Richmond Hill speaker series presents enriching speakers this fall

One-hour virtual lecture is followed by a Q-and-A each Thursday morning

Yorkregion.com
Oct. 15, 2021
Yoyo Yan

Here is the list of the remaining speakers for Fall 2021 Richmond Hill Speaker Series co-produced by Marj Andre and Mary Kot. The series started in 2018, and this is the second virtual series.

STACY A. COSTA: PUZZLES AND THE BRAIN AS MEANINGFUL MENTAL PLAY (OCT. 21)

Stacy A. Costa is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto in curriculum studies, teacher development & collaboration on engineering education. This talk will provide a brief introduction to the genre of puzzles in our everyday lives. What role do puzzles have to our survival? How can puzzles have an effect on our brains and change our aging society for the better? This talk will be demonstrating how solving puzzles can benefit all ages by developing the strength and stamina of the brain through examining available research and providing life-changing insights to boost your brain!

DR. MARK TERRY: THE GEO DOC: A NEW KIND OF DOCUMENTARY FOR INFORMING CLIMATE POLICY (OCT. 28)

Dr. Mark Terry is a documentary filmmaker and contract professor with the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. Documentary film has long been seen -- and used -- as an effective instrument of social change. For urgent issues such as climate change, an enhanced version of this film genre has been created in collaboration with the environmental policy-makers of the United Nations to better serve their needs and accelerate the policy creation process. This presentation will explore how this new process works and show some of the intriguing films made by the international community of youth that are currently being used by UN delegates at their annual climate summits known as the COP conferences. Mark will be screening his latest documentary, “The Changing Face of Iceland.” This is the third in his trilogy of polar documentaries examining climate change.

ELLIN BESSNER: DOUBLE THREAT: CANADIAN JEWS, THE MILITARY AND WORLD WAR II (NOV. 4)

Prime Minister Mackenzie King called the Second World War a “double threat” for the Canadian Jewish community. More than 17,000 Jewish Canadian men and women set out to defeat Hitler, but also to rescue their brethren from the Holocaust. And they did so at great personal risk, should their faith be discovered by the Nazis on the battlefield. Journalist and author Ellin Bessner has spent years researching and interviewing Jewish veterans and their families to piece this untold story together. The result is her book “Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and World War II.”

Ellin is a journalist based in Richmond Hill. She hosts the CJN Daily podcast for the Canadian Jewish News and teaches journalism at Centennial College. Her career has taken her around the world as a foreign correspondent for CBC News and CTV News.

Ticket Pricing: $15 single tickets. Taxes and RHCPA service charges extra.

Tickets available on www.rhcentre.ca.

You will be sent a confirmation for purchasing your tickets. Approximately one hour before the event, a Zoom webinar link will be sent to you.

For more information, contact coproducers Marj Andre at marj@marjandre.com or Mary Kot at kotmmk@gmail.com.