Events

Note this meeting to be located at The Churchill Seniors Residence (Revera)  10015 103 Ave NW, Edmonton

Free Underground Parking accessible from the back alley.  Buzz into reception and they will let you in.   Park and take the elevator to the main floor then press the buzzer on the locked door to gain entrance to the reception area.  After signing in your license plate, proceed to second floor to the Fitness Room where the meeting will be held. Presentation commences at 12 noon.  Lunch served by 12:45 noon.

Best to arrive by 11:45 am!

The business and presentation part of the meeting will take place at the start of the meeting followed by a catered lunch.   Opposite of our regular meetings. Residents are having their lunch at 12 noon and servers are busy with them.

If you have time following the meeting after 1:30 pm, a tour of the facility will be arranged.  Contact Shelley Esopenko 780-700-4288 shelley.esopenko@reveraliving.com for any questions you may have.

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Youth Services Committee, chaired by Edward Mondol, will provide an update on their projects. 

Presentations will run 12 noon to at least 12:45 followed by lunch so best to arrive at 11:45 am. 

YEX - Youth Exchange -    a student from Edmonton is headed for Japan while we are expecting a new student from elsewhere

INTERACT - for students ages 12 to 18 to develop leadership skills and Service Above Self

RYLE - Rotary Youth Leadership Experience - May 4 to 7,  2023 at Camp Nakamun

RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - usually in November each year

RYPEN - Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (Youth Leading Youth) - usually in May each year

Girls CAN 2023 -  Five teams of Girls at Laurier School created a 2 1/2 min video explaining their socially driven community project that they can do in 90-days "with our help".   The top team will join in our meeting online (to be determined).

Organizations currently supported by Youth Services include:

• Kids on Track    https://kidsontrack.org/
• Start 2 Finish Running and Reading Program   https://www.start2finishonline.org/running-reading-club

The committee also supports local students to attend:

    Adventures in Citizenship, Ottawa, May 14 to 17, 2023  https://rotaryottawa.com/page/welcome-to-the-rotary-adventure-in-citizenship-program

    Adventures in Human Rights, Winnipeg, Aug 13 to 19, 2023   https://rahr5550.ca/

If time permits we will also cover the Rotaract Club of Edmonton.

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Chris Jones, General Manager and Head Coach, Edmonton Elks Football Club

Topic Summary:  How the Edmonton Elks are preparing for the upcoming 2023 CFL Season

Accompanying Guest:  Michael Daniels,  Chief of Staff & Special Teams Assistant

https://www.goelks.com/profile-chris-jones/

Elks Football games:   https://www.goelks.com/schedule/

• May 22 - against Calgary in Calgary
• May 27 - against Winnipeg in Edmonton
• June 11 - against Saskatchewan in Edmonton

Short video of interview of Chris Jones and his Assistant GM commenting on the CFL COMBINE and potential football players. 

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The narrative will be about the scope and needs in such a huge area and anecdotal references to available resources and how needs are met.

The mission of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) is to support Canada’s Search and Rescue (SAR) program and to promote SAR awareness.

https://edmonton.casara.ca/en

From the Winspeare website:   A skilled pilot, Bill is an active air crew member and instructor with the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association and teaches ground school at the Edmonton Flying Club. He has been known to fly colleagues to remote northern communities as part of the National Arts Centre’s music outreach clinics.

Bill Dimmer arrived in Edmonton in 1971 to join the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra until retiring from
that organization in 2014. Bill served as a teacher, mentor, administrator, conductor, and performer,
including a potential Canadian record 43 seasons as ESO assistant principal trumpet and induction to
Edmonton’s Arts and Culture Hall of Fame in 2014. In his secret identity as a skilled pilot, he is an active
air crew member and instructor with the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, the ground school
instructor at the Edmonton Flying Club and a columnist for COPA Flight magazine. Bill has been an active
participant on a number of major search and rescue efforts in a variety of positions from pilot to search
coordinator. He has also been known to fly colleagues to remote northern communities as part of the
National Arts Centre’s music outreach clinics. Bill flies his own Cessna 172 – C-GWUD.

Also during this meeting a presentation will be made to our recent Integrity Awards Recipient, Joe Cloutier, CEO, Inner City Youth Development Association.  Joe will be awarded a Paul Harris Fellow pin.  The Edmonton Rotary Club Foundation will be providing a $1000 donation to Inner City Youth Development Association. 

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Meet before 12:00 in front of the box office. 

$25 per person for the catered lunch which will be served 12 noon to 12:30 pm.

The tour will commence at 12:30 to at least 1:30 pm with a possibility of being longer.

Parking in the Library / Citadel Parkade and is not included in ticket price.

