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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UPDATE: Meet your wrangler on May 7th at 7:45 am in Hotel Bonaventure lobby area (10th floor).  The bus will depart at 8am. 

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 : $ 120

The visit to the National Gallery of Canada will start with an introduction to the collections of the library and archives, with an emphasis on rare books, artists’ books and multiples and the archival collections. Participants will then tour of the permanent collections and the exhibition Sylvia Safdie: Terra.

The tour of the Preservation Campus, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) boasts vaults to protect archives from all hazards and laboratories enabling specialists to digitize documents and carry out restoration treatments. During the tour, participants will have the chance to wander through the laboratories and learn how the specialists work everyday to preserve history. In the vaults, they will discover works by Canadian artists.


Tentative schedule : 
8:00am : Departure from Hotel Bonaventure 
10:00am : Arrival at National Gallery 
12:00pm : Lunch on your own
2:30pm : Library and Archives Canada Preservation Center
4:30pm : Departure from Ottawa to return to Hotel Bonaventure
6:30pm : (Approximate) Arrival at Hotel Bonaventure

Transportation : Provided.
A bus will depart from the hotel at 8:00am.

Meals : Not included.

Important Information:
The tour will be offered in English, however guides also speak French.
$ All costs are in USD.

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 : $ 25

Currently under development in the heart of UQAM's Central Library, l'Atelier typographique is a Letterpress Workshop, an emerging space dedicated to the preservation, transmission, and contemporary exploration of typographic and relief printing practices. The workshop is being built around an exceptional donation from the Musée de l’imprimerie du Québec, which entrusted UQAM with the stewardship of its historic printing equipment after years without a permanent home.

This working collection includes a cast-iron hand press, cylinder presses, platen presses, and thousands of wood and metal typefaces, ornaments, and printing plates dating from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Some of the equipment is currently undergoing restoration, a process that is integral to the project’s pedagogical mission and to the responsible reactivation of these historic tools. Rather than functioning as a static display, the workshop is conceived as an operational environment where historical materials are progressively brought back into use through teaching, research, and creative practice.

Distinctively, the UQAM Letterpress Workshop is a francophone typographic space—a rare presence in the North American academic landscape. It contributes to sustaining the history of French-language printing in North America while positioning the library as a site of cultural continuity and resistance.

Aligned with UQAM’s broader initiative to transform libraries into spaces of experimentation and interdisciplinary dialogue, the workshop already supports pedagogical projects in graphic design, visual arts, literature, book history, arts history and communication.

In an era shaped by speed and dematerialization, the slow, manual processes of letterpress printing offer a form of resistance—inviting reflection, embodied knowledge, and renewed attention to the material conditions of language and culture.

Transportation : transit pass provided.
The recommended transportation arrangements are to use public transit as a group from the Hotel (Métro Bonaventure to Métro Berri-UQAM). It's possible to access the library directly from the metro level.

Destination addess : UQAM Central Library, 400 Rue Sainte-Catherine E, Montréal, QC H2L 2C5

Important Information:
The workshop will be offered in English, however the facilitator also speaks French.
$ All costs are in USD.

#madeinquebec
Photo credit: Clémence Lesné

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

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 : $ 15

The National Library (in the Rosemont neighbourhood) is the preservation centre for all materials published in Québec since 1764. It is part of BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec , loosely translated as the National Library and Archives of Québec, the province’s largest cultural institution. The National Library notably houses specialized collections of artists' books, posters, and prints. This tour is an opportunity for you to learn more about BAnQ’s mission and visit the storage facilities where its most precious published materials are stored. You’ll also view a selection of heritage documents on the theme of “resistance,” reflecting the commitment of Québec artists throughout different eras.

Transportation : not provided. 
The recommended transportation arrangements are to coordinate a shared Uber or to allocate sufficient time for travel via public transit (which involves significant walking).

Destination adress : Bibliothèque nationale (Rosemont), 2275 Rue Holt, Montréal, QC H2G 2M2

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

#madeinquebec


Photo credit: Mikael Theimer