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Marieke E. Schmidt, Professor of Earth Sciences at Brock University. Marieke has been involved in the study of Mars since 2005 and has been selected by NASA to be a participating scientist on the Mars Science Laboratory working with the rover exploration missions. Marieke said that the big question about Mars remains whether it is habitable. She said that Mars […]

Christine Allum, a senior advisor, investment engagement and stakeholder partnerships in the Investor Office at the Ontario Securities Commission presented to us at this month’s meeting.  Christine, a graduate of Ryerson University, previously worked at the Ontario Stock Exchange. Her online presentation was entitled “How to Protect Your Money from Fraud” and she also provided tips on working with a […]

Librarian reveals vast array of services now available Duncan McLaren introduced guest speaker Marcella Haanstra, the training librarian at the St. Catharines Public Library who has also worked in Collections, Programming and Reference. She is a graduate of the MLIS Master's Program from the University of Western Ontario (August 2008). Marcella, who’s presentation was titled “What’s new and how the […]

Condo managers tasked with many responsibilities Art Currie introduced guest speaker, Peter R. Greco, a graduate of Brock University, who is President of Cannon Greco Management Limited, a St. Catharines firm which specializes in condominium and residential rental management. Peter provided a comprehensive look at the duties of a management firm and also described different types of condo corporations and […]

Michael is a public speaker and activist, who in 2018 wrote and self-published Can't Read, Can't Write, Here's My Book using speech-to-text technology.