Guest speakers: Paul Litt & Christine Jackson, Authors, 'Phyllis Turner Ross: Career Woman and Single Mother', Bytown Pamphlet Series #120 The story of John Napier Turner, Canada's 17th Prime Minister, is well known. Less known is the story of his remarkable mother, Phyllis Gregory Turner Ross, a single mother who came to Ottawa in the...
Conférencière : Danielle Carrière-Paris, LL.B. Autrice Femme discrète, préférant le calme fécond de l’atelier aux mondanités, Rose-Aimée Bélanger a engendré une œuvre sculpturale généreuse et lumineuse révélant, avec justesse, les joies du quotidien. Pourtant, rien ne laissait présager que cette mère d’une famille nombreuse, épouse et partenaire d’un entrepreneur très engagé dans sa communauté du...
Guest speaker: Jim Stone, Author, "Grand Chief Constant Pinesi: Fighting a Losing Battle" Grand Chief Pierre-Louis Constant Pinesi (1768-1834) witnessed great and tragic changes during his lifetime. The traditional land upon which Chief Pinesi's family gathered, hunted, fished, and trapped is where the Nation's Capital is situated today — before those ancient and crucial livelihoods collapsed...
The Canadian Business History Association would like to invite you for a special virtual event on September 27 from 2-3PM (EST). Our guest speaker is Ryan Manucha, the author of Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade. The Talk will be hosted by our President, Joe Martin. To sign up please click here...
The Mariposa Arts Theatre Foundation (MAT) turned 50 in 2020! MAT has provided exciting and innovative theatre and film productions to our community. It has inspired and nurtured homegrown talent, volunteers and audience members of all ages. John Chris Newton, a 30-year member of MAT for his talk: Mariposa Arts Theatre: 50 Years. Chris will...
