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The property today known as Maplelawn was established in the 1830s by the Thomson family, and successively owned and nurtured by two other families: the Coles and the Rochesters.

Each family had a special interest in the signature garden there, and expended considerable resources to keep it well cultivated and in luxuriant flower. In 1936, the Rochesters hired Warren Oliver, of the Central Experimental Farm, to renew the garden.

Maplelawn was acquired by the federal government in the mid-1950s to preserve for future generations and it is now under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Commission. In 1993, the Friends of Maplelawn was formed to address the needs of this oasis. Thirty years later, 35 volunteers continue to ensure the integrity of the 1936 Oliver plan.

Join John Zvonar, Landscape Architect and Maplelawn Garden friend, who will share the story of how this Fourth Family has persisted with an ever changing roster of human resources and how it has brought joy to volunteers and visitors alike.

As it plans for the next 30 years, the Friends of Maplelawn maintain the almost 200-year continuum of custodians who have enthusiastically committed to the stewardship of Maplelawn Garden.

SPEAKER:

John Zvonar graduated with a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Manitoba in 1988. He recently completed a 30-year run at the federal government’s Centre of Expertise in Heritage Conservation, employing a principles- and values- based conservation approach in protecting nationally-significant cultural landscapes notably for Parks Canada, multiple federal departments, and often, the Parliamentary and Judicial Precincts. He continues his active involvement with the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation, and the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee for Cultural Landscapes. John was honoured with his election to the Canadian Society of Landscape Architecture’s College of Fellows in 2014. He continues to exercise his vocation as the next in a continuum of stewards at Maplelawn Garden.


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This lecture is now available on Heritage Ottawa's YouTube channel. 

Via ZOOM | CLICK HERE to register for this free lecture.

Between 1956 and 1972, children in Ottawa could start their celebration of the Christmas holidays with a ride on a very special train. Freiman’s Department Store chartered a special Santa Claus train on the Canadian National Railway that would take children and their chaperones from Ottawa to the “North Pole,” AKA the village of Vars, where Santa would be waiting to greet them.

Andrew Jeanes has been delving into the history of the Santa Claus train for almost twenty years, and will tell the story of Freiman’s—once one of Ottawa’s most successful independent department stores—the train, the stations it stopped at and the people who made this special Christmas railway excursion happen over its seventeen years of existence.

Speaker: Andrew Jeanes is a career public servant in the heritage conservation field, an amateur railway historian and an enthusiast of many different types of cultural heritage. He holds a degree in cultural studies from York University. Born and raised in Ottawa, and after considerable time living in Toronto, he now calls Kingston, Ontario home with his partner, daughter and two dogs.

Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required | CLICK HERE to register for this free lecture.

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This lecture will be presented in French.

A free lecture presented via ZOOM and available on Heritage Ottawa's YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 

Who were the "matchmakers" at Hull's E. B. Eddy pulp and paper mill? Exploited young women or committed union activists?

Between 1854 and 1928, the women responsible for making 90% of the country's matches worked in a backbreaking and extremely dangerous occupation involving fire hazards and toxic chemicals. The consequences were disastrous for them. These difficult conditions and low wages led to unionization and the first "women's strike" in Quebec history. 

In this presentation, historian Kathleen Durocher tells the fascinating story of this anonymous workforce, a story pieced together from Canadian censuses, government, private and parish archives, as well as from numerous articles in scholarly journals and mass-circulation newspapers.

Ms. Durocher has drawn up a demographic profile of the matchmakers, and will tell us about their daily lives; their role within the working class; their functions in the factory; their working conditions, the dangers of the job (especially those associated with white phosphorus); and their union activities, from 1918 to 1928 - when the factory left Hull.

Tragic and inspiring, the story of the matchmakers has marked the region and the country’s history for over a century but remains too little known. 

Speaker:  Kathleen Durocher holds bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Ottawa and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in history at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is mainly interested in the condition of the Hull working class, the place of women in it, and women's activism. Her most recent research focuses on industrial accidents and poisoning.  

Cette conférence se déroulera en français. Cliquez ici pour la version française.

