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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…

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…

Norval Morriseau Storylines

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…

A limestone building bathed in late-afternoon light.

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…

Antique Sparton tabletop radio

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…