Scrapbook: Activities, events and news of Wednesday Night
Upcoming events
26 January
6:30 - 8:00PM
Book launch for Cleo Paskal’s “Global Warring”
Paragraphe Bookstore 2220 McGill College
16 December 5-8PM
Robert Gervais and a few colleagues “will be slinging drinks in order to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis and I was hoping you would join us. We will be the bartenders for a 5 à 8 at Ye Olde Orchard Pub, 1189 de la Montagne. There is No entry cost and a portion of the sales and all our tips will be donated to MS.”
7 December
Ron Meisels writes: I was also invited to make a presentation in Cairo.
Please see the actual (and unbelievably great) invitation.
3 December 5:30 - 7:30 PM Book launch
Slow Death by Rubber Duck
How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
Nicholas Hoare, 1366 Greene Ave., Westmount
Welcome back, Jim Kinnear
(Globe & Mail) Step back into the spotlight, Jim Kinnear.
When last seen in early September, Mr. Kinnear was leaving CEO job at Pengrowth Energy Trust, departing from a company he co-founded in 1988 and built into one of the largest players in its field. Pengrowth currently sports a $2.9-billion market capitalization.
Now Mr. Kinnear is back with a three-person private company called Kinnear Financial, which is in turn affiliated with a private energy financing concern called Caledonian Royalty Corp. It was Caledonian on the other side of the royalty deal that helped rebuild Compton’s balance sheet.
Nov. 26, 6 - 8 PM Book launch
Mackay L. Smith’s fifth self-published beautiful book, Memories and Profiles of McGill University, profiles 141 buildings the university owns or leases on its downtown campus.
22 - 26 November (For our B.C. friends and Wednesday Nighters)
A Story with Two Ends
Award-winning Canadian authors Andrew Nikiforuk and Ian McAllister embark on speaking tour highlighting how Alberta Tar Sands developments are set to collide with BC’s remarkable coastline.
14-25 November
Gallery West End, 1358 Greene Avenue
Sam Totah writes: There are some paintings by your /our good friend the departed Harry Mayerovitch… You would want to see them… I always had a connection to this wonderful man and miss his spirit of humanity (as do we all!)
Wednesday, 18 November
The Fraser Institute presents
Accommodements des signes religieux dans les institutions publiques, est-ce vraiment raisonnable? / Multiculturalism and displays of religious symbols: Is there a concern?
Me Julius Grey, Partenaire sénior, Grey Casgrain and Djemila Benhabib, Auteure de «Ma vie à contre - Coran» Information & Registration
Thursday, 12 November, Friday 13 November
World premiere of John Curtin’s latest documentary film (see promo)
After Elizabeth II: Monarchy in Peril airs on CBC Thursday November 12 at 8 pm and on Newsworld on November 13, at 10 pm.
Saturday, 7 November
7:30 pm Lakeside Heights Baptist Church
Susanna Eyton-Jones In Concert
Evening of Chamber Music,More
29 October
Richard McConomy appointed to the Panel of Experts of the Language Rights Support Program (LRSP). Announcement ; Quebec Community Groups Network Press Release
22 October
Great interview with Linda Naiman in the Globe & Mail
8 October
Les Éditions Hurtubise ont le plaisir de vous inviter au lancement du livre:
Où sont les vins ? Le problème de la distribution du vin au Québec
par Frédéric Laurin
and
Nicholas Hoare Books & Dundurn Press
Join us as we celebrate the launch of
A.Y. JACKSON: THE LIFE OF A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
by Wayne Larsen
4 October
Hans Black advises that on Sunday, October 4th, at 4PM the McGill Chamber Orchestra’s Opening Concert presents the celebrated Klezmer ensemble Kleztory for an afternoon of uplifting Central European “Freilichkeit” (Joy!) melodies in special arrangements for Kleztory and chamber orchestra.
20 August
Pierre Trudeau as a comics writer?
