Past Presentations

Probus Ottawa in the Rideau Valley holds monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of each month. Each meeting starts at 9:15 with a 45 minute coffee gathering, followed by a presentation on a diverse and interesting set of topics.


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  • November 2025 – Captain Bob Pearson – The Gimli Glider Incident
  • October 2025 – Peggy Blair – Author – The Journey to Print
  • September 2025 – Peter Watson – Dean of Science; Carleton Univ. (ret’d) – Can We Time Travel? Ten Answers
  • August 2025 – Michael Allen – Katalin Karikó, pivotal researcher of the mRNA COVID vaccine – Her Story
  • July 2025 – Ian Lee – Trump, Tariffs and the Canada-US Relationship – Past, Present and Future
  • June 2025 – Esther Becker – Bone Health 101 – Things You Need to Know About Osteoporosis
  • May 2025 – Margaret McQuaig-Johnston – Canada-China Relations in a New World
  • April 2025 – Sarah Bercier – Executive Director – Ottawa Council on Aging
  • March 2025 – Dr. Vanessa Taler – Psychologist – Ottawa University – Cognition in Older People
  • February 2025 – David Pollock – Can a Grain of Sand Hold Back the Tide
  • January 2025 – Joy Bennett – The Right, The Means, The Will – A Brief Look at Canadian Labour History
  • December 2024 – Laurence Wall – Twentieth Century Canada Through the Magic of Radio
  • November 2024 – Whit Fraser – Reporter, Story Teller, and Husband of the Governor General
  • October 2024 – Brett Martensen – AI: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  • September 2024 – Gary Bennett – Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
  • August 2024 – Craig Greenwood – Working With Polar Bears
  • July 2024 – Johanna Lemke – Enemy Under Our Roof