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Programme - 2000

Canadian Society for the Study of Names
34th Annual Meeting

26-27 May 2000
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta


LE JEUDI 25 MAI 2000 / THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2000
19:00 Réunion de la direction / Executive meeting
University of Alberta Campus, Second Cup Coffee Shop


LE VENDREDI 26 MAI / FRIDAY, 26 MAY
University of Alberta Campus
Toutes les séances / All Sessions: Old St. Stephen's College, Salle/Room 329

8:30-9:00 Séance d'overture / Opening remarks
Présidente / Chair: Helen Kerfoot (Présidente de la SCO / President of CSSN)
Merrily Aubrey and Ken Tingley
Discussion: Excursion toponymique / Field Trip, St. Albert

9:00-10:00 Première séance / Session 1
Président / Chair: Bill Davey
9:00-9:30 Alex Janvier (Cold Lake First Nations) and Sally Rice (University of Alberta), Dene Ni Nenne: Restoring the language to the Land of the Dene Soun'line (Chipewyan)
9:30-10:00 Donald Lance (Emeritus, University of Missouri)
"What did the Indians say?" Early Spellings of Native American Names

10:00-10:30 PAUSE / BREAK
(Compliments de/of Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society)

10:30-12:00 Deuxième séance / Session 2
Président / Chair: Léo La Brie
10:00-11:00 Helen Kerfoot (Emeritus, Natural Resources Canada)
Canada: "from name to name" -- The Toponymic Challenges of Developing a CD-ROM for History in Schools
11:00-11:30 André Lapierre (University of Ottawa)
The Making of Canada's first Bilingual Glossary of Geographic Names
11:30-12:00 Merrily Aubrey (Alberta Historic Sites)
Overview of the History of Geographical Names in Alberta

12:00-13:30 DÎNER / LUNCH

13:30-15:00 Troisième séance / Session 3
Présidente / Chair: Merrily Aubrey
13:30-14:00 Dan Duda (University of Alberta)
A Report on the Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society
14:00-15:00 Bill Barry (Writer, Regina) and Alan Rayburn (Writer, Nepean)
Panel Discussion on the Origin of the Name Saskatoon
Respondents: Donald Lance (Emeritus, University of Missouri) & André Lapierre (University of Ottawa)

15:00-15:30 PAUSE CAFÉ / BREAK

15:30-16:30 Quatrième séance / Session 4
Président / Chair: Léo La Brie
15:30-16:00 Carol Léonard (Vanier Collegiate Institute, Moose Jaw)
Collision de Cole Rapids et Lacolle Falls; un délice toponymique
16:00-17:00 Assemblée général / Business meeting
Présidente / Chair: Helen Kerfoot, (Présidente de la SCO / President of CSSN)

17:00-19:00 Réception du président : dans le Butterdome
President's Reception: in the Butterdome

19:30 Souper amical / Informal Dinner


LE SAMEDI 27 MAI / SATURDAY, 27 MAY
Toutes les séances / All Sessions: OSSC Salle/Room 329

9:00-10:00 Cinquième séance / Session 5
Président / Chair: Wolf Ahrens
9:00-9:30 Bill Davey (University College of Cape Breton)
Samuel Holland's Second Extant Map of the Island of Cape Breton?
9:30-10:00 Kathleen O'Brien (Geographical Names Section, Natural Resources Canada)
Hercules and Xena and all those Gods and Goddesses

10:00-10:30 PAUSE CAFÉ / BREAK

10:30-12:30 Sixième séance / Session 6
Président / Chair: Ed Lawson
10:30-11:00 Merrily Aubrey
Don't fence me in - Comparison of Names of "free-range" Features Shared by Alberta and Montana along the 49th parallel
11:00-11:30 Varijakshi Prabhakaran (University of Durban, Westville, South Africa)
Cultures in Contact - Changes in Hindu Tamil and Telugu Naming Patterns in South Africa
11:30-12:30 Dan Duda (University of Alberta)
Tour of the Map Collection of the University of Alberta

12:30-13:30 DÎNER / LUNCH

13:30 Septième séance / Session 7
Merrily Aubrey (Alberta Historic Sites) and Ken Tingley (Researcher)
Excursion toponymique / Field Trip: St. Albert and the Rainmaker Rodeo


The CSSN gratefully acknowledges the funds received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and its Program of Aid and Attendance Grants to Scholarly Associations.


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