This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm and you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. Followed by an extended discussion for a half hour. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
For our featured presentation, we will watch a video of a TEDx talk by Lucas Murnaghan, with an intro and outro by Helen Lenskyj.
Lucas Murnaghan’s talk is built around the balance of work and life, art and science and success and failure surrounding his surgical, photographic and entrepreneurial experience. He was an internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon with his own personal medical challenges along the way that opened his eyes to the need for balance in one’s life and in one’s career. He was born in Toronto and raised in Ottawa, Canada.
Helen Lenskyj is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, where she taught sociology. Helen grew up in Australia and has lived in Toronto since 1966. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1983, and was a professor from 1986 until retiring in 2007. As well as writing books, she enjoys swimming and kayaking. Her website is www.helenlenskyj.ca; TWITTER: https://twitter.com/helenje63185798
We will also be having live music this Sunday! Our featured musician will be Cassie Norton, the music director of Toronto Oasis. Cassie is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter, violinist and climate activist. She has recorded two full length albums as a solo artist, Little Strength (2009) and Quiet Wilderness (2010). Cassie and her band released their first EP: Lullaby for the End of Time in February 2019. When she isn’t busy making her own music, Cassie shares her love of music with others through teaching. She teaches a variety of private and ensemble classes at Regent Park School of Music, and through her private studio. Check out her website: https://www.cassienorton.com/
Please RSVP on meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Oasis/events/zgtbgsycchbmb/
Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!