Upcoming Speakers
Past Speakers
- December 8, 2020 – 9:30 am Prof. Bee Wee, “Palliative and end of life care: how can the challenge be met?”- ZOOM
- November 10, 2020 – 9:30 am – Prof. Max Cameron, “Pandemics and Populism”- ZOOM
- October 13, 2020 – 10am – Dr. Julio Montaner, “Towards the end of HIV/AIDS: Fact or Fiction”- ZOOM
- September 8, 2020 – 10am – Alan Franey, “History of the Vancouver International Film Festival”- ZOOM
- August 11, 2020 – Henry Litton, “A Long Shadow Cast Over Hong Kong” – ZOOM
- July 14, 2020 – Dr. Andrew Trites, “Marine Mammals” – ZOOM
- June 9, 2020 – Olga Campbell, “A Whisper Across Time” – ZOOM
- May 19, 2020 – Dr. Daniel Kalla, “Pandemics: Then and Now” – VIRTUAL MEETING
- March 10, 2020 – Mike Harcourt, “Sustainable Cities”
- February 11, 2020 – Dr. David Haughton, “Angry White Men: Why I Paint Them”
- December 10, 2019 – Rick Antonson, “Papua New Guinea”
- January 14, 2020 – Chris Hinkson, “The Administration of BC Justice”
- October 8, 2019 – David Petrina, “Timber Frame Construction”
- November 12, 2019 – Scott McIntyre, “On Publishing”
- September 10, 2019 – George Garrett, “Intrepid Reporter”
- August 13, 2019 – Dr. Omar Kassam, “Ismaili Religion and Culture”
- July 9, 2019 – Peeter Wesik and Andrew Ramlo, “Busting Generational Generalisms: A Facts-based Understanding of Canada’s Shifting Demographics”
- June 11, 2019 – Vanessa Ascough, “An Attempt to Fly Around the World”
- May 14, 2019 – Mark Dwor, “Bitcoin, Blockchain and Smart Contracts”
- April 9, 2019 – Prof. Paul Budra, “Shakespeare in the Garden”
- March 12, 2019 – John Cherrington, “Walking to Camelot”
- February 12, 2019 – Prof. John Clague, “Earthquakes and Tsunamis”
- January 8, 2019 – Glen Dennison, “The Fauna of Howe Sound”
- December 11, 2018 – Andrew Seal, MD, FRCSC
- November 13, 2018 – Ty Speer – President and CEO, Vancouver Tourism
- October 9, 2018 – Mahmood Poonja – “Travelling in Iran” at the Arbutus Club
- September 11, 2018 – Cameron Cathcart – “100th Anniversary of the end of WWI”
- August 14, 2018 – Dr. Marilyn Bowman, SFU – “James Legge & the Chinese Classics”
- July 10, 2018 – Dr. John Esdaile, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UBC
- June 12, 2018 – Hon. David Eby, QC
- May 8, 2018 – Richard Glickman, LLD “Biotech in BC”
- April 10, 2018 – Professor Paul Evans, UBC – “Dealing with Xi’s China and Trump’s America: What’s a Perplexed Canada to Do?”
- March 13, 2018 – Kevin Desmond – CEO of Translink
- February 13, 2018 – Bob Ross – “North Korea—what I learned and didn’t learn during my visit in September ”
- January 9, 2018 – Dr. Ron Burnett, CM, O.B.C., President & Vice Chancellor, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
- December 12, 2017 – Penny Lyons, Executive Director, Seva Canada
- November 14, 2017 – Cameron Cathcart, Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
- October 10, 2017 – Fin Donnelly, Federal MP & President, Rivershed Society of BC
- September 12, 2017 – Rudy Buttignol, President & CEO Knowledge Network
- August 8, 2017 Herb Grubel, Professor Emeritus, SFU; Senior Fellow, The Fraser Institute – Regulations and their effect on societies
- July 11, 2017 Elizabeth May “Canada at 150”
- June 13, 2017 – June Goldsmith Artistic Director of Music in the Morning – “My Wonderful Life in Music”
- May 9, 2017 – Christopher Gaze “Bard on the Beach – Then and Now” Note – Meeting is at the Vancouver Academy of Music (not the Planetarium)
- April 11, 2017 – Dr. Richard Fedorak, Dean of Medicine, U of A.
- February 14, 2017 – Michael Kluckner, Artist and Writer
- March 14, 2017 – The Honourable Judith Guichon, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- January 10, 2017 – Stan Ridley – President, West 2012 Energy Management Inc. – Their future is in our hands
- December 13, 2016 – Dianne Doyle President and CEO, Providence Health Care – The New St. Paul’s
- November 8, 2016, Dr. Andre Gerolymatos, Professor of History at SFU
- September 13, 2016 – Dr. David Sweet – Forensic Science — An insider’s point of view
- October 11, 2016 – Presidents Luncheon – Arbutus Club. Speaker: Ujjal Dosanjh
- August 9, 2016 – Brian Latell, PhD – US-Cuba Relations
- July 12, 2016 – Dr. Indira Samarasekara – Ripples and Waves: National competitiveness and Universities.
