In praise of PFA's (People from away)

Audio file
Contributors
Date Recorded
1982-02-05
Date Digitized
2024
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
00:50:33
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction

02:00 Discussion of types of PFAs

03:00 Discussion of perceptions of PEI held by PFAs

05:00 Discussion of religion in PEI

06:00 Discussion of PFAs and the isolation resultant from PEI's geography
07:00 Discussion of a love/hate relationship with PEI among Islanders

08:00 Discussion of reasons why Islanders moved to Alberta

09:30 Discussion of smugness amongst Islanders; inferiority complex

10:30 Discussion of "Island hospitality"
12:00 Discussion of how Islanders in the service industry treat PFA vs native Islanders

13:00 Further discussion of "Island hospitality"

14:30 Discussion of how PFAs cannot win with either perceiving PEI positively or negatively

15:30 Discussion of PFAs from small towns and farming communities

17:00 Discussion of development in PEI in relation to PFAs; discussion of the development plan of 1969

19:00 Discussion of an influx of PFAs to PEI, impact on perception of PFAs

20:00 Discussion of assimilation of PFAs; relative lack of real impact as a result of PFAs; discussion of positive changes from PFAs with regards to culture and arts

21:30 Discussion of breakdown in rivalries between communities among the younger generations

22:30 Discussion of PFAs at Island universities

24:00 Discussion of how Islanders no longer fear PFAs as they once did; discussion of positive values of PFAs

26:00 Question period; question regarding sampling size and who had been sampled

28:00 Discussion of quality of life index; note that quality of life was highest in PEI/Atlantic Canada

29:30 Question regarding "come back homes" and their perception of PEI

31:00 Question regarding whether importance of PFAs has diminished over time for Islanders

33:00 Question regarding PFAs in politics

33:00 Comment regarding Anne of Green Gables and Nova Scotia

34:00 Question regarding CBC in relation to PFAs

35:30 Question regarding PFAs integrating into Island society

37:00 Question regarding how much at fault Islanders are for PFAs not integrating into Island society

38:30 Question regarding ways Islanders circumvent having guests at home

40:00 Question regarding number of PFA/Islander professors at UPEI

41:00 Question regarding differences between those who live in the country vs cities

42:30 Question regarding surnames in relation to perception of PFAs

44:00 Further discussion of phrasing with regards to social expectations

44:30 Question regarding social life of summer/winter cottage communities such as Keppoch

46:00 Question regarding males vs females in relation to perception of PFAs

46:30 Question regarding whether PFAs are responsible for an erosion of Island values

48:30 Question regarding virulence in comments made by Islanders vs CBHs