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 […]
National Trust Conference 2023 Transforming Heritage with Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) and Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC) The National Trust Conference (with Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals & Indigenous Heritage Circle) is Canada’s largest heritage learning & networking event. Each year, the conference brings together 500+ participants from a rich diversity of backgrounds – from […]
NEW TOUR: Lowertown East includes several prominent examples of housing constructed after urban renewal in the 1960s and 1970s cleared entire city blocks and displaced 1,500 predominately francophone families from the neighbourhood. The replacement homes take many forms and generate many stories. Today, several Ottawa Community Housing structures resulting from this social experiment are recognized for […]
Salvaged & Relocated: Fragments and Interiors of Ottawa Ottawa’s history of architectural conservation includes striking examples of salvage and relocation, from the stained-glass windows of the former Carnegie Library incorporated into the Main Branch on Metcalfe Street, to the Rideau Convent chapel integrated into the National Gallery of Canada. These practices are increasingly reframed through […]