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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…