Digital Moose Lounge: Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner

I wanted to pass along this notice from the Digital Moose Lounge Chair, Sarah Price.  The Moose have been great partners for our Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion for many, many years now.

At this particular event – the annual Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner – the Branch launches its annual Poppy Campaign at the dinner.  So for those members in the Bay Area, please consider joining us and be sure to stop by the Branch’s table to say hi.


Registration link on the DML site for tickets.

https://www.digitalmooselounge.com/events

🍁🦃 Good food, great company, and a little taste of home for Canadian Thanksgiving! 🇨🇦❤️

Join Digital Moose Lounge for a beautiful Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner at the UC Berkeley Alumni House! Whether you’re missing Thanksgiving back home or simply looking for an excuse to gather with fellow Canadians in the Bay, we’d love to have you at the table. 🍂🥂

📅 Sunday, October 4

⏰ 5:00–7:30 PM

📍 1 Alumni House, Berkeley, CA, 94720

🍽️ What’s on the table?

🦃 Classic turkey dinner with all the fixings

🍷 Canadian wine, beer & non-alcoholic options

🥧 A delicious selection of desserts

🌱 Vegan, vegetarian & gluten-free options

🎟️ A raffle with fabulous prizes

🌺 Poppies available with a donation to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 25

Come hungry, raise a glass, meet some new faces, and celebrate everything we’re thankful for with the #SFBayCanadians community. 🇨🇦🍁

A very special thank you to our co-host, the Berkeley Canadian Studies Program, and to the Canadian ConsulateAir Canada, and the Four Seasons Hotel – San Francisco for their continued partnership and support of this special DML tradition. ❤️🤍

🎟️ Grab your tickets for a seat at the Thanksgiving table! DML Tickets: Bring your Canadian crew and get ready for an evening of food, friendship, and plenty of spirit. 🍁🥂


Sarah Price – Chair

Three weeks until Fleet Week

Note this opportunity during the San Francisco Fleet Week.


SS Jeremiah O'Brien

National Liberty Ship Memorial
-Three weeks out.

On October 10 and 11, the SS Jeremiah O’Brien will do what she’s done every Fleet Week we’ve run: get underway, hold her place in the Bay, and let a few hundred people watch the Navy’s newest ships and the Blue Angels from the deck of a ship built in 1943.

Below decks, the engine room crew keeps a triple-expansion steam engine running the way it ran when the ship crossed the Atlantic during the war. Above decks, docents walk you through the bridge, the crew quarters, and what daily life looked like for the merchant mariners who sailed her.

Lunch is included. Beer and wine are available onboard. And the whole thing happens on the water — not from a folding chair on the Embarcadero.

Tickets: $195 adults / $125 youth / $480 family

→ Get tickets — October 10
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World War Three: A prominent historian offers a warning—and a way out—of approaching calamity

An item from the Legion Magazine.


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World War Three: A prominent historian offers a warning—and a way out—of approaching calamity

STORY BY RICHARD FOOT​​​​​​​

When Canada’s Margaret MacMillan speaks, it’s wise to listen.

That’s especially true when MacMillan—a pre-eminent conflict historian—warns that the present is looking unnervingly like the past in the lead-up to both world wars.

“When a storm is coming, there will always be signs,” MacMillan wrote earlier this month in the New York Times. “A world war is not inevitable, but the threat of a catastrophic conflict between big and well-armed powers is closer than it was for decades.”

She also recently told CBC Radio’s The Current: “It’s always foolish to panic too soon and say, you know, like Chicken Little, ‘the sky is falling.’ But I think we do need to really worry.”

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The main gate at Italian PoW Camp 78, from which Canadian captives Raymond Sherk and Don McLarty escaped in September 1943. [H.R. Dixon/Archives New Zealand/PAColl-1615-05]

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When Canadian captives Raymond Sherk and Don McLarty saw an opportunity to escape Camp 78, a prisoner-of-war facility in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, they wasted little time. Despite the country having signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943, the guards would soon be replaced by German troops already en route. The window to act was, in other words, closing—and fast.

“All men who escaped from there and camps like it had a similar experience,” said author Karen Farrington. “That was to go up the nearest mountain. It was the only way you could go.”

Sherk and McLarty did exactly that. For three weeks, the airmen sheltered in a cave roughly 13 kilometres from their former camp, hiding at high elevation as “their personal conditions went downhill.” Only in late October or early November 1943, largely thanks to the help of locals, did the dishevelled duo reach Allied lines.

