Come out to the General Meeting on June 5 to learn more about Ground Search and Rescue in the potentially treacherous and often unforgiving environment of Vancouver Island. Ken Neden is the SAR Manager of the Arrowsmith Search and Rescue Organization. Arrowsmith SAR is responsible for ground and inland water SAR in the Oceanside area.…
William Litchfield is the Associate Vice President, Development for Vancouver Island with the BC Cancer Foundation, where he leads fundraising for the new BC Cancer Centre in Nanaimo as well as the Gift and Estate Planning team for the Province. His background spans international development across South America and Africa and senior leadership roles at…
Join us at the General Meeting on July 3 when Dan Levitt, BC Seniors Advocate, will be sharing his knowledge and perspective on seniors issues. There will also be a generous time allowance for questions and answers. Dan Levitt has tirelessly championed the rights of seniors for 30 years at the local, provincial, national and…
“To Be? Or Not To Be?”A presentation on Artificial Intelligence by Dr. Joanna Hesketh Once upon a time, not long ago in what we now call the pre-digital era, new discoveries or current events fed conversations and rumours. Newspapers, local radio stations even townhall meetings informed what was quaintly called the ‘talk of the town’.…
On March 6, 2026, Rob Wager spoke to us about Genetically Modified Foods. Rob has been a Member of the Biology Department at VIU since 1995. His specialty has been in biochemistry and molecular biology. He is now an independent consultant involved with Genetically Modified Foods, with an emphasis on public education. Rob certainly gave us an…
Our two February 6 speakers were Lissa Alexander (below left), SOS Communications Manager, and Sarah Costen (below right), Volunteer Relations Coordinator. Our speakers in February brought us information on an important and historical non-profit in our community, that is, the SOS (Society of Organized Services). It was started in 1968 by three local women who…