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Meeting Schedule  2024 to 2026 (for more please go to Archives)

Speakers Chair :  Kerry Gennings

Future Meetings - 2026 (Please Scroll Down)

​Date:
Speaker:
             Topic:
Apr 30
Renee Van Acker
T.B.A.
Apr 16
Brenda Pomerleau
Recue Me Dogs
Apr 2
​Ajay Heble
From Idea to Institute: Building a Field (and a Community) Through Improvisation
Mar 19
Ezio Di Emanuele 
Stories by a Former Civil Servant
Mar 5
Lloyd Longfield
My Life as a Member of Parliament
Feb 19
Carly McKeown
Crimes and Fraud Prevention

Past Meetings - 2026 (Please Scroll Down)

Feb 5
Elmer Warkenton
Missionary Experiences
Jan 22
Dave Adsett
Journalism today
Jan 8
Reg Russwurm and Andrew Miller
Guelph: Downtown Infrastructure Renewal Program

​​Past Meetings - 2025  (please Scroll down)

Date:
Speaker:
Topic:
Dec 4
Mark Berardine 
Homelessness in Guelph​​
Nov 20
Joe Ackerman
Food Webs in Aquatic Environments ​​
Nov 6
Dr. Alex Souchen ​​
Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada ​​
Oct 23
Michael Grand ​​
Role of Grandparenting and Grandchildren Development
Oct 9
   Jim Carroll
 Futurist
Sep 25
Mike Finoro​​
Life as a Correctional Officer
Sep 11
Chief Cobey & Deputy Chief Dan Gil​​l
Policing and Protection from Scams​​
Aug 28
Greg Kennedy​​
Dancing On The Edge: How to Keep Upright As the World Falls Down​
Aug 14
Robin ​Anderson
Environmental Interactions: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
******​MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE SANCTUARY
July 31​
Eric Nost​
Political Ecology & Environmental Governance​​
July 17​
Phil Alt​
Breezy Breakfast history /What It's Like to be a City Counsillor
******MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE SANCTUARY
July 3​
Annette Turner
The Troubles in Ireland
Jun 19​
Round Table Discussion​
 Group discussion followed by our annual members luncheon
Jun 19​
AGM​
Annual General Meeting 9:30am​
Jun 5
Professor Timothy Dewhirst​​
Marketing Sports Teams​
May 22
Ritchie Zelk
Madagascar: Evolution Gone Wild
May 8
Animesh Dutta
Hydrogen From Biomass
Apr 24
Rabbi Raphi Steiner
Holocaust
Apr 10
Dr. Kevin Reid
Sustaining Great Lakes Fishing
Mar 27​
Ron East
Imagination​
Mar 13
Ken McGoogan
Shadows of Tyranny: Defending Democracy in an Age of Dictatorship
Feb 27
Ed Herold
Welcome to Getting Old ***MEETING TO HELD IN THE SANCTUARY
Feb 13
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Jan 30
Kathy Somers
Assistance With Sleep Issues
Jan16
Kevin Coghill
Homelessness in Guelph
Jan 2
CANCELLED
CANCELLED

​Past Meetings - 2024 (click on the date to link to the minutes)

​Date
​Speaker
Topic
Dec 12
Royal City Men's Club​
Annual Christmas Luncheon
Nov 21
Ian Evans
My Life as a Lunatic
Nov 7
Tim Speed
The Battle of Britain
Oct 24
Alan Marshall
Elmira Water Crisis
Oct 10
Catharine Wilson
Rural Diaries
Sep 26
John ILika
Guns and Gangs
Sep 12
Chris Clackett
Aircrew Training in WW2
Aug 29
Richard Rivkin
Wandering Through the World's Oceans
Aug 15
Brian Holstein
Story Telling - MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE SANCTUARY
Aug 1
Don Johns
Dying With Dignity/Maid
July 18
David Rowley
The Ontario Dental Railway
July 4
Ed Butts
Guelph Stories
Jun 20
Kayla Johnson
The Donkey Sanctuary
Jun 6
​Jun 6
Jun 6
Annual General Meeting (Old Club)
Annual General Meeting (New Club)
Tom and John
9:30 am
​
​RCMC a Brief History followed by our Annual Members Luncheon
May 23
Dave Penny
The Evolution of Fishculverts
May 9
Aiping Yu, Ph.D.,
Future of Nanotechnology and Why It Matters
Apr 25
Karen Van Ooteghem
Balance: How Important it is to our Health & And What We Can Do About It
Apr 11
Brian Skerrett
Urban Park Guelph: The Solution We've Been Looking For
Mar 28
Ruth Rivkin 
Polar Bears in the Canadian Arctic
Mar 14
Susan Ratcliffe
Underwhere: Stories and Myths of Guelph's Tunnels
Feb 29
Mayor Cam Guthrie
State of the City of Guelph
Feb 15
Ron East
Just Imagine: Some Background on my Career in the Theatre
Feb 1
Jim Brown
Emergency Services in Guelph/Wellington
Jan 18
Ed Mizzi
Astronomy: Way Out There
Jan 4
Ed Herold
My  Career as a Professor of Human Sexuality

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