The Champlain Monument: Memorializing Orillia’s Past, Rewriting Orillia’s History

Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 2:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Orillia Public Library
Event Fee: 
Free
Event Contact Name: 
Orillia Public Library
Event Contact Phone: 
705-325-2338
Event Contact E-mail: 

The Champlain Monument: Memorializing Orillia's Past, Rewriting Orillia's History

Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 2 p.m.
Dr. Kim Fedderson, Past Principal, Lakehead University

Unveiled in 1925, Orillia's Champlain monument emerged within a period of widespread "statuemania" buttressing national narratives and providing material expression to the "imagined communities" central to stories of the Nation. Recently, a number of monuments and memorials have given rise to protest nationally and internationally, and this fall Parks Canada began restoration of the Orillia monument. In this talk, Fedderson unpacks the Champlain monument's place in the unfolding culture of the city; the stories it told about the community Orillia was; and, once restored, the stories it could tell about the community Orillia might become.

Dr. Kim Fedderson is Professor Emeritus in the English Department at Lakehead University, and the former Principal of the Orillia Campus. His field is rhetorical studies, and his work spans Renaissance literature, adaptations of Shakespeare, and contemporary rhetorical theory. This new project highlights his continuing engagement with the Orillia community.

Frost Week: Crafternoon - Vision Board Making

Event Date: 
Friday, January 12, 2018 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Learning Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Haley Doherty
Event Contact Phone: 
705-330-4008 x 2118
Event Contact E-mail: 

A new year means setting goals! Have fun and get organized by creating a vision board that can be your motivation for the new year, or even just art for your room. Materials provided!

Frost Week: Crafternoon - Vision Board Making

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Learning Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Haley Doherty
Event Contact Phone: 
705-330-4008 x 2118
Event Contact E-mail: 

A new year means setting goals! Have fun and get organized by creating a vision board that can be your motivation for the new year, or even just art for your room. Materials provided!

Frost Week: Crafternoon - Vision Board Making at HP

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 10:00am to 1:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Heritage Place Student Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Haley Doherty
Event Contact Phone: 
705-330-4008 x 2118
Event Contact E-mail: 

A new year means setting goals! Have fun and get organized by creating a vision board that can be your motivation for the new year, or even just art for your room. Materials provided!

Frost Week: Trivia Night

Event Date: 
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Cafeteria
Event Contact Name: 
Haley Doherty
Event Contact Phone: 
705-330-4008 x 2118
Event Contact E-mail: 

Warm up in the cafeteria and play some trivia! Participate as a team or individual and test your knowledge on new year-themed trivia!

Lakehead Night at the Barrie Colts

Event Date: 
Saturday, January 20, 2018 - 6:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Barrie Molson Centre
Event Fee: 
$10 per person

Join us on Saturday, January 20 for Lakehead Night at the Barrie Colts. Come and cheer on the Barrie Colts as they take on the Niagara Ice Dogs. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. A bus will leave the University Avenue campus at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at https://ec.lakeheadu.ca/ events/colts-vs-icedogs.

We hope you can join us! There will be prizes, swag, and lots of fun!

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