Speaker Date Topic
NO MEETING Apr 01, 2024
Easter MONDAY
Jason Bossert ISC Chair Apr 08, 2024 12:00 PM
International Services Committee

International Services Committee will provide an update to their activities such as:

- Recent trip to Belize City to build playground

- Anna in Warsaw Poland helping those leaving or in Ukraine

 

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Dr. Tim Parker Apr 15, 2024 12:00 PM
Brain Changes in Addiction: A Dangerous Journey
Brain Changes in Addiction: A Dangerous Journey
SUMMARY:  Dr. Parker will answer some key questions about addiction, such as how addiction changes the brain, and most importantly, why addiction changes the brain so that often recovering users show cognitive impairments.

 Tim retired from 37 years of teaching at the Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta.    As noted in his blog:

The first goal is to introduce you to my book on what addiction is and how it changes the brain.....

The second goal is to provide articles on the many interesting discoveries in psychology that I have learned about, and taught about in my years of teaching. My area is biological psychology, more commonly known as brain and behaviour. I will be drawing on the many psychology courses that I have taught.

ttps://timparkerphd.ca/

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Tina Thomas, CEO, ECF Apr 22, 2024 12:00 PM
Edmonton Community Foundation
Edmonton Community Foundation

 Tina Thomas, CEO, Edmonton Community Foundation,

 

https://www.ecfoundation.org/

https://www.ecfoundation.org/staff/

Chair of the day is Muriel Dunnigan

 

Annemarie Petrov, CEO, Winspear Centre Apr 29, 2024 12:00 PM
Winspear Centre

Annamarie will be providing an update on the Winspear Centre including lunch and a tour of the expanded facilities at the Winspear Centre.

For details on the expansion see:  https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-winspear/winspearproject/

NOTE This luncheon meeting will be held at the Winspear Centre.  Cost to be determined.    

Most likely this meeting will be only available in person and not online.

Chair of the day is Brian Edwards.

JJ Tremblay, CSC Chair May 06, 2024 12:00 PM
Community Services Committee
Rotarian Myrna Findt May 13, 2024 12:00 PM
Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Rotary, District 5370 and our Clubs
Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Rotary, District 5370 and our Clubs

Myrna Findt is the chair of the District 5370 DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) committee which was formed in the fall of 2023.  

Through the committee's work, Rotary Clubs shall have the skills, abilities, education, resources, and culture to strengthen Rotary Clubs’ core values. Communities are empowered in District 5370 through the betterment of our Rotary Clubs.

The presentation will be a mixture of the following:

-DEI in the District at the moment and hopefully in the future
-vision of DEI in the District and in each Club
-DEI and benefits for the Clubs
-DEI in your Club: where and how to start
 
Myrna was born and raised in Germany and moved to Canada in 2011 together with her husband Chris and as well as the rest of the family - 2 horses and 4 cats at that time.

In the German education system, she studied law and is a certified knowledge management system developer. Working in IT, she has managed projects on all levels and all types of business environments and was responsible for the business relationship between the largest energy provider in Europe with Microsoft, and SAP before moving to Canada.

Living in Canada, professionally she started as a Licenced Immigration Consultant and is now working with her husband Chris in their own IT- and Security company.

Being involved in all kinds of things her whole life, Myrna received an award for outstanding involvement in extracurricular activities from her high school, was the first female chair of the law student council of the University of Wuerzburg and was a member of the cross-faculty student council.

Right now, residing on an acreage in Parkland County, she is on the board of a horse rescue and the family consists of 3 dogs, 4 cats, 4 horses and 3 foster horses – but that’s a very fluent condition.
Her husband Chris was a Rotarian in Germany – in a Club that allowed women to become members in 2011. Learning and experiencing the differences in the world of Rotary, she joined the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove in Nov 2015, hosted Youth Exchange Students, and joined the District Youth Exchange Team in 2018. She was president of the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove in 2022-2023, is currently Assistant Governor for District 5370 for Area 5 and is visiting today in her role as chair of District 5370's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee.

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NO MEETING May 20, 2024
Victoria Day
Mayor Amarjeet Sohi May 27, 2024 12:00 PM
City of Edmonton

https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/the-mayor

Location for this luncheon:  Heritage Room at City Hall 

Megan Dart and Murray Utas, Fringe Theatre Jun 03, 2024 12:00 PM
Edmonton Fringe Theatre Adventures

https://www.fringetheatre.ca/

Megan Dart, Executive Director, Fringe Theatre

Murray Utas, Artist Director, Fringe Theatre

Youth Services Committee Jun 10, 2024 12:00 PM
update on Youth Services
Sam Escarmelle, Youth Exchange Student Jun 17, 2024 12:00 PM
final Youth Exchange presentation

Sam will review his past ten months in Canada before he returns to Belgium.

His adventures include:

  1. Trip to Grande Prairie for Inbound Student orientation
  2. Trip to Elk Island Park with Rod Karius
  3. Ski trip to Jasper
  4. Trip to Ottawa with other inbound students from District 5370
  5. Trip to Grande Prairie with host parents in February
  6. Numerous trips for skiing at local ski hills
  7. Trip to Tumbler Ridge, B.C. in early June

Chair of the day is Neil Lang, Inbound Youth Exchange counsellor

Speaker and location TO BE DETERMINED!!!! Jun 24, 2024 12:00 PM
TBD

Note this luncheon has been changed to a new location!   To Be announced.