The Ulster American Heritage Symposium will be held for the first time in Canada, at the University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College, from June 13 to 15.
Symposium topics include Irish migration and Irish military settlers in Upper Canada, Scots-Irish migration to the United States, famine migration to Toronto, and finding Ireland on the map of Ontario.
Skyline of Toronto. Photo: John Vetterli via Wikimedia Commons.
This will be the 22nd Ulster American Symposium. Since 1976, the symposium has met every two years, alternating between co-sponsoring universities and museums in Ulster and North America. Its purpose is to encourage scholarly study and public awareness of the historical connections between Ulster and North America including what is commonly called, in the United States, the Scots-Irish or Ulster-Scots heritage.
The full fee to attend all three days and events is $160, or you can attend one day only for as little as $40. Accommodations are available at St. Michael’s College at $66 per night.
St. Michael’s College is the home of the Celtic Studies program, and has been a leader in Irish migration and diaspora studies in Canada.
Registration and schedule for the symposium are available on the University of Toronto’s website.
