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At a loss for words:
language endangerment and literacy development
in First Nations communities
Guest speaker: Lori Morris
When: Thursday, November 15, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
My Journey to Reconciliation
Guest speaker: Francine Lemay
When: Thursday, October 18, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: In the Media room of the Beaconsfield Library
303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Testimony by Francine Lemay in French with consecutive interpretation in English by her husband, Daniel Lacasse.
Bilingual question period.
Francine Lemay is the sister of Corporal Marcel Lemay who was killed during the Oka crisis in 1990. She will explain how, 14 years later, the book At the Woods' Edge, which tells the story of the people of Kanehsatake since the arrival of Europeans in America, has changed her perspective on First Nations people and how her meeting with Mavis Etienne took her on a path of healing and reconciliation. Since the launch of the French version of At the Woods’ Edge July 11, 2010 in Kanehsatake, doors to build bridges between the First Nations People and non-natives have opened. The goal of À l'orée des bois is to inform Francophones and break down prejudices that have been rooted in the social psyche for many moons.
With a BA in translation from the University of Montreal and a major in biblical studies, Francine Lemay is self employed and has translated, among others, the In Touch magazine from pastor Charles Stanley Ministries for nearly twelve years.
Aboriginal Human Rights: Contemporary Perspectives
Guest speaker: Ellen Gabriel, of Kanehsatà:ke
When: Thursday, September 20, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
President of Quebec Native Women’s Association
Onkwehón:we Rights Activist, Artist, Indigenous Peoples Rights Activist
- Golden Eagle Award from the Native Women’s Association of Canada,2005
- International Women’s Day Award from the Barreau du Québec/Québec Bar Association
- Jigonsaseh Women of Peace Award, 2008
Mediation - the Historical Treaty Making Process and Its Revival
Especially during the Oka Crisis
Guest speaker: Maître Martha Montour
When: Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
Lecture followed by Elizabeth Montour who will present her Conservation Work
André Quesnel, A Deerfield Descendant
Guest speaker: André Quesnel
When: Thursday, April 19, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
Everyone welcome. Admission free.
Mr. André Quesnel is a descendant of prisoners who were brought back to the Montréal region after the Deerfield Massacre in 1704. He will describe us the journey of these prisoners, from their capture up to their establishment in the Oka region, after multiple displacements.
The Great Peace of 1701
Guest speakers: Roy Wright, resident of Kahnawake 
When: Thursday, March 15, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288, boul. Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
Everyone welcome. Admission free.
The (Way of the) Indian Way School
Guest speaker: Philip Deering, from Kahnawake
When: Thursday, February 16, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288, boul. Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
Everyone welcome. Admission free.
Description: Philip Deering will introduce the Way School, at Kahnawake, where he worked right after its creation.
The First Nations: Our Successes and Our Failures
Guest Speaker: John Ciaccia
When: Thursday, January 19, 2012, from 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288 Beaconsfield Boulevard, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A7
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
Everyone welcome. Admission free.
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2012 Lectures First Nations
Expired
Because so little is generally known or understood about the long history or culture of the First Nations who arrived here millennia before the European discovery of the western world, it was decided to explore parts of their story and background as our theme for the year 2012. Of course, it is only possible to touch on a few areas but we have been lucky to recruit a number of speakers from the local aboriginal community to share their viewpoints and goals with us and also to display some cultural aspects of their arts and crafts.
A short performance by the
803 Air Cadet Squadron Pipe Band and Highland Dancing group
will pave the way for the lecture
“Scottish on top, Irish underneath and English to the Core”
Speaker: Historian Alexander Reford, great grandson of Elsie Reford
When: Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 19:30
Where: In the Annex to the City Hall, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield (Entrance at the west end of the parking lot)
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
Everyone welcome. Admission free.
Elsie Reford was an occasional resident of Beaconsfield. Her husband owned a property on Thompson’s Point in Beaurepaire (1896-1907) and she began her married life enjoying summers on Lake St. Louis until she was given the use and finally title to her uncle’s fishing camp, Estevan Lodge, at Grand-Métis on the Lower St. Lawrence. She later transformed this property into a vast ornamental garden, known today as Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Like many English Montrealers of her era, Elsie Reford was born of immigrant parents who had made a new life in Canada. With a patrimony that was both Scottish and Irish, she was nonetheless English to the core. A committed Canadian, her world view, influences, cultural references were heavily influenced by her repeated travels to England and the strong pull exerted by England and its imperial ideal. Instilled with the Scottish virtues of hard work and common sense, her taste in clothes, literature, art, music, politics and plants were thoroughly English.
Historian Alexander Reford, great grandson of Elsie Reford, will present the life and times of Elsie Reford and the ways in which the world view of this English Montrealer was shaped by her Scottish and Irish parentage and how this made her more English, more imperialistic and more Canadian.
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