Susannah Salamon is a 12 year old pianist and composer who enjoys composing beautiful neo-romantic music. Susannah’s composition “Vive le Canada!” won 1st prize in the London Kiwanis Music Festival “Canada’s 150” competition. She is also the recipient of the Kathryn Sells memorial award from the Women’s Canadian Club.
Topic: “Maples for Vimy”. Sydney Loyst is a 16 year old Laurier S.S. student. She has been in guiding for 12 years. Last spring her guide group leader was approached by “Maples for Vimy” to send some guides to plant maple trees in the small towns near Vimy Ridge, France to honour the 100th year [...]
Topic: “My Journey Through Science Fairs”. “Danish Mahmood is a 14-year-old young innovator in grade 9 at London Central Secondary School. He will speak about his journey through science fairs with his invention called W.I.N.I.T.S. (Wireless Interconnected Non-Invasive Triage System). He has been recognized with top honours at national and international competitions.”
Topic: “My experiences qualifying for the Scott’s Pitch, Hit and Run.” Devon MacDonald-Keeling is a grade 8 student at Fairmont Public School and he plays baseball for the London Badgers Baseball organization. He was the only Canadian that qualified for the national finals in Miami.
Topic: “Piano Presentation” At the age of 13, Hugo Russell has already achieved outstanding successes in piano competitions and festivals in Canada. Having been awarded First-Class Honours with Distinction by the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Hugo also received first place in the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Association Composition Competition. He lives in [...]
Will Krieger, 2018 Kathryn Sells Memorial Award winner will be playing the piano for the WCC meeting on September 13, 2018. Will has been playing the piano since age 3 with the Music for Young Children program. He continues to take on new challenges as a striving musician This year Will also won first place [...]
At our October meeting we will be recognizing the recipients of our Emerging Leader Award, of which there were three this year. Eleanor Park and Rachel Gall will each give a short talk about what has made them leaders in their school and community. Women’s Canadian Club, London has established the Emerging Leaders Awards to [...]
At our November meeting Tehatsistahawi (Tsista) Kennedy will be featured as our Youth Speaker. He is a self taught artist who was awarded one of the top honours in an arts and stories contest run by Historica Canada for his painting depicting the Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy. He is also the first Indigenous student to sit [...]
Our Youth Speaker for January, 2019 is Mustfah Madlol. He is a driven and passionate grade 12 student at Oakridge secondary School, who plans on attending Western University to pursue a career in health care. He is the humble recipient of the Pillar Community Leadership Award, Thames Valley District School Board Award of Distinction, and [...]
Meriel Reed is a 17 year-old student at H.B. Beal Secondary School in London. She suffers from a severe medical phobia and has had to learn how to cope with the debilitating fear that she undergoes with every medical experience. Meriel loves to sing and act and has performed on stage for productions at the Palace Theatre [...]