quebec is 18, so a lot of high school seniors like to hop over the river to party.
Most people in Ottawa speak either English or French, and some speak both or a little bit of both. Labels, street signs and advertisements are all in both languages. It’s majority English speakers, but this depends on the part of the city, EX. Gatineau is French-dominant.
Ottawa is actually multiple cities in a trench coat, they share amenities, politics and schools, but sometimes their addresses remain, depending on the documentation (which is not confusing at all). Notable cities include Nepean and Orléans, but there are others
Ottawa has a very poor nightlife, things close down early in the night, the club scene is lacking, and the offers of public transit are awful, especially at night.
The public transit (OCtranspo) has made international news with how bad it is. More on that in a later post.
There are two universities in Ottawa, University of Ottawa (uOttawa) which is in the downtown area, and Carleton University, which is near Little Italy. There is also a college (equivalent to a community college for my fellow americans) called Algonquin College (affectionately known as the gonq or gonq).
There are many sports teams in Ottawa given it is the capital of Canada, the Ottawa Senators are the NHL team (they suck) as of 2023 the Ottawa Charge are the PWHL team (they’re great!!), the 67s are their juniors team, there are other sports but that would need its own post tbh, plus I only really care about hockey :p
There are a lot of Senators fans in Ottawa, and people who aren't Senators fans usually come from a family who have been fans of the NHL since before the founding of the Senators, or who don't originate from Ottawa. Most often you'll see fans of Montréal and Toronto, but I've seen fans of all the Canadian teams around here, as well as some of the Northeastern teams like Boston or New York. The biggest beef is with the Leafs (Toronto).
Ottawa tends to butt heads with Toronto a lot, with Montréal a close second.
Ottawa is extremely multicultural, there are a lot of immigrants and those who are first (like me!) or second generation. Plus a very large Lebanese and Chinese population. I can write a whole post on that so I won't get too much into it, but Ottawa has a lot of variety in culture.
It is simultaneously very cold and very hot. It goes from -40 to 40C (-40 to 104F) in its extreme. Usually the range is smaller than that, but we'll write a post on Ottawa's weather shortly. The cold months get similar to the temperatures seen in Moscow.
Like Boston, we think our city is awful, but we're proud to be from it.
Ilya Rozanov's Immigration Status and Passport in Canada
I'm doing Canada, it's more critical for when he lives in Canada in canon, and I'm more familiar with the system.
If Ilya were to play for a Canadian team, he would be most likely obtaining an Employer-specific work permit at first through his team, but he would quickly be able to apply for permanent residency through express entry, and the team would likely sponsor his residency, since he resides in Canada and spends his time not working also in Canada (the cottage).
When he is outed, he would become a person in need of protection, which according to canada.ca is someone who is proven to be unable to return to their home country because they will face danger of torture, risk to their life, or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. Furthermore, he may also be a "protected person", or a conventional refugee, as he fears he will not be able to return to his country of origin because of his social group (sexual orientation is specifically listed as an example). Ilya would most definitely fall under one of these two categories, especially with how public the issue is.
When he is married, Shane would be able to sponsor his citizenship and permanent residency (send as many asks as you'd like over that, I'm intimately familiar w spousal sponsorship), but his status as a protected person or person in need of protection will give him extra help, specifically, travel documents.
In Canada, you must be a Canadian citizen to obtain a Canadian passport, otherwise you will have to use your passport from your country of origin. However, in certain cases, such as with refugees, people cannot get passports from their country of origin, in which case a travel document is issued. The terms of travel documents vary between individuals, such as how long they are valid or what you can do with them, but the one thing they all have in common is that they cannot be used to return to your country of origin.
Permanent residents in Canada get plenty of rights, they can hold most federal jobs, are covered by provincial healthcare and services, pay taxes, and some places are considering giving them the right to vote in municipal or even provincial elections (I don't have a link on this but my dad has been a PR for many years). Since Ilya is only a citizen of a country that will persecute him if he returns, he would most likely choose to pursue Canadian citizenship for the safety net, but he does not need to.
Another thing to note is that an embassy is technically the soil of the country it represents, if I were to enter the Hungarian embassy in Ottawa, I would be on Hungarian soil and subject to Hungarian laws, so I'm not going to want to walk in with my pride flag. It wouldn't really be reasonable for Ilya to be arrested if he went to the Russian embassy, but there's nothing saying he couldn't, so he would likely not take that risk.
I am not an immigration lawyer, nor am I your immigration lawyer, just the son of a refugee and an immigrant. Do not take me as advice for anything other than writing.
do the hand shake things that they do in the Juniors in the show carry on into the NHL or not
how do draft picks work? like how is decided which teams get draft picks?
1) That handshake thing is what is done at the end of elimination games, even in juniors. The handshake line existed because it was the last game of a championship. A normal, regular-season game won't have handshake lines, but when a team is eliminated in the playoffs they will!
2) Draft picks are really complicated, so buckle up. The 16 teams who did not make the playoffs of any given year are put into a lottery (or teams that were given a draft pick via trade), and the team with the worst record gets the highest chance of a #1 pick. Since 2021, this lottery only determines the top 3 picks, and after that it is determined by regular season standings and playoff results. Before 2021, the lottery determined picks 1-16. However, a team cannot get more than 10 slot higher than their previous pick, so if the Canucks got #16 one year, they can only get at most #6 the next year, even if they are, say, drawn for pick #2 (this happened to the Utah Mammoth this year). The lottery is to prevent what is called "tanking", which is basically a race to the bottom.
