Courtney Coleman, 15, will speak about her experiences as a model and actor. After modeling and taking acting classes in New York City in the summer of 2014, she became involved with improv theatre. That lead to her stunt work in a short film which will be released this year. In November, she was named [...]
Topic: Operation Renaissance 15-01: A Look Back At Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team In Nepal. LCdr Kelly Williamson joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1996. She is currently the Senior Public Affairs Officer for Expeditionary Operations at Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), the Lead CJOC Public Affairs Planner and Senior Public Affairs Officer for the [...]
Emily Schuyler is from the Oneida First Nations of the Thames and currently attends Saunders Secondary School. Her traditional roots have kept her grounded and motivate her to share her Indigenous knowledge through her art.
Topic: A Royal Nanny: From Palaces to Private Life Born in London, Ontario, Jean Alice Rowcliffe has embraced decades of challenges and rare opportunities that have taken her to the United Kingdom, Europe and California. She graduated from the prestigious British Norland College to become nanny to the children of Their Royal Highnesses Prince and [...]
Emily Tam, 15, is in Grade 10 at Central Secondary School in London. She has played the piano for the past ten years and is currently studying RCM Grade 10 piano. She especially enjoys playing at the Kiwanis Music Festival, where she received the Kathryn Sells Memorial Scholarship in 2015. She has performed at the [...]
Topic: The Courts of Love (and Hate) in Medieval France HRH Princess Michael, married to HRH Prince Michael of Kent, the first cousin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is a prolific author of historical biographies and novels. The royal families of Europe are favourite subjects for her books, her latest being the 3 books [...]
Topic: “The Meaning of Home”. John is 12 years old and a grade 7 student at Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts. He enjoys traveling to Europe to see family, tandem bike riding, playing soccer, and in winter, skiing, snowboarding and hockey. John also plays the piano and cello and loves video games. He [...]
Topic: “From ROOM to THE WONDER: Navigating the novel and the screenplay.” Emma is best known for her fiction both historical and contemporary. Her seventh novel, Room, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth (Canada and Caribbean) Prize, going on to sell over two million copies. Donoghue scripted the film adaptation, for [...]
Topic: Adventures & Confessions of a CBC Man. Documentary filmmaker, producer and journalist Mark Starowicz created some of this country’s most influential current affairs and documentary programs. An advocate of Canadian culture and identity, he has worked with two generations of filmmakers in documenting Canadian life and society.
Topic: THREE SISTERS HELP ORPHANAGE IN SOMALIA On October 13, the Youth Speakers for Women’s Canadian Club will be three young ladies. They are Zaynab, 5 years old; Safiya, aged 8; and 10 year-old Maryam Chaudhary. The sisters attend the London Islamic School. Five years ago, Maryam wanted to raise funds to help build a water well to support the Mudug Orphanage Complex in [...]