This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
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Iceberg Alley is an area that extends from the western coast of Greenland to Baffin Island and further south past the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Over the past two decades, its icebergs have become a sought after commodity in the production of vodka, beer, and luxury-branded waters. By drawing on historical research and fieldwork across communities in Iceberg Alley,(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
24 November 2016, 6pm
Iceberg Alley, Climate Change, and Canada’s Grey Resources
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Iceberg Alley is an area that extends from the western coast of Greenland to Baffin Island and further south past the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Over the past two decades, its icebergs have become a sought after commodity in the production of vodka, beer, and luxury-branded waters. By drawing on historical research and fieldwork across communities in Iceberg Alley,(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Margo Beggs (University of Toronto); Luc Lévesque (Université de Montréal); Jasmine Rault (McGill University); Alexis Desgagnés (Université de Montréal); Tsz Yan Ng (McGill University); Dominic Boulerice (McGill University); Rim Ben Fredj (Université de Montréal) CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Ila(...)
April 2006 to November 2006
Doctoral Students Program 2006
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Margo Beggs (University of Toronto); Luc Lévesque (Université de Montréal); Jasmine Rault (McGill University); Alexis Desgagnés (Université de Montréal); Tsz Yan Ng (McGill University); Dominic Boulerice (McGill University); Rim Ben Fredj (Université de Montréal) CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Ila(...)
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April 2006 to
November 2006
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Negin Djavaherian (McGill University); Izabel Amaral (Université de Montréal); Geoffrey Carr (University of British Columbia); Jason Crow (McGill University); Claudette Lauzon (McGill University); Elena Napolitano (University of Toronto); Victoria Sheridan (University of Toronto); Gyewon Kim (McGill(...)
April 2008 to September 2008
Doctoral Students Program 2008
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Negin Djavaherian (McGill University); Izabel Amaral (Université de Montréal); Geoffrey Carr (University of British Columbia); Jason Crow (McGill University); Claudette Lauzon (McGill University); Elena Napolitano (University of Toronto); Victoria Sheridan (University of Toronto); Gyewon Kim (McGill(...)
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April 2008 to
September 2008
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Alma Mikulinsky (University of Toronto); Inhye Kang (McGill University); Nicholas Roquet (McGill University); Leila Farah (McGill University); Deborah J. Watt (University of British Columbia); Nancy Cuthbert (University of Victoria); Dana Broadbent (McGill University); Carole Lévesque (Université de Montréal);(...)
January 2007 to November 2007
Doctoral Students Program 2007
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Alma Mikulinsky (University of Toronto); Inhye Kang (McGill University); Nicholas Roquet (McGill University); Leila Farah (McGill University); Deborah J. Watt (University of British Columbia); Nancy Cuthbert (University of Victoria); Dana Broadbent (McGill University); Carole Lévesque (Université de Montréal);(...)
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January 2007 to
November 2007
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant recipients: José Aragüez (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Britt Eversole (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Michael Kubo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Peter Minosh (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation); Bryan Norwood (Harvard(...)
June 2013 to August 2013
Doctoral Students Program 2013
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant recipients: José Aragüez (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Britt Eversole (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Michael Kubo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Peter Minosh (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation); Bryan Norwood (Harvard(...)
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June 2013 to
August 2013
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Pep Avilés (Princeton University); Julia Morgan Charles (McGill University); Duks Koschitz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Alessandra Mariani (UQàM - Université du Québec à Montréal); Andrea Merrett (Columbia University); Yetunde Olaiya (Princeton University); Daria Ricchi (Princeton University); Todd Satter(...)
June 2012 to August 2012
Doctoral Students Program 2012
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Pep Avilés (Princeton University); Julia Morgan Charles (McGill University); Duks Koschitz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Alessandra Mariani (UQàM - Université du Québec à Montréal); Andrea Merrett (Columbia University); Yetunde Olaiya (Princeton University); Daria Ricchi (Princeton University); Todd Satter(...)
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June 2012 to
August 2012
The CCA presents Toolkit for Today 2014, a summer seminar held as part of the TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants program. This year the seminar aims to address questions related to contemporary architecture, showing how projects enrich and diverge from each other and how their differences are born of unusual perspectives and new ways of articulating(...)
23 June 2014 to 28 June 2014
Toolkit for Today: Materials and Atmospheres
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The CCA presents Toolkit for Today 2014, a summer seminar held as part of the TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants program. This year the seminar aims to address questions related to contemporary architecture, showing how projects enrich and diverge from each other and how their differences are born of unusual perspectives and new ways of articulating(...)
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants Recipients: Amin Alsaden (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Heather Braiden (McGill University); Christina Crawford (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Ayca Koseoglu (McGill University); Whitten Overby (Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning); Dana Samuel (Concordia(...)
June 2014 to September 2014
Doctoral Students Program 2014
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants Recipients: Amin Alsaden (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Heather Braiden (McGill University); Christina Crawford (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Ayca Koseoglu (McGill University); Whitten Overby (Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning); Dana Samuel (Concordia(...)
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June 2014 to
September 2014