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2021

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January, 2021

Camp Woolsey: 80 Years of Life-Long Friendships & Memories

Guest Speaker: Emma Kent

DATE

January 13 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

February, 2021

The Day My Students Met Mandela: Nelson Mandela's Remarkable 1998 Visit to Ottawa

Guest Speaker: Wendy Alexis

DATE

February 10 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

March, 2021

What's Ottawa Hiding: Exploring the Mysteries of our City's Past

Guest Speaker: Andrew King, Author of "Ottawa Rewind"

DATE

March 10 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details
Murdered Midas: A millionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise

Guest Speaker: Charlotte Gray, author of "Murdered Midas"

DATE

March 31 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

April, 2021

Arrested Development: A Start/Stop History of LeBreton Flats

Guest Speaker: Phil Jenkins, Author of "An Acre of Time"

DATE

April 14 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details
British Aristocrats in Wartime Rideau Hall

Guest Speaker: Dorothy Phillips, author of "Victor and Evie: British Aristocrats in Wartime Rideau Hall"

DATE

April 28 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

May, 2021

The Assassination of D'arcy McGee

Guest Speaker: James Powell, author of the blog "Today in Ottawa's History"

DATE

May 12 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details
HSO Annual General Meeting

DATE

May 26 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

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June, 2021

Project 70,000: Canada Welcomes the Refugees of Southeast Asia 1975-1980

Guest Speaker: Michael Molloy & Robert Shalka, plus Rivaux Lay

DATE

June 16 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

September, 2021

Rockin' on the Rideau: Ottawa's Golden Age of Rock & Roll

Guest Speaker: Jim Hurcomb

DATE

September 15 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details
Tunney's Pasture - The Story Behind Ottawa's Field of Dreams

Guest Speaker: Dave Allston

DATE

September 29 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

October, 2021

Passing by History - The Capital History Kiosk Project

Guest Speaker: David Dean & Danielle Mahon

DATE

October 13 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details
Grandpa Jack - British Home Child

Guest Speaker: Emma Kent

DATE

October 27 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details

November, 2021

Mapping Ottawa's Indigenous Trails

Guest Speaker: Peter Stockdale & Barb Sarazin

DATE

November 10 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

Event Details
Upheaval across Canada's Landscape of Commemoration

Guest Speaker: Randy Boswell

DATE

November 24 2021

Online via Zoom

TIME

7:00pm

SERIES

Evening Series

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