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Thursday, September 18, 2008 – Dr.
Massimo Marcone, Assistant
Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph – author of In
Bad Taste? - The Adventures and Science Behind Food Delicacies (hidden secrets behind the world’s most bizarre foods)
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Thursday, October 16 – Dr. Christian Burks,
President & CEO, Ontario Genomics Institute – “At
the DNA Frontier: Genomics for Personalized Medicines,
Biodiversity Stewardship, Biofuels
& Beyond”
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Thursday, November 20 – Dr.
Ken Arnold, MD, President,
Ontario Medical Association, Family Physician practicing in Thunder Bay – “The Doctor
Shortage in Ontario: what it means for patients, what it means for the health
system as a whole, and what it means for communities at large”
·
Thursday, January 15, 2009 – Captain Doug Morris, Air
Canada pilot, flight school
instructor, meteorologist, freelance writer, author – From the
Flight Deck: Plane Talk and Sky Science - what happens on the ground and in the air - everything you
want to know about commercial airline travel
·
*NEW DATE* Wednesday, February 18 – Sally Armstrong,
Human Rights Activist, Journalist, Author - “Whither
Afghanistan – What are we
doing in a quite primitive country half a world away that seems to be bent on
self destruction?”. Sally will share the inside story from her new book Bitter
Roots, Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan's Women
(co-hosts for this event: Canadian Federation of
University Women Oakville)
·
Thursday,
March 19 – Dr. David Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC, Senior Medical Advisor, Education & Public Affairs, Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Toronto; Vice-Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada –
“Mental Illness in Canada: Imagining the Future”
·
Thursday, April 16 – Norm Foster, Actor & Canada’s Favourite Playwright of 36 plays & 5
musicals (tentative until his Spring 2009 schedule is determined)
Location: Oakville Conference Centre, QEW
& Bronte Road
Cash Bar 6:00 pm; Dinner 7:00 pm
Members $30; Non-Members $40; Students $15
Memberships - Single $30; Family $55;
Corporate $75
Contact:
Barry Wylie (President) 905-827-6302