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Breakfast Meeting, November 21, 2020

September 6, 2019 Maurus Cappa

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March 21, 2020 Breakfast Meeting Cancelled

Due to COVID-19, this meeting is now cancelled. Kevin will be re-scheduled to a future Breakfast Meeting in the Fall.

Kevin Donovan is the Toronto Star’s Chief Investigative Reporter. His focus is on journalism that exposes wrongdoing and effects change. Over more than three decades he has reported on the activities of charities, government, police, business among other institutions. Donovan also reported from the battlefields in the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan following 9/11. He has won three National Newspaper Awards, two Governor General’s Michener Awards, the Canadian Journalism Foundation award and three Canadian Association of Journalists Awards. As the Star’s editor of investigations for many years, Donovan led many award-winning projects for the paper. He is the author of several books, including “Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation” and the “Dead Times” (a fiction novel). Recently Kevin released his lastest work, “The Billionaire Murders”, his expose on the murders of Apotex founders Barry and Honey Sherman.

Ann Birch Launches “A Daughter Rebels”

For Anne Powell in 1807, life in York (now Toronto) is unbearable. Her mother’s rules of genteel propriety are intolerable, as is her father’s insistence that a daughter’s only role in life is to marry. Anne craves an active, useful existence. When a chance comes to assist the local midwife, she discovers her vocation. Anne is happy when she is able to save a friend from a botched abortion, deliver a servant’s baby, and nurse the wounded during the American invasion of York. Her parents hate and oppose these activities. They are pleased only when she becomes friends with an eminent lawyer. While this man is studying in England, Anne’s father allows her to travel across the sea to nail down their engagement. But she breaks free of him and spends happy weeks in an English village helping her relatives care for the poor. Returning home, Anne faces the same parental difficulties. Finally, however, she manages to escape. She flees to New York and boards a ship bound for England. This story of a real historical figure who dares to challenge society’s norms is a must-read.

Ann’s novel is available at Barnes and Noble and online at Google.

Jasmine Jackman Recognized by OISE

PhD student Jasmine Jackman was recognized by OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education as part of Black History Month. Jasmine is a high school teacher who is passionate about social change and leads UNACTO Toronto. She has been our WEN VP for several years.

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Due to concerns over COVID-19, the Breakfast Meeting at Canadiana on March 21st, 2020 has been cancelled. Our guest speaker, Kevin Donovan will be speaking to us in the Fall.

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