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Free lecture presented via ZOOM and now available on Heritage Ottawa's YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 

Carleton is one of 14 Canadian universities participating in Quality in Canada’s Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability, a SSHRC Partnership initiative currently stimulating a vital dialogue on how our approach to the built environment can contribute to redefining quality. Heightened equity, increased social value and greater sustainability are all important considerations at this critical moment for our societies and our planet. 

As a community partner in the project, Heritage Ottawa is pleased to present the research of participating graduate students from Carleton University's Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism for this year’s Emerging Scholars Connect event.

In response to the socio-cultural, environmental, and economic benefits of building reuse, the Carleton research team has been developing a nationwide inventory of adaptive reuse projects from the past ten years, starting with Ottawa, to better assess which building typologies may have a better propensity for certain types of conversions, and what facilitates those conversions.

Research chair Professor Mariana Esponda will introduce the study — an extraordinary collaborative effort creating connections between hundreds of students and communities of practice across Canada. Graduate students will introduce some of the findings of the study, along with the benefits and barriers experienced by some of their case studies in Ottawa, along with European comparisons. This research was recently presented to an international audience at As Found: an International Colloquium on Adaptive Reuse in Belgium, and will be the source of further discussion during a Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) Workroom at the National Trust Conference on October 26, 2023.

SPEAKERS: Mariana Esponda, Melissa Lengies and Dana Mastrangelo.

 

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Free lecture presented via ZOOM and available on Heritage Ottawa's YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Monuments are reflections of the past in the present. Some are so prominent and imposing that they can’t be missed. Others are hidden away, discreet and unassuming. 

Ottawa is home to over 100 monuments representing national and local figures, histories, and memories. Carleton University professors Tonya Davidson and David Dean have undertaken a scholarly yet highly accessible re-thinking of the roles of statues and monuments in Canada’s collective memory. Join them for an introduction to the area’s monuments in terms of what they reveal about Canadian history, identity and forms of belonging and in so doing, to shed light on them as art objects, as policy dilemmas, and as artistic interventions.

SPEAKERS:

Tonya Davidson is a sociologist at Carleton University. Her research has included analyses of Ottawa monuments, Canadian nostalgia, Canadian popular culture, and understandings of home and lost homelands. Tonya has co-edited two books: Seasonal Sociology (with Ondine Park, University of Toronto Press, 2020) and Ecologies of Affect: Placing Nostalgia, Desire, and Hope (with Ondine Park and Rob Shields, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011). She has also published many articles focusing on Ottawa monuments in journals which include The Public Historian, Space and Culture, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and The Journal of Canadian Studies. 

David Dean is an historian at Carleton University specializing in public history, performance and history, and early modern British history. His most recent book is Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture co-edited with Yana Meerzon and Daniel McNeil (Palgrave, 2020). An elected member of the International Federation for Public History’s steering committee, he co-edits its journal, International Public History with Andreas Etges. David is Co-Director of the Carleton Centre for Public History, leading projects such as Capital History Kiosks and COVID Work Stories. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, locally he is very active in the Workers’ History Museum. 

Tonya Davidson and David Dean are currently working on an edited book, Monumental Memories: A Critical Reading of Memorials, Monuments and Statutes in Canada’s Capital Region, to be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, that will offer analyses of all the monuments in Canada’s Capital Region. This project was supported by Heritage Ottawa’s Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund.   

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A Special Event in Appreciation of our Members, Donors and Sponsors!

Join us at the Orange Art Gallery for a special illustrated talk, Obscure Ottawa, with guest speaker Ray Corrin.

Refreshments and time to reconnect begin at 6:30 pm. The lecture follows at 7:00 pm. This free event is by invitation only. Space is limited so PRE-REGISTRATION is required. 

Please join us for this special event so we can properly thank you, our valued members, donors and sponsors for your support of Heritage Ottawa and the work that we do.

The event has reached capacity. Registration is now closed.

