RCT Members Only Weekend Retreat May 24 to May 26, 2024 Carol Hutchinson 2024-03-14 04:00:00Z 0
Scholarship Application 2024 Carol Hutchinson 2024-03-13 04:00:00Z 0
Voice Old Issues 2024-03-12 04:00:00Z 0
Networking/Social Event Fri. RCT Buffet Lunch Mar. 22, 2024 Carol Hutchinson 2024-03-07 05:00:00Z 0
Stephanie Christensen , Ex. Dir. of ShelterBox CA - Fri. Rotary Lunch Feb. 23, 2024 Carol Hutchinson 2024-02-14 05:00:00Z 0
Iain Dobson , Strategic Regional Research Alliance - Wed. Rotary Dinner Feb. 7, 2024 Carol Hutchinson 2024-01-29 05:00:00Z 0

Save the Dates! 

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UPCOMING ROTARY MEETINGS AND EVENTS
 
Pre-Register for Rotary Meetings no later than 
the Monday before with Sarah at: admin@rotarytoronto.com
 

 
 
Save the Dates! Carol Hutchinson 2024-01-17 05:00:00Z 0
Steam Whistle Fundraiser 2024! Carol Hutchinson 2024-01-17 05:00:00Z 0
Ducks Unlimited Canada - Jan 26th! Carol Hutchinson 2024-01-12 05:00:00Z 0
Wed. Jan. 10, 2024 - Networking and Fellowship Dinner Event Change - Same Time and Place - at The National Club! Carol Hutchinson 2023-11-25 05:00:00Z 0
Remembrance Day Program Part One - Wednesday Rotary Dinner Nov. 1, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-10-18 04:00:00Z 0
Mark Maloney, Municipal Affairs Advisor - Friday Rotary Lunch Oct. 20, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-10-04 04:00:00Z 0
John Burns - Wednesday Rotary Dinner Oct. 4, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-09-28 04:00:00Z 0

Marie Henein, Senior Partner - Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP

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Ms. Henein is widely recognized as one of the most prominent litigators in Canada, with extensive experience as lead counsel on high-profile criminal, civil, and regulatory cases. In addition to her broad criminal law practice, Ms. Henein’s experience includes acting as lead counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in class actions and in respect of major civil and commercial disputes. Ms. Henein has argued at all levels of court, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Marie Henein, Senior Partner - Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP Carol Hutchinson 2023-08-21 04:00:00Z 0
Dave McLennan, Founder and President - Boots on the Ground Carol Hutchinson 2023-08-21 04:00:00Z 0
Tony Aspler - Friday Rotary Lunch July 21, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-07-06 04:00:00Z 0
Throne Speech - Wednesday Rotary Dinner July 5, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-06-22 04:00:00Z 0
President Changeover - Friday Rotary Lunch June 23, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-06-13 04:00:00Z 0
Tabatha Bull - Thursday Rotary Lunch June 15, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-06-08 04:00:00Z 0
Luigi Ferrara - Friday Rotary Lunch June 2, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-05-24 04:00:00Z 0
Takuya Sasayama - Friday Rotary Lunch May 26, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-05-18 04:00:00Z 0
Wed. Evening Cocktails, May 17, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-05-12 04:00:00Z 0
Rotary in Support of Homes for Heroes Thursday Lunch May 11, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-05-05 04:00:00Z 0
Dr. Deborah Cook - Wednesday Rotary Dinner May 3, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-04-26 04:00:00Z 0
Kristyn Ferguson - Wednesday Rotary Dinner June 7, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-04-26 04:00:00Z 0
Kevin Crigger - Friday Rotary Lunch April 28, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-04-21 04:00:00Z 0
Dr. Elizabeth Rea - Thursday Rotary Lunch April 20, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-04-14 04:00:00Z 0
CANCELLED - Wed. Evening Cocktails, April 12, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-04-06 04:00:00Z 0
Marianne Thompson, Chief Commercial Officer, Home Hardware Carol Hutchinson 2023-03-22 04:00:00Z 0
Susan Davis, Executive Director, Gerstein Crisis Centre Carol Hutchinson 2023-03-09 05:00:00Z 0
Stuart Lombard, Founder & CEO, ecobee andPresident of Connected Devices and Services, Generac Carol Hutchinson 2023-02-16 05:00:00Z 0
Christophe Potworowski, Photographer Carol Hutchinson 2023-02-16 05:00:00Z 0
CANCELLED - Wed. Evening Cocktails, March 22, 2023 Carol Hutchinson 2023-02-10 05:00:00Z 0
Wed. Evening Cocktails, Feb. 15, 2023 - Tree of Remembrance Party Carol Hutchinson 2023-02-10 05:00:00Z 0
Itah Sadu, Children's Author/Co-Owner, A Different Booklist Carol Hutchinson 2023-02-01 05:00:00Z 0
Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 - Stephan Jost, CEO AGO Carol Hutchinson 2023-01-26 05:00:00Z 0
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 - Robert Luke, CEO of eCampusOntario Carol Hutchinson 2023-01-10 05:00:00Z 0
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023  -  Devin Montgomery,Owner of Skiis and Biikes Carol Hutchinson 2023-01-09 05:00:00Z 0
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 Rotary Toronto Dinner -Andrew Phillips, Columnist of The Toronto Star Carol Hutchinson 2022-12-20 05:00:00Z 0
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 Rotary Toronto Lunch - Dr. Amy Barron, Archaeologist Carol Hutchinson 2022-11-26 05:00:00Z 0
Friday Nov. 25, 2022 - George Zegarac, Pres. & CEO, Waterfront Toronto Carol Hutchinson 2022-11-22 05:00:00Z 0
Friday, November 18 2022 - Ted Barris, Journalist, Author, and Broadcaster Carol Hutchinson 2022-11-15 05:00:00Z 0
Friday, November 11, 2022 - Remembrance Day - Guest Speaker Tim Laidler Carol Hutchinson 2022-11-07 05:00:00Z 0
Friday, Dec. 9, 2022 Rotary Toronto Lunch -Josh O'Kane, reporter with The Globe and Mail Carol Hutchinson 2022-11-01 04:00:00Z 0
Friday November 4, 2022, Will Scott, CEO Toronto Public Library Fdn. Carol Hutchinson 2022-11-01 04:00:00Z 0
Fin DePencier, The Ukraine Conflict in Pictures Carol Hutchinson 2022-10-24 04:00:00Z 0

The Making of an Activist: Rob Stewart's Sharkwater Journey - Friday, Oct. 21, 2022

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The Making of an Activist; Rob Stewart’s Sharkwater Journey - FRIDAY OCTOBER 21

 

From wildlife photographer to activist filmmaker, Rob Stewart initiated the Saving Sharks movement and campaigned relentlessly for ocean conservation. Learn more about his compelling story and how you can spark passion to protect sharks and thriving oceans in your community, company, and even your own kids.

 

Rob was born and raised in Toronto and produced the films Sharkwater, Revolution, and Sharkwater Extinction—viewed by more than 130 million viewers across the globe.  

Tragically, he was killed in a dive accident filming his last movie. Learn more about his impact here

Join us for what is promised to be a lively and entertaining networking opportunity. 

 ‘Everyone changes the world. It’s just how much, how big and in what direction and the more people get educated, the more they can change the world in a positive way. There’s a massive opportunity to bring people together, to make people heroes, to fight for life and to fight for a better future’ ~ Rob Stewart

 Ahead of the event see a free screening of the film that has inspired the world; Sharkwater Extinction.

 Meet Brian and Sandy Stewart, parents of Rob Stewart. 30-year veterans of the film industry, the Stewarts own Tribute Entertainment Media Group. Their publishing, marketing, and advertising business focuses on movie entertainment. Tribute’s online portals reach over five million users each month, led by a network of websites in Canada through tribute.ca and showtimes.com in the US. The Stewarts have promised an entertaining show, that will enlighten and inspire you.

 
The Making of an Activist: Rob Stewart's Sharkwater Journey - Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 Carol Hutchinson 2022-10-18 04:00:00Z 0

Kristin Light, Changing Midsets on Disabilities of the Mind

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Hybrid Rotary Meeting Friday September 30, 2022
at The National Club, 303 Bay Street - PREREGISTER: office@rotarytoronto.com
no later than the Wednesday prior to the Friday lunch. 
 
Keynote Speaker:  Kristin Light, Marketing Strategist
Topic: “Changing Mindsets on Disabilities of the Mind

Embracing Mental Illness & Neurodiversity in the Workplace"  

Host:  Sylvia Geist

Virtual Meeting Time: Login 12:10 NEW TIME to 1:15 PM
 
ROTARIANS FOR YOU AND OUR VIRTUAL ONLY GUESTS:
OUR USUAL ROTARY VIRTUAL MEETING ON TEAMS - CLICK ON LINKTREE LINK!
    
 
Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
 
Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by the Speaker and do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
 
Biography
 

Kristin Light is a marketing strategist, vintage dance specialist, and award-winning speaker.  Her multi-decade eclectic career spans both the boardroom and the ballroom.  Co-founder of Refvik & Light Productions, her boldly simplistic marketing strategy launched the event company from literal rubble to multi-six figure revenue in its first full year.  However, as a vivacious showgirl and successful entrepreneur, Kristin was perhaps the last person you’d expect to be suffering from a diagnosed mental illness.  Following a brush with suicide that left her confined to a psychiatric ward, Kristin now speaks out to provide real insight and practical strategies that demystify the facts surrounding mood disorders and mental illness using inspirational (and often hilarious) stories from her own personal and professional life.

Kristin Light, Changing Midsets on Disabilities of the Mind Carol Hutchinson 2022-09-27 04:00:00Z 0
Karl Subban, Author and Educator Carol Hutchinson 2022-09-20 04:00:00Z 0
Veronica Luo, Rotary Toronto Scholarship Winner 2022! Carol Hutchinson 2022-09-07 04:00:00Z 0
Dr. Craig Stephenson, In Person at CENTENNIAL COLLEGE Rotary Meeting Carol Hutchinson 2022-08-05 04:00:00Z 0
Jason Axmith, The New Face of Spanish Wine! Carol Hutchinson 2022-08-02 04:00:00Z 0

Thank you Corporate Sponsors! Indigenous Cultural Event

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Miinawaa-Eyiizh / And-Both
 
The Rotary Club of Toronto and the Indigenous Spirit Fund
thank our generous corporate sponsors who supported our Sept. 15 fundraiser
 
 
Sharing Level: $5,000
 
Research Capital Corporation
Beutel Goodman Investment Counsel
 
 
Strength Level: $2,500
 
Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage 
Coutts Crane
en Ville Event Design and Catering
LP Graphics
 
Thank you Corporate Sponsors! Indigenous Cultural Event Carol Hutchinson 2022-08-01 04:00:00Z 0
Craig Applegath, Sustainable Architecture Carol Hutchinson 2022-07-18 04:00:00Z 0
Jayson Phelps, President 2022 - 2023 Throne Speech Carol Hutchinson 2022-07-07 04:00:00Z 0
Diane Saxe, SaxeFacts and Former Environmental Commissionor of Ontario  Carol Hutchinson 2022-04-21 04:00:00Z 0
Robert Baines, President President of NATO Association Canada Carol Irene Hutchinson 2022-03-28 04:00:00Z 0
Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation - End Polio Now/PolioPlus Donor Recognition: Hybrid Meeting - Friday, March 18, 2022 Carol Hutchinson 2022-03-07 05:00:00Z 0
Hilary Brown, War Tourist: Friday, March 25, 2022 Carol Hutchinson 2022-03-01 05:00:00Z 0
Chris Munro, Veterans Transition to Education Program Carol Hutchinson 2022-02-09 05:00:00Z 0
Marianne McKenna, Founding Partner of KMB Architects Carol Hutchinson 2022-02-03 05:00:00Z 0
Dr. Paige Church, Associate Professor Dept. of Paediatrics a U of T Carol Hutchinson 2022-01-24 05:00:00Z 0
Dr. Jamie Magnusson, Associate Professor - Adult Education and Community Development Carol Hutchinson 2022-01-18 05:00:00Z 0
Peter Mansbridge, The National Anchor and Parliamentary Correspondent Carol Hutchinson 2022-01-10 05:00:00Z 0
Dec. 10, 2021: Rebeccah Love, Filmmaker, Writer and Community Organizer Carol Hutchinson 2021-12-08 05:00:00Z 0
December 3, 2021: Corey Mintz, Freelance Reporter and Author with Interviewer:  Lily Cho,  Carol Irene Hutchinson 2021-12-01 05:00:00Z 0
November 26, 2021: Karen Gosbee, Mental Health Advocate and Community Leader Carol Hutchinson 2021-11-15 05:00:00Z 0
November 19, 2021: Ana Bailão, Deputy Mayor Carol Hutchinson 2021-11-15 05:00:00Z 0
Nov. 12, 2021 U of T- Hart House Debating Club  Carol Hutchinson 2021-11-01 04:00:00Z 0 Speakers

Oct. 29, 2021: Mary Lach, An Independant Travel Advisor and Panelists: Lori Patterson & Susan Lawson

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Thinking of travelling again? It’s a different world out there and there are some things you’ll need to know. Today’s speaker is our own Mary Lach, an Independant Travel Advisor iwth TTI Travel and panelists: Lori Patterson, Business Development Manager for Holland America and Seabourn Luxury Cruise Line and Susan Lawson, Business Development Manager for ALLIANZ Global Assistance (Travel insurance), who’ll tell us what’s ahead of us when we plan our first trip.

Oct. 29, 2021: Mary Lach, An Independant Travel Advisor and Panelists: Lori Patterson & Susan Lawson Carol Hutchinson 2021-10-25 04:00:00Z 0 Speakers
Oct. 22, 2021: Matthew Pegg, Toronto Fire Chief Carol Hutchinson 2021-10-16 04:00:00Z 0 Speakers
Oct 15: 2021 Denis Crawford, Author and Freelance Writer Carol Hutchinson 2021-10-12 04:00:00Z 0 Speakers
Nov. 5, 2021: Barbara Dickson, Historian And Author Carol Hutchinson 2021-10-01 04:00:00Z 0 Speakers
Oct. 1, 2021: Jon Allen, Former Ambassador to Israel  Carol Hutchinson 2021-09-16 04:00:00Z 0 Speakers

Sep. 24, 2021: Rob Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister
 

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Rob Wright is the Assistant Deputy Minister responsible is leading the implementation of the Long Term Vision and Plan—the federal government’s strategy for the restoration and modernization of the Canada’s Parliamentary Precinct. His responsibilities also include the ongoing operations and maintenance of the Precinct to support the continued operations of Parliament and the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council.
Sep. 24, 2021: Rob Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister  Carol Hutchinson 2021-09-15 04:00:00Z 0

Carol Radford, City of Toronto Archivist - TTC

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Guest Speaker:  Carol Radford, City of Toronto Archivist
Friday, September 10, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
Rotary Virtual Meeting via TEAMS! 
Topic:  100 Years of Moving Toronto: Stories from the TTC Archives
Host:  Rotary Member Harold Hetherington
FOR ROTARY MEMBERS ONLY:  AT THE NATIONAL CLUB - LIMITED CAPACITY 
MANDATORY RSVP: OFFICE@ROTARYTORONTO.COM
AND FOR GUESTS: OUR USUAL ROTARY VIRTUAL MEETING ON TEAMS ONLY!
          
 
Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
if using TEAMS to be admitted to the meeting.
 
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE UPCOMING OR PREVIOUS SPEAKER
 
Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by the Speaker and
do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
 
Biography:
 
Carol Radford-Grant has been the City Archivist for the City of Toronto since 2012.  The Toronto Archives preserves and provides access to historical government and non-government records that make a significant contribution to an understanding of the development of the City, its natural and built environment, and the people who lived, worked, or had an impact upon Toronto.  The collection consists of over 1.26 million photographs and thousands of paper files containing minutes, correspondence, assessment rolls, directories, maps, and architectural plans.
 
Before joining the City of Toronto, Carol specialized in regulatory records, working in various positions for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Archives of Ontario, and the Ontario College of Teachers.
 
Carol holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from Western University and a Masters in Information Studies from the University of Toronto. This summer, she completed a Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from Western University.  In 2019, she received an Arbor Award for her sustained volunteer contributions to the University of Toronto.
 
 
100 Years of Moving Toronto: Stories from the TTC Archives
 
Before establishing the TTC on September 1, 1921, transit options in Toronto were fragmented, inadequate, and expensive. The TTC ushered in an era of consolidation and expansion that accompanied and accelerated the astonishing growth of Toronto as a city. Drawing from the extensive TTC Archives, this presentation will feature some of the stories and records from the TTC’s history.
 
 
Carol Radford, City of Toronto Archivist - TTC Carol Hutchinson 2021-08-25 04:00:00Z 0

Community Outreach President's Cocktails

 
Guest Speakers: Community Outreach Co-Chairs
Daniel Massicotte and Suzanne Boggild
Topic:  Share Your Observations and Generate Project Ideas for our Great City
Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on TEAMS!
 
As a Downtown Toronto Rotarian, you are committed to seeing Toronto prosper. But the past 18 months have been very challenging for the city.  Join President Kumar and Community Outreach Co-Chairs Suzanne Boggild and Daniel Massicotte to share your observations and ideas on rebuilding a great Toronto community.  Join this engaging and interactive session on Wed September 1st from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.  Meanwhile, reflect on what you're noticing in Toronto and think about what we, as Rotarians, might do.
 
Community Outreach President's Cocktails Carol Hutchinson 2021-08-23 04:00:00Z 0

Dan Frankian, Falconer

Guest Speaker:  Falconer, Dan Frankian
Friday, August 27, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
Rotary Virtual Meeting via TEAMS! 
Topic:  Falconry - Playing with Rotary Toronto Execs!
Host:  Past President Geoffrey Johnson          
 
Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
if using TEAMS to be admitted to the meeting.
 
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE UPCOMING OR PREVIOUS SPEAKER
 
Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by the Speaker and
do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
 
Biography
 
Armenian descent, Dan immigrated to Canada with his family when he was 11 years old. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and trained as a vehicle technician and a weapons expert.
 
Dan saw his first bird of prey as a child when hunting with his father. His interest was sparked when he watched one of the hunters using an owl to hunt. As a young man in the Canadian Armed Forces, a foreign dignitary who was a falconer befriended him; thus began his endeavor into the world of birds of prey. He spent time with a falconry expert in Cyprus while on leave from the Canadian Armed Forces. This gentleman was a Master Falconer who taught Dan the knowledge required to train and take care of birds of prey, particularly eagles.
 
After leaving the Armed Forces as a sniper, Dan returned home to Toronto and enrolled at George Brown College, obtaining a Certificate in Jewelry Arts. He also acquired diplomas as a Fellow of the Canadian Gemological Association and its US counterpart, the Gemological Institute of America. He joined the family business (his father was a 3rd generation jeweler), working in partnership with his father and managing their store in the Yorkville area of Toronto.
 
However, his interest in falconry never diminished and he founded his bird control business in 1989. Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control quickly grew from a one-man operation using one hawk and expanded to a business with 14 staff members and more than a dozen birds of prey. There are now several offices in Canada.
 
Dan Frankian has worked nationally, as well as internationally, for various government agencies and large corporations. His international portfolio includes projects in the Galapagos Islands, Thailand and the United States. Dan Frankian’s birds of prey and dogs have appeared in and have opened for several live shows and TV shows and documentaries, as well as full feature movies such as Harry Potter.
 
Dan Frankian continues to speak at events and conferences worldwide, discussing such issues as bird and animal control, bird removal, bird strikes and abatement. As an expert outdoorsman, hunter and trapper, he is concerned with environmental issues and renewable natural resources.
 
Dan Frankian holds a Canadian commercial falconry license, a Master Falconry Permit in the State of Florida, an Ontario Fur Managers license for commercial fur and trapping nuisance wildlife as well as numerous firearms licenses, Advanced Wildlife Control Operator, Exterminator License, is Bats Standard Certified, and a Certified Urban Marksman. Dan is the ONLY CWCP (Certified Wildlife Control Professional) IN CANADA plus holding CWCP certification in the US. He is also a graduate of the Embry-Riddle Wildlife Hazard airport course.
 
In addition, Dan Frankian runs a rehabilitation clinic for injured wild birds of prey out of his home.
 
Dan is a staunch supporter for the preservation of birds of prey, as they continue to be a key barometer of a healthy natural environment.
 
 
Dan Frankian, Falconer Carol Hutchinson 2021-08-20 04:00:00Z 0

Rotaract Toronto - Lara Vales President

 
 
Guest Speakers:  Lara Vales, Rotaract Club of Toronto President
and Former Rotaract Toronto Member Raisha Nishimwe
Friday, August 20, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
Rotary Virtual Meeting via TEAMS! (NEW) and YouTube Live
Topic:  How to Develop Genuine Relationships
Host:  Pauline Lyons, Club Board Liaison Director - Rotaract Club of Toronto          
Rotaract Toronto - Lara Vales President Carol Hutchinson 2021-08-19 04:00:00Z 0

New Members' "Going for the Gold" President's Cocktails

NEW MEMBERS' "GOING FOR THE GOLD" PRESIDENT COCKTAILS
HOST: OUR NEW MEMBERS' COMMITTEE TEAM AND
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR, DAUNA JONES SIMMONDS
ROTARY VIRTUAL MEETING ON TEAMS!
WED. EVENING JULY 28, 2021 - 5:30 TO 6:30 PM
Wed July 28th at 5:30 pm -  Click here to Join.
 
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE UPCOMING OR PREVIOUS SPEAKER
 
All previous meeting recordings are on our YouTube channel – same link for everything : https://linktr.ee/RotaryToronto
 
Simply go on the YouTube icon link from there and you’ll see the all of the previous meetings except for a few restricted meetings. 
 
Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by the Speaker and
do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
 
New Members' "Going for the Gold" President's Cocktails Carol Hutchinson 2021-07-27 04:00:00Z 0

Richard White, Canoe Exploration in Ontario

 
 
Guest Speakers:  Richard and Keenan White, Canoeists
Friday, July 23, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
Rotary Virtual Meeting via TEAMS! (NEW) and YouTube Live
Topic:  Canoe Exploration of Ontario
Host:  Past President Bert Steenburgh          
 
Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
 
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE UPCOMING OR PREVIOUS SPEAKER
 
Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by the Speaker and
do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
 
Biography - to follow
 
 
 
Richard White, Canoe Exploration in Ontario Carol Hutchinson 2021-07-20 04:00:00Z 0

District Governor Ron Dicks - President's Cocktails Wed. Evening July 14, 2021

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Guest Speaker: District Governor Ron Dick along with Assistant Governor Khorshed Khan
 
Wed July 14th at 5:30 pm - Click here to Join. 
 
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Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by the Speaker and
do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
 
Biography

Ron has been an active Rotarian from 2014 to present in the Oshawa Rotary Club of District 7070 and prior to that from 1985 to 2000 in Districts 7010 (Rotary Club of Sudbury) and District 5550 (Rotary Clubs of Saskatoon and Winnipeg-Assiniboine).  A three-time president, Sudbury (1987-1988), Saskatoon (1995-1996) and Oshawa (2017-2018), the club on each occasion achieved the Citation from the RI President. 

District Governor Ron Dicks - President's Cocktails Wed. Evening July 14, 2021 Carol I Hutchinson 2021-07-19 04:00:00Z 0

Prince Kumar, Presidential Address and Meet the New Club Board

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FRIDAY, July 9, 2021- 12:15 to 1:15 PM
ROTARY TORONTO VIRTUAL MEETING
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:  PRESIDENT 2021-2022 PRINCE KUMAR
AND INCOMING NEW CLUB BOARD
TOPIC: THRONE SPEECH!
 
A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT, PRINCE KUMAR: 
 
Rotarians and Guests,
 
Please Click here for the recording of our July 9th kick-off meeting for your viewing pleasure and sharing:  https://youtu.be/KeiPlpIfCro 
 
In case you missed the meeting, we talked about some new elements and concepts, how our transition can empower us to serve with even greater impact, had some special guests and presentations from various parts of the world, and with 135 participants even had fellow Rotarians break out a dance move or two!
 
Reminders and actions from the meeting:
 
  1. Have you submitted your idea?  It's easy to get engaged - be it the reason you joined Rotary and/or perhaps you have an idea to help a cause, a project, for a fellowship or fundraising event, a speaker or to help our Club or Foundation in any way.  Go To: https://RotaryToronto.com/page/tools and click on "Collecting Your Ideas". 
  2. It's easy to join our Friday meetings and invite your contacts to explore Rotary - Only one link to save and remember: https://linktr.ee/RotaryToronto 
Thank you to our Technology Team (led by Serge Sourou) and especially to our newest member Andrew St John and Board Member Binoy Luckoo for the recordings and editing for this meeting.
 
Regards,
 
Prince.
Prince Kumar
 
Prince Kumar, Presidential Address and Meet the New Club Board Carol Hutchinson 2021-07-18 04:00:00Z 0

President 2020-2021 John Fortney Presidential Address and Changeover, Friday June 25, 2021

 
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021- 12:15 to 1:15 PM
ROTARY TORONTO VIRTUAL MEETING
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:  PRESIDENT JOHN FORTNEY
AND INCOMING PRESIDENT PRINCE KUMAR
TOPIC: CHANGEOVER MEETING!
HOST: PAST PRESIDENT KEVIN POWER
 
DID YOU MISS THE MEETING?  LINKS BELOW FOR RECORDED MEETING
 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8H9zzySEPHsHEFjxJuVk8Q
 or
https://linktr.ee/RotaryToronto and click on YouTube Icon
 
 
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Prince Kumar
INCOMING PRESIDENT 2021 - 2022
During his tenure he has served in the following categories:
President Elect, Vice President and as Liaison Director for Indigenous Service
 
Outgoing Club Board of Directors
Thank you to those that joined the Board in 2018 for your Commitment
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Jayson Phelps
INCOMING PRESIDENT ELECT 2021-2022
During his tenure he has served in the following categories:
Vice President and as Liaison Director for Indigenous Service, Program, Seniors and Rotaract
 
 
 
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Anny-Sandra Hamel
INCOMING VICE PRESIDENT
During her tenure she has served in the following categories:
as Liaison Director for Fundraising and Rotaract
 
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Alanna Scott:   
During her tenure she has served in the following categories:
Liaison Director for:  Fellowship and Entertainment, Environmental and Community services.
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    Marg Stanowski
    During her tenure she has served in the following categories:
    As Liaison Director for our Senior Citizens’, International
    Service and Marketing and Communications
     
     
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    Fabio Ventolini
    During his tenure he has served in the following categories:
    as Liaison Director for Community Service, Fundraising and Women’s Initiatives.
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    PRESIDENT JOHN FORNEY'S FINAL ADDRESS!
     
    Wow! What a year! From John Fortney
     
    The President’s year actually starts to get intense in the months leading up to it. This past Rotary year was dramatically intensified due to Covid-19. You have already heard of the 30/40 hours a week on Googlemeets/Zoom plus the countless phone calls. I actually had to have a Virtual doctor’s appointment as all the added time on the computer had strained my neck and shoulders. Thanks to some temporary meds and adjustments to the positioning of my computer that all got worked out.
     
    At the same time as my year was ramping up, my Father, who, like most sons, I loved very much, admired greatly and genuinely enjoyed being around was ill. Dad was palliative for those initial months and passed away just as we hit Changeover. Possibly the most emotional Presidential takeover in RCT history. It was a lot, but I made it through. The outpouring of support and love from members gave me strength. My Inaugural Speech is still our most attended meeting with over 1200 views. It was a gift that I was able to be there for Dad and my Wonderful Step-mom and this new virtual world allowed this.
     
    Thus, began The Fortney Era at The Rotary Club of Toronto!
     
    The Covid Grants from the $300,000 our Foundation put up continued into my year as we tried to help frontline charities caught in a lurch because of new Pandemic protocols.
     
    It soon became obvious that Virtual was going to be our world for most of the year, most likely the whole year. It is really hard to describe what it is like to finally become President and not be with anyone from the club the entire time. Periodically I got messages or phone calls of support that were very appreciated; in the last few weeks there have been many, thank you. They meant so much! The same goes for last Tuesday’s farewell event - it gave me a much needed reaction to my year. I really had no idea.
     
    Probably the most significant realization of this unprecedented year was the absolute resilience, resourcefulness and strength of our club. Early on with Covid two significant indicators of this for me were the rapid and generous response from our Club’s Foundation and the swift action of our Fellowship Committee. We had immediate and substantial reaction for both Community needs and for our Rotary Family’s needs.
    President 2020-2021 John Fortney Presidential Address and Changeover, Friday June 25, 2021 Carol Hutchinson 2021-06-29 04:00:00Z 0

    Bill Redelmeier, Southbrook Farms

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    Guest Speaker:  Bill Redelmeier
    Friday, June 11, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  Sustainability = Community
    Organics, Biodynamics and Regenerative Agriculture
    Need To Sustain The Community As Well As the Earth
    Host:  Past President Neil Philllips          
     
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    Biography
     
    Bill Redelmeier grew up on a dairy farm in Richmond Hill. When Bill and his wife started Southbrook Farms in the early 1980’s, making wine seemed like a natural evolution for their farm to table philosophy. When Southbrook moved to Niagara in 2005, Bill made the step up to certified organic and biodynamic farming and fulfilled a focus on sustainability. The Niagara winery is an example of what is possible in sustainability. The retail pavilion was designed by Jack Diamond and is LEED certified. With its solar panel program, Southbrook had the first commercial net metering project in Niagara, reducing their power consumption by 80%.
     
