CFUW Kanata - History Group

History Group

The History Group welcomes members who enjoy looking at historical perspectives to help them understand current issues. An interesting array of guest speakers, discussing Canadian, European, Jewish and Art History, is planned for Sept. 2022 to May, 2023.

Meetings are on the Third Wed. of the month between 10am and Noon via zoom. A $30 honorarium is given to the CFUW-K Scholarship Fund as a thank you gift, on behalf of each guest speaker. Members pay a $25.00 fee to cover expenses.

Please contact the Convenor for further details and to join the group.

Your enthusiasm to learn historical facts keeps this group alive.

DATE	TOPIC	SPEAKER	CONTACT
Sept 21	History of Ukraine CANCELLED	Prof. D. Arel, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Ukrainian Studies, Univ. of Ottawa	Cathie Faubert
Oct 19	Archival Research at Library and Archives Canada	Rebecca Murray - Senior Archivist in Reference Services	Dianne Dodd
Nov 16	"Bauhaus and the White City of Tel Aviv"	Ian Ferguson Art Historian	Dianne Dodd
Dec 14	Pierre-Esprit Radisson, founder of Hudson Bay Company CANCELLED	Mark Bourrie, Canadian Journalist, Author of BUSH RUNNER and Prof. at History Dept., Carleton Univ	Cathie Faubert
Jan 18	The Exploits of Col. Joe Boyle, The Last D'Artangan	James Powell, Director of the Historical Society of Ottawa.Author of the Blog "Today in Ottawa’s History".	Dianne Dodd
Feb 15	Black History Month Highlighting Canadian Black Female Role Models	Gwyn Chapman President of the Canadian Black Caucus Office of Mayor of Toronto	Cathie Faubert
Mar 15	The Franklin Expedition	Flora Davidson, Marine Conservator, formerly of Parks Canada.	Dianne Dodd
Apr 19	What does it mean to be a Stage Manager at the Stratford Festival ?	Nora Polley, Stage Manager , Stratford Festival	Dianne Dodd
May 17	Uprooted, How 3,000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight	Lyn Julius, British Journalist, Author, Historian and founder of HARIFF.	Cathie Faubert