OBSCURE OTTAWA

The illustrated talk will focus on arcane aspects of Ottawa and its history that don't make the tourist brochures. Subjects touched upon will include the Daleks at the US Embassy on Sussex Drive, the Giant Staring Eyeballs at the University of Ottawa, the tombstone of nature poet Archibald Lampman in Beechwood cemetery, sixties rock band "Unit 5" at Billings Estate graveyard, the last two films shown at the Elgin Theatre in 1994, plus other oddball Ottawa sights captured to inform and delight the discerning eye.  

SPEAKER:

Ray Corrin was born in Wingham, Ontario, hometown of Alice Munro, though he never met her. He holds an MD degree from Western University in London, Ontario, and works for the World Health Organization. He has lived in Ottawa since it changed its name from Bytown, and is the author of "Obscure Ottawa" (Reprieve Press 2017).  He is currently working on a photo book "Ecclesiae Extinctae: Lost Églises of Bytown,” due in 2023.  

BOOK PURCHASE

Copies of the book Obscure Ottawa can be purchased from Ray Corrin at the event. The book cost is $30.00. Cash only.

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Join Heritage Ottawa for part four of our Alexandra Bridge lecture series with engineer Claude Royer. 

The Alexandra Bridge is a prestigious achievement dating back more than 120 years, which brought international recognition to Canadian builders. Today, this historic site is part of the identity landscape of the shores of the Ottawa River surrounding Parliament Hill.  

The Canadian government, owner of the bridge, has decided to demolish the Alexandra Bridge in ten years. The Alexandra Bridge Coalition, consisting of interprovincial and multidisciplinary organizations, questions the replacement objectives decided without any consultation.

The lecture will be presented on ZOOM. Register by CLICKING HERE.

This presentation will begin by reviewing the bridge's history and what we know about the government's approach to date. An overview of the Coalition's actions to obtain a full analysis of the rehabilitation options and to abandon outdated objectives that prioritize vehicular traffic will also be presented. In addition, feasible prospects for saving the bridge will be offered.

SPEAKER

An engineer with degrees from Laval University and the University of Toronto, Claude Royer is passionate about the Outaouais region’s history and its built heritage. He has long been interested in the restoration of old structures, the techniques associated with them, and the development to enhance them.

With the Société d'histoire de l'Outaouais, he successfully promoted the creation of the Quartier-du-Musée heritage site in Gatineau. Claude is co-founder and spokesperson for the Alexandra Bridge Coalition, which brings together organizations concerned with preserving this historic structure and promoting its use for green transportation.

 

The lecture is free and will be held in French.

 

Presented on ZOOM | Pre-registration required | CLICK HERE to register for this conference.

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FREE LECTURE VIA ZOOM | Now Available on our YouTube channel.

In the heart of Ottawa's suburbs is a modernist gem that has fortunately avoided demolition. This complex, formerly known as the Federal Study Centre (a federal heritage property), was commissioned by the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame in the early 1960s to be a Roman Catholic campus with a high school, a convent and noviciate.

Designed by Tim Murray's firm, in partnership with landscape architect Peter Coe, it was conceived with a notably rare quality of modernist architecture in Ottawa and featured artwork by Gerald Trottier.

Now in the hands of the Canada Lands Company, the campus is intended to be preserved in concept while integrating the 'missing middle' housing necessary in suburban landscapes. Join Andrew Waldron for his presentation on how a conservation project can be sustainable, integrating a values-based conservation approach, all the while providing more housing in the suburbs. He will take a deeper dive into the history and context of the campus, the project itself, the actors involved, and how it demonstrates that conservation is part of the solution to the housing crisis.

Speaker:

For over 25 years, Andrew Waldron has been in the field of heritage conservation. He was the National Heritage Conservation Manager at BGIS, a leading provider of real estate management services. He is a former Parks Canada Superintendent, Canadian Registrar of Historic Places and manager of the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office. Over the years, he has been president of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada and helped to found the National Historic Sites Alliance of Canada, a non-profit organization of nationally significant historic sites. He has written and presented on many topics, and is the author of Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region. Andrew is an adjunct professor at Carleton University in the History and Theory of Architecture and instructor in the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism. As a consultant, through his firm, savanturier, he has worked on a range of conservation projects. His first love is Canadian architectural history, and he has specialized in researching modern architecture in Canada. Andrew participates in his community as a co-chair of his local heritage committee.

