The 2012 Rupert’s Land Colloquium will be held 16 to 19 May, 2012 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Colloquium activities will centre around the University of Winnipeg’s downtown campus. 2012 is the year Manitobans will be celebrating the bicentenary of the arrival of the Selkirk Settlers in this area. For more information:
This year, for the first time, the Centre will be accepting proposals for poster presentations and sessions. In poster presentations, information is presented using images, diagrams, and/or text and presented in a poster format.
The posters will be on display during the Colloquium, and time will be allocated for you to stand with your poster and present its contents, or answer any questions viewers might have. Poster should be 48" wide (121 cm). They can be up to 48" high (121 cm). They can be printed or hand made. Successful applicants will receive additional information about how to display their posters. The links below will take you to the Programme and Registration Forms.
As in years past, the Colloquium will include a display room featuring displays by publishers and local organizations whose areas of expertise relate to the Centre's members interests.
Always a popular part of the Colloquium, if you or your organization would like to put up a display, please click here to download a display space application form. Display Information
Opening Reception:
This year, the Colloquium opening reception will be held in conjunction with the Manitoba Historical Society. The reception is also the launch of the exhibition "The Selkirk Settlement: 200 Years", a collaboration between the Manitoba Historical Society, the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, and the Manitoba Museum. The reception, with complementary wine and hors d'oeuvres, will be in the entrance foyer of the Manitoba Museum, from 5.30 to 7.30 PM.
The Opening Plenary Session of the 15th Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies Colloquium will be held Thursday 17 May 2012 at The University of Winnipeg.
‘Of cabbages and kings’: Exploring the Many Facets and Fascinations of the Red River Settlement
Chair, Lyle Dick (Parks Canada; President of the Canadian Historical Association)
Jack Bumsted (St John’s College, University of Manitoba, retired)
Jacqueline Peterson (Professor Emerita of History, Washington State University) Philippe Mailhot (Director, Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum) Dale Gibson (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Robson Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba)
“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax –
Of cabbages – and kings....”
This bicentennial year, marking the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Selkirk Settlers, offers an opportune moment to wonder aloud what it is that continues to fascinate us about the Red River Settlement. One of its earliest historians, Alexander Ross, described it as “an isolated spot in the wilds of North America,” but to one visitor around the same time it appeared more like “a long suburban village.” Ross was quite right (in his Whiggish way) when he commented that the history of such a settlement “cannot be an uninteresting subject to those who love enterprise and honour endurance.” Enterprise and endurance can certainly be found in abundance, but is that what keeps us coming back for more?
What do we make of this multi-faceted, multi-ethnic, multi-confessional community – or, rather, community of communities? Why is the Red River Settlement important to us? This lively panel will tackle those questions from many angles, for such a diverse community necessarily contains many narratives, many stories to tell and many ways in which to tell them. What are the cultural, economic, legal, civil, spiritual, and other frameworks on which we can build our narratives of Red River? And why do we keep coming back for more?
Banquet:
Closing Banquet, Friday 18 May 2012.
The Centre is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for this year's banquet is Dr. Mary Jane Logan McCallum (http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/history-mccallum). Dr. McCallum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at The University of Winnipeg, and a New Investigator in Aboriginal Health Research. Her research interests include Aboriginal history and the history of Aboriginal women, education and labor. She is of Lenape heritage and a member of the Munsee-Delaware First Nation in south-western Ontario. Her talk for the Colloquium banquet will be titled:
"'I Would Like The Girls At Home?': Domestic Labour and the Age of Discharge at Canadian Indian Residential Schools."
The field trip will highlight Aboriginal material culture in this region. Several presenters will give demonstrations in local decorative arts, including bead- and quill work (Jennine Krauchi), finger weaving (Carol James: http://sashweaver.com/) and Aboriginal archery (Roland Bohr: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/history-bohr). Sabrina and Thomas Schlup (http://gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/youngfarmers/pdf/winter2012.pdf), proprietors of the Anpotan Bison Ranch (http://www.anpotan.com/files/about.htm) near Riding Mountain National Park will present on their experiences “living off the buffalo” in the present, as well as on aspects of fur trade-era material culture in regard to the bison, such as hide tanning and the manufacture of tools, clothing, weapons and games, based on a wide range of reproductions of items they manufactured from bison parts.
The price for the field trip includes admission to Fort Whyte, as well as transportation from downtown Winnipeg to Fort Whyte and back. Our conveyance will leave from the Holiday Inn at 10:15 am and from Fort Whyte at 1:30 pm.
Book Launch
Save the date:
Thursday, 17 May 2012, at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg.
If you are in Winnipeg for this year's Colloquium, be sure to head to McNally Robinson Bookstore at Grant Park Shopping Mall on the evening of Thursday, 17 May. At 7:30, the University
of British Columbia Press will proudly launch their new book, Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75. Adele Perry, Associate Professor and Canadian Research Chair in Western Canadian Social History, University of Manitoba, will introduce the author, long-time CRLS member Tolly Bradford, and this exciting new contribution to our understandings of faith, family, and identity in an imperial world.
To access this special rate:
Be sure to mention you are part of the Rupert’s Land Colloquium Group or Group Block code: RLC
Please note that rooms at the downtown Holiday Inn in Winnipeg will only be available at the colloquium rate until April 16.
For those guests who may not use the internet to book, call direct 1-204-786-7011 or toll free 1-866-826-4457.
Also of interest to Colloquium Participants and CRLS members: 16 May 2012
Manitoba Historcial Society Symposium:
“The Selkirk Settlement Revisited: 1812, As Seen From 2012”
An all-day conference, at which academic scholars will present the results of their research into the early years of the Selkirk Settlement, and its interactions with the First Nations and Metis communities among whom the settlers lived. This will be followed by a panel discussion led by historians J. M. Bumsted and Robert Coutts, with participation by the audience.
There is no charge to attend this symposium, and lunch will be provided. However, it is necessary to confirm your attendance by calling the Dalnavert Museum Visitors Centre at 204-947-0559 or sending email to bookings@mhs.mb.ca. Seating is limited to 70 people so book early to avoid disappointment.
If you are considering to register late for the colloquium, please email your registration as soon as possible to rupert.land@uwinnipeg.ca and indicate whether you are registering for the banquet and/or the field trip as well.
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)
The 2012 Rupert’s Land Colloquium will be held 16 to 19 May, 2012 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
