Newsletters

Ainalem Tebeje Speaker at Abbotsford House

By June Coxon

Ainalem Tebeje Speaks About Her Books Media Club member, author Ainalem Tebeje participated in the speaker series at Abbotsford House on Wednesday, November 8th. About 20 people were on hand to hear her speak, some in person seated in the building’s dining room and others participating via Zoom. She discussed her two books – My […]

Meeting POSTPONED due to inclement weather

Helen Bednarek Van Eyk

Due to Ottawa’s first snow storm of the season beginning tomorrow afternoon, and weather forecast of treacherous weather, the decision has been made to POSTPONE the Media Club of Ottawa November 21st meeting which was originally scheduled for 5:30 – 8 p.m. in the Mackenzie Room, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario.   The Media […]

Ontario Historical Society Podcast Features Olive Dickason

by June Coxon

Don Smith and Ken Munro, members of the Ontario Historical Society, have created a series of 20 podcasts called In Hindsight. Each one features someone who has made a major contribution to Canadian history. . This being close to recent National Indigenous People’s Day, it seems a particularly appropriate time to let you know that […]

Past Newsletters

Ainalem Tebeje Speaker at Abbotsford House, Meeting POSTPONED due to inclement weather, Ontario Historical Society Podcast Features Olive Dickason, Authors’ Evening – April 18, 2023 – available on Skype, Article by Denise Anne Boissoneau, Royal Canadian Mint Honours CWPC Founding Member, February 2023 Invitation to Book Launch, February 2022 Celebration of Life Wayne Locksley Kines, October 25, 2022 Ainalem Tebeje publishes a sequel, 2022 Baarack, the Lost and Found Sheep, December 2021

Events

Meeting POSTPONED due to inclement weather

Due to Ottawa’s first snow storm of the season beginning tomorrow afternoon, and weather forecast of treacherous weather, the decision has been made to POSTPONE the Media Club of Ottawa November 21st meeting which was originally scheduled for 5:30 – 8 p.m. in the Mackenzie Room, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario.   The Media […]

Scheduled Events 2023-2024

September 2023 to June 2024 . This year’s meetings will take place at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa.  Prior to the meeting, members and guests will join in Grill 41 at the hotel. The meeting  will start at 5.30 in the Mackenzie room.   SEPTEMBER – A Meet and Greet evening with members of […]

Authors’ Evening – April 18, 2023 – available on Skype

 The meeting took place on Tuesday April 18,  2023  in the MacKenzie Room at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa The speakers were Daren Prefontaine,  Carol Goddard and Ainalem Tebeje, discussing their book published during the pandemic. Changing Canadian History: The Life and Works of Olive Patricia Dickason – by Daren Prefontaine via Skype The Morewood […]

Meeting Reports

COVID-19 Chronicles Anthology Wins Awar

Congratulations to Jagjeet Sharma, head of the Ottawa Ethnic Media Forum (OEMF) who often attends Media Club of Ottawa meetings. Congratulations, too, to the many contributors to the COVID-19 Chronicles anthology that was co-produced in 2020 by the OEMF and our club. That book won an award from the Canadian Ethnic Media Association in 2021. […]

Authors evening April 18, 2023

On April 18 we held our second in-person meeting since 2020. For the first time we offered a hybrid meeting and in addition to those attending our Authors’ Evening meeting at the Lord Elgin Hotel four others participated via Skype. The first author to speak that night was Darren Préfontaine, editor, researcher, author at the […]

Waubgeshig Rice – Busting Myths About Indigenous Peoples

November 2016

November 2016 Canadians have grown up with stories that perpetuate myths and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples. Author and journalist Waubgeshig Rice works hard to change such misconceptions and to raise greater awareness of Aboriginal issues through stories and humour.   As a young boy, he understood the importance of stories to pass on knowledge and […]