This lecture was recorded and available for viewing on our YouTube channel. 

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PHILLIPS MEMORIAL LECTURE | Via Zoom 

FREE LECTURE VIA ZOOM | Now Available on our YouTube Channel.

Completed in 1958, the West Memorial Building forms part of a monumental ensemble that marks the western gateway to Wellington Street and the Judicial and Parliamentary Precincts. Originally the Veterans Memorial Buildings -- the East and West Memorial Buildings and Memorial Colonnade were built to commemorate and to serve Canada's war dead and its veterans.  

Today, the West Memorial Building is undergoing a full-scale rehabilitation and adaptation, including the conservation of its heritage fabric and the design of new spaces to temporarily house the occupants of the occupants of Supreme Court of Canada building, while that building will be renovated.

This presentation will situate the current project within the context of the ensemble’s original design intent and significance to the development of the capital and Wellington Street. Further, we will explore the project conservation approach, and its implementation in practice through the physical restoration, preservation and rehabilitation of the building’s heritage fabric.  

Heather McArthur is an architect working with ERA Architects in Ottawa. Her career has explored a broad range of heritage issues, including the intersections of conservation with contemporary design and development. Working in both the public and private sector, her projects have included the rehabilitation and adaptation of a variety of historic buildings and sites, cultural heritage studies, and residential design. She is currently the site representative for heritage conservation scope on the West Memorial Building rehabilitation project.

This lecture was recorded and is available for viewing on our YouTube channel. 

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We are pleased to welcome you to our first in-person lecture since 2019!

Please CLICK HERE to register. 

Within the expansive boundaries of Ottawa’s beloved Central Experimental Farm, the city’s largest National Historic Site, are many distinct cultural heritage landscapes.

In this illustrated talk Patricia Jasen and Richard Hinchcliff, authors of the new book Building Canada’s Farm: An Illustrated Guide to Buildings at the Central Experimental Farm, will look at the history and cultural significance of three areas that make up the Farm's pastoral landscape. They will go beyond the more familiar and renowned Dominion Arboretum and Ornamental Gardens to some of the special gems and distinctive green spaces that provide settings for heritage buildings in their midst. Despite some intrusive current changes, these places remain an integral part of the picturesque design created in 1886 by the Farm's founder, William Saunders. 

This seasonal event will be held at the special venue of Christ Church Cathedral, Great Hall.
We invite you to join us for light refreshments.

BOOK SALE:

Building Canada's Farm: An Illustrated Guide to Buildings at the Central Experimental Farm will be available to purchase at the lecture. Cost is $25. Cash only please. All proceeds go to the Friends of the Farm.

SPEAKERS: 

Patricia Jasen taught in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario for many years, before moving to Ottawa. Landscape history, women’s history, and the cultural history of medicine are among her research interests. Her publications include Wild Things: Nature, Culture, and Tourism in Ontario, 1970-1914, which looks at the origins of historic sites and nature tourism in the province, and Building Canada’s Farm: An Illustrated Guide to Buildings at the Central Experimental Farm, co-authored with Richard Hinchcliff. 

With an academic background in history and economics, Richard Hinchcliff worked in journalism, photography, and public service. For the last 20 years he has photographed the Central Experimental Farm and explored its history. He is the author of Blooms: An Illustrated History of the Ornamental Gardens at Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm, and co-author of For the Love of Trees: A Guide to the Trees of Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm Arboretum, as well as Building Canada’s Farm: An Illustrated Guide to Buildings at the Central Experimental Farm.

The lecture is free, but pre-registration is required. CLICK HERE to register. 

 

ASIDE: As part of Heritage Ottawa's work to protect the Farm from further encroachment, we created an important three-minute video to help raise awareness about the need for protective federal legislation. CLICK HERE to view the video.