There are 7 rounds total, and each team gets one pick per round (draft pick trades notwithstanding). Teams with bad league standings will have more desirable draft picks, which is why they often trade in draft picks. It's really confusing, sorry. This article might help.
Hey guys, if Yuna Hollander wanted to dote on her future favorite son, what sort of Russian bakeries/restaurants/spots would she be able to find in Ottawa? I am thinking of writing a fanfic set in the rest of the 2 weeks at the cottage :)
Hi! You're actually in luck bc I'm a frequent flier at these sort of places bc I'm Hungarian*!
I am SO sorry about the late response university was whipping my ass.
Worth noting to start that The Cottage is not going to be in Ottawa, it'll probably be in Quebec outside of Gatineau or along the rivers, but they'll be at a small town at best and not in Ottawa itself, however they can always drive to Ottawa :p.
So for a lot of Eastern European diaspora, we actually frequently can't find places specific to our culture in our area, Russians in particular aren't frequent immigrants nowadays so finding a Russian place is much harder than you'd think. However, a lot of Eastern European store owners will cater to Eastern Europe as a whole, not just their specific culture, so you'll find Russian imported goods in a store run by a Romanian, as an example. Without further ado, here's some places Yuna and later Ilya might be able to find!
Lakomka International Deli - Run by Ukrainians, they sell deli stuff and a lot of Central/Eastern European foods, really good barrel cabbage (Hungarian thing). They're our main source for stuff. I can confirm they do sell Russian stuff as well (I can read enough Cyrillic to differentiate "Сделано в России" and "зроблено в Україні" lol). It's right by the Ikea so Yuna might have just seen it in passing. I'm pretty sure the owner speaks Russian as well as Ukrainian.
Pierogis - Another Ukrainian-owned business. They sell pierogis and are literally right next door to my beloved Lakomka. Haven't been but I will probably go soon and answer back. Ukrainian pierogis aren't quite Russian pierogis but it's still a lot closer to home than others. Worth noting Ukrainian diaspora/immigrants tend to understand that Russian immigrants/diaspora aren't in Russia for a reason, so Ilya won't be getting shit for being there. They sell foods for orthodox holidays so Ilya might be ordering from them.
European Delicatessen - No website, another deli. I don't remember being there (though I'm pretty sure we have), they sell a lot of imported goods and snacks. If I recall, they're German-leaning.
Reddit mentions Avant-Garde Bar, which sells Eastern European booze.
Chimnies - Chimnies sells kürtőskalács, or chimney cakes. They're a Hungarian-minority dessert that a lot of Eastern Europe is obsessed with. Would be kind of like a Southwestern USAmerican eating at a Mexican restaurant.
-Mod Beigli (szeretlek!)
*my family isn't from Hungary, we're a Hungarian minority from what is now Romania (Transylvania specifically), but I speak Hungarian (sziasztok!) and am ethnically Hungarian, not Romanian
hi lovely people! I am trying to write a fic where a different team tries to poach ilya from the centaurs. what would that look like from a logistical perspective? would it pretty much come down to trade negotiations that would happen with ottawa management? would a no-trade clause make it impossible for any discussions like this to happen, or are there ways to get around that? and how much say, if any, would ilya have in the whole thing? thank you so much!!! i love that this blog exists <3
some things i put together while i was on my break for rehearsal the other day:
ilya would likely bring a NTC (no trade clause) to the table, which would reduce how much he's paid, but ensure he won't be traded until his contract is up
"tampering", which is what it's called when teams try to negotiate with players before their contracts are complete, is usually done between a player+their agent and the team trying to sign them, not with their current team
this is generally not allowed and teams can get fined for it
feel free to shoot another ask if you're still confused, but what you're describing is called tampering and is not allowed
heyy! first of all, this blog has been such a help, thank youuu
i was wondering if there would be any scenario in which shane AND ilya would get injured during a game, like at once?
i don't know enough about hockey to think of anything. thank you!
Hi! Yes, there could definitely be cases where they get injured simultaneously! It would be unlikely, I've only been able to find one case of it happening where both guys don't just skate it off, but it is possible. Generally, though, one player ends up worse-off than the other in a hit.
It's possible they could skate into each other, or one checks the other and gets clipped with his stick as he falls, but the only example I can find is the above one where they both slide into the boards hard. They would most likely be intentionally trying to hit the other, not intending to injure (most players do not intend to injure their opponents, that is called head hunting and is extremely frowned upon), but falls can be unpredictable and you can't always know the angle you're going to hit at. As for the severity, most likely they'd be out for the period (about 20 minutes) to get checked over or the rest of the game if they're really unlucky, it'll be nearly impossible for them to significantly injure themselves. Sometimes, though, people can hit the boards badly, so if you go for a board crash, then you can increase the severity.
Some things can get dicey when skates are involved, but hockey players are taught how to fall and rarely do skates get anywhere critical. There could be a case where there's a goal involved, so they wouldn't have to be intending to check, but most likely only one would be there bc they're not defensemen and don't spend as much time super close to their own goals, so a player is more likely to slam into a d-man than a forward, but a big pileup is possible.
It would be extremely unlikely for them to be hit by two different people in two different events, because there are rules on who can be checked, and players generally don't go for that kind of big penalty unless they have a VERY good motivation. Short of being a hate crime, it would be extremely unlikely for two players on two different teams to be hit on the ice simultaneously, as one of said hits would be a blatant penalty.
You've inspired me to write a post about hockey injuries, expect to see that soon!
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hey party people! quick organizational thing! so we don't get caught up in the main tags anymore, we're going to change all our organizational tags (ie ottawa, russia) to "hri __" (HRI meaning heated rivalry info), sorry for any confusion and clogging up of tags
