Alastair Sweeny, author of "Thomas Mackay, The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa" recounts the beginning of Bytown.
Paul Weber entertains us with songs and stories from Ottawa's history.
Founded as the Union Mission in 1906, the Mission has grown as Ottawa has grown, supporting our community through the Great Depression, through the postwar years to present day, providing healing and hope to thousands every year.
Peter Tilley discusses the remarkable legacy of The Ottawa Mission.
The story of John Napier Turner, Canada's 17th Prime Minister, is well known. Less known is the story of his remarkable mother, Phyllis Gregory Turner Ross, a single mother who came to Ottawa in the 1930s looking for work to support her two children... and worked her way up to become the highest-ranking woman in Canada's wartime civil service.
Paul Litt tells the story of Phyllis Gregory Turner Ross, along with a special interview with Phyllis' daughter, Brenda Norris.
Grand Chief Pierre-Louis Constant Pinesi (1768-1834) witnessed great and tragic changes during his lifetime. The traditional land upon which Chief Pinesi's family gathered, hunted, fished, and trapped is where the Nation's Capital is situated today — before those ancient and crucial livelihoods collapsed under the unending wave of European settlement and deforestation.
Chief Pinesi, who fought bravely alongside the British during the War of 1812, saw his many petitions to the Crown for recognition of his people's ancestral rights left unanswered.
Jim Stone has conducted extensive research into the life and legacy of Chief Pinesi, working in consultation with members of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, including direct descendants of Chief Pinesi.
Introduction by Merv Sarazin, Band Councillor, Pikwakanagan First Nation.
Ivan Tanner and Gerard Boyer of the Cumberland Township Historical Society highlight stories from Cumberland Township including the murder of County Constable John Morrison.
Jim Burant, author of 'Ottawa Art & Artists: An Illustrated History', takes us on a tour of Ottawa's surprising artistic past.