Update: Sponsorship Opportunities: In collaboration with University of Winnipeg advancement initiatives,we are preparing to offer sponsorship opportunities for the May Colloquium, for businesses and other organizations and for individuals. Sponsors receive a range of benefits in accord with the level of sponsorship selected. Watch the CRLS website for further information, and spread the word about this excellent means of supporting the Colloquium and the Centre.
Hotel Rooms: A block of rooms, at a reduced rate, has been set aside for Colloquium participants at the Holiday Inn (corner of Colony and Portage Ave, only one block from the University of Winnipeg and two blocks from the HBC Archives).
Members can book rooms by calling the hotel directly, toll free in Canada and the US: 866-826-4457, citing the Rupert's Land Colloquium block.
Please be sure you have a registration number when arriving!
Field Trips: Heartland Travel is offering a field trip to coincide with the
Colloquium. Leaving at 1 p.m. on 22 May 2010 from the Holiday Inn,
participants can enjoy an historic guided tour along River Road and of
Lower Fort Garry. The trip will wrap up with a fur trade pickerel
(walleye) banquet at Lower Fort Garry, and transportation back to
Winnipeg. The price for this field trip is $100.80.
Or contact: Don Finkbeiner
Heartland International Travel & Tours
202-3111 Portage Ave. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3K 0W4
Ph: 204-989-9630 1-866-890-3377(North Am. toll free)
Email: donf@heartlandtravel.ca
Website: http://www.heartlandtravel.ca/
The cost of this field trip is not included in the Colloquium
Registration fee. All arrangements for this trip are being made by
Heartland Travel. Please contact Heartland Travel to register for the trip.
The Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg will be hosting its 2010 Colloquium from the 19th to the 22nd of May, 2010. The Colloquium will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
During the Colloquium, Aboriginal and fur trade researchers from many disciplines will meet in Winnipeg to share their research and interests, and take advantage of the rich history that is still being made at the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
The Colloquium will begin May 19th with a reception and registration. The 20th and 21st, will highlight paper presentations, panel discussions, and site visits to points of interest. Field trips will begin on the 22nd. This site will be updated as plans continue. Please plan to join us, present a paper, or just sit in on sessions and field trips.
Click here to download proposal forms and guidelines.
How to find us:
The Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies is located on a mezzanine above the fifth floor of the library (in Centennial Hall) at the University of Winnipeg. A floor plan of the fifth floor is available, the Centre is noted as “CRLS” on this map, near the stacks with call numbers beginning with F389 to F1026.
Please feel free to contact us to arrange a time when we are in to drop by.
The University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3B 2E9
Manitoba Points of Interest
Click the color images for more information. Click the image again to return to the map.
Map credit:
This map is part of an exceptional collection located on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/2182564833/ Plan of Land bought by the Earl of Selkirk from Peguis and other Indians, 18th July 1817. The map was probably drafted by Peter Fidler.
Manitoba historical atlas: a selection of facsimile maps, plans, and sketches from 1612 to 1969 / edited with introductions and annotations by John Warkentin and Richard I. Ruggles. Published: Winnipeg : Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba , 1970. (map 65, p. 169)
The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies
Director: Dr. Jennifer S.H. Brown
Research Associate: Dr. Susan Elaine Gray
Administrative Assistant:
Anne Lindsay
Jennifer Brown Thesis Collection listing now available online. - November 11th, 2009
Proposal Guidelines and Submission Form updated. - November 11th, 2009
Colloquim 2010 information update, including Registration forms. - October 27th, 2009
Strangers in Blood back in print. - October 1st, 2009
Memories, Myths and Dreams of an Ojibwe Chief is out. More info here. - September 12th, 2009