    Bill joined Rotary in the 80’s and served as the president of the Richmond Hill club in 1989. Bill and Marilyn especially enjoyed ‘making up’ around the world: over the years in the UK, France, India, Nepal, Australia and New Zealand. Over the years Bill has served on the board the Yellow Brick House, the Wine Council of Ontario, the Vintners Quality Alliance and the Organic Council of Ontario. 
     
    Bill’s family set the example for good works which he continues to this day. Through Southbrook, fundraising campaigns have raised close to $20K for organizations such as the David Suzuki Foundation, Safe Water Project, Yellow Brick House, Mackenzie Health and the Royal Ontario Museum.
    Bill Redelmeier, Southbrook Farms Carol Hutchinson 2021-06-08 04:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Eileen de Villa,  Toronto Medical Officer of Health

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    Guest Speaker:  Dr. Eileen de Villa, Medical Officer of Health - City of Toronto
    Friday, June 4, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  Covid Present and Future
    Host:  Past President Michele Guy          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    Biography
     
    Dr. Eileen de Villa is the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto.  In this role, she leads Toronto Public Health, Canada’s largest local public health agency that provides public health programs and services to 2.9 million residents.
     
    Dr. de Villa received her degrees as Doctor of Medicine and Master of Health Science (MHSc) from the University of Toronto and holds a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
    Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto Medical Officer of Health Carol Hutchinson 2021-05-31 04:00:00Z 0

    Member Special Meeting Notice- Re: Friday, June 4, 2021 1:15 pm

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    MEMBER NOTICE: THE ROTARY CLUB OF TORONTO
    SPECIAL MEETING AS PART OF THE REGULAR VIRTUAL ROTARY MEETING JUNE 4, 2021 AT 1:15 PM: TWO ITEMS: 
    APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 2021 AND APPROVAL OF BYLAW XXI (see attached Bylaw XXI).
     
    As announced at the January 22, 2021 virtual Rotary Meeting (Special Meeting) the Appointment of the Auditors for fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 was deferred.
     
    The appointment of the Auditors for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2021, will be addressed this Friday, June 4, 2021, at the end of the regular Rotary meeting on Friday, June 4, 2021. 
     
    A second agenda item for the Special Meeting is the approval of Bylaw XXI which addresses the Club’s Bylaw XVII Amendments with regard to the Member Committee changes and voting rights for the Club Treasurer and the Foundation Board President.  These bylaw changes are part of the Club’s Transition Plan and was approved by the Club Board at the May 19, 2021 Club Board Meeting. (see attached Bylaw # XXI).
     
    Feel free to call me at: 905-716-6861 should you have any questions before Friday.
     
    Thank you for your attention to this matter. 
    Carol Hutchinson
    Executive Director, The Rotary Club of Toronto
    Member Special Meeting Notice- Re: Friday, June 4, 2021 1:15 pm Carol Hutchinson 2021-05-28 04:00:00Z 0

    Sarwar Kashmeri, International Relations Specialist, Author and Commentator 

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    Guest Speaker:  Sarwar Kashmeri
    Friday, May 14, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  "  Canada, U.S. and China; Geopolitics and Business
    Host:  Brian Westlake          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
    ROTARY CLUBS OF NIAGARA ON THE LAKE AND NIAGARA REGIONS, SEE YOUTUBE LINK BELOW TO ATTEND MAY 14, 2021 MEETING:
     
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    Biography
     
    Sarwar Kashmeri is an international relations specialist, author, and commentator, noted for his expertise on U.S. global strategy and national security. He speaks frequently before business, foreign policy and military audiences. He is the host of Polaris-Live, featuring 30 minute live conversations on the business and geopolitical impact of China’s rapid rise to superpower status.
     
    China’s Grand Strategy: Weaving a New Silk Road to Global Primacy,” (Praeger), his third book, was published in July 2019. It is a centennial book of the Foreign Policy Association where Sarwar is a Fellow. The book was released at a  Washington D.C. launch on 7 November 2019 featuring Kashmeri and former U.S. Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel.
    Sarwar Kashmeri, International Relations Specialist, Author and Commentator Carol Hutchinson 2021-05-07 04:00:00Z 0

    Annamie Paul, The Leader of the Green Party

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    Guest Speaker:  Annamie Paul, The Leader of the Green Party
    Friday, May 07, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet ONLY
    Topic:  A Conversation with The Leader of The Green Party, Annamie Paul"  
    Host:  Darcy Higgins          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
    THIS IS A RESTRICTED TO ROTARY MEMBERS ONLY EVENT AND WILL APPEAR ONLY
    ON GOOGLE MEET WITH LIMITED CAPACITY, AS PER THE SPEAKER'S REQUEST. 
     
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    Biography
     
    I am the daughter of immigrants who arrived in Canada from the Caribbean in the 1960s. When my mother and grandmother arrived, they took jobs as live-in domestics - the main job Black women could get at that time. Like many immigrants, my mother worked hard to regain her profession as an elementary teacher and worked for more than 30 years in Toronto schools. My grandmother, who had been a nurse and a midwife, became a nurse’s aide.
    Annamie Paul, The Leader of the Green Party Carol Hutchinson 2021-04-30 04:00:00Z 0

    Dan Carter, Mayor of the City of Oshawa

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    Guest Speaker:  Dan Carter, Mayor of the City of Oshawa
    Friday, April 30, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  "Ordinary Actions, Extraordinary Impacts"  
    Host:  President John Fortney          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.   
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    Biography
     
    From a background of immense personal challenge and tragedy, which he chronicles in his book It’s the Right Time Now, Dan has become an inspiration and role model to individuals across Canada. As a professional speaker and leadership expert, Dan has motivated many people to achieve their full potential. As a life-long learner, he has completed leadership training with the Zappos’ Team in Las Vegas and the Disney Institute in Florida. 
    Dan Carter, Mayor of the City of Oshawa Carol Hutchinson 2021-04-16 04:00:00Z 0

    Raffi Sarkissian, Principal, ARS Armenian Private School

     
    Guest Speaker:  Raffi Sakissian, Principal of the A.R. S. Armenian Private School
    Friday, April 23, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  "The Legacy of Armenian Genocide and Canada's Response"  
    Host:  Vigen Ghazarian          
     
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    Biography
     
    Raffi Sarkissian is born and lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He holds a B.A Hons. in History (2006) and a Master of Education from York University (2012) a B.Ed from Trent University (2008) and is a Doctorate of Education Candidate at Western University. He holds full principal’s qualifications and Ontario College of Teachers’ certifications in the primary, intermediate and senior divisions. He is currently the principal of the A.R.S. Armenian Private School.
    Raffi Sarkissian, Principal, ARS Armenian Private School Carol Hutchinson 2021-04-11 04:00:00Z 0

    The Honourable Roy Cullen, Former Liberal MP
     

     
     
    Guest Speaker:  The Honourable Roy Cullen,  Former Liberal MP
    Friday, April 16, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  Money laundering in British Columbia and across Canada
    – How did we get here and what can be done?  
    Host:  William (Bill) Empey          
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    If you wish to support this Canadian Author for his book The Poverty of Corrupt Nations,
    the publisher is The Dundurn Press.  Here is the link - https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9780978160098-the-poverty-of-corrupt-nations
     
    In addition to The Poverty of Corrupt Nations, Roy as an author has two other books, you may be interested in. One is non-fiction and the other fiction, they are both available on-line at Amazon.ca and Chapters.Indigo.ca. #1. Beyond Question Period, or What really goes on in Ottawa and #2. A Cursed English*  *this is a fiction novel
     
     
    April 16, 2021 Topic Title: Money laundering in British Columbia and across Canada – How did we get here and what can be done?
    The Honourable Roy Cullen, Former Liberal MP  Carol Hutchinson 2021-04-09 04:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Carolyn Snider, Chief of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital 
     

     
    Guest Speaker:  Carolyn Snider
    Chief of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital 
    Friday, April 9, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  How St. Michael's Managed Through Covid and
    Used the Rotary Toronto Transition Centre  
    Host:  Harold Hetherington          
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    Biography
     
    Dr. Snider is the Chief of Emergency Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital. Unlike other major hospitals in Ontario, St. Michael’s serves many of Toronto’s more disadvantaged citizens who reside in the downtown core of the city. In addition to having medical needs met, this population requires other short-term assistance. People arrive at the hospital with an issue, that on its face, may not be an emergency. They may just need a prescription refilled. Dr. Snider has estimated that 40% of her clinical time is taken-up dealing with issues that are actually social and not medical in nature. It is with this background Carolyn brings a perspective that most people would not have had.
    Dr. Carolyn Snider, Chief of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital   Carol Hutchinson 2021-03-20 04:00:00Z 0

    Mark Garner, Ex. Dir. & CEO Downtown Yonge BIA

    Guest Speaker:  Mark Garner, Chief Operating Officer/ Executive Director 
    Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area
    Friday, March 26, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:  Forever Yonge - Canada's Iconic Main Street Coming Out of Covid
    Host:  Robert O'Brien          
     
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    do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
    Biography
     
    Mark Garner has been a successful business and community leader for more than 30 years, and is now focusing his expertise and vision on the transformation of one of Toronto’s most vital tourism and business hubs.
     
     
    Mark Garner, Ex. Dir. & CEO Downtown Yonge BIA Carol Hutchinson 2021-03-18 04:00:00Z 0

    Dave Dame, Leadership Coach/Global Enterprise Agile Leader 

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    Guest Speaker:  Dave Dame, Leadership Coach and 
    Scotiabank, Global Enterprise Agile leader
    Friday, March 19, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic:   Inclusion has to be purposeful
    Host:  Lori Brazier          
     
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    Biography
     
    Dave is a leadership coach, enterprise agile leader and trainer with over 20 years of product management and leadership experience, which he leverages to drive large-scale transformation in complex organizations. Dave’s practice focuses on scaling change by building up high-performing teams through training & empowering workforces – over the course of his career he has trained over 600 professionals in product management, leadership and agile delivery practices. He has worked with technology companies such as OpenText, PTC, and MCAP; in many cases improving delivery times by over 150%.
    Dave Dame, Leadership Coach/Global Enterprise Agile Leader Carol Hutchinson 2021-03-08 05:00:00Z 0

    Rick Goldsmith - Our Foundation's President

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    Guest Speaker:  Rick Goldsmith, President
    Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation 
    Friday, March 12, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Topic: Our Charitable Foundation! 
    Host:  President John Fortney          
     
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    Biography
     
    Rick is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional  Accountants Association of Ontario. He recently retired from KPMG where he worked his entire professional career, including as a Corporate Finance and Risk Management Partner in its Advisory practice.
    Rick Goldsmith - Our Foundation's President Carol Hutchinson 2021-03-04 05:00:00Z 0

    Women's International Day - Emilie Coyle and Rashida Samji
     

     
    The Rotary Club of Toronto - Women’s Initiatives Committee (WIC) Presents:        
    INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 5TH, 2021 WITH SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER,
    Emilie Coyle, Executive Director of Canadian Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS), the National Headquarters in Ottawa
    together with Rashida Samji, who will tell us of her experience in Federal Prison.
     
    Please join our virtual lunch meeting to hear about the plight of the unfortunate women caught in Canada’s Justice system.  What does Elizabeth Fry do to help these women and why are so many of them in remand in our provincial prisons?  How does it affect their lives, their families, and ultimately our society?
     
    CAEFS has 24 local member societies providing front-line services. The national team takes on the key issues that impact criminalized women and gender-diverse people by defending prisoners rights, building our community’s capacity, and raising public awareness.    www.caefs.ca
     
    Guest Speaker:  Emilie Coyle - Executive Director CAEFS
    and Special Speaker: Rashida Samji
    Friday, March 5, 2021 - Time: 12:15 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic: International Women's Day 
    Host:  Pauline Lyons and WIC Chair Deb Snider
    and Rotary Toronto's Women's Initiatives' Committee          
     
     
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    Biography Emilie Coyle
     
    Emilie Coyle is the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. She previously worked as Director of the
    Refugee Sponsorship Support Program at the University of Ottawa. Emilie has practiced family, criminal and immigration law. In addition to her professional accomplishments as a bilingual legal professional and not-for-profit advocate, Emilie was a co-founder of Parents 4 Diversity, a citizen’s group working with parents and teachers to address discrimination with the goal of making schools safer for all children and youth and a proud sponsor of LGBTQ+  refugees for many years. She lives with her partner Adam and her children Maia and Niko and loves a good book recommendation.
     
     
    Biography Rashida Samji
     
    Rashida Samji aced her Aga Khan High School with straight A’s. In years to follow, she rose to upper echelons of Canadian society as a highly regarded legal professional.
    Faced battling for life, she looked Cancer in the eye and beat it, not once, but two times over.   Often seen as a speaker for charity events, she lived in the city of her dreams. Life could not beat her.  Then the winds of change finally brought Ms. Samji to her knees.  A series of poor choices and misfortunate alliances incarcerated Rashida into a Federal Prison.
     
    Losing her career, her reputation and even her family alliances, she pivoted her focus and started making different choices.  She is today rebuilding herself as a peer advocate for LGBTQ and Indigenous cultures and advocates for incarcerated women.  She is determined to make a positive difference.
    Women's International Day - Emilie Coyle and Rashida Samji  Carol Hutchinson 2021-02-28 05:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Sharon Cohen, MD FRCPC

    Guest Speaker:  Dr. Sharon Cohen, MD FRCPC 
    Friday, February 26, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic: What's New In Alzheimer's Research?" 
    Host:  Alex Brown          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
     
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    Biography
     
    Dr. Sharon Cohen is a behavioural neurologist known for her excellence in patient care, teaching, and clinical research. She completed her neurology residency and behavioural neurology fellowship at the University of Toronto. She is the medical director and site principal investigator of Toronto Memory Program, a community-based medical facility which she established in 1996 for the purpose of enhancing diagnosis, medical care, and therapeutic options for individuals with, or at risk for, Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Her memory clinic and research site are among the most active in Canada.
    Dr. Sharon Cohen, MD FRCPC Carol Hutchinson 2021-02-07 05:00:00Z 0

    Neil Hetherington - CEO Daily Bread Food Bank

    Guest Speaker:  Neil Hetherington, Daily Bread Foodbank 
    Friday, February 19, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic: Food Insecurity – Today’s Challenge’ 
    Host:  Harold Hetherington          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
     
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    Biography
     
    Neil Hetherington joined Daily Bread Food Bank as CEO in January 2018. Daily Bread Food Bank supplies fresh and shelf-stable food to more than 130 member agencies across Toronto, supports 175 food programs, and is a national leader in research that examines the causes and impacts of food insecurity.
    Neil Hetherington - CEO Daily Bread Food Bank Carol Hutchinson 2021-02-06 05:00:00Z 0

    Program Committee - Racism Series, February 5, Jan. 29th and January 22, 2021

     
    Click on this link https://youtu.be/87GAbq-arVs
    to join the February 5th session live or to watch it after the event.
     
    Missed Part 1 of the Anti-Racism Series?
     
    Missed Part 2 of the Anti-Racism Series?
     
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     the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
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    Missed Part 2 of the Anti-Racism Series?
     
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    Missed Part 1 of the Anti-Racism Series?
     
    Program Committee - Racism Series, February 5, Jan. 29th and January 22, 2021 Carol Hutchinson 2021-01-06 05:00:00Z 0

    Amanda Pick, CEO Missing Children's Society of Canada

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    Guest Speaker:  Amanda Pick, CEO Missing Childen's Society of Canada 
    Friday, January 15, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic: Recognizing the Important Role Members of the Community Have
    In Helping the Police Locate a Missing Child. 
    Host:  Past President Neil Phillips          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    Amanda Pick has been the CEO of the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) for more than 10 years. During that time, she has helped move the organization into the digital age, taking it from one that distributed posters when it was founded in 1986, to one embracing the latest technology to help police in the search for a missing child.
     
    Amanda has made partnerships a core component of MCSC's work, engaging organizations such as Esri Canada and Microsoft, to create the ground-breaking Child Search Network, technology that delivers real-time details from police about missing children cases to community members specific to their location. It also lets the public share vital information with police that can lead to finding missing children safely.
    Amanda Pick, CEO Missing Children's Society of Canada Carol Hutchinson 2021-01-05 05:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Reverend Brent Hawkes

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    Guest Speaker:  Dr. Reverend Brent Hawkes
    Friday, January 8, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic: Confronting Religious-Based Discrimination
    Against the LGBTI Community
    Host:  John Joseph Mastandrea          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M., is the Founder and Executive Director of Rainbow Faith and Freedom, and Senior Pastor Emeritus of Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, where he was at the forefront of ministry to the LGBTQI2S community for over 40 years. On January 14, 2001, he officiated at the first legal same sex marriages in the world. He received the Order of Canada, the Order of New Brunswick and three honorary degrees for his stand on social justice and human rights within the LGBTQI2S communities.
     
    Website: https://rainbowfaithandfreedom.org/
    Dr. Reverend Brent Hawkes Carol Hutchinson 2021-01-01 05:00:00Z 0

    President John's Christmas and Holiday Message!

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    Club Christmas Holiday Party December 18, 2020 YouTube Link:
     
     
     
    President John's Christmas and Holiday Message:
     
    Christmas already! Where has this year gone, it hardly feels like I have left my house.
     
    Christmas and the holidays are a time to celebrate, enjoy family and friends, eat, drink,  reminisce, eat some more, drink some more, contemplate life and look back over the past year, eat more, drink more and all this ending up with the welcoming in of a New Year and all the excitement and promise that has to offer.
     
    This year has been unlike any other. The world was given a challenge and like everyone else Rotary needed to adapt quite abruptly to a new reality.
    I think we met this challenge and, in fact, rose above it.
    President John's Christmas and Holiday Message! Carol Hutchinson 2020-12-23 05:00:00Z 0

    Rotary Toronto's Christmas/Holiday Party Virtual Meeting!

    Did You Miss The Party?

    You are invited to view the The Rotary Club of Toronto Celebration

    Virtual Christmas/Holiday Party Virtual Meeting

    Click on the Picture to View Video or the Link

     
     
    HELD FRIDAY  DECEMBER 18, 2020 
    TIME: 12:00 TO 1:15 PM
    HOST: DAUNA JONES-SIMMONDS
    Dauna Jones-Simmonds has invited you to participate in the creation of a video montage (or "Tribute") for Rotary Club of Toronto Christmas Luncheon.
    Your deadline to submit is December 11, 2020.
     
    Welcome Message & Instructions from Dauna Jones-Simmonds:
    Hello Rotarians! We are creating a video montage for the Rotary Club of Toronto Virtual Christmas Luncheon this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Luncheon will be held on Friday, December 18, 2020 from noon until 1:30 pm in the luxury of your own home. In order to participate, we will be sending you a Google Meet link in due course. Please feel to invite your family and friends to experience the virtual Christmas celebration.For the video, you can do one of many things: feature your favourite pet in its favourite holiday outfit; say a few words about your experience at the Club; respond to one of the two questions being asked; upload a picture of your decorated Christmas Tree so that you can be part of a Christmas Tree competition - Winners will be announced at the luncheon on December 18th; upload a video of you and your family singing a Christmas song; Be creative and funny too! Remember, your video must be no more than one minute long!It will only take you a minute to film and submit your video. It should make for an unforgettable celebration of the 2020 Holiday Season. Don't be the last to submit! Your contribution to the video will be shown at the Christmas Luncheon.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dauna Jones-Simmonds at dauna.jonessimmonds@rotarytoronto.com
    Questions to Answer in Your Video:
    • What is your favorite thing about Rotary Club of Toronto Christmas Luncheon?
    • What do you admire most about Rotary Club of Toronto Christmas Luncheon?
    • WATCH FOR HER EMAILS TO SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO!
     
     
    Rotary Toronto's Christmas/Holiday Party Virtual Meeting! Carol Hutchinson 2020-12-18 05:00:00Z 0

    Andrew Phillips - Editorial Page Editor, The Toronto Star

    Guest Speaker: Andrew Phillips, Editorial Page Editor, The Toronto Star
    Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
    Topic: Donald Trump is about to leave the White House.
    How much damage has been done?
    Can it be fixed? And have we heard the last of him?
    Host:  Past President Neil Phillips          
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
     
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    Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by Andrew Phillips, the Guest Speaker and do not necessarily reflect the official views or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
     
     
    Biography
     
    Andrew Phillips has been editor of the Star’s editorial pages since January 2011.  Previously he was editor of the Victoria Times Colonist and The Gazette in Montreal.  He has also been a writer and editor at The Gazette, CBC Television News, and Maclean’s, as well as business editor of the Star.  He holds a degree in history and economics from McGill University and taught journalism at Concordia University.
    Andrew Phillips - Editorial Page Editor, The Toronto Star Carol Hutchinson 2020-11-30 05:00:00Z 0

    President John and our Fdn. President Susan Howson - Guest Speakers

     
    John Fortney, President
    The Rotary Club of Toronto
     
     
    Susan Howson, President
    Rotary Club of Toronto
    Charitable Foundation 
     
    Guest Speakers: President John Fortney and
    our Charitable Foundation President, Susan Howson
    Special Guest:  Vaughan Dowie, CEO Pine River Institute
    Let's Be Personal Speaker: Past President Jack Robertson
    That Was The Week That Was Speaker: Geoffrey Johnson
     
    Friday November 27, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
     
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     

    In these difficult times, we need to celebrate our fellowship as Rotarians.

    So, this is a “feel good” luncheon.

    We have some money to give away, President John and Foundation President Susan Howson will give us a little history, and as an added attraction, we’ll hear about “That Was the Week that Was” from Geoffrey Johnson.

    President John and our Fdn. President Susan Howson - Guest Speakers Carol Hutchinson 2020-11-26 05:00:00Z 0

    U of T Hart House Debate Team - Friday November 20, 2020

     
    Guest Speaker: U of T Hart House Debate Team
    Friday November 20, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Motion To Be Debated: This House Believes That Violent Protests Are
    More Effective in Changing Societal Values and Attitudes Than Peaceful Protests
    Host:  Past President Geoffrey Johnson 
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    The Hart House Debating Club, established in 1919, is one of the oldest and most prestigious debating societies in Canada. They are among the most successful teams in North America and the World.
     
     
     
    U of T Hart House Debate Team - Friday November 20, 2020 Carol Hutchinson 2020-10-30 04:00:00Z 0

    Renee Linklater - Director of Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH0

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    Guest Speaker: Dr. Renee Linklater, Director of Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH
    Friday November 13, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic: the Impact of Covid-19 on Indigenous Communities
    Invocation: Elder Audrey DeRoy
    Host:  Chair Steve Smith and the Indigenous Service Committee 
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    Renee Linklater, PhD is a member of Rainy River First Nations in Northwestern Ontario.  She has over 25 years of experience working with Indigenous healing agencies and First Nation communities. Renee has worked across the health and education sectors as a frontline worker, program evaluator, curriculum developer, educator/trainer, and researcher. She is an international speaker on trauma and healing and is the author of Decolonizing trauma work: Indigenous stories and strategies. Renee is the Director of Shkaabe Makwa at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and is actively involved in several system level initiatives across the province.
    Renee Linklater - Director of Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH0 Carol Hutchinson 2020-10-26 04:00:00Z 0

    Lieutenant - Colonel James J. Stocker - Remembrance Day - Friday Nov. 6, 2020

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    Guest Speaker: Lieutenant - Colonel James J. Stocker 
    Friday November 6, 2020 Remembrance Day 
    Rotary Special Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  The Canadian Armed Forces and
    Modern Conceptions of  Service
    Host:  Alex Brown
    Bugler: Paul Taylor 
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    When using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    Lieutenant-Colonel James J. Stocker, CD AdeC
     
    Lieutenant-Colonel James Stocker began his military career in The Queen’s York Rangers, enlisting while in high school in 2000.  Commissioning in 2002, he completed his training in Gagetown, NB, and has since held every Regimental officer appointment.  Concurrently maintaining an active full-time military career, he held both command and staff appointments at a variety of units and headquarters, including the Regiment itself, 32 Canadian Brigade Group Battle School, 32 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters, 4 Canadian Division Support Group Headquarters, 4 Canadian Division Headquarters, the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, and National Defence Headquarters.
     
    His operational experience includes a deployment with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, in 2008-09, where he served in current operations.  More recently, he deployed as Canada’s Senior Liaison Officer to the Coalition Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (the global community’s response to the threat of ISIS in Syria and Iraq) Headquarters in 2017-18.  Domestically, he served as the Task Force Adjutant for the Canadian Armed Forces support the G8/G20 Summits in 2010.  More recently, he was privileged to command Territorial Battle Group 1, the high readiness composite unit formed to respond to Ontario’s COVID pandemic and tasked to provide emergency assistance to select long-term care facilities.
     
    Lieutenant - Colonel James J. Stocker - Remembrance Day - Friday Nov. 6, 2020 Carol Hutchinson 2020-10-26 04:00:00Z 0

    Gavin Pitchford, Founder and CEO, Delta Mgmt. Group

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    Guest Speaker: Gavin Pitchford, Founder and CEO
    Canada's Clean 50 and Delta Management Group
    Friday October 30, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  Canada’s Clean50 Awards and the Case for a Post Covid #CleanReset”
    Host:  Past President Susan Howson 
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    After seven years building the leading systems provider for law firms in Canada, Gavin returned to the executive search business, founding Delta Management Group in 1992 to serve the fast-growing networking technology industry.
     
    In 2010, increasingly concerned about climate change, Delta expanded, pivoting to focus on becoming part of the solution, and is now Canada’s leading search and executive search firm for “clean & green professionals” and executives, helping clients identify the very best talent in Canada in the ESG, corporate responsibility, sustainable development and clean tech markets across Canada.
     
    In 2011, as it became apparent the right people weren’t talking to each other, Gavin founded the Clean50 Awards, to recognize, and more importantly, to connect leaders from every form of endeavour and every part of the country for their leadership in sustainability.
     
    The key: To collect their awards, senior executives were required to spend a full day participating with all of their fellow honourees and other expert guests in the annual Clean50 Summit – a day designed to inspire future collaboration, and which has since led to the creation of hundreds of jobs, hundreds of millions of dollars in sales and investment, and hundreds of collaborations, all of which have improved both environmental and economic performance of Canada.  The group of now 600 plus honourees lends their collective voice to sharing the message with Canadians and governments that a low carbon economy isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s also the very best way to build our economy.
    Gavin Pitchford, Founder and CEO, Delta Mgmt. Group Carol Hutchinson 2020-10-05 04:00:00Z 0

    Paul Schafer, Author and Educator

    Guest Speaker: Paul Schafer, Author and Educator
    Friday October 23, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:   From The Economic Age to a Cultural Age
    Host:  Charlene Schafer (Daughter of Paul) and Bert Steenbugh
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Our speaker at our October 23, 2020 meeting will be D. Paul Schafer, Director of the World Culture Project and author of many books on the arts, culture, and Canadian culture and creativity. He will be talking about the personal and professional experiences he has had in the arts and culture over the course of his life as presented in his recently-published book THE ARTS: Gateway to a Fulfilling Life and Cultural Age. The book is dedicated to artists and arts organizations for all the beauty, happiness, creativity, and spirituality they bring into the world.
     
                                 You can support this Canadian author by purchasing his book from the publisher, David Stover, at Rock’s Mills Press, or from Amazon.ca.
     
     
     
    Biography
     
    Paul Schafer, Author and Educator Carol Hutchinson 2020-10-02 04:00:00Z 0

    RSVP: Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting: Oct. 7, 2020 Guest Speaker: Bill Morari, GM and COO - The National Club

     

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    Guest Speakers:  Bill Morari,  General Manager and
    Chief Operating Office - The National Club
    Our First Physical and Virtual Wednesday Evening Rotary Meeting
    WERM: October 7, 2020, Starting at 5:30 p.m.
    Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Main Dining Room
    Topic:  History of The National Club
    Host: Past President, Geoffrey Johnson
    LIMITED CAPACTIY, MANDATORY RSVP to: office@rotarytoronto.com
     
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    Biography
     
    William N. (Bill) Morari is the General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of The National Club.  
    He has been with The National Club since 1981 over 39 years!  Join us for our WERM
    Wednesday October 7, 2020 to hear about all the great history of The National Club. 
    He has been a Rotarian and a member of The Rotary Club of Toronto since 1999.
    He is a Club Past President and the current Chair of our Fundraising Committee
    and has been heavily involved in committee and Club activities since 1999.
    RSVP: Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting: Oct. 7, 2020 Guest Speaker: Bill Morari, GM and COO - The National Club  Carol Hutchinson 2020-09-28 04:00:00Z 0

    Mark Chipman, District Governor 7070 - Fri., Oct. 2/20

    Guest Speaker: Mark Chipman - District Governor 7070
    Friday October 2, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  Mark's Vision for 2020/21
    Host:  Iosif Ciosa - AG District 7070 & DGN 2022/2023
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    RSVP to: office@rotarytoronto.com
     
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    It is with great pleasure that we say welcome to Mark Chipman from the Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise as our new District Governor for the Rotary year 2020-21. District Governor Mark Chipman has been a passionate and engaged Rotarian since 2006 with a wide range of experience at both the Club and District levels.  With Whitby Sunrise he served as Club President in 2012, and as Director on several committees including Fundraising and the Whitby Ribfest. He feels privileged to have participated in humanitarian service for club projects in Laos, Thailand and Dominican Republic.
    Mark Chipman, District Governor 7070 - Fri., Oct. 2/20 2020-09-20 04:00:00Z 0

    Sharon Avery President and CEO - Toronto Foundation 

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    Guest Speaker: Sharon Avery, President and CEO - Toronto Foundation
    Friday October 16, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  Toronto Foundation Impact: Investing Program
    Host:  Randy Gunn, Rotarian
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Biography
     
    Sharon Avery is President & CEO of Toronto Foundation, one of Canada’s leading community foundations and a Toronto city-building institution.
     
