Calendar of Alumni Events

The University College Alumni Association (UCAA) invites you to come learn about the College’s plans for the coming academic year and give your feedback on our programming.

The UCAA’s objective is to promote community among alumni, and between alumni, students, and University College. The UCAA presents the opinions and recommendations of alumni to the administration and faculty of the College, and serves as a resource in advancing the College’s mission.

When Justin Trudeau won the 2015 federal election, predictions that he’d be prime minister for at least two terms came even before his first had begun. After all, his youth and Canada’s electoral history suggested a mere four years of Liberal government was unlikely. Instead, the 2019 election turns out to be highly competitive. UC Alumnus John Geddes, Maclean’s magazine’s Ottawa bureau chief, will talk about the contest as it gathers steam.    

This lecture explores the ways in which the exterior walls of houses serve as boundaries, screens and skins on which both architects and viewers project meanings. Drawing on "Modern," vernacular, and historicist examples, the lecture considers cultural values, gender and sexuality, interrogating the meaning of transparency, both literal and figurative, and highlighting the ways in which private lives and non-conforming or queer households can be concealed behind the walls of "poker-faced" houses. 

Lecture: 4:30pm in UC 140
Reception to follow in UC 240 

University College Book Sale 2019!

UC Library, 15 King's College Circle