Newsletters
Olive Dickason – Podcast
By June Coxon
August 15, 2024
Episode 20: Olive Dickason – The Ontario Historical Society. The link is for podcast users only. https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/podcast/in-hindsight-episode-20/
New book by Catina Noble
iris ten Holder
August 11, 2024
New Media Club member Catina Noble has published another book, a young adult trilogy. Three stories are contained in this one book called Teal, Teal Fint. Released July 5, the book is available from Amazon (see link below), where it is on the Best Seller list in the teen category. A book version, available now […]
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 […]
Past Newsletters
Olive Dickason – Podcast, August 15, 2024 New book by Catina Noble, August 11, 2024 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, 2022Events
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 […]
Past Events
Meeting POSTPONED due to inclement weather, Scheduled Events 2023-2024, Authors’ Evening – April 18, 2023 – available on Skype, Previous Event – Alexandra Pope, March 19, 2019 Margaret Graham Award Presentation, February 19, 2019Meeting Reports
Our April Speaker – Duncan McCue
August 15, 2024
Our April Speaker – Duncan McCue By Cynthia Cee Duncan McCue was the guest speaker on April 23, 2024 for the Media Club of Ottawa meeting at the Lord Elgin Hotel. . He spoke about his book, Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities. He also addressed teaching an Indigenous Journalism course at […]
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 […]