Guest Speaker: Joan O'Malley When Prime Minister Lester Pearson called up Joan’s father at the last-minute, urgently needing samples (by the next morning!) of the final three choices for the new Canadian flag, it was 20-year old Joan who came to her father’s rescue, sewing Canada’s first maple leaf flag. Admission is free. All are...
Guest Speaker: Ursula Buchan, Author, “Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan” Details: Join us as award-winning British journalist/author Ursula Buchan recounts the remarkable life and legacy of her grandfather, John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir), war correspondent, journalist, prolific thriller writer, barrister, British Member of Parliament and Governor General of Canada. Admission is free. All...
Guest Speaker:Andrea McCrady, Canada’s Dominion Carillonneur Details: Dr. Andrea McCrady has served as Dominion Carillonneur since 2008, with 53 bells under her command at a keyboard located 188 steps up the Peace Tower, conjuring up the music of Parliament Hill’s massive singing tower. Join us as Dr. McCrady reflects back on almost a century that...
Author Jamie Bramburger recounts the horrific Christmastime Ottawa Valley train crash that took 38 lives and injured over 150. Copies of Jamie’s book will be available. Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.
Guy Badeaux reflects on his four-decade career as editorial cartoonist for Le Droit as well as revealing his great-grandfather’s and great uncle’s renowned contributions as sculptors in the early days of the capital. Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.
