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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. St. Andrew's Society of Montreal Wee Weekly News October 6, 2021 This week's features Meet a student in the educational aid program Online event: Learn about medieval Scottish charters Read the October issue of the Scottish Banner online How to make a Rob Roy cocktail Do you know your Scottish hats? Meet a student in the educational aid program The St. Andrew's Society has supported education throughout its history, and is proud to be able to provide financial assistance to qualified students. Many thanks to our members whose generosity makes this program possible. Scots care! By Samantha Fernie My name is Samantha Fernie and I am a first-year Master’s student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Over the past four years, I have had the honour of receiving the Society’s educational bursary. During this time, I was able to graduate in the spring of 2021 with an honours degree in Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology from Concordia University. Furthermore, I was able to graduate as a member of the university’s Dean’s List with a GPA of 4.11. Receiving this grant has enabled me to pursue my degree without having to worry about the financial burden that comes with higher education. I am sincerely thankful for the opportunity that the Society has entrusted in me, to help pursue my future career goals as an occupational therapist. I am excited to return to Montreal after I have completed my studies, to give back to such a supportive and uplifting community. Free online event: Learn about medieval Scottish charters Saturday, November 6, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Join the Scottish Studies Foundation at the University of Guelph for an exciting online event and exhibit launch featuring their valuable medieval Scottish land charter collection. More than just property deeds, charters can tell us much about Scottish people, their livestock and their lands in the Middle Ages. Invocation clauses in charters reveal the local saints to whom they prayed and the names of the family member whose souls they prayed for. Some charters closely describe the lands they bestowed including wells, ponds, copses and streams that have long since disappeared. Their seals are embossed with heraldry that projects the authority of the grantor. Witness lists can help historians reconstruct political affinities and relationships that were held by local elites. And even DNA, sampled from the parchment, can tell us something about the cattle, sheep and goats that inhabited medieval Scotland centuries ago. (To learn more, you can read this article by Dr. Susannah Ferreira on the medieval land charters of Scotland.) The keynote speaker is Prof. Cynthia Neville, formerly of Dalhousie University, now of the University of Guelph’s Centre for Scottish Studies. To register, please visit the event website. The event is limited to 300 attendees so early booking is advised. Read the October issue of the Scottish Banner online! In this issue, you can read about: Dumbarton Rock, the oldest continually occupied fortified site in all of Britain the history and recent expansion into North America of ScotlandShop ghost tales from ancient buildings in the care of the National Trust of Scotland ... and much more! The Scottish Banner is the Scottish community’s largest international newspaper for ex-pat Scots or those with an interest in Scottish culture and tradition. Published monthly in print format or by digital download, the Scottish Banner offers its readers interesting stories on Scottish current affairs, regular feature columnists, history and heritage, genealogy, Scottish club and society news, event listings, piping features, recipes, and much more. We encourage you to subscribe! To give you a taste of the content offered by this fine publication, we are making this month's issue available on our website. From our friends at the St. Andrew's Society of Toronto: The Rob Roy cocktail was created in October 1894 by a bartender at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, New York City. The drink was named in honour of the premiere of Rob Roy, an operetta based upon Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor. This year marks the 350th anniversary of MacGregor's birth in 1671. You can make your own Rob Roy thanks to this helpful video from bartender Pete Day. Pete hails from Banff in north east Scotland but has called Toronto home for the past few years. Do you know your Scottish hats? Learn about five traditional styles of tartan headwear with our friends at ScotlandShop's TartanBlog! Upcoming/ongoing events Saturday, November 6, 10:00 a.m. Online event: Signed and Sealed: The Rise of the Charter in Medieval Scotland Presented by The Scottish Studies Foundation at the University of Guelph More information> Thursday, February 24, 2022 WhiskyFête 2022 More information> We are pleased to introduce Scottish Affairs Canada as one of our partners. Scotland and Canada have enjoyed a special relationship for centuries. Please click on the #ScotlandIsNow logo and find out about some of the connections that bind our two countries together. Banner image: Skara Brae, Bay of Skaill, Orkney. Wikipedia. Founded in 1835, the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal is a charitable society dedicated to the assistance of Montreal’s Scottish community, to education, and to the preservation of Scottish arts and culture. 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