June 2012 - Arts & Letters Club

Lunch 12:00 noon
Price $19.00. Please reserve at ext. 2 (voice mail)
Tuesday, June 5
HUGH BREWSTER
The Titanic
Award-winning author Hugh Brewster presents an
illustrated talk describing his 25-year involvement
with the Titanic story, including his experience with Robert
Ballard and the discovery of the ship, the James Cameron
movie, and his new, bestselling book,
RMS TITANIC: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage.
Tuesday, June 12
MARY FRANCES COADY
Georges and Pauline Vanier: Portrait of a Couple
Georges Vanier was the first francophone governor-general
of Canada. At the time of his appointment in 1959, he was
little known in English Canada, but in fact had been close to
the centre of some of the most momentous events affecting
Canada in the first half of the 20th century. He took an
active part in both world wars and in the founding of the
League of Nations, and he and his wife, Pauline, became the
face of Canada in the rebuilding of postwar France. In this
talk, Ms. Coady will speak about how she came to write this
biography and about some of the discoveries she made in
the course of her research.
10 June 2012
WHAT’S ON IN JUNE
Literary Tables
Tuesday, June 19
YvONNE SIMPSON
Learning Through the Arts
Learning Through the Arts brings artists into schools and
gives teachers the creative tools to engage all students in
math, science, language arts, social studies and more.
Yvonne will discuss the philosophy and the effectiveness
of the program, the training of the artists, and their
co-operative work with the teachers. She will share
examples of actual classroom work and will describe the
program’s struggle to survive budget cuts.
Tuesday, June 26
THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM G. DAvIS
Remarks
The Hon. William G. Davis was the Premier of Ontario from
1971 until 1985, and a Member of the Ontario Legislature
from 1959 to 1985. In 1982, Mr. Davis was sworn in as a
member of the Privy Council. In 1986, he was invested as a
Companion of the Order of Canada and in 1987 he was
invested with the Order of Ontario. Mr. Davis is Counsel at
the law firm of Davis Webb LLP in Brampton, Ontario, and a
director of several companies.
Thursday, June 28
FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE
12:00 noon in the garden of
Peter Webb and Joan York
This year’s fête champêtre will take place at 25 Nanton
Avenue, less than a 10-minute walk from the Castle Frank
station. (The Wellesley and Parliament buses also serve the
Castle Frank station. The Rosedale bus stop is
approximately 10 minutes’ walk away.)
Homemade maps will be available at the Literary Tables on
June 12,19 and 26.
If possible, please bring a folding chair.
Each person should bring something to eat and drink for a
potluck lunch, except coffee which will be available.