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Tuesday 11 December 2018

"WELL KNOWN OTTAWA PERSONALITIES FROM THE PAST"
 
Valerie Knowles

Montreal-born Valerie Knowles is an Ottawa writer who has a B.A. (Honours History) from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, an M.A. (History) from McGill University in Montreal, and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa.

In addition to writing for newspapers, magazines, and federal government departments, Valerie has taught history and worked as an archivist.

She has published twelve works of non-fiction, four of which are trade books, available online and in stores.

From her Ottawa base, Valerie Knowles continues to write independent non-fiction books and to accept commissioned writing work. Her focus remains on Canadian and Ottawa political and social history.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs, Katie (on the left) and Robbie (right).

Valerie has a web site at: valerieknowles.com

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Future Speakers

Here are the other planned speakers for this fall (subject to change).

If you have any suggestions for future speakers,
please pass them on to Beth Sweetnam at program@probuswesternottawa.ca

January 8, 2019

Story tellers Dean and Ruth Verger will talk about "Connecting Through Story"

February 12, 2019

Jennifer DeBruin will talk about "In Search of Home, the Loyalist Experience"

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Previous Speakers

Where a speaker's name and topic is underlined, this is a link to additional information.

2018-19	September	October	November	December	January
	Gary Sealey -- LRT Discussion.	Allan Symons -- Two Centuries of Canadian Clocks	**  --  **	** --  **	**  -- **
	February	March	April	May	June
	** -- **	** -- **	** -- **	** -- **	** -- **
2017-18	September	October	November	December	January
	Bruce Di Labio -- Birds in the Ottawa region	David Smith --  Einstein: his life and works	Greg Matte  --  From Helmets to Hardhats	Charlotte Gray --              The Promise of Canada	Peter  Hamer -- EMR -- Electronic Medical records
	February	March	April	May	June
	Sue Garvey -- Cornerstone Housing for Women	Kate MacNeil  -- The Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre	Dr. John Hardie --         A dental murder mystery	Rachel Boere -- Arctic experience with Students on Ice	Judith Cox -- Purple Carrts, Honey Bees and Magic
2016-17	September	October	November	December	January
	Howard Clifford -- The Wild Child, involving youth with nature	Frank Hitchens --         Are we alone in the universe?	Richard Brisson -- The Enigma Machine	Service Clubs -- Dwight Brown, Rotary, Linda Leinan, Lions	Barrie Kirk -- Automated vehicles are here to stay
	February	March	April	May	June
	Dawn and Peter Doyle: Our cruise to Iceland	Rick Baker  --  CARP	Caroline Midgley and  Jeannie Mathews --  Home care options	Randy Boswell -- Digital databases help re-discover our past	Brock Godfrey -- Mass marketing fraud awareness
2015-16	September	October	November	December	January
	Cheryl Cooper: Tall Ships and the War of 1812	Jonathan Moore: The Franklin Expedition ship Erebus discovery	Kanina Dawson: My Afghan war experience	Ian Smillie: Blood diamonds in Africa	Jane Madigan: Service dogs and anxiety disorder
	February	March	April	May	June
	Michele Leboldus: Our heritage and the next generation	Robert Hannaberry: "Sooner or Later" housing/ care needs	Gerda Kraft: Making refugees feel welcome	Jim Holmes: Kanata Theatre and the community	Dr. Andrew Frank: Memory loss and Alzheimer's
2014-15	September	October	November	December	January
	Joyce Trafford --           The Carp Fair	Joy Forbes --                 The One-Room Schoolhouse	Miriam Rawson -- Matthew House and the Ottawa Furniture Bank	Don Wiles -- Uranium in my Bones	Matt Craig  -- The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
	February	March	April	May	June
	Norm Christie  -- Canadian war graves -- Our Sacred Places	George Laidlaw -- The joys of Canadian history	Roddy Bolivar -- The Carp Road Corridor BIA	Brian Hartley -- Bridging the  Chasm	Nelson McDougall-- The NAC Orchestra
2013-14	September	October	November	December	January
	Mac Evans --             Canada's Space Program	Bob Slack - the Canadian Snowbirds	Dr. Andew Burtch The Korean War	Doug Harvey-Smith DesignAbility	Dr. Tim Pychyl -- Procrastination
	February	March	April	May	June
	Nadine Fowler and Cristina Myers -- The Queensway Carleton Hospital	Barry Risk -- Canada Customs    "The Thinner Blue Line"	Dave Brown -- After 10,000 columns	Guy Thatcher -- Walking the Camino de Saint-Jacques	Terry Currie --              The great Fire of 1870
2012-13	September	October	November	December	January
	Dr. Kent MacDonald -- President Algonquin College	Karen Bell -- Seniors Nutrition	Ronald Cohen -- Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa	Dr.Janet Biggar and Jim Jamer -- Empowering youth in Africa	Dr. Aisha Sherazi -- Women in Islam
	February	March	April	May	June
	Ian Farthing -- St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival	Matt Warin -- US Embassy         Trafficking in persons	Peter van Boeschoten -- Ottawa Older Adult Plan	Helen Forsey -- Eugene Forsey and the Senate	J.F. Sauriol --  Computer Security for Seniors
2011-12	September	October	November	December	January
	Max Keeping -- Community Ambassador	Mayor Jim Watson	Guy Parent -- Veterans Ombudsman	Jamie Lunn -- The War Amps of Canada	Allison Knight -- Office of the Information Commissioner
	February	March	April	May	June