    Ms. Avery has built a 19-year career as a high energy fundraiser and passionate communicator. Prior to joining the Foundation in September, 2016, she served for eight years as Chief Development Officer at UNICEF Canada where she more than doubled its investment in children, transforming the organization on the international stage.
    There, Sharon led a pivotal fundraising campaign recruiting women philanthropists across Canada to embark on a four-year educational journey on maternal, newborn and child health in the developing world. In just 13 months $12 million was raised to support 3.8 million women and children in Peru, Namibia, Ethiopia, Cambodia and Indonesia.
    Sharon Avery President and CEO - Toronto Foundation Carol Hutchinson 2020-09-15 04:00:00Z 0

    Ellin Bessner - Author and Professor

    Ellin Bessner speaking at Congregation Habonim, Toronto.
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    Guest Speaker: Ellin Bessner
    Friday September 25, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WW II”
    Host:  Brian Westlake
    Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
    if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
     
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    Our speaker at our September 25, 2020 meeting will be Ellin Bessner, author and a Professor at Centennial College Journalism School of Communications, Arts, Media, and Design.  She will be talking to us about her recent book Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WW II”
     
    You can support this Canadian author and purchase her book at leading bookstores or as an ebook through her website at ellinbessner.com
     
    Ellin Bessner - Author and Professor Carol Hutchinson 2020-09-12 04:00:00Z 0

    Sandhya and Swapna Mylabathula - Fri. Sept. 18/20

     
    Guest Speakers: STEAM Sisters: Sandhya and Swapna Mylabathula
    Friday September 18, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  The Impact of Concussions
    12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
     
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    Sandhya Mylabathula [PhD Candidate, MSc.] and Swapna Mylabathula [MD/PhD Candidate] (@steam.sisters) are the STEAM Sisters!
     
    When they’re not on fun STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) adventures, they research concussions as PhD and MD/PhD students respectively at the University of Toronto (but let’s face it, that’s still a STEAM adventure!). Swapna is a McLaughlin Scholar and her research includes work on concussion policy and concussion in women’s hockey. Her clinical interest is sport and exercise medicine! Sandhya is a returning CIHR Fellow in Public Health Policy, and has investigated concussion risk factors, policy, education, sex/gender, and management.
    Sandhya and Swapna Mylabathula - Fri. Sept. 18/20 Carol Hutchinson 2020-09-12 04:00:00Z 0

    Rotary Scholarship Meeting - Keynote Speaker Amna Majeed

    Keynote Speaker Amna Majeed - 2016 Scholarship Winner
    Guest Speakers: John Chen - 2014 Scholarship Winner
    and Lorenzo Penate - 2017 Scholarship Winner
    Friday September 18, 2020
    Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet
    Topic:  Scholarship Recipient Update
    Host:  Chair Pauline Lyons and The Scholarship Committee
     
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    Biography
    Keynote Speaker Amna Majeed – 2016 Scholarship Winner
     
    Amna Majeed graduated from the Life Sciences Program at the University of Toronto and has completed her first two weeks in medical school.
     
    She is finding it very challenging and is pleased to share her journey with the Rotary Club of Toronto.  It is due to the Rotary Club of Toronto’s scholarship that she has been able to be a part of numerous university activities. She worked with the Health and Human Rights Committee to promote mental health and with Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) to advocate for inequalities within the STEM fields. Last year, She even had the opportunity to be the conference chair for WISE, through which we hosted a conference for over 600 delegates around North America to come together and discuss new research topics in STEM, and issues such as confidence and imposter syndrome in the workplace.
     
    Last year, she became the UofT Rotaract Co-President.  They have hosted biweekly discussions on mental health and wellness, and fundraisers for organizations such as Plan Canada. She recently attended the UofT Rotaract meeting with the next year’s executive team. Indeed, none of this would have been possible without Rotary’s constant assistance.
     
    These clubs have not only allowed her  to internalize the Rotary motto of Service above self,  but have taught her the importance of joining clubs and organizations within university – allowing you to give back to your university and local community.
     
              John Chen                 Lorenzo Penate           Hshmat Sahak     Joshua Harrison-Maul
     
    Biography
    John Chen – 2014 Scholarship Winner
     

     

    Rotary Scholarship Meeting - Keynote Speaker Amna Majeed Carol Hutchinson 2020-09-09 04:00:00Z 0

    Liberty Silver an Interview and Entertainment, Friday August 21, 2020

     
     

    Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 21, 2020

    Location:  Rotary Virtual Lunch Meeting via Google Meet

    Topic:  An Interview with and Entertainment by Liberty Silver

    Host:  President, John Fortney
     
     
    Liberty Silver is a Canadian singer, based in Toronto, Ontario. She won two 1985 Juno Awards, one for Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and the other for Best Reggae/Calypso Recording. She has been nominated for a Juno award a total of five times.
     

    Liberty Silver is a multi award-winning singer/songwriter who made her professional singing debut at age 12, when she opened for reggae legend, Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. She was a contestant for seven weeks on the popular TV show, Star Search, has pursued a number of musical genres, with a particular emphasis on jazz and neo-soul, and is renowned for her six-plus octave range.

    In the mid-‘80s, Liberty won 3 Juno Awards for Best R&B Single and Reggae/Calypso Recording, and appeared in Canada’s Ethiopian famine relief song, “Tears Are Not Enough” in which she won a Grammy for that collaboration. In 1995, she was Jazz Report’s Female Jazz Singer of the Year. Her 1999 song, “Love’s Eternity Gate”, went double platinum and won 5 Black Music Awards, and in 2005, she received the ACAA, for Arts and Entertainment. Liberty co-wrote the themes for the Atlanta and the Athens Olympics Games; has opened for BB King, the Temptations and Harry Belafonte; and has performed or collaborated with Eddie Bullen, David Foster, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell and many others. In 2005, she released the album, At Last. Her latest and highly-anticipated album, Groove Symphony was released in December 2010.

    Liberty Silver an Interview and Entertainment, Friday August 21, 2020 Carol Hutchinson 2020-08-17 04:00:00Z 0

    RSVP: Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting: July 29, 2020 Guest Speakers: Rasheed Sulaman and Phoebe Tung

    Guest Speakers:  From Health Canada: Raheed Sulaman and Phoebe Tung
    Virtual Wednesday, Evening Rotary Meeting: July 29, 2020, Starting at 5:30 p.m.
    Topic:  Do it for a Healthy Home,
    Tips to protect you and your family from chemicals and pollutants within the home.
    Host:  Vigen Ghazarian
    RSVP to: office@rotarytoronto.com
     
    Sulaman is a Senior Programs Officer for Health Canada in Ontario. Rasheed engages the public on environmental health issues, specifically, under the Chemicals Management Plan (CMP), a Government of Canada initiative aimed at reducing the risks posed by chemicals to people and their environment. He is passionate about outreach and providing awareness on chemicals and risk management. Prior to his current role, he worked with Service Canada for 10 years delivering services and guidance on programs to the public.
     
     
    Phoebe Tung is the Regional Radiation Specialist for Health Canada in Ontario. Under the National Radon Program, Phoebe is committed to increasing awareness of radon, its health risks, and encouraging action through testing and mitigation. Phoebe actively participates in outreach activities engaging the public, government and industry on radon and radon-related projects. Prior to working at Health Canada, Phoebe was a Research Assistant in the Hazardous Air Pollutants Laboratory at Environment and Climate Change Canada.  
     
    RSVP: Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting: July 29, 2020 Guest Speakers: Rasheed Sulaman and Phoebe Tung Carol Hutchinson 2020-07-20 04:00:00Z 0

    RYLA Delegates: Rodayna Abuelwafa & Michael Power, Guest Speakers

    Guest Speaker: Rodayna Abuelwafa and Michael Power
    The Rotary Club of Toronto Virtual Meeting
    Friday, July 17, 2020 starting at 12:00 noon
    Topic:  RYLA The Rotary Club of Toronto Impact
    Host:  Past Club President Neil Phillips
     
            Rodayna Abuelwafa                                Michael Power                          
           
     
    Rodayna's Bio
     
    Rodayna Abuelwafa, is a passionate young professional who is aiming to push the human race forward and create a great impact in her community.  She is a past Community Services Director with the Rotaract Club of Toronto and the past Project Manager for District 7070.  Rodayna has a political science and a humanitarian work background; she also likes traveling, painting, reading and dance Salsa.  Recently she started her own e-commerce store “Artesia Store”, feel free to check it out: https://artesiastore.com.
     
    Michael's Bio
     
    Michael is a commerce student at McMaster University, specializing in accounting.  Currently, he is doing a 16-month internship at Ford Motor Company as the Payroll Accounting Intern.  Michael is the past treasurer for Rotaract GTA Connect.  He has also attended a number of Rotary events including last year’s Rotary International Convention in Hamburg. 
     
    Both Rodayna and Michael were delegates at RYLA in 2019.
     
    What is RYLA?
     
    The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (“RYLA”) is a program for young people that was officially adopted by Rotary International in 1971.  Conducted on a district level, RYLA offers Rotarians a special opportunity to take part in developing qualities of leadership and good citizenship among the young people of their communities.
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    VIP Guest Speaker, President 2020 - 2021 John Fortney

     
    VIP Guest Speaker: President 2020 - 2021 John Fortney
    The Rotary Club of Toronto Virtual Meeting
    Friday, July 10, 2020 starting at 12:00 noon
    Topic:  John's Vision for 2020-2021
    Welcome to New Board Members
     
    What You Missed - Friday's Recording of John's Virtual Meeting and Throne Speech!
     
    Our new Rotary year has been kicked off with a huge heart!
     
    Congratulations again to President John and to all the Board Members – We look forward to continuing to serve with you.
     
    We had 98 members, visiting Rotarians and guests join us on Live Stream and Google Meet combined for John’s Throne Speech!
    See the links below if you were unable to attend:   
     
    Link to the video on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=744886829617618
     
     
    VIP Guest Speaker, President 2020 - 2021 John Fortney Carol Hutchinson 2020-07-08 04:00:00Z 0

    Guest Speaker: President 2019-20 Kevin Power
     

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    CHANGEOVER!
    Guest Speakers: President 2019 2020, Kevin Power
    Friday June 26, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting
    Topic:  Final Presidential Address
    12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
    RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
     
    WHAT YOU MISSED!  KEVIN POWER'S CHANGEOVER SPEECH AND PREVIOUS MEETING!
     
    Hello Rotarians and Guests,
     
    President Kevin in his cool and composed manner has been stellar in leading us successfully as the Club adapted to virtual meetings.  These meetings have been getting 75 to 125 attendees joining in on Live Stream or Google Meet. 
     
    Friday, June 26. 2020 was our Changeover Virtual Meeting for  Kevin's final Presidential remarks, his last virtual one presiding over as President - for those that were not able to connect on the day, please enjoy the recording of the meeting: 
     
     
     
     
    Missed some of our previous virtual talks, or just want to see them again...
     
    ...Enjoy these recordings - click here for summary on Facebook
    DateSpeaker / TopicFacebook videoGoogle Drive link
    June 19
    Alain Bartleman - National Indigenous People's DayClick hereGoogle - click here
    June 12Dr. Michael Verbora - Is medical cannabis a cure all?Click hereGoogle - click here
    June 5Amna Majeed, Angela Chen and Stacey Chikoto - Rotaract: Year in ReviewClick hereGoogle - click here
    May 29Valarie Wafer - Rotary International at a Time of Covid-19Click hereGoogle - click here
    May 22Brian Westlake & Paul Cusimano - Build me up !! Sweat EquityClick hereGoogle - click here
    May 8Jennifer Lee - The Essence of Resilient LeadershipClick hereGoogle - click here
    May 1Sandy Boucher - New business risks in the Covid-19 landscapeClick hereGoogle - click here
    April 24Tess Widdifield - The impact of a global pandemic on the world's most vulnerableClick hereGoogle - click here
    April 17Peter Ewins - Nature Works - restoring the things that run our world, one InTheZone garden at a timeClick hereGoogle - click here
    April 3President Kevin Power - our first Virtual meeting - The Covid-19 PlanClick hereGoogle - click here
     
     

    Thanks,

    Prince.
     
     
    More Power to You
     
    We are reaching the end of another Rotary year.  What a year.  The end of a year is a time for us to reflect on our Club’s meetings, activities, successes and challenges this past year.  To recognize the efforts and contributions of our members and our impact on our community. There were a number of highlight meetings for me this past year. It may seem a long time ago that members were feeling hot, hot, hot in the Imperial Room up and dancing to the steel drums.  The sounds of Caribana with members and guests showing off their limbo skills on the patio at the National Club.  Enjoying the WERM’s at the National Club.  Celebrating with seniors at our Annual Senior’s Christmas luncheon.  Enjoying the entertainment and food at our Club’s Christmas luncheon.  Our special lunch meetings led by our various committees.   This year included International Services hosting a meeting in honour of Peter Naylor and his solar panel project in Ghana.  At our last in person meeting on March 6, we celebrated International Women’s Day led by the Women’s Initiative Committee with a full room at the National Club.  Our Environmental Committee hosted our Earth day luncheon with our very first virtual guest speaker.  The format of Youth Day could not be the same this year but our Youth and Children’s Committee arranged an update for us from our great Rotaract Clubs.  Once again, this year we had an impactful Indigenous People’s Day luncheon this past week.
    Guest Speaker: President 2019-20 Kevin Power  Carol Hutchinson 2020-06-24 04:00:00Z 0

    Alain Bartleman, Indigenous People's Day - Guest Speaker

     
    INDIGENOUS NATIONAL PEOPLE'S DAY
    Guest Speakers: Alain Bartleman
    Friday June 19, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting
    Topic:  Power, Pipelines and Peoples:
    The Three Levels of Government in Canada
    Host:  Rotary Toronto's Indigenous Service Committee
    Chair:  Bill Empey 
     
    Alain Bartleman is a lawyer who represents First Nations Governments and individuals.
     
    A  member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Alain was most recently part of the legal team for Attawapiskat First Nation in the closure of the Victor diamond mine. He maintains a busy practice in Rama centering around constitutional litigation and governance.

    He also  maintains a pro bono practice that sees him serving on the board of Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and on the fundraising board of the Anishnawbe Health Foundation.
     
    His father the Hon James Bartleman was the  first Indigenous Governor General  of Ontario. James Bartleman  spoke to our club twice and was instrumental in the creation of our Indigenous Services Committee and of HIP (Honouring Indigenous Peoples) a Canada wide Rotary /Indigenous partnership
     
    In his spare time Alain is a runner and Avid Reader.  He is delighted and honoured to be speaking to our Club. 
    Alain Bartleman, Indigenous People's Day - Guest Speaker Carol Hutchinson 2020-06-15 04:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Michael Verbora, Chief Medical Officer of Aleafia Health

    Guest Speakers: Dr. Michael Verbora
    Friday June 12, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting
    Topic:  Is Medical Cannabis a Cure All?
    Host: Sylvia Geist
     
    Dr. Michael Verbora earned an MBA from the Odette School of Business in 2009 and an M.D. from Schulich School of Medicine at Western University in 2013, before entering Family Practice residency at the University of Toronto.
     
    To date he has completed over 5,000 cannabinoid therapy consultations, and is a global medical expert in the field of cannabinoid therapy. He has given over one hundred presentations on cannabinoid therapy, including internationally to government, parliament and regulators.  
     
    He serves as Chief Medical Officer of Aleafia Health, a Canadian Producer of medical cannabis and cannabinoid research.
     
    Dr. Michael Verbora is a family physician who works in the Toronto community. When graduating at the peak of the opioid crisis he sought out other therapies to help patients with pain. He came across medical cannabis and with self education became passionate about using this as a safer alternative to opioids.
     
    His studies in cannabis led to him becoming a global expert in cannabinoid therapy. He has treated thousands of patients and has perhaps the largest pediatric population on medical cannabis here in Toronto. He helps children with epilepsy, autism and cancer using medical cannabis safely.
     
    He is now the Chief Medical Officer of Aleafia Health, a cannabis company in Vaughan, that is focused on creating medical cannabis medicines for patients in Canada and around the world. Dr. Verbora testifies when required as a medical expert in the field of cannabinoid medicine and has helped other governments around the world develop cannabis policy. He is an advocate for medical cannabis access for patients and patient centered medical care. 
    Dr. Michael Verbora, Chief Medical Officer of Aleafia Health Carol Hutchinson 2020-06-08 04:00:00Z 0

    Welcome to New Member Joseph Tubbs

     
    Joseph Tubbs
    New Member Introduction:  Friday, June 5, 2020
    Sponsor:  John Fortney
     
    We are very pleased to welcome Joseph Tubbs to our Club who is our second New Member introduced at a Virtual Rotary Toronto Meeting:
     
    Biography
     
    Joseph Tubbs was born in Toronto, and grew up in Mississauga Ontario. Joseph was an All-star basketball player in high school a 3X MVP, and received a basketball scholarship to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops British Columbia; where he studied Bachelor of Tourism Management.
     
    His father suffered a life threatening work injury which made Joseph come back to Mississauga, where he coached his high school team to OFFSSA.  The following year he transferred to Algoma University where he played for the basketball team while studying Sociology.
     
    Joseph’s mentor Jim Wilson (Rotarian), advised Joseph to join Rotary where he became a Rotarian in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario in 2015; where Joseph demonstrated service above self. After Algoma University Joseph started a career working with high risk youth; as a youth support worker for youth in the foster care system for 3 years.
     
    Joseph then went to the Ontario College of Trades where he developed his skill trade; he worked two years as an apprentice, before becoming a Journey man in his skilled trade rebar, for his union LiUNA Local 183.  Joseph works in the high rise sector building condominiums in the Toronto downtown area, developing Toronto’s infrastructure.
     
    Joseph has a beautiful son 4 years old Shane Tubbs. Joseph also participates in the Fitness industry, where he has competed in shows such as: The Toronto Pro, and Arnold Sports festival, as an athlete.  Welcome to Rotary Toronto Joseph!
     
     
     
    Mark McQuitty, Windsor Park Capital Corporation
    New Member Introduction:  Friday, May 29, 2020
    Sponsor:  John Andras
     
    We are very pleased to welcome Mark McQuitty to our Club who is our first New Member introduced at a Virtual Rotary Toronto Meeting:
     
    Biography:
     
    Mark currently leads Windsor Park Capital Corporation, a firm that invests in business opportunities that are socially responsible and financially attractive.
    Welcome to New Member Joseph Tubbs Carol Hutchinson 2020-06-05 04:00:00Z 0

    Youth Day: Rotaractors: Stacey Chikoto, Angela Chen and Amna Majeed

    Guest Speakers: Stacey Chikoto, President, Rotaract Club of Toronto
    Angela Chen and Amna Majeed, Co-Presidents, Rotaract Club of U of T
    Friday, June 5, 2020, Rotary Toronto Virtual Meeting
    Topic: Rotaract: Year in Review
    Host:  Sarah Hui
     
    Stacey Chikoto                 Angela Chen                 Amna Majeed
     
     
    Youth Day: Rotaractors: Stacey Chikoto, Angela Chen and Amna Majeed Carol Hutchinson 2020-06-02 04:00:00Z 0

    Valarie Wafer, RI Director 2020-2022

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    Guest Speakers: Valarie Wafer
    Friday May 29, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting
    Topic:  Rotary International at a Time of COVID-19
    and a Time of Great Change
    Host: Robert O'Brien
     
    Valarie had a 27 year career as a restaurant owner in Toronto.  The brand, Tim Hortons, is the most recognized and iconic franchise in Canada. The Wafer’s operation was best known for its inclusive hiring practices and accessibility, especially in the area of employment.
    Valarie Wafer, RI Director 2020-2022 Carol Hutchinson 2020-05-26 04:00:00Z 0

    Brian Westlake and Paul Cusimano, ISC Sweat Equity Trip to El Salvador 2019/20

    Guest Speakers: Brian Westlake and Paul Cusimano
    Friday May 22, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting
    Topic:  Rotary Toronto's International Service Committee's
    El Salvador Sweat Equity Trip 2019-2020
    Host: Maureen Bird and our International Service Committee
     
            Brian Westlake
     
    Brian is a retired partner of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.  He was a President of The Rotary Club of Toronto for year 1989-90.  He is also a Past Foundation President and now an Honorary Director of the Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation.  He is a current member of the Club's Program Committee and a Paul Harris Fellow.  Brian has been a participant in previous years in eight Sweat Equity Projects about which he will be speaking along with his fellow sweat equity team member Paul Cusimano.
     
     
                   Paul Cusimano
     
    Paul was born and raised in Toronto. He studied business at the University of Toronto and and McMaster University.
    He is an Investment Advisor with Scotia Mcleod, with a focus on international markets. As part of his job, he regularly travels to Latin American and the Caribbean.  Paul is married to Cynthia and their son Robert lives and works in Seattle.
    Brian Westlake and Paul Cusimano, ISC Sweat Equity Trip to El Salvador 2019/20 Carol Hutchinson 2020-05-20 04:00:00Z 0

    David Lockett, Co-Founder/President PACT Urban Peace Program

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    Guest Speaker: Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting/ Virtual Cocktails 
    David Lockett, PACT Urban Peace Program
    Topic: LifePlan Coaching in the Schools
    The Power of Early Prevention: The New Way Forward"
     

    David Lockett is a long-time Rotarian, volunteer, visionary and social entrepreneur who has spent most of his working life developing, delivering and funding innovative and cost-effective programs and strategies to address the underlying factors that lead to family and domestic violence, poverty and youth crime in Toronto. 

    As the co-founder and President of the PACT Urban Peace Program, and the co-founder of the Redwood Shelter in Toronto, David has leveraged his business experience, professional network and personal perseverance to make a positive and significant social impact through integrated, best-practice solutions.

    David Lockett, Co-Founder/President PACT Urban Peace Program Carol Hutchinson 2020-05-11 04:00:00Z 0

    What You Missed May 8th, 2020, Jennifer Lee - Deloitte Canada

     
    Guest Speaker: Jennifer T. Lee, Managing Partner
    Issue Based Growth Platforms for Deloitte Canada
    Value Creation Services
    Rotary Toronto Virtual Lunch Meeting and Recording
    Friday May 8, 2020, 12:00 to 12:45 pm
    Topic:  The Essence of Resilient Leadership
    Host: Shannon Lundquist
     

    Video recordings:

    - Like & share on Facebook, click here: https://www.facebook.com/rotarytoronto/videos/532748560740825/

    - on Google drive click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xHY6J2HXi65CmlZR1_Ab2IR0Q1MpH9rZ/view?usp=sharing

    Jennifer has shared with us the following related articles for your reading pleasures:

    What You Missed May 8th, 2020, Jennifer Lee - Deloitte Canada Carol Hutchinson 2020-05-10 04:00:00Z 0

    Jennifer Lee, Managing Partner Deloitte Canada

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    Guest Speaker: Jennifer T. Lee, Managing Partner
    Issue Based Growth Platforms for Deloitte Canada
    Value Creation Services
    Friday May 8, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting
    Topic:  The Essence of Resilient Leadership
    Host: Shannon Lundquist
     
     
    Jennifer is the Managing Partner for developing the critical issue based Growth Platforms for Deloitte Canada and Chile. She is leveraging her experience in growing the Cannabis Practice from a $1M practice to a $60M under her leadership to develop the Future of Trust and Future of Employee Well-Being platforms.  The focus of the platforms is to serve our clients on the biggest issues in the market and exponentially grow Deloitte’s revenues, elevate and create leaders, and drive eminence in the marketplace.
     
    Jennifer Lee, Managing Partner Deloitte Canada Carol Hutchinson 2020-05-08 04:00:00Z 0

    What You Missed May 1, 2020, Sandy Boucher, - Grant Thornnton

     
    Guest Speakers:  Sandy Boucher,  Grant Thornton LLP
    Principal, Risk and Forensics
    Rotary Toronto Virtual Lunch Meeting and Recording
    Friday, May 1, 2020, 12:00 to 12:45 pm
    Topic:  New Business Risks in the COVID Landscape
    Host to the Speaker: Michele Guy
    Let's Be Personal Speaker: Sylvia Geist 
     

    Video recordings:

    - Like & share on Facebook, click here: https://www.facebook.com/rotarytoronto/videos/260694515321713/

    - on Google Drive click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jQiiDrfObGx6qdgCJwC-ibLxDIA49LEQ/view?usp=sharing

    Email office@rotarytoronto.com for Sandy's slide deck which was also previously emailed to you by Prince Kumar

    What You Missed May 1, 2020, Sandy Boucher, - Grant Thornnton Carol Hutchinson 2020-05-06 04:00:00Z 0

    Sandy Boucher, Senior Investigator, Grant Thornton LLP

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    Guest Speaker: Sandy Boucher, Senior Investigator
    Forensic and Dispute Resolution Services, Grant Thornton LLP 
    Rotary Toronto VIRTUAL Meeting: Friday, May 1, 2020
    Topic: A New Business Risks in the COVID  Landscape
    Host:  Michele Guy
     
    Sandy Boucher is a seasoned investigator with 35 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Starting his career with the Royal Hong Kong Police, where he worked for 12 ½ years attaining the rank of Superintendent, Sandy specialized in Asian organized crime, narcotics and money laundering investigations. During his time with the force, Sandy received many commendations for his work with police forces around the globe.
     
    Sandy Boucher, Senior Investigator, Grant Thornton LLP Carol Hutchinson 2020-04-30 04:00:00Z 0

    What You Missed: Friday April 24, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting

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    Rotary Toronto Virtual Lunch Meeting and Recording
    Friday, April 24, 2020, 12:00 to 12:45 pm
    What You Missed! 
    Emcee: President Kevin Power, 
    Guest Speakers:  Tess Widdifield, ShelterBox Canada
    Let's Be Personal Speaker: Bill Empey
     
    Rotarians and Friends: 
     
    We had 84 participants join us on Friday, April 24th, we hope you are all safe and are practicing your social distancing.
     
    Here is the link to the recording of our Friday Virtual Meeting - you are welcome to like and share the post with others from our club's Facebook page:
     
    Click on the link to the video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rotarytoronto/videos/252467265873385/
     
     
    What You Missed: Friday April 24, 2020 Rotary Virtual Meeting Carol Hutchinson 2020-04-24 04:00:00Z 0

    Tess Widdifield, Ex. Dir. ShelterBox Canada
     

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    Guest Speaker: Tess Widdifield, Acting Exec. Dir, ShelterBox Canada 
    Rotary Toronto VIRTUAL Meeting: Friday, April 24th
    Topic: COVID-19: The Impact of a Global Pandemic on the World’s Most Vulnerable
    Host:  Saleem Kassum
     
    Tess Widdifield is the Acting Executive Director at ShelterBox Canada. Tess started her journey into the non-profit world at Brescia University College at Western University, earning a degree in international community development.
     
    Tess Widdifield, Ex. Dir. ShelterBox Canada  Carol Hutchinson 2020-04-23 04:00:00Z 0

    What You Missed: Friday April 17, 2020 Virtual Meeting 

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    Rotary Toronto Virtual Lunch Meeting and Recording
    Friday, April 17, 2020, 12:00 to 12:45 pm
    What You Missed! 
    Emcee: President Kevin Power, 
    Guest Speakers:  Pete Ewins and Let's Be Personal, Suzanne Seaquist
    That Was The Week That Was Speaker: Geoffrey Johnson
     
    Rotarians and Friends: We hope you are well and keeping safe!
     
    We had a total of 86 participants virtually attending our Club's Friday Meeting on April 17th.  Here is the link to the recording - you are welcome to like and share the post with others from our club's Facebook page:
     
     
     
    What You Missed: Friday April 17, 2020 Virtual Meeting Carol Hutchinson 2020-04-22 04:00:00Z 0

    Pete Ewins, WWF Dir. of Canada's Endangered Species Program
     

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    Guest Speaker: Pete Ewins, April 17, 2020
    Rotary Toronto VIRTUAL Meeting # 2 (Scroll down for Virtual Meeting # 1)
    Topic: Nature Works! - Restoring The Things That Run 
    Our World, One in The Zone Garden at a Time.
    Host:  Kurt Kroesen, and our Environmental Committee
     
     
    Pete spent 12 years in Shetland, including a post as Assistant Warden for three years at the world famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory.  His introduction to applied conservation was provided during six years working for the UK government as Nature Conservancy Council officer for Shetland, and then Hertfordshire.  His doctoral work on Black Guillemots in relation to the offshore oil industry, was completed at Oxford University in 1986. 
     
    In 1990 he moved to Canada and worked until 1996 on the Great Lakes wildlife toxicology programs of the federal government’s Canadian Wildlife Service, documenting levels and impacts of toxic pollutants on wildlife at the top of aquatic foodwebs.
     
    He joined World Wildlife Fund Canada, as Director of Canada’s Endangered Species Program in 1996 and then led WWF’s Arctic conservation work from 2000-2006, focusing heavily on shifting the industrial development paradigm to one that provides adequately for conservation of intact ecosystems, and ecological and cultural diversity, while the opportunity still remains. 
     
    Pete Ewins, WWF Dir. of Canada's Endangered Species Program  Carol Hutchinson 2020-04-06 04:00:00Z 0

    Virtual Rotary Lunch Meeting: April 3rd, What You Missed!

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    Rotary Toronto Virtual Lunch Meeting and Recording
    Friday, April 3, 2020, 12:00 to 12:45 pm
    What You Missed! 
    Emcee: President Kevin Power, 
    Guest Speakers:  Lorna Johnson and Neil Phillips
     
     
    "It is hard to believe it is less than one month ago that the Women’s Initiative Committee hosted the International Women’s Day in the National Club.   A terrific lunch and a tremendous job by our Women’s Initiative Committee.  Now the National Club is closed.  The Royal York is eerily silent.
     
