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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…
‘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…
Dredging for Dollars
By Peter Coffman Imagine a stream cascading down a mountain, winding through a lush forest of evergreen and deciduous trees,…
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…
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…
Morrisseau Storylines Website Launch
The Morrisseau Project, led by Carleton University Professor Carmen Robertson and partnering with The MacKenzie Art Gallery (MAG) of Regina,…
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…
24 Sussex: A Parting Thought
(This blog resumes a discussion of 24 Sussex Drive begun here and continued here.) What if, in spite of all…
24 Sussex Drive: Why It Matters Part 2
Last week, I examined the strange (and untenable) claim that 24 Sussex Drive was not a historically important building. Another…
Professor Michael Windover Contributes to New Online Exhibition Exploring Early Canadian Radio
Radio in Canada has a very special place on the world stage. On May 20th 1920, the radio station XWA…
24 Sussex Drive: Why It Matters Part 1
24 Sussex Drive, the currently unused (and semi-derelict) official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, has been in the…