Speakers
| Speaker | Date | Topic |
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| Annemarie Petrov, CEO, Winspear Centre | Apr 29, 2024 12:00 PM |
Winspear Centre and Tour of facility
 Annamarie will be providing an update on the Winspear Centre including lunch and a tour of the expanded facilities at the Winspear Centre. For details on the expansion see: https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-winspear/winspearproject/ NOTE This luncheon meeting will be held at the Winspear Centre, Studio B on third floor. Cost is $33 per person for the catered lunch. No parking included. This meeting will be only available in person and not online. |
| JJ Tremblay, CSC Chair | May 06, 2024 12:00 PM |
Community Services Committee
JJ with the Community Services Committee will review this year's projects including:
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| Rotarian Myrna Findt | May 13, 2024 12:00 PM |
Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Rotary, District 5370 and our Clubs
 Myrna Findt is the chair of the District 5370 DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) committee which was formed in the fall of 2023. Through the committee's work, Rotary Clubs shall have the skills, abilities, education, resources, and culture to strengthen Rotary Clubs’ core values. Communities are empowered in District 5370 through the betterment of our Rotary Clubs. The presentation will be a mixture of the following: -DEI in the District at the moment and hopefully in the future
-vision of DEI in the District and in each Club
-DEI and benefits for the Clubs
-DEI in your Club: where and how to start
Myrna was born and raised in Germany and moved to Canada in 2011 together with her husband Chris and as well as the rest of the family - 2 horses and 4 cats at that time.
In the German education system, she studied law and is a certified knowledge management system developer. Working in IT, she has managed projects on all levels and all types of business environments and was responsible for the business relationship between the largest energy provider in Europe with Microsoft, and SAP before moving to Canada. Living in Canada, professionally she started as a Licenced Immigration Consultant and is now working with her husband Chris in their own IT and Security company. Being involved in all kinds of things her whole life, Myrna received an award for outstanding involvement in extracurricular activities from her high school, was the first female chair of the law student council of the University of Wuerzburg and was a member of the cross-faculty student council. Right now, residing on an acreage in Parkland County, she is on the board of a horse rescue and the family consists of 3 dogs, 4 cats, 4 horses and 3 foster horses – but that’s a very fluent condition. Her husband Chris was a Rotarian in Germany – in a Club that allowed women to become members in 2011. Learning and experiencing the differences in the world of Rotary, she joined the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove in Nov 2015, hosted Youth Exchange Students, and joined the District Youth Exchange Team in 2018. She was president of the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove in 2022-2023, is currently Assistant Governor for District 5370 for Area 5 and is visiting today in her role as chair of District 5370's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee. |
| NO MEETING | May 20, 2024 |
Victoria Day
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| Councillor Tim Cartmell | May 27, 2024 12:00 PM |
City of Edmonton current challenges and opportunities - Meeting at City Hall
 note the location will NOT be at the Chateau Lacombe as it is not available. Tentative Location for this luncheon: Heritage Room at City Hall as a result this meeting is NOT a hybrid meeting. No online access to this meeting. Ward pihêsiwin Councillor Tim Cartmell was first elected to Edmonton City Council in 2017. In 2021 he was elected for his second term on City Council.
Tim is a Professional Engineer and small business owner. He specializes in the structural design and management of building projects, including past projects like the Expo Centre for Northlands and three seniors lodges for the Greater Edmonton Foundation. Prior to serving in public office, Tim also worked for the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance.
Tim currently serves on a variety of initiatives, including and not limited to: A variety of positions in relation to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board; Member of the Alberta Municipalities Infrastructure Committee; Advisor to the Edmonton Sport Council Board of Directors; and Member of the Board of Directors for the Fort Edmonton Park Management Company.
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| Megan Dart and Murray Utas, Fringe Theatre | Jun 03, 2024 12:00 PM |
Edmonton Fringe Theatre Adventures
Megan Dart, Executive Director, Fringe Theatre Murray Utas, Artist Director, Fringe Theatre |
| Youth Services Committee | Jun 10, 2024 12:00 PM |
update on Youth Services
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| Sam Escarmelle, Youth Exchange Student | Jun 17, 2024 12:00 PM |
final Youth Exchange presentation
Sam will review his past ten months in Canada before he returns to Belgium. His adventures include:
Chair of the day is Neil Lang, Inbound Youth Exchange counsellor |
| President Rod Karius location TO BE DETERMINED!!!! | Jun 24, 2024 12:00 PM |
TBD: Looking back at the 2023 -2024 Rotary Year
Note this luncheon has been changed to a new location as the Chateau Lacombe is not available! To Be announced. |
| New President Markus Muhs | Jul 08, 2024 12:00 PM |
Looking ahead at the 2024-2025 Rotary Year
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| Professor Mark Haykowsky, UofA Nursing Faculty | Jul 15, 2024 12:00 PM |
Healthy Aging and Prevention of Heart Attacks
 Mark Haykowsky, PhD, FACC, FAHA.
Cardiovascular health and cardiorespiratory fitness across the healthy aging and heart failure continuum, and the role of lifestyle interventions to improve cardiovascular and skeletal muscle function. A second research area is in the cardiooncology field with specific focus on the role of exercise training to prevent cardiovascular and skeletal muscle deconditioning across the breast cancer survivorship continuum. A final research focus is in Sport Cardiology. Mark has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews, book chapters, and expert opinion papers. Professor Haykowsky's current course: NURS 311 - Evidence Informed Nursing Practice The course provides a hands on approach to evidence-informed nursing practice. This includes formulating clinical questions, systematic searching of electronic databases, reading, interpreting and critically appraising health research. Emphasis is on developing thinking and information literacy skills necessary to be an astute research consumer, and using evidence to inform clinical decision making. |