Summer Institute for
K-12 Professionals


Begins and ends in Montreal

DESCRIPTION

"Samuel de Champlain and the Meeting of Two Worlds: 1601-1701"

QUEBEC 1608-2008:
In 2008, the spotlight will shine on Quebec City, the cradle of French civilization in the New World, as a year of celebratory events commemorates the 1608 founding of what is now the provincial capital. The spotlight will also shine on individuals central to its origin 400 years ago - notably, French cartographer and Quebec's first governor, Samuel de Champlain.

This Institute examines Champlain's two worlds.

INSTITUTE DESCRIPTION
Beginning and ending in Montreal with travel to Quebec City, this Institute brings participants first-hand experience with sites and artifacts from the evolving French projects of North American colonization, from the original fur trade post at Tadoussac in 1601 to the permanent founding at Quebec in 1608, to the Great Peace of 1701 which cemented the relationship between the French and Native People of the North American interior.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE CONTACT EXPERIENCE
By exploring several themes, the Institute offers participants an opportunity to compare and contrast the contact experience from the points of view of the French and the Native nations who became their allies or enemies. Institute presenters will offer new perspectives on a century of trade and colonization with an opportunity to compare and contrast and gain an appreciation of the French, the Indigeous people, and the English interpretations of the struggle for a continent.

EXPLORE CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF NEW FRANCE AND FIRST NATIONS DURING THE CONTACT PERIOD
Several approaches include: the history of the French-English struggle for the North American Continent; the penetration of the American interior by Coureurs des Bois and their legacy to later explorers; and, the evolution of the French fur trade and the attempts of French Catholicism to convert Native North Americans.

BEGIN AND END IN MONTREAL
This Institute will be conducted at sites of historic and cultural importance, as participants arrive in Montreal, and travel throughout Quebec with stops in Quebec City, Lachine, Odanak, Kahnawake, and Sillery.

REGISTRATION

Participants who are accepted to the institute will be charged a registration fee of $649.00, payable to The Center for the Study of Canada.  The fee covers the cost of all transportation during the institute starting from its point of origin in Montreal, an opening evening reception, breakfast daily, two dinners, lecturers' fees, admissions to educational sites, curriculum materials, and double-occupancy at the Marriott SpringHill Suites Hotel (Montreal) and the Loews Le Concorde Hotel (Quebec City). Institute participants who prefer single occupancy lodgings will be assessed an additional $649.00.

Participants are responsible for transportation to and from Montreal, and for lunches daily and most dinners.

NOTE: We regret we are unable to accommodate partners, spouses, or other family members.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested applicants: please print, fill out, and send the APPLICATION and registration fee prior to May 5 , 2008. 

NOTE: If circumstances require a registered and fully-paid participant to withdraw from the Institute prior to May 31, 2008, a refund will be returned. After May 31st, Institute registration can not be returned.

NOTE: A passport is required if you are traveling to and from Canada by commercial air carrier, but as of October, '07 it's not required if you are traveling by car. If you were born outside the U.S. you will need copies of your legal documents. Proof of medical insurance is required for everyone.

CREDIT

CERTIFICATE: Participants will be awarded a certificate of contact hours.

GRADUATE CREDIT: For an additional cost and with additional work, a participant may arrange for two graduate credits through Plymouth State University. Click for course syllabus.
Contact Betsy Arntzen for more information about receiving academic credit.