On September 27, Ted Barris presents an alternative view of one of the greatest moments of WWII, to the Probus Club of Whitby/Brooklin. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a […]
On October 14, Ted Barris joins other artists in an International Festival of Authors even at the Stephen Leacock Museum Historical Site in Orillia. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through […]
Mother Canada sculpture at Vimy Memorial. On October 17, historian Ted Barris brings this great moment in Canadian history to the Ramara Public Library. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through events of that famous Easter Monday morning – April 9, 1917. Fighting for the first […]
On October 19, in the 100th anniversary year of the Battle at Vimy Ridge, historian Ted Barris brings this great moment in Canadian history to the annual Flesherton Harvest Cafe. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through events of that famous Easter Monday morning – […]
Walter Allward's marble sculpture of Mother Canada mourning her dead at Vimy Ridge memorial site in France. On October 23, historian Ted Barris pays a return visit to the St. Lawrence Supper Club with a new presentation. Back at the Hot House Cafe in Toronto, Barris brings his account of the famous Battle at Vimy […]
On October 24, historian Ted Barris returns to the Telco Community Volunteers AGM with a new presentation for delegates. Back by popular demand, Barris brings his account of the famous Battle at Vimy Ridge, in this the 100th anniversary year. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his […]
Ted Barris is paying a return visit to the International Churchill Society of Canada gathering at the Albany Club on October 26. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” […]
On November 2, Ted Barris speaks to the Collingwood Probus Club. He will speak about and show illustrations from his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest […]
On November 4, historian Ted Barris returns to the Peterborough Armoury to address the Hastings & Prince Edward County Regiment's Remembrance dinner with his account of the famous Battle at Vimy Ridge, in this the 100th anniversary year. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through […]
On Nov. 5, Ted Barris will again be the keynote speaker at the Southwold Twp Remembrance event. This year, he'll offer the unique story of Canada’s largest WWII expenditure – $1.75 billion in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan that supplied the Allied air war with nearly a quarter of a million qualified airmen. Within its […]