Today - Tuesday, November 3, 2009

St. John's, Cupids and Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Prince and The Duchess visit Cupids, the first English settlement in Canada, which is celebrating its 400th anniversary in 2010. Touring the archaeological site will be of special interest to His Royal Highnesses; he has studied both archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge. Their Royal Highnesses will also unveil a plaque that will be placed in the intrepretative centre. The work being done here in Cupids will leave a legacy for all Canadians. As the past is revealed to us through the archaeological research, we learn who these settlers were, what they were like and why they wanted to build a home here. The Prime Minister and the Premier will accompany Their Royal Highnesses.

They will then visit Brigus, a small outport community known for its natural beauty, preserved heritage buildings, and historic sites. As part of their tour of Brigus, they will visit the restored Hawthorne Cottage, home of famous Arctic explorer Bob Bartlett. The tour will be conducted by Captain Bartlett's great great niece. Hawthorne Cottage is a national heritage site of Canada (Parks Canada).

Back in St. John's, The Prince will tour the Stella Burry Community Services Centre, which is named after Newfoundland pioneer social worker Dr. Stella Burry. The Stella Burry Community Centre exemplifies the Canadian value of sharing and caring, by providing services to those most at risk, to give them training opportunities and help them integrate back into the community. The Prince will open a new housing project at Rawlins Cross—the only building opening His Royal Highness will conduct on this visit—and unveil a plaque commemorating the opening and the Royal Visit. The Prince shares the Canadian view that taking social responsibility, as Stella Burry did, is vital to creating a caring society.

After Stella Burry, His Royal Highness, a long-term advocate of sustainable fishing, will join a demonstration and round table discussion with experts at the world-renowned Marine Institue, which has a strong international reputation for its applied research on marine conservation. The Marine Institute is part of Memorial University.

Still at Memorial University, His Royal Highness will watch a presentation and meet youth involved in the Students in Free Entreprise (SIFE), one of a number of SIFE Teams across Canada and a part of the global SIFE network. The SIFE program, which is affiliated with The Prince's charity Youth Business International, a global non-profit organization that mobilizes university students around the world to use the positive power of business to create a better, more sustainable world. A notable element of these award-winning students' activities is their work with senior citizens and military personnel demobilised from Afghanistan.

The Prince and The Duchess end their day by attending a reception at The Rooms hosted by the Newfoundland and Labrador government, where they will meet a cross-section of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who are active in the arts, volunteerism, heritage conservation, social services and more. The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador's largest cultural space, a building of historical significance that preserves the past, celebrates the present and looks to the future.

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