The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network kicks off its heritage lecture series this afternoon at Montreal’s Atwater Library with the lecture, Drawing the Aberdeen School Strike, delivered by historian Rod MacLeod.
The one-hour lecture begins at 12:30 p.m. at 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount. Free admission.
When six young boys at Montreal’s Aberdeen School organized a student walkout in February 1913 to protest anti-Semitism, they could hardly have suspected that their actions would lead, a century later, not only to scholarly analysis but to a festive centenary commemoration, a dramatic reading, and a trilingual graphic novel.
These are the other lectures in the series. Free entry for all.
Wednesday, March 7, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Caserne 18-30 Centre Communautaire, 3622 rue Hochelaga, Montreal (Joliette Metro)
The Heroine of Hochelaga: Sarah Maxwell
by André Cousineau, Atelier d’histoire Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Saturday, March 10, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Brome County Historical Museum, 130 Rue Lakeside, Lac-Brome (Knowlton)
The Business of War: Canadian Companies During World World I
by Caitlin Bailey, MLIS, director and curator, Canadian Centre for the Great War
Sunday, March 18, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Stanbridge East Community Centre, 5, rue Academy, Stanbridge East
Journey Down the Pike: Reflections on Missisquoi’s River Heritage
by Frederic Chounard, MEnvSc, and Charles Lussier, agroforestry researcher
Friday, April 13, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Uplands Heritage and Cultural Centre, 9 Speid Street, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville)
Spotted Fever: An Epidemic in 19th Century New England and Quebec
by Grant Myers, vice-president, Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network
Sunday, June 3, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Colby Curtis Museum, 535 Dufferin, Stanstead
Elsie’s Garden: Putting Trial and Error to Work in Grand-Métis
by Alexander Reford, director, Les Jardins de Métis
Full lectures descriptions are available here.