    Our world as we knew it changed.  The impact of COVID-19 spread throughout Europe.  Italy was ravaged.  The death toll there now topping 13,000.  The numbers in Spain now exceeding Italy.  Before March 1, there was only one COVID death reported in the US.  The cases spread quickly and by the end of March the numbers in the US soared.  Our thoughts are now with the people of New York City.  A city only an hour flight from us here in Toronto. 
     
    Our politicians and our medical officers of health at all levels are stressing the steps we need to take.  We need to follow the recommendations of public health on physical distancing and where applicable self isolation. 
     
    So we need to adapt.  We rescheduled our Steam Whistle fundraiser to October.  We cancelled in person meetings and events. 
     
    We approached Pat Neuman and the Fellowship and Entertainment committee to set up virtual events for our members.  We started on Wednesday night with the virtual cocktail.  We saw those that we had not seen in a while.  It was great to see that we can be together even when we are physically apart. 
     
    We approached the program committee under the leadership of Bert Steenburgh.  Sitting here today we do not know when we will be able to meet again in person.   So we are running the very first virtual club meeting in the 108 year history of The Rotary Club of Toronto.  We have relaxed the formalities.  A relaxed dress code.  No head table.  Our program committee has been asked to arrange speakers for virtual programs.  On April 17 we will have a guest speaker at our virtual lunch. 
    Virtual Rotary Lunch Meeting: April 3rd, What You Missed! Carol Hutchinson 2020-04-03 04:00:00Z 0

    President Kevin's COVID-19 Message

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    President Kevin Power's COVID-19 MESSAGE
     
    Dear Fellow Rotarians and Rotaract,  Please see the most recent message below from President Kevin Power
     
    "Our hearts and thoughts are with those who have been affected by this global pandemic. It is important that we each do our part to flatten the curve and minimize the impact on our community.
     
    The Rotary Club of Toronto will continue to practice social distancing.  We have cancelled our regular lunch meetings up to April 10th and have now cancelled the April 17th lunch in person.  Given the uncertainty and need to avoid large gatherings, I anticipate we will need to cancel further in person Friday lunch meetings.
    President Kevin's COVID-19 Message Carol Hutchinson 2020-03-31 04:00:00Z 0

    Rotary Toronto and our Charitable Foundation Take Action!

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Rotary Toronto Foundation President Susan Howson:
     
    "We are pleased to announce that the Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation has approved $300,000 to go towards the needs arising in our community from COVID-19.
     
    The Club Board has reached out to our Philanthropic Committees to explore the needs in our community and how we can assist and make an impact.  The Foundation will give $100,000 of these funds to the Club’s Philanthropic Fund to be disbursed to the Philanthropic Committees to be able to assist those in need.  We encourage all of our committees to remain engaged and to proactively reach out to our community so that we can address immediate needs and make an impact.
     
    In addition, for $100,000 of the funds, the Foundation will be streamlining their process and softening some of the requirements in the granting guidelines to facilitate timely relief for COVID-19.  In particular, an exception has been made to allow applications to the Foundation to include operating funds in relation to requests arising from COVID-19.
     
    For the remaining $100,000, the Foundation will, until June 30, 2020, match donations made to the Foundation for COVID-19 relief. Click on the link below for The Rotary Club of Toronto’s website (www.rotarytoronto.com) and the Foundation’s donation page, with its specific drop-down for COVID-19, "Community Impact And Needs". Complete and submit the page to donate.
     
     
    The Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation and The Rotary Club of Toronto will make a real impact to the disadvantaged and marginalized in our community in these uncertain times.  Further details to be discussed at our Club’s virtual meeting on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. 
     
    Keep safe,
     
    Susan Howson, President                                                    Kevin Power, President
    Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation              The  Rotary Club of Toronto"
    Rotary Toronto and our Charitable Foundation Take Action! Carol Hutchinson 2020-03-30 04:00:00Z 0

    Professor David R. Beatty

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    THIS ROTARY LUNCH MEETING IS CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE
    OUR GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A FUTURE DATE.
    Guest Speaker: Professor David Beatty, Friday, March 13, 2020
    Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
    Topic: The Transformation of Corporate Governance
     Host:  Andy Bush
     
    NEW Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket.
    Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
    or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Thursday
    at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
     
    Professor David R. Beatty C.M., O.B.E., F.ICD, CFA
    Chair David and Sharon Johnston Centre for Corporate
    Governance Innovation and Professor of Strategy
    Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
     
    Professor David R. Beatty Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-20 05:00:00Z 0

    SPEAKER CANCELLED TO BE RESCHEDULED, Chris Munro, Veterans Transition to Education Program

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    SPEAKER CANCELLED TO BE RESCHEDULED
    Guest Speaker: Chris Munro, Program Advisor
    Friday,  March 20, 2020
    Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
    Topic: Veterans Transition to Education Program
     Host:  Sylvia Geist
     
    NEW Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket.
    Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
    or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Thursday
    at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
     
     
    Chris Munro is a registered social worker, researcher, and instructor at Ryerson University. His research focuses on the psychological stressors associated with post-military transitions to civilian life. Chris’ experiences with both the Canadian military (1 PPCLI/2 CDO) and his own transition provide him with insight into the challenges faced by soldiers and former soldiers, as they move from their military careers to a civilian environment. He came to Ryerson University as a mature student, and gained entrance to Ryerson’s Social Work program where he received his undergraduate and Masters degree in Social Work.
     
     
    SPEAKER CANCELLED TO BE RESCHEDULED, Chris Munro, Veterans Transition to Education Program Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-19 05:00:00Z 0

    Brett Hendrie, Executive Director of Hot Docs

    TO BE RESCHEDULED
    Guest Speaker: Brett Hendrie, Executive Director of Hot Docs, Friday, March 27, 2020
    Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
    Topic: 
     Host:  Michele Guy
     
    NEW Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket.
    Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
    or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Thursday
    at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
     
    Brett Hendrie is the Executive Director of Hot Docs, a Toronto-based charity committed to showcasing and celebrating excellence in documentaries, and to creating opportunities for documentary filmmakers.
    Brett Hendrie, Executive Director of Hot Docs Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-18 05:00:00Z 0

    Jaime Leverton, CCO eStruxture Data Centre

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    Guest Speaker: Jaime Leverton, Friday, March 6, 2020
    International Women's Day Rotary Lunch
    Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
    Topic: Women in Technology
    Host:  Annelise Taylor and
    The Women's Initiatives Comittee
     
    Please join us for lunch and celebrate International Women’s Day, Friday March 6, 2020 with our guest speaker, Ms. Jaime Leverton, Chief Commercial Officer, eStruxture Data Centre.
     
    Jaime Leverton, CCO eStruxture Data Centre Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-17 05:00:00Z 0

    Beth Beattie, Senior Cousel Min. of Attorney General, Civil Law Division

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    Guest Speaker: Beth Beattie, Senior Counsel,
    Min. of the Attorney General - Civl Law Division
    Friday, February 28, 2020
    Location: The National Club, 303 Bay St. Toronto
    Topic: “Why we need leaders in our community to
    publicly disclose their mental illnesses”. 
    Host: Brian Westlake

    Beth started her career as a student and associate in the litigation department of Fasken Campbell Godfrey.  She was called to the bar in 1994.

    Beth is currently Senior Counsel at the Ministry of the Attorney General Civil Law Division, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Long-Term Care Branch.  Beth has a broad-based litigation practice and has expertise in the areas of Coroner’s inquests, human rights, forensic and civil mental health, OHIP eligibility and long-term care home compliance.  Beth has a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in alternative dispute resolution.

    Beth Beattie, Senior Cousel Min. of Attorney General, Civil Law Division Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-16 05:00:00Z 0

    The Honourable Wanda Thomas Bernard, PhD, C.M., O.N.S.
     

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    Guest Speaker: The Hon. Wanda Thomas Bernard
    Senator – Nova Scotia (East Preston)
    WERM Guest Speaker: Wednesday, Feb. 12/20 5:30 - 7:30 pm
    Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street (Bay & Adelaide)
    Topic: “Black History in Canada: Going Forward, Guided by the Past”.
     Host: Dauna Jones-Simmonds
     
    Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard is the first African Nova Scotian woman to be appointed to the Senate of Canada, representing the province of Nova Scotia and her hometown of East Preston. Senator Bernard champions issues impacting African Canadians and people living with disabilities. She is particularly invested in human rights, employment equity, and mental health. Through her involvement in community projects, her social work career, her time with Dalhousie School of Social Work, and now her work in the Senate, Senator Bernard has maintained a deep dedication to social justice and racial justice. Senator Bernard advocates for reparations for the historic and continued anti-Black racism impacting the lives of African Canadians in her work.
    The Honourable Wanda Thomas Bernard, PhD, C.M., O.N.S.  Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-12 05:00:00Z 0

    Susan Howson,  Rotary Toronto Foundation

    Guest Speaker: Susan Howson, Friday, February 21, 2020
    Foundation Day Rotary Lunch
    Location: Fairmont, Tudor Rooms 7 and 8
    Topic: The Rotary Club of Toronto Foundation
    Host: The Foundation Board
     
    Susan Howson is a third-generation Rotarian. Growing up with parents who believed in giving back to their communities – preferably through Rotary – it was a natural step to join the Rotary Club of Toronto in 1991. Women had only recently been allowed to join Rotary and Susan was one of the first 10. 
    After graduating from Western University in 1976 with a BA in history, Susan joined Wood Gundy’s clerical staff. In the following nine years, she completed a range of security courses, enabling her to rise through departments that included Compliance, Foreign Exchange and Money Market. In 1985, she left Wood Gundy to spend the summer deciding what to do next.
    Susan Howson, Rotary Toronto Foundation Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-12 05:00:00Z 0

    Peter Bulut, President & Owner, Great Lakes Brewery

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    Guest Speaker: Peter Bulut, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020
    Location: The National Club, 303 Bay St. Toronto
    Topic: Great Lakes Brewery and the 
    History of Beer in Toronto - 1987 to 2020
    Host: Michele Guy
     
    Peter Bulut is the Owner and President of Great Lakes Brewery, a fiercely independent craft brewery firmly rooted in Etobicoke. Bulut, also a resident of Etobicoke, takes great pride in the brewery he's built in his backyard and credits the success of the business to the family like atmosphere he has created within, and outside, the brewery walls. Through his leadership and managerial style, Great Lakes Brewery continues to grow at a healthy and sustainable pace with a focus on the Ontario market. Bulut believes in supporting communities through action and engagement while empowering staff to get involved in the charitable endeavours of Etobicoke neighbours. 
     
    About Great Lakes Brewery

    A fiercely independent owned and operated brewery, Great Lakes celebrated 30 years in the craft beer business in 2017, making them one of the oldest craft breweries in Ontario. 

    GLB specializes in producing flavourful beers that will be sure to awaken your taste buds with each sip. From unique seasonal ales, bottle conditioned releases, year-round ales and premium lagers to their 7 Barrel and Tank Ten Series of beers, GLB produces a variety of products to be enjoyed by everyone!  

    Based in Etobicoke at 30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd., GLB invites you to visit the brewery for a taste of award-winning beers in their bustling taproom and retail store 7 days a week. While there, enjoy food from The Wavy Wall, GLB’s in-house craft kitchen. 

    www.greatlakesbeer.com 

     
    Peter Bulut, President & Owner, Great Lakes Brewery Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-12 05:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Najma Ahmed, Surgeon-in-Chief (interim) St. Michael's Hospital

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    Guest Speaker:  Dr. Najma Ahmed, Friday, January 31, 2020
    Location: The Albany Club, 91 King Street East
    Topic: Doctors as Health Advocates - Politics
    and Challenges of Gun control and Advocacy
    Host: Michele Guy
     
    Dr. Ahmed completed Medical School and General Surgery Residency at McGill University.  She holds a PhD in Surgical Infections and Sepsis which was completed during her surgical residency.  Following her residency she pursued fellowship training in Trauma Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Michigan and the University of Toronto. 
     
    Dr. Najma Ahmed, Surgeon-in-Chief (interim) St. Michael's Hospital Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-12 05:00:00Z 0

    Dr. Rajiv K. Singal MD, FRCSC

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    Guest Speaker:  Dr. Rajiv K. Singal, Friday, January 24, 2020
    Location: The National /Club, 303 Bay Street
    Topic: Early Reflections on Building Surgical Capacity
    in the Developing World
    Host: John Lloyd
     
    Dr. Singal grew up in Bowmanville Ontario and eventually moved to Timmins where he graduated from high school. He went on to receive his medical degree in 1990 from the University of Toronto. He did his postgraduate surgical training in Toronto, obtaining his board certification in Urology with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1995. A fellowship from the University of Western Ontario in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Kidney Stone disease was completed in 1996.
     
      Dr. Rajiv K. Singal MD, FRCSC Carol Hutchinson 2020-01-12 05:00:00Z 0

      Cathy Crowe, Author

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      Guest Speaker: Cathy Crowe, Friday, January 17, 2020
      Location:  The Albany Club
      Topic: A Knapsack Full of Dreams
      Host:  Geoffrey Johnson
       
       
      Cathy Crowe, Author Carol Hutchinson 2019-12-26 05:00:00Z 0

      John Cairns, Motivational Speaker

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Dec 22, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: John Cairns, Friday, January 10, 2020
      Location:  Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Topic: "Having a Leg To Stand On in 2020"
      Host:  Bert Steenburgh
       
      • Upon completion from high school, John became employed with Canadian National Railways.  Instantly, all John’s goals and dreams both personally and professionally tumbled into an abyss of devastation.  On November 30, 1992, at the age of 26, while assembling a train in Toronto yard, John was run over by a 68 ton railway car. John instantly suffered the loss of his right arm and right leg.
      John Cairns, Motivational Speaker Carol Hutchinson 2019-12-22 05:00:00Z 0

      President Kevin's Christmas and Holiday Message

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Dec 10, 2019
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      President Kevin’s Holiday Message
       
      Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose…Today we celebrate our annual Club Christmas/Holiday lunch.   This is a season about giving.  At this special lunch each year our charitable foundation donates $5,000 to a charity of choice.  This year the Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation has selected the Fort York Food Bank.  The Fort York Food Bank is a multi-service agency in our community with a vision to feed the hungry and to offer support programs to assist their clients to resolve the underlying issues affecting them.  A very deserving choice. A special thank you today to Dauna Jones - Simmons in once again chairing our luncheon today and her team, Jackie Davies, Pat Neuman, Dawn-Marie King, Deb Snider, Carole Chauncey and Melonie Dixon. 
       
      As we enjoy the season, I wanted to take some time to reflect on an active and fun first half of this Rotary year.  
       
      In the summer, Dauna Jones Simmons and Geoffrey Johnson arranged musical entertainment that had us up and dancing, and even participating in a limbo competition!  The program committee, chaired by Bert Steenburgh, continues to deliver top tier speakers and programs.  Our Remembrance Day program and the tribute to our late member Peter Naylor were among the highlights for me personally.  A special thank you to Past Presidents Neil Phillips and Geoffrey Johnson for delivering the news in “That was the Week that Was” and Don Bell in organizing our Let’s be Personal speakers.
       
      President Kevin's Christmas and Holiday Message Carol Hutchinson 2019-12-10 05:00:00Z 0

      Betty Ann Heggie, Gender Dynamics Thought Leader

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 29, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, November 29, 2019
      Betty-Ann Heggie
      Location: Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Topic:  Give Up Gender Stereotypes to Get the Results You Want"
      Host: James Braithwaite
       
      Betty-Ann Heggie, a thought leader in gender dynamics has had articles featured in Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, Apple News and Huffington Post. The author of Gender Physics, Unlock the Energy You Never Knew You Had to Get the Results You Want, she speaks regularly on how men and women can make progress together in the modern workplace.
       
      Betty Ann Heggie, Gender Dynamics Thought Leader Carol Hutchinson 2019-11-29 05:00:00Z 0

      University of Toronto Debate Team at The National Club

      Posted on Nov 15, 2019
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      Guest Debate Team: Friday, November 22, 2019
      University of Toronto Debate Team 
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Motion to be Debated: “This House Believes That Countries 
      Should Not Repatriate Their Citizens  Who Have Fought  For ISIS”.
      Host: Geoffrey Johnson
       
      NEW Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket
      Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
      or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Thursday
      at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
       
      Biography
       
      The Hart House Debating Club, established in 1919, is one of the oldest and most prestigious debating societies in Canada. They are among the most successful teams in North America and the World.
       
       
       
       
       
       
      University of Toronto Debate Team at The National Club 2019-11-15 05:00:00Z 0

      Tribute to Peter Naylor and his Atorkor Project  in Ghana

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 10, 2019
       
      Peter H. Naylor (1933-2018)
      Rotarian: Since 1967
       
      Friday, November 15th we celebrate the legacy of a great Rotarian Peter Naylor- generous, modest and kind.
      His final legacy project was $250,000 for a solar power system for Atorkor Vocational Training Institute in Ghana.
      Please join us at our Rotary lunch to hear from the people involved and how this is Making a Difference.
       
       
      Our Speakers: David Carter, Peta Hall and
      Enoch ( Atorkor instructor) and Peter Naylor
       
      Guest Speakers: Friday, Nov. 15, 2019:
      Peta Hall, Atorkor Foundation and David Carter RESco Energy Inc. 
      Location: Fairmont Royal York, in the Imperial Room
      Topic: Peter's Atorkor Solar Project in Ghana
      Host: Maureen Bird and International Services Committee
       
      Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket
      Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
      or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Thursday
      at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
       
      Biography:  Peta Hall,  Atorkor Foundation
       
      Peta Hall grew up in Zimbabwe, and came to Canada 45 years ago. She has been an artisan, potter, educator, arts activist, designer, marketer and founder!  She has lived in Prince Edward County for 26 years. She has been an active board member of the Ontario Craft Council, PEC Arts Council, Quinte Arts Council, Taste the County, Bloomfield and Area Business Association, and is currently a board member of the Atorkor Vocational Training Institute, Dream Big Ghana and Alternatives for Women.
       
      Some 10 years ago she began returning to Africa, to volunteer in Ghana.   She established a women’s textile cooperative, which is now self-sustaining and providing the women with independent dressmaking and business skills.  In 2011 she began living in Ghana, to enable and oversee the building of the Atorkor Vocational Training Institute (AVTI); Rotary assisted with providing some equipment.  The school now has over 500 students.  She met Peter Naylor through her friend Ruth Crawford who asked her to tell Peter about AVTI and its development.  Peter decided to work with Fidel Reijerse of RESco to create this outstanding project of bringing solar power to AVTI, the Medical Clinic and the village of Atorkor.
      Peta now lives in Wellington but makes regular sojourns back to Ghana.
       
      Biography:  David Carter, RESco Energy Inc. 
       
      David Carter was the Energy Engineer from RESCo responsible for the evaluation, design and implementation of the solar energy system installed at Atorkor Vocational Training Institute (AVTI). This involved three trips to Ghana.
       
      David studied Energy Systems Engineering Technology at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. He began working as a designer for small solar products such as backpacks, coolers and attic fans. David joined RESCo's installation team in November 2012 and then left to work as lighting consultant in the multi-residential sector. He then returned to RESCo as a lighting expert and slowly transitioned to designing solar and battery storage projects.
       
              
       
      Tribute to Peter Naylor and his Atorkor Project in Ghana Carol Hutchinson 2019-11-10 05:00:00Z 0

      Eric McGeer, Remembrance Day Lunch - National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 05, 2019
      Eric McGeer  and his son Colin at the new
      Canadian Memorial on Verrieres Ridge in Normandy
       
      Guest Speaker: Eric McGeer , Friday Nov. 8, 2019
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Memories of the D-Day Dodgers 
      Host: Harold Hetherington
       
      NEW Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket
      Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
      or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Thursday
      at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
       
      Biography
       
      Eric McGeer is an academic who studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal. He obtained his doctorate in history from the University of Montreal in his chosen area of study, the Byzantine Empire. He lectured at the University of Montreal, Dumbarton Oaks research Centre, Harvard University, University of Toronto and York University. In addition he taught at St. Clément’s girls’ school here in Toronto on the subjects of Latin and history.
       
      More recently Eric’s interests changed to military history and particularly to the study of Canada's involvement in World War One and World War Two.
       
      Eric McGeer, Remembrance Day Lunch - National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-11-05 05:00:00Z 0

       Neil Hetherington

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Oct 25, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Neil Hetherington 
      Location: The Albany Club, 91 King St. East
      Topic: Vacation Gone Wrong
      Host: Harold Hetherington
       
      NEW Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket
      Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $60 Cash at the door
      or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Tuesday
      at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.co
       
      Biography
       
      Neil Hetherington exhibits his passion for social justice as CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank following leaderships role in the not-for-profit sector for the last 20 years with Habitat for Humanity and Dixon Hall.  He is holds degrees or certificates from the University of Western Ontario - Huron College, Seneca College, Harvard Business School and the University of Virginia - Darden. He obtained his MBA from the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School in 2013.  
       
      Neil was named one of Canada's Top 40 under 40 in 2005 and has received the alumni of the year award from each of Huron University, Royal Saint George's College, Western University and Seneca College. He was awarded Queen Elizabeth's Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals in 2002 and 2012 and the Ontario Premiers Award in 2018.  He is an active pilot and sailor and loves the sports he plays poorly.
       
       
      Neil Hetherington Carol Hutchinson 2019-10-25 04:00:00Z 0

      George Smitherman, Politician and Author

      Posted on Oct 14, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, October 25, 2019
      Location: The National Club
      Topic:  Grassroots to Government and Back Again

      Host: Robert O'Brien
       
      Biography
       
      George Smitherman has been immersed in political life and service since age 16.  He was chief of staff and campaign manager for Mayor Barbara Hall and was served as Chief of Staff to the Honourable Herb Gray and David Collenette federal.   He ran for elected office in 1999 and represented the downtown riding of Toronto-Centre Rosedale for eleven years from 1999 to 2010.  
       
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      Bob Scott, End Polio Now

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Oct 04, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, October 18, 2019
      Location: Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Topic: Yes, Believe It! Polio Update Again.
      Host: Alex Brown
       
      Bob was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, and received a medical degree with distinction in dermatology and chest diseases from the University of Edinburgh in 1957.  Bob immigrated to Cobourg Ontario Canada, where he continued as a small town general practitioner which involved all aspects of medicine. He was a coroner for the Province of Ontario and investigated more than 1,200 cases before retiring in May 2003.
      Bob Scott, End Polio Now Carol Hutchinson 2019-10-04 04:00:00Z 0

      Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, Co-Founder and Past Executive Director, Stephen Lewis Foundation 

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 30, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, October 4, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Update on HIV in Africa
       Host: Jeff Dobson
       
       
      ILANA LANDSBERG-LEWIS
      Co-Founder and Executive Director, Stephen Lewis Foundation March, 2003–February, 2019
      Full time Senior Advisor to the Board, Stephen Lewis Foundation, February, 2019-Present
       
      No matter what the issue or how overwhelming the odds, Ilana Landsberg-Lewis passionately believes that individuals can - and do - make a real difference – particularly when they come together in common cause at community level.
       
       
      Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, Co-Founder and Past Executive Director, Stephen Lewis Foundation Carol Hutchinson 2019-09-30 04:00:00Z 0

      Wendy Cukier, Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting  at The National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 14, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Wednesday, October 9, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, Marconi Lounge
      Topic: Advancing Evidence Based Change 
       Host: Marg Stanowski
       
      A transformational leader, social innovator and changemaker, Dr. Wendy Cukier founded Ryerson’s Diversity Institute in 1999 to advance opportunities for women and underrepresented groups in the workplace. Her advocacy and research helped shape the recent Bill C-25 to advance diversity on boards; she created the Ryerson University Lifeline Syria Challenge, which sponsored 400 refugees; she developed  the Women’s Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub and helped create the Future Skills Centre to equip Canadians with the skills needed to prosper. She has mentored countless entrepreneurs, social activists, students and young professionals at different stages of their careers. Wendy holds a Bachelor’s degree from Brock University, an MA in History, an MBA from the University of Toronto, a PhD from York University in Management Science, honorary doctorates from Concordia (LLD) and Laval (DU).
       
       
      Wendy Cukier, Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting at The National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-09-14 04:00:00Z 0

      Kelly White, Overdose Prevention Site Contractor 

      Posted on Sep 12, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, September 20, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Harm Reduction - Safe Injection Sites
       Host: Geoffrey Johnson
       Format: Interview Style
       
      Kelly White is Coordinator of the Street Heath Overdose Prevention Site at Dundas and Sherbourne in Toronto, the intersection with the second highest number of calls to 911 for overdose in the entire city. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto who has been involved in grassroots struggles for social justice and front line work with people who are marginalized for many years.
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      Dr. Kevin Smith, President & CEO, University Health Network

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 12, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, September 27, 2019
      Location:  Fairmont, Imperial Room, 100 Front St. W.
      Topic: The Future of Healthcare – Biggest Trends and Their Impact
       Host: Randy Gunn
       
      Dr. Kevin Smith is President & CEO of University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s largest academic health sciences centre and was recently named one of the 10 best hospitals in the world by Newsweek.  Dr. Smith has spent his career at the interface of the University and Research Hospital and is passionately committed to the mission of education, research and exemplary clinical care. Dr. Smith is a pioneer in advancing integrated care models spanning the continuum of health and social services.
       
      Dr. Kevin Smith, President & CEO, University Health Network Carol Hutchinson 2019-09-12 04:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Scholarship Lunch - John Chen, Keynote Speaker

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 09, 2019
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      Guest Speakers:  Friday, September 13, 2019 12:00 to 1:30 pm
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Toronto
      Topic: 2019 Scholarship Recipients:  Hshmat Sahak and Josh Harrison Maul
      Additional Guest Speakers:  Lorenzo Penate, Amna Majeed, and Poorva Patel
      Host: The Scholarship Committee, Chair Mary Bennett
       
      John Chen - Keynote Speaker Bio
       
      John recently graduated with high distinction from the University of Toronto, St. George Campus obtaining a Bachelors’ of Science in Computer Science. Over the course of the school year, he balanced school while working as a teaching assistant, and received a Woodsworth College Student Association scholarship for his academic performance.
       
      This September, he will be starting his thesis-based Masters’ degree in Computer Science at University of Toronto, St. George Campus under the supervision of Dr. Frank Rudzicz. His intended area of research is in machine learning and natural language processing, with a focus on applications in the medical domain.
       
      This summer, he worked as a Data Science intern at LoyaltyOne, the loyalty marketing company behind Air Miles, where he gained practical experience in applying machine learning and data science to real world business problems. Through his work on several projects at LoyaltyOne, including a binary redemption propensity model used for targeted advertising of consumers who are frequent flyers, as well as a recommendation engine prototype for a leading Canadian grocery chain, John experienced first-hand how big data and artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world. As such, after completing his Masters’ degree, he hopes to continue pursuing his passion for machine learning and healthcare by obtaining an MD/PhD.  
       
      Scholarship Committee Chair, Mary Bennett
       
      The Rotary Club of Toronto’s Scholarship program continues to make a tremendous impact on the lives of youth from around the globe. Since the start of the program in 2012 it has made university education possible for impressive young people who might not otherwise have been able to continue their studies due to financial circumstances.
       
      This year we had so many deserving students apply that the committee was thrilled to be able to grant two scholarships. One to University of Toronto to study Engineering Science and the other to Centennial College to study Addictions and Mental Health Worker Program.
      The committee joins me in my excitement at the start of a new school year as our students receive another year of education and draw one year closer to making a meaningful impact in their respective fields of study.
       
      Hshmat Sahak - 2019 Scholarship Winner Bio
       
      Hshmat is a recent high school graduate from Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute; earning the distinguished title of TDSB’s Top Scholar after graduating with a 100% admission average. He received the Governor General’s Academic Medal for his academic standing and has accumulated nearly $75,000 in scholarship winnings, with the largest single contribution from the Rotary Club of Toronto.
      Hshmat had the opportunity to conduct research this past summer with the Focused Ultrasound Lab at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. His project involved analyzing changes in the stiffness of harmful tissue induced by high-intensity focused ultrasound to assess the efficacy of tissue ablation procedures.
       
      Hshmat will be entering his 1st year of undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto studying Engineering Science. He plans to specialize in the Machine Intelligence Major and is strongly passionate about health care applications.
      After graduation he hopes to conduct graduate studies with the Institute of Biomedical and Biomaterials Engineering to perform research on smart prosthetic devices that can not only replicate former dexterity and control of limbs but also restore a complete sense of touch and functionality.
       
      Josh Harrison-Maul - 2019 Scholarship Winner Bio
       
      Josh was born in Gibsons, British Columbia and raised in Toronto where he’s been very active in community services including the Nelson Mandela Public School; the Canadian Red Cross Meals-on-Wheels program; Habitat for Humanity; the Ralph Thornton Community Centre and with T.E.A.R - Teens Ending Abusive Relationships.
       
      In addition, Josh has recently completed his four-year term with Peacebuilders International where he participated in panel discussions and retreats concerned with racism, sexism, bullying and how to create safe spaces in schools.
       
      Josh has also participated in cooperative placements with the Toronto Police Services which led to a further successful placement with the Youth in Policing Initiative.
       
      After becoming Valedictorian of his graduating class at Eastdale Collegiate Institute, Josh was accepted into the Addictions and Mental Health Worker Program at Centennial College.
       
      After graduation from the Addictions and Mental Health Worker Program, Josh hopes to bridge his post-secondary education with the new mental health and crisis intervention initiatives with the Toronto Police Services.
       
