Summer 2002 All Aboard the Empire Sandy! 10Th Anniversary Tall Ship Cruise Planned for Sunday, September 1
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THE SCOTS CANADIAN Issue XIII Newsletter of the Scottish Studies Society: ISSN No. 1491-2759 Summer 2002 All aboard the Empire Sandy! 10th Anniversary Tall Ship Cruise planned for Sunday, September 1 nce again, the crew of the Empire Sandy, Canada's tallest sailing ship, O will be hoisting the sails to get the Scottish Studies Society's annual cruise underway on Sunday September 1. Almost to the day, this will mark the tenth anniversary of our first Tall Ship Cruise, The Empire Sandy getting ready to sail at last year's event designed to commemorate the arrival of the Scots pioneers in Pictou, Nova Scotia, back in 1773 on board the old ship Hector. The intrepid emigrants who made that historic and difficult voyage are a major part RUISE Scots Wha Hae of Canada's pioneer heritage. They C a desire to nurture and preserve encouraged their fellow clansmen to follow and help change Canada from a backwoods INFORMATION their heritage in Canada colony into a nation that is now the envy of the world. So let's not forget them! There will actually be two cruises, are invited to join As in the past, we ask you to dig out your one boarding at 11:00 a.m., old tartan or plaid clothing or anything that departing at 11:30 a.m., the other might look a bit pioneerlike and come down boarding at 2:00 p.m., departing at to Harbourfront in Toronto to help us 2:30 p.m. recreate the pioneer spirit! It's an event for all age groups. And don't forget to tell your Please note that the Empire Sandy friends! will leave from Pier 6 at Marina We have arranged to give you a taste of Quay West, between Portland St. the Scots experience with the pipes, fiddle and Lower Spadina. THE SCOTTISH STUDIES music and other entertainment on board the ship. It's a great time to be out on Lake For more information please FOUNDATION Ontario and if you are looking for a photo or contact: a charitable organization video opportunity this is it! Food and beverages are available on board Ed Patrick (416) 964-8180 dedicated to actively supporting the or you can bring a picnic snack if you wish. Gina Erichsen (416) 928-0760 Scottish Studies Program The Empire Sandy gives you a great sense Paul Thomson (905) 278-5022 of fun and adventure as its billowing white at sails on three lofty masts glide you along Ticket Prices are as follows: The University of Guelph Toronto's spectacular waterfront, beyond Adults: $15.00 in advance, Toronto Island and out into Lake Ontario. Charitable registration $20.00 at the dockside We look forward to seeing you on board! No. 119253490 RR0001 Children: $8.00 Website: http://www.scottishstudies.ca Letter from the Chair Dear Fellow Members, from three weeks in the Scottish It gives me great pleasure to write to you Highlands, I was once again, first of all to thank you for your again struck by the ongoing support and secondly, for all the strong connection that good wishes we have received. exists between As I mentioned to you last time, our funds Scotland and Canada. are continuing to grow and, therefore, it was Ruins of former crofts with great pride that the Board of Directors in now-desolate glens was able to pledge an additional $250,000 to were a constant the University of Guelph's Campaign for reminder of the times Scottish Studies. This raises the total amount of the "clearances" pledged by the Foundation to $750,000 and when landowners Kathie Macmillan presenting Alistair MacLeod with the Scot of when this is coupled with the funds received shipped poor tenants the Year 2002 Award. Kathie was the recipient of the award directly by the University it brings us over off to North America last year. the $1.5 million mark bringing us ever closer to make way for more to our goal of raising the $2 million needed lucrative revenues to establish the Chair. So a very big thank- from sheep farming. pilot's 26-years' flying experience in the you indeed to all concerned. However, the big Scots-Canadian story in Arctic there were few problems in getting off I would also like to thank Gordon Hepburn the news when I was there had a much more the floe again. who headed up the team responsible for hi-tech aspect to it. I'm talking about the As this story appears to have had little or organizing the Society's Tartan Day Dinner dramatic rescue on May 20 of Scots explorer no coverage in the Canadian press this just which took place on April 24. David Mill by a Canadian team. speaks to the modesty of the courageous Aided by Duncan Campbell, Alan