Presenters

Paul Thomson

Director General of Commemoration Division

Colonel Chris Cotton, CD

Chief of Staff 5th Canadian Division

Dr. Donald M Julien, C.M., C.D., O.N.S., DCL, DHumL (KEYNOTE)

Honorary Colonel 5th. CDTC Gagetown N.B

Tim Cook (KEYNOTE)

Through Memory’s Prism: The Many Legacies of Canada’s Military History

Major Ken Hynes, CD, MA

The Colours - Heart and Spirit of a Regiment

Tyler Wentzell

Brian Tennyson

The Betrayal of the 185th

Scott Sheffield

The ‘Good War’? Indigenous Veterans and Communities in the Transition from War to Peace

Sarah MacInnes

Louisbourg: A harbour through three centuries

Wes Cross

Not Lost At Sea: The Ajax Club Collection

Lachlan Mackinnon

An Immigrant Life in the Highland Unit: Anthony Sumiejski and Canadian Identity

Mitchell Jabalee

Forgotten Stories: James Arthur Murphy and the Trench Raids of Vimy Ridge 

Hyacinth Simpson

In Living Color: Black Servicemen in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918

Alex Morrison

Check back soon for Alex Morrison’s Presentation Abstract

Ken Donovan

Everybody Was Crying: Ella Barron, A Dutch War Bride in Amsterdam and Ingonish, Cape Breton, 1923-2020.

Jane Arnold

Documenting Service: Archival Approaches to Cape Breton's Military Heritage

Sarah Glassford

Dinner at Mrs. Cohen's: Supporting Servicemen on the Cape Breton Home Front, 1939-1945

Anne Marie Lane Jonah

Chris Cotton