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Laurier House

Laurier House is a National Historic Site in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located at 335 Laurier Avenue East . It was formerly the residence of two Canadian Prime Ministers, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King. The house was built in 1878, but had significant later alterations. Laurier House exhibits elements of the Italianate manner as well as traces of Second Empire style. Laurier lived there from 1897 until his death in 1919. His wife Zoé Laurier willed the house to Mackenzie King upon her death in 1921. King lived there from 1923 until his death in 1950. King willed the house to the people of Canada upon his death. The government then briefly considered designating Laurier House as the permanent official residence of the Prime Minister. However, the Prime Minister at the time, Louis St. Laurent, opposed designating Laurier House an official residence, probably because he personally preferred a different residence and/or because he and his fellow Liberals did not want future Conservative Prime Ministers residing at Laurier House. 24 Sussex Drive was designated the Prime Ministers official residence in 1951. Many distinguished guests from abroad were received at this house, such as Britains King George VI, Sir Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and others. Under the terms of the Laurier House Act of 1951, the house and its grounds were entrusted to the National Capital Commission, the Department of Public Works, and the Public Archives. Since 1988, the house has been administered by Parks Canada as part of the national park system. However, the NCC continues to maintain the grounds, and the national archives retains ownership of all archival materials in the house. Parks Canada operates the site as a public museum. Laurier House is open to the public for guided tours from Victoria Day in May until Thanksgiving in October.

White Wind Zen Community

The White Wind Zen Community is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist association based at the Zen Centre of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, with branch centres in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Harrow, England. The Community is led by the Venerable Anzan Hoshin roshi. It consists of both a monastic order, the Northern Mountain Order, and a large community of associate, general, and formal lay students. The WWZC was founded in 1985 as the White Wind Zazenkai, named after the Hakukaze-ji monastery of Anzan Hoshin roshis teacher, the late Ven. Yasuda Joshu Dainen Hakukaze. The association was renamed "White Wind Zen Community" in 1989. While Anzan Hoshin roshi is still in permanent residence at the Ottawa centre, he retired from public teaching in 1991 and currently teaches only monastic and formal students. Lay teaching is currently performed by his Dharma-successors, the Ven. Shikai Zuiko o-sensei and the Ven. Jinmyo Renge osho, and by practice advisors trained by Anzan Hoshin roshi. In addition to offering an intensive schedule of practice year-round, including sittings, sesshin and outreach of a Western Zen centre, the WWZC provides a large number of individual students outside of commuting distance of the monastery or its branches with long-distance training. The long-distance training program provides students practice interviews and daisan via e-mail, telephone, or letter, and grants students access to a library of over 2000 recorded dharma talks. The WWZC also publishes books and audio recordings through its publishing arm, Great Matter Publications.

Australia House

Australia House in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is the official residence of the Australian High Commissioner to Canada. The house is located on a corner lot at 407 Wilbrod Street in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood of Ottawa, near to a number of other embassies and official residences. The house was built in 1910 by William Davis, and is believed to have been designed by John W.H. Watts. Davis died under inauspicious circumstances in 1916 and it lay vacant for several years before being purchased by Colonel Cameron Macpherson Edwards, who had earlier lived at 24 Sussex Drive. The Edwards left in 1937 and rented the house to Germany to house the Consul General Dr. Erich Windels, who was friendly with Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who lived nearby. Windels was expelled from Canada upon the declaration of war in September 1939. In part because of the war, the Australian delegation in Ottawa was looking for more spacious accommodations, and the newly vacant building met these needs. In 1940 it became the residence of the High Commissioner and they bought the building from the Edwards soon after. It has housed every High Commissioner since, as well as visiting Australian dignitaries, including any Australian Prime Ministers who visit Ottawa. From 1947 until 1953 the building was home to ex-Prime Minister Frank Forde during his term as Australian High Commissioner. Since January 2012, Her Excellency Ms Louise Hand is the latest High Commissioner to reside at Australia House. The chancery of the High Commission located at Suite 710, Clarica Centre II, at 50 OConnor Street in Downtown Ottawa.

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