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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.

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