Registration:
Click here for a PDF copy of the conference
registration form, and here for a WORD copy.
Registration forms should be submitted either by mail or fax; we are not
equipped for online registration. Registration includes includes attendance
at all events with the exception of the Friday evening banquet. Registration
fees are indicated in Canadian dollars, US dollars, and UK sterling, cheques
can only be accepted in Canadian and US dollars; for UK registrants credit
card payment is the best option. Cheques should be made payable to ‘CRRS,'
please add ‘Welsh Conference registration' on the memo line. The registration
form also allows for payment by credit card (Visa, Mastercard); please
note that all credit card payments will be made in US dollars, and will
appear on your credit card statement as ‘Victoria University.' We do not
recommend sending credit card information by email, please use mail or
fax. Please send faxes to 1-416-585-4584, to the attention of Kim Yates.
The mailing address for registration is:
Dr. Kimberley Yates
CRRS
E.J. Pratt Library, Room 301
71 Queen's Park Crescent East
Toronto ON M5S 1K7
Canada
Program:
Click here for the present state of
the program. This page will be updated regularly as program details become
finalized. We are very happy to be able to present three distinguished
keynote speakers: Prof. Ralph Griffiths of the Department of History, University
of Wales, Swansea; Prof. Catherine McKenna, Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor
of Celtic Languages and Literatures and Director of Graduate Studies in
Celtic, Harvard University; and Prof. Pawl Birt, Chair of Celtic Studies,
University of Ottawa. The conference will feature a wide variety of concurrent
sessions, including a session of papers by students in Celtic Studies from
the University of Toronto, and a brown-bag reading by Welsh writer John
Sam Jones on Friday. Friday night we have scheduled a Welsh-themed banquet
at Victoria College. Toronto is home to a wonderful collection of world-class
restaurants, so we have left Saturday evening open. A list of restaurants
in the vicinity of Victoria College will be included with registration
materials, and any Torontonian will be happy to tell you about his/her
favourite!
Accommodation:
For those who would prefer slightly more opulent accommodation, we have
reserved a block of rooms at the Downtown Howard Johnson Hotel at 89 Avenue
Road, about a ten minute walk from the College. There is a ‘mixed' price
with these rooms, since August 1-2 is Caribana, Toronto's celebration of
Caribbean culture, and the town will be very full. Rooms for Wednesday
and Thursday, July 30 and 31, will be $119, but will rise to $159 for Friday
and Saturday, August 1 and 2. For rooms at the Hojo's, call (416) 964-1220,
and ask for the ‘Welsh Studies conference rate.'
Travel:
Finally, if you have any questions about the conference, please contact
me by email.
We have reserved a block of rooms in the student residences of Victoria
College. Rooms are available as singles ($59.50)or doubles ($80.50). A
student price of $49.50/$70.50 is also available, and all rooms are subject
to a 10% tax. Breakfast in the College dining hall is included; bathrooms
are shared. Bookings for College rooms should be made directly with Victoria
College by calling Asha Bridgemohan at (416) 585-4524, or by email
Toronto is served by most major airlines. Of particular interest are
flights from Cardiff to Toronto via Zoom
Air, and flights from Newark NJ to the very convenient City Centre
airport by Porter Airlines. Pearson
International Airport is about half an hour from the centre of the city,
and there are two principal options for travel to Victoria College or the
Howard Johnson hotel.
1. Airport limousine. Convenient but expensive, likely to be around
$50 (with tip). A good bet if you have three or four people.
2. The ‘Airport Rocket' - Toronto Transit Commission's bus #192 offers
express service from both Terminals 1 and 3 (there is no longer a Terminal
2) to Kipling subway station about every 12 minutes. Cost is $2.75 for
adults, $1.85 for seniors and students. At Kipling station, take the subway
into the city to the Bay St. station. When you exit the train at Bay St.,
walk back the way you just came and take the exit at the end of the station,
which will bring you out onto Cumberland St. Turn left half a block to
Avenue Road, then right two blocks for the Howard Johnson or left two blocks
for Victoria College. Click here
for a map of the area. A hotel bus serves the downtown hotels, but it does
not stop close enough to the Howard Johnson's to be practical.
David Klausner