Speaker: Heinz W. Pyszczyk
"…the people of this country are starving for stories and songs about themselves. If we don't have it, we're gone. We won't have a country anymore." ~ Stompin' Tom Connors
Heinz W. Pyszczyk, an adjunct professor at the University of Lethbridge, will talk about his newly published book, Tales of the Canadian Fur Trade, in which he develops historical fiction around fascinating artifacts found at 18th- and 19th-century fur trade posts in western Canada. Come join Dr. Pyszczyk as he unfolds ‘the stories’ behind his stories, the captivating history of the western Canadian fur trade, the different peoples who toiled in it, and some of the most unusual artifacts and archaeological features that have been recovered.