Author Archives: Michael K. Barbour

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.

Announcing C100’s New Board Members | Meet the Founders & Share their Story

Leave a reply

A newsletter from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.

48Hrs in the Valley: “Meet the Founders” Series

We’re excited to launch a new series in connection with our 2020 48Hrs in the Valley program called “Meet the Founders”. Beginning August 3rd until the end of September, we’ll be featuring the 26 founders participating in our flagship program for early-stage entrepreneurs. Follow C100 on Twitter to meet each of the founders, from Whitehorse to Toronto, Hong Kong to NYC.

We look forward to introducing them to you over the coming weeks through this social media series. If you are interested in supporting any of the founders featured, please send us a note at connect@thec100.org.

Follow C100 on Twitter

Announcing C100’s Newest Board Directors!

C100 is pleased to announce three incoming members to the Board of Directors: Angela Tran, Michael Hershfield and Kim Fennell. They have all led remarkable careers in technology and are excited to support the C100 mission and our future growth. We’re grateful for their commitment and welcome them to the C100 leadership.

Angela Tran

General Partner at Version One Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Michael Hershfield

Global Vice President of Inside Sales at WeWork

New York, NY

Kim Fennell

Managing Director at Fleet Hill Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Become a Member & Make an Impact

C100’s mission is to support, inspire, and connect the most promising Canadian entrepreneurial leaders through mentorship, investment, partnership, and talent.

Our members form the preeminent, global community of visionary Canadian entreprenenurs, operators and investors. Each brings something rich and unique to our ecosystem and fuels C100’s role in supporting global Canadians as they build high-impact careers and remarkable organizations.

Play a more active role the C100 ecosystem and benefit from opportunities for personal and professional development. Consider supporting C100’s mission as a member.

Learn More About C100 Membership Here

Community News & Opportunities

Calling all Life Sciences Professionals: C100’s partner, Silicon Valley Bank, is recruiting volunteers to participate in a Life Sciences Mentorship Program

Life Sciences professionals are invited to participate in a two-hour virtual networking session this fall to meet with entrepreneurs leading early-stage Life Sciences startups. If you meet a founder or company that you can help, the choice is yours to engage in a more robust relationship thereafter. SVB is leading this initiative with Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) to support its mission of fostering commercial success for Ontario’s life science sector. To participate, RSVP to Anne Woods, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank Canada at awoods@svb.com

Members making the news: Toronto-based fintech company Clearbanc (48Hrs ’17) launched a valuation tool that allows e-commerce entrepreneurs to determine the value of their business in 24 hours for free. Watch Clearbanc co-founder & C100 Member Michele Romanow’s interview on Cheddar here.

Thank You to Our Partners

Foundational Partners

Corporate Partners

Remembering the chaos of liberated Europe

Leave a reply

An item from the Legion Magazine.

Click here to view this newsletter in your browser

Remembering the chaos of liberated Europe

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

Pierre Gauthier landed on D-Day with his Régiment de la Chaudière and fought through France, Belgium and into the Netherlands before a second wound ended his war.

His regiment lost 58 men killed on June 6, 1944, and 248 before the fighting ended 11 months later, but among the most unsettling images that remain burned in the veteran’s mind are those of the people they had liberated turning on each other and on those who had defeated them four or five years earlier.

The fighting after Hill 70

Story by Sharon Adams

The Battle for Hill 70 was an important victory for the Canadian Corps in August 1917, though it did not achieve its ultimate objective.

The Canadians had been ordered to capture the German stronghold at Lens, a French coal-mining centre.

But first, Hill 70 had to be taken. Taking the high ground, noted Brigadier-General Percy Radcliffe, would make “the enemy’s position in [Lens] untenable, and [force] him to evacuate it.” It also would take out guns that would otherwise target Canadians from above as they attacked the city.

The Italian Campaign Special Issue Bundle

July 24, 1927

The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is inaugurated in Ypres, Belgium.

Email sent to: mkbarbour@gmail.com

Canvet Publications Ltd.
86 Aird Place |
Kanata, Ontario | K2L 0A1 | Canada |
1-844-602-5737 | 613-591-0116 | magazine@legion.ca

Caledonian Club of San Francisco postpone their Highland Gathering and Games

Leave a reply

Please note this event that US Branch #25 of the Royal Canadian Legion regularly participates in has been postponed.

Dear Patron,

The Caledonian Club of San Francisco has decided to postpone their Highland Gathering and Games that was scheduled for Labor Day weekend, 2020.

The Caledonians are still considering holding some kind of gathering later in the year.

There is no information about this effort at this time.

When we receive further information, we will let you know.

We will miss seeing you at the Labor Day Weekend Scottish Games, and we look forward to a future in which the Games can go forth again.