 

Via ZOOM | THIS LECTURE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

The mushrooming fix-up industry is the largest component of Canada's largest industry, construction. In Ontario, it pumps tens of billions of dollars annually into our GDP. And one in every eight Ontario buildings was constructed before World War II. 

But if it is so economically vital, Marc Denhez asks, why is it still so hard to target even the best-of-the-best for reuse, instead of a trip to the dump? How did we get into this tunnel?

Join Marc Denhez, lawyer and adjudicator with over 30 years’ experience in the law of built, natural and intangible heritage, who breaks the problem down into three clear headwinds:

A biased tax structure (including incentives for demolition and disincentives for repair); Misleading branding of the fix-up / reuse option; and  Shortages of funded training for doing good fix-up on a budget.

Marc also sets out a path that could lead us out of the tunnel. Find out how a level playing field could be restored to the industry that could not only sustain our building assets, but capitalize on them. 

SPEAKER:

Marc Denhez is a lawyer and retired Member of the National Capital Commission, Conservation Review Board, and Ontario Municipal Board (“OMB”, where he wrote over 800 decisions). He is a former Research Director of the Heritage Canada Foundation (now National Trust for Canada), chair of the government-industry task force on the future of Canada’s residential renovation industry, and co-recipient of an Award of Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Planners. Marc has authored over 250 publications (published in 7 languages); his book The Canadian Home ranked as a best-seller in Canadian non-fiction; and two others were distributed by the International Union of Local Authorities, and the World Bank.

Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required | CLICK HERE to register for this free lecture.

 

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The town of Carleton Place, about 50 kilometres from Ottawa, has a colourful history that includes royal visits, intrepid industry, and sordid squalor. These stories are told by the town’s heritage architecture. That architecture has been researched and interpreted by undergraduate students in Carleton University’s History & Theory of Architecture program and pulled together online in a Virtual Museum of Architecture.

Our Emerging Scholars Present event will be the public launch of the first iteration of that student project. It will include several short presentations by Carleton students, highlighting some of the most lively stories that the architecture of Carleton Place has to tell. Supervising faculty from Carleton will introduce the project, and we’ll also hear from the project’s community partner, the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum.

The fascinating and storied historic architecture of Carleton Place is a well-kept secret, but this evening we will pull back the curtain.

SPEAKERS: Peter Coffman, Tyler Hodgkinson, Jennifer Irwin, Kyle Kreutner, Lauren Maloney, Ashley Mowry, Sharon Trac and Michael Windover.

Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required 

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Free lecture presented via ZOOM. Now Available on our YouTube channel.

Join Heritage Ottawa for part three in our series of lectures on the Alexandra Bridge, this time presenting an ecological perspective on the future of the bridge with conservation architect and urbanist Mark Brandt, co-author of Building Resilience: Practical Guidelines for the Sustainable Rehabilitation of Buildings in Canada.  

Mark will describe the urgent need for the building industry, governments, and all of us, to change our status-quo approaches in order to meet even our most modest greenhouse gas emissions targets, how that relates to the Alexandra Bridge, and the direct interconnections between heritage conservation and sustainability. 

SPEAKER: 

Mark Thompson Brandt, OAA, RAIC, FAPT-RP, LEED AP, CAHP, Principal Conservation Architect & Urbanist, at MTBA Associates, with over 30 years’ experience. Former Director of: Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, Canada Green Building Council, Association for Preservation Technology & Co-Chair, APT Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation (TCSP). MTBA specializes in natural and cultural conservation for architecture and urban design. Parliament Hill projects include $70M East Block Rehabilitation and $100M Sir John A. Macdonald Building, which received 7 National/International awards and 5-Green Globes rating. Currently specializing in Modern Heritage rehab/reuse, Brandt is co-author of the national document “Building Resilience: Practical Guidelines for the Sustainable Rehabilitation of Buildings in Canada”. Mark is currently Co-Chair of the Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing & Historic Buildings and Co-Lead of the Climate Heritage Network’s WG3, “Building Reuse is Climate Action”.  Brandt is the only Canadian Architect to be an APT Fellow and Recognized Professional.

Presented via ZOOM | The lecture was recorded and is now available on our YouTube channel. 

