Hans Schreier, Ph.D., Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC - “Local and World Water Resources, Present and Future" - view the PDF presentation

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Dr. John Maynard,Co-Senior Medical Director, Coastal HSDA- “Health Care Report for North Shore, Vancouver, and Bristish Columbia" view presentation here

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

John McDonald, Chairman and CEO of Day4 Energy - “Worldwide Engergy"

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Bjorn Moller, President and CEO of Teekay Shipping -  “Building a Global Franchise"

Dr. Jaymie Matthews, Professor and Mission Scientist, Astronomy Undergraduate  Advisor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UBC - “What if Galileo had a space telescope?”

Bob Boase, Probus Club Member - “Afghanistan:  Deep Past and Dark Future”

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC - “Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: Who will control the Northwest Passage?”

Dr. André Gerolymatos, Chair of Hellenic Studies at SFU - "The Politics of Fragmentation: The West and the Middle East in the 21st Century”

Gail Anderson, Ph. D, Professor in Forensic Entomology, School of Criminology, SFU - “Murder and Maggots: The telling role insects play in gathering evidence for solving crimes.”

Doug Whitehead, Chairman, Finning International Inc. - “Success globally and a look into the oil-sands”

VANOC Director Taleeb Noormohamed; West Vancouver Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones; and, Spirit of BC - North Shore Chair, Doug Smith - “Update on 2010 Olympics and Para-Olympics planning”

Martin Cronin, British Consul General to Western Canada - “The Challenge of International Terrorism and the Western Response”

Maxine Davis, Executive Director, Dr Peter Centre, Vancouver -  “Providing Comfort Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS”

Jane Peverett, CEO, BC Transmission Corp, Vancouver -  “'The challenges of meeting B.C.'s high voltage electrical transmission needs in the next 10 years”

Dr. Max Cynader, Director of the Brain Research Centre at UBC - “How to keep your brain healthy.”

Dr. Paul Evans, Ph. D, Asia Pacific Foundation Canada - “Canada and a Global China: Are we ready?”

Dennis Molnar, Researcher of WW II battles and operations - “The German Enigma Machine and British efforts to break the military encryption codes”

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Dr. Eduard Fidler, Certified Financial Planner: “Costly mistakes in charitable giving and strategies to avoid them”

Dr. André Gerolymatos, Chair of Hellenic Studies, SFU: “Analysis of some current problems in the “hot spots” of the Middle East region”

David Baines, columnist, Vancouver Sun: “Experiences in the past 20 years uncovering white collar crime in the stock market”

Bev Van Ruyven, Executive Vice President Customer Care and Conservation, BC Hydro: “BC Hydro long term plans to address the emerging gap between electricity supply and demand”

Nick Geer, Chairman of the Board of NAV Canada, provider of Canadian civil air navigation services coast to coast: “NAV Canada‘s mission - Safety in Canada’s Skies”

Don Krosgeth, Past Chair, Nature Trust of BC: “35 Years of Conservation of sensitive habitat lands”

Jamie Graham, Chief Constable, Vancouver Police Department: “Five years of challenges and experiences as Vancouver’s top cop”

Paul Gravett, Executive Director, Kay Meek Centre: “Successful turnaround at Kay Meek Centre and how the arts contribute greatly to West Vancouver’s cultural and business life”

Maurice McElrea, President, Union Gospel Mission: “History of the Mission and its important role in assisting people living through personal distress”

Steve Davis, President, Independent Power Producers of BC: “The part played by IPPs in response to BC Hydro challenge to return BC power generation to self-sufficiency by 2016”

Katherine Barber, Chief Editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary: “A stimulating and fun look at the history of the English language”

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

James Delgado, FRGS, RPA, Executive Director, Vancouver Maritime Museum: “History of the museum from its founding in 1922”

Dr. André Gerolymatos, Chair of Hellenic Studies, SFU: “Update on some current problems in the “hot spots” of the Middle East region”

Russ Anthony, President, the new Vancouver Convention Centre and Exposition Pavilion: “History of the existing trade and convention centre and description of the new Convention Centre expansion which is well underway”

Murray Leith, B. Comm., CFA, VP and Director Investment Research, Odlum Brown Limited: “Tempered Expectations – expectations of relative performance of the Canadian vs. the US stock market”

Jim Taylor, journalist, author, broadcaster: “Writing for 47 years, sports for 30 of those, getting paid for what he loved to do and having fun, and not finished yet”

Jack Poole, CEO, Vancouver 2010 Olympics Committee: “The structure and membership of the Committee and the challenges for Canada staging the 2010 Olympic and Para-Olympic Winter Games”

Dr. John Maynard, Senior Director of Medicine, Lions Gate Hospital: “Some key issues facing health care today in British Columbia and the emerging family medicine crisis”

Pam Ryan, Director of Planning and Community Relations, Gateway Project, Ministry of Transportation: “The challenges and complexities of the proposed three billion dollar Ministry of Transportation Gateway Project”

Mark Ferguson, Senior Engineer, GVRD Water Filtration Project: “Description of ‘Canada’s largest water filtration plant, the $600 million project currently under construction on Vancouver’s North Shore”

