NOTICE OF POSTPONED MEETING Due to the public heath warnings raised by the COVID-19 virus, the meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 19th has been postponed. Our speaker, Marja Karelia, is available to give her presentation on May 21st, 2020 I have also been in contact with Christine Wong who is Read more…
Date: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Alumni Lounge on the second floor Speaker: Michael Ledger-Lomas Topic: ‘This Thorny Crown’: Queen Victoria and Religion Brief Biography: Michael Ledger-Lomas is a historian of nineteenth-century Christianity. Read more…
Date: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Alumni Lounge on the second floor Speaker: Richard Mackie Topic: The Ormsby Review and Independent Scholars Platform Brief Biography: Richard Somerset Mackie has been editor of the Read more…
Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Alumni Lounge on the second floor Speaker: Susan Baxter, PhD Topic: The science of physiology and medicine: turning people into numbers and back again Brief Biography: Read more…
Date: Thursday, April 25th, 2019 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Alumni Lounge on the second floor Speaker: Dr. Frank Fowlie Topic: National and International Sports Mediation Brief Biography: Dr. Frank Fowlie is a Mediator with the Read more…
Date: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Alumni Lounge on the second floor Speaker: Catherine Racine PhD Topic: Speaking of wonder: The ethics of care in community mental health and the moral process of Read more…
Date: Thursday, December 13th, 2018 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Alumni Lounge on the second floor Speaker: Mark Dwor Topic: The Phoenix Payroll Disaster Brief Biography: I am the Chairman of the Canadian Academy of Independent Scholars. Read more…
Notice of Meeting Date: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets), Diamond Lounge, 2nd floor Speaker: Marina Sonkina Topic: The Art of Translation Brief Biography: Of the many hats I’m wearing that of a fiction writer and Read more…
Notice of Meeting Date: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Lounge Speaker: Richard Mackie Topic: Writing non-fiction for the public Brief Biography: Richard Somerset Mackie has been editor of the Read more…
Notice of Meeting Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Lounge Speaker: Gary Sim Topic: BC Visual Artists Outline: Gary Sim will speak about his digital bibliographic project titled “BC ARTISTS,” Read more…