       
      Rotary Scholarship Lunch - John Chen, Keynote Speaker Carol Hutchinson 2019-09-09 04:00:00Z 0

      Dr. Jennifer G. Murphy,  Royal Canadian Institute For Science,  Professor, Chemistry U of T

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Aug 23, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, September 6, 2019 12:00 to 1:30 pm
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: "“The Air Up There: Adventures in Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry
      Host: Peter Love, Club Past President
       
       
      Jennifer Murphy is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, where she held a Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry from 2007 – 2016. She completed her BSc at McGill University in 2000 with a BSc in Chemistry and a minor in Environmental Studies. During her PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (2000-2005), she tracked the sources of air pollution influencing the deposition of nutrients to Lake Tahoe and studied smog in central California. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of East Anglia (2005-2006), she operated a mass spectrometer aboard a research aircraft flying over West Africa to measure volatile organic compounds emitted from tropical forests.
       
      Dr. Jennifer G. Murphy, Royal Canadian Institute For Science, Professor, Chemistry U of T Carol Hutchinson 2019-08-23 04:00:00Z 0

      Tim Speed, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Aug 21, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 23, 2019
      Location:  The National Club
      Topic: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
      Host:  Tony Houghton
       
       
       
      Biography: 
      Tim comes by his interest in aviation honestly despite the fact that he is not a pilot and has no military experience. His father was a Navigator in WWII flying  Special Operations in a Handley - Page Halifax. Tim first became involved with aviation as an Air Scout while still wearing short pants! He obtained a Business Degree in the United Kingdom and joined British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) after graduating from University. He served  as a Station Operations Officer in Dubai, Tokyo and Beirut. He returned to the UK and worked in BOAC's Air Cargo Division before becoming General Manager of an All-Cargo Airline based at East Midlands Airport.
       
      Later Tim began working for an air freight forwarder. He immigrated to Canada, with his family in 1980. Before retiring he was the CEO of a large  air freight and logistics company.
       
      He has been a volunteer Tour Guide, Speaker and Educator at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum since retiring in late 2010.
       
      Tim Speed, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Carol Hutchinson 2019-08-21 04:00:00Z 0

      Pierre-henri Chuet,  Former, Fighter Aircraft Pilot, and Athlete

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 20, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 16/19 12:00 to 1:30 pm
      Location:  Fairmont, Imperial Room (TBC)
      Topic: "Leadership and Innovation
      From the Cockpit of a Jet Fighter"
      Host: Bert Steenburgh
       
      “Até” is a former athlete and fighter pilot turned Keynote Speaker, Consultant and Airline Pilot. Flying fighter aircraft from aircraft carriers in the French Navy for over a decade he had what you might call an intense career. After graduation as an exchange officer from the US Navy naval aviator curriculum he went back to France.
       
       
      Pierre-henri Chuet, Former, Fighter Aircraft Pilot, and Athlete Carol Hutchinson 2019-07-20 04:00:00Z 0

      Jeremiah Brown, Former Olympian

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 17, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 9, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Three Keys to Achieving Your (Difficult) Goal
      Host:  David Hetherington
       
      To Jeremiah Brown, transformation is inevitable and resilience is necessary when pursuing your biggest goal in life. He’s spent his life harnessing the power of resilience and mindset to adapt to new environments and overcome setbacks. The Olympic silver medallist, bestselling author, business leader and keynote speaker delivers a compelling message: realizing your potential requires embracing uncertainty.
      Jeremiah Brown, Former Olympian Carol Hutchinson 2019-07-17 04:00:00Z 0

      Mark Brown,  Social Finance - Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 15, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Wednesday, July 31, 2019
      5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
      Location:  The National Club, Rooftop
      Topic: Service Through Social Finance
      Host: Andrea Tirone
       
      Cost:  Toronto Rotarians and Their Guests: A Lunch Ticket
      Visiting Rotarians and Other Guests $55 Cash at the door
      or ahead of time on credit card by calling no later than Tuesday
      at 416-363-0604 or email: accounts@rotarytoronto.com
       
      After completing his undergraduate at the University of Victoria, Mark decided to focus his career on the pursuit of solutions to the world’s most important problems. He worked for Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) for a year and a half on the agriculture systems team in Ghana and Zambia. After observing a critical financing gap, he co-founded Kulemela Investments, a first of its kind agricultural investment fund. The fund financed agricultural businesses with $10,000-$30,000 to increase the productivity of rice mills and poultry farms that offered markets to small scale farming households.
      Mark Brown, Social Finance - Wed. Evening Rotary Meeting Carol Hutchinson 2019-07-15 04:00:00Z 0

      District Governor, Beth Selby - National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 15, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, July 26, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay St.
      Topic:  Beth's Vision for 2019/20
      Host:  Patti Wright, Assistant DG.
       
      Dr. Elizabeth Anne Selby, UE, OCT, BASc, EdD
       
      Beth became a Rotarian in 2004 when she joined the Rotary Club of Belleville.  Upon retirement in July 2008, she transferred to The Rotary Club of Cobourg.  She was President in 2015-2016 and is finishing six consecutive years on the Club’s Board of Directors.  She was the Assistant District Governor supporting the Rotary Clubs of Bowmanville, Oshawa, and Oshawa-Parkwood, before becoming District Governor Elect.  She was the co-recipient of the 2016 Les Faludy Leadership Award.  Although relatively new to Rotary, her involvement began in 1993 when she and her husband were Counselors to an Inbound Youth Exchange student from Mexico.  She refers to this experience as her ’Rotary Moment’......... 
      District Governor, Beth Selby - National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-07-15 04:00:00Z 0

      Wendy Jones, Pan Fantasy - Fairmont, Imperial Room

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 14, 2019
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      Guest Entertainer:  Friday, July 19, 2019
      Location:  Fairmont - Imperial Room
      Topic: A Musical Taste of the Caribbean
      -Let the Music Flow
      Host; Dauna Jones Simmonds
       
      Wendy Jones is the quintessential ambassador of the Steel Pan. She has received numerous awards for her exceptional skills as a pannist as  her work in pan is being recognized Internationally.
       
      She deserves the highest praise for using the Steel Pan as a Cultural tool to draw families into the Steel Pan Fraternity: to Inspire Youth, to Ignite Leadership Skills and to affect social change. She is a co-founder and band leader of the award winning steelband, Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra which is Celebrating it 32nd  Anniversary.
      Wendy Jones, Pan Fantasy - Fairmont, Imperial Room Carol Hutchinson 2019-07-14 04:00:00Z 0

      Pan Fantasy, Friday

      Posted by Hut on Jul 13, 2019
      Pan Fastasy Information:  Friday July 19, 2019 and Wendy Jones
       
       
       
      North York Inter Community Youth Group
       
       
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      Club President 2019 2020, Kevin Power

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 12, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Friday July 12, 2019
      Location: The National Club, Howland Room, 303 Bay St.
      Topic: President Kevin's Vision for 2019 - 2020
       
      More Power to You
       
      The start of another Rotary year!  This marks the 107th year of The Rotary Club of Toronto.  I am honoured to have the opportunity to be President of this great club.
       
      I am excited with the direction in which our Club is moving and the various initiatives being worked on in our club.  This coming year we will be continuing to implement the initiatives developed in our Strategic Plan.  We are starting into the third year of the Strategic Plan and are working on the Program Transformation group of initiatives.   
       
      When I joined the Club my first committee was the program committee, chaired at that time by the late John Spragge. I enjoyed our regular line-up of speakers and the connections within our Club to obtain great speakers.  A highlight for me in our Club was hosting Stephen Lewis at a regular Friday lunch.  Through the efforts of our late member, Nina Cole, approximately 1,100 Rotarians from our club and district along with esteemed guests attended The Rotary Club of Toronto Friday lunch in the Canadian Room with Stephen Lewis.
      Club President 2019 2020, Kevin Power Carol Hutchinson 2019-07-12 04:00:00Z 0

      President, Jeff Dobson Final Address - Changeover

      Posted on Jun 24, 2019
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      About a year ago, I addressed the members and told them they were stuck with me for 525,600 minutes. And then they did the best rendition of J-E-F-F ever (to the tune of Y-M-C-A).  It was awesome! Wow, that year went by fast! It’s time to reflect on what happened!
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      Chief R. Stacey LaForme of the Mississauga's of the Credit First Nation (MCFN)- National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 18, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, June 21, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay St.
      Topic: National Indigenous Peoples Day
      Host:  John Andras
       
      R. Stacey Laforme is the elected Chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN). Born and raised on MCFN, Chief Laforme has served his community for over eighteen years, being first elected to council in 1999. 
      Chief R. Stacey LaForme of the Mississauga's of the Credit First Nation (MCFN)- National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-06-18 04:00:00Z 0

      Joe and Gordon Cressy, Politicians and City Councillors

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on May 07, 2019
      Guest Speakers:  Friday, May 31, 2019, Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  The Times They are A Changing, Host: : Marg Stanowski
       
      Joe Cressy
       
      Gordon Cressey

       

      Bio Joe Cressy

      Joe is the City Councillor for Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York. A City Councillor since 2014, Joe has been a champion for building a better and more liveable city - for affordable housing, public transit, safe cycling infrastructure, new and improved parkland, expanding community services, childcare, arts and culture, and combatting our growing overdose crisis.

       

      Joe and Gordon Cressy, Politicians and City Councillors Carol Hutchinson 2019-05-07 04:00:00Z 0

      Anthony Wilson-Smith, Journalist, Editor, Political Commentator

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 24, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, May 10, 2019.  Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Just Give Me a Minute:  Teaching Canadian History in 60 Seconds.  Host: Club Past President Robert O'Brien

      Anthony Wilson-Smith is a native of Montreal and has had an extensive and successful career as a journalist and editor followed by senior executive and management positions at the federal level.
      Anthony Wilson-Smith, Journalist, Editor, Political Commentator Carol Hutchinson 2019-04-24 04:00:00Z 0

      Sam Geist, Author/Consultant at The National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 23, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, May 3, 2019.  Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay St.
      Topic:  Today’s Technologies Are Changing Our Lives!  Host:  Sylvia Geist
       
      Sam will explore the speed with which today’s technologies are changing and the consequences this has on our daily lives. 
      Sam Geist, Author/Consultant at The National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-04-23 04:00:00Z 0

      John Millar, Exec. Dir. Water First, at The National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 19, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 26, 2019. Location:  The National Club
      Topic:  Water First Internship Program. Host:  David Libby, and the Indigenous Service Com.
       
      Water First is Canada’s leading charitable organization dedicated to resolving drinking and environmental water challenges in First Nations.
      John Millar, Exec. Dir. Water First, at The National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-04-19 04:00:00Z 0

      Derek Zavislake, Co Founder and CEO, Merchants of Green Coffee

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 08, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 12, 2019
      Location: Fairmont Imperial Room
      Topic:   Coffee and Deforestation
      Host: Kurt Kroesen
       
      Coffee and deforestation: The real, costs of the global coffee industry, and how the support of bold supply chain innovations can reverse these costs, establishing coffee as a vehicle for restoring our planet’s forests and securing a better future for coffee growers.
      Derek Zavislake, Co Founder and CEO, Merchants of Green Coffee Carol Hutchinson 2019-04-08 04:00:00Z 0

      Gemma Sheehan, Martial Arts Fighter/ Pan Am Gold Medalist  

      Posted on Feb 28, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 5, 2019
      Location: The Albany Club, 91 King Street East
      Topic:  Girls' Self Defense Initiative 
      Host: Andrea Tirone 
       
      Gemma Sheehan started in the sport of MMA at age 13. For 9 years she pursued professional fighting and was rising as a top Canadian competitor, with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss, 4 wins in the first round. She took the gold at the 2016 Pan-Ams for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and was ranked the #1 MMA fighter in Ontario the same year.
      Gemma Sheehan, Martial Arts Fighter/ Pan Am Gold Medalist 2019-02-28 05:00:00Z 0

      Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO,  Institute of Corporate Directors 

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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, March 29, 2019
      Location: Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Topic:  Corporate Governance
      Host: Brian Westlake

      As President and CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Rahul Bhardwaj leads an organization of over 13,000 members committed to improving national outcomes by growing the leadership and governance capacities within Canadian businesses, agencies and not-for-profits.  
       
      Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors 2019-02-25 05:00:00Z 0

      Stéfan Danis, Gobi Desert Foot Racer

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      Guest Speaker: Stéfan Denis
      Location: The National Club
      Topic: A Walk in the Gobi Desert

      Host: John Fortney
       
      Stéfan is Chief Talent Officer & CEO at Mandrake Human Capital which operates in the Search, Career Transition, Leadership Development, and Onboarding/Executive Acceleration.
      Stéfan Danis, Gobi Desert Foot Racer 2019-02-22 05:00:00Z 0

      Barb Gosse, Chief Executive Officer

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Feb 14, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Barb Gosse , Chief Executive Officer,
      Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay St. Toronto
      Topic: The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking: Launch of the National Hotline 
      Host: WIC Chair, Jane FitzGerald  and the Women's Initiatives Committee
       
      Barbara Gosse is the Chief Executive Officer at The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking where she provides leadership designed to enhance collaboration, coordination and efforts to end human trafficking in Canada with community based practitioners, relevant experts, law enforcement, members of the public and government representatives.
       
      Barb Gosse, Chief Executive Officer Carol Hutchinson 2019-02-14 05:00:00Z 0

      Dr. Carole Chauncey, Rotary Black History Month Lunch -  at The National Club

      Posted on Feb 13, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 22, 2019
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Dr. Carrie Best; An Activist for Justice in Canada
      Host: Dauna Jones-Simmonds
       
      Dr. Carole Chauncey is an educator, life coach, mentor and speaker. She believes that it is important to give back to the community. Professor Chauncey has facilitated workshops at the Scarborough Women’s Centre.
      Dr. Carole Chauncey, Rotary Black History Month Lunch - at The National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-02-13 05:00:00Z 0

      The Honourable Bob Rae,  in the Imperial Room

      Posted on Feb 12, 2019
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, March 1, 2019
      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room
      Topic:    The Rohingya Refugee Crisis:
       Why It’s Still Happening and What We Can Do About It”
      Host:   Robert O’Brien, Club President 1998-99
      The Honourable Bob Rae, PC, CC, O.Ont,QC, Ontario’s 21st Premier
       
      The Honourable Bob Keith Rae served as Ontario’s 21st Premier from 1990-1995 and Interim Federal Leader of the Liberal Party in 2011-2013 during which time he played a significant role in the rebuilding of the federal party and its return to power in October 2015. 

       
      The Honourable Bob Rae, in the Imperial Room 2019-02-12 05:00:00Z 0

      Stephanie Christensen, Ex. Dir. ShelterBox Canada

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 30, 2019
      Guest Speaker: Friday February 8, 2019
      Location: The National Club
      Topic:  High Stakes Leadership
      Host:  Michele Guy


      Stephanie Christensen is the Executive Director of ShelterBox Canada and a humanitarian professional. Stephanie started her career in International Development working for CIDA and local charities throughout East Africa developing curriculum for HIV/AIDS Education in primary schools. After living in Kenya during the famine in 2011, Stephanie moved into the humanitarian disaster relief field.
      Stephanie Christensen, Ex. Dir. ShelterBox Canada Carol Hutchinson 2019-01-30 05:00:00Z 0

      Lord Conrad Black,  - Fairmont Imperial Room

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 29, 2019
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      Please Note:  The views expressed by the Guest Speaker do not necessarily represent the view of The Rotary Club of Toronto.
       
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 1, 2019
      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room, 100 Front St. W.
      Topic:  "A President Like No Other
      Host:  Geoffrey Johnson
       
      Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer:  The views and opinions are those expressed by Lord Conrad Black, the Guest Speaker and do not necessarily reflect
      the official view or opinions, policy or position of The Rotary Club of Toronto or its Members.
       
      Providing the most intriguing and significant analysis yet of Trump's political rise. Ambitious in intellectual scope, contrarian in many of its opinions, and admirably concise, this is surely set to be one of the most provocative political books you are likely to read this year.
      Lord Conrad Black, - Fairmont Imperial Room Carol Hutchinson 2019-01-29 05:00:00Z 0

      Rocco Rossi at The National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 22, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Rocco Rossi, CEO Ontario Chamber of Commerce 
      Host: Marg Stanowski
      Topic: Ontario's Skills Challenge
      Location: The National Club
       
      A successful entrepreneur and business executive, champion fundraiser, and dedicated public servant, Rocco Rossi joins the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in 2018 as President and CEO.
      Rocco Rossi at The National Club Carol Hutchinson 2019-01-22 05:00:00Z 0

      Bern Grush, Chief Innovation Officer, Harmonize Mobility Inc.
       

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 05, 2019
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      Guest Speaker: Friday Jan. 18, 2019
      Location: Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room
      Topic:  An Adult Conversation About Autonomous Vehicles
      Host:  Kevin Power
       
      Bern Grush is the Chief Innovation Officer at Harmonize Mobility, Inc. and Automated Fleet Strategist at Grush Niles Strategic. He is an author, innovator and entrepreneur for autonomous vehicles, parking reform, and road pricing, and the principal author of the 2018 textbook “The End of Driving: Transportation Systems and Public Policy Planning for Autonomous Vehicles” (Elsevier).
      Bern Grush, Chief Innovation Officer, Harmonize Mobility Inc.  Carol Hutchinson 2019-01-05 05:00:00Z 0

      Andreas Souvaliotis, Founder of Carrot Rewards

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Dec 21, 2018
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      Guest Speaker: Friday Jan. 11, 2019
      Location: Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room
      Topic:  Misfit: Autistic, Gay, Immigrant Changemaker
      Host:  Jeff Dobson
       
      Andreas Souvaliotis is the founder of Carrot Rewards, Canada’s most popular wellness app and the world’s first national health rewards program. A decade earlier he started Green Rewards, the world’s first mass eco-loyalty platform, which was acquired and fused into the popular AIR MILES program.
      Andreas has been recognized globally for his achievements and thought leadership in harnessing nudge theory to promote positive behaviour shifts on a mass scale.
      Andreas Souvaliotis, Founder of Carrot Rewards Carol Hutchinson 2018-12-21 05:00:00Z 0

      Jack Robertson,  Pilot Officer and Navigator, Remembrance Day Program: The Greatest Generation - Imperial Room

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Oct 28, 2018
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, November 9, 2018
      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room
      Topic:  Remembrance Day Program:  The Greatest Generation
      Host:  Robert O'Brien 
       
      INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAM:   Past President Robert O’Brien,
      Past Chair of The Churchill Society
      SPECIAL FEATURED SPEAKER:   Past President Jack Robertson,
      Pilot Officer and Navigator, Royal Canadian Air Force
      MUSIC PROVIDED BY The Governor General’s Military Guard
       
      Jack Robertson was born August 4, 1925 and grew up in Hamilton and Toronto.  On his 18th birthday Jack enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force.   After intensive training Jack became a Pilot Officer and a Navigator.  He was stationed in St. Jean Quebec outside Montreal and in Charlottetown PEI.
       
      After the War Jack graduated from the University of Toronto in Commerce and Finance.   He joined Cassidy’s Limited and as a principal buyer and Vice President he travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Far East in search of chinaware, glassware and giftware.  He was a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and was a lecturer at the University of Michigan on trade with China.
      Jack Robertson, Pilot Officer and Navigator, Remembrance Day Program: The Greatest Generation - Imperial Room Carol Hutchinson 2018-10-28 04:00:00Z 0

      Mayor John Tory,  65th Mayor of Toronto - National Club

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Oct 13, 2018
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, October 12, 2018
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Leadership That Works, A conversation with John Tory
      Host:  Don Bell
      Cost: Toronto Rotarians: A lunch ticket
      Visiting Rotarians and Guests:  $55 call 416-363-0604
      Email: office@rotarytoronto.com
       
      As the 65th Mayor of Toronto, John Tory has led the way in tackling traffic congestion and building transit.
       
      Mayor Tory has taken action to reduce commute times while moving forward with Toronto’s first-ever network transit plan that will see subway lines extended through the northwest end of the city into Vaughan and east to Scarborough, a significant expansion of the LRT network, and much greater use of GO lines across the city as part of SmartTrack, the Mayor’s signature transit initiative.
      Mayor John Tory, 65th Mayor of Toronto - National Club Carol Hutchinson 2018-10-13 04:00:00Z 0

      Howard Green

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 28, 2018
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      Guest Speaker: Friday Sept. 28, 2018
      Location: Omni King Edward Hotel
      Topic: Hunter Harrison (Book) 
      Host: Becky Jones
       
      Howard Green spent thirty-three years as a broadcast journalist, working as a correspondent, producer, documentary director,  and host for multiple networks.
       
      He’s best known as a founding anchor at BNN, where he hosted the flagship interview program, Headline.  During the fifteen years he anchored at Business News Network, he conducted some fourteen thousand interviews, including conversations with Alan Greenspan, Tony Blair and Sir Richard Branson. 
      Howard Green Carol Hutchinson 2018-09-28 04:00:00Z 0

      Nizar Ismail Khanji, Former President Ismaili National Council in Canada

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      Guest Speaker: Friday Sept. 21, 2018
      Location: National Club, 303 Bay St.
      Topic: Ismaili Community in Canada and
      the Relationship between the Ismailis and the Aga Khan. 
      Host: Saleem Kassum
       
      Nizar Ismail Kanji also known as Nik Kanji. 
       
      He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in in England and Wales, and was recently awarded the status of a Life Member.
      He served as President of H.H. the Aga Khan Ismaili Council for Canada, and was a member of the International Ismaili Leaders’ Forum.
       
      Nizar Ismail Khanji, Former President Ismaili National Council in Canada 2018-09-14 04:00:00Z 0

      Scholarship Awards, Keynote Speaker: Naresh Sritharan,, 2013 Scholarship Winner

      Keynote Speaker:  Naresh Sritharan, 2013 Scholarship Winner - Friday,  Sept. 14, 2018
      Topic: Scholarship Award
      Location: National Club, 303 Bay St., Main Dining Room
      Host:  Scholarship Committee
       
       
      Naresh Sritharan - 2013 Scholarship Winner and Keynote Speaker
      Naresh was our Club’s second scholarship winner. During his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, he actively participated in Rotary Club events, and also participated in campus initiatives to support incoming first year students with their transition and academics. In addition, he taught South Asian music at a local community music school and also tutored underprivileged students in his community.
      Scholarship Awards, Keynote Speaker: Naresh Sritharan,, 2013 Scholarship Winner Carol Hutchinson 2018-09-09 04:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Toronto Scholarship Winner 2018 - Maryam Ali

      Special Guest, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018
      Maryam Ali, The Rotary Club of Toronto Scholarship Winner 2018
       
      Special Speakers:
      Lorenzo Penate - 2017 Scholarship Winner
      Amna Majeed - 2016 Scholarship Winner.Topic:  Scholarship Winner 2018
      Poorva Patel - 2015 Scholarship Winner.
      John Chen - 2014 Scholarship Winner.
       
      Maryam Ali - The Rotary Club of Toronto Scholarship Winner 2018
       
       
      Our Scholarship Committee is pleased to present Maryam Ali as this year’s scholarship winner. Maryam will be studying Biomedical Engineering at Ryerson University. Her goal is to be a medical doctor in the MedTech field.
       
      Maryam has an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, receiving Honours standing throughout high school. She is an Ontario Scholar and a member of M.P. Arif Virani’s High Park Youth Advisory Council.
       
      Rotary Toronto Scholarship Winner 2018 - Maryam Ali 2018-09-09 04:00:00Z 0
      Dr. Roger Strasser, Founding Dean, Northern Ontario School of Medicine 2018-08-31 04:00:00Z 0

      Virginia Ludy, CEO Canadian National Exhibition Association

      Posted on Aug 24, 2018
      Guest Speaker:  Virginia Ludy, Friday, August 24, 2018
      Topic: Canadian National Exhibition
      Location: National Club, 303 Bay St., Main Dining Room
      Host: Don Bell
       
       
      Virginia Ludy’s wide-ranging experience in the event industry encompasses more than 30 years. She currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian National Exhibition Association (CNEA), which is the organization responsible for producing the annual Canadian National Exhibition (the Ex), Canada’s largest community event.  In this capacity, she also oversees the Canadian National Exhibition Foundation (CNEF).  Virginia has played a leadership role in defining new strategic plans for both the CNEA and the CNEF, and is currently overseeing the development of a new master plan for the organization.  Virginia also leads the organization in the area of business development, a new portfolio created as a result of the CNEA’s recent independence from Exhibition Place and the City of Toronto.
      Virginia Ludy, CEO Canadian National Exhibition Association 2018-08-24 04:00:00Z 0

      Sara Waxman, Award Winning Critic, Author and Publisher

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Aug 17, 2018
      Guest Speaker:  Sara Waxman, Friday, August 17, 2018
      Topic: An Accidental Publisher
      Location: National Club, 303 Bay St., Main Dining Room
      Host: Krystyna Benyak

      Sara Waxman is an award-winning restaurant critic, best-selling cookbook author, food and travel journalist, and magazine publisher. She has eaten her way through much of the free world, and from 1979 and continuing, and writes about it in books, newspapers and magazines. With four best-selling cook-books and restaurant guides to her credit, daily food columnist for 2 years at the Toronto Star, restaurant critic at the Toronto Sunday Sun for 25 years, a weekly, international Dining Out columnist at the Financial Post and National Post for 10 years; freelance writer at The Globe and Mail; 6 years as contributing editor at Flare, enRoute, Elle magazines, 16 years at Fodors Travel Guides. Today, in a natural progression, her experiences have culminated in DINE and Destinations magazine where she is owner, Publisher and Editor in Chief. www.dinemagazine.com  
       
      Sara Waxman, Award Winning Critic, Author and Publisher Carol Hutchinson 2018-08-17 04:00:00Z 0

      Stephanie Christensen, Ex. Dir. ShelterBox Canada

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 30, 2018
      Guest Speaker: Friday August 10, 2018
      Location:  Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Topic:  ShelterBox....More Than Ever
      Host:  Saleem Kassum


      Stephanie Christensen is the Executive Director of ShelterBox Canada and a humanitarian professional. Stephanie started her career in International Development working for CIDA and local charities throughout East Africa developing curriculum for HIV/AIDS Education in primary schools. After living in Kenya during the famine in 2011, Stephanie moved into the humanitarian disaster relief field.
      Stephanie Christensen, Ex. Dir. ShelterBox Canada Carol Hutchinson 2018-07-30 04:00:00Z 0

      Jeff Dobson, President 2018/19 Presidential Address

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jul 25, 2018
      Guest Speaker: Friday July 13, 2018
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Presidential Address 2018/19
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Fellow Rotarians,
       
      It is my honour and privilege to address you today as the President of The Rotary Club of Toronto as we begin our 107th year making the world a better place.  Having been a member of this Club since 2001 I know most of you, and some of you very well, that’s likely the main reason I’m standing before you today…friendship. I know we all had our own reasons for joining the Club and I’m sure most would say it had something to do with wanting to “give back.” To be sure, that is a valid and noble reason. We should all be grateful that such motivation exists. I’m also pretty sure that most people stay in the Club not only because they found success in their desire to “give back” but also because they found friendship.
      Jeff Dobson, President 2018/19 Presidential Address Carol Hutchinson 2018-07-25 04:00:00Z 0

      Takako Ito, Consul General of Japan in Toronto

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 01, 2018
      Guest Speaker: Friday June 15, 2018
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Japan - Canada Relations and
      What Japan is doing in Canada
      Host: Knud Westergaard
       
      Ms. Takako Ito Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) in 1985.  Her overseas postings include Embassies in Canada (1988-1991), Malaysia (2001-2003), Indonesia (2010-2011), the Mission of Japan to the United Nations in NY (1997-2001) and the Mission of Japan to ASEAN as Deputy Chief of Mission (2011-2014).
       
      Takako Ito, Consul General of Japan in Toronto Carol Hutchinson 2018-06-01 04:00:00Z 0

      John Parker, Lawyer, Politician and Government Affairs Consultant

      Guest Speaker:  Friday, June 8, 2018
      Location:  Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Topic: June 7:  Holy Smokes!  What Happened?
      Host: Robert O'Brien
       
       
       
       
      John Parker is a Toronto lawyer, politician and government affairs consultant.  He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for York East from 1995-1999.   He served as Chair of the Standing Committee of the Office of the Ombudsman and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.   He has the distinction of being the last ever MPP for the provincial riding of York East.   John served in the government of Mike Harris and was familiar with the politics of the era with Dalton McGuinty as Opposition Leader and was a colleague of Doug Ford Sr.   
       
      John Parker, Lawyer, Politician and Government Affairs Consultant Carol Hutchinson 2018-05-23 04:00:00Z 0

      Elyse Allan, CEO and President General Electric Canada

      Guest Speaker: Friday, May 11, 2018
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Innovation and the Future of Work
      Host: Rudy Haddad
       
       
       
      As President and CEO, GE Canada and Vice President GE, Elyse leads GE’s growth, investments and business activities in Canada across its power, renewables, oil and gas, transportation, aviation, healthcare and digital portfolio.
       
      She engages in shaping public policy through several board memberships including the C.D. Howe Institute, Conference Board of Canada, Mars DD and the Eco-Fiscal Commission. As well, she has served on numerous provincial and federal government advisory committees including the current Federal Finance Minister’s Economic Growth Council. She is a director for Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $250B under management.
       
      Elyse Allan, CEO and President General Electric Canada Carol Hutchinson 2018-04-24 04:00:00Z 0

      Wellington Brewery and RI HOC Update

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 04, 2018
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      Guest Speakers: Friday, April 13, 2018,
      Kevin Duguay and RI HOC Team
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Rotary Local Lager and
      RI HOC Convention Update
      Host:  Neil Phillips
       
      Come and hear how Wellington Breweries has partnered with Rotary International to aid with global water projects through the launch of Rotary Local Lager.
       
