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This page last updated:  2012.01.12 at 13.05




Past Speakers, Events and Activities

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A list of speakers from Jan 1995 to Sep 2004, is included on pages 67 to 78 in the booklet "The First Ten Years".  Click here to get to the front of the booklet and go to page 68 of 84.
(We have recently received a later transcript of John Kruithof's 2004.06.02
talk on the handover of Hong Kong.  Click here to see it.)
A further list for 2005 to 2008 is available in pdf.  Click here.

Speakers from dates after these are shown, in reverse order, in the list below.
(Note, more details of each can be found in the newsletters for the appropriate month.).

DISCLAIMER:  Some speakers have given approval for their slides (and, in some cases, the audio) to be made available.  Links are provided below.  The presentations reflect the opinions of the speakers and not of Probus.
2012 Speaker Subject

































Jan 04 Krista Libman (click here for pdf version of slide show and here for mp3 audio) Planning in Ontario (including Village of Manotick case study)

2011 Speaker Subject
Dec 07
 John Aitken (click here for pdf version of slide show and here for mp3 audio) Vintage Wings
Nov 02 John Kruithof (click here for pdf version of text)  Heerjansdam, The Netherlands, during World War II
Oct 05
 Mike Taylor (click here for pdf version of slide show and here for mp3 audio)

The Many Uses of Nuclear Energy in Canada
Sep 07

Robert Knuckle

 The Mayerthorpe Story
Aug 03
 Daniel Moore Medical Fitness and Wellness Solutions
Jul 06 Tom Harris (click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2 of movie of talk and slides - for full screen pictures, click on bottom right corner of video, diagonal arrows) Climate Change
Jun 01 Dr. Art Hunter (click here for mp4 movie of talk and slides [see  footnote * below] and click here for slides with interactive links to referenced websites) Internet Security
May 04 John Green
 Search and Rescue
Apr 06 John Reid  (click here for pdf version of slide show) Climbing Your Family Tree - 2011 Style
Mar 02
 Sheila King
 Travelling in the Maritimes
Feb 02
 Dr. Peter Fowler  (click here for mp4 movie of talk and slides - see footnote * below) How to Find a Doctor in the Jungle
Jan 05
 Dr. Ahmad Afshar (click here for pdf version of slide show) Memoir from Iran, England and Canada
 
* this mp4 movie is composed of the slides superimposed on an audio recording of the talk.  If you can't open it, you need to download QuickTime (Google it for free download) or other compatible movie player, .  If you still have problems, feel free to contact webmaster@probusorv.org.

2010 Speaker Subject
Dec 01
 Gracia Agostinho (click here for pdf version of slide show) La Judee Orphanage in Haiti
Nov 03
 Jean Lanouette (click here for pdf version of slide show) Keeping the Memory of Sacrifice Alive
Oct 06
 Lt. Cmdr. Allan Dale (click here for pdf version of slide show and Speaker Notes) Your Navy at Home and Abroad
Sep 01
 Garth Hampson
 A New Vision for Canada’s North
Aug 04
 Bob Pearson
 The Elderhostel Program and Routes to Learning Canada
Jul 07
 Alex Milne (click here for pdf version of slide show and Speaker Notes)
 Our Modern Calendar
Jun 02
 Sheila King
 A road trip of a lifetime
May 05 Greg Gauld Aboriginal Treaty Negotiations
Apr 07 Les McLaughlin Robert Service and the Yukon
Mar 03 John Fleck Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Feb 03 Linda Brunet Encounters with Canada
Jan 01 Andrew Armstrong The Canadian Coast Guard and Arctic Sovereignty

2009 Speaker Subject
Dec 02
 Elspeth McKay
 Operation Come Home
Nov 04
 Brian A.Reid
 Canada’s part in the Boer War
Oct 07
 Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte
 Carleton University and the World Today
Sep 02
 Duane Francis and Michael Prittie
 Our World is Aging. Are We Ready?
Aug 05
 Guy Thatcher
 A Journey of Days
Jul 08
 Colonel Omer Lavoie, Canadian Forces
 OPERATION MEDUSA: NATO's first ever ground offensive operation
Jun 03
 Tom Schonberg, President and CEO of the Queensway-Carleton Hospital
 Queensway Carleton Hospital – Serving our Community
May 06
 Coral Lindsay Sir John A. MacDonald
Apr 01
 Heather Clemenson
 Tiptoe through the tulips…
Mar 04
 Hans Moor
 Water in the Netherlands: Friend and Foe
Feb 04
 Flora MacDonald
 Aid to the Third World
Jan 07
 Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown
 Defending the Ottawa River, protecting our communities


A list of events and activities from Jan 1995 to Nov 2004 is included on pages 78 to 81 in the booklet "The First Ten Years".  Click here to get to the front of the booklet and go to page 79 of 84.

11.05.17    Spring Fling, Kingston.  Click here for details and photos.
10.05.18    Spring Fling, Cornwall.  Click here for details and photos.
10.10.20     Striders and Gliders, Gatineau.  Click here for details and photos.
10.11.18    Rideau Valley Conservation Authority visit.  Click here for details and photos.
More history will be added as time permits



12.01.12 @ 13.05:  Speakers Dec 07, 2011 and Jan 04, 2012 added, with text and audio links
11.11.15 @ 09.53:  2004.06.02 text link added
11.11.07 @ 12.29:  Oct 05 audio link and Nov 02 text link added
11.10.26 @ 21.57:  Oct 05 slide link added
11.10.05 @ 22.42:  Speakers Aug 03, Sep 07, Oct 05 added
11.07.25 @ 17.49:  Speaker Jun 01 updated and Speaker Jul 06 added
11.06.08 @ 17.25:  DISCLAIMER and Speaker Jun 01, 2011 added
11.05.18 @ 13.00:  11.05.17 Spring Fling added above (corrected 11.05.22 @ 14.30)
11.05.05 @ 19.50:  Speaker May 04, 2011 added
11.04.17 @ 23.10:  Speaker Apr 06, 2011 added
11.03.18 @ 10.00:  Feb 02, 2011 mp4 link and footnote added
11.03.02 @ 17.00:  Speakers Feb 02 and Mar 02, 2011 added
11.01.16 @ 16.38:  Speakers Dec 01, 2010 and Jan 05, 2011 added above with slide shows
10.11.18 @ 20.42:  10.11.18 Rideau VAlley Conservation Authority visit added
10.11.10 @ 23.10:  10.10.20 Striders and Gliders added above
10.11.03 @ 15.32:  Speaker Nov 03, 2010 added above, with slide show
10.06.06 @ 12.55:  Speaker Oct 06, 2010 added above, with slide show and speaker notes
10.09.27 @ 17.43:  Speakers Aug 04 and Sep 01, 2010 added above
10.07.23 @ 18.18:  Speaker Jul 07, 2010 added above, with slide show and speaker notes
10.06.14 @ 14.16:  10.05.18 Spring Fling added above
10.06.10 @ 15.49:  Speaker Jun 02, 2010 added above
10.05.07 @ 16.32:  Speakers 2005 to 2008 updated (Nov 2005)
10.05.06 @ 12.44:  Speakers 2005 to 2008 updated (Jan - Sep 2007) and May 05, 2010 added above
10.04.22 @ 10.48:  Speakers 2005 to 2008 updated