Topic: “Look Good, Feel Better“. With a background in fashion design, retailing and business marketing, Linda entered the cosmetic field twenty-five years ago. In the early nineties, she joined the Look Good Feel Better program which offers hair and cosmetic workshops for women with cancer. She has her dream job as the Regional Manager of [...]
The October Youth Speaker is Dan Alferov, a student at A.B. Lucas Secondary School. He will talk about how he became interested in science and especially about his experience of winning first place at an international science fair.
Topic: “The Remains of War“. When the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Dutch Indonesia in 1942, they moved from country to country, taking, killing, and spreading terror and brutality among their prisoners. Pauline will talk about her experience as a nine-year-old in concentration camps which saw her change from a happy, normal child into an inward, [...]
Our Youth Speaker for November is Joanna Gorska, a talented young musician who has won many awards, both on piano and violin. She will talk about her favourite composers and what she enjoys the most in the music she practices and plays. She will also perform a piano selection for our enjoyment!
Topic: “Jazz and Other Holiday Vocals”. London’s award-winning jazz songstress is a talented vocalist with a unique style and polish. With a background as a classical soprano and a Master’s Degree in Music from Western, Sonja loves opera and performs passionate ballads and popular music. Her self-titled debut CD in 2007 was followed by a [...]
Topic: “The Chainsaw Artist on His Craft”. From a traditional background as a follow-the-path factory worker, Robbin has become a renowned artist with a unique specialty: he carves amazing figures from tree trunks with a chainsaw. An instructor at the Haliburton School of the Arts, he fashions his works out of trees, giving a second [...]
Carlijn Van Kessel and Desty DeMille, two members of Original Kids Theatre Company, will talk with us about their interest in drama and especially about their trip to Lingen, Germany last summer. As members of the London troupe, they represented Canada at the World Festival of Children’s Theatre, with their original collective creation, “Dream Journey.”
Topic: “Me and the Writing Life”. Born in the UK and emigrating to Canada as a teenager, Maureen has been a teacher, assistant dog trainer, a coat check girl (very briefly), and a psychotherapist. We know her better as the writer behind Murdoch Mysteries and Bomb Girls, her pair of very popular television series. She [...]
Topic: “Muslim Women in Canadian Society”. A member of The Order of Canada and recipient of an honorary Ph. D. (from Queen’s University School of Religion), Alia Hogben is the Executive Director of the Canadian Council for Muslim Women. She is a proponent of liberal, modernist practices in Islam and believes in interfaith understanding. The [...]
We are pleased to have the opportunity for Ewan Hartman to both speak to us and dance for us. Last year he claimed a national Dance Masters of America title for eight to nine year-old boys at a competition in Orlando, Florida. He took top honors in tap, ballet and acro, which is a combination [...]