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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.

Fighter Aircraft & Aerospace Technology Blog

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An item from our colleagues at the RCAF Association.


Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Billie Flynn, CD, MBA, MSc – was a 20+ year veteran of the RCAF, former commanding officer 441 Squadron and senior test pilot with Lockheed Martin flying the most advanced fighter aircraft – the F-35 Lightning II.

Billie has joined the RCAF Association and on his behalf I am delighted to share with all our members the “blog” site Billie has created, as part of his effort to help inform Canadians about related and important aspects of their country’s air force.

You can find the site here at this link.

There are three stories published thus far: “Stealth Matters, Cell Phones and Fighter Planes, and, One Last Chance to Get it Right.”

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🎙 A conversation on risk-taking with tech titan Sukinder Singh Cassidy | Confluence Podcast covers Canadian tech in the valley

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An item from a fellow Canadian organization in the Bay Area.

🗓 A CONVERSATION ON RISK-TAKING WITH TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE & C100 CHARTER MEMBER SUKHINDER SINGH CASSIDY

Join us for an intimate fireside chat with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, one of Silicon Valley’s most admired leaders, a valued C100 Charter Member and author of her most recent book, CHOOSE POSSIBILITY: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail). Check out a preview of her book here in Tech Crunch.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is a leading digital CEO and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of leadership experience founding, scaling and advising companies including Google, Amazon, StubHub, Yodlee and more. She is currently Founder and Chairman of theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace for diverse leaders to be recommended and discovered for board and executive opportunities. Most recently, Sukhinder served as the leader of StubHub, the premiere global consumer ticketing marketplace for live entertainment, which her and her team sold for $4 billion in February 2020.

🎙 LISTEN: CANADA’S ROLE IN DEFINING THE FUTURE OF TECH

“Across Canada, the U.S. and around the world, in the last year some of the biggest success stories technology companies that were founded by Canadians. […] We’re looking forward to more IPOs this year of Canadian founded companies that are having a huge impact globally.”

Tune into Episode 5 of the Confluence podcast where C100’s CEO Laura Buhler & Co-Founder Chris Albinson dive into Canada’s role in defining the future of technology, in the Bay Area and beyond, with host Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada to Northern California and Silicon Valley.

Also featured in this episode is Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder, President & COO at Cloudlfare (& C100 Charter Member).

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COMMUNITY UPDATES & MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

🦄 People.ai, led by Founder & CEO Oleg Rogynskyy (Charter Member), has hit unicorn status at a $1.1-billion valuation following a $100-million in Series D financing, co-led by Mike Dinsdale, Managing Director at Akkadian Ventures (and Charter Member), and Abdulla AlBanna of Mubadala Capital. Hear directly from Oleg in this blog post. Congratulations to Oleg & the People.ai team!

📣 Mississauga-based PointClickCare announced that Co-Founder & CEO Mike Wessinger (Charter Member) will become its Executive Chair. His Co-Founder & brother Dave Wessinger will become CEO.

🦄 #anotherone Toronto-based cloud accounting software company FreshBooks has passed the $1-billion valuation mark following an announcement that it has secured $80.75-million in Series E financing and $50-million in debt financing (total $130.75-million). Congratulations to Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board Mike McDerment & the FreshBooks team!

📈 Montreal-based Hopper secured $175-million in Series G financing, bringing its total raise to date to nearly $600-million and its valuation to $3.5-billion. Fun fact: it had a $2-billion valuation just five months ago. Plus, a bonus article from the Logic about the news (subscription required).

🗓 Elevate launches Think 2030, a three-day event taking place in Toronto and online to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and explore how design, innovation and technology can solve society’s greatest challenges.

📣 The DMZ (C100 Corporate Partner) has launched a new Social Impact Stream within their Black Innovation Program to support Black founders with a social mission and purpose. Learn more here and applications are due August, 31st!

📈 Montreal-based Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has raised an additional $107.4-million in its share offering after underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full, bringing the total raised amount to $823.5-million (before underwriting commission and offering costs). Founder & CEO Dax Dasilva (Charter Member) shares more about the latest on Lightspeed on CNBC’s Closing Bell.

🛰 The Canadian federal government is providing $1.44-billion to Ottawa-based satellite company Telesat in an effort to extend broadband internet service to Canada’s rural and remote areas. Telesat’s global network, named “Lightspeed”, will be composed of 298 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites operating 35 times closer to earth than traditional telecommunications satellites.

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Zoom Webinar: Geoff Hayes on The Canadians in Normandy

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Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion has partnered with the folks at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, who have been providing webinars and these articles throughout the pandemic.  A great benefit for members and non-members alike.
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GEOFF HAYES

The Canadians in Normandy:
Another Go-Around

August 25th, 7:30 PM ET
The webinar is FREE on Zoom.

Registration is required, but you do not need a Zoom account to watch.

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Despite years of debate, the view persists that “something appeared to be wrong” with First Canadian Army through the summer of 1944. This talk traces the Canadian path through Normandy to re-consider an ‘old’ narrative. It argues that, in the face of heavy casualties and enduring British criticism of the Canadians, the soldiers of First Canadian Army understood that they had earned a remarkable victory in Normandy. Finally, after over four years of war, the Canadians believed that they had won a Canadian victory, one that matched, even surpassed their fathers’ achievements a generation before.

Educated at Wilfrid Laurier University and Western University, GEOFF HAYES is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo. He was a student of Terry Copp when he wrote The Lincs: A History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment at War (1986). Most recently his book, Crerar’s Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939–1945 (UBC, 2017) won the 2018 C.P. Stacey Award. Geoff has learned a great deal from the many student tours he has joined on the battlefields of Northwest Europe, organized through the Canadian Battlefields Foundation.
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Displaced by war: Life on the edge

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An item from the Legion Magazine.

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Displaced by war: Life on the edge

Displaced by war: Life on the edge

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

While the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, families displaced by war in Yemen are combatting malnutrition and rampant disease, most of which has long been eradicated in the West.

Recent reports from inside the embattled country say increasing numbers of children living in displaced-persons’ camps are coming down with malaria, cholera, polio and diphtheria—and often dying.

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Prisoners of Dieppe

Prisoners of Dieppe

Story by Sharon Adams

In June 1942, Canadian troops arrived for six weeks of combined operations training on the Isle of Wight in England in preparation for the raid on Dieppe, France.

Among them were a dozen men from the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, who were to deliver ammunition, help with the wounded, and transport German prisoners to ships waiting offshore.

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[REMINDER] Request for Participation – “I Joined” Membership Campaign

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In 2020, as a way to get membership engaged all across the country, Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion engaged in an “I Joined” campaign.  In preparation for a membership drive that we are going to undertake in the Fall, US Branch 25 – representing the San Francisco Bay Area – is replicating this campaign.

Our members are the lifeblood of the Royal Canadian Legion.  Without your support, we could not do all we do to honour, support, and remember Canada’s veteran and their families.  We invite you to share why you joined the Legion.  For some it may be to give back to those who served, to honour family members, or to support our branch and communities.  So tell us your Legion story!  Why did you join the Legion?  What do you like about being a member?  What is your favourite Legion memory?  Please visit https://tinyurl.com/branch25-ijoined/ to contribute your own story, and be sure to upload a photo of yourself or our branch to accompany your story – or even a video.

If you visit https://www.legion.ca/news/articles/2019/11/28/in-their-own-words-why-our-members-joined-the-royal-canadian-legion you can see the stories of nine of our comrades from the Dominion Command campaign.  Some of the videos that were produced included:

Here are some examples that have already been submitted from our own Branch:

If you have any questions, please let us know.