10:00 am - 11:00 am: xxxxxCarmen d’Entremont

Humour à Pubnico-Ouest : le répertoire de blagues d’un conteur acadien

In this talk in French, Carmen d’Entremont will analyse an Acadian storyteller’s repertoire of
jokes collected during a study of oral literature in West Pubnico. Although these jokes are based
on fictional situations, they reflect the concerns, values, and attitudes not only of the inhabitants
of Pubnico but also, in some cases, those of Acadians elsewhere in the Maritimes and those of
Cajuns in Louisiana.

Born in West Pubnico, Carmen d’Entremont obtained her Master’s Degree at Louisiana State
University. While she was studying in Lafayette she became interested in folktales, especially
since her great-grandfather was a well-known storyteller. Parts of her thesis “Contes, légendes,
histoires et mystifications : la tradition orale de Pubnico-Ouest” have been published in Port
Acadie and in Rabaska. She is currently doing her doctorate in literature at the Université de
Moncton under the direction of the ethnologist Ronald Labelle.

11:00 am - 12:00 am: xxxxxMarielle Cormier Boudreau

La médecine traditionnelle acadienne

In this talk in French Marielle Cormier Boudreau will give an overview of the traditional
Acadian remedies in Northern New Brunswick. She will examine the different types of
substances used in these popular remedies that are often rooted in the world of magic and
symbolism. She will also discuss the importance of medicinal plants in various cures.

Retired Professor of French and folklore at the Université de Moncton in Shippagan, Marielle
Cormier Boudreau has been doing research on Acadian traditions for many years. She coauthored
with Melvin Gallant, the cookbook La cuisine traditionnelle en Acadie (1975),
translated as A Taste of Acadie. Her latest work La médecine traditionnelle en Acadie (1992)
provides old remedies and an analysis of religious beliefs, rituals, and superstitions associated
with traditional medicine. Marielle Cormier Boudreau has also explored other Acadian traditions
including midwives, and rituals of marriage and death.

~ LUNCH served on the premises - sandwiches prepared by the Evangeline Motel Café ($8) ~

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: xxxxxPaul Delaney

Winslow’s List Explained

Paul Delaney will examine Lieutenant Colonel John Winslow’s famous list of the Acadians
living in the Grand-Pré area in 1755. He will discuss the nature and purpose of the list, the
methodology he used to decipher it, and the new insights the study has yielded.

Retired Professor of English at the Université de Moncton, Paul Delaney has been conducting
research on the deportations of the Acadians for many years. His publications include: “The
Pembroke Passenger List Reconstructed,” “The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to ‘les
Carolines’ in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements,” and “The Chronology
of the Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians, 1755-1816.” He is a member of the Acadian
Odyssey Commission which established the project for the international commemoration of the
Grand Dérangement.

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: xxxxxMarc Robichaud

The role of the Deportation in identity building among young Acadians

Marc Robichaud will talk about a survey of Francophone high school students in New Brunswick
carried out in 2008. The results of this survey provide a surprising picture of the relationship
between young Acadians and the past. In many cases, their vision of Acadian history suggests
that history and identity are closely linked.

Marc Robichaud is a graduate of the Université de Moncton and McGill University. Since 2007,
he has been employed as a researcher at the Institut d’études acadiennes (Université de
Moncton). He is currently working on a history of Acadian migrations and a history of the
Université de Moncton to be published in 2013 as part of the university’s 50th anniversary
celebrations. He co-authored a history of the Faculty of Sciences at the Université de Moncton
(2009) and a history of French-language health services in New Brunswick (2011).