IMPORTANT NOTICE - CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION
The City of Beaconsfield is working closely with the provincial health authorities regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and it had decided to close, on March 13, 2020, municipal facilities offering activities to the public, in order to respond to the risks of potential infections in our region.
Following a survey with members and friends, the Board of Directors of SHBBHS has decided to resume its lectures as of October 2020 but in virtual mode.
Check our website regularly as some last minute changes are possible.
Until further notice, the lectures will be in virtual mode and available free for everyone.
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Our lectures take place on the 3rd Thursday of the month, starting at 19:30.
Everyone is welcome.
The SHBBHS is privately funded. We thank Roberta Angell for her bequest that makes it possible for us to offer our lectures for free during this time of crisis.
Information: Contact us
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Aislin’s Favourite COVID Cartoons from Around the World
Speaker: Terry Mosher, alias Aislin
When: Thursday, January 20, 2022, starting at 19:30
Where: In virtual mode
Lecture in English, followed by a bilingual question period.
To gain access to our January 20, 2022 lecture, in English, you must register in advance. You can do so now by using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsdO6uqDstE9KtS_Qgg7LvpKFCw-kfUChJ
Select your language preference at the bottom right corner of the page.
After registering, you will receive from ZOOM a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting on the evening of the lecture. Keep this personal new link as you will use it to connect to the meeting on the evening of the lecture, just by clicking on the personal link provided by ZOOM when you want to join the lecture. You could join around 15 minutes before the time of the lecture giving you enough time to set in. The lecture will start at 19:30.
Note that you should have the free ZOOM client application installed on your computer to join this meeting.
Terry Mosher has been cartooning since 1967 under the pen name AISLIN. While Aislin’s career has been principally associated with the English-language newspaper The Montreal Gazette, his work has been reproduced far and wide. Many of Aislin’s 14,000 cartoons are now held in the collection of Montreal’s McCord Museum. Over the years, Mosher has written or contributed to 52 books.
In his latest book, he assembled cartoons on the theme of COVID-19 sketched by different cartoonists from around the world. He is now raising funds for community healthcare with this latest book. For more information see http://www.aislin.com/wordpress/about-aislin/
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Christ Church Beaurepaire: Mid-20th Century Youth Programs
Speaker: TAdrian Willison
When: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 19:30
Where: In virtual mode
Lecture in English, followed by a bilingual question period.
To gain access to our lecture, in English, you must register in advance. You can do so now by using the following link:
(link to come)
Select your language preference at the bottom right corner of the page.
After registering, you will receive from ZOOM a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting on the evening of the lecture. Keep this personal new link as you will use it to connect to the meeting on the evening of the lecture, just by clicking on the personal link provided by ZOOM when you want to join the lecture. You could join around 15 minutes before the time of the lecture giving you enough time to set in. The lecture will start at (time to be confirmed).
Note that you should have the free ZOOM client application installed on your computer to join this meeting.
Adrian Willison will introduce us to the Youth Programs put in place by the Beaurepaire Christ Church from the 1950's till around 1975.
Adrian Willison has been resident of Beaurepaire since his childhood. In the past, he presented the following subjects to our audience:
November 2007: The American Revolution on Lake Saint Louis and its Shores
January 2010 : Kensington Gardens: World Class Architecture in Beaurepaire
February 2014 : The Black Loyalists of the American Revolution, 1775-1783
April 2017 : 1867-Confederation-2017; Honouring its Empire Loyalist Foundations: Sir Charles Tupper, Prime Minister – A History
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