- June 14, 2016 – Maria Howard, Alzheimer Society of BC – Understanding and Living with Dementia
- May 10, 2016 – Sharon Janzen – Doctors Without Borders
- April 12, 2016 – Dr William Unruh, UBC, Gravitational Radiation – listening to black holes collide
- March 8th 2016 – Rudy Buttignol – The Growth and Development of the Knowledge Network
- February 9, 2016 – Brian Campbell – Bees in BC and Food Security Issues
- January 12, 2016 – Kim Baird – a First Nations insider view of current affairs
- Kim Baird – a First Nations view of current issues
- December 8, 2015 – Duncan Davies, CEO Interfor – The BC Forest Industry
- November 10, 2015 – Dr Andre Gerolymatos – SFU
- October 13, 2015 – President’s Luncheon – Arbutus Club – Speaker Dr Julio Montaner
- September 8, 2015 – Jim Allworth, RBC Dominion Securities – Global Financial Outlook
- August 11, 2015 – Miles Prodan, BC Wine Institute – BC Wines
- July 14, 2015 – John Nightingale, CEO Vancouver Aquarium
- July 14, 2015 – A Conversation With Candidates – Political Forum
- June 9, 2015 – Dr. Taylor Owen – author of Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age,
- May 12, 2015 – Brian Riddell – Pacific Salmon Foundation
- April 14, 2014 – Angus Reid – The Translink plebiscite and the challenges of polling today in Canada
- March 10, 2015 – Jim Chu, Vancouver Police Chief Constable
- Feb 10, 2015 – Don Lindsay, President & CEO Teck Resources
- Jan 13 2015 – David Helfand – Quest University in Squamish
- Dec 9, 2014 – Michael Clague – Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
- Dec. 1, 2014, Conrad Black. The History of Canada: A Unique Viewpoint
- Nov 12, 2014 – Paul Evans – “The South China Sea Dispute and Its Implications”
- Jan 13, 2015 – David Helfand – University Education
- Sept 9, 2014 – Pierre Lebel – “North West BC Development”
- Aug 12, 2014 – Neil Ritchie – “Jazz History”
- July 8, 2014 – Martin Collacutt – “Passports of Convenience”
- June 10, 2014 – Jake Kerr & Jeff Mooney – “Vancouver Canadians”
- May 13, 2014 – Dr. Max Cynader – “Maximizing the Brain”
- April 8, 2014 – Peter Armstrong – “Vancouver Politics”
- March 11, 2014 – Jock Finlayson – “BC Economy 2014”
- February 11, 2014 – Dr. Jaymie Mathews
- January 14, 2014 – Dr. Andre Gerolymatos
- December 10, 2013 – Mike Corrigan – “BC Ferries – Past, Present and Future”
- November 12, 2013 – Scott Shepherd
- October 8, 2013 – Andrew Petter
- September 10, 2013 – Dr. John Webb – Pioneering Cardiac Surgery
- August 13, 2013 – Ronald W. Thiessen – “Mining: Commodities Equities: Where are we, where are we going?”
- July 9, 2013 – Andre Gerolymatos, SFU – Turkey, Iran & Israel: The Future of the Middle East
- June 11, 2013 – Peter Bernard – Tanker Traffic
- May 14, 2013 – Jim Robson – Sports in Vancouver
- April 9, 2013 – Dr. Bruce Forster, UBC Dept. of Radiology – “Medical Imaging”
- March 12, 2013 – Dr. John Liebert – “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”
- February 26, 2013 at 2pm – The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada – Presentation
- Feb 26, 2013: Extra Meeting – The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada
- February 12, 2013 – Tamara Vrooman, CEO Vancity Credit Union
- January 8, 2013 – Kip Woodward’s Presentation
- January 8, 2013 – Kip Woodward – “Building a Sustainable Health Care System”
- Dec 19, 2011: Extra Meeting – Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of Canada
- Dec 11, 2012 – David Mitchell
- Nov 13, 2012 – Michael Geller – “So where are we going to live next?”
- Oct 9, 2012 – Joseph Caron – “China and Japan, through Thick and Thin”
- Sept 11, 2012 – Ian Anderson, CEO Kinder Morgan – “The Other Pipeline”
- Aug 14, 2012 – Faye Wightman President and CEO Vancouver Foundation – “Philanthropy”
- July 10, 2012: Jim Allworth, Royal Bank of Canada, “Banking” – SPEAKERS NOTES
- June 12, 2012: John Carruthers, President of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines
- May 8, 2012: Don Malvinic, Phd. Civil Engineering, UBC, Dealing With Biowaste
- April 10, 2012: Professor Stephen Toope, President, University of British Columbia
- March 13, 2012: Dr. John Sloan
- December 13, 2011: James McCormack, UBC Pharmacologist, on Myths in Medicine
- November 8, 2011: Susan Yurkovich, EVP BC Hydro, on Site C Dam
- Oct 11, 2011: Stephen Brown – President, Chamber of Shipping of BC, on Tanker Traffic Risk Management
- Sept 13, 2011: Dennis Skulsky – BC Lions on 2011 Grey Cup
- Aug 9, 2011: Tom Ruth – Triumf, UBC, SFU on Isotopes
- July 13, 2011: Patrick Moore – Author and Founder of Greenpeace on “Greens off course?”
- June 14, 2011: Mark Haden – Controlling Illegal Drugs
- May 10, 2011: Geoff Plant – Aboriginal Relations
- April 12, 2011: Don Grayston, PhD. – Extremists: Jewish, Christian, Muslim-will they run our lives?
- March 8, 2011: Merran Smith and Art Sterrit
- Feb 8, 2011: Dr James Hogg
- Dec 14, 2010: Dianne Watts – Mayor of Surrey
- Nov 9, 2010: Dr John Macdonald – Energy in the 21st Century
- Oct 12, 2010: Bob Lendarduzzi
- Aug 10, 2010: Dr Brian Riddell
- July 13, 2010: Jane Bird – Building the Canada Line
- June 8, 2010: David Emerson
- Feb 9, 2010: Dr. S. Larry Goldenberg – Are you on the right path? The need for a men’s health initiative
- Dec 8, 2009: Preston Manning
- President’s Luncheon 2009
- Nov 10, 2009: Darren Entwistle