      Kevin M. Duguay launched his own Planning Consulting Company in December 2005. This followed 15 successful years of community planning as the City of Peterborough Land Use Planner. He also worked for 8 years as a Parks and Recreation Director in three Ontario Communities. In addition to his community planning and strategic planning services to both the private and public sectors, his company also provides a range of accessibility planning and design services.

       
      Wellington Brewery and RI HOC Update Carol Hutchinson 2018-04-04 04:00:00Z 0

      Mark Cullen, Career Gardner and President Mark's Choice Ltd.

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 27, 2018
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 20, 2018
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay St.
      Topic: Gardening!
      Host: Kevin Power
       
      Possibly Canada’s best known gardener and President of Mark’s Choice Ltd., Mark Cullen is a third generation career gardener, and a “garden communicator” unlike any other. He is a best-selling author, with over 20 books on gardening to his credit. Cullen actively maintains his website,www.markcullen.com, where he has answered over 10,000 questions from gardeners across the country.
      Mark Cullen, Career Gardner and President Mark's Choice Ltd. Carol Hutchinson 2018-03-27 04:00:00Z 0

      Michele Fisher, Former Armed Forces

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 26, 2018
      Guesr Speaker:  Friday April 27, 2018
      Location:  King Edward Hotel, Sovereign Ballroom
      Topic:  Life After the Armed Forces
      Host:  Lori Brazier
       
      Michele Fisher started her career with the Canadian Air Force, specializing as a photographer, and completed 12 years of active service.  After making the decision to return to civilian life, she earned degrees in psychology and social work, and served as a Correctional Officer in a maximum security prison for men, and then as a Probation and Parole Officer.
      Michele Fisher, Former Armed Forces Carol Hutchinson 2018-03-26 04:00:00Z 0

      Prince Kumar, Chief Executive Partner - StraNexus Inc.

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 13, 2018
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, Mar 23, 2018
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street,
      Topic: Google For Non-profits (G4NP)
      – Our Future Today – Welcome to the Launch!
      Host: Sandy Boucher
       
      When a non-profit like The Rotary Club of Toronto aims to reach new heights in making an impact with its Vision 2020, it needs to have the right tools to enable it to attain success.  With our Roadmap to 2020 making progress, a team of Rotarians with diverse backgrounds and a common thread that binds them together to find simple solutions in improving the way Rotary does its work, was set to task.
      Prince Kumar, Chief Executive Partner - StraNexus Inc. Carol Hutchinson 2018-03-13 04:00:00Z 0

      Paulette Senior, CEO and President, Canadian Women's Foundation

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 06, 2018
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      Guest Speaker: Friday, March 9, 2018
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Gender Equity; Where We Stand and
      How We're Pressing For Progress
       
      Paulette Senior has devoted her career to empowering women and girls to overcome barriers and reach their full potential. She faced her own set of barriers when she immigrated to Canada from Jamaica as a young girl – an experience that ignited her interest in justice and activism.
       
       
      Paulette Senior, CEO and President, Canadian Women's Foundation Carol Hutchinson 2018-03-06 05:00:00Z 0

      Mona Lancaster, Founder and Director

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Feb 20, 2018
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 23, 2018
      Location:  The National Club
      Topic:  Memory Home Living Inc.
      Host:  Luba Rascheff and Karen Scott
       
      Mona is the founder/director of a not- for- profit dementia initiative called Memory Lane Home Living Inc. in Richmond Hill, ON. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology/Sociology, and has worked in the field of mental health. Mona is currently completing a Gerontology Certificate through McMaster University. She put herself through university as a nurse’s aide and became acquainted with the care needs of seniors and the LongTerm Care system. During the last 4 years Mona reacquainted herself with the care needs of seniors as she became a caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia.
      Mona Lancaster, Founder and Director Carol Hutchinson 2018-02-20 05:00:00Z 0

      Peter Russell, Dean of Political Science 

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      Friday, February 2, 2018
      Location:  Fairmont, Confederation. Room 5/6, MM Level
      Topic:  Canada's Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests
      Host: Robert O'Brien
       
      Peter Russell is considered Canada’s  most respected “Dean of Political Science”.   Born in Toronto, he is an alumnus of the University of Toronto Schools, Trinity College at the University of Toronto and Oxford University where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.   He taught Political Science at the University of Toronto from 1958 to 1997 and was Principal of Innis College from 1973 to 1978.
      Peter Russell, Dean of Political Science Carol Hutchinson 2018-01-30 05:00:00Z 0
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      J. Patrick Boyer Q.C, Former Member of Parliament

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 19, 2018
      Guest Speaker: Friday, January 19, 2018
      Location: King Edward Hotel, Vanity Fair Ballroom
      Topic:  Foreign Voices in the House of Commons:
      Reflections On Canada's Stature In Its 150th Year.
      Host: Robert O'Brien
       
      Patrick Boyer has led a most interesting and multi-faceted life as a university professor, journalist, authority, policy activist, publisher and former Member of Parliament (1984-1993).   Patrick Boyer was born in Bracebridge and his father was a Member of the Legislative Assembly at Queen’s Park in the late 1950s. 

       
      J. Patrick Boyer Q.C, Former Member of Parliament Carol Hutchinson 2018-01-19 05:00:00Z 0
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      A Christmas Message From President Pat Neuman

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      Our Rotary 2017-18 theme, “Making a Difference” is utmost on everyone’s mind, while doing projects so worthy to our city and the world. We can ask ourselves, “what can I do to make difference to someone’s life, to their world”? Making a difference is offering a part of ourselves, our life, and spreading that time and effort to the most vulnerable. Each person shares themselves in different ways..some volunteer for special projects, some plan the philanthropic projects worthy of our assistance, others attend events and lend a helping hand, others plan fun Fellowship events, others work on program development; everyone helps in their own way..always foremost that we making a difference in someone else’s life.  Rotarians know that by sharing our talents and time, we can make a difference!!

      In the spring what a difference we made in the life of our family from Syria!  Maureen Bird and her committee, and family and friends, have worked tirelessly in getting the family acclimatized to Canada and assisting wherever they can along the way. This has indeed been a great achievement as it has surely made a huge difference in their lives. Thank you, Maureen and your committee!
         
      We are making a huge difference in the lives of many people in the inner city with the unveiling of the new Sherbourne Health Bus -  how exciting it was to the team at Sherbourne and to us.. this great project enables the team on the Health Bus to now provide more specialized services to the most vulnerable population in the inner city.
       
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      Trish Long, Campaign Manager

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 29, 2017
      Guest Speaker: December 01, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Highway of Heroes
      Host: Kevin Power
       
      Trish Long started her career as a financial advisor before becoming a development professional in the non-profit sector. Her specialty has been to help get big projects off the ground. She ran the $55 million campaign for Evergreen Brick Works, launched a national major gift program for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, and directed the development team at the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think tank, through a significant period of growth. In a volunteer capacity, Trish is a steering committee member for a new charity called Shift which is encouraging Canadian pension funds to disclose and adapt to climate risk. 
       
       
      Trish Long, Campaign Manager Carol Hutchinson 2017-11-29 05:00:00Z 0

      Lorna Johnson, CalderJohnsonConsulting Inc.

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      Guest Speaker: Friday November 17, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Fintech? What Is It and Why should I care?
      Host: Susan Hunter
       
      Lorna Johnson, is a Consultant and Adviser to the Fintech industry through her firm CalderJohnsonConsulting Inc. She is also the Canadian and Australian Country Representative for Unwire, the pre-eminent mobile payment and transit ticketing white-label developer in Scandinavia.
       
      Lorna has 25 years’ experience in executive roles with Interac Association/ Acxsys Corporation, National Australia Bank, St. George Bank (Westpac), AXA Australia and Booz & Co.,a global top tier management consulting firm.
       
      She is a former Board Director with B-Pay, Australia's largest electronic bill payment network. Early in her career, she spent 10 years in the New Brunswick forestry industry. 
      Lorna Johnson, CalderJohnsonConsulting Inc. Carol Hutchinson 2017-11-17 05:00:00Z 0

      Colonel Dwayne Hobbs Canadian Arm Forces

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 10, 2017
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      Guest Speaker: Friday November 10, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
      Host: Alex Brown
       
      Colonel Dwayne Hobbs was born in Ottawa and raised in Toronto.  He enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1988 with the Essex & Kent Scottish Regiment and Commission with the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s Own) in 1992 while he was studying at the University of Toronto. 
       

      He has commanded from the Platoon to Unit level and has held staff appointments in 32 Canadian Brigade Group, 4th Canadian Division, the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre and Army Headquarters. 

      From 2006 until 2012, he worked as a Military Advisor to Defence Research & Development Canada in Toronto.   He has commanded the Toronto Scottish Regiment, the Brigade Battle School and 32 Canadian Brigade Group, the Army Reserve Formation covering Greater Toronto. 

      Colonel Dwayne Hobbs Canadian Arm Forces Carol Hutchinson 2017-11-10 05:00:00Z 0
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      Rotary Philanthropic Committee Speakers: Bill Empey, John Farrell, Anny-Sandra Hamel, Lorna Johnson, and Dawn-Marie King

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson

      Guest Speakers: Friday, October 27, 2017

      Location:  Fairmont Upper Canada Room

      Topic Philanthropic Committee Updates

      Bob Duff, St. Simon's ShelterTo Be Rescheduled:  Due to unforeseen circumstances Bob Duff will have to be rescheduled for a tater date..  

      We have a very informative lunch planned for you with Philanthropic Committee Updates from our Indigenous Service Committee by Club Board Liaison Director, Bill Empey, International Service by Chair John Farrell, Senior Citizens' by Chair, Anny-Sandra Hamel, Environmental Service by Chair Lorna Johnson and Youth and Children by Chair Dawn Marie King.

      BILL EMPEY  – Rotarian since 1991, Classification:  Consultant - Economist.  Bill is Managing Partner, of Prism Economics & Analysis.

      He is a Club Board Liaison Director for our Indigenous Service Committee and Chair of our Foundation Board’s Investment Committee

      and as such is a member of our Foundation Board

      JOHN FARRELL - Rotarian since 2012, Classification: Wealth Adviso, John is a Senior Wealth Advisor with Scotia McLeod

      He is the Chair of our International Service Committee, and is Club Board Liaison Director for our Community Service Committee

      ANNY-SANDRA HAMEL- Rotarian since 2014, Classification:  Horticulture. Anny-Sandra works on Market Development for Acti-Sol

      She is the Chair of our Senior Citizens’ Committee and is a Volunteer Coordinator for the RI Convention 2018 Host Committee

      and a member of our Youth Exchange Subcommittee and is Host Family/Parent to Antoine Rys, our Youth Exchange student.

      LORNA JOHNSON- Rotarian since 2013. Classification:  Consulting. Lorna is Principal & Owner of Calder Johnson Consulting Inc.

      She is the new Chair of our Environmental Service Committee.

      DAWN MARIE KING- Rotarian since 2014, Classification:  Health Care – Clinical Support Services

      Dawn Marie is Director, Medical Imaging and Laboratory at St. Michael’s Hospital

      She is the Chair of our Youth and Children’s Committee,

       

      Rotary Philanthropic Committee Speakers: Bill Empey, John Farrell, Anny-Sandra Hamel, Lorna Johnson, and Dawn-Marie King Carol Hutchinson 2017-10-24 04:00:00Z 0

      Tim Hudak CEO Ontario Real Estate Association 

      Guest Speaker: Friday October 20, 2017
      Location: Fairmont Upper Canada Room, 18th Floor
      Topic: The Canadian Dream of Home Ownership
      in a Time of Eroding Affordability: A Plan for Keeping
      the Dream Within Reach for Future Generations
      Host: Krystyna Benyak
       
       
      Tim Hudak is the CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), Canada’s largest provincial real estate industry association representing 70,000 REALTORS®.
       
      After a distinguished 21 years of public service in the Ontario Legislature – including five years as Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and Leader of the Official Opposition – making the move to OREA was a perfect fit.
       
       As Minister of Consumer and Business Services, Hudak worked closely with OREA to write the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 and championed a long list of pro-homeowner and pro-REALTOR® policies, from stopping the spread of the municipal land transfer tax (MLTT) to permitting the use of electronic signatures.
       
      Tim Hudak CEO Ontario Real Estate Association Carol Hutchinson 2017-10-20 04:00:00Z 0

      Alex Andras motivational speaker

      Guest speaker: Friday 13, 2017
      Location:  National Club
      Topic: Transition
      Host: John Andras
       

       

      Alex Andras is an educator, motivational speaker, musician and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) rights activist. A well-known, and well-respected student educator and activist within the Humber College community, Alex is currently making his way towards a PhD in Social Work, sharing his story and moving rooms of people as he goes.

      Alex Andras motivational speaker Carol Hutchinson 2017-10-16 04:00:00Z 0

      District Governor Neil Phillips Talk- At the National Club

      Posted on Oct 02, 2017

      Guest Speaker: DG Neil Phillips

      Topic: D. G. Talk

      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street

      HAVE YOU REGISTERED?  RSVP AT: 416-363-0604 or office@rotarytoronto.on.ca

      THE ROTARY CLUB OF TORONTO - DG TALK

      DISTRICT GOVERNOR TALK WITH DG NEIL PHILLPS

      Wednesday Evening, October 4th Club Meeting & DG Talk

      Where:     The National Club, 303 Bay St., Main Dining room

      When:      5:00 PM Registration and Cocktails (Cash Bar)

                       6:00 – 7:30 PM Club Meeting and Buffet Dinner

      Cost:         1 lunch ticket -Toronto Rotarians and their guests

                        Other Guests and Visiting Rotarians - $55

      Program:      District 7070 Governor, Neil Phillips

      Topic:         “The DG Talk”: Plans for 2017 2018

      RSVP required to office@rotarytoronto.on.ca or by calling 416-363-0604

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      Dr. Samir K. Sinha, Director of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Health System

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 27, 2017
      Guest Speaker: Friday, September 29, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont, Upper Canada
      Topic:  What Will It Take to Make Toronto An Age Friendly City?
      Host: Rick Goldsmith and our Senior Citizens' Committee
       
       
       
      Dr. Samir K. Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC
      Dr. Samir Sinha is a passionate and respected advocate for the needs of older adults. Dr. Sinha currently serves as the Director of Geriatrics of the Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto and the Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
       
      A Rhodes Scholar, after completing his undergraduate medical studies at the University of Western Ontario, he obtained a Masters in Medical History and a Doctorate in Sociology at the University of Oxford’s Institute of Ageing. He has pursued his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto and in Geriatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
       
       
      Dr. Samir K. Sinha, Director of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Health System Carol Hutchinson 2017-09-27 04:00:00Z 0

      Lorenzo Penate: The Rotary Club of Toronto Scholarship 2017 Recipient

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 14, 2017
       
      The Rotary Club of Toronto Scholarship Winner 2017
       
      Lorenzo Penate - 2017 Scholarship Winner. Lorenzo immigrated from Cuba with his mother 10 years ago. He was this year’s recipient of The Rotary Club of Toronto Scholarship. He is in his first year studying Business Administration at York University’s Schulich School of Business. In addition to his strong academic performance, Lorenzo was actively involved at his school and in the community, including drama/theatre and volunteering at the Salvation Army. He worked with Peer Leaders to improve his leadership skills and created The Vibe Club, to positively reach out to and mentor younger students. Lorenzo was the leader of his school’s Safe Schools Action Team bringing awareness and assisting students in areas of substance abuse, healthy relationships, bullying, impaired driving and peer mentoring.  Lorenzo was drawn to the sport of Boxing at an early age for its mental discipline, positive thinking, leadership and physical fitness. He felt it could benefit others, leading him to run the After School Boxing Program at his high school. 
      Lorenzo Penate: The Rotary Club of Toronto Scholarship 2017 Recipient Carol Hutchinson 2017-09-14 04:00:00Z 0

      Olivia Chow, Children and Youth Advocate

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 12, 2017
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, September 15, 2017
      Location: Fairmont, Upper Canada Room
      Topic: The Early Childhood Education Disconnect 
      Host:  John Andras
       
      For over thirty years, Olivia Chow has been an effective and well-known public figure, serving in Toronto’s municipal politics and on the national stage as a Canadian Member of Parliament. She was voted Best City Councillor seven times by readers of NOW magazine and Best MP in 2010. Readers of the Toronto Sun voted her Top Torontonian in 2012 and Canadian Immigrant magazine named her as one of Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants.
      Olivia Chow, Children and Youth Advocate Carol Hutchinson 2017-09-12 04:00:00Z 0
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      Pat Neuman, President 2017 2018

      Friday, July 14, 2017
      Location:  National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Presidential Address
       
       
      July 1st brings a new theme for the 2017-18 RI year …”Rotary: Making a Difference”.
       
      The Rotary Club of Toronto has been making a difference in the lives of Torontonians and others around the world for over 100 years, and we will continue to do so! This year we will observe our 105th year of transforming lives and making a difference to the many disadvantaged and challenged people in our local community.  Our club has been and will continue to be rich in tradition and expertise to make a difference to people’s lives for many more years. Our forefathers saw the potential to build this great club; we must continue to enrich the club with our vision of the future and what it holds.   We have much to be proud of, and, much to look forward to.
      Pat Neuman, President 2017 2018 Carol Hutchinson 2017-07-12 04:00:00Z 0

      Susan Hunter, President 2016 - 2017 

      Friday, July 7, 2017 Rotary Changeover Lunch
      At the National Club, 303 Bay Street
       

       

       

      “If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.” ~ African Proverb

      A successful year of ‘Rotary Serving Humanity’ is now coming to a close.  We should recognize the progress we have made and to consider the road ahead. To make the most impact to the clients and communities we serve, we require the imagination and creativity of all members, as well as their boundless energy and passion.alizing for us. 

      Susan Hunter, President 2016 - 2017 2017-07-06 04:00:00Z 0

      Happy Canada Day!  Canadian Mounties and Capilano Bridge in BC

       
       
       
       
       
      This picture was taken of 150 Royal Canadian Mounted  Police officers
      on the Capilano Bridge, a 460 foot lo-o-ong suspension bridge over the Capilano River,
      just north of Vancouver, BC.
       
      The picture was taken in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the
      Canadian Confederation, which will take place on  July 1, 2017 . . .
      Happy Birthday, Canada . . .
       
      Happy Canada Day! Canadian Mounties and Capilano Bridge in BC 2017-06-26 04:00:00Z 0

      RI Convention Host Committee

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 14, 2017
      Event: RI Convention Host Committee Lunch
      Date: Friday September 8th, 2017
      Location: at The National Club, 303 Bay Street
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      Roof Top Lunch

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 14, 2017
      Event: Roof Top Lunch
      Date: Friday August 11th, 2017
      Location: at The National Club, 303 Bay Street 
       
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      Scholarship Recipient Lunch

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 14, 2017
      Event: Scholarship Recipient Lunch
      Date: Friday September 22nd, 2017
      Location: at The National Club, 303 Bay street
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      Christian Jaehn-Kreibaum, Financial Advisor at Raymond James LTD.

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 13, 2017
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      Guest Speaker: Friday August 25, 2017
      Location: 
      Topic: Berlin Wall
      Host:  Robert O'Brien
       
       
      Christian was born in 1960 in West Berlin and grew up in Germany in a country divided. He was one-year-old when the Berlin Wall was built.
       
      After boarding school, he studied architecture and business administration to prepare to take over the family business, but he changed his mind to pursue a career in financial planning after an emotional event in the family.

       
      Christian Jaehn-Kreibaum, Financial Advisor at Raymond James LTD. Carol Hutchinson 2017-06-13 04:00:00Z 0

      DEADLINE IS PAST! Toronto RI Convention - Early Registration Incentive For Members!

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson
       
      TORONTO MEMBERS ONLY! - THIS INCENTIVE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AS THE DEADLINE IS PAST.
       
      Rotarians:  If you have never attended an RI Convention now is your big chance!
       
      “Our club has a unique opportunity with the Rotary International Convention coming to Toronto in June, 2018.  The Club's Board of Directors want to encourage our members to attend and participate in the International Convention.  It has been 35 years since the convention was last in Toronto.  This is your chance to see Rotary at its best and attend a Rotary International Convention in our backyard.
       
      Rotary International has a limited time registration rate of $295 (U.S.) from June 10 to June 14, 2017.  This special promotion is a savings of $200 (U.S.) from the full registration rate of $495 (U.S.).
       
      In addition to the reduced registration rate from Rotary International, as an added incentive to our members, the Rotary Club of Toronto will reimburse a further $100 (Cdn) to the first 50 members from our club to register for the convention in Toronto between June 10 and June 14, 2017.”
       
      Click on the link below to go directly to the Registration page (you will need your Rotary Member # which you can find by clicking on the Rotary tab on your member profile page or by calling the office at 416-363-0604 or by emailing: office@rotarytoronto.on.ca
       
       
      Don't miss out on all the fun! Do it Now!
       
       
       
       
       
      DEADLINE IS PAST! Toronto RI Convention - Early Registration Incentive For Members! Carol Hutchinson 2017-06-13 04:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Toronto Youth Day June 9, 2017 
       

      Friday, June 9, 2017
      Youth Day Lunch
      Location: Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Youth Civic Leadership Awards 
       
       
      YOUTH CIVIC LEADERSHIP AWARDS RECIPIENTS:
       
       
      The Rotary Club of Toronto Youth Civic Leadership Award
      Karina is a Grade 12 student in the Extended-French and Advanced Placement programs at Bishop Allen Academy, who has taken on many leadership roles within the school and the community she lives in. She is a school trustee and a French Relations Officer on the executive council of the Ontario Student Trustees Association. Amongst all the projects she has led or worked on,one of the most fulfilling one has been running workshops on mental wellness & habits of effective teens in the First Nations reserve in Geraldton, Northern Ontario. Karina also volunteers for the Children’s Aid Foundation and the Parkinsons Society of Central & Northern Ontario. Karina will be studying Medicine at Harvard University.
       
       
      Rotaract Gold Youth Civic Leadership Award
      Samantha is a Grade 12 student from Martingrove Collegiate Institute and is an elected Youth Councillor for Ward 3 where she has chaired the Finance/Economic Infrastructure Committee. She is also a member of the Premier’s Council on Youth Opportunities advising the Minister of Youth Services, Minister of Finance and the Premier on provincial youth programs. Amidst keeping very good academic grades at school, Samantha still finds time to be a Lieutenant Governor for the Key Club, club president for the Martingrove World Action Council & volunteering as a camp counsellor for the Martingrove Leadership Camp. Samantha will be studying Political Science at McGill University.
       
       
      Rotaract Silver Youth Civic Leadership Award
      Sarah is a Grade 12 student from Ursula Franklin Academy. Sarah’s extracurricular activities involves being President of the Student Council, fundraising for the Franklin Athletic Association, Peer Mediation, leading Inside Ride (supporting children with cancer & their families), helping Syrian Refugees & being a communications lead for the Social Justice Committee at Bloor Street United, organizing panel discussions at school to help students understand the workplace. Sarah has also been involved in International Service through Youth on Bloor – she has been on a trip to El Salvador where she has built chicken coops, planted trees and helped build a well. With the Salvadorian youth, she is also engaged in the peace process. She has also been a camp counsellor for her school. Sarah is looking forward to attend the University of Western Ontario’s Social Sciences & Business Management program.
       
       
      Toronto Community Housing Youth Civic Leadership Award
      Hilary is a Grade 12 student from the John Polanyi Collegiate Institute and is involved in the CITY – Change Impacting Toronto’s Youth –  a social entrepreneurship group. She led the CITY’s website development and participated in the SAGE International Entrepreneurship competition and represented Canada in South Korea. Hilary is also a Youth Ambassador for the Regent Park Revitalization program looking at problems facing youth in Regent park and what solutions to bring forward to help these young people with regards to education, training & employment in Regent Park. She also created a Mental Health committee at her school to promote positive thinking aimed at eliminating stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Hilary also volunteers at Bridgepoint Hospital.
       
       
      The Rotary Club of Toronto – Youth & Children Committee Youth Civic Leadership Special Award
      Christine is a returning Grade 12 student at Westview Centennial Secondary School. Through her life experiences and passion, Christine wants to ultimately become a Human Rights Lawyer. She will be starting her undergrad in Political Science & Global Development at Quuen’s University this year. For many years, she has been a volunteer at the Buddhist Temple and helped raise funds and has been a role model & mentor for the Youth & Peers at the temple. She even got a recognitions award from the Mayor for her volunteer work. Christine is a mentor at the Generation Change organization and LAWS program in the Jane/Finch community where she lives. She helps the youth in the community to develop, appreciate cultural diversity, ethnicity & inclusiveness through events. She is also a Student Council representative and has taken leadership roles in raising money & toys for children at Humber River Regional Hospital & women’s shelters.
      Rotary Toronto Youth Day June 9, 2017   Carol Hutchinson 2017-06-08 04:00:00Z 0

      Jane Kovarikova, Department of Political Science Western University

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 07, 2017
       
      Guest Speaker: Friday June 16, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: How Evidence Can Revolutionize Child Welfare
      Host: John Andras
       
      Child rights advocate, Jane Kovarikova, grew up in foster care since the age of six and began living on her own at age 16. Understanding the unique circumstances and challenges faced by youth-in-care inspired an ongoing academic and professional commitment to bettering youth outcomes. In 2009, she graduated with MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics.
      Jane Kovarikova, Department of Political Science Western University Carol Hutchinson 2017-06-07 04:00:00Z 0

      The Honourable Roberta L. Jamieson, President & CEO, Indspire

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jun 01, 2017
       
      Guest Speaker: Friday June 23, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Canada's Next 150 years: Realising our Indigenous Potential
      Host: Carolyn Purden, Chair of Indigenous Service Committee
       
       
      Roberta Jamieson is a Mohawk woman who has enjoyed a distinguished career of firsts. She was the first First Nation woman in Canada to earn a law degree; the first non-parliamentarian appointed an ex-officio member of a House of Commons Committee; the first woman Ombudsman of Ontario; and the first woman elected Chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, where she continues to reside with her family. An accomplished expert in alternative dispute resolution, Roberta also served as Commissioner of the Indian Commission of Ontario.
       
       
       
      The Honourable Roberta L. Jamieson, President & CEO, Indspire Carol Hutchinson 2017-06-01 04:00:00Z 0

      Michael Burns, CEO Invictus Games Toronto 2017

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on May 11, 2017
       
      Guest Speaker:  Friday June 2, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont Imperial Room
      Topic: Canada’s Invictus  Games:
                 Transforming Empathy into Empowerment
      Host: Alex Brown
       
      Michael Burns is CEO of 2017 Invictus Games, the largest international competition in the world featuring ill and injured soldiers from 17 nations that will be coming to Toronto in September, 2017.
      Michael brings to Invictus more than 20-years of an extensive experience in marketing, financial services, technology and entrepreneurial start-up.
      Michael is co-founder of the True Patriot Love Foundation, which supports Canada’s military, veterans and their families. In June 2016, Canada’s Governor-General, on behalf of the Queen, awarded Burns The Meritorious Service Cross for this work with military families.
      Michael Burns, CEO Invictus Games Toronto 2017 Carol Hutchinson 2017-05-11 04:00:00Z 0

      Paul Alofs, President and CEO The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on May 08, 2017
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, May 12, 2017
      Location:  The National Club
      Topic: The Revolution in Cancer Care
      - Immunotherapy and Personalized Cancer Medicine
       
      Paul Alofs is an unusually successful guy.  He has been successful in many different industries and geographies. 
       
      So, who is Paul?  Paul has worked in marketing services and was named to the inaugural Marketing Hall of Legends.  Paul was president of HMV Music stores and was named Innovative Retailer of the Year by the Retail Council, and a member of the Top 40 Under 40 after building sales from $30 million to $200 million in short order.  Paul was president of BMG Music and was named Music Industry Executive of the Year for his success in building that record company.  He then became general manager of the 500 North American Disney stores and delivered record profits and customer service.  After Disney, Paul was president of strategic business units at MP3.com in San Diego and helped launch one of the most successful internet IPOs of the internet age. 

       
      Paul Alofs, President and CEO The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Carol Hutchinson 2017-05-08 04:00:00Z 0

      Michele Guy, Co-Chair and Committee Members:  RI 2018 Convention Host Committee

      Guest Speaker:  Friday September 8, 2017
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topice:  RI 2018 Convention
      Host: President, Pat Neuman
       
      Michele and her committee updated you on
      what is happening for next year's Convention
       
       
       
       
       
                  Toronto 2018 Rotary International Convention Host Committee
       
      SEPT 8, 2017
       
      SEPT 8, 2017 update on the Toronto 2018 Rotary International Convention http://www.rotary2018.org
       
       
      Michele Guy, Co-Chair and Committee Members: RI 2018 Convention Host Committee Carol Hutchinson 2017-04-12 04:00:00Z 0

      David Miller, President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund

      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 21, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont, Confederation Room 5 and 6, MM Level
      Topic:  "We Are All Wildlife"    Host:  Neil Phillips
       
      David Miller is President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund – Canada, Canada’s foremost conservation organization. The WWF creates solutions to the most serious conservation challenges facing our planet, helping people and nature thrive.
      David Miller, President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund Carol Hutchinson 2017-04-10 04:00:00Z 0
      Spring is in The Air! Join Us for President's Cocktails at the National Club Carol Hutchinson 2017-04-10 04:00:00Z 0

      The Honourable Bob Rae, Ontario's 21st Premier

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 29, 2017
      Guest Speaker:  Friday , April 7, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Toronto
      Topic:  "We Know the Truth, But Reconciliation Still Needs Direction" 
      Host to Speaker: Robert O'Brien/ Peter Love
       
      The Hon. Bob Rae is a senior partner of Olthius, Kleer, Townsend LLP where he works with First Nations across Canada as legal counsel, advisor and negotiator.  He served as Ontario’s 21st Premier from 1990 to 1995 and Interim Federal Leader of the Liberal Party in 2011-2013 during which time he played a significant role in the rebuilding of the federal party and its return to power in October 2015.   He was named Queen’s Counsel in 1984, appointed to the Privy Counsel of Canada in 1998, named as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, received the Order of Ontario in 2004 and Companion of the Order of Canada in 2015. 
      The Honourable Bob Rae, Ontario's 21st Premier Carol Hutchinson 2017-03-29 04:00:00Z 0

      100 Anniversay of Vimy Ridge - An Easter Gift!

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 27, 2017
       
      “Victory at Vimy” – Story of the birth of a nation.
       
