Events
2013 Annual Banquet
Date: June 8, 2013
Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: The Ranchman's Club 710-13th Avenue SW, Calgary Alberta Speaker: Lynn Olson Tickets: Please contact the Society for tickets (non-members are encouraged to contact the Society) |
Lynne Olson has been a reporter and writer since shortly after her graduation from the University of Arizona. She spent seven years with the Associated Press, working as a national feature writer in New York, a foreign correspondent in AP’s Moscow bureau, and a political reporter in Washington. She left the AP to join the Washington bureau of the Baltimore Sun, where she covered national politics and eventually the White House. She later taught journalism for five years as an assistant professor at American University in Washington. Olson and her husband, Stanley Cloud, are co-authors of The Murrow Boys, which was named one of the best books of 1996 by Publishers Weekly. Freedom’s Daughters, Olson’s second book, was the first comprehensive history of women in the civil rights movement. Published in February 2001, it won a Christopher Award in 2002. Olson joined with Cloud again to write A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II, published by Alfred A. Knopf in September 2003.
Olson’s fourth book, Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in April 2007. Drawing widespread acclaim, it was named by New York Times book reviewer William Grimes as one of his favorite books for 2007. It was also a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize in history. Her next book, Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour, was published by Random House in February 2010. A national bestseller, it was named one of the American Library Association’s Notable Books in nonfiction in 2010, as well as appearing on Amazon’s list of the top books of the year. Olson’s latest book, Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941, will be published by Random House in March 2013. |
Moot Court - 28 November 2013Location: Court of Queens Bench
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The moot exercise is part of a political science course taken by students in policy studies, justice studies and a variety of other majors. MRU students act as justices, lawyers and journalists, presenting arguments and asking questions during the moot hearing, and deciding whether or not to allow the appeal from the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Past Events
Moot Court - 4 April 2013Location: Court of Queens Bench
Contact the Society for more information |
The moot exercise is part of a political science course taken by students in policy studies, justice studies and a variety of other majors. MRU students act as justices, lawyers and journalists, presenting arguments and asking questions during the moot hearing, and deciding whether or not to allow the appeal from the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Musicale - 28 November 2012
Michael Hope delighted members with a stirring recital of Churchill era songs. Members were encouraged to sing a long.
2012 Annual Banquet
Date: May 8, 2012 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: The Ranchman's Club 710-13th Avenue SW, Calgary Alberta Speaker: Randolph Churchill III Topic: "Churchill, European Unity and Economic Turmoil" Tickets: $185 for members (non-members are encouraged to contact the Society) |
Randolph Churchill's Bio:
Randolph was born in January 1965 shortly before the death of his great grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill. After attending Harrow Randolph undertook a short service commission in the Royal Navy and served as Gunnery Officer of HMS Alderney in the coastal protection squadron. On completion of the Navigating Officer Course he was appointed Navigator of HMS Swallow in the Hong Kong Squadron and promoted to Lieutenant. Subsequently, Randolph attended Buckingham University where he was awarded a degree in Financial Management and Accountancy, before joining Deloitte and Touche where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
In 1995 Randolph joined Lazard Asset Management, becoming Director of the Charities Division. In 2000 Randolph joined Schroder Private Bank and in 2003 he moved to Rathbones where he is an Investment Director. Randolph is a Trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Director of the Armed Services Charities Advisory Company (that oversees the investment for over 100 service charities), Trustee of the Churchill Archives Centre, Trustee of the Churchill Centre and a Patron of the UK National Defence Association. Randolph and his wife Catherine have four children and live in Kent. |
