Conference Location / Lieu de la colloque : UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) 1430, rue Saint-Denis, le pavillon Athanase-David (D) vendredi / Friday 1205, rue Saint-Denis, Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (N) samdi / Sat.; dimanche / Sun. Campus Map / carte du campus : www.uqam.ca/campus/pavillons/d.htm (Buildings D & N) Metro station Berri-UQAM, exit St-Denis

Bus : 15

Conference Contacts / Nous Contacter Colloque : Robert Gagnon (CIRST): 514 987-3000 poste/ext. 0243 gagnon.robert@uqam.ca Communications Coordinator: Dorotea Gucciardo cstha.ahstc@gmail.com Paper Sessions Chair: Randall Brooks rcbrooks@eastlink.ca

FRIDAY / VENDREDI

4:00 - 6:00 AHSTC/CSTHA Executive meeting N-8550

6:00 - 7:00 Conference Registration / Inscription à la Colloque D-R200

7:00 - 8:30 PM UQAM D-R200 (le pavillon Athanase-David) PUBLIC LECTURE: Dr. H.V. NELLES Light Switch: Towards a History of the Second EnlightenmentLocation / emplacement : le pavillon Athanase-David (D). 1430, rue Saint-Denis Room / Pièce :Room / Pièce : D-R200 Metro: Berri-UQAM, exit St-Denis

8:30 PM Reception Hosted by / Réception Organisé par : CIRST/UQAM

9:30 PM Student Soirée étudiante Organizers: Erich Weidenhammer and David Theodore

SATURDAY / SAMEDI

8:39 - 9:30Conference Registration / Inscription à la Colloque Location / emplacement : Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (N) 1205, rue Saint-Denis Proceed to the “Metro” level (n-m) near the session classrooms.

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SATURDAY / SAMEDILocation / emplacement : Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (N) 1205, rue Saint-Denis

9:00 - 10:15 Room / Pièce : N-M210 Chair: Yves GingrasSession 1 Energy in Quebec / L'énergie au QuébecStéphane Savard: L’énergie nucléaire au Québec : débats politiques et conflits de représentations, 1964 à 1996Neil S. Forkey: “To live neath the line is a shocking affair”: New York Citizens’ Opposition to Québec Hydroelectricity, c. 1975-80Mahdi Khelfaoui: La stratégie nulcéaire québécoise de 1963 à 1983 (Quebec's Nuclear Strategy from 1963 to 1983

9:00 - 10:15 Room / Pièce : N-M110 Chair: Robert GagnonSession 2 Medicine / MédecineAlain Couillard: Guérir avec l’électricité : parcours divergent de l’électrologie et des rayons X dans les milieux médicaux francophone et anglophoneRichard Jarrell: From Curiosity to Menace: the Medical Community and Malignant Melanoma in Canada before 1990Philippe Desmarais: L’histoire du don d’organes au Québec, de 1958 à 2011

10:15 - 10:45 Room / Pièce : N-8510Coffee Break / pause café

10:45 - 12:00 Room / Pièce : N-M210 Session 3 Energy & the Environment / L'énergie et l'environnementNB: SESSION HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SUNDAY AM AT 11:00

10:45 - 12:00 Room / Pièce : N-M110 Chair: David PantalonySession 4 Technologies and methods / Les technologies et les méthodesScott Campbell: "Well, the payroll is working, now what?": Considering the early Canadian Computer UserMichel Labrecque: Unexpected Discoveries: The Search for George Klein’s “Snow Kit”Randall Brooks: Richard Upham Marsters, Canada’s First Chronometer Maker

12:00 - 1:30Lunch / déjeuner

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SATURDAY / SAMEDI

1:30 - 2:45 Room / Pièce : N-M210 Chair: D GucciardoSession 5 Energy: Early 20th Century / Energie: le début du 20e siècleAlain Gelly: Les motivations qui ont guidé les manufacturiers montréalais dans leurs choix énergétiques entre 1890 et 1920James Morgan: Lines Across Lines; early electrical transmission interconnections between Quebec, Ontario, and New YorkMark Sholdice: The Ontario Hydro Commission and the Giant Power Survey of Pennsylvania, 1923-1925

