{"meta":{"entity_slug":"st-andrews-society-of-montreal-charitable-fund","entity_name":"St Andrew's Society Of Montreal Charitable Fund","total":5,"generated_at":"2026-05-21T06:17:31.061Z","license":"https://lafact.quebec/licence","attribution":"La Fact — lafact.quebec · source: St Andrew's Society Of Montreal Charitable Fund"},"signals":[{"id":"sig-st-andrews-society-of-montreal-charitable-fund-245b98a6","title":"From Ploughman to Scotland’s Bard: The Sudden Celebrity of Robert Burns","excerpt":"By Christopher CepilRobert Burns​Often affectionately referred to as “Scotland’s bard,” much has been written on Robert Burns’ work and legacy as one of the country’s most iconic figures. Yet, the scholarship surrounding the celebrity he experienced during his own lifetime remains sorely lacking. Drawing from the emerging interdisciplinary field of “celebrity studies,” my work presents its own definition of celebrity and argues that Burns was indeed one during his lifetime.  [...]","url":"https://www.standrews.qc.ca/articles/from-ploughman-to-scotlands-bard-the-sudden-celebrity-of-robert-burns","source_type":"rss_corporate","categories":["Uncategorized"],"published_at":"2021-10-11T16:41:52.000Z"},{"id":"sig-st-andrews-society-of-montreal-charitable-fund-e4386016","title":"JOSEPH ROBERTSON (1817–1899): SHERBROOKE MAYOR, BUSINESSMAN AND POLITICIAN","excerpt":"Reprinted from the Winter/Spring 2020 issue of the St. Andrew's Society Journal  By Jean-Marie Dubois (Université de Sherbrooke) and Gérard Coté (Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society)      Joseph Robertson   A street in the south of Sherbrooke’s regional industrial park was named in 1991 for a Scottish immigrant who rapidly became an influential Townshipper.Joseph Gibb Robertson was born in Stuartfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on December 31, 1817 [...]","url":"https://www.standrews.qc.ca/articles/joseph-robertson-1817-1899-sherbrooke-mayor-businessman-and-politician","source_type":"rss_corporate","categories":["Uncategorized"],"published_at":"2020-02-01T05:00:00.000Z"},{"id":"sig-st-andrews-society-of-montreal-charitable-fund-888f6ef0","title":"PETER MCLELLAN (1809–1884): AN ORFORD TOWNSHIP PIONEER","excerpt":"Reprinted from the Autumn 2019 issue of the St. Andrew's Society Journal  By Gérard Coté (Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society) and Jean-Marie Dubois (Université de Sherbrooke)      Log house built by Peter McLellan   Peter McLennan was born in Helensborough, Scotland, on March 17, 1809. He married Ann Glenn (1809–1875), from the Glen Fruin region, near Helensborough, on May 27, 1834 in Glasgow. Likely in the same year, they immigrat [...]","url":"https://www.standrews.qc.ca/articles/peter-mclellan-1809-1884-an-orford-township-pioneer","source_type":"rss_corporate","categories":["Uncategorized"],"published_at":"2019-10-02T04:00:00.000Z"},{"id":"sig-st-andrews-society-of-montreal-charitable-fund-4a6e8a35","title":"THE BLACK WATCH AT THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO","excerpt":"Reprinted from the Autumn 2019 issue of the St. Andrew's Society Journal  By Cameron Stevens         Nineteen years ago this past July, The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada paraded side by side in formation with the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (RHR), their parent regiment, on what was the 100th birthday celebration of the Queen Mother—the Colonel-in-Chief of both regiments at the time. All of this took place on Horse Guards Parade in London and then on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle. Epic [...]","url":"https://www.standrews.qc.ca/articles/the-black-watch-at-the-royal-edinburgh-military-tattoo","source_type":"rss_corporate","categories":["Uncategorized"],"published_at":"2019-10-01T04:00:00.000Z"},{"id":"sig-st-andrews-society-of-montreal-charitable-fund-42130249","title":"LEE McLEAN WATSON (1902–1972): MAYOR OF LENNOXVILLE","excerpt":"Reprinted from the Summer 2019 issue of the St. Andrew's Society Journal  By Gérard Coté (Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society) and Jean-Marie Dubois (Université de Sherbrooke)      Lt.-Col. Watson is presented to King George VI on his visit to Sherbrooke, June 12, 1939 (Courtesy of Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society)   A street in Sherbrooke’s Lennoxville Borough is named for an illustrious third-generation Scottish descendant, Lee McLean  [...]","url":"https://www.standrews.qc.ca/articles/lee-mclean-watson-1902-1972-mayor-of-lennoxville","source_type":"rss_corporate","categories":["Uncategorized"],"published_at":"2019-07-01T04:00:00.000Z"}]}