Ever wonder what it would be like to puppeteer on a TV show? Always wanted to give it a try? Well, here’s your chance. Puppeteer, Bob Stutt, has decades of TV and film experience including seven years with the Friendly Giant, ten years with the Muppets and ten years as Basil Bear on Canadian Sesame […]
This walking tour looks at late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings of historical or architectural importance in the northeast quadrant of Sandy Hill, an area favoured by lumber barons, mining magnates and politicians in Ottawa’s early years. Sandy Hill was home to four Canadian Prime Ministers. GUIDE: Judy Deegan, long-time Sandy Hill resident and heritage […]
Library and Archives Canada presents: Jeff James, Chief Executive and Keeper at The National Archives (UK): “Archives Matter.” This presentation is part of Library and Archives Canada’s Wallot-Sylvestre Seminar series. These seminars provide opportunities for Canadian and international leaders and strategic thinkers to share their ideas on topics in information science, librarianship, archival science, and history. […]
What: Talk with Jean Yves Pelletier, Heritage Advisor for the City of Ottawa, and visit of the Notre-Dame Cemetery. Just a day after Franco-Ontarian's Day, Jean Yves Pelletier offers us a tour of the people of renown from Ottawa and Vanier found in the oldest sections of the Notre-Dame Cemetery - the largest Roman Catholic cemetery in the National Capital […]
Local history experts will have just 5 minutes each to ignite your interest in Ottawa's past. Hear about the Great Sunday Streetcar Debate; an unusual governor general; the real story of D'Arcy McGee's landlady, and more. Of course there's a hockey story too; not to mention A Night Out in Lost Ottawa. Our expert speakers […]