DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT: Preserving the Past Before It's Too Late
On the occasion of our annual Bob and Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture, Heritage Ottawa is pleased to present an important panel presentation on Demolition By Neglect, one of the most vexatious problems of built heritage conservation.
CONFEDERATION HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT: FINAL DRAFT MASTER PLAN
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Canada Lands Company and the City of Ottawa are hosting a drop-in Open House to review the Final Draft Master Plan for Confederation Heights, a mixed-use redevelopment project.
Date of Open House: January 22, 2026 | 6 - 9 pm | Hellenic Event Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa
OTTAWA CELEBRATES BUILT HERITAGE & URBAN DESIGN
Heritage Ottawa was pleased to attend the 2025 Heritage and Urban Design Awards gala ceremony held at City Hall in November. The well-attended event recognized outstanding conservation and design for projects completed between 2023 and 2025.
FROM WALK-UP TO HIGH-RISE: 4TH PRINTING
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is pleased to announce that our publication From Walk-Up to High-Rise: Ottawa's Historic Apartment Buildings is now in its fourth printing. A shipment of fresh copies has been delivered to our office.
WEBINAR NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
With the tax filing season close at hand, Heritage Ottawa was pleased to recently offer a webinar on The Tax Benefits When Gifting Securities to Charities. Guest speaker Douglas Lai, ScotiaMcLeod Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor, began his presentation with a helpful Finance 101, in which he stressed how important it is for all investors and donors to have a financial plan that includes philanthropic goals. He referenced various types of charitable gifts, which included public securities, the focus of the webinar.
DAVID FLEMMING COMMUNITY HERITAGE AWARD
Heritage Ottawa is honoured to share the news that the work of our former president and outstanding volunteer, David Flemming, was recognized by the City of Ottawa with the renaming of its Community Heritage Award in his memory. The presentation to the first recipient of the renamed David Flemming Community Heritage Award, Kevin Ballantyne, took place during the Heritage and Urban Design Awards Ceremony at City Hall on November 6, 2025.
CONCRETE UTOPIAS: WHAT'S (NOT) SO BRUTAL ABOUT BRUTALISM
AN IN-PERSON LECTURE This seasonal event will be held at the special venue of the Beechwood National Memorial Centre, Sacred Space Room, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
NCC HEAD HOPEFUL OF ACTION ON DEALING WITH 24 SUSSEX DR
The Globe and Mail has reported that after a decade without a federal government decision on what to do with 24 Sussex Drive, Tobi Nussbaum, CEO of the National Capital Commiss
