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 [...]
Will Krieger, 2018 Kathryn Sells Memorial Award winner will be playing the piano for the WCC meeting on September 13, 2018. Will has been playing the piano since age 3 with the Music for Young Children program. He continues to take on new challenges as a striving musician This year Will also won first place [...]
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 [...]
At our October meeting we will be recognizing the recipients of our Emerging Leader Award, of which there were three this year. Eleanor Park and Rachel Gall will each give a short talk about what has made them leaders in their school and community. Women’s Canadian Club, London has established the Emerging Leaders Awards to [...]
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 [...]
At our November meeting Tehatsistahawi (Tsista) Kennedy will be featured as our Youth Speaker. He is a self taught artist who was awarded one of the top honours in an arts and stories contest run by Historica Canada for his painting depicting the Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy. He is also the first Indigenous student to sit [...]
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 [...]
Our Youth Speaker for January, 2019 is Mustfah Madlol. He is a driven and passionate grade 12 student at Oakridge secondary School, who plans on attending Western University to pursue a career in health care. He is the humble recipient of the Pillar Community Leadership Award, Thames Valley District School Board Award of Distinction, and [...]