Symposium celebrating 20 Years Austrian Canadian Council:
“Reconsidering Heimat: Transcultural Identities and Relations”

Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO, addresses the symposium audience

H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada; Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa; Mag. Ulrike Butschek, Deputy Head of Mission and Director, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Austria; Dr. Heinz Gärtner, University of Vienna (back to camera); Dr. Joseph Patrouch, Director, Wirth Institute, University of Alberta; Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC; Dr. Helga Mitterbauer, University of Graz;

Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa, proclaims Austrian Week in Ottawa

Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa, reads the Proclamation of Austrian Week in Ottawa as H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada, and Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO, look on

Proclamation of Austrian Week in Ottawa by Mayor Jim Watson
L-R: Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO

H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada, addresses the symposium audience

Mayor Jim Watson receives the Medal in Gold from the Austrian Canadian Council and a Trachtenhut (traditional Alpine hat) from the Embassy of Austria
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO; Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada

Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa, and Mag. Ulrike Butschek, Deputy Head of Mission and Director, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Austria

Dr. Joseph Patrouch, Director, Wirth Institute, University of Alberta, talking with Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa

Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO, addresses the symposium audience

Discussing the Austrian hat
H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada; Assistant to Mayor Watson; Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC; Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa; Mag. Ulrike Butschek, Deputy Head of Mission and Director, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Austria

Discussing the Austrian hat
Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC; Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa

Mayor Watson puts his new hat back in the box
L-R: H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada; Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC; Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa; Assistant to Mayor Watson; Mag. Ulrike Butschek, Deputy Head of Mission and Director, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Austria

A discussion with the Mayor
L-R: H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada; Ernst Kroiss, President, Canadian Austrian Society, Toronto; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO; Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC; Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa; Elisabeth von Herff; Assistant to Mayor Watson

Dr. Heinz Gärtner, University of Vienna, addresses the symposium as the other panelists and the symposium participants listen intently

Dr. Franz Szabo, former Director of the Wirth Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, addresses the symposium

L-R: Mark Game-Zwierzina; Sabine Gibbins; Christiane Seguin; Heidemarie Kelly, Solicitor & Secretary, ACC; Heidi Temelie, Treasurer No. 1, ASO; Dora Ashiq, Treasurer No. 2, ASO; Linda and Ernst Kroiss

L-R: Dr. Helga Mitterbauer, University of Graz; Mark Game-Zwierzina; Sabine Gibbins; Christiane Seguin; Heidemarie Kelly, Solicitor & Secretary, ACC; Heidi Temelie, Treasurer No. 1, ASO; Dora Ashiq, Treasurer No. 2, ASO; Linda and Ernst Kroiss

Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC, addresses the symposium

Manfred Reisch, President, Continental Austrian Club, Burlington, at the microphone asking a question

Ursula Hoffmann; Alfred Meister; Peter Hoffmann

Symposium at the University of Ottawa
Speakers, L-R: Dr. Joseph Patrouch, Director, Wirth Institute, University of Alberta; Dr. Heinz Gärtner, University of Vienna; Dr. Franz Szabo, University of Alberta; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Austrian Ambassador to Canada; Dr. Alfred Wirth, Hon. National Chair, ACC

A hot lunch, sponsored by the Wirth Institute, is being served

David Acker and Traude Schieber-Acker, President, Austro-American Association of Boston

Franz Ohler; Frank Gutschi, Vice-President, Austrian Club of Windsor; Alicia Gutschi; Barbara Ellspermann

Ursula and Peter Hoffmann, Continental Austrian Club Burlington

Burgie Pirker; Christine Dallmann, Austrian Club of Los Angeles; Friedrich Czech, Austrian Club of Los Angeles; Elisabeth von Herff

Members of the Continental Austrian Club, Burlington, enjoy the Symposium

Members of the Continental Austrian Club, Burlington, enjoy the Symposium

Dr. Sandra Vlasta, University of Vienna, addresses the symposium

Dr. Helga Mitterbauer, University of Graz, addresses the symposium

Dr. Agatha Schwartz, University of Ottawa, addresses the symposium

Dr. Helga Mitterbauer, University of Graz, addresses the symposium

Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ACC; Heidi Temelie, Treasurer, ASO; Dora Ashiq, Treasurer No. 2, ASO; Ernst Kroiss, President, Canadian Austrian Society, Toronto

Ross Wilson, actor and narrator, reading sections from a book by Henry Kreisel

Dr. Agatha Schwartz, University of Ottawa; Dr. Sandra Vlasta, University of Vienna; Dr. Helga Mitterbauer, University of Graz; Ross Wilson, actor and narrator

Dr. Joseph Patrouch, Director, Wirth Institute, University of Alberta, introduces the symposium participants to the recently published book Conrad Kain: Letters from a Wandering Mountain Guide, 1906-1933

Dr. Jörg Esleben, Dean, Department of Modern Languages, University of Ottawa, addresses the symposium

Presentation of the Austrian Canadian Council’s Gerhard Bonner Scholarship to University of Ottawa student Elise Papineau for studies at the University of Vienna
L-R: Elise Papineau; Dr. Jörg Esleben, Dean, Department of Modern Languages, University of Ottawa; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO

Presentation of the Austrian Canadian Council’s Gerhard Bonner Scholarship to University of Ottawa student Elise Papineau for studies at the University of Vienna
L-R: Dr. Jörg Esleben, Dean, Department of Modern Languages, University of Ottawa; Elise Papineau; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO

Roland Pirker presents Dr. Joseph Patrouch with a copy of the Anniversary Book celebrating the 20^th anniversary of the ACC and the 50^th anniversary of the ASO
Dr. Joseph Patrouch, Director, Wirth Institute, University of Alberta; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO

Christine Welling distributes free copies of books by the Austrian mountain climber Conrad Kain and by film-maker Roland Pirker, Begegnungen mit Fremden Kulturen (Encounters with Foreign Cultures)

Roland Pirker and Christine Welling distributes free copies of books by the Austrian mountain climber Conrad Kain and by filmmaker Roland Pirker, Begegnungen mit Fremden Kulturen (Encounters with Foreign Cultures)

Dr. Franz Szabo, former Director Wirth Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC & ASO

Dr. Franz Szabo, former Director Wirth Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, leafs through the Anniversary Book celebrating the 20^th anniversary of the ACC and the 50^th anniversary of the ASO