This year, the Citizen’s Association would like to invite our lady residents to a virtual celebration of International Women’s Day!
Four Zoom Presentations addressing interesting and topical subjects are scheduled for: March 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th – 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Save the dates! All four presentations will be in English but participants can ask their questions in English or French.
March 8th – Exciting local birds and some exotics
By Rodger Titman, Ph.D., ornithologist retired from McGill University, Baie-D’Urfé resident
March 9th – Mindfulness Meditation
By Mary-Ann Enthoven, Yoga Teacher
March 10th – The Female Artists of the Beaver Hall Group
By Grace Powell, MA in Art History, a volunteer docent at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
March 11th Identifying Fraudulent Calls & Emails
By Michelle Bissada, Director, CIBC Internal Audit
See table below for more detailed information.
Please join us and REGISTER by March 5th
Nadia Bissada: bissadanadia@gmail.com – Tel. : 514 652 9129
Suzanne Dutoy: sdutoy@royaljordan.com – Tel.: 514 826 1080
You will receive a link to the presentation(s) you register for and you access it on your computer, phone or IPad. If you are not familiar with Zoom, please do not hesitate to contact us.
| DATE | TITLE | PRESENTER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. March 8th | Exciting local birds and some exotics | Rodger Titman, Ph.D., ornithologist retired from McGill University, Baie- D’Urfé resident | A photographic zoom presentation will expose you to our hardy local birds and their natural history (fun facts) as well as some interesting international oddities |
| Tue. March 9th | Mindfulness Meditation | Mary-Ann Enthoven, Yoga Teacher | Based on personal experience, illustrating how mindfulness meditation helped navigate through the turmoil of this past year, what to ask oneself and what it can bring. |
| Wed. March 10th | The Female Artists of the Beaver Hall Group | Grace Powell, MA in Art History, a volunteer docent at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for the past 20 years. | The Montreal Beaver Hall women artists, including Prudence Heward their work and their social, political and artistic context of the 1920s, a period that heralded a profound change in the lives of women and society. |
| Thurs. March 11th | Identifying Fraudulent Calls & Emails | Michelle Bissada, Director, CIBC Internal Audit, with experience in Learning & Development, External Auditing in Financial Services Industry. | Hackers and fraudulent callers are getting better at their jobs, which all too often leaves us flustered, wondering if these calls and emails are genuine. This presentation will incorporate real life examples to help us recognize and deal with these types of fraudulent calls. |