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Third Winter/Spring Lecture

  7pm to 9pm on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at Westmount Room, Westmount Public Library, 4574 Sherbrooke Street West   The Life and Times of My Mother, Eva Prager O.C.   Speaker: Vincent Prager, maritime lawyer and only son of Eva…

Second Winter/Spring Lecture – Change Of Venue to Victoria Hall

  7pm to 9pm Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke Street West   Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel: The diaspora of German Modern Dance and its impact on dance in Canada Speaker: Jens Richard Giersdorf, Ph.D., Professor & Chair…

First Winter/Spring Lecture

  Montreal as Muse: Photographs by Clara Gutsche and David Miller with speakers Clara Gutsche, artist and David Miller, photographer on Thursday, February 26, 2026 from 7pm to 9m at the westmount Public Library.

Third Fall Lecture

  LABO Apartments: The Third Life of the Charles E. Frosst Pharmaceutical Laboratory” with speaker Samuel Pouliot, architect, NEUF architect(e)s, on Thursday November 20 from 7pm to 9pm at the Westmount Public Library. Discover the story of a structure that…

Second Fall Lecture

  “One Hundred Years: An Historical Interpretation of Park Manor Apartments” with speaker Pierre Anctil, Canadian historian, professor emeritus, University of Ottawa, Thursday October 16 from 7pm to 9pm at the Westmount Public Library.

Redevelopment of the Southeast Sector

As part of its mission, the Westmount Historical Association includes the promotion of public awareness of our community’s heritage. Westmount City Council’s proposed zoning changes for the Southeast sector will affect the Atwater Library and Dorchester Boulevard. The position of…

First Fall Lecture

  “How Architects Redefined Apartment Living in Westmount” with speaker Laurent Généreux, Thursday September 25 from 7pm to 9pm at the Westmount Public Library.

Mark London Presentation from 2018

Mark London gave an important talk about protecting our Westmount heritage to the WHA in 2018.  These subjects have been discussed a great deal recently relating to the redevelopment of the southeast sector of the city. This link is for…

Model of Westmount Station

A model of Westmount Train Station is on display in the Westmount Children’s Library during its ‘Around the World ‘ reading club this summer. The scale model was made by WHA Board member Martin Cheffins’ during the Covid pandemic.