David Bond, Chief Economist HSBC (retired):  “From his years of experience in Canadian government service, humorous insights into the backstage problems of governing a country with no or little experience and only 6 months to learn it”

Scheduled presentation by Peter Speer, Director and Chair, Nature Trust of B C was cancelled due to a power failure --- was rescheduled and presented by Don Krosgeth, Past Chair, in June 2007

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Dr. André Gerolymatos, Chair of Hellenic Studies, SFU: “Developments over the past year in some current problems areas in the “hot spots” of the Middle East region”

Daniel Muzyka, Dean, Sauder School of Business, UBC:  “The challenges in the “Best of Times and the Worst of Times” in business education as UBC Faculty of Business completes 70 years of educating business and commerce students”

Pat Jacobson, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority:  The operations of the GVTA and the challenges faced in ensuring mobility of goods and people in a major urban center”

Dr. John Nightingale, President, Vancouver Aquarium: “As the Aquarium celebrates its 50^th birthday, a look at its past and its future outlook and its valued contribution to our understanding of our marine environment”

Captain Gordon Houston, President, Vancouver Port Authority: “History of the VPA and the significant contribution of the VPA operations in the Vancouver area economy”

Mr. Bob Ackles, President BC Lions, Governor CFL: “Fifty-plus years of great football memories --- the journey from water boy to Director of Football Operations with BC Lions and around the best of the NFL”

Christopher Gaze, Artistic Director and Founder, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: “History of the Festival and the oft unrecognized amazing influence of Shakespeare in our everyday lives”

Dr. Les Vertesi, Associate Director of Health Research, Fraser Health Authority:  “Broken promises of health care in Canada: the present state; the basic problems faced today; how we got there; and ,the path forward to fix it”

John Boone, Cardiologist, speaks of his passion as an apiarist: “All you ever wanted to know about bees”

Martin Crilly, Commissioner, B.C. Ferries: “History and operations of BC Ferries – a look back at yesterday and forward to tomorrow”

(Maestro) Bramwell Tovey, Musical Director, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: “The language of music and its impact on children and adults; the history and operations of the VSO”

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Dr. André Gerolymatos, Chair of Hellenic Studies, SFU, and a recognized world class commentator on Middle Eastern affairs: "The history of Islam and analysis of the complex current situation in the Middle East”

Dr John Imrie, Chief Cardiologist, Lions Gate Hospital: "Dramatic and expensive) new therapies for heart disease …... can we afford them?”

Grant Churchill, Chief Constable, West Vancouver Police and Gordon Tomlinson, Officer in Charge, RCMP, North Vancouver: "The law on the   North Shore, and the need for integration of police efforts”

Dr Paul Kariya, Executive Director, Pacific Salmon Foundation: "The Mission: Dedicated to conserve and rebuild the Pacific salmon population through strategic programs and efforts focused to meet common goals"

Bryan Williams, QC:   "The role of the Court in a democratic society. 

Is there a significant role for Judicial Activism? "

Dr Max Cynader, Director, The Brain Research Centre, UBC: "The Aging Brain”, the challenges ahead for all of us, and the exciting research being done at the Centre”

John Schreiner, vintner, writer, columnist and author of articles and books about wine: "The wonderful wines of British Columbia”

Dr Greg Lee, President, Capilano College: "The challenges and opportun-ities in post-secondary education”

Dr Jack Blaney, Chair, Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform: "The current system and the difficult process of examining the options and making recommendations for a better electoral system for BC”

Peter Milburn, Project Director, Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project: "Step by step presentation describing the immense challenges and difficulties of designing and building this enormous construction project”

Brian Burke, General Manager (former), Vancouver Canucks: “The basic concepts of running an NHL hockey club and the immense challenges of going back to square one to restart the club to build a winning franchise”

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon

Condensed October 2003 President's Report

     “Last February, when Don Brinton and I found there was a two year wait for admission to The Probus Club of Vancouver, we wondered "Why not start a Probus Club on the North Shore?"  That was the beginning.  Vancouver Probus offered support and their sponsorship.  Stu McNeill, Barry Gosney, Don Smith and Glenn Ferguson joined us to form a founding Management Committee.  A formal name was chosen, stationery designed, a bank account opened and a meeting place secured.

     “By early summer we wondered how many members we might attract.  By mid-July we reached over 60 and by early September we were more than 100.  We knew that the quality of speakers is key to a successful club, so we concentrated on building our speaker programs and we now have an excellent line-up of speakers through to March 2004.  For those of you who missed our Charter meeting on September 16, it was a memorable morning with 116 present, pushing our membership above our decided 150 cap, with applicants on a waiting list.  With our Charter Certificate in hand we chose Tuesday, October 21 for our inaugural meeting and the third Tuesday of each month for regular monthly meetings.

     “John Leonard, President”

 In 2003 we welcomed the following distinguished speakers.

Dr Rick Skinner, President, Royal Roads University, Victoria BC:  “Report from the Edge: A new model of university education” 

Michael Ryan, businessman, financial analyst, radio financial program host devoted to increasing the understanding and function of business: “Havoc in American corporate culture --- Déjà vu …. Japan?”

No speaker due to Christmas Luncheon