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Ireland Park Famine Memorial
Ireland Park Famine MemorialRobert Kearns (centre), founder and chairman of Ireland Park Foundation, discusses the creation of the Ireland Park Famine Memorial on Eireann Quay on the Toronto waterfront.
Audience at the Archives of Ontario
Audience at the Archives of OntarioSpeakers (left to right) Dr Robert Grace, Dr Jason King, and Max Smith take questions from the audience.
Audience at the Archives of Ontario
Audience at the Archives of OntarioSymposium organizer Professor William Jenkins (Geography, York) discusses his research on Irish immigrants in Toronto courts in the 1860s.
IFS audience in Spragge classroom
IFS audience in Spragge classroomSymposium audience in the Spragge classroom at the Archives of Ontario.
William Jenkins addresses audience.
William Jenkins addresses audience.Symposium organizer Professor William Jenkins (Geography, York) addresses the audience.
William Jenkins addresses audience.
William Jenkins addresses audience.Symposium organizer Professor William Jenkins (Geography, York) addresses the audience.
Colin McMahon introduces his topic.
Colin McMahon introduces his topic.Colin McMahon (York University) introduces his research on famine memory in Boston and Montreal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Dan Horner expanding on a point.
Dan Horner expanding on a point.Dan Horner (Ryerson University) discusses how the authorities in Montreal responded to the influx of famine refugees to the city in the late 1840s
Kevin Moynihan introducing documentary.
Kevin Moynihan introducing documentary.Kevin Moynihan (Halifax) introduces his documentary "The Famine Irish and Canada's First Responders".
Rose Marie Stanley introduces her play
Rose Marie Stanley introduces her play Rose Marie Stanley introduces her play "Emigrants"
Rose Marie Stanley performing her play
Rose Marie Stanley performing her play Rose Marie Stanley performing her play "Emigrants"
Mark McGowan at the Archives of Ontario
Mark McGowan at the Archives of OntarioKeynote speaker Professor Mark McGowan (University of Toronto) discusses the papers of Canada West chief emigration agent Anthony B. Hawke with symposium participants in the Archives of Ontario reading room.
Danielle Manning at the Archives of Ontario
Danielle Manning at the Archives of OntarioArchives of Ontario outreach officer Danielle Manning explains the process of document preservation to symposium participants.
Symposium organization team
Symposium organization teamSymposium organization team: Professor William Jenkins (Geography, York) and Saruka Pararajasingam (BA, MA York)
Closing Reception
Closing ReceptionKeynote speaker Michael Collins speaking at Biagio Ristorante.