Author and Ontario Expert Panelist on Cyber Security
Topic: “I Spied: Lessons From a Career in Canada's Secret Service”
Host: Club Past President, Brian Westlake
Hybrid Meeting at: The National Club, Howland Room
Virtual Meeting Time: Members Segment Login Time: 12:00 Noon, Guests: 12:15pm to 1:15 PM
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Andrew Kirsch served as an intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) for just under a decade. He held roles as a policy analyst and a field investigator, ultimately leading the special operations security team running covert warranted operations. After leaving CSIS he founded Kirsch Consulting Group (KCG) a boutique Risk Management firm assisting clients identify threats and vulnerabilities and implementing strategies to optimize security programs and mitigate risk. In 2020 he was appointed to the Ontario Expert Panel on Cyber Security, advising the government on strengthening cyber security practices in the broader public sector.
His book – I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees, Code Names and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism is available wherever you buy your books. For more information visit: www.kirschcg.com
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The chefs are preparing the menus.
The paint and carpentry crew chiefs are organizing the tasks and there are many. With no work done the last two years there are a lot of maintenance jobs to bring it back ready for the kids.
There is a job for everyone. Scraping, painting, even learning how to use power tools!
Come see how Trillium Funds and a major donor are transforming the camp.
Currently Camp Scugog is running nature camps and they are full.
Thank you to the members who joined Rotarians from across Toronto in cleaning up in the Don Valley.
The weather held and a great service/friendship event was a success.
Thank you to Kevin Power for organizing this.
Making a direct impact with Ukraine Aid – We have amassed over $140,000 for ShelterBox
ShelterBox is looking at providing both shelter within Ukraine for people who have been displaced and aid packages with essentials like blankets, solar lights, sleeping mats and so on, for refugees who make it out of the country. Our Rotary Toronto Charitable Foundation approved $15,000 plus matching towards this disaster relief via ShelterBox Canada. Significant donations were received from the Andras Family Foundation, other Rotary Clubs as well as patrons and staff of DMP Flowers & Gifts.
Check out ShelterBox Canada Executive Director Stephanie Christensen's Facebook video with CNN, reporting from Moldova.
Axe Throwing! Some of these people look like they are having too much fun!
Many thanks to Andrew St. John for organizing this event.
Watch for more events to come. There must be a pub night in the works?
Upcoming Meetings!
May 6, 2022 Chief Ted Williams
Casino Rama: Past, Present and Future
May 13, 2022
Nathan Tidridge
Monarchy and our First Indigenous Governor General
May 18, 2022
Ask Me Anything President's Cocktails
National Club, 6:00 pm
May 20 and May 27
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Our District Conference is back live!
Be a Driver for Change
with District Governor Ron Dick
The upcoming District Conference is from May 13 to 15 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oshawa. Our Club will be hosting a hospitality suite at the conference. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet Rotarians from our 54 clubs and exchange experiences. The organizers have created a fabulous program for expanding our knowledge and also entertainment.
All you have to do is go to Linktr:ee/RotaryToronto and you will be connected to our club’s landing page. You can buy a ticket in $5, $10 or $20 increments. The winners are posted weekly on the website and depending on your tickets and the card you choose you may win the weekly draw prize or even the jackpot.
Our club receives $0.85 for every $5 purchase, $2.95 for every $10 purchase and $7.15 for every $20 purchase.
With Covid still affecting us this is one way to help our club.
