Ottawa detours
123 Slater Street K1P 5G4 Ottawa, ON, Canada

We’re delighted to introduce our 2018 guides! Brad Wiebe is an historian turned (accidental) public servant. Graduate of Carleton University’s Public History program, developer of the Histories of Parliament Hill podcast, and former Tour Guide at both Parliament Hill and the Legislative Building of Manitoba, Brad seeks to engage members of his community in discussions about how we can learn from history to enrich our ideas about ourselves and about our future. #Ottawa #walkingtour #citizenship #charterofrightsandfreedoms #humanrights

Mixing narratives, memories, nostalgia, and love of country: explore Elgin Street in a whole new way. Join sociologist and statue expert Tonya Davidson for a walk on Saturday May 26! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-detours-nationalism-larg

Have you met our guides? Sarah Gelbard is part anarchitect. Part punk planner. Challenging us daily to question our assumptions about architecture and urban planning. Currently pursuing a PhD in urban planning, Sarah is interested in both how we shape our cities and how our cities shape us. Her research focuses on placemaking by alternative and marginalized groups in the city. Her impassioned defense of #OttawaBrutalism shares a tangential but related sensitivity towards the unpopular, the unloved, and the overlooked spaces in our city. Sarah is also the Ottawa editor of Spacing magazine and blog. She’s leading a walk next Saturday afternoon: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-detours-brutalism-large-

Have you met our guides? Curious about the social lives of statues? We're over the moon to have Tonya Davidson back on board this summer! A sociology prof at Carleton, Tonya has spent years studying Ottawa’s statues. She has published in the academic journals: Space and Culture, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, the Public Historian, and the Journal of Canadian Studies. Tonya has also written for various magazines including Briarpatch, Herizons, THIS, and Canadian Dimension. Curious? She's leading a walk next Saturday May 26 at 10:00am Nationalism: Elgin Street - Ottawa's Champs-Élysées? https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-detours-nationalism-larg

In town for the long weekend? We’ve got you covered! Check out our walks on PUBLIC SPACES and CITIZENSHIP, running Saturday and Sunday respectively. Bookings via ottawadetours.ca.