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Group of AAH students posing for photo at the Vernacular Architecture Forum conference.

Art and Architectural History Students Field Trip to the Vernacular Architecture Forum

For four days in June, Michigan’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula hosted architectural historians from across North America. Among them were Carleton…

Two rivers converge, defining a lush point of green land

‘Possession’, ‘Ownership’, and Tr’ochëk National Historic Site

The Tr’ondek Hwech’in fishing camp of Tr’ochëk once stood on the flat land in the left middle-ground, where the Yukon…

A large square tube suspended above the landscape.

Dredging for Dollars

By Peter Coffman Imagine a stream cascading down a mountain, winding through a lush forest of evergreen and deciduous trees,…

Pyramidal wooden structure in forest.

Bridging the Gulf of Incomprehension

Dawson City and the Yukon River. By Peter Coffman During his one and only Klondike winter, writer Jack London (of…

Poster for Wayne Modest event at the National Gallery.

Oct 31

Wayne Modest at the National Gallery: ‘Limbo Time: Museums, Caribbean Temporalities, and the Wounds of History’

  • 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Over the past few years we have featured a number of student blogs. Future articles written by our students will be available directly from our “News” listings.

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Two rivers converge, defining a lush point of green land

‘Possession’, ‘Ownership’, and Tr’ochëk National Historic Site

The Tr’ondek Hwech’in fishing camp of Tr’ochëk once stood on the flat land in the left middle-ground, where the Yukon…

A large square tube suspended above the landscape.

Dredging for Dollars

By Peter Coffman Imagine a stream cascading down a mountain, winding through a lush forest of evergreen and deciduous trees,…

Pyramidal wooden structure in forest.

Bridging the Gulf of Incomprehension

Dawson City and the Yukon River. By Peter Coffman During his one and only Klondike winter, writer Jack London (of…

A Classical wooden facade with pilasters and a pediment over teh door.

Dawson City’s Enclave of Power

Dawson City, Yukon. By Peter Coffman If I say “Dawson City”, you may think “Gold Rush! Canada’s wild west! The…

St. Anne’s Church: a Eulogy

St. Anne’s Church, Toronto, by Ford Howland (1907). By Peter Coffman I don’t enjoy writing eulogies, and I don’t think…

Elgin’s Red Brick Schoolhouse

The Red Brick School, Elgin, Ontario, from the south-east. By Peter Coffman We live in a time when education seems…