FULL DAY TOUR

Know Ottawa as you've never known it before! 

Join us as we walk and talk through downtown Ottawa learning and discovering its history through an Indigenous lens. This guided experience will take us through the historic market, along the canal to the Parliament building, and more. We’ll then travel over the Ottawa River to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau QC for a curated tour on lessons learned and best practices when creating exhibits of Canada’s shared history with Indigenous peoples. 

Learn about our guides:

Anita Tenasco is an Anishinabeg from Kitigan Zibi. She has a Bachelor’s degree in history and teaching from the University of Ottawa, as well as a First Nations leadership certificate from Saint Paul’s University, in Ottawa. She has also taken courses in public administration at ENAP (The University of Public Administration). In Kitigan Zibi, she has held various positions in the field of education and, since 2005, is director of education in her community.

Anita was an active participant in the Honouring Our Ancestors project, in which the Anishinabeg Nation of Kitigan Zibi, under Gilbert Whiteduck’s direction, was successful in the restitution of the remains of ancestors conserved at the Canadian Museum of History, in Gatineau. Anita also participated in the organizing of a conference on repatriation, in Kitigan Zibi, in 2005. 

Jean-Luc Pilon recently (July 2018) retired from the Canadian Museum of History after more than three decades as a research archaeologist. He does research in Cultural History and Archaeology. His current project is 'Ancient History of the Ottawa Valley'.

Start Time: 8:45 am EST 

End Time: 3:30 pm EST

Minimum Attendance: 20    Maximum Attendance: 40

Fee: $90 / person CAD

*Transportation and lunch will be provided

HALF DAY TOUR

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum & Ingenium Centre 

Participants will be transported to the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (CAFM), located at the Central Experimental Farm. There, participants will tour the Museum grounds, visiting the animal barns, its working dairy farm, and exhibitions.

On the Tour you will:

• Visit the dairy barns 
• Interact with the many live animals such as sheep, goats and pigs 
• Walk-through the flower and botanical gardens  
• Take part in an Ice cream making demonstration with delicious samples
• Learn about the challenges and opportunities of a heritage site that houses live animals  

Ingenium has recently opened a new collection and conservation facility, the Ingenium Centre, next to the Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM). At 400,000 square feet, the Centre will house the Ingenium collection, conservation laboratories, library and archives, the Digital Innovation Lab and more. The Centre will be a collaborative space where research and inquiry can take place, partners can innovate, and the public can participate. Guided by curation and conservation staff, participants will tour behind the scenes of this state-of-the-art facility.

Includes a walking tour of:

Ingenium Collection

Spanning 4 floors and nearly 36,000 m², and housing over 85,000 artifacts and nearly two million 2D artifacts of different shapes and sizes, including locomotives, tractors, porcelain plates, seeds, radioactive satellite debris, and household objects.

Library and Archives

A modern library and archives — open to the public in Ottawa and accessible online to users worldwide.

Research Institute

The Research Institute is a place for Ingenium staff, visiting scholars, students, and guest curators to build communities of knowledge around the national collection, and to inject new ideas and experiences into our public offerings.

Digital Innovation Lab

This lab enables users to develop new approaches in digitization, 3D modelling, visualizations, games and game engines, and augmented, virtual, and mixed-reality applications.  

Time: 12:00 pm EST

End Time: 4:00 pm EST

Minimum Attendance: 20     Maximum Attendance: 40

Fee: $50.00 / person CAD 

*Transportation and a snack will be provided

CASC 2020 Welcome Reception: May 27, 2020

Early Career & New Attendee Mixer

Conferences are a great opportunity to broaden your network and meet with like-minded professionals. If you consider yourself a student, early-career or this is your first (or second) CASC conference we invite you to attend our Early Career and New Attendee Mixer. This is also your chance to meet members of the CASC Board of Directors and other senior leaders from the informal science communication community.

Location: Canada Science and Technology Museum

End Time: 6:30 pm EST

This event is included with all Full, Presenter, Exhibitor and Student Registrations. 

*Transportation provided. Light refreshments on site.

Ingenium hosts you for CASC 2020 in Ottawa!

If you haven't had the chance, here is your opportunity to visit the recently reopened Canada Science and Technology Museum. We've planned a spectacular event in our new galleries with a variety of activities including mini-tours (15 min.) of our state-of-the-art Ingenium Collection Centre. This evening, we invite you to let loose, mingle with colleagues, please your pallets with Indigenous cuisine and local flavours as we kick-off CASC 2020 in Ottawa! 

Location: Canada Science and Technology Museum

Time: 6:30 pm EST

End Time: 9:30 pm EST

This event is included with all Full, Presenter, Exhibitor and Student Registrations. 

*Transportation provided. Cash bar on site.