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A Special MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT

Join us at the Orange Art Gallery for this special illustrated lecture.

Refreshments and time to re-connect begin at 6:30 pm. The lecture follows at 7:00 pm. Space is limited so PRE-REGISTRATION is required.

The Alaska Highway, also known as the Alcan, is one of the continent’s great heritage travel routes. This cultural landscape extends from Alaska into BC, with spurs to Edmonton, Alberta, and to Norman Wells, NWT. It covers a vast area where nature and human experiences are imprinted on wild spaces, built forms, ecology, and spatial relationships. Its story is ancient, modern, layered and complex.

Public historian and heritage specialist Julie Harris will guide us on a trip through this magnificent living landscape to hear what voices along the way tell us about Canada’s history and heritage, Canada’s norths, and the fragility of places that we might think are untouchable.

Julie's talk will be illustrated by historic and contemporary images and maps, many of which illustrate her book, Signposts and Promises: Canada and the Alaska Highway, co-authored with Frank B. Edwards and produced by the Fort St. John North Peace Museum.

SPEAKER:

Julie Harris is a public historian and heritage consultant based in Ottawa who has worked on projects across Canada for over 30 years. She has completed dozens of studies on cultural landscapes, heritage building and engineering works for community projects, governments, First Nations and Inuit organizations. She won a 2020 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals for the book Signposts and Promises.

TO PURCHASE THE BOOK:

Copies of Signposts and Promises: Canada and the Alaska Highway can be purchased directly from Julie Harris on behalf of the Fort St. John North Peace Museum by contacting her in advance of the lecture at info@contentworks.ca. A limited number of books will be available for sale at the event. 

Book Cost: $35.00 includes shipping and delivery.

This presentation is free, but is offered to Heritage Ottawa members and donors only.  Non-members are invited to join here on our website and then return to this page to register for the event.

Space is limited so Pre-Registration is required. CLICK HERE to pre-register.

Should public health conditions change, the lecture will be presented via Zoom.

SPECIAL LOCATION:

Join Heritage Ottawa for part two in our series of lectures on the Alexandra Bridge, this time presenting the federal government’s perspective on the future of the bridge. 

The Lecture will be presented via ZOOM. Register by CLICKING HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. PLEASE NOTE: The lecture will not be recorded or available for future viewing, so please join us on Wednesday at 7 pm.

The presentation will provide an overview of the concerns and risk mitigation measures that have been implemented to ensure safe operation of the 120-year-old bridge as well as the factors that led to the decision to replace it. 

Find out first hand how the government is justifying its decision to demolish this landmark bridge.

SPEAKERS: 

Paul Lebrun, Chief Engineer, National Capital Area (NCA) Bridges, Infrastructure Asset Management, Real Property Services, Public Services and Procurement Canada has been working on the NCA bridges since 2011. Before joining government, he worked in the private sector for CIMA+ and Urkkada Technology. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, specializing in structural and geotechnical engineering, from the University of Ottawa (2003).

 

Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required | CLICK HERE to register for this lecture.

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Located in the far west of Ottawa, the former township of Fitzroy harbours a wealth of heritage properties that even those who live in nearby Ottawa, know little about.

THIS LECTURE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. 

Fitzroy is a land of fertile farms with the Ottawa River bordering its northwestern edge. Its pioneers built sturdy houses, some of which still survive today. They were followed by others who built homes that reflected the architectural style of the times. Many of these homes have been well maintained and some have been passed on within one family for generations. Fitzroy also has some special cultural aspects.

Join local historian Barbara Bottriell for this fascinating exploration of Fitzroy’s landscape with a view to uncovering its treasures.

SPEAKER:  Barbara Bottriell is a former magazine writer and radio broadcaster with a love of history and heritage. After graduating from McMaster University with a degree in English and French Literature, she studied civilization and local history in France for a year at an Institute associated with the Université d’Aix-Marseille. She is the author of three local history books, the former President of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society, and a Board member of Heritage Ottawa.

Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required | CLICK HERE to register for this lecture. 

