Ottawa’s LGBTTQ+ community has an interesting history unique to many other cities. Due in part to the government employee purges during the 1950s to 1990s, Ottawa’s LGBTTQ+ community was largely hidden, migratory and deeply closeted, far more so than other cities similar in size and population in North America. This talk will focus on the […]
To say that the workings of the Ontario Municipal Board have been controversial is an understatement. There are too many examples of City Council decisions that respect a community's criteria for building heights and neighbourhood density being overturned at the OMB. Now it is set for revision. Will Ontario finally get heritage planning right? Join […]
HERITAGE OTTAWA 2018 PHILLIPS MEMORIAL LECTURE World War I had deep transformative effects on Canada and on France felt at all levels of society, then and now. SPEAKER(S): Senator Serge Joyal has carved a solid reputation as a man who is passionate about history and culture. Through the theme of Canada and France during the Great […]
Born into slavery in Kentucky, Paul Barber became a respected horse man who trained the horses of Ottawa's elite and was himself a skilled racer. One of Ottawa's earliest Black permanent residents, he founded a family that still thrives here. Join us as Paul's grandson, award-winning Ottawa Black historian Thomas Barber, shares the story of […]
This talk will explore how a group of young, political-savvy architects promoted modern architecture across Canada and in the Ottawa region during the 1940s through articles, radio addresses, and exhibitions. SPEAKER(S): Dustin Valen is a doctoral candidate in Architectural History at McGill University, where his research addresses the cultural history of architectural and landscape modernism. The […]