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Juno Beach Centre Association President, Chris LaBossiere, Reflects on the UNESCO Announcement & Project Concordia / Le président de l’Association du Centre Juno Beach, Chris LaBossiere, se penche sur l’annonce de l’UNESCO et le projet Concordia

An item from the folks at the Juno Beach Centre that may be of interest to members.


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Reflections from Juno Beach: President of the Juno Beach Centre Association, Chris LaBossiere, on UNESCO, Friendship and the Promise of Project Concordia

Understanding the multi-decade complexity of this UNESCO inscription was deeply revealing. Bringing together dozens of French municipalities, regional departments, federal bodies, and international allies to protect this coast is a monumental feat of cooperation. Seeing our centre so completely embraced, from the local French townsfolk all the way to global leaders, filled me with a beaming sense of pride. Pride in our people, and pride in Canada.

Out of all five landing beaches, the world chose Juno Beach to host this global milestone. It felt as though the international community tapped Canada on the shoulder. In a world where alliances are shifting, Canada is rising in global reputation as a nation fighting hard to preserve the lessons of World War II and the peace born from them. We earned our seat at that table because we embody collaboration over adversarialism, and because we refuse to forget the 340 Canadians who died on these sands on June 6, 1944.

That sacred coastline was nearly lost. When a controversial condominium development recently threatened this battlefield, Canadians and our French allies rallied in a heroic, expensive battle to protect it. Our French partners stepped up shoulder-to-shoulder with Canada to buy back the land, with the French government, military, and local Normandy communities even contributing direct funding toward what comes next: Project Concordia.

For the rest of this article and more on Project Concordia, visit our website via the link below.

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The Incomparable Lt. James Doohan
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Did you know the actor who famously said, “She’s giving us all she’s got, Captain! She can’t take much more of this!” was a real-life war hero who was shot multiple times during the Normandy campaign? His courage was as remarkable as his later on-screen adventures.

Before he was “Scotty” on Star Trek, Lt. James Doohan was a Canadian gunner. He landed on Juno Beach on D-Day in support of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Canadian Scottish Regiment.

Ironically, after having survived intense enemy fire all day, James was wounded that night by a fellow Canadian soldier. Doohan was hit by machine-gun fire when returning to his command post when a jumpy Canadian sentry fired on his lieutenant, mistaking him for the enemy. Four rounds hit his leg, one passed through his right middle finger, and one hit him in the chest, deflecting off the lucky cigarette case given to him by his brother.

Discover more about his incredible journey via the link below. 🖖🇨🇦

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Become a Guide at the Juno Beach Centre! 
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What if your job took you to the charming villages of Normandy, introduced you to people from every corner of the globe, and let you help bring Canada’s proud history to life on one of the most historic coastlines in the world?

That’s exactly what awaits the next team of Juno Beach Centre guides. Since 2003, over 200 young Canadians have traded their classrooms and routine jobs for an adventure that is equal parts travel, education, and valuable work experience.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

During your time in Normandy, you will explore French culture, sample local cuisine, build lifelong friendships, and spend your days engaging with visitors from all over the world.

As a guide, you’ll:

Bring history to life—not from a textbook, but from the very beach where it unfolded. You’ll lead tours, answer questions, and watch visitors light up as they connect with history in a way they never have before.

Develop skills that travel with you—public speaking, adaptability, cross-cultural communication, and the confidence to think on your feet. These aren’t just job skills; they’re life skills.

Join a community of young leaders—you’ll become part of a proud alumni network that spans the country, bonded by a shared experience few others can claim.

Ready to Apply?

We’re now recruiting for the 2027 season, and we’d love to see your application.

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Know someone who’d love this? Share this newsletter with a friend, classmate, or family member who’s looking for an unforgettable chapter in their twenties.

For more information, visit the Guide Program section of our website.

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Congratulations to the Graduates of Garth Webb Secondary School!
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As students return to school, the Juno Beach Centre Association would like to take a moment to extend our warmest congratulations to the 2026 graduates of Garth Webb Secondary School!  We offer a special congratulations to this year’s winner of the Juno Beach Centre Association Award for Academics, Arthur Chao.  And this year’s winner of the Juno Beach Centre Association Award for Athletics, Kiki Tailor.

As you embark on this new chapter, we are proud to support your continued educational journey. We look forward to witnessing the incredible contributions you will make in the years ahead. Keep inspiring those around you!

To learn more about Garth Webb Secondary School’s connection to the Juno Beach Centre, visit our website.

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2026 Summer Institute: A Humbling Experience for Educators
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This summer, a group of Canadian educators traded their classrooms for the battlefields, beaches, and cemeteries of France. From July 25 to August 3, the Juno Beach Centre Summer Institute and Battlefield Tour gave history teachers from across the country the chance to walk the ground where Canadians fought and fell during both World Wars.

