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The future of telecommunications

Date : 17 December 2021 au 17 December 2021
Location: ÉTS
Catégory: Conference

Conference and discussion panel presented by Matthieu Dugal.

Conference at ÉTS

Early Radio Innovation in Canada – Canadian Marconi Company [1895-1938]

Date : 1 January 2021
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Virtual content

This book by Denis Couillard is co-published by the Musée des ondes Emile Berliner and Ultra Electronics. It traces radio from its beginnings in Canada and covers aspects beyond just broadcasting.

Basement Tapes Day MTL

Date : 14 November 2020
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Virtual content

Live stream co-organized by ARCMTL and the Musée des ondes Emile Berliner that brings together archivists, experts and the community to explore sound recordings in different formats.

Rex Battle at the Mount Royal Hotel in 1924

Date : 4 September 2020
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Virtual content

Listen to the oldest recording of a Canadian radio broadcast!

McGill University’s Marvin Duchow Music Library features the Centennial

Date : 7 July 2020
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Virtual content

Music library staff collaborate with the Centennial team to create a virtual interview and a blog post that features the “Radio and the performing arts” exhibit.

Mémoires des Montréalais: Montreal, a century of radio

Date : 5 December 2019 au 31 December 2020
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Virtual content

The Centre d’histoire de Montréal created the page “Montréal, un siècle radiophonique” (Montreal, a century of radio) encouraging the discovery of different topics and people related to the development of radio technology in Montreal.

Eurêka! Festival [Cancelled]

Date : 12 June 2020 au 14 June 2020
Location: Vieux Port de Montréal
Catégory: Temporary exhibit

ARSC Conference 2020

Date : 21 May 2020 au 23 May 2020
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Conference

2020 Virtual conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.

Expo Radio Vintage [Postponed]

Date : 6 June 2020 au 7 June 2020
Location: Centre commercial Domaine
Catégory: Temporary exhibit

Montreal Museums Day [Cancelled]

Date : 31 May 2020 au 31 May 2020
Location: Musée des ondes Emile Berliner
Catégory: Event

Centennial of canadian radio broadcasting

Date : 20 May 2020
Location: Virtual
Catégory: Event

Podcasts about the historic broadcast of May 20, 1920. Organized by ÉTS.

Heritage trail: Montreal radio pioneers

Date : 1 May 2020 au 31 December 2020
Location: Virtual / Walking tour
Catégory: Virtual content

Interactive map that highlights the places that witnessed the birth of radio broadcasting in Canada.

The invention of radio broadcasting: the innovators of Montreal [Cancelled]

Date : 13 June 2020 au 13 June 2020
Location: Musée de Lachine
Catégory: Conference

Conference by Denis Couillard about the history of radio in Canada and the strategies developed by its inventors.

M. Denis Couillard

Radio and performing arts [Postponed]

Date : 1 April 2020 au 1 August 2020
Location: McGill Music Library
Catégory: Temporary exhibit

Radio100@CKUT: Canadian radio pioneers

Date : 23 March 2020
Location: CKUT 90.3 FM
Catégory: Live broadcast

Listen to the final show of our March residency on CKUT 90.3FM!

Radio100@CKUT: Heard it on the radio

Date : 16 March 2020
Location: CKUT 90.3 FM
Catégory: Live broadcast

Listen to the third show of our March residency on CKUT 90.3FM!

Radio100@CKUT: Women in radio

Date : 9 March 2020
Location: CKUT 90.3 FM
Catégory: Live broadcast

Listen to the second show of our March residency on CKUT 90.3FM!

Radio100@CKUT: Celebrating 100 years of radio

Date : 2 March 2020
Location: CKUT 90.3 FM
Catégory: Live broadcast

Listen to the first show of our March residency at CKUT 90.3FM!

Marconi: from wireless radio to artificial intelligence

Date : 5 February 2020
Location: ÉTS, Room A-1600
Catégory: Conference

Conference by Denis Couillard, organized by ÉTS.

M. Denis Couillard

Of waves and men: first Canadian radio emissions from Montreal in 1919

Date : 5 December 2019
Location: Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Catégory: Conference

Conference by Denis Couillard, organized by the Centre d'histoire de Montréal.

Conférence du 5 décembre

Temporary exhibits

Continue exploring the temporary exhibits created for the centennial in the Visit page.

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Canadian broadcasting in the 1940s:

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