Presentations

Homegrown Racism and Indefinite Detention
Presentations by Barbara Jackman, Matthew Behrens, Tim McSorley, and Azeezah Kanji on September 15, 2020
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Holtom Lectures
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Role of the U.N. in Maintaining Peace, Health and Climate Action
Holtom Lecture by Kate White, Executive Director, UN Association of Canada and VP World Federation of UN Associations, September 24, 2020

Eliminating Violence in Our Homes and on Our Streets: an Achievable Peace for Canada? 
Holtom Lecture by Irvin Waller, March 7, 2017

Holtom Lecture, May 8, 2014  
​Dr. Donna Hicks

Dr. Donna Hicks, Associate of the Harvard Weatherhead Center. Dr Hicks is a professor at Harvard and an acclaimed international conflict mediator. Her publications and mediation techniques are developed from the universal human need for dignity.

Holtom Lecture, Oct. 29, 2013 
​Dr. Ian McKay​

“War, Memory and Reaction: Reshaping History in Harper’s Canada”
Dr. Ian McKay is a history professor at Queens University, and co-writer of “Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety." He is currently researching the use and abuse of the memory of the Great War 1914-1918.

Holtom Lecture, Apr. 29, 2013  
​Noah Richler

"Stories and What They Do"
This lecture features Noah Richler, internationally acclaimed journalist, who will address the transformation of Canada's focus from a peace oriented country to a warrior nation. How permanent is this change in Canada's character?

Holtom Lecture, January 30, 2013  
​Peggy Mason

“Building Peace in the 21st Century: Reflections Over Four Decades”
Peggy Mason served as Canada’s UN Ambassador for Disarmament from 1989 to 1994. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson school of International Affairs. 

Holtom Lecture, January 30, 2012 
​Ed Broadbent

Transcripts


​Doing More by Doing Less
Martin Settle, Executive Director of USC Canada
​January 22, 2017

Click here for the transcript.
USC Canada has a long and commendable history providing assistance on behalf of Unitarians and the Canadian public. In a changing world, USC Canada has always adapted. A bold decision in 2007 -- to do less -- has made the organization stronger and multiplied its impact around the world. Can we learn from these lesson as we move forward in our visioning process at First Unitarian Ottawa?

Sunday Service May 8, 2011 
​Rev. David Pohl

Rev. David Pohl is a Minister Emeritus of First Unitarian. He was minister when the church moved from Elgin Street to Cleary Avenue during the 1960s. When Rev. Pohl visited Ottawa he gave a sermon about our congregation during that time: "So the Wind Won't Blow It Away."