Adventures in Art History
Discovering Ottawa’s Hidden Modernist Gems
HTA student Daniella Dickson experiences the ideals and the beauty of Mid-Century Modern neighbourhoods firsthand. Adjunct Professor Andrew Waldron leads students on a tour of…
The Making of Rosemount Library
When Hintonburg needed a public library in 1917, Ottawa asked the rich to step up. They declined. Rosemount Library, Hintonburg, Ottawa. J.P. Prichard, architect, 1918.…
A Gathering under the Dome
The music of Anne Lindsay’s Soloworks 2 was made for St. Anne’s Church, but no one will ever hear it performed there. That’s where Carleton’s Dominion-Chalmers Centre…
Vacation in Canada. eh? 11: Upper Canada Village, Ontario
It’s like a historical novel where all the characters are from real life, but the story is made up. The intersection of Queen and Church…
Vacation in Canada, eh? 10: The North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site, British Columbia
It was more than a factory – it was a seasonal village, where people of diverse ethnicities gathered every fishing season. The North Pacific Cannery…
Vacation in Canada, eh? 9: Barkerville, British Columbia
The Gold Rush came to the BC interior in the 1860s, and a whole menagerie of humanity came with it. The buildings of Barkerville bear…