Topic: “Rowbust Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Racing Team” Diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 1999. She is an original member of Rowbust Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team formed in early 2000. She was a member of Rowbust Board of Directors for 5 years. She has held various positions with the Rowbust Committee and with [...]
Topic: “Journey to Invictus” The Invictus Games were created by Prince Harry in 2014 and are an international adaptive sporting event for ill, wounded and injured active duty and veteran service members. “Invictus” means “unconquered” and shows the fighting spirit of the wounded, ill, and injured service members and the incredible will they have to [...]
Jenny Nauta, Ron Nauta, Theresa Wallis and their accomplished instrumentalists entertain audiences with their rich harmonies, which include a repertoire of old and new jazz standards. These winners of the Jack Richardson “Best Jazz Group” and “Fan Favourite” awards for 2005, 2009, and 2012 will present a programme combining sacred and secular music of the [...]
Topic: “When the Psychic Speaks, Start Walking.” She is the best-selling memoirist of The Pelee Project; What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim; Incontinent on the Continent. Her most recent book And Then There Were Nuns, was a finalist for the 2014 Leacock Medal for Humour, and the Word Awards. She has also co-authored A Journey [...]
Topic: “Lyme Disease in Canada.” Jennifer Kravis is a retired lawyer and former Bank executive with a B.A. in Political Science from Western University and a law degree from University of British Columbia. Sue Faber is a registered nurse (BScN) with a background in ER nursing as well as case management in the community. Jennifer [...]
Topic: “A Life Behind the Curtain” For Nora Polley, 2019 marks 55 seasons with the Stratford Festival. Her father, grandfather and four siblings have all worked at the theatre over the years. A stage manager from 1969 to 2009, Nora now works part-time in the Stratford Festival Archives. She has an insider’s view of how [...]
Topic: “Life as Vice Regal Consort.” Sharon Johnston began her working career in Kingston, Ontario, as a psychiatric occupational therapist with young adults. In 1966, Mrs. Johnston completed her studies in physical and occupational therapy at the University of Toronto. Later, she completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Western Ontario, a Master [...]
Topic: “Extraordinary Women, Extraordinary Times” The road to uncovering the life and death of an uncle she never knew, killed when his ship was torpedoed off the coast of France in 1944, led Sherry to write her first non-fiction book, “All the Ship’s Men: HMCS Athabaskan’s Untold Stories”. After interviewing veterans and their families, she [...]
Topic: “A Life At Sea” Lillian Kluka grew up on a farm near Blenheim, Ontario. With no marine background, she never expected to spend her working life at sea. A week after finishing high school, she boarded her first cargo vessel and it was love at first sight. She attended Georgian College of Applied Arts [...]
Topic: “Hill 70 Memorial Project” Susan Everett is a lifelong educator who began her career as a classroom teacher teaching young adolescents in Northern Ontario. After several years of teaching and leading teacher education seminars, she moved into administrative roles, including vice-principal and principal. Susan worked as a superintendent with the Ministry of Education and [...]