It’s the greatest comics collection of all time: even the former PM wanted to contribute
The oh-so-’60s tale of Michel Choquette and The Someday Funnies—the monumental comics collection that never happened (yet)—is one of the fabled hangovers of the 20th century’s most culturally tumultuous decade. For seven years in the 1970s Choquette, an exceedingly well-connected young Quebecer—Pierre Trudeau was a family friend—roamed the world on publishers’ advances and his own dime, gathering material for nothing less than a history of the previous decade in graphics form.
14 August
Student and graduate team up to bring debate championship to CEGEP level 
It’s something on which champion debaters second-year student Julia Deutsch and Kartik Sameer Madiraju ’08 agree: Marianopolis College becoming the first CEGEP to host the prestigious Central Novice Debating Championships is a good thing. Thanks to their hard work, the Marianopolis College Debating Society and the McGill University Debating Union have received the honour of co-hosting the 2009 edition of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate’s championships. Each year, the non-profit tournament brings together hundreds of debaters from across Canada. Every year, a new venue is selected.
22 July
Lili Bermuda, the perfumery owned by two Wednesday Nighters, Isabelle Ramsay and Kirby Brackstone, has just launched three new fragrances - Somers, Petals, South Water - in honour of Bermuda’s 400th birthday
Congratulations to Alex Weinstein.
In recognition of his outstanding qualifications, Alex has just received a 5-year merit appointment to the Standing Committee on Building Structures and Egress of the NRC’s Institute for Research in Construction.
8 July
Is There More Than One Path To Globalization?
By Karl Moore and David C. Lewis
Karl Moore, a business professor at McGill University, and David Lewis, a historian, examine the history of international business in “The Origins of Globalization.” Despite the digital ties that bind the world like never before, regional geography still determines many economic decisions, they argue.
28 June
Helen Fotopulos will run in the Côte-des-Neiges district for team Tremblay-Applebaum
And sister Natasha, her Campaign Manager, writes:
If you’re available on Monday evening [June 29] we’d love to see you at the Nominating Convention to cheer [Helen] the Candidate.
25 May
Felix von Geyer will be teaching a course on Energy, Power and Security next semester at Concordia
12 May
Hans Black OWN, Chair of the MCO and his wife, Janet can be justifiably proud of the McGill Chamber Orchestra Gala evening on May 11 at Place des Arts, starring soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, arguably the greatest Verdi soprano today, performing for the first time with the McGill Chamber Orchestra conducted by Artistic Director Boris Brott. As promised, it was an unforgettable evening of great arias and overtures by Verdi, Puccini, Dvorak, Johanne Strauss.
11 May
Frank Kruzich has been selected to become a CIM Fellow. Established in 1986, the award recognizes members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the mining, metallurgical and petroleum industries. The Awards Gala was held on May 1 at the Metro Toronto Conference Centre.
8 May
(The Metropolitain) We are very happy to announce that Alan Hustak has joined The Met as creative editor. Alan is one of Canada`s most respected journalists and writers. He has broad experience in both electronic and print media. Until recently he was a senior reporter at The Gazette. He has also been a correspondent for CTV News in several Canadian cities. Alan is one of Canada`s best known biographers. His works have met with critical as well as commercial success. His latest was on William Hingston. Alan`s debut with us is an exclusive interview with legendary writer Mavis Gallant.
6 May
Former Parti Québecois premier Pierre Marc Johnson will represent Quebec in Canada-European Union trade talks.
Johnson will not be at the bargaining table but he will consult with Canada’s negotiating team. Premier Jean Charest made the announcement Wednesday in Quebec City, while Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Prague for the official start of the process, aimed at establishing a bilateral economic partnership to ease trade restrictions and manpower mobility between Canada and the 27-country European Union.
Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 – Michel Kelly-Gagnon receives a Canada-wide award
Montreal, May 01, 2009 - Michel Kelly-Gagnon, president and chief executive of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), is one of six people from Quebec honoured in the Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ awards. The winners were chosen from among 1,100 nominees by an independent selection committee made up of 25 leaders from the business world across Canada. The selection criteria were: vision and leadership, innovation and results, impact, community commitment, and business strategy.
