The Factory
Port Union Newfoundland
May 30-31, 2008
Admission free (lunch – $10.00; banquet – $15.00)
FRIDAY, May 30
Evening
| 7:00 | Information desk |
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| 7:30 | Welcome/Opening Remarks |
| – Sir William F. Heritage Foundation | |
| – Newfoundland Historical Society | |
| 7:50 | Terry Bishop-Stirling |
| Setting the Scene | |
| 8:15 | Heritage Award presentation and Reception |
SATURDAY, May 31
Morning Session
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome by NHS President (Melanie Martin) |
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Session Chair – Larry Coady
| 9:15-9:40 | James Hiller |
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| Uncomfortable Alliance: Bond, Coaker and the 1913 Election | |
| 9:40-10:05 | Desmond McGrath |
| More Than Just a Union | |
| 10:05-10:25 | Questions and Comments |
| 10:25-10:50 | Nutrition Break |
Session Chair – Terry Carlson
| 10:50-11:15 | Edwards Roberts |
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| The Regulations and William Coaker | |
| 11:15-11:40 | Sean Cadigan |
| The Dark Side of Populism: Nativism and Disillusionment in the Later Coaker | |
| 11:40-12:00 | Questions and Comments |
| 12:00-2:00 | Lunch |
SATURDAY, May 31
Afternoon Session
Session Chair – David Bradley
| 2:00-2:25 | Interview with FPU member |
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| 2:25-2:50 | Community Panel |
| Life in a Union Town | |
| Harold Coaker Russell – Betty Mason – Cornelia Sweetland – Millie Johnson |
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| 2:50-3:10 | Questions and Comments |
| 3:10 | Closing remarks – NHS President |
| 3:30-5:00 | Community Tour |
SATURDAY, May 31
Evening
| 7:30 | Banquet (M.C. – Joan Ritcey) |
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Banquet Speaker − Patrick O′Flaherty
After ‘The Great Debacle’: Newfoundland 1934-1939