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 […]
On November 6, Ted Barris speaks to the Alliston Rotary 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 7, Ted Barris visits the Aurora Cultural Centre in support of African Grandmothers. As part of a Stephen Lewis Foundation initiative, Ted 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 […]
Walter Allward's marble sculpture of Mother Canada mourning her dead at Vimy Ridge memorial site in France. On November 8, in the 100th anniversary year of the Battle at Vimy Ridge, historian Ted Barris brings this great moment in Canadian history to Learning Unlimited Oxford. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, […]
Ted Barris comes to the London Central Library on November 8, when 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 Nov. 10, historian Ted Barris will speak to the Vimy Legion Branch 145 Remembrance dinner in London and offer 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 events of that […]
Mother Canada sculpture at Vimy Memorial. On Nov. 11, historian Ted Barris will join the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. And since this is the 100th anniversary year of the famous Battle of Vimy Ridge, he will offer a selection of stories of Canadians serving in the battle. Drawing content and […]
Carol Off (above) and Grace O'Connell On Nov. 12, Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge features another in its fall series, Books and Brunch. On this occasion, author Ted Barris will interview Carol Off, host of CBC Radio's "As It Happens," about her latest book, All We Leave Behind, which offers story of a family's desperate attempts […]
Ted Barris comes to the Lindsay & District Men's Probus Club on November 14, when 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 […]
Canadian troops in Korean War preparing for night patrol north of 38th Parallel. On November 15, historian Ted Barris brings his presentation on the "forgotten war" to the North York Historical Society. Politicians called it a “police action.” The Canadian working volunteers who went to Korea to fight the Communists remember it as a bitter, grinding […]
Royal Winnipeg Rifles in landing craft en route to Juno Beach, June 6, 1944. On November 22, Ted Barris makes his fifth return appearance at the Askennonia Veterans' Luncheon. With the 75th anniversary of D-Day coming in 2019, Ted will talk about the Canadian role in the invasion. On June 6, 1944, nearly 15,000 Canadians — at sea, […]
On November 22, historian Ted Barris joins the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Men's Annual Dinner Club 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 events of that famous Easter Monday morning […]
On Nov. 28, Ted Barris returns to Temple Har Zion, this time to 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 […]