Shaping Stories for Stage, Page and Screen Emma Donoghue is a novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Her novel Room has sold almost three million copies, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes. Emma scripted the film adaptation, which was nominated for [...]
Grit and Grace: Respectful Disruption and the Path to Authentic Leadership Deputy Chief Treena MacSween began her policing career in 1998 with Peel Regional Police before joining the Hamilton Police Service in 2001. In April 2024, she was appointed Deputy Chief of the London Police Service, bringing more than 28 years of experience in [...]
Forest City Facts: Using Public History to Celebrate London’s Bicentennial Michelle Hamilton is a Public Historian interested in historical and contemporary issues surrounding museums and heritage, often in regards to Indigenous peoples. She is also the director of Hear, Here London which brings first-person stories to the street at the location of that story. [...]
Jingle and Mingle The London Sweet Adeline Chorus is a vibrant, award winning group of women who love to sing four (4) part a cappella harmony. Our chorus chartered as a member of Sweet Adelines International Inc., in 1954 making us the oldest Ontario Chapter and the second longest running Chapter in Canada. Sweet [...]
Wilderness Adventures With Adam Shoalts Adam Shoalts is a professional adventurer and Westaway Explorer-in-Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. His expeditions range from mapping rivers to archaeological projects, but Adam is best known for his long solo wilderness journeys, including crossing alone nearly 4,000 km of Canada’s Arctic. Named one of the "greatest [...]
How to Prevent and Screen for Cancer of the Cervix: HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Testing and Vaccination Dr. Monique Bertrand was a practicing Gynecologic Oncologist in Canada for over 40 years and a Professor of Medicine and academic researcher in the medical schools at the Universities of Ottawa, British Columbia and, most recently, since 2004, [...]
From Surviving to Thriving: A New Road Map for Women’s Support" Pam is the CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services. Leading the largest CMHA branch in Ontario, she is responsible for advancing priorities such as supportive housing, Indigenous mental wellness, and improving access to programs and services [...]
From Small Town Stories to International Hit Series: Storytelling that Resonates with a Global Audience Creator, Showrunner, and Executive Producer, Roma Roth is an extraordinary creative force who has dedicated her career to bringing meaningful, female-centric storytelling to a global audience. Through the development of complex, layered female characters with themes of resilience, professional [...]