This year represents the 75th anniversary (1949-2024) since Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada. To celebrate the confederation, SETU under the auspices of the Centre for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies are coordinating a series of Canadian themed lectures titled: The Three Sisters Lecture Series. This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
Programme of Speakers include:
| Speaker | Lecture Title | Themes | Date and Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Anna Branach-Kallas, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland | Canada's Great War: Facts, Myths, Memory | Facts, memory, & literature: WW1 and NL | Tuesday 15th October at 11.15am | |
| Dr. Renée Hulan (Department of English Language and Literature, Saint Mary's University) | 'To Bring the Breathing World Close': Reading Cli-Fi from Canada" | Indigenous experience and climate change as represented in fiction | Tuesday 15th October at 1.15pm | Recording Available |
| Prof Raymond Blake (Professor of History, University of Regina) | Canadian & NL Political Leadership at the time of NL entry to Confederation | Tuesday 22nd October at 7pm | Recording Available | |
| Dr Eugene Broderick (former secondary school principal, a modern history adviser to the Waterford Museum of Treasures and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society) | From Newfoundland to Waterford: Thomas Meagher (1793-1874) - merchant, mayor and member of parliament. | NL – IRL Biography Thomas Francis Meagher Senior | Tuesday 12th November at 7pm | Recording Available |
| Prof Maria Löschnigg, Professor of English Literature, University of Graz and Pierre Savard award winner 2024 | Short Fiction for Long-Term Visions: the Canadian Eco-Story | Canadian Short Story | Tuesday 19th November at 1.15pm | Recording Available |
| Dr John Ennis (Poet, anthologist, retired Head of the School of Humanities and founder member of the Centre for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies at WIT) | How the light gets in: editing the Canadian Irish anthologies | Canadian & NL Poetry | Tuesday 26th November at 5pm | Growth Hub, (F10) on the ground floor of the School of Business, Cork Road campus. |
