Barris delivers fourth of 10 Living & Learning in Retirement lectures at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
Barris delivers fifth of 10 Living & Learning in Retirement lectures at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
Barris delivers sixth of 10 Living & Learning in Retirement lectures at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
Barris delivers seventh of 10 Living & Learning in Retirement lectures at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
How Canada’s West was won, presented to Four Seasons Probus
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 63 490 Ontario St., Collingwood, Ontario, CanadaEach Canada Day, Canadians continue to ask: What sparked Canada’s rapid expansion from coast to coast? Among the catalysts for Confederation were steamboats, or “fire canoes,” as aboriginal people called them. In large measure, the national dream of a Canada from sea to sea was realized aboard Mississippi-style paddlewheel steamers that plied western waterways on […]
Barris delivers eighth of 10 Living & Learning in Retirement lectures at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
Epic Battle of the Atlantic story for Peterborough Probus
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 52 1550 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaOn Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Ted Barris speaks to Peterborough Probus about his newest talk / presentation. It’s based on his latest non-fiction book, Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory. In the 20th century’s greatest war, one battlefield held the key to victory or defeat – the North Atlantic. It took 2,074 days and […]
Barris delivers ninth of 10 Living & Learning in Retirement lectures at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
Barris delivers final Living & Learning in Retirement lecture at Glendon
York Hall, Centre of Excellence, Glendon Campus, York University 2275 Bayview Ave., North York, Ontario, CanadaYork University, Glendon College, Centre of Excellence In Living and Learning in Retirement’s 50th year, Ted Barris continues his Friday lectures this winter at Glendon College’s Centre for Excellence. His series, “Missing in Action: Untold Stories of Canadians’ Participation in Historic Moments,” features famous periods of world history, in which Canadians played vital roles. Lecture […]
Dam Busters story for Royal United Services (Victoria) luncheon March 20
Bay Street Armoury 715 Bay St., Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaOn Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Ted Barris brings a talk/presentation based on his bestselling book Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid against Nazi Germany to Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island. It was a night that changed the Second World War. The secret air raid against the hydroelectric dams of Germany’s Ruhr […]