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The Annual Phillips Memorial Lecture 2022

The global pandemic has posted unprecedented challenges across a variety of fronts, disrupting conventional approaches to a wide range of activities, including architecture. For architects, the deep relationships and authenticity to place and people that come from ‘working in place, with people of the place’ has been hampered during this time. How do we continue to honour connectedness, relationships and relationality in our built environment?

This talk will define Indigenous architecture, review changes in the field, and finally, through the lens of Cultural Sustainability Theory in Architecture, review a series of projects including the Indigenous Peoples Space located at 100 Wellington Street (former U.S. Embassy) in Ottawa.

This Lecture Will be Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required | After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

SPEAKER:

Wanda Dalla Costa, AIA, LEED A.P. is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. She is a practicing architect, a professor and a YBCA 100 2019 honoree. At Arizona State University, she is the director and founder of the Indigenous Design Collaborative, a community-driven design and construction program, which brings together tribal community members, industry and a multidisciplinary team of ASU students and faculty to co-design and co-develop solutions for tribal communities. Dalla Costa holds a Master of Design Research in City Design from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Calgary.

The Phillips Memorial Lecture honours Heritage Ottawa's co-founders Bob and Mary Anne Phillips.

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This lecture is now available on YouTube for a limited time.

An architecture policy for Canada will create a framework against which other policies can be tested, bringing together disparate approaches to create the built environment we aspire to.

“It’s not so much just about ugly buildings, but really about what the built environment says about us as a people,” Toon Dreessen told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning.

Join Toon who makes a compelling case for having consistent policies across different geographies and levels of government that will help make the case for heritage preservation, and help establish a model for improved appreciation of our cultural heritage.

The Lecture will be presented via ZOOM and Pre-Registration is required. 

Register by CLICKING HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

SPEAKER:

Toon Dreessen is a graduate of Carleton University and recipient of the Alpha Rho Chi medal. Toon is a member of the American Institute of Architects and was inducted into the RAIC College of Fellows in 2016 and the Order of DaVinci in 2020. He leads Architects DCA, the company and is responsible for award winning projects in infill development, laboratory, research, industrial and high profile projects. Architects DCA is a company with roots dating back more than 40 years and is ISO 9001:2015 Certified.

Toon served six years on OAA Committees and joined the Ontario Association of Architects Council where he served for six years, two as President. He continues to serve on various committees and boards.

Toon leads the company’s activism in the role of architecture in social justice, gender equity, fiscal responsibility and the role of architects in strategic, visionary, and thoughtful planning. Toon is a recognized public speaker and published author in local and national media including CBC Radio, the Globe and Mail and Ottawa Citizen.

Presented via ZOOM | Pre-Registration Required | CLICK HERE to register for this lecture.

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Thanks Cundell Stables has been operating as a family business in Lowertown since the 1870s. It remains the last vestige of Ottawa’s equine history and is teetering on the verge of extinction. 

The Lecture will be presented via ZOOM.

In case you missed it, or would like to view it again, this lecture is now available on Heritage Ottawa's YouTube Channel.

Artist Karen Bailey and writer Marc Aubin joined forces to combine both fine art and local history in their book, The Last Stable in Lowertown: Cundell Stables, Ottawa. Karen will present an illustrated lecture that pays homage to the Cundell family using her art that documents the present day working life at the stables in paintings, and Marc’s research and writing that places the Cundell family history within the context of Lowertown.

The Cundell Stables project was supported by Heritage Ottawa’s Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund. 

An exhibit of Karen Bailey's paintings of the Cundell Stables operation took place in February at the Ottawa School of Art. The Last Stable in Lowertown? La dernière écurie de la Basse-Ville is available for purchase at the Ottawa School of Art on George Street and Books on Beechwood.

 

SPEAKERS: 

Karen Bailey is an artist who’s career spans four decades. A visual storyteller, themes of service and community inform her work. In 2007 she travelled to Afghanistan as an appointed war artist to document Canadian military medical personnel and published Triage: An Artist in Kandahar. Her official portrait of the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor General of Canada, was unveiled in 2012.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR ANDREX HOLDINGS.