“Pursuits,” a non-profit group based in Midland, Ontario, will feature a visit from Ted Barris on April 8, 2013. Ted Barris has been invited to deliver one of his most sought-after talks – his recounting of the “Victory at Vimy.” It’s a unique telling of the famous WWI battle at Vimy Ridge, that, he says, gave birth to Canada’s nationhood. Barris will offer insights and images gleaned from some of the individual accounts – old interviews, memoirs, letters and diaries of the Canadian Corps troops – he assembled in the research/writing of his book “Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917.”Copies of a number of Ted’s books will be on hand for sale and autographing.

When: 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 8, 2013.

Where: Midland Public Library, Midland, Ontario

Contact: Jennifer Lawton, 705-245-0202, jennyhillstudio@gmail.com

As part of its fall 2013 program, entitled “Beaverton 100 Years, 100 Stories,” Ted Barris speak at the Brock Township Public Library in Beaverton, Ontario, on Thursday, October 24, 2013. For this special occasion, Ted brings a talk and visual presentation about his brand new book, The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hollywood blockbuster movie The Great Escape, (with Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, etc.). But as Ted will demonstrate from his book, the most famous WWII POW escape was not a story of British heroes and Yankee know-how. The Great Escape was very much a story of Canadian leadership and courage. It’s more exciting than the Hollywood movie. And it’s all true!.

When: 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013.

Where: Beaverton Public Library, Beaverton, Ontario.

Contact: Vicki Bruce, 705-426-9283, vickibruce@brocklibraries.ca

From Canadian war veterans to Holocaust survivors, and from victims of Canada’s Residential School system to the aftermath of sexual assaults… journalists play a key role in shedding light on the traumas of the past and present. Through interviews with the people who witnessed them first hand, journalists help bring these important experiences and stories to the public. On Tuesday, November 20, Ted Barris joins a distinguished panel of journalists, researchers, and writers for a public workshop and discussion on how to interview survivors. The other panellists include: Carol Ann Davidson, broadcast journalist, Holocaust survivor interviewer with the Azrieli Foundation; Katerie Akiwenzi-Damm, Anishnaabe writer and contributor to “Speaking My Truth” with the story of Garnet Angeconeb’s residential school experience; Andrea Litvack, Director, MSW Program, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. The moderator will be Esther Enkin, CBC News.

Where: Oakham House, Ryerson University

When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012.

Contact: Ellin Bessner, 416-289-5000 X8826, ebessner@centennialcollege.ca

In 2007, Ted Barris teamed up with the full Karen Schuessler choir in London to present an evening of choral music and readings on the subject of war and peace. The event proved so successful, that Karen and Ted plan to collaborate again at 8 p.m., on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at the Wesley-Knox United Church in South London. This time the theme of music and readings will be “peacekeepers.” The evening will be filled with the moving music of the Karen Schuessler Singers and stories of visuals from some of Ted Barris’s numerous books about Canadians in wartime.

When: 8 p.m., Saturday, November 17, 2012

Where: Wesley-Knox United Church Church, 91 Askin Street, London, Ontario

Contact: Harry MacLean 519-473-1668, macve3gro@rogers.com

As part of its fall 2012 program, the Bowmanville Men’s Canadian Club has invited Ted Barris to address the membership on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at Trinity United Church. He will speak about the job of getting veterans to speak about their experiences; his talk is based on one of his recent bestselling books, “Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan.” Copies of a number of Ted’s books will be on hand for sale and autographing.

When: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.

Where: Trinity United Church, 116 Church Street, Bowmanville, Ontario

Contact: Clayton Read, fordarby@hotmail.com

Ted Barris addresses the Simcoe County Museum on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. During his visit, Barris will speak about perhaps the least known military aviation heroism of the Second World War. When Britain and free-Europe cried out for help to defend themselves against the German Luftwaffe, Canada responded by launching the largest, wartime, military air training scheme in history. It was known as the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan – created 73 years ago this year – and its heroes are the subject of Ted Barris’s bestselling book “Behind the Glory.”

When: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

Where: Barrie Library, Barrie, Ont.

Contact: Earl Elliott, earl.elliott@rogers.cm

Ted Barris has often appeared as a guest speaker and supporter at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. This year, since Remembrance Day falls on a Sunday, he has agreed to attend the Nov. 11 ceremony and offer his thoughts on the importance of remembrance. His talk is based on his most recent bestselling book “Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan.”

When: 10:30 a.m., Sunday, November 11, 2012.

Where: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Mount Hope, Ontario

Contact: Bill McBride, 905-730-9988.

At the eighth annual “Take A Vet to Dinner,” this year, Ted Barris brings his unique storytelling to enhance the event. The author of 16 bestselling, non-fiction books will addresses the dinner about the job of getting veterans to do what they pathologically cannot – talk. Based on his bestselling book, “Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan,” Barris offers some insights to a few of the nearly 4,000 interviews he’s done with Canadian veterans.

When: 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.

Where: Best Western Mariposa, on Memorial Drive, Orillia, Ont.

Contact: Dick Johnston, 705-325-9018, johnstonwendy44@hotmail.com