8:30am |
Coffee and Tea Reception + Registration |
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8:45am |
David Dingwall, Welcoming Remarks |
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9:00am |
SESSION #1: Cape Breton’s Military History: The Highland Unit and the Island at War |
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10:30am |
Morning Break - Coffee and Tea |
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10:45am |
Keynote Address #1 |
- Representative from Veterans Affairs Canada
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11:00am |
Honorary Degree Presentation, Boardmore Playhouse |
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12:00pm |
Lunch in “The Pit” |
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1:00pm |
SESSION #2: Military and Society: Peace, Conflict, and Canadian National Identity |
- Chair: Jane Arnold
- Sarah Glassford – “Dinner at Mrs. Cohen's: Supporting Servicemen on the Cape Breton Home Front, 1939-1945”
- Ken Donovan, “Everybody Was Crying: Ella Barron, A Dutch War Bride in Amsterdam and Ingonish, Cape Breton 1923-2020”
- Col Chris Cotton (Chief of Staff 5th Canadian Division), “How a modern reserve unit integrates into the CAF and contributes to the defence of Canada.”
- Tyler Wentzell, “Coal Steel and Soldiers Cape Breton and Canada's Modern Aid of the Civil Power System”
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2:30pm |
Coffee / Tea |
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2:45pm |
Keynote Address #1 |
- Tim Cook, “Through Memory’s Prism: The Many Legacies of Canada’s Military History”
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4:00pm |
Busses return to downtown hotels from CBU |
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7:00pm |
Highlander’s Military Ball, Sacred Heart Downtown (pre-reception at 6:00) |
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