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About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

Behind the Scenes of this Summer’s Favorite Movie! 8 September at Marines’ Memorial

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This event from a fellow veterans service organization in the Bay Area may be of interest to some of our members.

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An item from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission that may be of interest.

Welcome to the CWGC’s latest newsletter

Unknown First World War Canadian Soldier Identified • Finding Our War Dead • Heritage Open Days • The Dieppe Raid at 80: An Airman’s Account • Great War Group Conference in October • CWGF Calendar Competition

The identity of a previously unknown Canadian soldier of the First World War in CWGC Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France, is now confirmed… Find out more.

Photos courtesy Canadian Armed Forces
Discover more about our Grave Recovery team, what happens when a world war casualty is found and the process behind identifying them… Find out more.

We’re running a range of Open Days throughout September. Come and join us at your local CWGC site to discover more about the history in your local communities, the work of the CWGC and the men and women we commemorate… Find out more.

Friday 19th of August marks 80 years since the ill-fated Dieppe Raid took place. We spoke to Eugenie Brooks about her father’s actions during this controversial operation… Find out more.

As a partner of the Great War Group, we will attending the annual conference October this year.

We will be taking part in a panel on a discussion about the importance and significance of the Thiepval Memorial – the largest memorial to the missing in the world.  We will also be hosting a session of our own – subject to be confirmed!

If you are into your First World War history, come and join us.  There are lots of other seminars, speeches, a pop up museum and an evening social. We hope to see you there!

To find out more about the Great War Group and to book click here.

Following the success of last year’s competition, this August you’re invited to send in images of CWGC cemeteries and memorials from across the world for a chance to feature in the CWGF’s 2023 calendar. Visit the CWGF website to find out more and enter here.
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Meet C100’s new CEO!

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An announcement from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.

MEET C100’S NEW CEO: RAY NEWAL!

C100 is proud to announce that its new CEO is Ray Newal! Ray joins the C100 embracing a wealth of experience supporting entrepreneurs as a founder, investor, ecosystem builder, mentor and beyond. Most recently he was leading the Ecosystem and Capital team at MaRS, supporting ventures in Health Sciences, Cleantech, and Enterprise Software sectors.

Newal also led the expansion of Techstars into India, where he served as Managing Director and led the launch of the Techstars Bangalore Accelerator, which went on to become one of the most active seed acceleration programs in South Asia.

Ray possesses deep empathy for entrepreneurs having been a former founder himself as the Co-Founder of Jigsee, a venture-backed mobile video startup that became a market leader in South Asia before being sold in 2013. He stems from a background in online advertising, leading business development teams at DoubleClick, Microsoft, and Yahoo.

Read more about the news here in the Logic, featuring Ray and C100 Co-Chairs Janet Bannister & Andre Charoo, and also directly from Ray in this “Letter from the CEO“.

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