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~ Supported By ~ Centre for Scottish Studies, Simon Fraser University Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Vancouver Burns Club Centre for Scottish Studies, Simon Fraser University English Department, Simon Fraser University Vice-President, Academic, Simon Fraser University Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Simon Fraser University Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Trinity Western University Whitman College ~ © 2009 Simon Fraser University, Leith Davis ~

Public Events Tuesday, April 7^th Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; concerts starts at 7:00 p.m. A Musical Celebration of Burns in North America Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, “Burns Songs in BC” Kirsteen McCue and David Hamilton, “Burns Songs Set by Serge Hovey” Gung Haggis Fat Choy Performers Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street, Vancouver Wednesday, April 8^th, 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Michael Russell, Scottish Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution “Connecting Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora” Room 1425 SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver Wednesday, April 8^th, 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Community Research Forum on “Burns in BC” Room 2200 SFU Harbour Centre,515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver Wednesday, April 8^th, 7:00 p.m. Lecture: Dr. Robert Crawford, “Writing Burns’s Biography” Room 1400, SFU Harbour Centre (reception to follow) Thursday, April 9^th, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Workshop: “Connecting Diasporas: Scotland, Asia and the Caribbean” Room 2200, Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver All events are free and open to the public. Please contact Ron Sutherland to reserve a seat: rsutherl@sfu.ca; 604-988-0479 Sponsored by SFU’s Centre for Scottish Studies; the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; and the Vancouver Burns Club