Topic: “Current Events and Milestones of the last 150 Years.” Host of Global TV’s ‘The West Block with Tom Clark’. One of Canada’s premier broadcast journalists, Tom Clark has reported on the local, national, and international stories that have shaped Canada for the past 25 years. Witness to many of the history-making events during this [...]
Topic: “Hart of the Art” Evelyn Hart is an internationally renowned dancer who joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1976, becoming a principal dancer in 1979. She earned honorary doctorates from McMaster University and the University of Manitoba and is now a Companion of the Order of Canada. She was awarded the Chalmers Award for [...]
Topic: “Dying to Explore: The Archaeology of Sir John Franklin’s Third Arctic Expedition” Dr. Park has participated in archaeological fieldwork in Southern Ontario, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and especially Nunavut. He has also been involved in research studying the early European exploration of that region from the 1800s through the 1930s. His research into the famous [...]
Topic: “Orphan 32” Thanh Campbell was born in Vietnam and came over to Canada as part of the last flight out of Saigon in 1975 with 56 other orphan children. Thanh was adopted into the family of Rev. William and Maureen Campbell. In the recent past, Thanh reunited with many of the war orphans that [...]
Topic: “Christmas Music” London Chapter Sweet Adelines, chartered in May 1954, is the second longest active women’s barbershop chorus in Canada. This a capella group has been directed by Julia Beadle for twenty years and is fortunate to have an ‘in house’ arranger, Mr. Greg Backwell. The group represents London annually in regional competition and [...]
Topic: “It’s All in the Bounce: Overcoming Adversity” After becoming an amputee at the age of two because of a farm accident, Darda Sales went on to become a four-time Paralympian, capturing a gold and silver medal along the way. Through it all, while there have been highs and lows, the lesson that Darda has [...]
Topic: “What’s in the News (and What’s Not)?” Dr. Erika Simpson is Associate Professor of International Relations at Western University and the author of the book NATO and the Bomb, and numerous scholarly articles. In 2015 she was awarded the “Shirley Farlinger Award for Peace Writings” by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, and is [...]
Topic: “Frauds & Scams” A member of the London Police Service since 1992, Catherine Fountatin has worked on General Patrol, as a Detective Constable in the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit, as well as being a School Safety Officer in the elementary schools. She is currently a Crime Prevention Officer doing presentations to community [...]
Topic: “The World’s Most Powerful Women: How Women Are Leading Change” Roxanne Joyal is CEO of ME to WE, an innovative social enterprise that empowers people to change the world with their everyday consumer choices. Her belief in the transformative potential of social enterprise has taken her from the villages of rural Asia and Africa [...]
Topic: “Dr. Jean Hewitt & ‘The Suffragettes’: A Century for Women” Jean Hewitt has been a teacher, leader and author in Canada and England for over fifty years. Her post-graduate work was completed at the University of Toronto and Wayne State University in Michigan. Her undergraduate work in Science was completed in England at the [...]