E v e n t s

September 20-29, 2002
Marine Heritage Festival - Goderich, Ontario
Features "The Great Storm of 1913" display - home from a stint at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, multi-media displays, marine art & artists, and charter dive trips to the Wexford. The detailed program is available.

October 10-13, 2002
Canada's Century - East Lansing, MI
The 20th century was supposed to be "Canada's Century." As we now move into the 21st Century --and a new Millennium-- was the promise of the 20th Century fulfilled? --will the 21st be Canada's Century?...how to participate.

April 5, 2003
Great Lakes in Depth - London, Ontario
3nd Annual Symposium on Great Lakes Diving and Shoreline Archaeology...more information (PDF).

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July 7-13, 2002
Ecology of the Great Lakes Workshop - Isle Royale National Park, MI
Apply to participate in the Educators' Science and Mathematics Institute titled Ecology of the Great Lakes aboard the Lake Guardian (a research vessel). FIVE slots still available !! This may be one of the few times that this course is offered on Lake Superior, so encourage your educator friends and colleagues to consider applying. Applications for these five remaining slots are due by Wednesday, May 1. Notification will be made by Monday, May 13. Information and applications may be printed from the website.

June 23-28, 2002
Managing Shared Waters / Coastal Zone Canada 2002 Great Lakes - Hamilton, Ontario
MSW/CZC 2002 is being in held in conjunction with efforts towards examining capacity building for transboundary coastal ecosystem management as part of a partnership with Pollution Probe, Environment Canada, and the United Nations United Nations University: International Network on Water, Environment & Health...more information.

May 31-June 1, 2002
Underground Railroad Activities on the Maritime Great Lakes - Detroit, MI
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, in cooperation with the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, is sponsoring a conference to be hosted at The Charles Wright Museum of African-American History, in Detroit, Michigan, May 31-June 1, 2002...how to participate.

May 17-19 and June 21-23
Certification through Nautical Archaeology Society
Alpena, MI
Avocational historians and divers interested in getting training (and
certification through NAS, Nautical Archaeology Society) in
researching the history of shipwreck events and learning how to
survey shipwrecks, please see this flier (PDF).

April 20, 2002
Great Lakes in Depth - London, Ontario
2nd Annual Symposium on Great Lakes Diving and Shoreline Archaeology...more information (PDF).

February 16, 2002
Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival - Dearborn, MI
Presented by the Ford Seashorses Scuba Diving Club at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center.

For more information and a ticket order form, see me or check the web site at www.FordSeahorses.org

September 5-6 2001
Maritime Gathering Conference - Detroit, MI
In early September 2001, a diverse group of scholars, artists, and other professionals involved in some way in maritime studies and education throughout the Great Lakes region met in the Detroit area (hosted by the Dossin Maritime Museum and the Saint Clair Shores Public Library) to network, share projects and ideas, begin development of a maritime resource inventory, and identify and prioritize specific maritime-related projects and products that could best be done through collaborative efforts and with the support of Center for Great Lakes Culture facilitation...more information

May 8, 2001
Maritime Gathering Planning Meeting - conference call
Plans for a Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Maritime Gathering took shape during a planning meeting help via conference call. Discussion revolved around possible ways of focusing theme and purpose of the gathering , while at the same time maintaining a flexible structure, which would allow for creative interaction at the gathering itself and enable potential participants to assess its relevance with regard to their personnel interests...more information

For more events in the Great Lakes Region visit the CGLC Culture Calendar.