Previous Lectures

2011 Lectures

5 May 2011: Preserving Family History - Jeremy Klaszus

Lecture Title: Preserving Family History: Jeremy will share stories from his boyhood and of his grandfather, Ernst, who grew up in Germany under the Nazis. His grandfathers recollections led Jeremy to write a book based on his stories. The book, "Mr. Tree" is the award winning account of that journey.

27 Jan 2011: Canadian Forces Artists Program - Dick Averns

Lecture Title: Canadian Forces Artists Program: New artwork by Dick Averns inspired from his deployment to the Middle East with Canadian Peacekeeping troops.

2010 Lectures

24 Nov 2010: Dr. Jean Hutchinson

Lecture Title: Under Vimy Ridge: A geological exploration of First World War Excavation Stability (Note: Wednesday lecture)

18 Nov 2010: Mary Hays

Lecture Title: Courage under canvas: Story of Nursing Sister
Margaret Brown.

Storyteller, Mary Hays will share the human story of World War II told from the perspective of Nursing Sister, Margaret Brown.  Lieutenant Brown served as a surgical nurse with No. 5 Canadian Casualty Station in Sicily and Italy.  Her story will take you back in time when she cared for two of our ‘boys’ who were injured serving with the Calgary Tanks.

4 Nov 2010: Karen Koonar

Lecture Title: Walking with Heroes, Personal journeys through the battlefields of the Italian Campaign.

Wednesday 27 Oct 2010: Norman Leach

Lecture Title: Passchendaele (Note: Wednesday lecture)

14 Oct 2010: Film night

Passchendaele, a film by Paul Gross.

23 Sept 2010: Dr. Patrick Brennan and Mr. Geoff Jackson

Lecture Title: In Flanders Fields: Tour of Canada’s Great War
Battlefields

16 Sept 2010: James Istvanfy

May 20th, 2010: Michael Palmer - "Dark Side of the Sun"

Book Launch: Michael Palmer, along with military historian Dr. Pat Brennan, explore the journey of Michael's grandfather, George Palmer and his comrades during the battle of Hong Kong where Palmer and other Canadian defenders engaged the Axis in the Second World War.

April 29th, 2010: Mark Zuehlke

Book Launch: "On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23—May 5, 1945" Published to coincide with the 65th anniversary of Canada’s dramatic liberation of Holland.

April 1st, 2010: Donna Coates

Lecture Title: (Not) About Heroes: Canada and the Theatre of War

March 11th, 2010: Clarence Simonsen

Lecture Title: Three Corners - BCATP in Alberta, 1940-44

Monday, March 8th, 2010, 10am: Dr. Patrick Brennan

Lecture Title: Women in the Canadian Military

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