Lunch & Learn with Lyndsay Conrad

The U of A Varsity Ski Club: Tracks and Tales from the 1930s | 12 - 1 p.m. MST
Mayer Hall, Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre and ONLINE

Join history student Lyndsay Conrad as she traces the tracks of the University of Alberta Varsity Ski Club (VSC) through the Great Depression, from Sunday ski hikes to skijoring thrills to ski jumping and races to campfires and warm cabin get-togethers. Drawing on archival photos, newspapers and personal accounts, Conrad will illuminate the student ski experience on the slopes of Varsity Hill during the 1930s. Learn about the VSC women, sport leaders that emerged as U of A graduates and trailblazers in many professional fields including, physical education, medicine, and law. This presentation will bring to life how skiing was one of the most popular sports on campus, one that brought students from across the province together to enjoy winter recreation at the U of A.

Lyndsay Conrad is a master of arts student in history at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation. She holds a bachelor of kinesiology and a bachelor of ecotourism and outdoor leadership. Her postgraduate diploma in environmental studies is from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She brings a wealth of experience from the not-for-profit and government sectors to her research. Lyndsay works as a professional kinesiologist and serves as a board member for the Alpine Club of Canada (Edmonton Section) and the University of Alberta’s Kinesiology Sport and Recreation Alumni Association. Lyndsay’s current graduate work is part of a larger Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council initiative “Ski Like a Girl,” led by PearlAnn Reichwein, which aims to ensure the history of women and girls in Nordic skiing is remembered.