The
Center for Acadiana Genetics and
Hereditary Health Care has enjoyed
the privilege of hosting scholars
of international renown, like geneticist
and encyclopedist Dr. Charles Scriver
of McGill University and Acadian
historian and author Dr. Carl Brasseaux
of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Drs. Scriver and Brasseaux have
served as the original Keynote Speakers
of the Center's Genetics of the
Acadian People forums held across
Acadiana. They have graciously allowed
us to share the message of their
speeches with you, and we reproduce
those messages here.
The Center intends to continue its series of Genetics of the Acadian People forums, and, especially for our colleagues and friends who are unable to attend, we will continue to share messages of Keynote Speakers in this section of Genetics and Louisiana Families. Together, this collection of essays will help us place in perspective the people known as Acadian and help us better understand their colossal achievement—from their storied and traumatic beginnings in the early seventeenth century to their current position supporting twenty-first century medicine. They developed a strong and enduring culture and identity for four hundred years.
History
of Genes: History of Populations
- Dr. Charles R. Scriver
Acadian
to Cajun: History of a Society Built
on the Extended Family
- Dr. Carl A. Brasseaux
The
Link Between the Acadians and Cajun
Culture - Shane K. Bernard/
Judy LaBorde
Why
the Acadians Are Important to Genetics
- Judy LaBorde
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