      The Americans called them “an inspiration … for a generation.” The British described what they did as “the greatest victory of the war.” The French declared their achievement an “Easter gift.”
      100 Anniversay of Vimy Ridge - An Easter Gift! Carol Hutchinson 2017-03-27 04:00:00Z 0

      Ted Barris, Author and Professor

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Mar 27, 2017
       
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, March 31, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont, Confederation Room 5 & 6 
      Topic:  100 Anniversary of Vimy Ridge
       
      Ted Barris is an award-winning journalist, author, and broadcaster. For more than 40 years, his writing has regularly appeared in the national press – Globe and Mail, National Post, as well as magazines as diverse as Legion, Air Force and Zoomer. He has also worked as host/contributor for most CBC Radio network programs and on TV Ontario. He is a full-time professor of journalism at Toronto’s Centennial College.
      Ted Barris, Author and Professor Carol Hutchinson 2017-03-27 04:00:00Z 0

      Mark Saunders, Chief of Police, Toronto Police Services

      Guest Speaker:  Friday March 24, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont, Upper Canada Room, 18th floor
      Topic:  Toronto Police Services
       
      Mark Saunders was appointed the 10th Chief of the Toronto Police Service on May 20, 2015.  The City of Toronto is a vibrant diverse city covering 636 square kilometres with a diverse population of more than 2,600,000 people.  The Toronto Police Service employs over 5300 police officers and 2700 civilian employees and has an annual budget nearing $1 billion dollars.  It is the largest municipal police service in Canada and 5th largest in North America.
       
      Mark Saunders, Chief of Police, Toronto Police Services Carol Hutchinson 2017-03-14 04:00:00Z 0
      Wednesday, March 15, 2017, St. Patrick's Day Celebration: President's Cocktails at the National Club Carol Hutchinson 2017-03-13 04:00:00Z 0

      Mitty Chang, Creative Director and Founder of Candeavor

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Feb 02, 2017
      Guest Speaker:  Friday March 3, 2017
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  The Future of Membership
      -Making Clubs More Open to Young Professionals
       
       
       
       
      DISTRICT TICKETS:  TORONTO ROTARY MEMBERS:  A LUNCH TICKET
      ALL OTHERS, GUESTS AND VISITING ROTARIANS $55
      TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING THE ROTARY OFFICE AT: 416-363-0604
      OR VIA EMAIL: ACCOUNTS@ROTARYTORONTO.ON.CA
       
      Mitty Chang is the Creative Director and Founder of Candeavor, a digital marketing and design agency based in the San Francisco bay area. As a millennial, Mitty grew up during the internet high tech boom during the turn of the century. His entrepreneurial spirit started young. Mitty built his first website while in the fourth grade, and began his first business as a freelance web designer while in the seventh grade. Over 15 years later, Mitty continues designing and developing websites professionally, while giving back to his community through Rotary.
      Mitty Chang, Creative Director and Founder of Candeavor Carol Hutchinson 2017-02-02 05:00:00Z 0

      Kenn Richard, Founder and Director of Native Family and Child Services

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 30, 2017
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 24, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont Upper Canada Room
      Topic:  The Sixties Scoop
       
       
      Both sides of Kenn Richard's family come from the original Métis and Francophone settlements along the Red and the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. He is of the first generation in his family to be raised in an urban environment and graduate from university. He holds a Masters in Social Work, University of Manitoba, and has been practicing social work, principally within Aboriginal child welfare, since the mid-seventies. Kenn is founder and Executive Director of Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, a mandated Children`s Aid Society and Children's Mental Health Center, since 1989.
       
       
      Kenn Richard, Founder and Director of Native Family and Child Services Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-30 05:00:00Z 0

      Marc Trouyet, Consul General of France In Toronto

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 30, 2017
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 10, 2017
      Location:  The National Club
      Topic:  How France is Celebrating
      the 150th Anniversary of Canada and What France
      is Doing To Strengthen Ties between Canada and France
       
       
      Mr Trouyet has served as the Consul General of France in Toronto since August of 2015. His territorial jurisdiction comprises Ontario and Manitoba.
       
      Mr. Trouyet has been a diplomat for almost fifteen years. Most recently he served in Paris as head of the department of French Overseas Development Assistance pertaining to governance issues. In this capacity, he supervised projects and expert missions on issues such as: postcrisis recovery and the rule of law; government reforms and urban governance; public finances; migration, Diasporas and development.
      Marc Trouyet, Consul General of France In Toronto Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-30 05:00:00Z 0

      Gloria Fung, Activist and Advocate

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 17, 2017
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      Guest Speaker: Friday January 20, 2017
      Location: Fairmont, Imperial Room
      Host: Geoffrey Johnson
       
      Raised in Hong Kong and educated in England, Gloria managed Danish government soft loan and World Bank development projects in China covering twelve provinces and two autonomous regions in the 1980s. She successfully spearheaded many agricultural pilot projects including the setting up of the first mechanized state farm in China and technology transfer between John Deere and China.
      Gloria Fung, Activist and Advocate Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-17 05:00:00Z 0

      Steve Paikin, Journalist, Author, Documentary film Producer and Host of TVO’s  The Agenda with Steve Paikin

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 12, 2017
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, January 27, 2017
      Location:  The National Club
      Topic: Bill Davis:  Nation Builder and Not So Bland After All
      Host:  Robert O'Brien 
       
       
      Steve Paikin is one of Canada’s leading journalist and political commentators.
        
      Born in Hamilton with his Bachelors of Arts from the University of Toronto and Masters in broadcast journalism from Boston University, Steve shot to public attention as anchor and Queen’s Park correspondent for CBLT and host of a daily news and current affairs program on CBC Newsworld.
      Steve Paikin, Journalist, Author, Documentary film Producer and Host of TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-12 05:00:00Z 0

      Knia Singh, Lawyer and Activist

      Guest Speaker:  Friday, January 13, 2017
      Location:  National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
       

      Knia Singh was born in Toronto to parents of Guyanese and Bermudian heritage.  He is a recent graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and named one of the People to Watch for 2014 by the Toronto Star
      And Knia is Founder & President of Osgoode Society Against Institutional Injustice and awarded Dean’s Gold Key 2016– for exemplary contribution to the law school community.
       
      Knia Singh, Lawyer and Activist Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-10 05:00:00Z 0

      Martin Luther King Day, January 16th, 2017

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Jan 10, 2017
       
      I Have a Dream….
       
      I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.
       
      On Monday January 16th, it is Martin Luther King Day. At our lunch on Fri 13th, we will recognize and honour Martin Luther King by asking the question after 54 years, “Has any of his dream been fulfilled in Canada?”.

       
      Martin Luther King Day, January 16th, 2017 Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-10 05:00:00Z 0
      Happy New Year Rotarians and Friends! Carol Hutchinson 2017-01-01 05:00:00Z 0

      Sue Mosteller, L'Arche Daybreak

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Dec 20, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday January 6, 2017
      Location:  Fairmont, Upper Canada Room, 18th Fl.
      Topic:  A Canadian Story of Inspiration
       
      2017 is Canada’s Sesquicentennial. In this significant year in the country’s life, the ‘Program Committee’ is inviting, throughout the year, a number of speakers who will address the club to inform us on matters relating to some of Canada’s significant contributions to the world.
       
      Following this theme, the first meeting of the year, normally dedicated to a time of inspiration, will inform the members of the work of ‘L’Arche’, an international organization founded by John Vanier, the son of a former Governor of Canada, Georges Vanier.
      Sue Mosteller, L'Arche Daybreak Carol Hutchinson 2016-12-20 05:00:00Z 0

      Christmas Message from President Susan Hunter

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      It is said that the most precious gift you can give is Time. When you give of your time, you give a little of yourself and a part of your life to someone else. Time in the service of others is what defines all Rotarians. This is especially true during the Christmas season when so many of our members are involved in putting on two of our largest events of the year.
       
      For many months leading up to Christmas, our members spend an enormous amount of time planning and preparing two spectacular celebrations to make many people very happy. The first celebration is our annual Seniors Christmas Lunch held on December 9th and the second is our very special party for children with special needs held on Sunday December 11th, which is perhaps the longest running children’s Christmas Party in the City of Toronto. Both celebrations require planning on a grand scale, which several members do with great enthusiasm and passion. You will find more details and great pictures of both celebrations featured in this week’s Voice.
      Christmas Message from President Susan Hunter Carol Hutchinson 2016-12-15 05:00:00Z 0

      Patricia, Keeney, Award Winning Poet

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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, December 2, 2016
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Main Dining Room
      Topic:  One Man Dancing
       
      Patricia Keeney is an award-winning poet, novelist, theatre and literary critic. The author of ten books of poetry and two novels and a well-known arts writer for many years for CBC Radio, Canadian Forum, Scene Changes, Canadian Theatre Review and Canadian Literature, Keeney continues her critical work both nationally and internationally in journals such as Arc and online: Critical Stages and Critically Speaking. Keeney teaches English and Creative Writing at York University. An avid traveller she has also taught and lectured in Europe, Africa and Asia.
       
      Patricia, Keeney, Award Winning Poet Carol Hutchinson 2016-11-28 05:00:00Z 0

      Shauneen Bruder and Ron Crane, Pine River Institute.

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 14, 2016
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      Guest Speaker: Friday November 18th 2016
      Shauneen Bruder Executive Vice-President Operations
      - RBC Personal & Commercial Banking
      Location: Fairmont Confederation 5 and 6, MM Level
      Topic: Pine River Institute 10th Anniversary 
       
      Mrs. Bruder is Executive Vice-President of Operations, Royal Bank of Canada and is also a member of the Group Operating Committee charged with oversight of day-to-day management of RBC globally. Previous roles with RBC include EVP of Business and Commercial Banking, COO of the Global Wealth Management division and President of RBC Centura Bank in North Carolina.
      Shauneen Bruder and Ron Crane, Pine River Institute. Carol Hutchinson 2016-11-14 05:00:00Z 0

      Katie Daubs Journalist and Richard Lautens Photograher - The Toronto Star

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Nov 01, 2016
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      Guest Speaker: Friday November 11, 2016 Remembrance Day Lunch
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic: Remembrance Day Lunch - Honouring Our Veterans 
       
      Katie Daubs is part of the features team at the Toronto Star. In 2014, she and photographer Richard Lautens spent two months walking across Belgium and France, following the footsteps of Canadian soldiers of the First World War and filing daily stories for their series Walking the Western Front.  Daubs is currently on leave from the Star, as a Southam Journalism fellow at Massey College.
       
       
      Richard Lautens, Staff Photographer The Toronto Star
       
      Richard Lautens has been a photographer at the Toronto Star since 1987.  In that time he has covered news and events all over the world including politics, fashion, sports, civil strife and features.  He has won local and international awards for his work.
      Katie Daubs Journalist and Richard Lautens Photograher - The Toronto Star Carol Hutchinson 2016-11-01 04:00:00Z 0

      Truong Ta, Head of Immunization Policy, Canada, Sanofi Pasteur Limited

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Oct 24, 2016
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      Dr. Truong Ta, is the Head of Immunization Policy, Canada for Sanofi Pasteur Limited.  In this role, Dr. Ta oversees public affairs, government affairs and market access activities for vaccines in Canada.  Sanofi Pasteur researches, develops and manufactures vaccines for Canada and global markets.
       
      Dr. Ta obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Alberta in 2000 and his research involved studying protein adsorption at biomaterial interfaces.  Subsequently, he completed a 1-year postdoctoral fellowship in the area of Mass Spectrometry, and several years later, obtained a Master of Business Administration from York University’s Schulich School of Business with a focus on business strategy and healthcare industry management.

       
      Truong Ta, Head of Immunization Policy, Canada, Sanofi Pasteur Limited Carol Hutchinson 2016-10-24 04:00:00Z 0

      Andy Byford, CEO Toronto Transit Commission 

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Oct 12, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, October 14, 2016
      Location:  Fairmont, Upper Canada Room, 18th fl.
      Topic:  Toronto Transit Commission
       
      Andy Byford was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Transit Commission in March, 2012.  As such, he leads the largest transit agency in Canada, and the third largest in North America, carrying over 540 million riders on an annual basis.  Mr. Byford initially joined the TTC as Chief Operating Officer in November, 2011 and was responsible for the delivery of safe, punctual, reliable bus, streetcar, SRT, subway and Wheel-Trans services.  
       
      From 2009 to 2011, as Chief Operating Officer of Rail Corporation, Sydney, Australia, Mr. Byford delivered service to a million customers a day on Australia’s largest transit network.  From 2003 to 2009, he held the positions of Operations Director and Operations and Safety Director with Southern Railway and South Eastern Trains Limited, UK. 
       
      During his tenure with London Underground from 1989 to 2003, he held a variety of managerial positions including Group Station Manager, Kings Cross and General Manager – Customer Service for three of the busiest subway lines.
       
      Mr. Byford is a graduate of the University of Leicester from which he was awarded a B.A. joint honours degree in French and German.  He also holds a Diploma in Transport from the University of London.
       
      Andy is from Plymouth in the United Kingdom.  A member of the Institute of Railway Operators, he is married and lives in Toronto.
       
       
       
      Andy Byford, CEO Toronto Transit Commission  Carol Hutchinson 2016-10-12 04:00:00Z 0

      Nobel Peace Prize Winner:  Professor Muhammad Yunus

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 08, 2016
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      SAVE THE DATE!  

      Guest Speaker:  Friday, September 30, 2016

      Location:  King Edward Hotel, Toronto

      Professor Muhammad Yunus is one of the global leaders who has received so much of awards (including highest from different countries) and honorary doctorate degrees. Till date he has received 132 international awards58 honorary doctoral degrees and member and advisor of enormous international Committees and Commissions including board of the United Nations Foundation

      Nobel Peace Prize Winner:  Professor Muhammad Yunus Carol Hutchinson 2016-09-08 04:00:00Z 0

      Derek Burleton, Vice President and Deputy Chief Econocmist TD Canada Trust

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Sep 08, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, September 23, 2016 
      Location: The National Club, 303 Bay St.
      Topic: Canada's Economic Forecast
       
      Derek is Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist for TD Bank Group. In his role, he leads a team of economists that provides leading analysis on the U.S.,Canadian and global economies and financial markets.
       
      Each year, he travels extensively across Canada, speaking at more than 75 events on economic and financial developments. As a respected commentator, Derek has been quoted by many media outlets – including the London Financial Times and the Economist. He also is frequently interviewed on the radio and television.
      Derek Burleton, Vice President and Deputy Chief Econocmist TD Canada Trust Carol Hutchinson 2016-09-08 04:00:00Z 0

      John Lawrence, Clean Water Living

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      Guest Speaker, Friday August 26, 2016
      Location:  Fairmont Upper Canada Room
      Topic: Clean Water Living

      John is a graduate of the University of Guelph, holding a Masters in Agricultural Science (Agricultural Economics)

      His career focused on agricultural education, sales, marketing and management. In 1985 he moved to Chatham to be Vice President and General Manager for Dekalb Canada. He joined the staff of St. Clair College in 1998 where he was Director; Innovation, Community and Corporate Training until his retirement in 2010.
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      Andris Pone, President Coin Branding

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Aug 09, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday August 19, 2016
      Location:  Fairmont Upper Canada Room, 18 fl.
      Topic:  What Do People Think of You?
       
      Andris Pone believes that every person has the right to experience the thrill of sharing their unique gifts with others.  As a world-class wordsmith, he has 13 years of experience helping corporations and individuals express precisely what those differentiating factors are — by building compelling brand foundations and names for clients at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Sun Life Financial, BMO Nesbitt Burns, RBC Wealth Management, Canadian Tire, Purolator, Revera and many others.
       
      Andris is co-author of the #1 Globe and Mail bestselling Brand: It Ain’t the Logo.  He appears as a branding expert on CBC’s The National, CBC Radio One, the National Post and the Globe and Mail.  He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Political Science from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and also holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business.
       
       
      Host to Guest Speaker: Lorraine Lloyd
       
      Andris Pone, President Coin Branding Carol Hutchinson 2016-08-09 04:00:00Z 0

      Susan Hunter, President 2016-2017 Presidential Address

      Posted on Jun 01, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, July 15, 2016
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay St.
       
                                                                     
       
       
       

      July 1st marks a new year for Rotary and this year’s theme is Rotary Serving Humanity: three words that perfectly describe what we all do best — transforming lives in our local communities and around the world.

      The Rotary Club of Toronto has been changing lives in the city of Toronto for over 104 years.  This Club has a rich tradition of responding to and serving the needs of those less fortunate.  Members are dedicated to assisting those most vulnerable in the Toronto community by providing funding and expertise to programs which enhance the quality of life and human dignity of our fellow citizens.

      As members of a large Rotary Club, we should be proud of our history which dates back to 1912.  It was the vision and passion of past members who have built this great Club and developed ground-breaking, innovative solutions to many challenges in the city including United Appeal (later becoming United Way), Care Canada, Youth Employment Service (YES), the Transition Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital, the Infirmary at Seaton House, and the  Health Centre Health Bus.  Many of the events that we celebrate today including the annual Christmas Party for Seniors and for Children, have been organized for decades and continue to delight those who attend each year.  These notable service projects and events signify the importance of our work and why it is still so urgently needed.

      Susan Hunter, President 2016-2017 Presidential Address Carol Hutchinson 2016-06-01 04:00:00Z 0

      Perry Monaco, LinkedIn

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 21, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 29, 2016
      Location: The National Club
      Topic:  "Why It's Important to Google Yourself!"

      Perry Monaco is a Customer Success Manager at LinkedIn, managing teams in Canada, USA, Central and South America.
      Perry Monaco, LinkedIn Carol Hutchinson 2016-04-21 04:00:00Z 0

      Jeremy Diamond, Exec Dir., Vimy Foundation

      Posted by Carol Hutchinson on Apr 14, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 22, 2016
      Location:  Fairmont - Upper Canada Room, 18 Floor
      Topic:  "Vimy: Symbol of our National Identity"
       
      Jeremy Diamond is a public historian, who for more than 20 years, has been developing unique ways to tell the stories of Canada to audiences of all ages.
       
      Jeremy Diamond, Exec Dir., Vimy Foundation Carol Hutchinson 2016-04-14 04:00:00Z 0

      Justin Taylor, Executive Director, Rainbow Railroad

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Mar 29, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, April 8, 2016
      Location:  Fairmont, Tudor 7&8 Room 
      Topic:  Social Innovation In A Humanitarian Crisis
       
      Rainbow Railroad is a volunteer based registered charitable organization. In September 2014, we welcomed our first employee and Executive Director, Justin Taylor. Justin joins Rainbow Railroad as an experienced operations manager and capacity builder.
      Justin Taylor, Executive Director, Rainbow Railroad Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2016-03-29 04:00:00Z 0

      Honourable Jean Augustine, PC, CM, CBE

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Mar 01, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, March 11, 2016

      Topic:  Celebrating Women and Diversity

      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Upper Canada Room

      March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.  International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900’s.

       
      Honourable Jean Augustine, PC, CM, CBE Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2016-03-01 05:00:00Z 0

      Segun Akinsanya, Youth Former Gang Member

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Feb 27, 2016
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      Guest Speaker : Friday, March 04, 2016
      Location : Fairmont in the Ontario Room 
      Topic : "My Life in Street Gangs”
       
      Segun Akinsanya is a passionate, articulate and determined young man—a natural leader. But after moving from Quebec to Toronto, he found himself following the wrong crowd. At 18 he was sentenced to a five year prison term for Manslaughter.   Incarceration taught him important life lessons and he decided to change his life.
       
       
      Segun Akinsanya, Youth Former Gang Member Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2016-02-27 05:00:00Z 0

      Shelley Martin, President and CEO, Nestlé Canada Inc.

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Feb 08, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 19, 2016
      Location:  At the National Club
      Topic:  Nestlé Canada Inc.
       

      Shelley Martin is President and CEO of Nestlé Canada Inc., a leading company that produces some of the world’s most recognized and trusted foods and beverages.
       
      Shelley Martin, President and CEO, Nestlé Canada Inc. Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2016-02-08 05:00:00Z 0

      Ian Riseley, Rotary International President Nominee

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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, February 5, 2016
      Location:  At the National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  Rotary Message
      Host to Speaker:  Michele Guy
       
       
      IAN RISELEY, Sandringham, Vic., Australia
      Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2011-15
      Treasurer, Rotary International, 2007-08
      Director, Rotary International, 2006-07
       
      Ian Riseley is a chartered accountant and principal of Ian Riseley and Co., a firm he established in 1976.  Prior to starting his own firm, he worked in the audit and management consulting divisions of large accounting firms and corporations.
       
       
      Ian Riseley, Rotary International President Nominee 2016-01-20 05:00:00Z 0

      Dr.Jerry Cuttler,Cuttler & Associates

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Jan 08, 2016
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, January 15, 2016

      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Upper Canada Room, 18th floor

      Topic:  Nuclear Engineering

      Dr. Cuttler graduated from the University of Toronto (Engineering Physics, Nuclear) in 1964. He received his M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees from the Israel Institute of Technology in 1967 and 1971 while employed by IAEC as a research engineer and by the IIT as a laboratory manager. He was the Technical Manager of Seforad Applied Radiation from 1971 to 74, and then began a 26-year career at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

      He led the team that designed and procured the nuclear instrumentation for three CANDU 6 reactors and for Pickering B and Bruce B stations. Jerry was later AECL's engineering manager for Bruce B, resident engineering manager in Romania, engineering manager of the SLOWPOKE district heating reactor, manager of AECL services at Pickering, CANDU 9 engineering integration manager, and a technical services manager.

      Dr.Jerry Cuttler,Cuttler & Associates Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2016-01-08 05:00:00Z 0

      Canon Allan Budzin, Anglican Diocese of Toronto

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      Guest Speaker:  Friday January 8, 2016
      Location:  Imperial Room, Fairmont Royal York
      Topic:  New Year's Message
       
      Canon Allan Budzin was born in South Bend, Indiana. After elementary school, he began studies for the Roman Catholic priesthood at Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton, MA. He graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI with a degree in philosophy. After teaching high school in Los Angeles, he was ordained a priest  in 1980 at Niagara Falls, Ontario. His first parochial assignment took place at St. Gertrude’s Church in Stockton, CA. He came to Toronto in 1983 for graduate studies at the Toronto School of Theology. During that time he also assisted at several Catholic parishes in the west end of Toronto. After leaving the Catholic priesthood, Al married and taught at George Brown College for several years. In 1997 he became an Anglican priest and returned to full-time parochial ministry. He is currently parish priest at St. Philip’s Anglican Church in Etobicoke. His interests include poetry, jazz, and thoroughbred horse racing.
       
      Canon Allan Budzin, Anglican Diocese of Toronto Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2016-01-07 05:00:00Z 0

      President David's Christmas Season Message

      Posted on Dec 17, 2015
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      President David’s Christmas Season Message
       
      The festive season has arrived and today we celebrate with The Rotary Club of Toronto’s 2015 Annual Christmas Party.  I hope you all enjoy the wonderful buffet and the music at the luncheon today.  We also celebrate the ability to help others at this time of year and we will feature a raffle and a silent auction to that end.   Every year, The Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation has a ‘charity of choice’ at our Christmas Party, this year the Foundation will give $5,000 to benefit our Syrian Refugee Family.  The family is being sponsored in partnership with the Rosedale United Church and The Rotary Club of Toronto’s Sponsorship Group.
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      The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, OC, Ont

      Posted on Nov 16, 2015
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, November 20, 2015
      Location:  The National Club - 303 Bay Street, Toronto
       
      The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, OC, OOnt
      29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
       
       
      The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell is an energetic and highly regarded renaissance woman, an accomplished civil servant with wide-ranging interests, and is passionately devoted to the advancement of humanity. An intelligent, perceptive, and compassionate woman, Ms. Dowdeswell has devoted herself to public service, where her talents and skills have contributed greatly to many important initiatives, most notably those that integrate environmental, economic, social, educational, and cultural concerns.
       
      She cares deeply about the environment, which she considers the fundamental basis for life on earth. She has led provincial, federal, and international institutions, and has served on the boards of corporate and non-profit organizations. Her years as an Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations profoundly shaped her worldview and continue to inform her thinking as she undertakes her role as 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
       
      Her overarching and ambitious vision is Ontario in the world. She wants to listen to Ontarians and engage them in meaningful dialogue about what they can contribute and learn from others in meeting the common challenges of our interconnected world. Her Honour’s aim is to bring multiple perspectives to the table, encourage innovation, and cultivate new ideas, sparking action and commitment to seeing these ideas move forward.
       
      Ms. Dowdeswell is an Officer of the Order of Canada and holds 11 honorary degrees.
       
      The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, OC, Ont 2015-11-16 05:00:00Z 0

      John Plumpton, Director of the Churchill Society

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Nov 01, 2015
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      Remembrance Day Celebration
      Guest Speaker:  Friday, November 6, 2015
      Topic:  Remembering The Great War:  What the War Memorials Tell Us
      Location:  The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Toronto
      Host to the Speaker:  Robert A. O’Brien
       
      Born in Belleville and a resident of Toronto, John Plumpton is an educator, historian, writer and well respected lecturer.   For many years he was a teacher and then assumed a leadership role as Superintendent of Schools in Toronto.  After his retirement from the Board of Education John led and conducted summer programs in Oxford England for high schools and universities for twelve years.
       
      John Plumpton, Director of the Churchill Society Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-11-01 04:00:00Z 0

      Professor Nelson Wiseman

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Oct 06, 2015
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      Guess speaker: Friday October 16, 2015
      Location: Fairmont, Upper Canada Room, 18th floor
      Topic: Canada's Election: Where We've Been and Where We're Going.
       
      Three days before election day on October 19, 2015 after one of the longest campaigns in Canadian history we are pleased to welcome to Rotary Professor Nelson Wiseman to make sense of it all.
       
      Nelson Wiseman is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Toronto.
       
      Professor Nelson Wiseman Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-10-06 04:00:00Z 0

      Ian Urquhart, Political Commentator and Columnist Toronto Star

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Aug 20, 2015
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 28, 2015
      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room
      Topic:  Election 2015:  How Parliament Lost Control
       
      Ian Urquhart is a well-known and respected journalist whose insider views of the political world have been widely read for more than thirty years. Ian graduated from McGill in 1970 and is a former City
       
      Hall reporter, Ottawa reporter, Ottawa Bureau Chief, National Editor, Managing Editor and Editorial Page Editor for the Toronto Star.  He was Ottawa correspondent and Washington correspondent for
       
      Ian Urquhart, Political Commentator and Columnist Toronto Star Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-08-20 04:00:00Z 0

      Michael Prosserman, Executive Director Unity Charity

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Aug 17, 2015
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 21, 2015
      Topic:  Standing Mental Health On Its Head!
      Location:  Imperial Room
       
      Breakdancing Executive Director – Michael Prosserman aka “bboy Piecez”
       
      By the time Michael Prosserman aka “Bboy Piecez” was three, he was already standing on his head while watching Saturday morning cartoons. By high school, Michael was accepted into Cirque Du Soleil, featured in the major motion picture “Honey”, and travelled the world as one of Canada’s top break-dancers winning over 22 International competitions.  Michael has overcome a chronic neck condition while juggling taking care of his mother with a serious mental illness.  Michael took his anger and turned it into art.
       
      Michael Prosserman, Executive Director Unity Charity Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-08-17 04:00:00Z 0

      Joanne M. Jasper B.ScN. M.A., Executive Director, ICHM

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Aug 11, 2015
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 14, 2015
      Location:  Fairmont Royal York, Upper Canada Room, 18th Fl.
      Topic:  InterChurch Health Ministries Canada: A Vision for Health, Healing & Wholeness
       
      Joanne M. Jasper B. ScN. M.A. grew up in rural Bruce County at a time when where you went to school and what church you attended was firmly attached to your name. After completing high school, Joanne attended the University of Toronto, School of Nursing. Following graduation, she has worked in hospital acute care settings and in community health in staff nurse capacities in urban and rural parts of Ontario. Since the mid-80’s, she has worked in management positions for private and non-profit community agencies both across Ontario and in several provinces in western Canada. Joanne completed her Master’s degree in California at the University of San Diego in the early 90’s.
       
      Joanne M. Jasper B.ScN. M.A., Executive Director, ICHM Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-08-11 04:00:00Z 0

      Allen MacInnis, Young People's Theatre

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Jul 28, 2015
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, August 7, 2015
      Location:  National Club, 303 Bay Street
      Topic:  YPT Toronto's Most Important Theatre - Let Me Tell You Why?
       
