Our event starts at 11 am on the 2nd floor of the Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue). Come early for coffee and conversation at 10:30 am.
The Bruce Trail is Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath running along the Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario from Niagara to Tobermory. The Bruce Trail spans almost 900 km of main Trail and over 400 km of associated side trails and is a UNESCO World Biosphere. It is recognized for its diverse natural landscape that supports a variety of ecosystems located in the heart of Canada’s most densely populated region. It is home to an outstanding assortment of flora and fauna including 36 species of reptiles and amphibians, 53 species of mammals, 90 species of fish and more than 350 species of birds.
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This Sunday, our featured speaker, Graham Allen, will highlight the importance of the Bruce Trail to preserving Canada’s biodiversity, its history and the many ways you can enjoy the Bruce Trail. Graham Allen is Vice President of the Toronto Bruce Trail Club (TBTC), one of the nine member clubs that comprise the Bruce Trail Conservancy. He has been involved with the Bruce Trail since 2011 and completed hiking the entire trail in 2014. The TBTC is the largest of the nine clubs with over 3000 members. Graham’s other pursuits include volunteering with Mountain Equipment Co-Op, white water canoeing and skiing. Graham joined the Ontario Public Service in 2007 and is a Manager, Procurement and prior to that worked in Global Supply Chain for a Canadian mining company. Graham is a graduate of UBC’s Sauder School of Business and lives in Toronto.
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Our featured musician this Sunday will be Julia Fedec. At 21 years old, Julia Fedec has kicked off her music career with works that have been carried with her for years. For Julia, music has been the outlet through which she explores herself and the world around her – the only outlet that seemed apt to express the beauties and pains of vulnerability, finding inner strength and the complexities of life. Julia only started performing publicly in 2018, and is in the process of writing and recording new music to release. You can check out a sampling of her music here: https://soundcloud.com/ueds/tracks
You can RSVP for this on our Meetup page at: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Oasis/events/257294309/