The 2025 Gulf Project Meeting

Introduction

The “Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region c1500-Present” project, is a group that was launched in 2023 by Dr. Joshua MacFadyen and the late Dr. Elizabeth Mancke, both Canada Research Chairs interested in the Atlantic Region. It is supported by the Social Science and Research Council of Canada’s Partnership Development Program, and its purpose is to share research and develop new partnerships that examine history, environment, and what Dr. Mancke called “Spaces of Power” in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region. Dr. MacFadyen hosted the project’s first meeting in 2024, along with Drs. Erin Spinney and Lisa Chilton, at UPEI’s campus in St. Peters, PEI/Epekwitk. 

In 2025 the project will meet in Sackville at Mount Allison University. Our host and local organizer for the 2025 meeting will be Dr. Lauren Beck, Canada Research Chair in Intercultural Encounter at Mount Allison.

A general CFP portal will remain open here for abstracts until Friday 30 May, 2025. Organizers will follow-up within a week of that to let participants know if the paper has been accepted.

Submit your abstract here (Google Form): https://forms.gle/tcJ4mRW7nhRvjxBM6

  • Presenters
  • Abstracts
  • Readings

Schedule

22 July
TimeEventDetailsLocation
2:30 –
3:30 PM
RegistrationMount Allison University
Windsor Residence
145 Main St., Sackville
3:30 –
5:15 PM
Local
Field Trip
Fort Folly First Nation38 Bernard Trail
Dorchester
5:30 –
7:00 PM
Welcome & App NightPainted Pony
Please join us there if arriving
later.
26 Bridge Street
Sackville
7:00 –
8:00 PM
Nature Walk and BirdingSackville Waterfowl Park
Self-directed ecological
immersion
Accessible from University residence
23 July
TimeEventDetailsLocation
8:00 –
8:45 AM
BreakfastGracie’s Café, Wallace McCain Student Centre
9:00 –
9:15 AM
Gulf Project Update & Orientation Joshua MacFadyen and Erin SpinneyWindsor Grand Room
9:15 –
10:45 AM
Paper Session 1Littoral Stories
Presenters: Dean Bavington, Katherine Knight, Leanna Thomas, Julien Renaud Tremblay
Windsor Grand Room
10:45 – 11:00 AMCoffee BreakWindsor Grand Room
11:00 AM – 12:15 PMPaper Session 2Cartography
Presenters: Zachary Tingley and Josh MacFadyen, Matthew Hatvany, Richard Yeomans
Windsor Grand Room
12:15 –
1:00 PM
LunchGracie’s Café, Wallace McCain Student Centre
1:00 –
3:30 PM
Local
Field Trip
Amherst and/or Fort BeauséjourTBD
3:30 –
5:00 PM
Paper Session 3Fishing
Presenters: Harry Holman, Jesse Watkins Coady,
Ronald Rudin, Nicholas Landry
Windsor Grand Room
6:30 –
8:30PM
BBQLauren Beck’s houseAddress to be provided at event
24 July
TimeEventDetailsLocation
8:00 –
8:45 AM
BreakfastGracie’s Café, Wallace McCain Student Centre
8:30 AM –
12:00 PM
Field TripCape Jourmaine Nature Centre
Presentation by Anne Marie Lane Jonah
Cape Jourmaine, NB (at Confederation Bridge)
12:00 – 1:00 PMLunchGracie’s Café, Wallace McCain Student Centre
1:00 –
2:30 PM
Research UpdatesPresenters: Colin Osmond, Kelly Chaves, Tom Peace, Erin Spinney, Charles Ferris, Daria Kass, John Matchim, Gil TheriaultWindsor Grand Room
2:30 –
2:45 PM
Coffee BreakWindsor Grand Room
2:45 –
3:30 PM
Paper Session 4Governance
Presenters: Nicole O’Byrne, Mario Levesque
Windsor Grand Room
3:30 –
3:45 PM
BreakWindsor Grand Room
3:45 –
4:45 PM
Paper Session 5Culture and Policy
Presenters: Rainer Baehre, Lauren Beck, Pierre-Yves Daoust
Windsor Grand Room
4:45 – 5:30 PMClosing Remarks and Next Steps BrainstormingJoshua MacFadyen and Erin SpinneyWindsor Grand Room