29 June 2023, Starts: 19:00

Deconstructing Emigration: The Mi'kmaw Story

Online talk by Dr Roger Lewis, Museum of Nova Scotia and Dr Michael Vance, St Mary's University, Nova Scotia. 

Organised by Ullapol Museum. Free. Further information and tickets from Ullapool Museum website

Part of Ullapool Museum's commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Sailing of The Hector from Lochbroom to Nova Scotia, Ullapool Museum, looking to deconstruct the stories surrounding the mass migration of people to Canada. 

In their second event they welcome Dr Roger Lewis, Curator of Mi’kmaw Cultural Heritage at The Museum of Nova Scotia and Dr Michael Vance of St Mary’s University to discuss the impact of mass migration on the first nations people in Nova Scotia. How did an influx of peoples effect their lifestyle and what is the legacy of immigration of first nation culture?