Pèlerinage historique

During Labour Day weekend, a small group of Acadians (and one historian from Montreal) travelled across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, led by Jean Gaudet, to visit sites of Acadian memory to mark the anniversary, on 5 September, of the 250th anniversary of the rounding up of Acadians, leading to their deportation. The journey ended at Grand-Pré, following a procession that reversed the footsteps of Acadians in 1755.

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About the Book

Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historian's Journey through Public Memory (University of Toronto Press, 2009) is an account of the journey of the historian, Ronald Rudin, as he spent time with individuals involved with two commemorative events, both with Acadian themes.
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About the Author

Ronald Rudin is a professor of History at Concordia Univesity in Montreal. He has published six books and numerous articles that touch upon the economic, social, intellectual and cultural history of French Canada. He has long had an interest in how the public comes to understand the past, which has drawn him to study the power of commemorative events.
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Life After Île Ste-Croix

The organization and eventual staging of the events to mark the 400th anniversary of the settlement on Île Ste-Croix is the subject of the documentary film Life After Île Ste-Croix. Produced by Ronald Rudin and directed by Leo Arisitimuno, the film can be watched here.