2025 – 2026 Speaker Schedule

Date  Speaker and Topic
2025
September 15, 2025  Annual General Meeting

Ms. Mandy Fisch, Audiologist
Hearing Health is Brain Health
October 20, 2025  Dr. Lauryn Oates – Author
Making the Right to Learn a Reality in Afghanistan
November 17, 2025 Chelsea Silver
Elder and Financial Abuse
December 15, 2025  Christmas Social Luncheon
SAVE THE DATE!
2026
January 19, 2026  Jens Wieting, Senior Policy and Science Advisor, The Sierrra Club
Forest and Climate Issues
February 16, 2026  Dr. Vivian Cao, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Neurology, VGH
Stroke Awareness for Women
March 16, 2026  Keri Phoenix, Director, Innovative Travel Solutions, YVR
The Digital Transformation at YVR
April 20, 2026 Eve Lazarus
Marine Disasters of the Last Century
The sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence, and the Titanic
May 19, 2026  SPH executive
The Future of SPH and Providence Health Care
June 15, 2026 Dr. Andrew Trites, Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, UBC
Touched By a Killer Whale