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Christopher Ryan

Originally from South Porcupine, Ontario, I relocated to Ottawa in 2000 and fell in love with the city and its history. It took far too long start blogging, but it seemed like a nice way to share the things I have learned over the years. For more about The Margins of History, see the About page.

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Attending: Preserving Canada’s Heritage (John Aldag) Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Ottawa Public Library Main Branch Heritage Ottawa Lecture Series
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Meet the Developers: Apartment Building Construction in Ottawa, 1900 to the Present Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch Heritage Ottawa Lecture Series

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Exploring Exhibits: Canadian Museum of Nature Research and Collections Facility Open House Monday, October 15, 2018
This past Saturday, Chris and I decided to take a little adventure across the river and go to the Canadian Museum of Nature’s open house of their collections storage facility. This is an annual event that I’ve been meaning to go to for years, but this year the timing finally worked out, and I have […]

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THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA CAMPUS SWELLS AT THE VARSITY OVAL Friday, October 26, 2018
As the year 1960 approached the leading edge of the Ontario's baby boom wave would soon be reaching college entry age. The race was on for university expansions. Eager to reap an anticipated bonanza of provincial funding, on February 5, 1959 the University of Ottawa made known its intention to finish its levelling of thirteen […]

Unwritten Histories

Remembrance Day Poppies: The Political History of a Symbol Tuesday, November 13, 2018
This post was inspired by a suggestion from Tina Adcock, and without her support and encouragement, it probably would have remained unwritten. So I would like to send her a huge extra-special thank-you. I would also like to thank the individuals who read and commented on previous versions of this draft, including Tina Adcock, Andrew […]

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