Events

Anne Chellingworth talks about life & COVID in Australia.

Anne's Bio:

I was born in Chester, England but have been fortunate to live my life in primarily 3 countries.

My formative years were in New Plymouth, New Zealand.  At aged 19 I travelled to England, working there for several years until emigrating to Canada in 1970.

The first 10 years were spent in Montreal, Canada. In my last 5 years there, I worked with Harold Greenberg in Astral Film Productions.  My role was Assistant to Harold and Public Relations Co-ordinator.  During my time with Astral they produced such movies as “Porky’s”; “City on Fire and “A Man called Intrepid” a TV mini-series starring David Niven & Michael York. 

I assisted Harold each year organising parties for the Montreal World Film Festival and the Toronto Internal Film Festival and prepared information packs for Investors.

I also had the opportunity to visit several film sets both in Montreal ‘City on Fire” where I met Henry Fonda and Shelley Winters and Mobile, Alabama where we were filming “Death Ship” starring Richard Crenna and George Kennedy.

I left Montreal and Astral after the birth of my daughter when we moved to Toronto and then later after the birth of my son, we moved to Ottawa. 

In 1988 we relocated to Wellington, New Zealand.   In 1999 I took a role in the Financial Services industry.  Initially on a project differentiating service for Financial Advisers and then as an Executive Assistant.

After my divorce in 2002 I moved to Brisbane, Australia.  I stayed in the Financial Services industry and moved into an Event organiser role with a large Insurance Company.

My daughter who represented NZ in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne now lives with her husband and 2 children in Melbourne, Australia. My son returned to Toronto Canada in 2012, where he still resides and works in the film industry as an Editor.

New TERC member Lynne Patterson gives her classification talk. She will take us on a journey from her native Britain to Canada and tell us about, her work career, involvement in other organizations, passion for theatre and travel and why she joined Rotary. 

Douglas Nicholson of Palgrave Rotary Club discusses how in a rural village they raise $80-100K per annum.

Raly Chakarova of Tridel talks about their BOLT Program which recruits youth for careers in construction in priority GTA neighbourhoods.

Raly is the Executive Director of the BOLT Charitable Foundation. BOLT was started by Tridel with a mandate to assist under-resourced youth connect to careers in construction through raising awareness, career exploration, and financial support for skilled training and post-secondary education. Prior to this role, Raly was the Director of Policy at the Toronto Region Board of Trade, leading its work on talent and trade. One of the policy reports she authored at the Board was the high profiled “Help Wanted: Modernizing Employment and Skills Training Services in Ontario" [PDF] that looked at improving workforce development practices in the province. A big reason for joining the BOLT Foundation was to put the principles of that report into practice. As a former senior advisor to provincial cabinet ministers, including Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development and Growth, Raly has an in-depth and practical understanding of government policy. Raly is a Board Member of ACCES Employment, a member of RESCON's Anti-Racism Roundtable, and member of the Women in Construction Committee at George Brown College. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University and a Specialist in International Development and Political Science from University of Toronto.

Next year's TERC President Shaheynoor Talukder lays out her plans for the 2021-2022 year.

Jim Parker and Parish youth will give us an update on what's happening from Bethany Baptist.  

Toronto East Rotary Club member Amanda Maragos will give her Classification Talk.

Today members and guests wiil play a game of Kahoot Trivia.