Citadel Theatre has been "live" in Edmonton commencing 1965 and have had performances in their current location just off Churchill Square since 1976.  https://citadeltheatre.com/about/   Enjoy a tour of the facilty and view the backstages and green rooms where performers prepare for performances.  A catered lunch will be provided.

Most recent  plus upcoming performances: 

Soon to be past president Melinda Noyes will review her past Rotary year 

Chair of the day is incoming club president Rod Karius.

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Rod will introduce the Club's Executive, Directors and Committee Chairs along with the initiatives planned for the upcoming Rotary year spanning July 1st, 2023 to June 30, 2024.

Rod has been a Rotary Club of Edmonton member since April 2004. During the past few years Rod has been chair of the International Services Committee.  He has also served
as the Chair of the District 5370 Playground Committee helping Rotary clubs provide playgrounds to countries such as Belize. Rod has made numerous trips to Belize City since 2014 to deliver our Club’s multi-phase Literacy Program and to build playgrounds.  Rod also been the Club’s Foundation Chair, an important liaison for our club members to support The Rotary Foundation particularly the End Polio Fund.  At a more local level, Rod has recently served as a Director of the Edmonton Rotary Club Foundation.. 

Chair of the day is Melinda Noyes

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Andrew MacIsaac, CEO of Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API)   https://appliedpharma.ca/

Presentation Title: How Life Sciences is Strengthening the Edmonton Region

API is a not-for-profit organization with an expert interdisciplinary team that works with a network of collaborating organizations. As a whole, we provide the expertise, services, and infrastructure of a pharmaceutical company. We help innovators launch their ideas into the real world, connect industry to the services they need for commercial success, and accelerate all aspects of the drug development process.

Throughout the past two decades Andrew has successfully led  partnerships between industry, academia, government, and donors, and developed catalysts for economic investment totalling more than $600 million. With a background in economics and public sector management, Andrew has worked with UBC, and the University of Alberta, most recently as Assistant Dean for the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Andrew sits on the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Life Sciences Council, the Edmonton Health City Steering Committee, the Alberta Research Commercialization Working Group, the Calgary Life Science Innovation Hub Steering Committee, and a number of private company boards.

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Kandice Machado, CEO, Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC). CPA, CMA, CFE

Kandice Machado joined AGLC in 2002 and has held a variety of roles in multiple divisions—most recently in her capacity as AGLC’s Vice President of Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer. Kandice’s expertise in financial management is complemented by her extensive experience in solution-focused financial advice and planning in complex business environments. Her remarkable professional tenure provides a substantial foundation for innovation that supports AGLC’s evolving gaming, liquor and cannabis industries, while promoting a thriving business environment balanced with productive regulations. Kandice’s wealth of industry knowledge coupled with her proactive approach to exceptional customer service reflects her commitment to business modernization and reducing red tape to create a more vibrant Alberta.

AGLC is the Government of Alberta's Crown commercial enterprise and agency that oversees the gaming, liquor and cannabis industries in Alberta.

https://aglc.ca/

Chair of the day is Brian Edwards

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Golfers join us on Monday August 14th, 2023 for a chance to win a million bucks!

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Proceeds of this event will go to the Lurana Shelter for domestic abuse:

https://acws.ca/shelters/lurana-shelter/

https://cssalberta.ca/Our-Services/Domestic-Abuse-Shelters-Support/Lurana-Shelter

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Please help us support Lurana Shelter

Caregivers Alberta has been supporting caregivers for over 20 years, through a Intake Support Line, 1:1 Coaching, and COMPASS for the Caregiver (a 4 week program) to name a few. Did you know that nearly one million Albertans currently provide unpaid care to loved ones living with illness or disability? Founded in 2001, Caregivers Alberta strives to empower and promote the well-being of our province’s unpaid caregivers by providing resources, mental health support, and facilitated connection with other caregivers. Alberta’s only organization dedicated solely to caregivers. They think there is overlap in interests and the service they provide in our local communities and helping where needs are significant.. Caregivers Alberta is a provincial organization with office located in Edmonton. 

https://www.caregiversalberta.ca/

Darrel joined Caregivers Alberta in October 2022. He brings over 20 years of senior leadership experience in the nonprofit sector to the organization, 15 years of which he spent as a Director with the MS Society of Canada.

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This August, Alberta’s two districts and clubs (especially in Calgary and Edmonton), have the unique opportunity to participate in the Monarch Hope statue tour (photo attached), sponsored by the Monterrey Metropolitano Rotary Club (Mexico), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad, and others.  This tour builds on last year’s 1^st Monarch statue event that raised more than $100,000 for 60,000 oyamel fir trees necessary for Monarch Butterflies.

