Saturday,
October 25, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Room 115
City
of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive.
The
Ryan Taylor/J. Brian Gilchrist Memorial Lecture
Speaker:
Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon
Topic:
A Research Journey into WWI and
WWII Medals, & eBay
Dr. Pilon will describe how twists and turns in his
family history research, beginning with ancestors enlisted in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, led to the acquisition of long-lost military medals found
on eBay, the story of the local ancestor to whom they were awarded in World War
Two, and a moving graveside visit. A
short video about this story will also be screened. Dr. Pilon is the Curator of Ontario
Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History and an Adjunct Professor at
Carleton University. He studied Anthropology
and Archaeology and obtained his PhD in Anthropology from the University of
Toronto.
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