Described by himself as one of the last people who are at work in Canada behind the McKenzie and Iain MacMillan the event "true" explorers, Mill was attempting to be scenes taking danger in their stride. made for a wonderful evening and it was a the first man to walk to the North Pole solo It is the spirit of people like that who made great honour to have top Canadian writer, and unaided. it across the Atlantic on the old ship Hector Alistair MacLeod, as our Scot of the Year. He had been travelling using a pulk, a and as you will have seen on the front page, This event would not be possible without sledge which could also be used as a small we will be commemorating their voyage on the generous support of many of our boat, to cross water since leaving Ward Hunt the Empire Sandy on September 1. For those sponsors and in this regard I would like to Island, Canada's most northern point, in of you who are able to come along, we thank Alliance-Atlantis, the major sponsor, March. extend a very warm welcome. And to all of as well as Wm. Grant & Sons, the Colony But after more than 50 days, rising you across the country and overseas, once Hotel and Sony of Canada. And to Hector temperatures caused ice packs to break up again, on behalf of the Foundation, thank you Russell Scottish Imports for donating the earlier than expected, leaving him stranded again for all your wonderful encouragement actual Award. on an ice floe miles from land. and support. A special thank you is also due to the He had just seven days before the next full talented performers who entertained moon would change the landscape David Hunter everyone throughout the evening: Sandy dramatically, making it impossible for a MacIntyre and his Trio, the 48th Highlanders plane to land and sentencing him to certain Pipes & Drums, French-Canadian Scottish death. folk singer Danielle Bourre and to George Determined to find Walker for his lively and dramatic Address to a way to escape, Mill the Haggis. And to used his sledge to Gordon Hepburn mark out a 400-yard himself who performed runway in the ice, took the role of Master of a digital photo of it Ceremonies. and e-mailed it by As we move into the satellite phone to a summer season, the rescue team in various Highland Games Canada. that are being held There was no doubt throughout the country that his mobile phone are a continual reminder saved his life. Mill's of the strong Scottish e-mailed imagery heritage that is being showed the rescue Scots explorer maintained by many team from Resolute David Mill dedicated individuals Bay exactly where and organizations. they had to land. And Professor Kevin James, Alastair MacLeod and University of Guelph Having just returned thanks to the rescue President, Mordechai Rosanski 2 The Scots Canadian Tartan Day Dinner 2002 A night to Remember On the banks of the meandering Don River, in what a 1920s issue of the Nation Geographic once called the "Highlands of Toronto," the sound of the pipes could be heard across the still air of an April evening. Closer inspection would have revealed this to be emanating from the Granite Club on the occasion of the Society's Annual Tartan Day Dinner. Alistair MacLeod, our Scot of the Year 2002, was in familiar company -- the organizers had made sure that Sandy MacIntyre and Father MacLellan, two of Alastair's old school pals from Canada's East Coast, were there for the event. As you can see, a great time was had by one and all. The Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders Having done a magnificent job as Master of Ceremonies at the Tartan Day Dinner, Gordon is now putting his expertise to organizing next year's Burns Night. Scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2003 at Toronto's Colony Hotel it promises to be another memorable evening. Gordon is taking advance bookings, so please call him at 905- 881-5780 to reserve! Seated: Anita and Alistair MacLeod and Mrs. Rosanski Standing: Jeanne Isley, SSF Chair David Hunter, Father MacLellan and Dr. Mordechai Rosanski Gordon Hepburn No mere "seventh inning stretch" here -- everyone is up and dancing between courses! George Walker giving a highly animated "Address to the Haggis" The Scots Canadian 3 streams, those that deal with criminal cases, Current challenge to the verdict stems and those that deal with civil cases. Criminal from the dissatisfaction and feelings of "Not Proven" law regulates the relationship between the injustice suffered by the families of victims individual and the state. Civil law regulates of crime. Political influence has also been a peculiarly Scots verdict relationships between individuals.