“ Mike Hiltz has over 35 years of systems engineering experience on complex, mission critical projects – working on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Canadarm3 Lunar Gateway robotics programs. He was both the Technical program manager and Systems & Controls manager for the original Canadarm and also served as the Systems Engineering Manager for the Space Station Robotics program. He led the Canadarm Mission Control engineering flight support team over 50 Space Shuttle missions at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, overseeing the use of the arm in such vital missions as the repair and upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope and assembly of the International Space Station. Michael currently manages the Mission Systems and Operations Engineering department at MDA Space and oversees MDA’s DREAMR Lab – a zero-g robotics lab that uses innovative Mixed Reality technology to simulate the behaviour of complex robotics systems in space for training, pre-mission planning and operational prototyping.”

January: WO Nicole Laidlaw, Military Service in Afghanistan

February: Dr. David Chandross, Future of Artificial Intelligence

March : Professor Leonard Friesen, Russia and Ukraine

April 7: Annette Sandberg, Niagara Escarpment

May 5: Don MacKay, Dog Guides

June 2: Terry Gregson, NHL Referee, Retired

July 7: Jory Pritchard-Kerr, President CGM Hospital Foundation

August 4: Tony Dittenhoffer, Volunteer to Ukraine

September 1: Dr Bob Galway,Arctic Aviation and Exploration

October: Malcolm Kelly, Sprog, A Novel of Bomber Commaand

November: M/CPL Jean- Francois Hinse, JDFD, Canadian Forces Base, Borden

December: Neil Crone, Actor. comedian, writer.

Speakers, 2023

January: Bonnie Campbell, Seniors Fitness

February: John Millar, Clean Water for Indigenous Communities

March: Ted Barris, Author, Historian. Battle of the Atlantic

April: Bonnie Sitter, Peach Fuzz and Farmerettes

May: TC Energy, Meaford Pumped Storage

June: Ed”Chen” Cohen, A Lifetime of Mountain Climbing

July: Melissa Shaw, ‘Farm Fresh’, a History of Smart Bros Brands in Collingwood

August: Fred Dobbs, Nottawasaga River Restoration Program.

September: Nadia Stolfi and Terry Geddes, Collingwood Health and Wellness Development

October: Carole Binsky, Protection from Fraud and Scams

November: Ted Barris, ‘Rush to Danger”, Medics in War.

December: Captain Peter Lang, Safe Commercial Flight

January: Kelly O’Neil, Public Relations and Communications Manager, Hospice Georgian Triangle.

February: Amanda Pegg, Executive Director, Town of Collingwood

March: OPP Constable Trevor McKean, Fraud Awareness and Prevention

April: Will Goertz, Casinos and a whole lot more.