On the day before the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Ted Barris returns to the Barrie Legion to present the story of D-Day from the Canadian perspective. On June 6, 1944, nearly 15,000 Canadians — at sea, in the air, and on the ground — joined the long-anticipated D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on the Normandy beaches. The Canadian beach was codenamed JUNO. On that day, the Canadians fought their way farther inland than any other Allied troops.

In Juno: Canadians at D-Day, June 6, 1944 Ted Barris tells the story of JUNO in the voices of the men who were there. His research turns up new material – how spoofing techniques deflected attention from the Normandy beaches, what secret weapons Canadians used to catch the defenders off guard, why Canadian journalists and filmmakers scooped the world that day, how intelligence kept the whole operation secret even from Allied troops, what Norman citizens witnessed as the Canadians landed, and why the entire D-Day operation was postponed at the last moment.

Ted Barris has published 20 non-fiction books, half of them wartime histories. His book, The Great Escape: A Canadian Story, won the 2014 Libris Award as Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada. His book, Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany, received the 2018 NORAD Trophy from the RCAF Association. And his book, Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire, was long-listed for the 2020 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction in Canada. In December 2022, Ted Barris was appointed Member of the Order of Canada.