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- Year 1896
- Date July 11
Philemon Wright and His Village
Rick Henderson, author and fourth great-grandson of Philemon and Abigail Wright, paints a portrait of a man and his family whose legacy had a profound impact on the future of the capital and the nation. Note: this is a French-language presentation.
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Black History in Ottawa Streets
Enjoy this Zoom version of this summer's Black History's bus tour from the comfort of your home – and learn about the impact and outstanding contributions of Black Canadians to our city, presented by Jean-Marie Guerrier, Vice-President, Black History Ottawa.
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Following World War II, approximately 40,000 Holocaust survivors resettled in Canada. Ottawa became home to many of those Holocaust survivors and hundreds of their descendants.
The Ottawa-based Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship invited 11 of those survivors to share their stories.
The Historical Society of Ottawa is honoured to link their testimonials to the HSO Memory Project:
The HSO team was happy to attend Ottawa’s Heritage Day celebrations at City Hall on February 18, 2025.
It’s quiz time!
Again this year, the Historical Society of Ottawa had the honour of preparing the 2025 “Great Ottawa History Challenge”, published every February during Heritage Week in the Ottawa Citizen.
Here’s your chance to see how much you know about Ottawa’s past: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-history-quiz
Over the past few years, the Historical Society of Ottawa has been privileged to have had the opportunity to collaborate and work closely with the Cumberland Township Historical Society, whose continuing mission is to discover, share and preserve the important history of the former Cumberland Township, now part of the amalgamated City of Ottawa.
Beginning in 1986, a team of forward-thinking CTHS volunteers set out to record interviews with some of Cumberland Township's older residents at the time, capturing priceless accounts of bygone times.
Now, for the first time, the CTHS is sharing all of these recordings on their website.
HSO is pleased to present the link to these precious recorded interviews: www.cths.ca/voices-from-the-past-voix-du-passe
The Story of Us - The Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa Established 1898
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The HSO Blog has been live for a year! We launched this platform as an extension of our objective to preserve and increase public knowledge of the history of Ottawa, including its people and places. Our vision was to create a space where the history of the Ottawa area could be shared through an engaging blog platform.
Thank you to all who have contributed and shared their interest in the blog!
Be sure to catch up on past posts and other great HSO publications found under the publications section of our website.
As always, if you are interested in writing for the blog, please get in contact with us by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We are always excited to see what fascinating stories make their way to us and can’t wait to see what this year brings!
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