Danielle Rosenblum - Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides - Community Partnerships Manager Guide dogs empower those with disabilities Rudy Thiessen introduced guest speaker Danielle Rosenblum from the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides along with foster parents and their dogs – Karen and Casper, Heather and Nixon and Jane and Lark. Danielle said that she has been with the […]

Sara Nixon - Community Engagement Manager - The Brown Homestead Topic: The Brown Homestead History Brown Homestead’s history began with Loyalist settlers Hugh Gaylor introduced guest speaker, Sara Nixon, Director of Community Engagement for The Brown Homestead.  Sara grew up in Grimsby fascinated with the local history that surrounded her. She earned a Master’s degree in Public History from Carleton […]

Roddy MacKenzie - Canada’s Bomber Command in WWII. Churchhill's Greatest Triumph Canada played vital role in WW II Bomber Command Joe Vanderkooi introduced guest speaker Roddy MacKenzie, a retired Vancouver lawyer, who spoke via Zoom, about his book, “Bomber Command: Churchill’s Greatest Triumph”. Roddy’s father, Roland MacKenzie, DFC of Calgary, piloted a Lancaster as part of Bomber Command in 34 […]

Jenna Wickens - CFS Counseling & Wellbeing as the MatureMinds Coordinator Topic: The Future is Old: Confronting Ageism for Better Health and a Brighter Tomorrow. Speaker urges a positive approach to ageing Bill Holman introduced guest speaker Jenna Wickens who works with CFS Counselling and Wellbeing. She believes that the future is old and, in her role, provides advocacy, education, […]

Speaker: Hugh Gayler - Probus Member Topic: "London: The Post-Imperial City, 1945-2025" Speaker offers in-depth look at post-war London John Senn introduced club member Hugh Gayler as our speaker for November whose topic was London: The post imperial city. Hugh retired from Brock University in the field of urban planning in 2010. He travelled to London many times with student […]

Topic:  “Seeing Canada by Train” John Senn introduced Dr. Hugh Gayler, our club member, who filled in as guest speaker. Hugh, who retired from Brock University in the field of urban planning in 2010, is an avid rail travel enthusiast and offered a PowerPoint presentation of his trans-Canada rail journey. Hugh pointed out that the Canadian Pacific Railway was the […]

Miriam Mitchell - Citizen Services Specialist, Service Canada Government of Canada. Topics that Miriam will be covering include: • Canada Pension Plan • Old Age Security • Guaranteed Income Supplement • Canadian Dental Care Plan  

Patrick Little - Lawyer, St. Catharines Historian “Nino Donatelli: A Lifetime Transforming St.  Catharines’ Heritage” Patrick has  been privileged to work with Nino since the late 1970’s and he is anxious to give exposure to a lifetime resident of St. Catharines who has gone beyond talking about the preservation of significant examples of our vibrant history to applying his vision, […]

Brian Bratt Exec. Dir.- Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre The Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre Niagara (KFCACN) provides a safe place to help, heal, end child abuse for Niagara’s children and youth who have experienced alleged physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, become the targets of internet luring, or were the unwilling witness of violence. That’s why the Kristen French Child […]

Dan Sider Jr. - Operational Efficiency Manager at CAA Niagara    

Dr. Chandi Jayawardena DPhil - Speaker, Artist, Writer etc Topic: “Sharing my life lessons learned” Born in Sri Lanka, he is a well known world hotelier, having managed a number of 5 star hotels around the world. He has a doctorate in tourism, is a painter, and a published poet.

Speaker: Steve Hartman –Chemistry Professor (retired), Brock University – Probus North Member Topic: Feedback Loops and Climate Change: The Long View The Earth’s atmosphere was very different 4.6 billion years ago when the Earth formed, It had high levels of carbon dioxide and no oxygen. This continued for the first 1½ billion years, until primitive single-cell life evolved a new […]