1:30 - 2:45 Room / Pièce : N-M110 Chair: Louise TrottierSession 6 Public History of Science and Technology at the University (Organized Session) l'histoire publique de la science et de la technologie à l'université (séance organisée)Erich Weidenhammer and Ari Gross: Museums, Exhibits, and the History of Scientific Material Culture at the University of TorontoDana Kyes: "A Historical Perspective on the Acquisition of the Electron Linear Accelerator at the University of Toronto"Paul Greenham: "Instrumental Relationships: Preserving Toronto's Astronomical Heritage in Partnership with the Dunlap Institute"

2:45-3:15 Room N-8510Coffee Break / pause café

3:15- 4:30 Room N-M210 Chair: Scott CampbellSession 7 Energy in the Regions / L'énergie dans les régionsChris Conway: “What is taken for granted:” The Royal Commission on Electrical Power Planning and Appropriate Technology in Ontario, 1974-1983Sean Tudor: Renegade Science: The Scientist, The Statesman, and The Haeckel Hill Wind TurbinesSteve Cornwell: Is that energy public or private? Reinvigorating the discussion on large energy projects in Canada

3:15- 4:30 Room N-M210 Chair: Eda KranakisSession 8 History of Science: Institutions / Histoire des sciences: InstitutionsDavid Orenstein: EXPLORING CANADIAN LEADERSHIP WTHIN THE BRISH IMPERIAL SCIENCE PROJECT: THE CASE OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATIONMireille Lacombe: Présentation du projet de recherche «Le Planétarium Dow de Montréal»Bertrum H. MacDonald, Lawrence J. Duggan, Anatoliy Gruzd: The Significance of Correspondence Networks of Late Victorian Canadian Scientists: Exploring Evidence in Archival and Published Records through Social Network Analysis

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SATURDAY / SAMEDI

4:45 - 6:00 Room / Pièce : N-M210BIENNIAL GENERAL MEETING / ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE BIENNALE

7:00 PM Association Banquet de l’association (tickets must be purchased in advance) Location: Room / Pièce : D-R200, le pavillon Athanase-David (D) 1430, rue Saint-Denis Metro: Berri-UQAM, exit St-Denis

SUNDAY / DIMANCHELocation / emplacement : Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (N) 1205, rue Saint-Denis

9:15 - 10:30 Room / Pièce : N-M120 Chair: Anna AdamekSession 9 Energy Development: successes and challenges / Développement de l'énergie: les succès et les défisDaniel Macfarlane: A Model Development: The St. Lawrence and Niagara Power ProjectsMartin Theaker: The Atlantic Triangle and Atomic Energy 1945-1953: A Missed Opportunity?Eve Seguin: The Maple Project: a Technical Failure?

9:15 - 10:30 Room / Pièce : N-M110 Chair: Randall BrooksSession 10 Aviation / l'aviationRénald Fortier: Testing, testing: Pratt & Whitney Canada and its Boeing Model 720 engine test bedSean Nicklin: Bridging the North Atlantic: Canada’s Role in the Development of Transatlantic FlightRénald Fortier: "The most pressing issue we face in the airports world": An overview of flight

10:30 - 11:00 Room / Pièce : N-8510Coffee Break / pause café

10:45 - 12:00 Room / Pièce : N-M210 Chair: David Theodore Session 3 Energy & the Environment / L'énergie et l'environnementHugh McQueen: CANADIAN ENERGY STRATEGY AND CONSERVATION IN THE 1970’SChris Gunter: The problematization of renewable energy in New Brunswick Keywords: Actor network theory, New Brunswick, Renewable energy.

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11:00 - 12:15 Room / Pièce : N-M110 Chair: Bertrum MacDonald

Session 11 Museums: Studying Instruments (Organized Session) / Musées: Instruments études (un séance organisée)David Pantalony: Artifact research in science museums (from provenance to product)Anna Adamek: Beyond Technological Significance. Challenges in Building a Representative and Meaningful National Energy CollectionDorotea Gucciardo: “I think that’s where the testicles go”: Artifact Study in the History of Electricity

12:30 - 1:30Lunch / déjeuner End of Conference / Fin de la colloque

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