Wednesday-Night

OWNership and the Group of Seven
Under the skillful direction of Peter Trent OWN, the senior member of the Order of Wednesday Night, the Committee of the Whole (all members in good standing) has carefully scrutinized nominations, consulted and submitted to the Chairman and Leader of the Opposition (Mouse) the names of […]

In recognition of your role as Wednesday Night’s wise and practical advocate of the under-represented and New Democrats, reminding all of values that outweigh those of the markets; your perceptive relating of spiritual issues to the often materialistic topics of the evening; and remarkable ability to temper or interpret the more immoderate discourse […]

Dr. Judith Patterson, fondly known to Wednesday Night as “Judy Geologist”, is an associate professor in Geology at Concordia University in Montreal.
Her academic training is in the Geological Sciences, with degrees from Queen’s University (B.Sc. Hons.), University of Calgary (M.Sc.), and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Ph.D.).
Dr. Patterson’s area of research is modern environments, in particular […]

Whereas, with the approval of the assembly of Wednesday Night Wise Persons, we are pleased to appoint you honorable recipient of the Order of Wednesday Night
In recognition of your consistent efforts to encourage and develop creative technological and scientific endeavors, your commitment to excellence, and the consistently high level of information, experience and intellectual […]

Whereas, with the approval of the assembly of Wednesday Night Wise Persons, we are pleased to appoint you honorable recipient of the Order of Wednesday Night
In recognition of the many years of quiet wisdom and knowledgeable interventions on a range of legal and financial topics; your serene assumption of the role of doyenne as events […]

Professor Judith Patterson

In recognition of your unwavering commitment to presenting irrefutable science-based arguments in the face of the declarations of determined Luddites; your cheerful persistence in explaining that Water is not an inexhaustible resource, and your devotion to improving the geological and environmental conscience of Wednesday Night
By these presents we do appoint you Honoured […]

Ron Meisels, founder and president of Phases & Cycles, […]

In recognition of your devotion to the fundamental concept of Wednesday Night since the outset, despite your unwavering adherence to the tenets of Kondratieff; your valued contributions to the market knowledge of the assembled believers and non-believers; and your charting of the cyclical patterns of discourse
By these presents we do appoint you Honoured Companion and […]

18 January 2006
In case you haven’t noticed, we have an election looming. The campaign has not been pretty. We were bored before the holidays, unhappy with having our Christmas cheer interrupted by the clamour of politicians asking for our votes. As the ever-eloquent Rex Murphy put it: “Nothing so depresses a good seasonal carouse as […]

In recognition of your consistently intelligent commentary on the world economy, generous sharing of your unique insight into the behaviour of the American government and people, and your willingness to assume the role of ‘Mr. President’ with humour and considerable perspicacity
By these presents we do appoint you Honored Companion and Honorary ‘Mr.
President’ of said […]