The Conversation with the Canadian Club of Calgary

To kick off the 2023–2024 speaker season, the Canadian Club of Calgary is proud to share Darrel Janz, news broadcaster and "Heart of Calgary" awardee. He is sharing his 60 years in journalism, from coverage of the trouble days of the October Crisis, covering the 1988 Olympic Games in our city and touching anecdotes on travelling to Bosnia and Croatia in the 1990s. With

Joining our club for the first speaker of 2021 was the Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney. He shared his thoughts about the three black swan events of the past year -- Covid-19, oil pricing collapses, and more -- in his topic "Alberta - State of the Province." With all events that we host, we open the speaker to questions from our membership. This section begins at 31:40 in the podca

Joining our club for the last speaker of 2020 were Linda Coady (Executive Director at the Pembina Institute) and Gord Lambert (Suncor Sustainability Executive in Residence at the Ivey Business School of Western University). They discussed the topic of "How does Alberta fit into the changing global conversation on climate and energy issues?" With all events that we host, we open the

Joining us as our November speaker was LCol Jaime Phillips. LCol Phillips was 24 when she went to Afghanistan in 2007 where she became the first female Artillery Troop Commander in Kandahar as part of Task Force 1-07 of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). For our discussion with her we've moved her presentation to our youtube account and hosted our Q&A section h

Labelling his speech "Act Like an Owner: A Citizen's Guide to the Struggle for Our Future," noted public speaker and author Ruben Nelson illustrated how we as Albertans have the ability to act as owners and shareholders of Alberta’s resource wealth. His valuable experience as a futurist through decades of research will surely offer a vast amount of insight into the question: “W

Join the Canadian Club of Calgary for our inaugural lecture of the 2020-2021 season with Dr. Ted Morton, who delivered remarks on the subject of "Alberta at the Cross-roads: the Status Quo Must Go." In this episode, Dr. Morton delivers remarks about the future of Canada, his newly published book Moment of Truth: How to Think About Alberta’s Future (Sutherland House Publicati

In our first interview on this podcast we’re joining Richard Hehr to chat about the Calgary Board of Education, changes in how our schools are funded by the provincial government, the reforms happening through Bill 15 (the "Choice in Education Act"), how Calgarians are changing the names of their neighbourhood schools, and the return to the classroom during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Join Andrea Burke, Deborah Mebude, and Vincent St. Pierre as club chats about the presentation by the new Bank of Canada Governor, Tiff Macklem, the work that the Bank of Canada is doing during COVID-19, and the implications of Governor Macklem's speech on the economy of Canada. Learn more about the club at www.CanadianClubCalgary.ca, in addition to following us on Facebook, Instag

Joining the Canadian Club is the newly minted Governor of the Bank of Canada, Dr. Tiff Macklem. Together alongside Canadian Clubs across Canada we hosted this leading economist and banker on the subject of his new role as Governor, the work he is doing to build Canada, and what's next for our nation. He talks about the interest rate, that the Bank of Canada sets, and the implicatio

The Canadian Club of Calgary was established in 1907. It is part of a group of similar Clubs across Canada, all with the same objective: To encourage and foster patriotism, Canadian unity and Canadian identity. Join Vincent, Andrea, Deborah, and Qing as we chat about the speakers that frequent our club. Learn more about the club at www.CanadianClubCalgary.ca, in addition to followi