During these dates, the MOMA Hope statue will travel between Calgary/Edmonton to Winnipeg, Toronto, Windsor, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, Houston, and several points south into Mexico ending its journey at the Monarch Biopshere Reserve (near Morelia, Mexico).

Rotarian David Eaton (Environmental Chair for his District in Mexico) will travel with the statue in Alberta and is speaking to clubs about the purpose of the statue’s visit.  In addition, David hopes that your District will sign an Operation Pollination Partnership (that covers all clubs in your district).  Once signed at the District level, Club Presidents are then invited to sign a Pollinator Pledge specifically for your Club (all projects, large or small, are welcome; no judgement is ever made regarding a project – EVERYONE is invited to help address the global crisis of pollinator decline).

You may already know about challenges bee keepers have with Bee Hive Colony Distress Disorder.  Bees are very important pollinators of Alberta crops and flowers.

You may not know that Monarch Butterflies have been spotted in Edmonton's river valley.  They are mostly attracted to milkweed.  Although David is obviously focused on Monarch, this presentation opens up to all pollinators (bees, wasps, moths and other insects) and improves the environment for pollinators.  

David is a member of ESRAG - Environmental Systainability Rotary Action Group  https://esrag.org/

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Holly Lomheim, Clinic Director - Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR)

Holly will be presenting on the work that the Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research does to help people who stutter communicate more effectively.

Stuttering is a communication challenge that causes the flow of speech to be broken up by repetitions, prolongations, or abnormal stoppages of sounds and syllables. It is estimated that over 300,000 Canadians are unable to order their favourite food, express their feelings or say what they want because of their speech.

https://www.ualberta.ca/stuttering-speech-therapy/index.html

To see Holly's bio and watch her short video look at:   https://www.ualberta.ca/stuttering-speech-therapy/about-us/our-team/holly-lomheim.html

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Speakers:  University of Alberta Golden Bears Head Coach Ian Herbers and Pandas Head Coach Howie Draper

Presentation Title: Golden Bears and Pandas Culture: Clare Drake’s Legacy – the pillar of the leadership and culture of a successful University hockey program.

Topic Summary:  With a combined 24 National Championships and 69 Conference Championships the Golden Bears and Pandas Hockey Teams are arguably the two most decorated university hockey programs in North America. Though having had their fair share of outstanding players and dynasty teams over the years, the common ingredient to both programs lives in the culture brought and nurtured at the U of A by Clare Drake. Ian and Howie will talk about Coach Drakes’ legacy and it’s significant contribution to the success of both programs.

https://bearsandpandas.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey

https://bearsandpandas.ca/sports/whockey

https://bearsandpandas.ca/staff-directory/howie-draper/112

https://bearsandpandas.ca/staff-directory/ian-herbers/160

Chair of the day is John Wojcicki

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Joe Zatylny is the Fire Chief of Edmonton Fire Rescue Services. With more than 25 years of emergency service experience, including 17 years in senior fire leadership roles, he leads the three-time, internationally accredited department into its next chapter as the City of Edmonton continues to grow and change.

Joe brings his passion and commitment to life in his day-to-day work by focusing on building and maintaining solid relationships, leading people through change, and maximizing service delivery.

Joe’s education and training experience includes a Bachelor’s Degree from Lakeland College Canada in Applied Business of Emergency Services and an Advanced Certificate in Labour and Industrial Relations from Queen’s University. He also holds a Master’s Certificate in Municipal Leadership from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

When Joe is not enjoying the community of Edmonton, he is kept busy being a proud father and partner, exploring the mountains and ocean floor, or spending time camping in nature.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmontons-fire-chief-reflects-on-victories-and-challenges-in-2022

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-fire-struggles-with-discrimination-bullying-and-diversity-trust-in-leadership-broken

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Dr. Abdullah Saleh will talk about the inspiring work of Innovative Canadians for Change.  ICCHANGE creates social enterprises with local people to implement innovative solutions to developing world problems including clean water, entrepreneurship and medical records.

https://www.icchange.ca/

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Note this meeting will only available for those attending in person.  NO online access for this meeting.

Rod with others from our Board of Directors will lead a town hall meeting.

Our new Inbound Student, Sam Escarmelle, will provide a brief introduction about himself, his home country Belgium, and first impressions of Edmonton and Canada.

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Note the location of this meeting is at the Heritage Room at the City Hall and will be only an IN-person meeting.   Not available online.

