The Historical Society of Ottawa will be hosting an afternoon speaker series where attendees will learn about he decision making process that led to much of the Ottawa River Shoreline from Mechanicsville through LeBreton Flats being built from our garbage. Learn about this story and more as Dave Allston takes a look back at some of the […]
The speaker of this evening speaker series, Dave Tulloch looks back at how people from the Caribbean have made Ottawa their home over the past seven decades, making the transition from sandy beaches to some of the coldest winters in the world, and coming together to form one of the city's most vital and vibrant […]
The Historical Society of Ottawa is hosting an afternoon speaker series where Guest speakers David Truemner and Emma Kent explore the history of Scouting and Guiding in Ottawa.
Join guest speaker James Powell as he talks about the important women who made history on ice in Ottawa from women's hockey championship to Olympics figure-skating.
The First Golden Age of Jewish Life in Ottawa. From just before the turn of the 20th century, Jewish immigrants literally set up shop in Ottawa’s Lowertown – most notably in the Byward Market – and over the next few decades the roots of the capital’s still small but thriving Jewish community became firmly established. Join Guest […]