Jacob's post, January 14th

I finally got an email back from Public Works and Government Services Canada saying they would give me an interview in-person. I told them about our project and they seemed to approve, so I do not think there will be any issues with transcribing what the interviewee says to our site (they've yet to tell me who the interviewee will be). It's unfortunate I don't have the technology to record the interview, as that would be fitting for this type of project. I'm also going to take a trip to the Ottawa Public Library this weekend, as they have an "Ottawa room" which I am told has some news articles that may be relevant to the fire. Through my research as of late, I've become interested in John A. Pearson and J. Omer Marchand, the two architects who won a contest awarding them the privilege of planning the new Center Block, including the Peace Tower, now an icon of Canada. I do not want to get too off-track with this, seeing as how we're focusing on the event itself, but Pearson and Marchand's story of collaboration shows how Ottawa eventually resolved the panic brought upon by the fire and reacted to it constructively.

Janice's Post (Jan. 14th)

Since the last post, I feel as though the project is finally progressing. The book that I got from the library has proven to be very useful and has a fair amount of information in the areas we want to expand on. It talks a bit about before the fire, the fire itself, the people who died because of it, and what happened next. For me, it has proven to be of great use because there were many pictures that seemed useful. Most of the pictures said they were from the Library and Archives of Canada. Therefore, this past week Nadine and I went there to see if we could find more information and whether or not we could use the photos. It was a good idea to go and we were told where to find photos and what the copyright issues on them are. Most of them have an expired copyright and we are able to use them.
I also went on the website where our project will be published and tried to figure out how to work it. I am still a little confused but I was able to make some edits and now our part has a title, picture and a few sentences.