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The Honourable David Crombie – “Why the Upcoming Mayoral Race Matters” (Spring 2023 Talk # 2 Summary)
Throughout his excellent talk David stressed the importance of the up-coming byelection for Mayor of Toronto.
Read MoreCathy Crowe – “Dying for a Home: The Chronic Crisis of Homelessness and Housing in Canada” (Winter 2023 Forum #2 Summary)
Cathy Crowe, a long-time “Street Nurse” who works in the area of social justice nursing, presented some important and timely issues in an Academy Winter forum at Tartu College. Her background in nursing homeless people, as well as advocacy, writing, and filmmaking, have provided her with significant insights which she shared in a very visual presentation.
Read MoreLinda Woodcock and Sharyn Salsberg Ezrin – Presenting our Presenters (Winter 2023 Forum #1 Summary)
Linda took an interesting approach to the presentation as it was an imagined trip to see the dark sky events that have occurred recently. The first stop was to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park to see a total eclipse of the moon which is on the lands of the Blackfoot people. Linda told us of the traditional celebrations for the Beaver moon (also called the Grandmother moon) of Algonquin people.
Read MoreDr. Harold Troper – None Is Too Many – Thoughts Forty Years Later (Fall 2022 Forum #5 Summary)
It was a book that many publishers rejected, convinced that a history of Canada’s refusal to help European Jews in a time of absolute peril would never recoup its costs. Fortunately, Malcolm Lester, of the publishing company Lester, Orpen & Dennys, understood that it told a story Canadians needed to know, and four decades later,…
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