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Q&A with Jeff Westeinde on Ottawa’s Zibi project
In the April issue of Canadian Geographic I wrote about Stratford, Ont.'s three decade struggle to repurpose the giant, neglected railway…
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“When God decided that the Israelites required a visual statement of His laws – the Decalogue – He knew that only stone tablets would suffice. ‘Spell it out in stone,’ He may have judged, ‘and there’s no excuse for ignorance or misinterpretation.’
Maybe that’s why courts and legislatures, including the High Victorian Gothic mode that is Ottawa’s Parliament Buildings, are quarried, constructed and carved from stone: Only a material so strong can add imposing weight and gravitas to – and provide sonorous majesty for – ephemeral and evanescent words, the will-o’-the-wisps of philosophy.”
So begins an essay by George Elliott Clarke, published in the July/August 2017 issue of Canadian Geographic, on the Parliament Buildings’ rejuvenation, and the stone carvers working to turn back the clock on Canada’s house of democracy. Watch below as Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate reads his piece, A Story in Stone.
The essay was accompanied by photography by Peter Andrew Lusztyk. See a selection of those Lusztyk’s images below, and more in the July/August 2017 issue of Canadian Geographic, on newsstands now.
People & Culture
In the April issue of Canadian Geographic I wrote about Stratford, Ont.'s three decade struggle to repurpose the giant, neglected railway…
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
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by Aaron Brindle, Google CanadaToday, Canada’s capital opens its doors to Google Maps. From the floor of the House of Commons and the Red Chamber of the…
People & Culture
A century after the first woman was elected to the Canadian Parliament, one of the most prominent figures in present-day politics shares her thoughts on how to amplify diverse voices in the Commons