Lecture Series
Heritage Ottawa is lining up an enticing program for our 2025-2026 Free Lecture Series!
We ask that you PRE-REGISTER in advance of each free lecture. Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming season!
The lectures begin at 7 pm and are presented via ZOOM, unless otherwise indicated, and last approximately one hour.
Thank you to our Lecture Series sponsor ANDREX HOLDINGS and MERKLEY SUPPLY LTD.
Note: Several of our lectures are available for viewing on Heritage Ottawa's YouTube channel .
Upcoming Lectures
Past Lectures
Join us at the Orange Art Gallery for a special illustrated talk, Obscure Ottawa, with guest speaker Ray Corrin.
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Cette conférence se déroulera en français. Cliquez ici pour la version française.
Join Heritage Ottawa for part four of our Alexandra Bridge lecture series with engineer Claude Royer.…
FREE LECTURE VIA ZOOM | Now Available on our YouTube channel.
In the heart of Ottawa's suburbs is a modernist gem that has fortunately avoided demolition. This complex, formerly known as…
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL LECTURE | Via Zoom
FREE LECTURE VIA ZOOM | Now Available on our YouTube Channel.
Completed in 1958, the West Memorial Building forms part of a monumental…
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Within the expansive boundaries of Ottawa’s beloved Central …
Via ZOOM | THIS LECTURE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The mushrooming fix-up industry is the largest component of Canada's largest industry, construction. In Ontario, it pumps…
Via Zoom | THIS LECTURE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The town of Carleton Place, about 50 kilometres from Ottawa, has a colourful history that includes royal visits,…
Free lecture presented via ZOOM. Now Available on our YouTube channel.
Join Heritage Ottawa for part three in our series of lectures on the Alexandra Bridge, this time…
A Special MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT
Join us at the Orange Art Gallery for this special illustrated lecture.
Refreshments and time to re-connect begin at 6:30 pm. The lecture follows at 7…
Join Heritage Ottawa for part two in our series of lectures on the Alexandra Bridge, this time presenting the federal government’s perspective on the future of the bridge.
The…
Located in the far west of Ottawa, the former township of Fitzroy harbours a wealth of heritage properties that even those who live in nearby Ottawa, know little about.
THIS LECTURE IS NOW…
The global pandemic has posted unprecedented challenges across a variety of fronts, disrupting conventional approaches to a wide range of activities,…
An architecture policy for Canada will create a framework against which other policies can be tested, bringing together disparate…
Thanks Cundell Stables has been operating as a family business in Lowertown since the 1870s. It remains the last vestige of Ottawa’s equine history and is teetering on the verge of extinction…
The International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has a network of 10,000+ professionals worldwide. Established over 50 years ago,…
From communities reacting to health and safety measures, to findings about unmarked graves on former Indigenous Residential School properties, schools have been in the news across Canada.…
A timely lecture that you won't want to miss! Federal plans are underway to demolish this iconic interprovincial link. Although the bridge was designated a national historic civil engineering site…
This lecture is currently available on YouTube for a limited time. Scroll down for the link.
This special lecture takes us outside Canada to look at how the Bauhaus — founded over 100…
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Presented in partnership with Muséoparc Vanier.
This French-language presentation will explore issues related to re-development of…
How did an architectural style synonymous with medieval Europe become the style of choice in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canada?
This illustrated talk will take us on a journey…
