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A long-vacant building with a landmark address and a spectacular view of the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers will get new life as the home of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration at 50 Sussex Dr. will open as a Confederation Pavilion featuring two as-yet unannounced exhibitions for Canada’s 150th birthday celebration in 2017.
It will then open as the geographical society’s headquarters in April 2018.
“We are hoping that this will be a long-term, permanent home for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society,” said its honorary president, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
He was on hand for the ceremonial signing of the five-year, extendable lease between the society, which is paying undisclosed market rent, and the National Capital Commission.
“Does it get any better than this?” Trebek said, gesturing toward the commanding view of the rivers once navigated by First Nations paddlers and charted by European explorers.
Its address on the most prestigious boulevard in the capital, says, “I’m important,” he said.
Trebek, who quipped that he began his remarks in French to prove he still could after 40 years of living in Los Angeles, joked that he’d like to build himself an adjacent apartment so he’d have “a place of my own with a fantastic view” during visits to Ottawa.
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced that it has leased 50 Sussex Dr.
“For the past 87 years, the society has fulfilled its mission of celebrating Canada — not only its physical geography but its human geography, as well,” Trebek said, pointing to work backing expeditions and research, reaching young people through 18,000 teachers and publishing the third most widely read magazine in the country.
“There is still much to discover on our planet, in this vast country of ours, in our oceans, in the polar regions. I know that the RCGA, along with similar societies around the world, will continue to be an important part of those discoveries.
“Use your imagination,” he said of the building empty for a decade, adding that by July 1, 2017, there will be exhibits “celebrating our great country.”
Society CEO John Geiger said that the new headquarters will rank with the landmark homes of the Royal Geographical Society in London and the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
From left, Government Whip Andrew Leslie, Alex Trebek, honorary president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, and John Geiger, CEO of the RCGS during an announcement that 50 Sussex Dr. has been leased from the NCC to become the new home for the RCGS.
It will feature two exhibition spaces and a 210-seat auditorium to serve as a venue for lectures, film screenings and conferences while celebrating the physical and human geography of Canada, with an emphasis on the geography of the capital region.
It will use “immersive” technology to provide visitors with a compelling experience, Geiger said.
Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, said there was “real enthusiasm and real excitement” when board members talked about working with the geographical society to repurpose the building. It was part of a plan to bring to life the 10 or so “most interesting but most underused properties” for 2017 and beyond.
The modernist stone-and-glass structure at 50 Sussex was built in 2000 and opened the following year as the Canada and the World Pavilion, which aimed to highlight the international achievements of Canada and Canadians. It closed in 2005.
But the site has a long and storied history, Kristmanson said. Samuel de Champlain is thought to have named Rideau Falls as he explored the Ottawa River in 1613. Once home to saw mills, then a centre of scientific research and the founding home of the National Film Board, the site is “a place with a long history of innovation.”
From left, Government Whip Andrew Leslie, Alex Trebek, honorary president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, during an announcement that 50 Sussex Dr. has been leased from the NCC to become the new home for the RCGS.
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced that it has leased 50 Sussex Dr.
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Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration at 50 Sussex Dr. will open as a Confederation Pavilion featuring two as-yet unannounced exhibitions for Canada’s 150th birthday celebration in 2017.
It will then open as the geographical society’s headquarters in April 2018.
“We are hoping that this will be a long-term, permanent home for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society,” said its honorary president, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
He was on hand for the ceremonial signing of the five-year, extendable lease between the society, which is paying undisclosed market rent, and the National Capital Commission.
“Does it get any better than this?” Trebek said, gesturing toward the commanding view of the rivers once navigated by First Nations paddlers and charted by European explorers.
Its address on the most prestigious boulevard in the capital, says, “I’m important,” he said.
Trebek, who quipped that he began his remarks in French to prove he still could after 40 years of living in Los Angeles, joked that he’d like to build himself an adjacent apartment so he’d have “a place of my own with a fantastic view” during visits to Ottawa.
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced that it has leased 50 Sussex Dr.
“For the past 87 years, the society has fulfilled its mission of celebrating Canada — not only its physical geography but its human geography, as well,” Trebek said, pointing to work backing expeditions and research, reaching young people through 18,000 teachers and publishing the third most widely read magazine in the country.
“There is still much to discover on our planet, in this vast country of ours, in our oceans, in the polar regions. I know that the RCGA, along with similar societies around the world, will continue to be an important part of those discoveries.
“Use your imagination,” he said of the building empty for a decade, adding that by July 1, 2017, there will be exhibits “celebrating our great country.”
Society CEO John Geiger said that the new headquarters will rank with the landmark homes of the Royal Geographical Society in London and the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
From left, Government Whip Andrew Leslie, Alex Trebek, honorary president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, and John Geiger, CEO of the RCGS during an announcement that 50 Sussex Dr. has been leased from the NCC to become the new home for the RCGS.
It will feature two exhibition spaces and a 210-seat auditorium to serve as a venue for lectures, film screenings and conferences while celebrating the physical and human geography of Canada, with an emphasis on the geography of the capital region.
It will use “immersive” technology to provide visitors with a compelling experience, Geiger said.
Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, said there was “real enthusiasm and real excitement” when board members talked about working with the geographical society to repurpose the building. It was part of a plan to bring to life the 10 or so “most interesting but most underused properties” for 2017 and beyond.
The modernist stone-and-glass structure at 50 Sussex was built in 2000 and opened the following year as the Canada and the World Pavilion, which aimed to highlight the international achievements of Canada and Canadians. It closed in 2005.
But the site has a long and storied history, Kristmanson said. Samuel de Champlain is thought to have named Rideau Falls as he explored the Ottawa River in 1613. Once home to saw mills, then a centre of scientific research and the founding home of the National Film Board, the site is “a place with a long history of innovation.”
From left, Government Whip Andrew Leslie, Alex Trebek, honorary president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, during an announcement that 50 Sussex Dr. has been leased from the NCC to become the new home for the RCGS.
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced that it has leased 50 Sussex Dr.
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