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Annemarie Hagan Topic: Hazel McCallion a dominate force as Mississauga mayor Harold Nash introduced guest speaker, Annemarie Hagan, an award-winning curator and museum professional with over 35 years of experience. She has a B.A. in history from the University of Toronto and from 1998 to 2014 she was the manager of museums of Mississauga. Annemarie spoke extensively about Hazel McCallion, […]

TOPIC: Hearing loss can be key factor in cognitive health. Lori Serafino-Harper - Manager of Audiology, Speech & AAC & Terri Dean - Terri Dean, Audiologist Hugh Learmonth introduced guest speakers, Lori Serafino-Harper and Terri Dean, both Audiologists working at the Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. Catharines. Lori has been employed at Shaver since 1991 and […]

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

Roddy MacKenzie - Canada’s Bomber Command in WWII. Churchhill's Greatest Triumph Roddy’s father served in Bomber Command during the Second World War, but unlike so many brave veterans who survived the war, he seldom spoke of his exploits.When Roddy tried to learn what his father achieved, he discovered the Allies were unclear about what Bomber Command accomplished because our intelligence […]

Jenna Wickens - CFS Counseling & Wellbeing as the MatureMinds Coordinator The Future is Old; Combatting Ageism for a Brighter Outlook and Better Interactions Words are powerful and language gives the opportunity for connection, community and meaning making- but what does it tell us when “Old” is consistently used in association with negativity?    

Speaker: Hugh Gayler - Probus Member Topic: "London: The Post-Imperial City, 1945-2025" London in 1945 and the aftermath of war and the annual remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall attended by the reigning monarch. This is an important link to the past as London has gone on to be a very different city. The presentation will also discuss the 100th […]

Jos Nolle Jos tells stories about his international experiences during the 1980 - 2020 period. He explains how he ended up working seven years full time for the international relief organization Doctors without Borders (1988 - 1995), and how he afterwards used those global experiences for his international development work at Niagara College (1995 - 2014) and Seneca Polytechnic (2014 […]

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