Anne Stevenson, City Councillor, The City of Edmonton,  https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/ward-o-daymin

Anne is the elected councillor for the Ward O-day’min  (downtown Edmonton, Westmount to the west, Westwood to the north, MacCauley & Riverdale to the East)

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Annual Fundraiser  -  2023StepUpToThePlate.eventbrite.ca

Date: Monday, October 30th, 2023
Location: Chateau Lacombe Hotel
Check-In: 11:30am
Program: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Tickets $85 I Tables of 8 Available $680 I Parking Included
Modest Luncheon in keeping with the theme of the day

The Step Up To The Plate Luncheon is a crucial fundraising opportunity that will allow the Rotary Club of Edmonton to support and achieve its
charitable goals. The concept for this luncheon originated with the "Poor Man's Lunch," initiated by Edmontonian Bruce Hogle to meet critical needs
in downtown Edmonton.  

This year's Step Up To The Plate Fundraiser will support The Bissel Centre’s programming for mental health support.

Everything The Bissell Centre does is grounded in its vision of eliminating poverty.

Bissell is an inclusive, client-centred organization that recognizes the dignity and strengths of individuals and families and offers the support they need to overcome poverty.

see: https://bissellcentre.org/

Bissell is an inclusive, client-centred organization that recognizes the dignity and strengths of individuals and families and offers the support they need to overcome poverty. 

Online raffle auction to be announced..... Items may now be submited for auction items.

Registration using Eventbrite:

2023StepUpToThePlate.eventbrite.ca

We are in a healthcare crisis in Canada.  Our costs continue to rise and our outcomes are dropping with respect to other jurisdictions around the world.  Interestingly we have a strong culture of developing innovative solutions and technologies being built in Alberta yet they are rarely adopted by the health system.  We have an opportunity to transform our health system and drive economic development in region.

Reg Joseph is well regarded in the local health innovation community and brings a broad perspective of experience to the role. In his prior experience he served as an equities analyst for a Boston-based healthcare investment bank, an executive in residence at TEC Edmonton (a local incubator), a CEO for a local technology company Metabolomic Technologies Inc. and most recently as the VP of Health at Alberta Innovates. This broad perspective on many critical dimensions of our local eco-system is a critical asset in the foundational work that he will undertake for Health City.

Health Cities aims to improve the health of Canadians by delivering innovative healthcare solutions that can be scaled to grow the health sector nationally. It engages with clinicians, innovators, philanthropic organizations, industry and academia to address key health challenges

We are a not-for-profit organization that helps de-risk the environment and accelerate our innovators’ solutions. We are a trusted third party in verifying what innovators can bring to the table, including relationships, expertise, global reach, investment, innovation or policy influence.

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Due to high demand and shortage of space, the IN person attendance is now FULL.  Please register only for online access to the presentation.

Orysia Boychuk is an accomplished Community Development Leader passionate about making change happen.  With nine years of experience as the President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Local Branch and Provincial Council, she has been active in navigating the Ukrainian community in Alberta through some of the most challenging times, including Covid-19 as well as the Russian invasion in Ukraine. 

 With a 20+ year career as a Senior Human Resource Manager with the Federal and Provincial Governments, Orysia brings a comprehensive background with a focus on strategic planning and operational improvement.  During this time, Orysia was recognized for engaging in diversity-focused recruiting practices and implementing innovative wellness strategies to increase employee engagement and satisfaction. 

 Orysia is a trusted leader and presenter, invited to facilitate Government Official Meetings and deliver presentations at Provincial and National Conferences.  Orysia provides a unique perspective in all she does, partnering her Human Resource background with her desire to build community in order to deliver positive and exciting results.  

Oleksandr Danyleiko is the Consul General of Ukraine in Edmonton.  He has held extensive government roles in Ukraine such as Director of Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and has also held a number of diplomatic positions including Toronto and Sweden.  

Four years ago, a decision was made by Ukraine for Edmonton to establish a consul general office based on the large population of Ukrainians in Edmonton and its deep roots and strong connections to the Ukraine.  It has been an honor for our community to receive Mr. Danyleinko, he has been an incredible asset supporting the Ukrainian community and Ukraine here in Edmonton.  Alberta is the second largest receiver of displaced Ukrainians since the Russian invasion on Ukraine Feb. 24, 2022 and his role has been invaluable to Alberta. 

Veronica Danyleiko is the daughter of the Consul General of Ukraine in Edmonton.  She is  16 years old and came to Canada in 2019.  Upon arrival to Canada she attended grade 6 and currently she is in grade 11.  It is important to note that while attending school here in the Canada, she also attends school online in Ukraine.  She is an active volunteer in our community here in Edmonton, and has become a member of the drama school "Dzherelo" at the Ukrainian National Federation Hall.  Veronica has been invited to MC a number of community events the past few years and has also been a reporter on the Ukrainian TV program Alberta Kontakt.  In her spare time she plays volleyball on the school team.

Past President Melinda Noyes will lead the Annual General Meeting for the Rotary Club of Edmonton and the Community Services Trust Fund (CSTF)

Treasurer Martin Connolly will review the Financial Statements for the past Rotary year 2022-2023.

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