Update: New proposal forms and guidelines, extended the deadlines for proposals.
Colloquium Registration Forms
Colloquium Proposal Forms
Colloquium Proposal Guidelines

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).

Please be sure you have a registration number when arriving!

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
WINNIPEG-DOWNTOWN
360 Colony Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2P3
1-204-786-7011
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/ywgcs?rpb=hotel&crUrl=/h/d/hi/1/en/hotelsearchresults

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.

Deadline to register is 1 May 2010. Please contact Heartland Travel to book your place with this tour. There is a description of the tour and a registration form online at:
http://www.heartlandtravel.ca/documents/RiverRoadandHistoricLowerFortGarry-Rupertsland.pdf

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.