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The Society for the Study of Architec ture in Canada is a learned society devoted to the examination of the role of the built environment in Canadian society.
Its membership includes structural and landscape architects, architectural historians, urban historians and planners, sociologists, folklorists, and specialists
in such fields as heritage conservation and landscape history. Fo unded in 1974, the Society is currently the sole national socie ty whose focus of interest
is Canada's built environment in all of its manifestations.
The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, published four times a year, is a refereed jo urnal. Autho rs should request a copy of
o ur guidelines for details on format.
Membership fees are payable at the following rates: Student, $20.00; Individual/Fa mily, $40.00 ; OrganizationiCorporation!lns tit ution, $65.00 ; Patron, $20.00
(plus a donation of not less than $100.00). There is a surcharge of $5.00 for all foreign memberships. Contributions ove r and above membership fees are welcome,
and are tax-deductible. Please make your cheque or money order paya ble to the SSA C and send to Box 2302, Station D , O ttawa , Ontario KIP 5W5.
La Societe po ur !'etude de !'architecture au Canada est une societe savante qui se consacre a l'examen du role que jo ue l'environnement bati dans
la sociere canadienne. Parmi ses membres, o n retrouve des ingenie urs en structure, des arc hitectes de paysage, des historiens en architecture et en urbanisme,
puis des urbanistes, des socio logues, des folkloristes et des specialistes dans des domaines tels Ia preservation du pa trimoine et l'histoire du paysage. Fo ndee en 1974,
Ia Societe est presentement Ia seule association nationale dont l'intenet se concentre sur l'environnemen t bati d u Canada so us ro utes scs formes.
Le Journal de Ia Sociiti pour l'itude de !'architecture au Canada, publie quatre fois par annee, est une revue dont les articles sont revus par un comite de redac tion.
Les personnes interessees peuvent demander une copie des !ignes directrices pour connaitre les modalites ro uchant Ia presentation des articles.
L'abonnement annuel est payable aux prix suivantes: etudiant, 20,00 $; individuel/famille, 40,00 $; organisationlsocie telinstitut, 65,00 $; bienfaitcur, 20,00 $
(plus un don d'au mains 100,00 $). 11 y a des frais additionnels de 5,00 $pour les abonnements etrangers. Les contributions au-dessus de l'abonnemcnt annuel
sont acceptees e t deductibles d'impot. Veuillez s.v.p. faire le cheque ou mandat poste payable a l'ordre de SEAC e t l'envoyer a Ia Case pos tale 2302, succursale D,
Ottawa (Ontario) KIP 5W5.
President I president
Provincial representatives I R epresentants provinciaux
Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe
George Chalker
Andrew J. Gaudes
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
P.O. Box 5 171
St. John's, Newfoundland AlC 5V5
(709) 739- 1892/ f: (709) 739-5413
Ma ni coba C ulture, Heritage and Citizenship
Main Floor, 213 Norre Dame Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B OW 5
(204) 945-7146/ f: (204) 948-2348
Alberta Community Development
8820 112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2P8
(403) 431-23391f: (403) 427-39561e: [email protected]
Daniel Norris (acting)
Halifax Regional Municipality
P.O. Box 1749
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3A5
(902) 490-44361 f: (902) 490-468 1
2330 Smith Srreet
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2P6
(306) 522-66681 f: (306) 525- 1550
Vice ..President I vice ..presidente
Bruceyene M. Collins
Michele Picard
P.O. Box 883
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C IA 7L9
(902) 566-93481 f: (902) 566-932 1
Department of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia
6333 Memorial Road
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5
(604) 822-27571 f: (604) 822-90031 e: [email protected]
Past President I ancienne presidente
Dorothy Field
Centre Canadien d' Architecture
1920, rue Baile
Montreal, Quebec H3H 2S6
(514) 939-70001 f: (514) 939-7020 I e: [email protected]
Treasurer I tresorier
Alexander Cross
25 Ryebum Drive
Gloucester, Ontario KlV 1H6
(613) 822-26831 f: (613) 822-0996
Secretary I secretaire
Ian Doull
Parks Canada
Hull, Quebec KIA OM5
(819) 953-45991 f: (819) 953-49091 e: [email protected]
Journal Editor I redacteur du Journal
Gordon Fulton
Thomas Horrocks
AD! Limited
11 33 Regent Street, Suite 300
Fredericton, New Bruns wick E3B 3Z2
(506) 452 -90001 f: (506) 452- 7303
Michele Picard (interimaire)
Centre Canadien d' A rchitecture
1920, rue Baile
Montreal, Q uebec H3H 2S6
(514) 939-7000/ f: (514) 939-7020
Bill Hutchinson
J anet Wright
Parks Canada
220 · 4th Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta TIG 4X3
(403) 299-394l l f: (403) 292-41 85
Justine Murdy
2790 Trinity Street
Vancouve r, Bri rish Columbia V5K 1E7
t/f: (604) 251-1707
Anthony Zedda
Florian Maurer Architect Ltd.
P.O. Box 5172
Whitehorse, Yukon Yl A 4S3
(403) 633-68741 f: (403) 633-4602
Kayhan Nadji
Jennifer McKendry
1 Baiden Street
Kingston, Ontario K7M 2)7
(613) 544-9535 I e: [email protected]
41 Gold City Court
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories XIA 3P7
t/f: (403) 873-3455
62 Lewis Street
Ottawa, Ontario K2P OS6
(819) 997-69661f: (819) 953-49091e: [email protected]
ISSN 1486-0872 (supersedes I remplace ISSN 0228-0744)
Produced with the assistance of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada I Publie avec !'aide du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
COVER I COUVERTURE: View of Kingston, Ontario, from Fort Henry. Detail of coloured lithograph by Edwin Whitefield, 1855. (Queen's University Library, Special Collections)
See page 76.
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Contents I Table des matieres
72 The Kingston Palladia": Civic and Imperial
"Virtue and Grandeur" at George Browne's Forum Regiopolis
T. Dnuf!las Stewart
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The Changing University in the
Neo-Conservative Era
Janet Collins
Lest We Forget: National Memorials
to Canada's First World War Dead
Jacqueline Hucker
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Recent Publications I
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