Speakers
Speaker | Date | Topic |
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Jenifer Pergentile and Dave Bradbury | Jan 25, 2021 6:45 PM |
Out of the Cold and the Good Shepherd Food Bank
Please join us to hear about the challenges and successes of Alliston Out of the Cold and the Good Shepherd Food Bank. Bio for Jenifer Pergentile, Executive Director - Alliston Out of the Cold. Jenifer considers herself a life-long resident of New Tecumseth,
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Dr. Tanyss Munroe | Feb 08, 2021 6:45 PM |
Amarok Society
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John Barrett | Feb 22, 2021 6:45 PM |
Rotary Tulip Project
John is a Charter member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty. He has serves as Clerk of Session at Zion Presbyterian church, member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s National Finance Committee and is a past member of the Assembly Council and Moderator of the PEI Presbytery. Active in a number of community Boards and Advisory Groups, he has been involved at Vesey’s Seeds Ltd. for the past 23 years Prior to joining Vesey’s Seeds Ltd in 1997, John spent many years as an entrepreneur having ownership and management responsibilities with Great Northern Knitters, Afton Lea Farms, Barrett Resources and the A. Littlewood Box Factory. Presented a Paul Harris Fellowship by his Rotary Club in 1997 and again in 2008 and 2016, other awards include Executive Member of the Year Cycling PEI, Rotary District Award, Recognition Award RCMP, National Recognition Award from the Canadian Cancer Society , Special Volunteer Award PEI Division Cdn Cancer Society, Rotary Governor’s Citation and the Outstanding Leadership Award. Recently, John has received the prestigious “International Order of the Tulip” Award during the World Tulip Summit in Korea. Today, John is one of three Directors of Vesey’s Seeds and is primarily responsible for sales, corporate image, design, customer service, marketing and the development of global strategic partnerships and company growth. John has brought the End Polio Now Tulip to Canada and today he will be discussing the successful campaign that took place in Atlantic Canada during 2020. |
Cael Cohen | Apr 12, 2021 7:00 PM |
Building Community Through Ghost Stories
Cael Cohen is an award-winning university professor, eLearning expert, philosopher, educational researcher, passionate oral storyteller, writer, painter, and bird watcher. She shows her commitment to the local community as an Executive Member of the Tottenham Lion’s Club, an Executive Member of the Tottenham Ladies Auxiliary, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 329 Tottenham; a Member of the New Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury Historical Society, and Team Lead for the Heritage Tour at the Tottenham Community Week. Cael teaches critical thinking, conceptual analysis, argument, and argumentation, in the Department of Philosophy, and business ethics at the Schulich School of Business, York University. Her specialty is helping undergraduate students and life-long learners transform their lives by becoming better critical thinkers and more confident, thoughtful, and reflective reasoners and ethical decision makers. Cohen's current research interests include, deep disagreement, and promoting deep learning and student engagement in online learning environments. She has recently taken up learning the piano and is writing a young adult about a girl who gets stuck in the Internet. |