Meetings and Speakers
The Probus club holds regular monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of the month with the exception of December when the monthly meeting is replaced by the Club's Christmas Luncheon. See the past and upcoming Speakers below. Guests are welcome, please use the enquiry form below to request access to the next meeting.
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Meetings are held at the Rotary fieldhouse, See the Contact page for directions.
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For a summary of past Speaker presentations see the monthly newsletter
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
LYLE CHASE
My sailing adventures around the world
Join our own Probus WRSS Member Lyle Chase as he describes his trials and tribulations sailing around the world
august 14, 2024
Dr Tammara Soma
A Sustainable Food Supply for all
Dr Soma is an Assistant Professor at SFU. Her Food Systems Lab is a research and innovation hub at Simon Fraser University
JuLY 10, 2024
Robb Lucy
"The Legacy Coach"
Robb shows how to create legacies tiny to large, and tell their stories.
June 12, 2024
Connie Jorsvik
"Navigating BC Healthcare System"
Connie has supported hundreds of patients, and their care partners, in their journeys through serious and complex illness, and end of life
may 8, 2024
paul budra
"Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare"
Paul is Professor of English at SFU. He has published seven books and numerous articles on Renaissance literature and contemporary popular culture.
April 10, 2024
Rachel Jordan
AUDIOLOGIST
Rachael is passionate about helping people hear better and cope with hearing loss.
march 13, 2024
Tanya Lyn Werke
power of attorney
Tanya Lyn Werk has been a Financial Planner, focused on Estates, for more than 20 years. She will be explaining the need and options for Power of Attorney documents.
february 7, 2024
John Ritchie
BC Hydro and Site "C" Dam
John served on the Board of Directors of BC Hydro, will outline the need for the project as seen in 2014 and today, and will summarize progress of project construction.
january 17, 2024
bill jones
lonliness
Loneliness, a human condition which Bill will help the audience understand
december 13, 2023
2023 Christmas Lunch
singles or with partners welcome
Christmas luncheon at the "Hills of Portal" Golf Club
Member and 1 Guest invited (ticket sales close when the maximum is hit or on Nov 29th)
november 8, 2023
Percy Smith
Experiences from ww ii
At age 100 Percy has the perspective of having lived through WW II and the Burma campaign
october 11, 2023
avalon tournier
From the Alzheimer society of bc
Avalon has been the Support and Education Coordinator with the Alzheimer Society of BC for 24 years
September 13, 2023
alfred penz
author of "the Boys War"
Born in Vienna in 1929, emigrated to Canada in 1956 where he operated a Graphic Design and Marketing Business
A chance to learn about WW II from Alfred's perspective
AUGUST 9, 2023
JoAnne Marlow
“Dialogue Between The Decades”
(Intergenerational Communication)
How to Learn from Each Generation’s Experiences to
Create Trust, Respect, and Friendship
JuLy 12, 2023
MICHAEL KOUZNETSOFF
"UNRAVELING THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION - BLOCKCHAIN"
Exhilarating journey into the future as we decipher the Blockchain technology (that you may refer to as bitcoin/ethereum, NFT, small contracts, DeFi)
June 14, 2023
MARK HUI
Topic:How money works
Money is an interesting subject since we work hard for our money but is our money working hard for you. We have the myth that money is complicated and hard but today we are going to cover concepts that are easy and strategies that you can take home and implement by yourself or with our help.
May 10, 2023
Rob MacWilliam
Stress Reductions for Seniors Using Computers at Home "To click or not to click" a review of how to recognize which emails are "fake"
April 12 2023
Graham Best
Memory improvement for Seniors
March 8 2023
Annual General
Meeting
SPEAKER: Ashley Gowanlock, Paralympic athlete
February 8 2023
Dr. Kieron McConnell
Gang crime in Vancouver
January 11 2022
Joslyn Young
Manager External Relations, Port of Vancouver Authority
December 14 2022
Christmas Lunch
Christmas Luncheon at Hazelmere Golf Course $50 per person Member and 1 Guest invited
November 9 2022
Remembrance day
The November Meeting will celebrate the sacrifices of our Veterans.
OCTOBER 12 2022
Seán Hernández Cummings
Provincial Film Commission, Location and Data Consultant
September 14 2022
Jack Hayes
Dept. Head of the History Faculty at KPU
August 10 2022
Tim Burrows
Speaker and Board Member Electric Vehicle Society
July 13 2022
Tom Zytaruk
Local News Journalist, Commentator and Author
May 11 2022
Meeting Cancelled
April 13 2022
Laurie White
RCMP Officer Wounded in the line of Duty
March 9 2022
Club AGM
No speaker
February 9 2022
Peter Mansbridge
The longtime CBC Host of the National. Peter has written a new book: “Off The Record”
January 12 2022
Chief Norm Lipinski
There has been a lot of controversy about the transition to a new police service from the RCMP but it is almost certain to be a reality going forward.
November 10 2021
Remembrance day
The November Meeting will celebrate the sacrifices of our Veterans.
June 8 2022
Geoff Mynett
Author & Lawyer
October 13 2021
Member recognition
Our first in person meeting since April 2020
September 8 2021
Aroon Shah
Our own Aroon Shah is an expert in Empoyee Advocacy
August 11 2021
Norm MacLeod
Norm is White Rock Deputy Fire Chief
July 14 2021
George Garrett
John Buis is no longer available to present to the Club and George speak about past experiences
June 9 2021
Nadine Sands
Nadine is an author of 2 books - Hold On, Let Go: Facing ALS With Courage and Hope & High & Wide: When Grief and Love Collide.
May 12 2021
Linda Annis
Linda Annis is Executive Director of the Metro Vancouver Crimestoppers and will speak about the work of Crimestoppers in assisting police to solve crimes.
April 14 2021
Mark Bulgutch
Mark co-author of "Extraordinary Canadians” with Peter Mansbridge. He is an outstanding CBC producer.
March 10 2021
Baden Smith
Baden is Director of Information Security for the Save On Foods stores
February 10 2021
Glenda Standeven
Glenda is a is a cancer survivor, humorous inspirational speaker and author
January 13 2021
Dick Drew
Dick is a retired broadcaster and author who has written about Canadian Achievers.
December 9 2020
Andy Chan
Andy is a Sales Associate at Oceana Parc an independent living retirement community in White Rock
November 11 2020
Remembrance day
The November Meeting will celebrate the sacrifices of our Veterans.
OCOTBER 14 2020
kRISTI bLAKEWAY
– Compassionate teacher and author Kristi Blakeway Author of “Beyond Hello”
September 9, 2020
JOhn Daly
BC Stories He has covered and Fake News
august 12, 2020
Jeremy Gellis
Investment Fraud
July 8, 2020
Dr. Dan Kalla
Pandemics Then and Now
June 10, 2020
Mr. Justice Wally OPpal
Policing and Community Safety