Organized by the Juno Beach Centre Association in partnership with EF Educational Tours, the ten-day program took participants through some of the most significant Canadian sites of the First and Second World Wars. This incredible tour took them to Vimy Ridge, Beaumont-Hamel, Hill 70, and Thiepval to Dieppe, the D-Day landing beaches, the Falaise Gap, and the Juno Beach Centre itself. Along the way, teachers visited the Abbaye d’Ardenne and Canadian war cemeteries at Bény-sur-Mer, Bretteville-sur-Laize, and Dieppe, as well as moving stops at Arromanches, Bayeux, Saint-Aubin, La Cambe, Le Mesnil-Patry, and Pegasus Bridge. JBCA historians provided context at each site, helping educators connect what they saw to the historical thinking concepts and curricula they teach back home.

The impact of the journey was summarized beautifully by Christa from Surrey, British Columbia:

“Facts and dates provide a framework, but stories are what make students care. They allow us to see the people behind the facts and understand that history is lived by ordinary individuals under extraordinary conditions and circumstances.”

For more information about their trip, as well as more pictures and reactions from the educators, check out the article linked below.

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Réflexions depuis Juno Beach : le président de l’Association du Centre Juno Beach, Chris LaBossiere, sur l’UNESCO, l’amitié et la promesse du projet Concordia

Comprendre la complexité de ce processus d’inscription à l’UNESCO, qui s’est étalé sur plusieurs décennies, a été une véritable révélation. Mobiliser des dizaines de municipalités françaises, de départements, d’organismes fédéraux et d’alliés internationaux pour protéger ce littoral représente un exploit de coopération monumental. Voir notre centre ainsi pleinement adopté – des habitants des communes françaises voisines jusqu’aux dirigeants mondiaux – m’a empli d’une immense fierté. Fierté pour notre peuple et fierté pour le Canada.

Parmi les cinq plages du Débarquement, c’est Juno Beach que le monde a choisie pour marquer cette étape historique. J’ai eu le sentiment que la communauté internationale venait de poser une main amicale sur l’épaule du Canada. Dans un monde où les alliances évoluent, le Canada voit son prestige international grandir en tant que nation qui se bat pour préserver les leçons de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la paix qui en a découlé. Nous avons gagné notre place à cette table parce que nous privilégions la collaboration à la confrontation, et parce que nous refusons d’oublier les 340 Canadiens qui ont perdu la vie sur ce sable le 6 juin 1944.

Ce littoral sacré a failli être perdu. Lorsqu’un projet immobilier controversé a récemment menacé ce champ de bataille, les Canadiens et nos alliés français se sont mobilisés pour une lutte héroïque et coûteuse visant à le protéger. Nos partenaires français se sont tenus aux côtés du Canada pour racheter le terrain ; le gouvernement français, l’armée et les communautés normandes locales ont même apporté un soutien financier direct à la prochaine étape : le projet Concordia.

Pour lire la suite de cet article et en savoir plus sur le projet Concordia, visitez notre site web via le lien ci-dessous. 

Suite de l’article
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L’incomparable lieutenant James Doohan
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Saviez-vous que l’acteur qui a prononcé la célèbre réplique « Je lui donne tout ce qu’elle a a, capitaine ! Elle ne pourra plus tenir le coup ! » était un véritable héros de guerre, blessé par balles à plusieurs reprises pendant la campagne de Normandie ? Son courage était aussi remarquable que ses aventures ultérieures à l’écran.

Avant de devenir le célèbre « Scotty » dans Star Trek, le lieutenant James Doohan était un artilleur canadien. Le Jour J, il a débarqué sur Juno Beach en soutien des Royal Winnipeg Rifles et des Canadian Scottish.

Ironie du sort, après avoir survécu toute la journée à d’intenses tirs ennemis, James fut blessé cette nuit-là par un autre soldat canadien. Alors qu’il retournait à son poste de commandement, une sentinelle canadienne nerveuse a ouvert le feu sur lui, le prenant pour l’ennemi. Il a reçu quatre balles à la jambe, une a traversé son majeur droit et une l’a frappé à la poitrine, déviée par l’étui à cigarettes porte-bonheur que lui avait donné son frère.

Découvrez-en plus sur son incroyable parcours via le lien ci-dessous. 🖖🇨🇦

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Et si votre travail vous emmenait dans les charmants villages de Normandie, vous faisait rencontrer des gens venus des quatre coins du monde et vous permettait de faire revivre la fière histoire du Canada sur l’un des littoraux les plus historiques du monde ?

