Events & Past Lectures · Page 15
Labrador Boundary Case Presentation
Hon. John Joy, Ian Kelly Q.C. Michael Crosbie Q.C.
October 25, 2018
In March 1927, the Privy Council in London issued a decision that settled the dispute between Newfoundland and Canada over the boundary between Labrador and Quebec, bringing an end to over a hundred years of boundary movement and legal wrangling. Join us as members of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador recreate the arguments… Read More
Home Stretch, Home Rule!: Diaspora, Comparison, and Responses to the Irish Question in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Portland, Maine, 1880-1914
Dr. Patrick Mannion
September 27, 2018
Drawing upon research from his recently-published book, A Land of Dreams: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Irish in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine, 1880-1923, Dr. Mannion’s talk will focus on local responses to the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Irish Home Rule movement in Portland, Halifax, and, especially, St. John’s. By investigating Irish nationalism in the diaspora… Read More
George Story Lecture and AGM
Dr. Philip Hiscock
April 26, 2018
Dr. Philip Hiscock presents “Ballycater and Other Frozen Water – Present Past in Current Folklore.” The folklore of ice (and other near-frozen water) in Newfoundland and Labrador has been, and continues to be, an important part of contemporary images of the province. Likewise, ice folklore provides important identity markers for many residents. It is part… Read More
Wordsworth’s Nephew in Labrador 1853-1867
Marie Wadden
March 29, 2018
In 1853 George Hutchinson left England to become an Anglican minister at Battle Harbour, Labrador. He was stationed there for 14 years, and came to love the place and people so much, it took his St. John’s fiancé, Selina Hayward, four years to convince him to leave “his people.” In England, Hutchinson had come to… Read More
The Journals of George Simms, J.P., and the Untold Story of the Labrador Court, its Origins, Operations, and Demise
Augustus G. Lilly, Q.C.
February 22, 2018
The Labrador Court of Civil Jurisdiction was a short-lived experiment in long-distance justice delivery. Each summer, from 1826 to 1833, the Court departed from St. John’s for the Labrador in an ice-reinforced vessel that cruised the Coast for two or three months, stopping at numerous coves and harbours from Blanc Sablon in the South to… Read More