Viikkosanomat, October 02, 1979

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An international conference
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To be held at
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto Ontario
November 1
Prograjoi
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1
5:Q- 0- 7:00 pjn Registration
7:0- 0- 7:3Qpm Opening Address
7:30 - 10:00 pm
Finnish Identities in Countries of Immigration (symposium)
Chair: Michael G Karni Minnesota
Papers
Koivukangas E Olavi Institute for Migration Turku: The Tyranny of
Distance: Finns in Australia before WWII
Kolehmainen John I Ohio: The Finnish Immigrant Experience in the
USA
Kuparinen Eero K University of Turku: A Golden Disappointment --
Finnish Migration to South Africa before WWI
Laine Edward W Public Archives Ottawa: Community in Crisis: The
Finnish Canadian Questfor Cultural Identity 1900-197- 9
Lähteenmäki Olavi University of Turku: Finnish Group Immigration to
South America: Experiences of Finnish Colonization in Argentina
Brazil Dominican Republic and Cuba
Majava Altti Ministry of Labour Helsinki: Finns in Sweden Character- -
isties and Living Conditions
FRIDAY NOVEMBER- 2- '
8:30- -1 1:30 am
Churches and Temperance
Chair: Aarne Siirala Sir Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo
Papers
_ Karni Michael G Minnesota: Temperance and Socialism in Northern
Minnesota
Lamppa Marvin G Iron Range Interpretative Program Minnesota:
Embers ofFaith - Laestadian Schisms in Northeast Minnesota 1900-194- 0
Lehtinen Eija University of Turku: The Finnish American Temperance
Movement and Its Relations to Church Groups
Puotinen Arthur Lenoir Rhyne College North Carolina: Church and
Labour Conflict in Northern Michigan
Suokonautio Markku St Michael's Finnish Lutheran Church Montreal:
Religious Aspects of Finnish Canadian Life
11:3- 0- 1:00 pm Lunch
1:0- 0- 3:00 pm
Labour History
Chair: Rudolph J Vecoli University of Minnesota Minneapolis
Papers
Eklund William Sudbury : Formative Years of the Finnish Organization of
Canada
Hummasti George P University of California San Diego: Working-Clas- s
Herrat: TheRole ofLeadership in Finnish-America- n Socialist Movements
in the Pacific Northwest
Jalava Mauri A Laurentian University Sudbury: The Finnish Canadian
Co-operati- ve Movement in Ontario
Kostiainen Auvo A University of Turku: Contacts between the Finnish
Labour Movements in Canada and the USA
Pihi Arja University of Turku: Finnish Canadian Radicalism and the
Government of Canada
3:0- 0- 3:30 pjn Coffee
3:3- 0- 5:00 pm
Women 's History
Chair:' Donald J Wilson University of British Columbia
Papers
Penti-Vidut- is Marsha Indiana University: The Life History of a South
eastern Massachusetts Finnish Cranberry Growing Community
Ross Carl University of Minnesota Minneapolis: Finnish American
Women in Transition 1910-192- 0
Registration Form
(Please registe- r-by
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Conference
252 Street
Toronto M5S
r N-- Stjarnstedt Riitta University of Turku: Finnish Women in the North
American Labour Movement- -
Wargelin-BroW- n K Marianne Anoka-Ramse- y Community College
Minnesota: Finnish-America- n Immigrant Womenis Issues: 1890-191- 0
7:3- 0- 9:00 pm
Finnish Drama in North America '
Chair: Melvin Holli University of Illinois
Papers
Riippa Timo University of Minnesota Minneapolis: Finnish Drama in the
USA
Sundsten Taru University of Turku: TheAmateur Theatre and Drama-literatu- re
of the Finnish Emigrants in Canada 1900-193- 9
Tuomi-Le- e Sirkka Baltimore: Stage Life Recollections
9:00 - 10:00 pjn A One-A- ct Play (in Finnish)
SATURDAY_NOVEMBER 3
8:30- -1 1:30 am
Finnish Settlements
Chair: Robert F Harney University of Toronto
Papers
Alanen Arnold R University of Wisconsin at Madison: Finns and Company
Communities in the Lake Superior Area
Kaups University of Minnesota Minneapolis: Finns in Urban
America: A View from Duluth
Lindstrom-Bes- t Varpu M York University Toronto: The Unbreachable
Gulf: The Division of the Finnish Community of Toronto 1902-191-3
Sillanpää Lennard Revenue Canada Ottawa: Finns in the Sudbury Area
Tolvanen Ahti University of Helsinki: Finns in Port Arthur in the
11:3- 0- 1:00 pm Lunch
1:0- 0- 3:00 pm
Culture and Language of Finnish America
Chair: Charles M Sutyla Manitoba Museum of Man Winriipeg
Papers
Copeland William R University of Helsinki: The Early Finnish American
Settlements in Florida
Loukinen Michael M Northern Michigan University: The Network Structure
of a Finn American Ethnic Community in Detroit and Its Relation to the
Northwoods Hamlet 1920-194- 5
Martin Marja-Liis- a Lakehead University Thunder Bay: Finnish asaMeans
of Communication in Thunder Bay
Virtaranta Pertti University of Helsinki: Finnish Dialects in America - Some
Experiences and Pro blems
Nicholson Finnish American Historical Society Minnesota: Finn
Creek Open Air Museum (slide presentation)
3:0- 0- 3:30 pm Coffee
3:3- 0- 5:30 pm
Patterns of Migration
Chair: Jörgen Dahlie University of British Columbia
Papers
Höglund A William University of Connecticut: Finnish Immigrant Letter
Writers: Reporting from the US to Finland 1870's-WW- I
Kero Reino University of Turku: The Canadian Finns in Soviet Karelia
Virtanen Keijo A University of Turku: Settlement orReturn: Finns in
the Overseas Return Migration Movement
Sandlund Tom Abo Akademi Turku: Patterns andReasons in Emigration
of Swedish Finns
5:3- 0- 6:30 pm
8:00 pm
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Reception
Closing
SUNDAY NOVEMBER
conference continued miniconferences
Sudbury
Banquet
Afternoon seminars to be held at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) and Laurentian
University (Sundbury) The seminars are partial repeats of the programmein Toronto
Co-ordinato-rs:
Sudbury:
Thunder Bay
November
Laurentian University
Pentti Paularinne
Lakehead University
FINN FORUM 79 REGISTRATION FEE: $2500 NOTE: Space for dinner is limited
November 1 - 3 1979 Students $1000 Please register early
Senior Citizens Free No dinner refunds without 48 hours
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