We are pleased to welcome Steve Cordes as our Thursday June 10 virtual speaker from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. He is Chief Executive Officer of Y.O.U. (Youth Opportunities Unlimited, London) Title of Presentation: “Joan’s Place: Bringing a Community of Support Together to Help Youth” His talk will focus on the integrated service model [...]
Covid-19 and Gender-Based Violence Jessie is the Executive Director of Anova (http://www.anovafuture.org/), an organization whose vision is “An inclusive world of shared power where everyone lives freely without fear of violence.” Anova is Ontario's largest women's shelter and London-Middlesex's sexual assault center. Jessie specializes in community engagement and advocacy, and believes in holding space [...]
Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe Prior to entering the Canadian Space Agency's program, Dr. David Williams worked as an emergency room doctor and director for emergency room services at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He was formerly the director for the McMaster Centre for Medical Robotics. In June, 2012, [...]
Cultural and Historical Perspectives on London and Elgin County Michael Baker is a graduate of Western University with degrees in history and education. From 1985 to 1990, he was Collections Curator at Fanshawe Pioneer Village. From 1990 to 2007, he was Curator of Regional History at Museum London and in 2007 he moved to [...]
Musical Friends As a teacher and conductor, Paul maintains an active and vibrant vocal studio in London's Old South while acting as Conductor of the Canadian Celtic Choir, The Broadway Singers and Assistant Director of St. James Westminster Church Choir. (Stephen Holowitz is Director) Paul performs regularly with local opera and theatre companies, jazz [...]
What did the Loyalists Do Anyhow? Elaine Cougler is the award-winning author of historical novels about the lives of settlers in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution. She uses the backdrop of the conflict for page-turning fictional tales where the main characters face torn loyalties, danger, and personal [...]
I Can, You Can We are delighted to welcome Robert Pio Hajjar from Ideal Way (Ideal-Way.ca) with his message of hope and inspiration. He has travelled to over 100 cities throughout North America and spoken to more than 550,000 people. Robert was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2016. He is the only [...]
Western University President: Establishing a Positive Relationship between Western and the Community Alan Shepard arrived at Western in July 2019 as the 11th President and Vice – Chancellor. Previously he served the same role at Concordia University in Montreal. He has a doctorate degree in English and is the author or editor of three [...]
Iconic Fashion Journalist: Forging her Own Path Jeanne Beker is one of the most influential women in the fashion industry in Canada and around the world. She was the founding member of Much Music and co-hosted the series, The New Music on City TV for six years. In 1985, she launched the legendary Fashion [...]
Brittany Murphy is a born and raised Londoner who works as the Criminal Justice Peer Mentor at the Youth Justice Centre located within Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), a youth-serving non-profit organization. Brittany brings with her invaluable lived experience as a former Crown Ward of the Children’s Aid Society of London-Middlesex, as well as a [...]