V World Marinera Competition – Ottawa-Gatineau Selective Competition

Discover Qikiqtait: Where Inuit Knowledge and Innovation Come Together, a groundbreaking exhibition showcasing the leadership of the Sanikiluarmiut of Sanikiluaq. Through research, education, environmental stewardship, and the harvesting of eider down — the warmest feather in the world — this exhibition highlights their innovation and resilience. Developed by the Arctic Eider Society with the Canadian Museum of Nature, it celebrates the community’s enduring connection to the land, sea, and each other.

Sylvia Safdie: TERRA showcases the work of Montreal-based artist Sylvia Safdie, featuring paintings, sculpture, and video. Her work explores memory, dislocation, and the passage of time, often drawing on natural and human-made materials. Safdie combines these elements in unexpected ways, creating symbolic and transformative meanings. Earth – terra – remains a central and enduring material throughout her practice.

Before dinosaurs, life began its transition from water to land. Life onto Land: The Devonian explores this pivotal chapter in Earth’s history, when early vertebrates evolved features that would eventually allow movement onto land.The exhibition examines the Devonian Period and highlights Tiktaalik roseae, a transitional species between fish and four limbed vertebrates. On display are 77 fossil specimens, including the 375 million year old holotype of Tiktaalik, presented publicly in Canada for the first time. Through rare fossils and scientific…