May 16-19, 2012 Colloquium Program
16-19 May 2012: Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Winnipeg and Manitoba Museum
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
6:00 pm – meet and greet at Manitoba Museum sponsored by and in conjunction 200 anniversary of the Selkirk Settlers.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
9:30 am - Greetings and Opening Remarks: Roland Bohr, Director, Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies
Opening Prayer:
Welcome: Glenn Moulaison, Acting Dean of Arts, University of Winnipeg
Plenary Session: ‘Of Cabbages and Kings’ Exploring the Many Facets and Fascinations of Red River Settlement
Session Chair: Lyle Dick
Panel discussion: Jack Bumsted
Jacqueline Peterson
Philippe Mailhot
Dale Gibson
10:15 am – morning snack
10:45 am - Rachel Mills and Joan Sinclair, Manitoba Archives“Red River Records: Highlights of the Archives of Manitoba’s holdings relating to the Red River Settlement, 1812-1870.”
11:45 am – lunch and Annual General Meeting
1:30 pm – poster session and tour of United Church Archives with Diane Haglund, Conference Archivist.
2:45 pm - break
3:15 pm – Sessions 3A and 3B
SESSION 3A: DAVID THOMPSON: MAPPING NORTH AMERICA, CA. 1814/1826
Session Chair: Harry Duckworth
Presenters:
Frances Pollitt, “David Thompson on the International Boundary Survey, 1817-1827.”
Andreas Korsos, “Defining David Thompson’s Surveying and Mapping Accuracy.”
David Malaher, “Examples of Analysis of David Thompson’s 1826 Map of North West North America.”
SESSION 3B: OJIBWE HISTORY AND HERITAGE ON THE BERENS RIVER: PAUINGASSI ACROSS FOUR GENERATIONS
Session chair: George Fulford
Presenters:
Patti Harms: “Living on Their Own Terms: Pauingassi in the 20th Century.”
Jennifer Brown: ‘Pauingassi 1932-2012: Stories of Discovery, Kidnap, and Rescue.”
Val McKinley & Maureen Matthews: “No Small Things.”
Friday, 18 May 2012
Session 4A
9:00 am – Sessions 4A, 4B
Session 4A: Narratives and Counter-Narratives of Authority
Session Chair: Anne Lindsay
Presenters:
Julien Vernet
Scott Stephen
DeLloyd J. Guth
Session 4B: Buffalo Brigades and Treaties: New Directions in Métis Studies
Session Chair: George Colpitts
Presenters:
Nicole St. Onge
Carolyn Podruchny
Victor Lytwyn
10:45 am – Sessions 5A, 5B, 5C
Session 5A: Weaving the Threads of History in Rupert’s Land and Beyond
Session Chair: Roland Bohr
Presenters:
Virginia Barter
Carol James
Session 5B: Narrative Frameworks: Telling Stories of Culture and Identity
Session Chair: Jennifer Brown
Presenters:
Keith Goulet
Richard Preston
Session 5C: Trading Goods: Building Aboriginal Business Strategies
Session Chair: Wilson Brown
Presenters:
George Colpitts
12:00 noon – Lunch; North West Company donation announcement
1:30 pm – Plenary Session, “Romance of the Far Fur Country”
Session Chair: Judith Hudson Beattie
Presenters:
Peter Geller, “Rediscovering Romance of the Far Fur Country”
Maureen Dolyniuk, “A Unique visual Record of Canada’s North is Returned to the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives”
Kevin Nikkel, “Return of the Far Fur Country”
2:45 pm – break
3:15 pm – Sessions 7A, 7B, 7C
Session 7A: Community Frameworks: Telling Stories of Body and Spirit
Session Chair: Patricia Harms
Presenters:
Chris Kotecki
John Fontaine
Session 7B: Learning with Pen and Paper: Maps and Science in Rupert’s Land and Beyond
Session Chair: Paul DePasquale
Presenters:
David Dinwoodie
Judith Hudson Beattie
Darrell Racine
Session 7C: Frameworks of Memory: Telling Stories in Museums and Historic Sites
Session Chair: Scott Stephen
Presenters:
Mallory Richard
Jamie Morton