On April 24, 2024, Ted Barris will speak to the Probus Club of Ancaster. Before the pandemic and during 2023, Ted regularly presented to upwards of 100 different Probus Clubs across Ontario. He’d delighted to be joining club members in Ancaster for the first time.

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.