EMERGING SCHOLARS CONNECT! THESE WALLS CAN TALK: STORIES FROM HINTONBURG'S BUILT HERITAGE
We are pleased to feature an Emerging Scholars Connect event with students from Carleton University to highlight how young people are chronicling history and advocating for practices that balance historical conservation with contemporary needs, interests, and values.
Pre-registration for this FREE lecture is required (see below) | Presented via ZOOM
Hintonburg today is a lively, diverse and walkable community, with quiet residential neighbourhoods and a vibrant traditional main street with cafés, restaurants, locally owned shops, bookstores, a theatre and a library. But Hintonburg today is just the current fringe of the area’s long story. Hintonburg has always been a place to live and work, but it has also been a centre for manufacturing, filmmaking, and business. Its heritage buildings bear witness to this varied past. If you dig into their history, Hintonburg’s walls can talk.
That digging has been done by a group of Carleton University students of Art & Architectural History, in a seminar offered last winter by the History & Theory of Architecture program. The History and Heritage Committee of the Hintonburg Community Association provided advice and guidance to the students. Their research reveals stories of triumph, toil, renewal, and transformation spanning generations. The stories are told by buildings, about the people who built them and used them. Our students will peel back the layers of Hintonburg’s richly textured past in a series of short virtual presentations.
PHOTO: Iona Mansions, 1131 Wellington Street W, Hintonburg. Credit Peter Coffman
Moderator: Peter Coffman, is an architectural historian and Supervisor of Carleton University’s History & Theory of Architecture program. He is the author of the book Newfoundland Gothic, as well as numerous scholarly articles in Canadian and European periodicals and books. He has also written about architecture in several newspapers and magazines, including several Op-Eds on architecture in Ottawa. He has degrees from the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, and Queen’s University. He is also an award-winning photographer and in his spare time, he served two terms as president of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada and on the Board of Heritage Ottawa.
Isra Abid is a fourth-year Combined Honours undergraduate student in History and Theory of Architecture and Law. She completed the architecture component in April and will finish law in December. With a passion for the built environment and legal frameworks, she hopes to pursue law school and real estate law.
Tylor Doyle-Chenard is a fourth-Year Art History Major at Carleton University. Through his studies he has developed his appreciation for architectural design and heritage preservation. Tyler has completed two practicums working with textual and visual archives as a collections assistant with the Audio-Visual Resource Centre (AVRC) at Carleton University.
Zaid Hashim , is a graduate student in Urban Planning at the University of Toronto. He has completed his B.A. in History and Theory of Architecture, with minors in Urban Studies and Heritage Conservation. Zaid's interests lie in the intersection of heritage, architecture, and urban space, with a passion for uncovering the layered stories embedded into the built environment.
Teresa Keuleman is a History and Theory of Architecture student at Carleton University. Her research explores Ottawa heritage architecture, including projects with PR-TY Architects, the City of Ottawa, and community associations. She integrates extensive archival investigation with creative communication to demonstrate the relevance of architectural history in contemporary communities.
Ana Teoh has a BA in Art History from Carleton University with a minor in Greek and Roman Studies. She is a two-time recipient of the Landen Dominic Burnett Memorial Award and received the Senate Medal upon her graduation in June 2025.