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Month: February 2014

Ottawa/Update

Doing What I Do Until It’s Done (Which is Never)

Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 by Chris / 0 Comment

Figured that I’d share what I’ve been up to lately on sites that aren’t this one. For OttawaStart, I’ve written about two commercial edi...

Centretown/Ottawa

The House that Electric Beans Built (474 Cooper Street, Centretown)

Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 by Chris / 0 Comment

Although many of them have been converted into apartments for decades, Centretown remains home to a large number of stately homes, constructed during the Victor...

Ottawa/Update

Local History, Local Mercenary

Posted on Monday, February 10, 2014 by Chris / 0 Comment

While I’ve not been as productive on my own site as I have been in the past (soup cans and a new research contract has seen to that), I am still spreading...

Centretown/Ottawa

Inspector Lemoine’s Elgin Residence

Posted on Monday, February 10, 2014 by Chris / 0 Comment

As you continue south down Elgin, the commercial feel begins to dissipate and the residential character the neighbourhood once had is able to show through: if o...

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  • Exploring Exhibits: “Medieval Europe: Power and Splendour” at the Canadian Museum of History Wednesday, February 6, 2019
    Recently Chris and I ventured to the Canadian Museum of History to catch the temporary exhibit, “Medieval Europe: Power and Splendour” before it closed. In a past undergraduate life I actually was a bit of a medievalist, so I was pretty interested to check out this exhibit. This exhibit was brought over from the British […]

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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 […]

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  • A Love Letter To My Teaching Self Tuesday, February 12, 2019
    Special thanks to Jessica Knapp, Krista McCracken, and Maddie Knickerbocker for their encouragement and comments on a draft of this piece.   Dear Teaching Self Hey it’s me. I know we don’t talk often. And I know that you’re not teaching right now. But since it’s almost Valentine’s Day, I just wanted to write you […]
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