Meetings

Meeting Schedule 2017 to 2019 (for more please go to Archives)

Speakers Chairman : Julian Sale

Future Meetings - 2019 (please scroll down)

Date Speaker Topic

Feb 21

Jay Wilson

TBA

Feb 7

Jack McCart

TBA

Jan 24

Ian Evans

TBA

Jan 10

Bill Shields

TBA

Future Meetings - 2018 (please scroll down)

Date

Dec 13

Speaker

Steven Pinker / Julian Sale

Topic

Steven Pinker's TED Talk - Is the World Getting Better or Worse?

Nov 29

Gunter Thase (club member)

Stories of Gunter's Career in the Global Metals Industry.

Past Meetings - 2018 (click on the date to link to the minutes)

Nov 15

Gregory Klages

Historical records relating to the mysterious death of Tom Thomson

Nov 1

Michael Bechthold

Saving D-Day: The Canadians in Normandy June 1944

Oct 18

Dr Cate Dewey

The Children of Bukati

Oct 4

Katie Taylor - Mennonite Circle of Life

Homelessness/Mental Health/Circle of Life in Guelph and area

Sept 20

Marty Williams

Guelph:Downtown Renewal Plans and Current Issues

Sept 6

Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD

Seniors Health. McMaster Optimal Aging Website

Aug 23

Steve Howard

Habitat for Humanity

Aug 9

Barry Kay

Public opinion and elections; the politics of policy-making

July 26

Asa Proveau

Brothers Brewery Guelph - Craft Beers: In the Sanctuary

July 12

Andy Curtis

Knots: This will be a talk and demonstration of knots filled with stories and anecdotes about knots. In the Sanctuary

June 28

Adrienne Paliyath

Pelvic Health Solutions for Senior Men

June 14

June 14

Annual General Meeting
Starts at 9:45am

Julian Sale

A short Annual General Meeting will take place immediately prior to the General Meeting. The primary business of this AGM will be the election of a new Board of Directors for the next fiscal year.
Tips for Travel plus Images of Sri Lanka and other Countries

May 31

Tim Burrows

The Future of Electric Cars

May 17

Catherine Ollerhead De Santis

Finding King Richard

May 3

Andree Ann-Cyr

Cognitive Studies of the Elderly

April 19

Ritchie Zelk

Deserts, Tundra and Rainforests - Travel photography plus....

April 5

Michael Barrett

Trade, Trump and Tirades - Implacations for the Dairy Industry
12th Anniversary Luncheon

Mar 22

Dan Kraus

Room for Optimism as Canada's Endangered Species List Grows

Mar 8

Ray Biffis

Electricity in the Home

Feb 22

Mark Robinson

Storm hunter / Chasing Storms

Feb 8

Katherine Wheatley

A career in folk music

Jan 25

Chris Baldwin

What You Don't Know About Your Mental Health

Jan 11

Jim Estill

The Story About Sponsoring Syrian Refugee Families in Guelph

Past Meetings - 2017 (click on the date to link to the minutes)

Date

Speaker

Topic

Dec 7

Robert White

The Stone Churches of Downtown Guelph

Nov 23

Brian J. Patterson

Safe Winter driving

Nov 9

David Macdonald

Wounded Warriors

Oct 26

Tuuli Kukkonen

Aging and Sexual Arousal

Oct 12

Ralph Martin

Food Security with a Fair Society and Earth Security

Sep 28

Peter Hannam

Horses to Robots

Sep 14

Richard Sawyer

Two miles up without an engine

Aug 31

Cam Guthrie

State of the City Address

Aug 17

Judith Yan

Musical Adventures - To be held in the Sanctuary

Aug 3

Jane Mitchell

Grand River Conservation Authority - History

July 20

John Sheflin

Policing in the 21st. Century - To be held in the Sanctuary

July 6

Janet Cutler

Benefits of owning a pet. Preventing dog aggression

Jun 22

Gary Draper

The Joy of Text

Jun 8

Chris Earley

A Naturalist's Journey

Jun 8

Annual General Meeting
Starts at 9:45am

A short Annual General Meeting will take place immediately prior to the General Meeting. The primary business of this AGM will be the election of a new Board of Directors for the next fiscal year.

May 25

Dr Phillipe Van Cappellen

Global Water Issues

May 11

Danna Evans

Cultural Events in Guelph including Artist in Residence Program

Apr 27

Ross Brewitt

The Five Hole Diaries - A collection of his sports columns
To be held in the Sanctuary

Apr 13

Ed Herold

Female Tourists and Beach Boys: Romance or Sex Tourism
11th. Anniversary Luncheon