2017-2018
News Release
REF NO.: 38
SUBJECT: PSA: Marcus French rodney on display at Queen Elizabeth II Library
DATE: May 11, 2018
The Queen Elizabeth II Library is hosting the public lecture, Looking Back, Looking Forward: Building the Marcus French Rodney on Tuesday, May 15.
The punt is modelled on a boat originally designed and built by Marcus French of Winterton, Trinity Bay.
Panellists will discuss a unique partnership between the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador and ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s Faculty of Education. The result of the project, a 16-foot, round-bottomed punt, will be on display in the lobby.
Panel members include Jerome Canning, master boat builder; Jim Dempsey, president, Wooden Boat Museum of N.L.; Dr. David Gill, professor, Faculty of Education; and Catherine Lawton, head of public services, Dr. C.R. Barrett Library.
The event takes place on Tuesday, May 15, from 6-7:30 p.m. Parking is available in area 18, located next to the Queen Elizabeth II Library on the St. John’s campus.
The event is part of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Libraries’ ongoing public engagement performance series, and is supported by the Public Engagement Accelerator Fund.
REF NO.: 38
SUBJECT: PSA: Marcus French rodney on display at Queen Elizabeth II Library
DATE: May 11, 2018
The Queen Elizabeth II Library is hosting the public lecture, Looking Back, Looking Forward: Building the Marcus French Rodney on Tuesday, May 15.
The punt is modelled on a boat originally designed and built by Marcus French of Winterton, Trinity Bay.
Panellists will discuss a unique partnership between the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador and ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s Faculty of Education. The result of the project, a 16-foot, round-bottomed punt, will be on display in the lobby.
Panel members include Jerome Canning, master boat builder; Jim Dempsey, president, Wooden Boat Museum of N.L.; Dr. David Gill, professor, Faculty of Education; and Catherine Lawton, head of public services, Dr. C.R. Barrett Library.
The event takes place on Tuesday, May 15, from 6-7:30 p.m. Parking is available in area 18, located next to the Queen Elizabeth II Library on the St. John’s campus.
The event is part of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Libraries’ ongoing public engagement performance series, and is supported by the Public Engagement Accelerator Fund.
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