{"id":300,"date":"2007-10-01T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2011-07-29T16:01:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T16:01:54","slug":"ottawa-itinerary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ll be adding a few more specific details to our Ottawa itinerary in the coming week or so, but here is a pretty complete look at what we’ll be up to while we’re there.<\/p>\n

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THURSDAY:<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Depart from south side of Waterman Building (College Street) at 7:00 AM sharp<\/strong>. Arrive at 6:45 in order to assure a prompt departure, because Parliament won’t wait for us (and we can’t wait for you). Students ought to be dressed for Parliament (i.e. “business attire” -jackets and ties for men) because there is no time\/place to change once we are on the bus. We will plan on arriving at St. Michael’s at 7:05 to pick up the St. Mike’s group. <\/span><\/p>\n

Brief lunch at the Rideau Centre in Ottawa before walking over to Parliament<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Arrive at Parliament at 1:00 to get through security and line up for Question Period<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Attend Question Period from 2:00-3:00<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Meet with Members of Parliament from 3:15-4:15 in the Commonwealth Room (room 238F).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4:30-5:00: Check in at the Lord Elgin Hotel<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5:30<\/strong>: Group meeting in Pearson room at Lord Elgin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dinner on your own<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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FRIDAY<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Breakfast on your own.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9:00-3:30:<\/span> Tour at the National Gallery of Canada<\/a> and visit the Canadian Museum of Civilization<\/a>. (Grp1: NG10am, CMC1pm; Grp2: CMC9am, NG 1pm)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch on your own at National Gallery or Museum of Civilization.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4:30-6:30<\/span>: Walk over to National Arts Centre<\/a> for reception in the Fountain Room<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c DRESS CODE: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153business attire.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7:00<\/span>: bus leaves for hockey game, Ottawa 67s<\/a> vs. Peterborough Petes<\/a> at Ottawa Civic Centre.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Saturday<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Check out of Lord Elgin by 9 AM. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9:30: Bus leaves for tour of Rideau Hall<\/a>, the official residence of the Governor General<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Take bus from Rideau Hall to Parliament for guided tour<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch on your own in Ottawa<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Depart for Burlington<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOTE:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Crossing the border<\/strong>: A passport or birth certificate and photo ID (driver’s license) is now required as proof of citizenship to cross the US-Canadian border.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dress Code<\/strong>: Dress is “business attire” for Thursday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Parliament visit and Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reception, and “neat and clean” for Friday museum visits and for Saturday morning. In general, pack for chilly weather. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Money<\/strong>: Catering at Arts Centre reception is “on us”. $75 – 100US should cover other meals. We suggest that students exchange at least some of this at a local Burlington bank before October 18.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ground Rules<\/strong>: Attendance and participation at all scheduled activities is required. “Downtime” is your own. Be aware that your conduct and actions represent UVM, St. Mike’s, Vermont, and the USA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ll be adding a few more specific details to our Ottawa itinerary in the coming week or so, but here is a pretty complete look at what we’ll be up to while we’re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-at-uvm","category-teachingadvising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}