The Colloquium opens with a reception on Wednesday evening, May 19, and a plenary session the next morning featuring innovative research in Aboriginal cultural heritage. Sessions run all day on May 20 and 21, and through noon on Saturday, May 22, followed by a special field trip to Lower Fort Garry. The Friday evening banquet, May 21, will feature Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg and Edward Kennedy, CEO of the North West Company.
To register, see the information and registration forms posted on the Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies website, along with sign-up information for the Lower Fort Garry field trip.
Click here to download proposal forms and 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).
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 David Thompson Map Soirée*
The Great Map of 1814*
Thursday, May 20, 2010, 8:00 PM
Colony Street Holiday Inn, Winnipeg
THE PEOPLE OF RED RIVER – A COSTUME GUIDE has been written to celebrate the up-coming bicentennial of the arrival of the first European settlers in the Red River (Winnipeg).
It is the product of 25 years of research by Barry and Judy McPherson, in collaboration with Janet La France, whose art work clearly illustrates each costume detail. The second half of the book contains a wealth of contemporaneous art work of people of the middling sort from Scotland, Ireland, England, The Canadas and a small number from the United States.A bibliography and a costume and textile glossary are included.
The book will be offered at the Colloquium for the special price of $35.00 + GST = $36.75. Visit us at the table display or pre-order your book directly from the publishers – Barry or Judy McPherson – at baggage@mts.net and it will be waiting for you.
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
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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)
