YTD Speakers: September 2024
Brian Freestone (speakers@nbprobus.org) is our club’s interim Speakers Committee Chair and welcomes member suggestions (and help!) to find and schedule speakers on a range of compelling, entertaining, educational & current topics. The table below shows speakers we have had the pleasure of hosting at our General Meetings this year.
Sept. 20 Dr. Mel Vincent, B.A.Sc., M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P.(C),
Director of Psychiatric Services at EHN Edgewood Nanaimo, “Addictions: Causes and Solutions.”
Aug. 16 Dr. Marlea Clarke, Associate Professor Political Science, University of Victoria, “The Dirty Side of the Clothing Industry: Is Fast Fashion Sustainable?”
June 21 Gary Anaka, Brain Wellness Motivational Speaker and Brain Based Learning Specialist, “Taking Care of Your Brain”
May 17 Dr. Mark Williams, Professor of Political and Global Studies, VIU
“Canada and the Crumbling of the Rules-Based International Order“
April 19 Onnig Cavoukian, “The World of Portrait Photography”
Mar. 15 Pamela May-Straka, President, “Oceanside Classical Concerts”
Feb. 16 Peter Kawerau, Owner/operator of Mid Island Computer Enterprises (MICE) Ltd., “Adventures in Computing”
Jan. 19 Darrell Robertson, VP Probus Club of Nanoose Bay, The Road to Riches, Canada’s Northwest Territories
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 2023 DATE | SPEAKER | PROFESSION/AFFILIATION | TOPIC |
| Jan. 20 | Marilynne Manning | VP/Concerned Citizens of Bayne Sound Society (CCOBS) | Ship-Breaking in Baynes Sound |
| Feb. 17 | Glen Stedham & Wilfrid World | Friends of Rails to Trails VI (FORT) | Rail Trail Opportunities on VI’s E&N lines |
| Mar.17 | Andrew Bury, KC | Law | Walking Across NA on the Continental Trail from Mexico to AB |
| April 21 | Ken Lee | IT, communications & technology | Understanding Marshall McLuhan |
| May 19 | Jacques Marc FRCGS | Writer, underwater archaeologist | Historic Shipwrecks of the Southern Gulf Islands |
| June 16 | Graham Farstad MCIP | Member, Probus Club of Nanoose Bay; Principal, The Arlington Group | Adventure in Costa Rica |
| July | none | Annual Summer Picnic | fun outside |
| Aug. 18 | Commander Craig Piccolo | Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental & Test Ranges (CFMETR) | Unmasking the Mystique of CFMETR |
| Sept. 15 | Cheryl Alexander | Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Author, filmaker |
Takaya, the Lone Wolf |
| Oct. 20 | Alli Roberts | Biologist | BC Parks Foundation |
| Nov. 24 | Jos Krynen | Board member of the World Cetacean Alliance and owner of Eagle Eye Adventures, | The Magic of the West Coast: oceans and the incredible life within them |
| December | none | Annual Christmas Party | holiday cheer |
for 2022 Speakers, click here