C’est exactement ce qui attend la prochaine équipe de guides du Centre Juno Beach. Depuis 2003, plus de 200 jeunes Canadiens ont échangé leurs salles de classe et leurs emplois ordinaires contre une aventure mêlant voyage, éducation et précieuse expérience professionnelle.

Pourquoi Cette Opportunité se Démarque 

Pendant votre séjour en Normandie, vous explorerez la culture française, goûterez à la cuisine locale, nouerez des amitiés durables et passerez vos journées à échanger avec des visiteurs du monde entier.

En tant que guide, vous :

Ferez revivre l’histoire

Non pas à travers un manuel, mais depuis la plage même où elle s’est déroulée. Vous animerez des visites, répondrez aux questions et verrez les visiteurs s’émerveiller en se connectant à l’histoire d’une manière qu’ils n’ont jamais connue auparavant.

Développerez des compétences pour la vie 

Prise de parole en public, capacité d’adaptation, communication interculturelle et aisance à réagir sur-le-champ. Ce ne sont pas que des compétences professionnelles ; ce sont des compétences de vie.

Rejoindrez une communauté de jeunes leaders

Vous ferez partie d’un réseau d’anciens élèves dont les membres sont fiers et répartis dans tout le pays, unis par une expérience partagée que peu d’autres peuvent revendiquer.

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Vous connaissez quelqu’un qui aimerait cette expérience ? Partagez ce bulletin avec un ami, un camarade de classe ou un membre de votre famille qui cherche un chapitre inoubliable pour sa vingtaine. La Normandie vous attend.  

Pour plus d’informations, consultez la section Devenir Guide de notre site Web.

Devenir guide au Centre Juno Beach
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Félicitations aux diplômés de l’école secondaire Garth Webb ! 
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Alors que les élèves font leur rentrée, l’Association du Centre Juno Beach souhaite prendre un moment pour adresser ses plus chaleureuses félicitations aux diplômés de 2026 de l’école secondaire Garth Webb ! Nous offrons nos félicitations toutes particulières au lauréat de cette année du Prix de l’Association du Centre Juno Beach pour les études, Arthur Chao. Et à la lauréate de cette année du Prix de l’Association du Centre Juno Beach pour l’athlétisme, Kiki Tailor.

Alors que vous entamez ce nouveau chapitre, nous sommes fiers de soutenir la poursuite de votre parcours éducatif. Nous avons hâte de voir les contributions incroyables que vous accomplirez. Continuez à inspirer ceux qui vous entourent !

Pour en savoir plus sur le lien entre l’école secondaire Garth Webb et le Centre Juno Beach, visitez notre site web.

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Institut d’été 2026 : une expérience enrichissante pour les éducateurs
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Cet été, un groupe d’enseignants canadiens a troqué ses salles de classe contre les champs de bataille, les plages et les cimetières de France. Du 25 juillet au 3 août, l’Institut d’été et la tournée des champs de bataille du Centre Juno Beach ont donné à des professeurs d’histoire de tout le pays la chance de parcourir le sol où des Canadiens ont combattu et sont tombés lors des deux guerres mondiales.

Organisé par la Juno Beach Centre Association (JBCA) en partenariat avec EF Educational Tours, ce programme de dix jours a conduit les participants à travers certains des sites canadiens les plus marquants de la Première et de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Cette incroyable tournée les a menés à la crête de Vimy, à Beaumont-Hamel, à la cote 70 et à Thiepval, puis à Dieppe, aux plages du Débarquement, à la poche de Falaise et au Centre Juno Beach lui-même. En chemin, les enseignants ont visité l’Abbaye d’Ardenne et les cimetières militaires canadiens de Bény-sur-Mer, de Bretteville-sur-Laize et de Dieppe, ainsi que des arrêts émouvants à Arromanches, Bayeux, Saint-Aubin, La Cambe, Le Mesnil-Patry et le pont Pegasus. Les historiens de la JBCA ont apporté un éclairage historique sur chaque site, aidant les éducateurs à relier ce qu’ils voyaient aux concepts de la pensée historique et aux programmes qu’ils enseignent chez eux.

L’impact de ce voyage a été magnifiquement résumé par Christa, de Surrey, en Colombie-Britannique :

« Les faits et les dates fournissent un cadre, mais ce sont les histoires qui font que les élèves s’y intéressent. Elles nous permettent de voir les personnes derrière les faits et de comprendre que l’histoire est vécue par des individus ordinaires dans des conditions et des circonstances extraordinaires. »

Pour plus d’informations sur leur voyage, ainsi que d’autres photos et réactions des éducateurs, consultez l’article lié ci-dessous.

Institut d’été 2026
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