REGRETTABLY DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, MUCH OF OUR SPRING SESSION WAS RESCHEDULED.
OUR SEASON OF CULTURAL AWARENESS WILL RESUME, WE HOPE, IN FALL 2020.
Click here for the FALL 2020 SCHEDULE, when we will resume our theme of Cultural Awareness through Literature.
Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held Tuesdays at the Calgary Memorial Park Library, Lower Level, 1221 – 2 St SW. Join us for refreshments at 1:30, with the meeting and presentation from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. We regularly meet only four months a year:
Fall session: October and November
Spring session: Normally, March and April. Our program was regrettably cancelled due to Covid 19 restrictions. Therefore,
For information on joining us as a guest, check our Page, JOIN US
| Subject | Presenter | |
| FALL 2019 | ||
| October 1 | Wade Davis (Indigenous: North & South America) | Robin Stanford |
| October 8 | Richard Wagamese (Indigenous: Canada) | Doloris Duval |
| October 15 | Guest: CPL Writer in Residence |
Jaspreet Singh |
| October 22 | “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk | Panel Discussion |
| October 29 | Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) | Shawna Mattison |
| November 5 | Diana Gabaldon (Scotland) | Cecilia Krupa |
| November 12 | Guest: MRU Writer in Residence |
Natalie Meisner |
| November 19 | Susanna Moodie (Canada 1840) |
Moorea Gray |
| November 26 | WINTER PARTY | Amica Aspen Woods |
| Members only | 1-3 pm | |
| Subject | Presenter | |
| SPRING 2020 | ||
| March 3 | Immigrants in Literature: 2-Way Cultural Reflections | Janet Halls |
| March 10 | Guest: U of C Writer in Residence | Sharanpal Ruprai |
| Rescheduled | Chaim Potok (Jewish) | Ritta Vladut |
| Rescheduled | Alan Paton (South Africa) |
Denise Doz |
| Rescheduled | Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan) |
Elaine Bucknum |
| Rescheduled | Laurens van der Post (South Africa) |
Janet Samber |
| Rescheduled | Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic) |
Helen Tubrett |
| Rescheduled | Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Sweden) |
Anne-Marie Duma |
| Rescheduled | AGM & SPRING LUNCHEON |