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2024-25
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September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
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Gord
Larose -- Artificial
Intelligence
|
OPP
Staff Sergeant Chris Sturgeon -- Fighting Fraud
|
Dr.
Richard Mayne -- RCAF--100 Years
|
Charlotte
Gray -- Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons
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Andra
Smith -- Understanding your brain through Mindfullness
|
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February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
James
Powell -- Weird and wacky Ottawa stories
|
Tom
Zagon -- Arctic ice and the Sir John Franklin expedition
|
Lola
Reid Allin -- Highway to the Sky -- Women in Aviation
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2023-24
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September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
|
Gary
Smith -- Ice War Diplomat
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Elliana
Kleiner -- Living Well on Retirement Income
|
Johanna
Lemke -- Enemy Under Our Roof
|
Karen
McMorine, Rick Johnston, Brynn Brieda -- Refugees in Canada
|
Dr.
Irvin Waller -- Reducing
Crime
|
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February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
Peter
Rohe -- My Experiences in Israel
|
Peggy
Blair -- Experiernces in writing a book
|
Dr.
Tim Pychyl -- Solving the procrastination puzzle
|
Dr.
Ted Yeap -- Climate Conscious Farming
|
Dr.
Ian Mackay --
What
happened to Amelia Earhart?
|
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2022-23
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
|
Malaya
Zehr
--
Inuit
Culture and Larga Bafin
|
Paul
Allen --
When Tobacco Was King
|
Nick
McCarthy --
The Governor General's Foot Guards
|
Martha
Baltron -- Hospice Care Ottawa
|
Janet
Mason -- The Living Classroom
of the Carp River
|
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February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
Ian
MacKay -- How
the Vikings changed the English language
|
Jill
Heinert -- The Art and Science of Cave Diving
|
Shelagh
Stevens -- Women's role in UN Peacekeeping
|
Helen
Peacock -- The Dream of World Peace
|
Sandra
Hawkins -- an artists perspective on climate change
|
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2021-22
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
|
Tim
Moses -- Preparing for the End of Life
|
James
Powell -- The Assassination of D’Arcy McGee
|
Nick
McCarthy: Beechwood -- Canada's
National Military Cemetery
|
James
Jordan -- Celebrating over 100 years of The War Amps
|
Michele
Vinet -- Writing Behind Bars
|
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
Benoit
Bazinet -- The Bees of
Beechwood
|
Jacqueline Gori -- Filling the Gap with Furry Feet
|
Dawn
Doyle -- Discovering the Azores
|
*Michael
Boole --- Money Laundering, Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation
|
John
and Jan Milnes British Home Children
|
|
2020-21
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
John Boyko
Sir John's Echo
|
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
|
Tim Burrows - Should Your Next
Car Be Electric?
|
Jacqueline Gori - Partners with Paws
|
Jaqueline
Gori -- Life Changing Experiences with her
Service Dog
|
Roman
Talkowski -- Climate Change
|
John Boyko--
How Canada fought in the Vietnam War
|
|
2019-20
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
|
Maggie
McDougall
Understanding Medical Cannabis
|
Tony
Atherton
The Decline and Fall of the Daily Newspaper
|
Col.
Claude Desgagne
The UN mission to Haiti
|
Brian
Hull
Ending world hunger
from the bottom up
|
Mags
Gaulden
The Power of DNA
|
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
|
Dr.
Judith Rygiel
|
Sue
Williams
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
COVID-19
Pandemic There was No Meeting
|
|
2018-19
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
|
Gary
Sealey --
LRT Discussion.
|
Allan Symons --
Two Centuries of Canadian Clocks
|
Brian
Tackaberry -
Thw lost generatio: Eastern Ontario during WW1
|
Valerie Knowles -
Well Known Ottawa Personalities from the Past
|
Dean Verger and Ruth
Stewart-Verger - Connecting Through Story
|
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
|
Jennifer
DeBruin - In Search of Home
|
Beth
Sweetnam for Tony Atherton - Embarrassing Moments
|
Beth
Porter - Accidental Friends - Stories from My Life in Community
|
Pam
Thompson -
Art in Canada
|
Terry
Colfer -
The Middle East
|
|
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
|
|
Barbara
Carriere -- Kilimanjaro grannies
|
Grete
Hale -- Baker's daughter
|
Hon.
Bill Rompkey -- Senate reform
|
Hon.Peter
Milliken -- longest serving Speaker of the House of Commons
|
Rotary
Club and Ottawa Police -- The ABC's of Fraud
|
