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Researching the Story of Spanish Flu in Labrador
Anne Budgell
January 31, 2019
The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 killed millions of people but nowhere on earth was the devastation greater than in Labrador. Seventy per cent of the Inuit in Okak and Hebron and twenty per cent of the residents of Sandwich Bay died. During the disaster, a few people kept journals; government records and newspaper accounts… Read More
The “Spanish Flu” in Newfoundland, 1918
Prof. Terry Bishop-Stirling, Dr. Ean Parsons, and Dr. Heidi Coombs
November 29, 2018
In September 1918, the second wave of the global influenza pandemic reached the shores of Newfoundland. The pandemic, colloquially known as the Spanish Flu, became one of the deadliest outbreaks of infectious disease in history. This panel presentation focuses on the history of the influenza pandemic on the Island of Newfoundland specifically and its impact… Read More
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