View topic - February 20 & 21 - Wilderness & Canoeing Symposium (Toronto)

WCS 2015 will be held on 20 and 21 Feb at Monarch Park Collegiate in Toronto (same location as in 2014 and for many years previous to that).

For those unfamiliar with the event, here's the master link:
http://www.wcsymposium.com/
BTW, the caribou photo is by marscanoe, from our Back trip in 2005.

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A literal mind is a little mind. If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all. Good enough isn't.  None are so blind as those who choose not to see. (AJ)

Looking forward to it already!

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www.mikemonaghan.ca

Registration for WCS 2015 (20 and 21 February 2015) is now open.

Home page: http://www.wcsymposium.com
Content and updates: http://www.wcsymposium.com/content/updates

If there is enough interest, I can set up a lunch/dinner table for CCR members.

Hope to see you there, Allan

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A literal mind is a little mind. If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all. Good enough isn't.  None are so blind as those who choose not to see. (AJ)

Programme updates will be found at
http://www.wcsymposium.com/
Click on the arrow and salivate.

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A literal mind is a little mind. If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all. Good enough isn't.  None are so blind as those who choose not to see. (AJ)

To those contemplating a long drive to the WCA Symposium -

The Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show (trade show with guest speakers, etc) is also happening that weekend. Maybe the long drive could be justified if you spent Friday & Saturday at the symposium, and then hit the Outdoor Show at the International Centre on Sunday.

Just some food for thought...

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Sure would be a fun event to take in. I may have to try and find a way to get there for this one.

Cheers... Joe O'

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Ontario Adventure Show discount for WCS attendees is $5 off admission price, check WCS for details.

http://www.wcsymposium.com/

Final Program, see WCS website for schedule and more details:

Nancy Scott - "Lake Nipigon: Where the Great Lakes Begin"

Brian Johnston - "Messages from the Subarctic: publishing notes from Tyrrell's Cairn"

Paul Watson - "Finding Erebus: The True Story Behind the Discovery of Sir John Franklin's Flagship"

James Raffan - "Circling the Midnight Sun"

Saqamaw Mi’sel Joe - “ An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey”

Louise Abbott - “Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story”

Chris Lepard - “South Nahanni River, NWT – River of Dreams”

Rick Stronks - “Camping in Black Bear Country”

Kevin Redmont - “Newfoundland and Labrador: Abandonment & Place-based Journeys”

Devon Ide & Anna McClean - “Our Summer in the Woods: Growing Up with Canoe Tripping”

Jack Goering - “Retracing Franklin’s Route from Yellowknife to Coppermine”

Conor Mihell - “L’Eau Vive: Canoeing the Great Whale River in Northern Quebec”

Jeremy Ward - “Freighter Canoes: an illustrated exploration of the iconic northern workboat“

Lester Kovac & Lynette Chubb - “Ungava Crossing 2014”

George Luste - “Personal Reflections on the my Wilderness Paddling Journey”

Emma Brandy - “Filling the gap: A journey through autoethnography”

Jason White - “Finding Canoe Partners in Hard Times”

Joseph Frey - "2014 Victoria Strait Expedition: Finding Franklin’s ship HMS Erebus"

Great one for Franklin buffs, two full talks and one related!

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A literal mind is a little mind. If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all. Good enough isn't.  None are so blind as those who choose not to see. (AJ)

Good and or bad ? that it's the same day as the outdoor adventure show.

Good, of course You get the best of both "worlds". OAS starts @ 11am Friday and runs all day Saturday and Sunday. WCS is Friday evening and all day Saturday. You'll be ready for anything come Monday!

Speakers/topics/bios

http://www.wcsymposium.com/content/2015 ... um-program

Dave Hadfield will play a concert in the Library after lunch, and his music will transport you away to another time and place.

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Looks like a great line-up of speakers and topics.

Since I have never attended one of these before, I am unclear about the format and the likelihood of getting to sit in on the sessions I am most intersted in.

Are there sessions held on the Friday night or do they all happen on the Saturday? How many in the morning? The aft? Can I preselect the sessions I want to attend or does that just apply to lunch and dinner seating?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can get me up to speed on the format!

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Everything is in the auditorium. Each session is 3 talks, at about 40 min, followed by a break. There is a minute or 2 between each speaker you want to slip out for a walk around the block. Reception downstairs on Friday night after the last talk.

Cafeteria is closed for lunch and dinner for ticket holder only.

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Scheduling will be the same as previous years: see an example at

http://www.wcsymposium.com/content/past-symposia

Three slightly longer presentations Friday night, then 15 presentations in 5 sessions on Saturday.

As Cheryl said, all presentations are in the auditorium - you don't need to choose a subset of the presentations to attend.

-jmc