PROBUS CLUB OF NANAIMO NORTH
GUEST SPEAKERS
2023 Upcoming Guest Speakers
January: Stephen Watson, MSc. Land Use Planning (B.C. Hydro Communications Lead John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project)
February: Jane Evans BC Cancer Foundation. Strides made in Cancer research.
March: Sharon Speevak - Elderdog Nanaimo
Past Guest Speakers
Via ZOOM on line virtual Meetings 10am on the Third Thursday of the Month
Guest Speakers for 2020 to 2022 were held by Zoom. (recordings of these speakers on Members side of website)
2022 Guest Speakers
January: Keith Ruthman ( President of Probus Nanaimo North) Canada’s role in Space and his career in that regard.
February: Probus Member Guest Speaker month
Toula Spencer - Johnson - City proposal to Build paved sea wall over Departure Bay shoreline
JohnTownsend - Experience being a child during WW2
Bob Crosby - Tongo Volcanic eruption and detection by Ocean Networks Canada
March: Dr. Adel Guitouni of the UVic Speaker’s Bureau on “Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains with Applications in Health and Agri-food”
June: Lieutenant Colonel Justin Olsen,
Commanding Officer 418 Search and Rescue Squadron
CFB Comox
September: Bob Crosby - National Parks and Other Highlights of Utah and Arizona
October: Laura Kristiansen - lighthearted and entertaining presentation on Commerce and the Classics
November: Evan Arbuckle- Energy Transitions for the Future: Canadian Hydropower Resource Assessment - Understanding the Trade- offs/Economic Impacts of Hydropower and Alternative Energy Sources.
2021 Guest Speakers -
January: Diny Van Beers, walking the iconic Camino del Santiago Trail extending 480 miles / 770 km from Santiago de Compostela, located in Spain's far northwest to St. Jean Pied-du-Port in France
February: Philippe Lucas, VP of Patient Research and Access,
Tilray Pharmaceutical Company: Medical Cannabis in Older Patients, Results from a Canadian National Study of Patients Over 50.
March: Sonia Voicescu from University of Victoria - Butterflies of Southern Vancouver Island
April: Dr. John Willis from the University of Victoria -
The Search for Life in the Universe
May: Barb Riordan Project Co-ordinator of Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society. Connecting communities to their landscape an works with local communities to protect and restore habitat related to salmon including watersheds
June: Mayor Leonard Krog, Nanaimo City Mayor
September: Bob Crosby - Earthquake Early Warning System for BC
October: Dr. David Coupland from Nanaimo Medical Staff Engagement Society an update on their talk last year and how things are progressing with the hospital/medical services in Nanaimo.
November: Violet Hayes, Executive Director Island Crises Care Society – speaking on the challenges and the organization’s work to help our most vulnerable citizens.
2020
November: Bob Crosby, Oceans Networks Canada and the work being done on our oceans floor. VIA ZOOM CLOUD MEETINGS
February: Dr. David Coupland, President, MSA - Nanaimo Medical staff Association Roles and Goals: A Tertiary Hospital at NRGH.
January: Celebrate 2020 with entertainment by the Frogs, Acapella Group
Enjoy Lead Ray Bertram, Bass Ron Dodd, Baritone Roy Sage and our own Tenor Mac Dallman CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW
2019
November: Brian Riddell - Science Advisor, Pacific Salmon Foundation
October: Mike Hooper - President and CEO of the Nanaimo Airport Authority
September: Mike Annan, Executive Director, Vancouver Island Compassion Dogs
June: Darin Guenette - BC Ferries
May: Randy Spensley - BC Kidney Foundation
April: No speaker PNN lunch social
March: Greg Fraser - Vancouver Island University Elder College
February: Pierre Simard - Vancouver Island Symphony
January: Robert Grose - Milner Gardens
2018
November: Bob Crosby - Earthquake Early Warning for B.C
October: Paul Sibley and Cathy Dyck - Nanaimo Community Hospice Society
September: Rachelle Muller – Story Telling (and how to pass them on)
June: Jane Hope - Alzheimer's Society of BC
May: Melissa Tomlinson RDR Emergency Preparedness
April: No speaker PNN lunch social
March: Joanna Hesketh - VIU - Protecting your Privacy Online
February: Steve Williamson - BC Wildlife Photographer
January: Rob Hallam - Habitat for Humanity
2017
November: Tim Palmer North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre
"Bear Facts"
October: Lorne Hildebrand - Nanaimo's Proposed Ocean Discovery Center
September: Isobel MacKenzie from the office of the Seniors Advocate
June: Janice Perrino, CEO of Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
May: Melinda Franklin - National certification as a Diabetes Educator Diabetes management and prevention of complications.
April: No Guest Speaker. Probus Special Event.
March: Nestor Gayowsky _ a career Canadian diplomat and former charge d'affaires of the Canadian embassy in the Ukraine.
February: Tim Schewe - Retired RCMP http://www.drivesmartbc.ca
January: Roger Griffiths - Adventures of 5 Old Mountain Men RETURNS!
2016
November: Michele Hiller - Executive Director of Literacy Central Vancouver Isalnd.
October: Bill Hicks - founder Bill's Place (cancelled due to illness)
September: Tracy Samra - Nanaimo Chief Administrative Officer
June: Roger Griffiths - Adventures of 5 Old Mountain Men
May: Peter Sinclair - Executive Director, Loaves and Fishes
April: Bernie Dumas - President and CEO, Nanaimo Port Authority
March: Toni O’Keeffe -Vancouver Island Health Authority
February: Edward Goodfellow - "Investing is just Math and Psychology"
January: Giselle Roeder - member and author - "My life in 3 Germanys"
2015
November: Bill McKay - Mayor City of Nanaimo
October: Margaret Hosfield and Ian Kennedy - Authors Tofino and
Clayoquot Sound history
September: Jamie Morgan - Hearing Education Outreach Program
June: Member Show and Tell
May: Darcy O'Toole - Pharmacist Memorial Medicine Center
April: Kim Smythe - CEO Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce
March: Steve Warren - Nanaimo Public Library
February: Katia Langton - Certified Pedorthist Canadian Diabetes Rep
January: Umish Lal - Nanaimo Fire Prevention Officer
2014
November: Anne Sison - Professional Falconer with Eddie the Eagle
October: Mark Costales - Johnson Medical Ins and Medoc Prestige travel
September: Teresa Ludvigson and Traci Higgins - Habitat for Humanity
June: Arthur Black - Author, Humorist, Writer, Broadcaster
May: David Minto - BC Salmon Farmers Association
April: Jeff Lott and Gerald Laport - BC Summer Games
March: John R. Manning - Lawyer Estate Planning
February: Judy Hancock - Nanaimo Hospice
2013
November: John Gillham, Wally Roth, and Barry Tucker - Photography
October: Rosemarie Davenport - NI Wildlife Recovery Centre
September: Constable Gary O'Brian RCMP
June: Gord Bibby Oak Tree Manor
May: Melanie Craik - BCAA travel insurance
April: Lisa Holloway VIHA Home Care and Residential Services
January: Judi Malcolm Bethlehem Retreat Centre
