Guest Speaker: Arthur Milnes, Author, Editor, Journalist, and Historian When, as a young U.S. naval officer, Jimmy Carter played a courageous role in repairing the damage from the world's first nuclear meltdown — here in the Ottawa Valley — it was the beginning of a lifelong connection with Canada for the future U.S. president. This speaker series...

Guest Speaker: Ron MacIvor, Award-winning Photojournalist, Parliament Hill with UPI (1970-1980), Ottawa Citizen (1980-2007) Forty-two years as a photojournalist provided Ottawa’s Rod MacIvor with the opportunity to be an up-close witness to decades of history in the making. Rod talks about his journey as a photographer, how it all started at the Ottawa Ex…and some...

Guest Speaker: Merv Sarazin, Band Councillor, Pikwakanagan First Nation The Ottawa Valley has been home to the proud Algonquin people for thousands of years. Long before the arrival of Europeans, the Algonquins lived, hunted trapped, fished, socialized, and traded on both sides of the Ottawa River and along its tributaries. Councillor Merv Sarazin, direct descendant of...

Guest Speakers: Elisabeth Arnold, Ottawa City Councillor, Somerset Ward, 1994-2003 | Dave Mullington, Author "Charlotte: The Last Suffragette" and "Chain of Office: Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948)" Marion Dewar or Charlotte Whitton? Which one was Ottawa's most remarkable mayor? Join us as our two esteemed speakers each defend their chosen candidate...

When the Arts Canada Institute wanted to commission a series of new books about the history of art and artists across Canada, it began by approaching Jim Burant to write a book about the art and artists of Ottawa. The comprehensive book that resulted from Jim's work is a spectacular illustrated tour of Ottawa's surprising...