Anglican Missions and Missionaries, 1701–1965 Conference Timetable
29-30 May 2026, 1349 Western Rd, London, ON, Canada, N6G 1H3
Friday 29 May
Conference Opening (1:30—2:00 PM)
Session 1 (2:00—3:30 pm) — CONTEXTS: Canadian Contexts for Anglican Missions
- J. Keith Hyde — Church of England Mission Societies in Canada, Colonial America, and Beyond
- Taunya Dawson — The Missional Role of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Settling the Loyalists in Nova Scotia
- Kara Mandryk — “We live what loving your neighbour meant”: The Bishop’s Messengers’ Ministry of Presence, Perseverance, and Provision in the Diocese of Brandon,1928-1979
Refreshments (3:30 — 4:00 PM)
Canadian Church Historical Society: Its Purpose and Work (4:00 — 5:00 PM)
Supper (5:00 — 7:00 PM)
Keynote Address: TBA (7:00 — 8:30 PM)
Saturday 30 May
Session 2 (9:30 — 11:00 AM) — MISSION PERSONALITIES: Bad Boys, Praying Men, and Wild Boys
- Christopher Trott — Dealing with a "Bad Boy" Missionary: the case of Julian Bilby
- Norman Knowles — Otayamihaw (The Praying Man): The Life and Times of James Settee—Mushkegowuk Teacher, Catechist, Deacon, Priest
- Mary Clare Martin — The Rev William Charles Cotton (1813-1879)- the “wild colonial boy”? Insanity, masculinity and (mission) community in New Zealand in the 1840s
Refreshments (11:00 — 11:30 AM)
Session 3 (11:30 AM — 1:00 PM) — ENGAGEMENTS: Settler and Indigenous Engagements in Mission Settings
- Alanaise Ferguson and Evan J. Habkirk — Missionary Work and its Erasure within the Anglican Church of Canada
- William Acres — Mission and Progress in the Grand River Valley, 1820-1860
- Angela Easby — Tracing one Anishinaabe Métis family’s encounters with an Anglican mission in Treaty #3 territory