Forthcoming Events
The Canadian Club of Edmonton meets at the Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe at 12:00 noon on the noted dates, usually the third Wednesday of each month. We do not meet in July and August.
Wednesday Mar 21st, 2012
Honourable Alison Redford QC
Premier of Alberta
Alison Redford was elected leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party on October 1, 2011 and sworn-in as Alberta's 14th premier on October 7, 2011.
Born on March 7, 1965 in Kitimat, British Columbia she grew up all over Canada and overseas before settling in Calgary as a teenager. She completed her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 1988.
Redford began her political career in the 1980s, when her focus of expertise was advising the Secretary of State for External Affiars. Despite returning to Calgary in the 90s to open her own law firm, she continued to advise both Canadian and Australian governments on constitutional and legal reform issues. She was chosen as one of four International Election Commissioners to administer Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in 2005. She has also undertaken assignments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Alison Redford was elected MLA for the constituency of Calgary-Elbow on March 3, 2008 and named Minister of Justice and Attorney General on March 12, 2008. In January 2010, she was also named political minister for Calgary.
Wednesday Apr 18th, 2012
Gurcharan Singh Bhatia, C.M.
"Responsible Citizenship in a Civil Society"
Judge Bhatia has worked, since his arrival in Canada over 40 years ago, to promote a broad understanding of Canadian values at local, national and international levels. He has been a citizenship judge, sat on the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and published a multicultural newspaper, always espousing the benefits of national unity.
He is the recipient of the Order of Canada, and several other prestigious awards. He has been described as an unabashed patriot and an exemplary role model, and has been recognised for creating "a broader understanding of the universal values of non-violence, compassion and peace in Canada."
Wednesday May 16th, 2012
A Spring Evening Barbecue with John Acorn
The Nature Nut
Snow Valley, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Jun 20th, 2012
Dr. Glenn Feltham, PhD, LLB, MBA, BS, BA
President of NAIT
"The Role of NAIT in a Booming Alberta"
Followed by the AGM
Dr. Glenn Feltham assumed the role of NAIT's sixth president and CEO on March 1, 2011. His extensive background includes law, taxation and finance, teaching and institutional administration. In addition, owing to a unique family history, he brings to NAIT a keen interest in the role of entrepreneurism in strengthening the Alberta and Canadian economy, as well as a deep appreciation of the value of community.
Some Past Speakers
Senator Tommy Banks OC, "The Arts in Canada"
Dr Herb Belcourt, "Aboriginal Liaison Officer Work"
Dr Paul Byrne, President, MacEwan College
Dr Elizabeth Cannon, "Global Positioning"
Greg Christenson, Christenson Developments, "Sustainable Housing Development Choices for Edmonton"
Dr Ruth Collins-Nakai, Past President, "Canadian Medical Association"
Debbie Coulter, "Canadian History: Untold Native Stories"
Jean Crozier, Author, "She Always Wanted a House on a Hill" - Welsh Immigrants adjust to Farm Life in 1920's Alberta
Dr. Marianne Douglas, Director Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, "Environmental Change in Canada's High Arctic Latitudes: Time for a Canadian Polar Policy"
Lt. Governor Donald S. Ethell, Lt. Governor and Honorary Member
Senator Joyce Fairbairn, "Literacy in Canada"
Major General Ivan Fenton, "Canadian Armed Forces"
Jack Granatstein, "Canadian War Museum"
Maj. Gen. Tim Grant (ret'd), Assistant Deputy Minister, Electricity and Alternative Energy Division, Dept. of Energy, Government of Alberta, "Power and Forces"
Gilles Herbert, Executive Director, The Art Gallery Of Alberta, "Value of an Art Museum in Our City"
Todd Hirsch, Alberta Treasury Branch, "Re-writing the Code: Changing Canada's Economic DNA"
Lois Hole, U of Alberta Chancellor, Lt Gov of Alberta
Gordon Houlden, Director, China Institute, University of Alberta, "Trade with China"
Norbert Kalisch, Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Chile, "Canada/Chile Relations and Canada's Engagement in the Area"
Prof. Tom Keating, "Canada at War in Afghanistan"
Col. Scott Kennedy, CFB Namao, "Resetting the Army, Post Kandahar"
Dr Kevin Keough, CEO, "Alberta Heritage Fund for Medical Research"
David King, "Public School Education - What and Why"
Prof. Andy Knight, Chairman Political Science, University of Alberta, "The United Nations Today"
Khrystyna Kohut (in place of an injured Paul Teterenko), Vice President, "Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta"
Dr Arvind Koshal, "The Mazankowski Heart Institute"
Myrna Kostash, Alberta Author, "A Traveller's Guide to the North Saskatchewan River"
Rabbi David Kunin, "Religion: Solution or Problem?"
Robert Lang, Locksmith and Humorist, "My Memories of Early Edmonton" or "What The Locksmith Learned"
Hon Peter Lougheed, "Canadian Club Centenary"
Lori Louhela, "Working in Partnership for Safer Communities"
Don Lowry, CEO EPCOR, "Epcor: Past, Present, and Future"
Peter McCart, Vice-President, Edmonton Airport Authority, "Edmonton Airport's Update"
John R McDougall, "100 Years of ARC"
Hon Anne McLellan, OC, "Canada's Security"
Dr. Rod Macleod, "University of Alberta - 100 Years"
Debbie Marshall, Author of book on Roberta MacAdams, "First woman MLA in Alberta"
Allan Mayer, Editor-in-Chief, Edmonton Journal, "Changes in the Media World"
Dr. Axel Meisen OC, Chair of Foresight, Alberta Research Council, "Forecasting the Future"
Eric Newell, "Education Outcomes for Aboriginal Peoples"
Sheila O'Kelly, "Triathlon World Cup (Edmonton, July 2011)"
Dr. Allan Offenberger, Alberta Research Council, "Fusion Energy - Contrasting Coal: Fission & Fusion Fuel Systems for Sources"
Karen Percy Lowe, "River Keepers"
Dr Gerry Predy, "Capital Health Authority"
Lieut. Col. (Hon). Solomon Rolingher QC, "Making a Difference in Afghanistan"
Dr Indira Samarasekera, President, U of Alberta
Dr David Schindler, U of A, "Water Issues in Alberta"
Dr Sam Shaw, NAIT, "Education as a Business"
Shaykh Zak Sheikh, "Canadian Islamic Perspective"
Right Honorable Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta
Ed Struzik, "Developments in Canada's North"
Senator Claudette Tardif, University of Alberta and Senate of Canada, "Canada's Way Into the Future"
Dr Lorne Tyrell, U of A Medicine, "Frontiers of Medicine"
Hon Allan Wachowich, Chief Justice of Alberta
Dr Allan A Warrack, U of A Business, "Smart Debt"
