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Annual assesment of the present status and outlook for the Alberta economy
Mar. 19, 2018 12:00 p.m.
Todd Hirsch is the Chief Economist of ATB Financial. For over 20 years, Todd has worked as an economist at numerous organizations including the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canada West Foundation and the Bank of Canada. For almost a decade, Todd taught economics at the University of Calgary. He released his first book, The Boiling Frog Dilemma: Saving Canada from Economic Decline in 2012, his second, Halfway Home in 2016 and his third, Spiders in Space: Successfully Adapting to Unwanted Change in 2017. He holds a BA Honours in Economics from the U of A and an MA in Economics from the University of Calgary.
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Mar. 19, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Mar. 26, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Rotary Club of Edmonton International Service Committee
Apr. 09, 2018
The Rotary Club of Edmonton's International Service Committee (ISC) has been actively involved in working to improve literacy in south Belize City, in conjunction with our partners Literacy Without Borders and the Emmanuel Foundation.
Members of the International Service Committee and Literacy Without Borders will present on recent progress of our Belize Literacy program and playground builds, and our future plans.
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Apr. 09, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Apr. 16, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Wolves
Apr. 23, 2018
Ludwig "Lu" Norbert Carbyn is an internationally recognized expert on wolf biology, a research scientist emeritus at the Canadian Wildlife Service, and an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, alberta. He has studied Wolf ecology and behaviour in Canada since 1970, including pioneering research into the ecological role of wolves as predators in theCanadian Rocky Mountain and great plains as well as the wolf-bison ecosystem of Wood Buffalo National Park. On a Canadian Wildlife Service assignment in Jasper National Park, he became the first human to study wild wolves from within a wolf pack using habituation, a method of gaining insights into the biology of wolves portrayed in fiction by Farley Mowat's popular book and film, Never Cry Wolf. Carbyn has conducted research on the ecology of various species of Canids in Poland , Portugal, and throughout North America, and was the chairman of the successful Canadian Swift Fox. Reintroduction program Recovery Team from 1989 to 1993.[3] He has published six books and numerous articles about wolves, including The Buffalo Wolf - Predators, Prey and the Politics of Nature (2003,Smithsonian Books) which was distinguished as "Best of the Year - Wildlife" in 2004 by the Canadian Geographic magazine. In 2013, Carbyn received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for services to wildlife conservation in Canada.
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Apr. 23, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Apr. 30, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Fundraiser: Parking Included, Modest Luncheon
May 07, 2018 11:30 a.m.
The Rotary Club of Edmonton is the oldest club in Northern Alberta and has approximately 100 members representing a wide variety of vocational activities and professions. The club business luncheons are held at noon every Monday at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel. The Rotary Club of Edmonton focuses primarily on Downtown Edmonton initiatives that will help to improve the quality of life for some of the city's most vulnerable. Our club's motto is "Downtown with a Purpose". Proceeds from this event will support residents and programming in the downtown core, as well as youth leadership and educational programs, insuring that they are mentoring the next generation to take a leadership role in helping to create solutions for local, national and international wellbeing, peace and understanding. The Step Up To The Plate Luncheon is a critical fundraising opportunity that will allow the Club to support and achieve their charitable goals. The concept for this luncheon originated with the "Poor Man's Lunch", initiated by Bruce Hogle, to benefit the Good Neighbour Fund. For more information, pleas call Nicole at 780-756-0719 or nicole@sugarplumconsulting.com
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May 14, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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May 26, 2018 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Aga Khan Garden at the University of Alberta
May 28, 2018
Dr. Lee Foote has been the Director of the University of Alberta Botanic Garden (formerly Devonian Botanic Garden) for 7 years. He is also a professor of conservation biology in the Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Science at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on management of plant community development and wildlife ecology. He is an active outdoorsman, a moderate hobby gardener, an avid photographer and a folk musician. He is married to Dr. Naomi Krogman, a professor of Environmental Sociology and they have two daughters active in the drama and folk music scenes of Edmonton and Montreal. The Aga Khan Garden (AKG) is an 11.5 acre, $25 million gift from the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, to all the people of Canada. It is owned and managed by the University of Alberta and is the most northerly Islamic garden on earth. The garden goal is to create a secular garden of sensory delights by engaging sight, sound, taste, touch and smell in a spacious immersive experience. Lee Foote will present the intricate stonework, fountains, amphitheater, sunken beds and fruit tree forest as borrowed historic influences from Mogul, Ottoman and contemporary gardens. The garden is a designated safe space conveying an ethos of gifting, gratitude, acceptance, peace and pluralism.
