Lower Lakes, Upper Lakes: Connecting Maritime Heritage
Canadian Nautical Research Society Annual Conference Programme
Toronto, 21 June-23 June 2018
Thursday 21 June 2018
0800 Registration
0830-1000 Session I
Marti Klein (California State University Fullerton) “Remembering Benjamin Godfrey Stimson – Pioneer of the Great Lakes Maritime Industry”
Walter Lewis (CNRS) “Steam comes to the Great Lakes, 1815-1825”
Kimberly Monk (Trent University and Brock University) “Whiskey, Trade and Shipwrecks: The Maritime Legacy of Gooderham and Worts”
1000-1030 Break
1030-1200 Session II
Alan Ruffman (Canadian Nautical Research Society) “Can An Earthquake’s Concussive Force Kill a Whale?”
Thomas Malcomson (Canadian Nautical Research Society) “1815 the Missing Year in a Most Distinguished Career: Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen’s Post War Command on the Great Lakes”
1200-1330 Lunch (on own)
1330-1500 Session III
Tzvi Benoff (Yeshiva University) “Smooth and Striated: A Sociopolitical Model for Comparing Western and Eastern Piracy”
Jeff Noakes (Canadian War Museum) “A Diverse Talent: William James Roué, 1879-1970”
Cathy Enright (author) “Halifax Harbour Pilot Captain Lamont Power, MBE, 1906-1954”
1500-1530 Break
1530-1700 Session IV
Stephen Salmon (Steamer Consulting), “From Investment to Financialization: The Canadian Maritime Commission and Great Lakes Shipping, 1946-1970”
Sharon Wall (University of Winnipeg) “‘A Sailor’s Life is Rugged, You’ve got to be Quick and Tough’: Naval Work, Masculinity, and the ‘Good Life’ in Early Postwar Canada”
Garison Ma (Wilfrid Laurier University) “Ships Ahoy: The Procurement of the Halifax-class Frigates by the Pierre Trudeau Government”
End of Day:
Executive Meeting
Dinner on own
Friday, 22 June 2018
0800 Registration
0830-1000 Session V
Samuel McLean (Canadian Nautical Research Society) “Shifting Expertise: The Royal Navy and Professional Certification, 1660-1749”
Paul Mansell (Wilfrid Laurier University) “How to Solve an Unsolvable Problem: The Royal Navy’s Response to the Typhus Epidemic of 1739-42”
Nicholas Kaizer (Dalhousie University) “‘It is with deepest regret’: Reporting and ReconcilingLoss in a Navy Accustomed to Victory”
1000-1030 Break
1030-1200 Session VI
Joseph Zeller (University of New Brunswick) “A Study of Contrast: British and German Prize Courts in World War I”
Vladyslav Malska (Dalhousie University) “The Battle of Sable Island: A Snapshot of U.S. Navy Tactics in 1923”
Bruce Kemp (author) “The Great Storm of 1913 on the Great Lakes”
1200-1330 Lunch (on own)
1330-1500 Session VII
Aaron Mior (Golder Associates) “A History of Vessel Construction within Toronto’s Western Waterfront and the Potential of Archaelogical Investigations within an Urban Maritime Landscape”
Margaret Schotte (York University) “Too Much Math for Mariners? Revisiting the Royal Mathematical Curriculum”
Jason Grier (York University) “Contesting Expertise: The Royal Mathematical School Examinations, 1675-1755”
1500-1530 Break – Move to Scott Library, Room 305
1530-1730 Reception and exhibit of documents and photographs from the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections
Announcement of CNRS Award Winners
Dinner on own
Saturday, 23 June 2018
0830 Registration
0900-1000 Session VIII
Maurice Smith (CNRS) “Ultimate Victory for Merchant Sailors on the Lakes”
Richard Goette (Canadian Forces College and Royal Military College of Canada) “RCAF 113 (BR) Squadron and the Battle of the St. Lawrence, 1942”
1000-1015 Break
1015-1200 Annual General Meeting
The Registration form is available here.
