Scottish Studies Centre Fall Conference On September 12-14, 2002 the Centre for Scottish Studies at Simon Fraser University will be holding its third annual conference, this time featuring an in-depth look at the Scots Heritage in British Columbia and the Canadian West. In addition to talks, workshops and paper presentations, the event will provide an opportunity for people to have archivists, librarians and other experts assess the historical value of any letters, books, papers, art works or similar material that they may have in their possession relating to the role of Scots in Canada. While the Scots were one of the largest settler groups in British Columbia and were prominent in the fur trade, government, banking, agriculture, fishing, the military, the labour movement, education and many other areas, their central role in the history of B.C. and the Canadian West has not been fully explored. Speakers at the conference such as James Hunter from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (author of A Dance Called America and Glencoe and the Indians) and Marjory Harper from the University of Aberdeen (author of Emigration from North-East Scotland) will address this issue in a series of talks and workshops. Specific topics include: Scots Ethnicity as Canadian Identity: Nova Scotia's McQueen Sisters in British Columbia, Jean Barman The Photographic Representation of Scots on the Prairies, Keith Bell Highland Bagpipe Composers in Western Canada, Alan Bevan Gaelic Speakers during the Hudson's Bay Co, Era, Sharron Gunn From the Prairies to the Pacific: The Scots in Western Canada, Marjory Harper A Scottish Highlander in the Camp of Sitting Bull, James Hunter From the Hudson Bay Company's William Fraser Tolmie to UBC's John Davidson: Scots Dominance of Botanical Discoveries and Horticultural Development in the Canadian Pacific Northwest, 1792-1992, Clive Justice Chasing the Comet: David Caldo's Scottish-Canadian Adventure, Pat Koratchek Scottish Heritage Restoration in Fintry, B.C., Paul Koroscil Eric Duncan: Vancouver Island Bard, Richard Mackie Ralph Connor in the West, David Marshall Scots Miners in Fort Rupert and Nanaimo, Ruth Underhill Crofters and Canneries: The Interwar Attempt to Introduce Scots into the BC Fishing Industry, Michael Vance Scots on the Coast before Alexander Mackenzie, Bruce Watson Along with these presentations, librarians, archivists and museum curators from B.C. and Scotland will review the kinds of source materials that are available to those who wish to study the role of Scots in B.C. and the West. It is our hope that the materials that individuals, associations and other groups bring to the conference for assessment and valuation will be a significant addition to the archival sources concerning the role of Scots. It is not, of course, our intention to 'acquire' the materials that may be laying moribund in attics, basements, offices, filing cabinets or other storage spots, but rather to enable the owners to assess the historical value of the material ands, if agreeable, to include them in an archival data base for use of people interested in the history of British Columbia, family histories, or other topics related to Scots in B.C. For further information about bringing Archival materials to the conference, contact Ron Sutherland at [email protected] or 604-988-0479 To be added to the Scottish Centre mailing list and receive information about the 2002 Conference, contact Wendy Sjolin at [email protected] or 604-291-3689 ===== Be cheerful and keep the faith,Frank C. Turnerhttp://athanael.net/frankcturner/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com