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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 late 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. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1966
November 20, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1966

November 19 is the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 156 years ago,  one of the most insp ...

Wednesday Night #1965
November 13, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1965

11 November – Remembrance Day – was filled with touching stories of the sung and unsung heroes of recent and ...

Wednesday Night #1964
November 6, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1964

The past week has been a worthy lead-up to Tuesday, 5 November when we remembered -if not celebrated- Guy Fawkes Day and ...

Wednesday Night #1963
October 30, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1963

On the eve of Hallowe’en, the real world seems scarier, more full of goblins and evil spirits than ever – or ...

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 ...