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June 2019
June Speaker – Carly Kalish (Victim Services of Durham Region)
Our presentation will cover How Victim Services of Durham Region supports survivors of human trafficking. We will debunk myths and misconceptions, explore statistics and the realities of domestic human trafficking in an Ontario context. Participants will learn about the cycle of commercial sexual exploitation, warning signs and risk factors and walk away from the presentation with an idea of what we can do as a community to prevent and intervene effectively without judgment or assumption.
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July Speaker – Mayor Dan Carter
From a background of immense personal challenge and tragedy, which he chronicles in his book It’s the Right Time Now, Dan has become an inspiration and role model to individuals across Canada. As a professional speaker and leadership expert, Dan has motivated many people to achieve their full potential. As a life-long learner, he has completed leadership training with the Zappos’ Team in Las Vegas and the Disney Institute in Florida. Active in community development initiatives Dan lends his time…
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September Speaker – Dr. Mike Daley
Dr. Mike Daley holds a Ph.D in music from York University and has taught undergraduate courses at Guelph, McMaster, Waterloo and York Universities as well as acclaimed later-life courses at York, University of Toronto, Ryerson, George Brown, Learning Unlimited in Etobicoke and Later Life Learning in Mississauga. Mike has published scholarly articles on American popular music in international journals and has been invited to speak at academic conferences from Normandy to Nashville. Mike has also toured the U.S. and Canada…
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October Speaker – Jerry Amernic
Jerry Amernic is an author, speaker and journalist. His books, fiction and non-fiction, are about iconic figures and also less known heroes like the ex-police officer who gave crime victims a voice in a system that denied them. That was from Jerry’s first book — Victims: The Orphans of Justice — a ground-breaking look at Canada’s criminal justice system from the purview of crime victims, and it led to Jerry’s column in Toronto’s Sunday Sun. More recently, in DUTY —…
Find out more »November 2019
November Speaker – George Olliver
GEORGE OLLIVER ""CLASSIC HIT RECORDING ARTIST, JUNO NOMINEE, R&B/BLUES, & SOUL DYNAMITE""!!! GEORGE OLLIVER is celebrating over 2 decades as a professional Canadian recording artist/writer/producer. He has had several Canadian hit records as lead singer for the legendary " MANDALA", "GEO.OLLIVER & NATURAL GAS" and George Olliver as a SOLO artist. He's also a JUNO Nominee and was music director and house band for Toronto's no.1 r&b/concert nightclub of the early 90's - "CLUB BLUENOTE". George has won "ALBUM OF THE…
Find out more »January 2020
January Speaker – Mayor Dave Ryan
Please join us for an information session with Mayor Dave Ryan regarding the Pickering City Centre Redevelopment and the Durham Live Project. City Centre Redevelopment The City Centre Re-Development project, a partnership with Cushman & Wakefield and Pickering Town Centre, will bring Pickering’s bold new vision for an urban, accessible, connected, walkable, and vibrant downtown to life . Taking inspiration from Europe’s renowned public spaces, we will construct an exciting array of new, state-of-the-art buildings and facilities, including an arts centre,…
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February Speaker – Dr. Amy Barron
Agatha Christie, Archaeology and Alzheimer’s If you don’t know what these three things have in common, then join us to learn how the great mystery novelist’s life is revealed within the pages of her books. Her love of the Middle East and the life she lived with her famous archaeologist husband provided the basis for many of her greatest novels including Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia. And now her novels are being…
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March Speaker – Tom Rosebush (Cancelled)
Tom Rosebush is a retiree who at the age of 80 decided that it was time to come to grips of just who he was. Born in 1938 in Sudbury, Ontario, adopted at the age of 2 and 1/2 years into a normal and loving family from the River Valley area near Stirling; lived about as normal a life as most of us. Married, raised two daughters, saw them married and became a Grandparent to two boys and one girl.…
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May Speaker – Diane Dupuy – Cancelled
Diane Dupuy, member of the Order of Canada and winner of Ernst & Young (EY) Social Entrepreneur Award, is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Famous PEOPLE Players. “She had everyone on the first word that came out of her mouth! What a story teller! The hour flew by so fast! Everyone gave two standing ovations” Samvhav conference New Delhi India. Diane recharges batteries, has everyone reaching for excellence and she will inspire you with her story of perseverance and…
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June Speaker – Ted Barris -Cancelled
Lost in the WWII story of the Battle of the Bulge lay an account of sacrifice and survival that took historian Ted Barris nearly a lifetime to discover – the story of his own father. Throughout the winter of 1945, sergeant medic Alex Barris waged a battle night and day to save lives in the middle of the bloodiest campaign the US Army faced during the liberation of Europe. But the author’s pursuit of his father’s story revealed an even…
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