Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) 2020 CONVENTION June 6-7, 2020 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue & Vaudreuil Celebrate our 20th anniversary in style! Join us on the West Island & in Vaudreuil for our 2020 convention! Program, Saturday, June 6, 2020 2:00-2:30 p.m. Registration QAHN Annual General Meeting Room AME 606 Anne-Marie Edward (AME) Building 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Free parking in the oval* (*in front of the Herzberg Building) 5:00-6:00 p.m. 2:30-4:15 p.m. QAHN Cocktail* AGM Business Meeting Cafeteria Room AME 606 Ground floor, Stewart Hall Anne-Marie Edward (AME) Building 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue (*one complimentary cocktail per person) Refreshments 6:00-9:00 p.m. Banquet supper 4:15-4:30 p.m. Cafeteria Meeting, QAHN Board of Directors Ground floor, Stewart Hall Room AME 606 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Anne-Marie Edward (AME) Building Welcome 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Grant Myers, President of QAHN 4:30-5:00 p.m. Talk: "Qahntifiable History: Looking Networking / Heritage displays Back over 20 Years" Speaker: Roderick MacLeod Special Exhibition: Humorist & Former QAHN President “QAHN: 20 Years and Counting” Editor, Quebec Heritage News (presented by QAHN) Talk: “Building Futures: The History Cafeteria of John Abbott College” Ground floor, Stewart Hall Speaker: Ryan Young 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Faculty member, Media Arts, John Abbott College, Historian & Documentary filmmaker 2020 Awards Ceremony Marion Phelps Award Richard Evans Award Closing announcements Program, Sunday, June 7, 2020 10:00 a.m.-12 noon Visit to Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges (Former Collège Saint-Michel, built 1844-1849) 431 Saint-Charles, Vaudreuil Parking: Centre communautaire de Vaudreuil-Dorion, 21 Louise-Josephte, Vaudreuil 10:00 a.m.-all day 28th annual “Seigneuriales de Vaudreuil-Dorion” Festivities take place in the village all weekend, culminating on Sunday. Activities include animation in period costume on the museum grounds, a mass at the Catholic Church, a traditional corn planting, and a parade that will begin at the church and end at the museum around noon. 12:30 p.m. Lunch ($) Duke & Devine’s Irish Pub 429 Saint-Charles, Vaudreuil 2:00 p.m. Visit to Quebec Family History Society Simon Fraser House (built 1790-1810) 153 Sainte-Anne Street, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Refreshments / Free parking 2:30 p.m. Talk: “From the Fur Trade to Fair Trade: A History of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue” Speaker: Ryan Young Faculty member, Media Arts, John Abbott College Historian & Documentary filmmaker 3:30 p.m. Guided walking tour Waterfront, overlooking Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site Tour begins at the Simon Fraser House. Join QAHN as we celebrate our 20th anniversary on Montreal’s West Island and in Vaudreuil. We’ve got lots in store for you! On Saturday, we’ll be at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, where we’ll take the opportunity to salute this institution which has been so important for the community it serves, and which is celebrating an anniversary of its own: its 50th! On Sunday, we’ll take in a number of historic sites in Vaudreuil and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, including the superb Musée régional de Vaudreuil- Soulanges, the annual Seigneuriales festival, and the historic Simon Fraser House, home to the Quebec Family History Society. NOTICE 2020 Annual General Meeting Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) Saturday, June 6, 2019 (2:30-4:15 p.m.) John Abbott College Room AME 606, Anne-Marie Edward (AME) Building 21275 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue (Free parking in the oval) Items up for discussion will include: Minutes of June 1, 2019 AGM 2019-2020 Financial statements Appointment of an auditor Reports from officers and directors Committee reports Project reports Election of QAHN directors The AGM will be followed by a cocktail, banquet and awards ceremony.