Community activist wins Vice-Presidency of Liberal Party of Canada
By Beryl Wajsman
Montreal community activist and Robinson, Sheppard, Shapiro family law specialist Brigitte Garceau won election last weekend as Vice-President (Francophone) of the Liberal Party of Canada at its Vancouver convention. The Beaconsfield resident organized a campaign worthy of leading political strategist Warren Kinsella. The title of one of his books, Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics, could well describe the successful run she made. (Campaign photo: Robert Galbraith)
30 April -2 May 2009
Liberal Party of Canada Convention
Wednesday Nighter Brigitte Garceau is running for Vice-President (Francophone) of the Liberal Party of Canada Brigitte’s website
22-26 April
Blue Met Festival
Founder Linda Leith has published a new book
“Marrying Hungary“.
See also A Woman of Words in Westmount Examiner
15 -16 April
UN Deputy Secretary General and Jeffrey Sachs at McGill
The Sauvé Scholars Foundation is proud to announce our co-sponsorship with the McGill Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) (formerly the McGill Center for Developing-area studies (CDAS) ) of two public lectures in Montreal by distinguished speakers: UN Deputy Secretary General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University.
15 - 16 April
MGH Auxiliary spring art fundraiser
Yvonne Mass is co-chair of the event to which many friends, including Gertrude Barwick and Nancy Lydon, contribute their works. The exhibition runs from April 15 to 16, 9 am to 5 pm in the hospital’s Livingston Hall Lounge (1650 Cedar Ave., 6th floor).
All proceeds will be used to purchase portable ECGmachines. 14 April - Vernissage ($25) from 5 to 9 pm
Karl Moore’s new book, The Origins of Globalization, published by Routledge and released this month, is a time-travel romp through ancient times. It is a great adventure – and profoundly instructive of the way the world works.
Contrasting the Great Crash of 2008 with the Great Crash of 1788 BC, Desautels Faculty of Management professor Karl Moore and David Lewis (Cal State, Long Beach) combine archeology, history, religion and economics with the theory and practice of the modern multinational corporation to tell a compelling tale that appears never before to have been told. The Globe and Mail
15 February
Finally…it’s here!
Maurie Marwood’s book, Professional Nomad, is off the press and available for sale. You can order through the website www.trafford.com/08-0776, or by email at orders@trafford.com, or by phone 1-888-232-4444 (USA and Canada).
14 February
Holly Jonas proposes a musical celebration of Valentine’s Day
Gala Fundraiser for La Scena Musicale
Three of Montreal’s top choirs support La Scena Musicale in Valentine’s Benefit Concert
Scena Musicale
9 February
Launch and book signing of Right Relationship by Peter Brown and Geoffrey Garver at Paragraphe Bookstore 6:30 pm, 2220 McGill College Avenue — Gazette review of Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy and More raves about the book
Andy Nulman’s new book “Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Profiting From The Power of Surprise,” released by John Wiley and Sons. It’s a non-fiction/business title about harnessing the power of the unexpected.
Michel Kelly-Gagnon resumes leadership of the MEI
25 January
A most welcome message from a Voice From The Past, Maurice Marwood
“It has now been determined that my current assignment will be finished on May 1, 2009. We have accomplished what I came here [Taiwan] to do: the turnaround of Capital Machinery Limited is completed and the business has experienced 5 years of consistent growth in sales, profit and market share. In fact, Caterpillar is now the market leader—the first time in its 50-plus year history in
Wishing you all a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year in the Chinese year of the Ox!
*My book, Professional Nomad: Adventures of a Business Executive in the Global Community is scheduled to be released soon. It is a candid memoir of my on-the-job successes, failures and frustrations, intertwined with recollections of personal adventures, alongside reflections on ethics, morality, spirituality and the epidemic of mysticism that destroys the lives of so many. It can be ordered online or by email , but wait until it becomes available near the end of February—I will send you an email. Eventually, it will be available online through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., and who knows, maybe even from an actual book store!
