THE NORTH AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Monday Tuesday We d n e s d ay Thursday May 9th May 10th May 11th May 12th

8:30–8:50 Opening Remarks Opening Remarks Dr. Ken Coates and Dr. Brent Slobodin Elaine Taylor, Minister of Tourism 9:00–9:45 Canada and the First World War: A Northern voices of the Great war: The Great War and the Foundations Perspective Personal perspectives and narratives of Tourism Dr. Tim Cook, Historian, Canadian War from Northern British Columbians David Neufeld, Yukon & Western Arctic Museum Maureen Atkinson, MA, PhD candidate, Historian (Parks Canada, retired) 9:45–10:30 Understanding a Yukon Community’s Filming the “Northern Front” during Fish is a Fighting Food: North Responses to the First World War: the First World War: The Use of American Canned Salmon and the Full day workshop: Conceptualizing Dawson’s War Government Film to Document the First World War Cultural Organizations and through the Dawson Daily News and Canadian Arctic Expedition Ross Coen, PhD candidate, Traumatic Events the Library and Archives Canada Sarah Cook, Libraries and Archives University of Washington 10:00–16:00 Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Yukon Transportation Museum Dr. Peter Kikkert and Amanda Graham 10:30–10:45 Break Break Break 10:45–11:30 How Joe Boyle’s Mounted Machine Nickel Heeds the Call: The Sudbury From the Yukon to Hell: Robert Gunners Adapted to Fighting the Area in World War One Service’s Poetry of World War 1 First World War Dr. Peter Krats, University of Western Prof. Ted Cowan, Emeritus Professor of Cameron Pulsifer, Curator Emeritus, Ontario Scottish History and Literature, Canadian War Museum University of Glasgow 11:30–12:15 The Yukon and the Social Revolution Alaska’s Economy: World War I, Jack Negotating Romania’s Destiny of World War I London and Frontier Fragility During WWI: An Analysis of Joe Dr. Ken Coates, Yukon Historian, Dr. Lee Huskey, Emeritus Professor of Boyle’s Diplomatic Strategy University of Saskatchewan Economics, University of Alaska Dr. Crina Bud, Lector of Romanian Anchorage Language and Culture, York University

Conference registration Lunch Lunch Lunch 12:15–13:30 13:00–19:00 High Country Inn THE NORTH AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

May 9th May 10th May 11th May 12th

13:30–14:15 Prelude to Alliance: Yankees and From Yukon to Berlin: The Yukon in Militarism, Masculinity, and Britons in the American Far World War I Memorialization: Trench Culture in Northwest, 1869–1917 Michael Gates, MA, Consultant, Author Great Britain and Germany Dr. Preston Jones, Professor of History, Nick Gillen, St. Francis-Xavier John Brown University University 14:15–15:00 Wings of Sikta Spruce: Alaskan On the Homefront The Empire Called and the Dominions Airplane Lumber in the Great War Sally Robinson, MA, Yukon Historian Responded: Remembering the First Dr. Terrence M. Cole, Professor of World War in New Zealand History, University of Alaska Fairbanks Sarah Murray, Curatorial Manager, Canterbury Museum 15:00–15:15 Break Break Break 15:15–16:00 Collecting CEF Badges & Medals Martha Black and the War Cy Peck (VC), the Prince Rupert Relating To The Yukon Territory Kathy Gates, Yukon Historical Company, and the Great War Tim Popp, Advisory Committee Vice Researcher Mark Zuehlke, Author, Canadian Battle Chairman, Fred Light Museum, Series Battleford, Saskatchewan 16:00–16:45 Lion in Winter: Sam Steele, the Celebrating Yukon Heroes of the The Story of Princess Sophia and Yukon, and CEF Chaos First World War World War I Dr. William F. Stewart, Independent Max Fraser, Film Maker David Leverton, Executive Director, Researcher Maritime Museum of British Columbia 16:45–17:30 Closing Remarks Dr. Ken Coates and Dr. Brent Slobodin Evening Events May 9th May 10th May 11th May 12th

Welcome Reception The Yukon and the First World War Free Evening Dawson to Berlin: 19:00–21:00 Reception by Friends of the Archives A Romanian Love Story MacBride Museum 17:30–18:45 19:00–22:00 1124 1st Ave, Roundhouse Coast High Country Inn 1127 Front St, Whitehorse Convention Centre

Ceremony of Remembrance: Yukon Featuring: Grant Hartwick, Dale Cooper, Fallen of WW1 Shauna Jones, Grant Simpson, 19:00 Steve Slade, the Frantic Follies Dancers Cenotaph, City Hall and the Roma Swing Ensemble! Produced by JaS Varieties