The Muséoparc Vanier Museopark is  proud to presents it’s newest exhibit on Franco-Ontarian women’s history, “L’Ontario, une épopée au féminin.   This bilingual exhibit is presented in conjunction with the International Women’s Day, from March 8th to March 22nd 2010. 

Come meet the women that built, that believed and that fought for french in Ontario!

Madeleine de Roybon D’Allonne, Almanda Walker-Marchand, Diane et Béatrice Desloges, Florence Castonguay, Marie-Rose Turcot, Elizabeth Betrand, les sœurs Dionne, Elizabeth Bruyère, Jeannine Séguin, Gisèle Lalonde, Jeanne Lajoie, Dyane Adam, Laure Rièse…

Robert Serré, an historian at heart, bitten by curiosity and an avid compiler of lost stories, will be talking about the origins of Vanier, in particular those of the anglo-protestant subdivision called Janeville.  If Mr. Serré dedicated his life’s work to a fascinating career in scientific translation, he finds himself today completely absorbed in the captivating world of genealogy and history, where he finds time to preside over the Gloucester Historical Society, publish books and give talks near and far.

 This February 17^th, make a date with history and come meet Donald McArthur and Robert Cummings, who met (137 years ago!) to realize a common dream and develop the land between Montreal Road, McArthur Avenue and the Bytown-Prescott Railway tracks (today the Vanier Parkway).  In the action-filled context of Confederation, McArthur and Cummings wanted to provide a peaceful haven for merchants and public servants who were crowding into Ottawa at this time.  Most importantly, it is in this same subdivision of Janeville that we find the rich pillars of a joint cooperation between English and French pioneer families.

Here lives a story to be remembered and cherished.

5$ (coffee, tea and cookies will be served). There will be a display table for those who wish to purchase Robert Serré’s books.

The Muséoparc Vanier Museopark is happy to invite you to a panel on the importance of  francophone literature dedicated to history, heritage and society facts, conference that will be held on March 17th 2010 at 7 pm at 300, Pères Blancs Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

In this perspective, Yves Breton, Benoît Cazabon and Nicole V. Champeau, three authors that write about Ontario, will discuss their work, shedding light on their research as well as their interpretations of the realities evoked in their writings.  Recent work by our guests speakers:

Yves Breton : Metaminens – La vie et l’époque valeureuses de Nicolas Perrot (1644, Darcey, France – 1717, Bécancour, Canada), Duluth – Ce pionnier au destin sans pareil

Benoît Cazabon: Langue et culture. Unité et discordance, essai, Pour un enseignement réussi du français langue maternelle : fondements et pratiques en didactique du français, essai

Nicole V. Champeau : Pointe Maligne, L’infiniment oubliée. Présence française dans le Haut-Saint-Laurent ontarien, essai  Prix du Gouverneur Général 2009, Mémoire des villages engloutis, la voie maritime du Saint-Laurent de Mille Roches aux Mille-Ïles, essai.

This activity is organized in collaboration with the Association des Auteures et Auteurs de l’Ontario français.

Just like every year, we invite you to participate at the Ottawa Heritage Day activities that will be held at City Hall, February 16th 2010 from 10am to 4 pm.  Come meet the pioneers of the francophonie at the Vanier Museopark’s kiosk!

Are you a collector?  Let us discover your hidden treasures (pictures, documents etc.) while participating in our Vanier Heritage Fair, February 20th 2010 at 10AM at the Vanier Museopark.  Invited curators will be on site to help you preserve your heritage pieces.  Please communicate with us before February 15th 2010 to sign-up!

Between 1 and 4 pm, come chat about memories of the St-Charles Church, the Eastview Theater, l’Ordre de Jacques Cartier, Father Barrette… Don’t miss this great occasion to reconnect and meet new people of your community!

For all you cooks, get your recipe books out and start baking for our Cookie Making Competition! Come and sign-up your cookies between 1 and 1:30.  Winners will be announced at 3:30. Please sign-up before February 15th 2010.  Coffee and tea will be served.

“La passion des timbres postaux” will be given by M. Henri Masson from the Club philatélique de la capitale (Ottawa Stamp Collecting Club)

The Muséoparc Vanier Museopark is pleased to invite you to our first talk of the year that will discuss stamp collecting. M. Henri Masson,  amateur and stamp specialist, will guide us into the heart of this fascinating hobby that has for long occupied the collectors’ heart and mind.  By using projectors and magnifying equipment, M. Masson will help us deepen our understanding of these interesting  mail gypsies who keep the title of the most collected object in the world.  As email and other information technologies are threatening the future of traditional mail, M. Masson will explain to us how the stamp will become an important gateway to understanding economical, political, social and artistic trends in the world since the nineteenth century.  Stamps have since become precious artefacts, treasures to any amateur of stamp collecting.  Would it be time for you to dig up your old, dusty letters from your bedroom closet?

5$ (coffee, tea and cookies will be served) 

Wednesday, January 20^th  2010 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at the Muséoparc Vanier Museopark, 300 avenue des Pères Blancs, Ottawa, 300 des Pères-Blancs Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1L 7L5. 

Discover our new products available at the Museoboutique on your next trip to the Vanier Museopark. You will find the Museopark’s products as well as a variety of arts and crafts made by members of your community!