XLIII Scientific Instrument Symposium - SIC 2024

This tour of UTSIC is an extra offering. Participants are expected to arrange their own travel for this excursion.

Start Time: 9:20am
Location: Front Entrance of Robarts Library, University of Toronto, 130 St George St (map)

University of Toronto Scientific Instruments Collection visit, Sunday September 15th

9:20-9:30am - Meet at first collection location on the University of Toronto's St George campus in downtown Toronto with Curator Erich Weidenhammer and Assistant Curator Victoria Fisher. There will be a secure place provided for people to leave their luggage throughout the visit.

9:30 - Chance to view selected post-war artifacts from the Toronto collection and hear about ongoing collections activities focused on recent and contemporary artifacts.

10:10 – Walk as group to second collection location.

10:20 - Meet at McLennan Physical Laboratories (60 St George Street), in the main foyer to view the main collections' storage areas, including the large collection of acoustic instruments by Rudolph Koenig, the collections of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, medical and surgical collections, and others.

11:10 - Visit to storage areas ends. Chance to retrieve luggage.

11:20 - Optional: Gather at McLennan Physical Laboratories (60 St George Street) in the main foyer for campus tour featuring the University's early scientific history as the site of Canada's Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, part of the 1839 global network of magnetic observatories.

12:00 - Tour ends at Meteorological Observatory at 315 Bloor Street West. Chance to retrieve luggage from first location.

Transportation Options
Flights from Toronto to Ottawa. Approximately $190 – $400 CAD.
VIA rail train from Toronto to Ottawa. Approximately $60 – $200 CAD.
More information about VIA rail
Bus from Toronto to Ottawa. Leaving from either Scarborough(1 hour from downtown Toronto) or Union Station (downtown Toronto). Approximately $30 CAD.
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This tour is capped at 18. Transportation provided. A bus will be waiting at 3pm at the entrance of the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

The tour will include a viewing of the historic globes and a presentation of some of them with the archivists. There will also be a conservator present to describe the restoration of some of the globes and a recent restoration of a large map.

Preservation Centre
Centre de préservation

Location: 625, boul. du Carrefour, Gatineau (map)

The Standard Tavern
360 Elgin St. Ottawa

Transportation provided by conference  
1pm departure from CSTM

1:30 p.m. Arrival

1:40 p.m. Presentation on the Canadian Museum of History’s Framework for Indigenous Relations and the history and application of our Repatriation Policy.

Nadja Roby, Director, Policy and Government Relations, Indigenous Portfolio /
John Moses, Director, Repatriation and Indigenous Relations

Location: Research Centre

2:10 p.m. Panel discussion/Questions and Answers Period
30 minutes

2:40 p.m. Tours begin


Transport fourni par la conférence

1:40 Présentation sur le cadre des Musées pour les relations avec les peuples Autochtones
du Musée canadien de l’histoire et sur l’histoire et l’application de notre politique de rapatriement.

Nadja Roby, Directrice, Politiques et Relations gouvernementales
John Moses, directeur de Rapatriement et relations avec les Autochtones

2:10 table ronde/période de questions et réponses

2:40 - visites du musée

Le français suit l’anglais

Transportation provided by conference. At 4pm, the buses will return to Les Suites, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn and Canada Science and Technology Museum. For those who wish depart from Aviation Museum, you can bring luggage on the bus and leave it at the museum.

As part of the official program on Friday afternoon, there is a special tour of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (CASM) (bus transportation is provided). Our conservation team is leading this tour with a focus on 20thcentury instruments, materials and preservation challenges. This will also be a good chance to see our Convair 580 aircraft that we collected as a large assemblage of scientific instruments used for remote sensing around the world.

1pm departure from Canada Science and Technology Museum

1:20pm arrival to CASM main building

1:20 to 2:30 pm - a hands-on instrumentation tour of CASM aircraft on display

2:30 -3:00 pm. Convair 580 remote sensing aircraft and instruments

3:00 - 3:30 pm Project North Star Tour

3:30-4:00 pm 195 hangar tour of new acquisitions

Dans le cadre du programme officiel, une visite spéciale du Musée de l’aviation et de l’espace du Canada (MAEC) est prévue le vendredi après-midi (le transport en autobus sera fourni). Notre équipe de conservation dirigera la visite, et mettra l’accent sur les instruments, les matériaux et les défis de préservation du XXe siècle. Ce sera également une belle occasion de voir le Convair 580, un avion que nous considérons comme un véritable ensemble d’instruments scientifiques utilisés pour la télédétection partout dans le monde.

Arrivée à 13 h au bâtiment principal du CASM

13 h 15 à 14 h 30 - visite pratique de l'instrumentation des avions du CASM exposés

14 h 30 à 15 h. Avion de télédétection Convair 580 et instruments

15 h 00 à 15 h 30 Visite du projet North Star

15 h 30 à 16 h 00 Visite du hangar 195 des nouvelles acquisitions

This tour is an extra offering. Participants are asked to travel to the below address via car, taxi, Uber or public transit.

Dominion Observatory (Map) 1 Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6

The outdoor tour will start at 1:30pm on the grounds of the Dominion Observatory (closed since 1970), where Sharon Odell will give a history of the site and activities therein.

La visite commencera plutôt sur les terrains de l’Observatoire fédéral  (fermé depuis 1970), où Sharon Odell expliquera l’histoire de l’établissement et les activités qui s’y sont déroulées au fil du temps.

Parking. For those who choose to drive, there will be free parking at the Observatory site. 

This tour at McGill is an extra offering. Participants are asked to arrange their own travel for this excursion.

McPherson Collection
https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/museum/mcphersoncollection.html
Rutherford Collection
https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/museum/rutherfordcollection.html

Start Time: 1:00pm
Location: Meet at the front entrance of the Rutherford Building, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal (map)

Transportation Options
Flights from Ottawa to Montreal. Approximately $150 – $500 CAD
VIA rail train from Ottawa to Montreal. Approximately $40 – $70 CAD.
More information about VIA Rail
Bus from Ottawa to Montreal. These buses will take you to either Dorval (30 minute drive/public transit ride to downtown Montreal) or Laval (40 minute drive or 30 minute public transit ride to downtown Montreal). Approximately $30 – $40 CAD.
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