Guest Speaker: Janet Somerville Topic: Martha Gelhorn - War correspondent and Hemingway’s 3rd wife Janet Somerville has done extensive research on the novelist and pioneering war correspondent Martha Gelhorn and offers us a glimpse into her remarkable life. Due to her discoveries during her Gelhorn research, Somerville contributed to the ongoing esteemed Hemingway Letters project. […]

From Paris with Love From its start during the Roman period, the city of Paris has fascinated us for more than 2000 years! It is the story of a city whose people thrive on passion, struggle, artistic and literary achievement, innovation, and unprecedented influence. Experiencing the cycle of rags to riches many times along the way, its […]

Katherine (‘Kat’) Downey M.ED. CEA Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, Oakville​ This month, we are delighted to welcome Katherine (‘Kat’) Downey, a local Funeral Director responsible for funeral pre-arrangement planning. Born and raised in Oakville, Kat has been associated with Kopriva Taylor since 2000 and was affiliated with the Funeral Service Education Program at Humber College as a Sessional Professor. Today, Kat is educating & informing […]

Topic: A Wounded History of the First World War Brief Description: Eric Story is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University and Historian-in-Residence at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. His research focuses on the long legacies of the First World War in Canada, and he […]

Gordon Cressy is a great story teller and he has stories to tell. He is a walking, talking civics lesson. His work over the years has been a driving force in making Toronto what it is today – a city that takes top spots globally in livability rankings for diversity, inclusivity, and tolerance. Few know […]