Speakers

Upcoming and Recent

December 10, 2024

The Development of Hydrogen Technology

Colin Armstrong

President & CEO of HTEC

November 12, 2024

Forest Fires: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Dr. Lori Daniels

Professor, UBC

October 8, 2024 – Presidents’ Lunch

Technology on the Brain

Dr. Ryan D’Arcy

Professor, SFU

September 10, 2024

BC Gangs Go Global

Kim Bolan

Journalist, Vancouver Sun

August 13, 2024

Founding and Creating an International Food Corporation

Arran Stephens

CEO, Nature’s Path Organic Foods

July 9, 2024

Surviving Vancouver

Michael Kluckner

Artist and Author

June 11, 2024

Seniors’ Health Issues

Dr. Penny Ballem

Board Chair, Vancouver Coastal Health

May 14, 2024

MAID—Updates and its Future

Dr. Ellen Wiebe

Clinical Professor, UBC

April 9, 2024

Innovative Design Solutions for Today’s Smaller Homes

Jake Fry

Founder, Smallworks

March 12, 2024

Philip Hankin and the Early History of British Columbia

Geoff Mynett

Author and retired lawyer

February 13, 2024

City Insights From The Mayor

Ken Sim

Mayor of Vancouver, Entrepreneur and Business Owner

January 9, 2024

UBC Research on Nerve-Cell Regeneration

John Madden

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

December 12, 2023

Global Cooling by Solar Radiation Management in Space

Guy Immega

Retired Aerospace Engineer and Author

November 14, 2023

The Canadian Armed Forces in Today’s World

Col. W. Scott Raesler

Commander, 39 Canadian Brigade Group

September 12, 2023

The Curative Powers of Psychedelic and Other Illegal Drugs

Mark Haden

Adjunct Professor of Population and Public Health, UBC

August 8, 2023

Reflections of a Judicial Dinosaur

Randall (Bud) Wong

Former Supreme Court Judge

July 11, 2023

Black Holes 5.0 – Detecting Dark Cosmic Objects

Jess McIver

Astrophysicist

June 13, 2023

The Russian Refugees: A Family’s First Century in Canada

Mike Andruff

Author

MAY 9, 2023

Out of Hiding: Holocaust Literature of British Columbia

Alan Twigg

Author

April 11, 2023

How Will YVR Handle the Next Blizzard?

Tamara Vrooman

President and CEO of Vancouver Airport Authority

March 14, 2023

The Port of Vancouver – Canada’s Pacific Gateway

Capt. Shri Madiwal

Marine Operations and Harbour Master

February 14, 2023

The State of the World’s Birds and What Can You Do To Help!

Derek Matthews

Chair of the Vancouver Avian Centre

January 10, 2023

The Core Predicament of Our Time

Arno Kopecky

Award-winning Canadian journalist and travel writer

December 13, 2022

InBC – an update on its investment approach and its future impacts

Jill Earthy

CEO of InBC Investment Corporation

November 8, 2022

The future of transportation in Metro Vancouver

Kevin Quinn

CEO of Translink

October 13, 2022

The New St. Paul’s Hospital

Fiona Dalton

President and Chief Executive Officer of Providence Health Care

September 13, 2022

Stephen Point

Former Lieutenant Governor of BC

July 12, 2022

What is the Nature Trust of BC and what is its role in its conservation efforts?

Dr. Jasper Lament

CEO, The Nature Trust of BC

August 9, 2022

Rashid Sumaila, FRCS

Professor in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics at UBC

June 14, 2022

Indigenous Justice, Housing and Other Issues

The Hon. David Eby

MLA, Minister Responsible for Housing of British Columbia

May 10, 2022

British Columbia’s Word-Class Undersea Tech Industry

Vikie Jensen

Writer and Photographer

Past Speakers