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May 28, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Jun. 04, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Jun. 11, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
For more details and to register: www.krprotarygolf.com |
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Jun. 18, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Jun. 25, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Incoming President
Jul. 09, 2018
President Don McFarlane addresses the club for the start of the 103rd year of the Rotary Club of Edmonton
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Jul. 09, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Jul. 16, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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The origins of STARS Air Ambulance
Jul. 16, 2018 12:00 p.m.
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Jul. 23, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Jul. 30, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Aug. 13, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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The accidental beach on the North Saskatchewan River
Aug. 13, 2018 12:00 p.m.
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President, Concordia University of Edmonton
Aug. 20, 2018
Dr. Loreman is President and Vice-Chancellor at Concordia University of Edmonton as well as being a Professor in the Faculty of Education. He has taught in a variety of classroom settings in Australia and Canada and worked in the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Melbourne before joining Concordia in 2003. His active research interests include inclusive education and pedagogy, and he has worked, conducted research, and presented at major conferences throughout the world, including in Australia, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Ireland, Italy, France, Canada, Spain, Ukraine, Brazil, Bangladesh, India, and the Pacific Islands. In 2010 he was Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bologna in Italy and in 2013 was Visiting Research Professor at Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta. H e has held a number of major Canadian research grants and recently completed a large cross-institutional and cross-national CIDA project aimed at reform of the education system in Ukraine in order to better support inclusive education. His current international work is with school systems in Pacific Island nations. Dr. Loreman was founding editor of the International Journal of Whole Schooling and he is currently co-editor of Exceptionality Education International. In 2015 Inclusion Alberta awarded him the ‘Community Inclusion Award’ and in 2016 he was presented with Concordia’s ‘President’s Research Award’. Dr. Loreman is the host of The Scholarship of Inclusive Education Podcast, available on iTunes. He is on the Executive of the International Inclusive Teacher Education Research Forum.
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Aug. 20, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Cosmopolitan Music Society
Sep. 10, 2018 12:00 p.m.
Allen Jacobson is a Trombonist/Vocalist/Composer/Arranger/Educator who has performed throughout Canada and internationally for many years. During the course of his career he has established a reputation as an outstanding performer and educator. Allen Jacobson has performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Baden Baden Philharmonic (Conductor & Soloist), the European Philharmonie (Conductor, Soloist) the Citadel THEATRE, Tommy Banks Band, The Joan Rivers, Rich Little and Red Skelton Shows, European productions of Cats, Chicago and Cabaret, West Side Story (among numerous others), The EdJE (the JUNO nominated Edmonton Jazz Ensemble), film scores, jingles, modern dance collaborations and numerous commercial recordings. Allen was 1st/Jazz Trombonist with the Tommy Banks Big Band/Orchestra, a nationally (Canada) acclaimed performing, touring and recording ensemble. He has been heard on national and regional Television and Radio Programs and in concert halls (Canada, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark, Japan, South Korea) both as a soloist and ensemble performer. He is also in demand as a Soloist and Conductor with Contemporary Music Ensembles and Jazz Big Bands and Orchestras.
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Sep. 10, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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University of Alberta Botanic Garden
Sep. 17, 2018 12:00 p.m.
Rotary Lunch in the University of Alberta Botanic Garden - Guided Tour of Aga Khan GardensPlease join us for fellowship in the University of Alberta Botanic Garden for a short Fall meeting, `BBQ lunch, and fellowship as Dr. Lee Foote leads a garden tour including the new Aga Khan Garden. You are encouraged to include guests, friends and family members in this fun fellowship event. Cost: $32 per person (for `BBQ lunch, entry fee, interpretative tour of Garden and bus access to & from Chateau Lacombe PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL NO LONGER BE A SHUTTLE BUS FROM THE CHATEAU LACOMBE. Free parking avilable at the Botanic Garden. In order to plan numbers and transportation you MUST pre-register. Open to friends and family: Click here for payment and registration
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