      Allen worked as a junior high school teacher in the city where he was born and raised, Edmonton. He quit teaching early on, however to attend the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School and worked for a number of years as an actor. After several fortunate opportunities, his primary focus became directing.
      Allen MacInnis, Young People's Theatre Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-07-28 04:00:00Z 0

      President 2014-2015 Steven P. Smith

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Jul 06, 2015
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      Special Guest Speaker

      Location: National Club, 303 Bay Street

      Topic:  President Steve's Farewell 

      It’s difficult to believe that it has been one year since I had the privilege of taking the oath of office as President of the Rotary Club of Toronto. And what a year it has been! I noted in my inaugural address that I believed it is the job of the President to work along with a talented group of people to make the Rotary Club of Toronto even stronger by year end. Thanks to the Board of Directors, the committees and all our members, I believe that we have achieved that goal. 

      President 2014-2015 Steven P. Smith Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-07-06 04:00:00Z 0

      Steve Cornish, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on May 03, 2015
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      Guest Speaker:  Friday, May 8, 2015
      Topic:  Managing Insecurity/Humanitarian Crisis
      Location:  At the National Club - 303 Bay Street 
       
      Stephen Cornish is the executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Canada. With over ten years of direct field experience, Cornish has managed major MSF humanitarian interventions in Chechnya, Sierra Leone, Georgia, Peru and elsewhere. Cornish holds a Masters degree in global risk and crisis management from the Université Panthéon Sorbonne in Paris and post-graduate diploma in conflict resolution from the University of Bradford. He has successfully negotiated humanitarian access to vulnerable populations in active conflict settings across the globe and played key roles in resolving aid worker abduction crises and other emergency scenarios.
       
      Steve Cornish, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-05-03 04:00:00Z 0

      New Member's Lunch at the National Club!

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Feb 18, 2015
      Friday, February 20, 2015 Program: The New Members’ Lunch
      Topic: Getting to Know Our New Members
       
      Oh Oh....What are those New Member's Up to Now?
       
      From the New Members:  
       
      The Boardroom
      We met in the majestic boardroom of Grant Thornton, LLP, on the 19th floor in the Royal Bank Plaza.
       
      We, the new members, sat on one side of the gigantic table and faced our coaches: Michele Guy and Sandy Boucher. It was almost like a “showdown” until Elizabeth Tremblay walked in and changed the balance. (Howdy, partner!)
       
      After asking him probing questions, Sandy, who had listened calmly and impassively, looked at us incisively and said, with his distinctly British accent, “This is going to be your lunch and you can run it any way you like.” Shock. (Did I see a Stetson and a gold star on his vest? Think Gunsmoke theme song here.)
      “Yeah,” chimed in Michele with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. (Hello, Deputy!) Excitement. Trepidation. Only Dawn-Marie King, with her electronic tablet, kept her cool on the new member side of the table. Brigitte Bogar and Tamara Levine whispered something to each other.
       
      What would we do?
      New Member's Lunch at the National Club! Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-02-19 00:00:00Z 0

      Rev.Canon Rob Fead,Padre For The Canadian Military

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Jan 12, 2015
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      Guest Speaker for Friday Lunch, Jan. 16, 2015
      Location:  The National Club - 303 Bay Street

      Topic: The Role and State of the Canadian Military Chaplaincy

       
      Rob was born and raised in Oakville.  After feeling a call to the priesthood he began his seminary training in 1986 at Resurrection College Seminary at St. Jerome’s College, University of Waterloo. After graduating with a BA in Philosophy in 1989 he began his theological training at St. Peter’s Seminary at the University of Western Ontario graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 1993. Rob was ordained a Deacon on April 17, 1993 and a priest on May 7, 1994 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. While with the Diocese of Hamilton, he served in parishes in Brantford, Guelph and Hamilton.
      Rev.Canon Rob Fead,Padre For The Canadian Military Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2015-01-13 00:00:00Z 0

      Ravi Ravindran, Rotary International President Elect

      Posted by Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson on Oct 09, 2014
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      Guest Speaker for Friday October 17, 2014 Zone Lunch
      Location:  Fairmont Royal York - Concert Hall on C. Level

      Welcome Zone Institute Delegates and Other District Guests

      K.R. "Ravi" Ravindran is CEO and founder of a publicly listed company with a worldwide clientele in the tea packaging industry. His company, Printcare Plc, is the winner of national and international awards of excellence. He also serves on the board of several other companies and charitable trusts. He is the founding president of the Sri Lanka Anti-Narcotics Association.
       
      A Rotarian since 1974, Ravindran has served RI as treasurer; director; Foundation trustee; committee member, vice chair, and chair; task force member; RI training leader; and district governor.
       
      As his country's national PolioPlus chair, Ravindran headed a task force consisting of the government, UNICEF, and Rotary and worked closely with UNICEF to successfully negotiate a ceasefire with the northern militants during National Immunization Days. He also chaired the Schools Reawakening project, sponsored by Rotary clubs and districts in Sri Lanka, to rebuild 25 tsunami-devastated schools to benefit 15,000 children.
       
       
      Ravi Ravindran, Rotary International President Elect Carol (Bieser) Hutchinson 2014-10-10 00:00:00Z 0

      August 12th, Opening Kick-Off for Rotary Club of Toronto-Argos Scholarship Winner

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Jul 31, 2014
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      President, Steve Smith to Make Opening Kick-Off for New Rotary Club of Toronto- Toronto Argos Scholarship Winner

      – by Nancy Schaefer, Chair, Scholarship Committee

      Our Centennial Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the year - three winner of The Rotary Club of Toronto and the Toronto Argonauts’ Community Champion Scholarship. Our unique scholarship is designed to send a deserving high school student to a local university with a four-year tuition scholarship. The student must demonstrate academic achievement, community volunteerism and financial need. This year’s winner is John Chen.

      August 12th, Opening Kick-Off for Rotary Club of Toronto-Argos Scholarship Winner Carol Bieser 2014-08-01 00:00:00Z 0

      Helena Bowkun, Pianist

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Jul 29, 2014
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      Guest Entertainer August 8, 2014 in the Upper Canada Room
       
      ROTARY FELLOWSHIP BUFFET LUNCHEON
       
      Born in Toronto of Ukrainian parents, pianist Heléna Bowkun has established an international reputation as a performer, teacher and commentator on music. Since her highly acclaimed debut with the Toronto Symphony in which she played the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto to a standing ovation and sold-out hall, Ms. Bowkun has performed extensively in recital and in concert, on television and radio. Some of her orchestral appearances as soloist include The Toulouse Symphony, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Edmonton Symphony, The Hamilton Philharmonic, CJRT and CBC Orchestras (Toronto).
      Helena Bowkun, Pianist Carol Bieser 2014-07-30 00:00:00Z 0

      Ron DiFrancesco, 911 Twin Towers Survivor, Speaker January 10, 2014

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Dec 12, 2013
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      In the Upper Canada Room, at the Fairmont Royal York

       

      Ron is a keynote speaker who is starting to aid senior business leaders and is a relationship management expert.

       

      Ron is a married father of 4, who resides in Toronto.

       

      Ron built his career in finance with Euro Brokers Canada Ltd./Maxcor Inc., where he held increasingly progressive roles culminating in the role of Vice President.

       

      In 2000, Ron was one of two Canadian employees selected to close the Canadian operations and shift the Canadian business to New York City and excelled in the larger, fast-paced trading culture consisting of 350 specialized brokers.

       

      Working in the World Trade Center and surviving the life-changing events of 9/11 in NYC, Ron was the last known man out of the South Tower of the World Trade Centre.  Twice during the ordeal, Ron was just minutes away from being killed.

       

       

      Ron DiFrancesco, 911 Twin Towers Survivor, Speaker January 10, 2014 Carol Bieser 2013-12-13 00:00:00Z 0

      Brigadier General Fred Lewis , MSM,CD - Remembrance Day Lunch

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Oct 31, 2013
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      Guest Speaker November 8th, 2013 in the Confederation Room 5 and 6 at the Fairmont Royal York

      Brigadier-General Lewis joined the Canadian Forces in 1976. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada with a degree in civil engineering and was commissioned into the Canadian Military Engineers in 1980.

      As a combat engineer he commanded at the troop and squadron level in 4 Combat Engineer Regiment at Lahr, Germany and then commanded 1 Combat Engineer Regiment in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He has deployed on operations as a military observer with the United Nations on the Golan Heights and Southern Lebanon (UNTSO), as a squadron commander in the former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR), as the Canadian Contingent Commander/Chief Advisor Operations to the Cambodia Mine Action Centre in Phnom Penh and as the Deputy Commander to Canada's Joint Task Force in Afghanistan. His most recent operational tour was as Commander Task Force Jerusalem, Operation PROTEUS.

      Brigadier General Fred Lewis , MSM,CD - Remembrance Day Lunch Carol Bieser 2013-11-01 00:00:00Z 0

      Detective Wendy Leaver, Guest Speaker: Nov. 1 2013

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Oct 21, 2013
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      Topic:  Domestic Human Trafficking  Location:  At the National Club 303 Bay Street, Toronto. 

      Detective Wendy Leaver-Toronto Police Services

      Wendy Leaver is a Detective with the Toronto Police Service, where she has worked as its Sexual Assault Coordinator since 2004. She has been a Toronto Police Service officer since 1975 and a Detective with the Sex Crimes Unit since 1991. As the Sexual Assault Coordinator, she is responsible for the implementation of the services provided to victims of sexual assault and to liaising with approximately 100 agencies in the City of Toronto in relation to the mandate of the Sex Crimes Unit. In this capacity, she also provides training to agencies on sexual assault investigations and victim issues. She has also been a team leader in the Sex Crimes Unit, responsible for monitoring and directing investigations involving unidentified and serial assailants. In the course of her career with the Toronto Police Service she has been assigned to the Toronto Police Service Youth Bureau and to the Ontario Provincial Police Joint Forces Pornography Unit, investigating occurrences of child and adult pornography across Ontario.

       

      Detective Wendy Leaver, Guest Speaker: Nov. 1 2013 Carol Bieser 2013-10-22 00:00:00Z 0

      The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy P.C.,O.C.O.M.: Guest Speaker October 25, 2013

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Oct 16, 2013
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      In the UPPER CANADA ROOM ON THE 18TH FLOOR, NEW ROOM LOCATION, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel

      Topic:  Landmines and the Impact of the Ottawa Treaty

      Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg, graduated in 1961 with a BA from United College (now The University of Winnipeg), and received an MA and PhD from Princeton in 1963 and 1972 respectively. 

      At The University of Winnipeg, Dr. Axworthy is working to renew the campus and its downtown community with the view to making post-secondary education more accessible to inner-city, Aboriginal, new immigrant and refugee students.  He is also expanding the University’s outreach in the areas of Aboriginal education, environmental studies, and human rights.

      The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy P.C.,O.C.O.M.: Guest Speaker October 25, 2013 Carol Bieser 2013-10-17 00:00:00Z 0

      Forward Into Our Second Century by President 2013 2014, Richard S. White

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Jul 14, 2013
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      Here we are at the beginning of our second century. The Club has had an exciting and rewarding Centennial Year during which we gave away over a $1 million, had many special events and lots of good press. We raised our profile in the City of Toronto, with Rotary District 7070 and with Rotary International. We also celebrated our accomplishments going back to 1912 – major events and amazing projects that the Club has undertaken in the past. We have an enviable legacy to live up to.

      The Rotary Club of Toronto is a living entity. How do we go forward from here? There is a danger in becoming complacent and reverting to doing things that same old way. It is important to examine everything that we do and determine if we can do it better or in a different, more effective way. We will shortly have a dynamic strategic plan in place which will carry us into our second hundred years. During the past few years, we have expanded our horizons, launched many successful projects and gained valuable experience in running events and the Club itself. We need to build on these strengths and embrace and use new tools such as social media to further the goals of the Club and its members. This will mean getting even more involved with our community and continuing to be relevant and effective in addressing its needs. How do we support the larger Rotary and Rotaract family and its projects and goals?

       

       

      Forward Into Our Second Century by President 2013 2014, Richard S. White Carol Bieser 2013-07-15 00:00:00Z 0

      Significance of the Rotary Award to the Youth Community

      Posted by Carol Bieser on May 05, 2013
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      Arts for Children and Youth and our students will benefit significantly from the partnership we have formed with the Rotaract Clubs of Toronto and the University of Toronto and The Rotary Club of Toronto. Their grant offers sustainable opportunities for community capacity building through digital arts education. Armed with the resources to offer programs featuring specialized equipment and software through arts programming under the guidance of professional artists, AFCY can develop itself as a leader among community arts organizations.

       

       

      Significance of the Rotary Award to the Youth Community Carol Bieser 2013-05-06 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Centennial Award of $50,000 to Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY), Digital Arts Education

      Posted by Carol Bieser on May 05, 2013
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      The Rotary Club of Toronto is celebrating 100 years of service to the community.  During our Centennial year, we are donating in excess of $1,000,000 to local and international agencies!

      Please join us at our Special Friday Centennial Luncheon at 12:00 noon

      On May 10, 2013 at The Fairmont  Royal York

      Upper Canada Room-18th floor

      Highlighting:  

      The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award of $50,000 granted to

      the Arts For Children and Youth (AFCY) for our innovative Program:

      “ Digital Arts Education”

      The Rotaract Club of Toronto and the Rotaract Club of the University of Toronto partnered with AFCY, a grassroots organization that engages young people from Toronto's under-serviced communities in meaningful arts education outreach programs. AFCY received equipment that supports its capacity to develop and implement sustainable digital arts programming. Participants utilizing the Digital Sound Lab will acquire new skills with specialized software, as well as unique learning opportunities that combine the experimental settings for creativity using digital technology with the foundations of music production.

      Rotary Centennial Award of $50,000 to Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY), Digital Arts Education Carol Bieser 2013-05-06 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to the Bakong Technical College - Vocational School Build Project

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Apr 08, 2013
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      The Rotary Club of Toronto is celebrating 100 years of service to the community.  During our Centennial year, we are donating in excess of $1,000,000 to local and international agencies!

      Please join us at our Special Friday Centennial Luncheon at 12:00 noon

      On April 12, 2013 at The Fairmont  Royal York

      Ontario Room-C Level

      Highlighting:  

      The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award of $100,000 granted to

      the Bakong Technical College in Cambodia for our innovative Program:

      “ Vocational School Build Project”

      The Rotary Club of Toronto is partnering with Bakong Technical College in Cambodia to build a vocational school which is located just outside of Siem Reap, the home of the UNESCO heritage site Angkor Wat. The building of this College will provide the Khmer people with much needed vocational training and skills.  On completion, there will be approximately 300 young people who will seek employment in tourism and environmental protection. Its courses will include English, computer training, cooking, hospitality training, green design, fish farming, agriculture, micro credit and bicycle repairs.  

       

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to the Bakong Technical College - Vocational School Build Project Carol Bieser 2013-04-09 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Seeds of Hope Foundation, Lararus House-First Step

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Feb 05, 2013
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      The Rotary Club of Toronto is celebrating 100 years of service to the community.  During our Centennial year, we are donating in excess of $1,000,000 to local and international agencies!

      Please join us at our Special Friday Centennial Luncheon at 12:00 noon

      On February 8, 2013 at The Fairmont  Royal York

      Upper Canada Room-18th Floor

      Highlighting:         

      The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award of $100,000 granted to

      the Seeds of Hope Foundation for its innovative Program:

        “ Lazarus House - First Step" ”

      The Seeds of Hope Foundation is a charity with a 10-year history of operating two resource centres and five housing projects that work to stop the ‘revolving door’ of individuals moving from the streets to the court system to hospitalization and back to the street.  The main focus has been to create ‘centres of friendship’ that are safe places where individuals who are at a crossroads in their lives can support one another. 

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Seeds of Hope Foundation, Lararus House-First Step Carol Bieser 2013-02-06 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Working Women Community Centre, The Women's Meeting Place

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Jan 10, 2013
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      Please join us at our Special Friday Centennial Luncheon

      On January 18, 2013 at The Fairmont  Royal York, Upper Canada Room

      Highlighting:         

      The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award of $100,000 granted to

      Working Women Community Centre for its innovative Program:

        “  The Women’s Meeting Place”

      The Centennial Award of  The Rotary Club of Toronto has provided working women with an important space for an underserved group in the city- immigrant women. The Woman’s Meeting Place will provide immigrant women and their families access to a safe and welcoming place to come together, build skills, and support each other as they settle into the Toronto  community. It will provide a supportive environment for both formal programming and informal connections.  Marcie Ponte, Working Women’s Executive Director states, “Too often newcomers remain isolated because they cannot afford to rent space to come together as a community group.”

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Working Women Community Centre, The Women's Meeting Place Carol Bieser 2013-01-11 00:00:00Z 0

      A Christmas Message from President, Neil Phillips

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Dec 11, 2012
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      The end of the year and another holiday season is upon us.

      Traditionally at year’s end we reflect on the year that’s been, and give thanks.

      Well in a Rotary Club, it may be the end of a calendar year – but we’ve only reached the halfway point of our Rotary year.  Already, we have heaps to give thanks for.  What a simply wonderful year we have had so far, as we celebrate our centennial. 

      All of this is because of you, our members.  The Children’s Christmas Party was the embodiment of everything that makes our Club so great – volunteerism, dedication, and working for a common goal.

      So as we wind down for a fortnight, enjoy your time with family, friends, and all those who give you support and inspiration.

      And rest up – for we have a fantastic six months yet to come!

      All the very best for the holidays.

      Neil C. Phillips
      President
      The Rotary Club of Toronto
      December 2012


      A Christmas Message from President, Neil Phillips Carol Bieser 2012-12-12 00:00:00Z 0

      The Rotary Club of Toronto-Pioneer Spirt

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Oct 28, 2012

      Breaking Down Barriers to Health in the City

      The Rotary Club of Toronto’s pioneering spirit and community concern in the mid-90’s brought health care right on to the City streets with the inception of a mobile Health Bus program. Initially operated by The Wellesley Central Hospital, now in partnership with Sherbourne Health Centre, the Health Bus program has gone from strength to strength, supporting the health and well being of community members who are homeless or vulnerably housed. The program’s two iconic Buses, proudly displaying the Rotary logo, can be seen 6 days a week across downtown Toronto. They receive thousands of visits each year.

      More than 15 years on, Rotary is developing its partnership with Sherbourne Health Centre – and its reputation for pioneering health care initiatives – yet further, with the establishment of The Rotary Club of Toronto Newcomer Clinic in St James Town.


      The Rotary Club of Toronto-Pioneer Spirt Carol Bieser 2012-10-29 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Sherbourne Health Centre, The Rotary Club of Toronto Newcomer Clinic

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Oct 28, 2012
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      The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award of $100,000 will be presented to The Sherbourne Health Centre for its Innovative Program, “ The Rotary Club of Toronto Newcomer Clinic”

      The Rotary Club of Toronto is breaking down more of the barriers to health experienced by marginalized community members by taking high quality health care right into the heart of St James Town.

       The Rotary Club of Toronto Newcomer Clinic, a partnership with Sherbourne Health Centre, will facilitate access to culturally-sensitive preventative and primary care services for residents of this vibrant but impoverished high-rise downtown community.

       


      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Sherbourne Health Centre, The Rotary Club of Toronto Newcomer Clinic Carol Bieser 2012-10-29 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 on Oct. 19/12 at the Sheraton Centre to The Philip Aziz Centre, Emily's House Perinatal Program

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Oct 09, 2012
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      The  Centennial Award of $100,000 will be presented to The Philip Aziz Centre for their innovative Program: “ The Rotary Club of Toronto, Emily’s House Perinatal Program”. 

      Emily’s House, opening in January 2013, will be the 1st children’s hospice in Toronto and only the 6th in Canada. It is a project of  The Philip Aziz Centre. The Rotary Club of Toronto, Emily’s House Perinatal Program, will be a model of family centered care for families whose babies are likely to die before, during or shortly following birth. Perinatal refers to the time surrounding pregnancy and birth and the first year of the baby's life. Advanced care planning can apply to the unborn infant, just as it does with adults.

      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 on Oct. 19/12 at the Sheraton Centre to The Philip Aziz Centre, Emily's House Perinatal Program Carol Bieser 2012-10-10 00:00:00Z 0

      A Farewell Message from Past President Sandy Boucher

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Jul 11, 2012
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      100th President’s Year in Review

      Fellow Rotarians – a year ago I delivered my “throne speech” to the club and outlined what I planned to accomplish during my year as president of this great club.  Twelve short months later it is time to review our progress as we move into our exciting centennial year.  I had outlined three areas of focus; the core operations of the club including the office, its infrastructure processes, the board and executive committees i.e. our internal activities.  Membership – especially retention, training and new members, and Marketing and communications i.e. the way in which we promote and publicize ther club and its activities


      A Farewell Message from Past President Sandy Boucher Carol Bieser 2012-07-12 00:00:00Z 0

      The Rotary Club of Toronto Gives Working Women a Meeting Place - by Sylvie Leger

      Posted by Carol Bieser on May 16, 2012
      The Women's Initiative Committee decided that the Working Women Community Centre presented the perfect opportunity for a worthwhile project in which to invest their allocated $100,000 Centennial grant.  Working Women had old office space being used by low-income women and their children for a variety of purposes ranging from breast feeding sessions for newcomer moms, to art projects for at-risk youth, to senior's fitness classes.  The space provided an opportunity for immigrant women and their families to build skills, make new friends, and help one another.  The shabby interior and unhealthy environment was in desperate need of repair, but there were no funds for the necessary renovations.
      The Rotary Club of Toronto Gives Working Women a Meeting Place - by Sylvie Leger Carol Bieser 2012-05-17 00:00:00Z 0

      The Rotary Club of Toronto and Toronto Argonauts Community Champion Scholarship! - by Will Andras

      Posted by Carol Bieser on May 16, 2012

      The Rotary Club of Toronto is launching a scholarship opportunity making it possible for a young person from Toronto to attend a post-secondary institution to obtain a university degree or college diploma. The scholarship focuses on youth with scholastic ability combined with a strong commitment to Service Above Self, but who experience financial and life disadvantages. The youth will have an interest and ability to attend occasional Rotary luncheons and events, act as informal ambassador for The Rotary Club of Toronto, and possibly have an interest or a need for mentoring by a Rotarian. There will be on-going opportunities for Club members to mentor a scholarship recipient and if interested, join the Scholarship Committee. This level of financial support is unusual, making this a very unique scholarship opportunity. 

      As well, partnering with the Toronto Argonauts Football Club makes this a very distinctive project. The Argos will promote the scholarship to all high schools in both school boards; jointly select the students with our Rotary members; publicize the scholarship to the media; promote our Club and the scholarship winner during the July 18thhome game; and organize an Annual Rotary Luncheon around the scholarship, the first lunch will be held on Friday, June 1st.   

      The Rotary Club of Toronto and Toronto Argonauts Community Champion Scholarship! - by Will Andras Carol Bieser 2012-05-17 00:00:00Z 0

      RI Partnership Announcement-ShelterBox

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Apr 02, 2012
      I am very pleased to draw your attention to the following announcement regarding ShelterBox.  Our club is one of ShelterBoxes' largest supporters and in addition to financial help has provided advice, guidance, practical support and even two board members.  The completion of the agreement with Rotary International  is an important one and worthy of celebration.

      Please find attached a link to the public news story on the RI partnership that has now been released on the ShelterBox website: http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/news_global.php?id=961 

      The story is also released by Rotary International at www.rotary.org

      President
      Sandy Boucher

       

      RI Partnership Announcement-ShelterBox Carol Bieser 2012-04-03 00:00:00Z 0

      Rotary in Action in Cambodia-Brian Westlake and Chris Snyder

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Jan 10, 2012
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      Forty-two Rotarians and Friends recently participated in our Club’s “Sweat Equity” project in Cambodia.  Two separate groups of 21 returned to Siem Reap in November to continue with the construction of Bakong Technical College.  We started this project with local partners two years ago in a green field about a half hour by tuk-tuk from Siem Reap, a popular destination because of its proximity to the World Heritage site of Angkor Wat and nearby temples.

       

      Rotary in Action in Cambodia-Brian Westlake and Chris Snyder Carol Bieser 2012-01-11 00:00:00Z 0

      Start With Rotary and Good Things Happen

      Posted by Carol Bieser on Dec 20, 2011
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       "We have been doing this for 100 years...so Rotary has a lot of experience bringing to bear the power of the volunteer."   

      The key principle underlying Rotary is "service above self."  As our Club approaches our 100th year, it is clear that we have been successful in serving our community in many ways, both large and small, and are a vital and relevant part of Toronto life.  People join our Club because they are looking for ways to give back; guite simply, we are the best option there is and have the longest and most impresssive track record.

      The Rotary Club of Torotno offers an unrivalled platform based on experience, recognition, history, and financial resources.  As well as this, our structure has an extremely broad focus which allows new members to choose exactly how they want to get involved and to make a difference themselves.  We welcome new ideas and enthusiastic volunteers; we offer them the opportunity to turn their ideas into reality.  This is a powerful attraction for the men and women who join our Club.  Once members have experienced the feeling of working together with other committed, empowered volunteers to make a difference in the lives of those less forutnate, they never leave.

      We meet each Friday at lunch to network and to stay informed on a wide range of community issues and concerns.  Another underlying theme in Rotary is friendship and fun, which we call "fellowship," and we engage in a wide varity of activities on that front too. 

      Sandy Boucher, President of The Rotary Club of Toronto  

       

       

       

      Start With Rotary and Good Things Happen Carol Bieser 2011-12-21 00:00:00Z 0
      The Power of Rotary Luncheon Nov 25/11 Craig and Marc Kielburger Carol Bieser 2011-09-23 18:11:33Z 0

      Lynn-Philip Hodgson, Guest Speaker, February 1st, 2013, "Inside Camp X"

      Posted by Carol Bieser

      Lynn-Philip Hodgson, Guest Speaker, February 1st, 2013, "Inside Camp X"

      Lynn was born in the City of Toronto in 1946.

      When he was thirteen, his father purchased an amusement park in Pickering and named it Paulynn Park after his brother and him; it was in these surroundings that Lynn would grow up. Lynn married his high school sweetheart Marlene, and on November 28, 2012, they will celebrate their forty-eighth wedding anniversary. Lynn and Marlene are proud parents and grandparents, having two married daughters, Renée & Karen. Lynn and Marlene have retired to Burlington, Ontario, Canada where they live the condo life close to their children and grandchildren.

      Lynn-Philip Hodgson, Guest Speaker, February 1st, 2013, "Inside Camp X" Carol Bieser 0

      The Pioneer Spirit of the Rotary Club of Toronto and It's Significance

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      The Pioneer Spirit of the Rotary Club of Toronto: Its Significance

      The pioneer spirit lives on in The Rotary Club of Toronto, serving on the often uncharted frontiers of service to older, marginalized men in the downtown core. The Rotary Club of Toronto has enjoyed a long and happy relationship with The Good Neighbours’ Club, providing vehicles for its use.

      Recently, The Rotary Club of Toronto’s Centennial Award has provided for the building of the Rotary Health and Wellness Centre. This new facility features a conference room for group work and classes, a counseling office, a medical office, a dental office, and a quiet room for sleeping.

      The Good Neighbours’ Club serves nearly four hundred men a day, and many of them are in need of the kinds of front-line social and medical services that will be offered in the Rotary Health and Wellness Centre. Social workers, community workers, psychiatric counselors, nurses, dental hygienists, podiatrists and housing workers now have clean, private space in which to serve men who too often believe that the world had forgotten all about them. The Rotary Club of Toronto hasn’t, and The Good Neighbours’ Club is proud to have Rotary as a longstanding partner in its work.

       

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      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to "Rotary Health and Wellness Centre"-The Good Neighbours' Club

      Posted by Carol Bieser

      The Rotary Club of Toronto: Centennial Award of $100,000 to “Rotary Health and Wellness Centre”,  A Program initiative of The Good Neigbours’ Club

      The Rotary Club of Toronto has enabled The Good Neighbours’ Club to take a giant step forward in delivering services to older homeless and marginalized men in our city. The new Rotary Health and Wellness Centre, a clinic for front-line social and medical services, has been created by the granting of The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award.

      The new centre will include a conference room for group work and classes, a counseling room for social work, a medical room, a dental room, and a recovery room for members who need a couple hours of sleep. It will provide the dignity of privacy to older men whose needs were being underserved in hallways and vestibules.

      Those professionals using The Rotary Health and Wellness Centre are already experiencing an increase in the number of individuals served, and are happy to finally conduct their work in a more suitable manner. Along with the Centennial Award, the Seniors’ Committee provided extra funds to furnish the centre with cabinets and other necessities.

       

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      Rotary Centennial Award of $100,000 to Youth Employment Services YES

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      The Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial Award of $100,000 is being donated to Youth Employment Services YES for its Innovative Program:  The Rotary Club of Toronto Centre for
      Youth Empowerment:  Job Camp



      The Rotary Club of Toronto understands that beyond the numbers and economics lay the future of our country. Youth are our future, employed youth our stability.  Better to help them now than pay for the higher costs to society later on. To leave our disadvantaged youth behind is a mistake. RTC says YES to youth and YES to YES.


       

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      The Rotary Club of Toronto Transition Centre at St. Michael's Hospital

      Posted by Carol Bieser

      The Rotary Club of Toronto Transition Centre was opened in December, 1999. The Rotary Club of Toronto donated $500,000.00 to the hospital to fund this unique facility. The Transition Centre provides a temporary, safe and welcoming environment for homeless and underhoused people who have been referred through the hospital's emergency department. At the time of opening this was the first facility of this kind in Canada.

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      The Rotary Club of Toronto Health Bus Program

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      For up-to-date information on the recent grant of $250,000 to The Sherbourne Health Centre to provide them with two new health buses, to replace the bus given to them them ten years ago by The Rotary Club of Toronto, click on the link below.  These buses travel the downtown area of Toronto taking healthcare to the marginlized citizens of Toronto.
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