In the event that you would like to order any of our Scottish pins, belt buckles, jewelry, etc.,

we are still open for mail order sales by telephone. 415 897 1732.

*Please note that the purchase feature on our website is NOT FUNCTIONING.* —Call us…

Be Well,

Sincerely,

Nancy Nagle

Nagle Forge & Foundry

http://www.nagleforge.com

New Hilbrand fellow; Canada’s new UN ambassador in conversation

Leave a reply

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

Canadian Studies Announcements

In this issue:

New Hildebrand Fellow, Mindy Price
Affiliate event tomorrow: Canada’s UN ambassador, Bob Rae, in conversation
Last chance to watch Canadian films from the Seattle Int’l Film Festival

New Hildebrand Fellow, Mindy Price, Studies the

Intersection of Agriculture and Indigenous Rights

Canadian Studies is pleased to welcome the latest recipient of the Edward Hildebrand Fellowship, Mindy Price. Mindy is a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. An environmental sociologist and political ecologist, her research focuses on indigenous food sovereignty and the effects of climate change on agriculture in the far north. Mindy received her B.A. in sociology from Emory University, and her Master of Public Health in global health practice from the University of South Florida.

Mindy’s project will examine recent government agricultural initiatives in the Northwest Territories through the context of Indigenous sovereignty. As climate change and economic shifts increased the attractiveness of farming in the far north, pressure is increasing to settle over 300,000 acres of disputed Indigenous land claims and open these areas to farming. Do these forces represent a threat to Indigenous land sovereignty, and their traditional methods of resource management? What are the benefits and drawbacks these projects present for Indigenous communities and other residents of the Northwest Territories? Mindy plans to conduct interviews and field research in Yellowknife, Hay River, and the Mackenzie River delta to find answers to these questions.

Affiliate Event Tomorrow: Canada at the United Nations, What Next? A Conversation with Canada’s New Ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae

July 21 | 10:00 a.m. PT | Conference call

The Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will host a discussion tomorrow with Canada’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the Honourable Bob Rae.

Recently, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s four-year campaign effort to secure a rotating seat on the UN Security Council ended in defeat in June. Following Canada’s failure to secure a seat on the agency’s decision-making body, questions arose about whether the vote would alter Canada’s contribution to the UN. Ambassador Rae will highlight Canada’s contribution to the United Nations, and present his vision to further engage international partners and promote the Canadian values of peace, freedom, democracy, and human rights in a time of global uncertainty. The conversation will be moderated by Canada Institute director Dr. Christopher Sands, who is also a board member of Berkeley’s Canadian Studies Program.

To RSVP for this event and view call-in numbers, please click here.

Last Chance to Watch Canadian Films at the Seattle International Film Festival

Streaming through Wednesday, July 23

Two recent films from award-winning Canadian directors will end their virtual run this Wednesday, July 23. The films are being screened by the Seattle International Film Festival, in cooperation with the University of Washington’s Canadian Studies Center, and showcase the talent of two contemporary Canadian filmmakers. Watch them both online here.

And the Birds Rained Down (2019)

Louise Archambault (Québec)

127 minutes; French with English subtitles.

Three elderly hermits live deep in the woods, cut off from the rest of the world. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women in this gentle, elegiac study of intertwined lives.

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)

Zacharias Kunuk (Inuit Nunangat)

111 minutes; Inuktitut with English subtitles.

In 1961, Noah Piugattuck and his band of nomadic Inuit hunters are approached by a brutish white man known as “Boss” who pressures them to abandon their traditional way of life and move into settlement housing.

Canadian Studies Program

213 Moses Hall #2308 WEBSITE | EMAIL

‌

Canadian Studies Program | Univ. of California, Berkeley, 213 Moses Hall #2308, Berkeley, CA 94720

[REMINDER] Royal Canadian Legion – US Branch 25 August Meeting

Leave a reply

As we are still unable to meet in person, but also have business that we need to attend to, we will be holding an August business meeting for the membership of US Branch #25 representing the San Francisco Bay Area. The meeting will be held online using Zoom on Tuesday, 04 August at 7pm. The dress for the meeting is casual (i.e., Legion attire is not required).

The details on how to join the meeting can be obtained by e-mailing mkbarbour@gmail.com

The agenda, minutes from the previous meeting, and various written reports will be e-mailed prior to the event.

If you have not used Zoom, you can download the program to your computer by visiting https://zoom.us/support/download (there are also links on that page to download it to your phone or tablet). To join the meeting follow the steps outlined in this video – https://youtu.be/9isp3qPeQ0E – or the instructions under the “How do I join a Zoom session?” portion of this website https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2020/how-to-use-zoom.html

We hope to see everyone there…

Michael Barbour
Vice President, US Branch #25
Royal Canadian Legion