Tours inside the Snow Globe - Ottawa Monuments and National Belonging

Aug 6, 2026

Tours inside the Snow Globe explores how Ottawa’s monuments shape ideas of national belonging through guided walking tours. The book is organized around seven themed chapters, each centered on a specific tour experience that connects material landmarks with social meaning. Rooted in dissertation research and supported by scholarly publication practices, the study includes bibliographical references and an index, offering readers a structured framework for interpreting civic space, public history, and collective identity in Ottawa.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages386

Reading Time9 h 54 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Chapter One

Gichi Zibi Omaami Winini Anishinaabe

Chapter Two

The Upside-Down Astrolabe Tour

Chapter Three

The Agora Tour

Chapter Four

The Poppy Tour

Chapter Five

The Mica Tour

Chapter Six

Laura Secord’s Tour

Chapter Seven

The Placard Tour

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) TOURS INSIDE THE SNOW GLOBE [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) TOURS INSIDE THE SNOW GLOBE Ottawa Monuments and National Belonging TONYA K. DAVIDSON [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Funding is provided by the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Arts Council. This work was supported by the Research Support Fund. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Tours inside the snow globe : Ottawa monuments and national belonging / Tonya K. Davidson. Names: Davidson, Tonya K., 1979-author. Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20230471773 | Canadiana (ebook) 2023047179X | ISBN 9781771126021 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771126045 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771126038 (EPUB) Subjects: LCSH: Monuments—Ontario—Ottawa—Guidebooks. | LCSH: Monuments—Social aspects—Ontario—Ottawa. | LCSH: Walking—Ontario—Ottawa—Tours. | LCSH: Ottawa (Ont.)— Guidebooks. | LCSH: Ottawa (Ont.)—Tours. Classification: LCC FC3096.64 .D38 2024 | DDC 917.13/840474—dc23 Cover design by Heng Wee Tan. Interior design by Sandra Friesen. Front cover image: Mike Steinhauer. © 2024 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [www.wlupress.wlu.ca](www.wlupress.wlu.ca) This book is printed on FSC® certified paper. It contains recycled materials and other controlled sources, is processed chlorine-free, and is manufactured using biogas energy. Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyrighted material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher ’s attention will be corrected in future printings. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) . For an Access Copyright licence, visit [http://www.accesscopyright.ca](http://www.accesscopyright.ca or)[ or](http://www.accesscopyright.ca or) call toll-free to 1-800-893-5777. [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Wilfrid Laurier University Press is located on the Haldimand Tract, part of the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe, and Neutral Peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe Peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, to protect our resources, and not to engage in conflict. We are grateful to the Indigenous Peoples who continue to care for and remain interconnected with this land. Through the work we publish in partnership with our authors, we seek to honour our local and larger community relationships, and to engage with the diversity of collective knowledge integral to responsible scholarly and cultural exchange. [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction CHAPTER ONE Gichi Zibi Omaami Winini Anishinaabe CHAPTER TWO The Upside-Down Astrolabe Tour CHAPTER THREE The Agora Tour CHAPTER FOUR The Poppy Tour CHAPTER FIVE The Mica Tour CHAPTER SIX Laura Secord’s Tour CHAPTER SEVEN The Placard Tour Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The list of those to whom I owe thanks has grown over the many years that I’ve been working on this book, rendering this writing of acknowledgements potentia

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What is the central focus of Tours inside the Snow Globe?

The book focuses on how Ottawa monuments contribute to ideas of national belonging, presented through guided tour experiences.

How is the book structured?

It includes an introduction, seven chapter-based tours, a conclusion, and supporting scholarly materials such as notes, bibliography, and an index.

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The book includes bibliographical references and an index, with additional detail in the notes section.

Aug 6, 2026

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