Returning French Canadians to the Early History of Vancouver Island

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Friday, October 3rd, 2014
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Dr. Jean Barman will discuss the importance of French Canadians who arrived with the fur trade to the early Pacific Northwest.  They were the majority of non-indigenous folk, and French was the principal language, up to the mid-19th century.  Her illustrated lecture will include a number of Vancouver Island persons and stories.

Barman is a respected BC historian who received the prestigious George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this year.  She is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Her latest book, the ground-breaking French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest (UBC Press), is the basis for the lecture.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.

Admission to the evening is $5 per Historical Society member; $6 non-members (plus GST).  Advance tickets are recommended.

For more information or to purchase tickets over the phone you can call the Courtenay Museum at 250-334-0686 ext. 5.