Local charity elects new board
The Community Legal Information Association of P.E.I. (CLIA) has announced its new board for 2018-19.
Five new members were elected, including Daniel Boudreau, representing Peers Alliance, PFLAG and Pride P.E.I.; Nihad Gohar, newcomer citizen and formerly with United Nations; Michael K. Corman, representing seniors’ health with the Department of Health and Wellness; Rinku Upadhyaya, newcomer citizen; and Tara Wheeler, chartered professional accountant with Arsenault Best Cameron Ellis.
Re-elected for new terms were Jenny Mason, representing Family Lega Aid; Bethany Knox, representing the Department of Justice and Public Safety; and Olive Bryenton (secretary), representing the UPEI Centre on Health and Aging.
Continuing board members include Paul Bender, Sheri Bernard, representing the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I., Jeff Collins, Blair Corkum (treasurer), Lisa Dollar, representing the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada, Darrell Gallant, Sister Norma Gallant, representing francophone Islanders and seniors, Pamela LargeMoran (vice-president), Jonathan Matters; Sarah Stewart-Jackson and Michael Zimmerman (president).
Outgoing board members include Cathy Chaisson, Warren Banks, Peter Ghiz, Rachael Mella and Michael Ramsay.
CLIA is a local charity that provides free legal information, education, referrals and support to Islanders who need help with legal issues.
The 14th edition of the “Tuesday Talks at the Acadian Museum” will start July 10 as historian Georges Arsenault will give a presentation, in English, on the Poirier/Perry family of P.E.I.
Arsenault will trace the origin of this family and explain why and when some members of the Poirier family adopted the surname Perry. He will also mention several members of this large family who have distinguished themselves on the Island.
The July 17 talk will bring together three well-known Acadians from the Island: Father Albin Arsenault, Donald Arsenault and Claudette Thériault. In 1972, they were part of a team of 12 young people who conducted a survey in the Acadian regions of the province on the future of the French language. During their talk (in French), they will share their memories of this project and compare their findings 46 years ago to the current situation of French life on the Island.
Historian Earle Lockerby will be the guest speaker on July 24. His presentation, in English, will deal with the Island Acadians of the 1760s and focus in particular on the issue of the oath of allegiance to the British Crown.
Arsenault will be back on July 31 with a talk in French about the food served at traditional wedding banquets held in Acadian homes on the Island up to the 1960s.
On Aug. 7, Doug Sobey, a historian of the Island’s forests, will present a fully illustrated talk in English looking at the evidence in the Island’s historical records of both the French and British colonial periods for the building of log houses on the Island.
The Tuesday Talks will come to a close on Aug. 14 as Jeannita Bernard will lead a discussion, in French, on “La Cuisine à Mémé”, a popular dinner theatre at the Étoile de Mer Restaurant in Mont-Carmel from 1985 to 2003. That activity contributed greatly to the cultural and tourist industry in the Evangeline Region. Several of the actors and musicians who participated in the supper theatre will take part in the discussion.