19 January
Premiere of Fly Me to the Moon: Fateful Attraction, a documentary about our long and intriguing relationship with our closest neighbour in the sky. The film, by John Curtin, will be screened in HD at the Cinématheque Québecoise .
18 January
Calculating the hot air of Obamafest Green website lets inauguration pilgrims tote up carbon effects
Bert Revenaz OWN launches the Obama Inauguration carbon calculator on his Ecometrica website
13 January
The Harry Gulkin Schoolhouse in Thailand
10 January
Benjamin (Benjie) Higgins R.I.P.
Passionate artist, scholar and gymnast. Beloved husband of Elizabeth Leslie and father of Kellina. Cherished brother of Holly (John Jonas), Tory (Robin), and Ean.
5 January 2009
Rob Wright, Canada’s Deputy Minister of Finance, announced the appointment of Chris Ragan as the 2009-2010 Clifford Clark Visiting Economist in the Department of Finance, effective Jan. 5, 2009.
Donald Barwick R.I.P.
Bon vivant was a magnetic charmer and great cook
‘He would talk up anybody, and if you happened to be an elegant woman, so much the better’ and more
19 December 2008
W. Mark Felt, Watergate Deep Throat, Dies at 95
November 2008
Hanna Zowell (Deutsch)’s research published for the first time in the New England Journal of Medicine: Cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery for treatment of uterine fibroids.
October 2008
The Conference Board of Canada has published Canada’s Pathways Toward Global Innovation Success: Report of the Leaders’ Panel on Innovation-Based Commerce, Conference Board of Canada, Report by Guy Stanley
2 October
Stars give of themselves for “Cassandra’s Lilacs” concert
Jazz great Ranée Lee is the latest performer to join the star-studded line-up for the “Cassandra`s Lilacs” Gentle the Condition concert to be held Oct. 2 at 7.30 p.m. at Théâtre St. Denis. The concert is being staged by the Garceau Foundation in co-operation with the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal. It will benefit three Montreal charities that are in the forefront on issues of health, hunger and homelessness.
20 September 2008
To Hell with manners, John Curtin’s latest film, aired on CTV. He writes “drew an average audience of 619,000 for the hour and was the highest rated show on CTV for the whole of Saturday evening and, I believe, the best-rated program on any channel in Canada that day.”
4 September 2008
Jeremy Searle opens London Bus Café
1 May
The Métropolitain - Beryl Wajsman’s new bi-weekly bilingual, limited circulation publication biweekly launched
26 April 2008
Octet Plus Spring Concert performance — The choir includes David Oliver and Holly Jonas.
15 April
Hans and Janet Black co-chaired the very successful McGill Chamber Orchestra’s gala evening at Théâtre Maisonneuve . The performance by 13-year old pianist Jan Lisiecki under the affectionate direction of Boris Brott was brilliant and the entire evening was a triumph.
20 March 2008
Holly Jonas OWN launches an 8-part series “A Magic Carpet Ride in Search of Canada’s Choral Best”, a prime time (8pm) radio series on CJMQ FM
1 December 2007
Guy Stanley OWN was recently named to the post of Director, Technology and Innovation, at the Conference Board of Canada.
29 November 2007
David Rubinger’s third eye
In his memoirs, Israel Through My Lens, the dean of Israeli photo-journalists describes walking home camera-less one day in 1947 and witnessing a British Mandatory building being blown up by the Irgun. “Since then I have never left home, not even once, without taking my camera.”
15 October
John Curtin wins Gemini for Dangerous When Provoked: The Life & Times of Terry Mosher
4 October
John Curtin’s film A Song for Africa is one of the 2007 recipients of the Deborah Fletcher Award of Excellence in Film making on International Development
