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“My journey to the Supreme Court of Canada”
Read moreThe Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on September 1, 2022, and served as a justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa from 2017-2022. She holds a Doctorate in Law from the University of Ottawa where she also taught part-time. She is the author of various publications and afrequent guest speaker on Gladue principles, Indigenous issues, as well as mental health, labour, and privacy law. Justice O’Bonsawin grew up in Hanmer, Ontario, a small Francophone town near Sudbury. She is a fluently bilingual Franco-Ontarian and an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation.
Peter Brown is a Lanark based jazz and blues pianist/singer who entertained us during our 2023 Holiday Event.
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Advancing women’s leadership and inclusion to support diversity, equality and inclusion goals with Clare Beckton
Read moreSpeaker: Clare Beckton, BA, LLB (Sask.), MPA (Harvard), (Fulbright Scholar and Littauer Fellow)
Clare Beckton is a lawyer, a former senior executive including as head of Status of Women Canada, entrepreneur, author of Own it-Your Success Your Future, Your Life and many articles, sought after speaker, mentor and coach and award-winning advocate for advancing women’s leadership and for diversity and inclusion. She serves or has served on several non-profit Boards including chair of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Board, a member of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board and now as chair of the Beechwood National Cemetery Board.
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Analysis and insights on the 2024 US Election results
Read moreBruce Anderson has been one of Canada’s leading market and opinion researchers for more than 30 years, and is one of Canada’s leading commentators on public opinion and political affairs.
Bruce has held senior strategic leadership roles at Decima Research, the EarnscliffeStrategy Group, Anderson Insight, and Abacus Data. In 2011, he co-founded spark* advocacy, Canada’s leading public affairs boutique, where he is currently Chief Strategy Officer.
Bruce was a regular member of CBC’s popular “At Issues” panel, and joins Peter Mansbridge and Chantal Hebert on “The Good Talk” podcast every Friday – one of Canada’s top political podcasts and YouTube shows.
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Born to Fly – Kellylee Evans
Read moreKellylee Evans is a high-octane performer whose improvisational vocal style embodies jazz, soul, pop, and hip-hop. She has toured extensively throughout the world and opened for artists as varied as John Legend, Tony Bennett and Willie Nelson, captivating audiences along the way. Kellylee’s life took an unexpected turn in 2013, one that would deeply shape her personal journey and artistic path. Today, she continues to inspire audiences with her resilience, her passion, and her incredible ability to turn challenges into powerful messages of hope.
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Bringing Care and Anti-Poverty Work, Back to the Centre
Read moreSpeaker: Senator Kim Pate
Senator Pate is a member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, the Canadian Bar Association’s Bertha Wilson Touchstone Award, and six honourary doctorates among other awards. She has made significant contributions to public education around the issues of women’s inequality and discriminatory treatment within social, economic and criminal legal spheres. She was appointed to the Senate as an Independent Senator in November 2016 after being the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies from January 1992.
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Changing Course – Navigating Life After Politics: Panel Discussion
$ 80.00 Add to cartNancy Peckford
Moderator
Mayor of North Grenville and past Executive Director of Equal Voice,
Peckford is widely regarded as an influential national advocate for women’s political
representation. Elected in 2018 as North Grenville’s first female Mayor, she also served
as just the fourth female Warden of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in its
175-year history. Prior to municipal office, Peckford led the groundbreaking Daughters
of the Vote initiative, which brought 338 young women to sit in the House of Commons.
Peckford was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2014, and she
is extremely proud of her current role, viewing the municipal council table as one of the
most impactful forums in Canadian democracy.Sheila Copps
Panellist
The Honourable Sheila Copps – is an outspoken Canadian feminist, who was
Canada’s first woman Deputy Prime Minister. Serving for a quarter century as an
elected politician at the provincial and national level, Copps held numerous portfolios
with responsibility for the national broadcast system, Canadian culture, parks and the
environment. As Minister of Canadian Heritage, Copps spearheaded the creation of the
UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. She is a well-known advocate for women’s
empowerment and founding member of Equal Voice, Canada’s non-partisan movement
devoted to the promotion of women’s political participation. The author of two books and
numerous journal and magazine articles, Copps owns a communications company, Hon.
Sheila Copps & Assoc. Inc.Lisa MacLeod
Panellist
Lisa MacLeod – represented Nepean as a Conservative in the Legislative Assembly of
Ontario. She was a six-term Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), where she held
multiple ministerial portfolios, leading critical economic and social sectors, she
spearheaded industry-defining policy, managed multi-billion-dollar budgets, and
championed high-impact legislation. She has played a pivotal role in leading or
contributing to parliamentary and trade delegations to Taiwan, Israel, Madagascar,
China, and India and has addressed the United Nations on combatting sex trafficking
and elevated Ontario’s culture industries during a mission to Los Angeles. Following
the pandemic she championed a return-to-play strategy for major sport leagues. -
Democratizing Music Education: Perspectives, Examples and Explorations
Read moreSpeaker: Joan Harrison, MM (Yale), PhD (uOttawa)
Joan combines her experiences as a cellist, educator, and entrepreneur, to manage the Capital Strings and Voices Collective (CSVC) whose mandate includes building community through the arts. Currently, CSVC is collaborating with youth from Kitigan Zibi First Nations Reserve to provide music lessons in concert with youth from Ottawa. In 2020, Joan was one of two Canadians awarded a Global Leaders Fellowship to receive an intensive year of executive training for agents of social change.
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ELSIE REFORD and her Amazing Garden: A Story of Patience, Persistence and Passion
Read moreDr. Della Stanley, retired professor of Canadian History and Canadian Studies who taught at
Queen’s University, Saint Mary’s University and Mount Saint Vincent University will captivate us
with the story of Elisie Reford – an amazing woman. A few years ago, Dr. Stanley spoke to us
about her unique connection with the history of the Canadian Flag, her father having supplied
the initial design. On September 18, she will share with us her interest in Elsie Reford who
along with Lady Drummond founded the Canadian Women’s Club in Montreal in 1907, and who
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From “girl reporter” in war zones to diplomat and Senator: A conversation with Senator Pamela Wallin
Read moreThe Honourable Pamela Wallin, O.C., S.O.M. was appointed to the Senate of Canada as an Independent Senator from Saskatchewan in 2008. Pamela served as Canada’s Consul General in New York from 2002-2006, in the wake of the tragic and tumultuous events of 9/11. She was then named to the Special Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan who successfully recommended support and airlift for our service men and women. Senator Wallin is a former Honourary Colonel of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Her wide-ranging career as a journalist, diplomat, entrepreneur and Senator has spanned nearly 40 years, several continents, and always with a focus on politics and foreign policy.
A wise person once said: “If you can’t offer people a vision of what they should do, you won’t be able to persuade them about the things they shouldn’t do.” Pamela tries to live her life according to this sage wisdom.
