ARLIS/NA 54th Annual Conference

UPDATE: Meet your wrangler on May 7th at 7:00 am in Hotel Bonaventure lobby area (10th floor).  The bus will depart at 7:30 am. 

Please note that adding a tour to your Sched itinerary does NOT mean you have registered for the tour. You must register using the tours registration link. 

Cost : $ 150

Schedule 
7:00 a.m.: Meet your wrangler, Pierre B. Landry, at the exterior hotel entrance
7:30 a.m.: Departure from Hôtel Bonaventure
10:30 a.m.: Arrival in Québec City and free time (Lower Town and lunch on your own)
1:00 p.m.: Meet your guides at Place Royale for your tour (2 hours 30 minutes)
3:30 p.m.: End of the tour and second free period
4:30 p.m.: Return to the bus and departure for Montréal
7:30 p.m.: (Approximate) arrival in Montréal

Transportation : Provided. 
A coach bus will depart from the hotel at 7:30am. Meet your wrangler at the exterior hotel entrance at 7:00am

Meals : Not included.
Consider bringing snacks for both bus journeys.


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Description
Unrivaled Destination
Québec City ’s historic district is Canada’s first permanent settlement founded by French cartographer Samuel de Champlain in 1608. It is also a unique North American Unesco World Heritage site.

Witness of Atlantic World Colonization
Shaped by the history of the Atlantic World, Old Québec has witnessed major events from colonial period to modern days: settlements in the St. Lawrence Valley and Atlantic coast by Europeans, Franco-British conflicts and their North American repercussions, American and French Revolutions and arising Napoleonic Wars, Canadian expansion to the Pacific in the wake of the American Civil War…

Landmark of Continental History
Old Québec features hundreds of historical monuments, a unique architecture as well as French and British institutions that have survived to this day. It’s the ideal heritage district to help history enthusiasts connect the dots of North America’s history, from French and British colonial periods to present-day Canada and USA.

Themes
Your guides are storytellers and introduce themes about the history, architecture, art, culture… such as:
Founding and colonization of Canada; First Nations, Truth and Reconciliation; Colonial conflicts and British Conquest; French Canada, Louisiana and Acadia; How the history of the USA shaped Canada; Art of the Ursuline nuns; St. Lawrence Seaway up to the Great Lakes; Architecture of Old Québec; Catholic Church in Québec; French and British fortifications; Politics and attempts to secede from Canada; 1960s Quiet Revolution;Religious practices and secularization of Québec society; Private and public education system; and more.

Important Information:
The tour will be offered in English, however the guide also speaks French.
$ All costs are in USD.
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Please note that adding a tour to your Sched itinerary does NOT mean you have registered for the tour. You must register using the tours registration link.

Cost : $ 55

Habitat '67 was designed by Moshe Safdie for the 1967 World Fair’s in Montreal and remains an iconic example of Brutalist prefabricated modular housing. This tour will discuss the origin and evolution of Habitat and explores some of the pedestrian streets and terraces, as well as Moshe Safdie’s apartment. We will also have access to some archival materials from the Moshe Safdie Archive, held at McGill University, to learn about his original vision for Habitat ’67 while appreciating the landmark structure that was built..

Transportation : Provided
A bus will depart from the hotel with participants.

Important Information:
Tours will be offered in English, and guides will be pleased to answer questions in French.
$ All costs are in USD.

#madeinquebec



Perspective, Habitat '67, Moshe Safdie Archive, John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection, McGill Libraries