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The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Since Herb was no longer up to the task, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1962
October 23, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1962

We have survived the 2019 election campaign, although emerging somewhat battered by the resurgence of the Bloc and the o ...

Wednesday Night #1961
October 16, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1961

I am back in our traditional WN home of Montreal after an exhilarating experience of hosting Wednesday Night @ Pearson C ...

Wednesday Night #1960 at Pearson College UWC
October 9, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1960 at Pearson College UWC

Wednesday Night Salon/Wednesday Night @ Pearson Behind the Wednesday Night Salon weekly invitations lie years, weeks and ...

Wednesday Night #1959 with Alan Hustak & Peter Berezin
October 2, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1959 with Alan Hustak & Peter Berezin

Shanah Tovah to all our Jewish friends! Featured this week – authors, global economy/governance, politics We are delig ...

Wednesday Night #1958
September 25, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1958

The dominant story of the week (until late Tuesday afternoon) has been Climate change/crisis/action moving from the worl ...

Wednesday Night #1957
September 18, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1957

15 September was the 50th anniversary of the tabling of the Partners in Development: Report of the Commission on Interna ...

Wednesday Night #1956
September 11, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1956

9/11 already 18 years ago. As always, there are many poignant articles and editorials. The opinion piece by Omer Aziz &# ...

Wednesday Night #1955
September 4, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1955

[The] test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still ...

Wednesday Night #1954
August 28, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1954

The world – and host country France – appear to have survived the 2019 G7 Summit relatively unscathed. Both ...

Wednesday Night #1953
August 21, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1953

August 23, 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of ...

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