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Our Annual Banquet
Thursday, April 23,
2026
6:15
PM
ANNUAL DINNER 2026
The
Annual Dinner will be held at the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants’ Mess, 4
Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Ottawa, on Thursday, April 23. Cocktails begin at
1815 hrs in the Rockcliffe Lounge (2nd floor); dinner begins at 1915 hrs in
the Dining Room on the same level.
This
year’s guest-of-honour and after-dinner speaker is P. Whitney Lackenbauer,
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Study of the Canadian North and
Professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University. Dr Lackenbauer specializes in Arctic security, sovereignty
and governance issues, matters on which he has published extensively.
Cost
of the dinner, including wine, is $112.00 per person. Guests are welcome.
Please make your reservation by completing the information below and
sending it to the Secretary, Tom Frisch at tfrisch@sympatico.ca. Mess
regulations require that bookings must be accompanied by payment, which can
be effected by cheque in favour of
The Arctic Circle sent to the Treasurer, David Terroux, 205 - 211 Second
Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2H8, or by Interac e-transfer to treasurer@thearcticcircle.ca.
Please
ensure that your booking is made and recorded by April 15. No refunds will
be possible after that date.
If
you have not yet paid your membership dues for 2026 ($40.00 in-town, $30.00
out-of-town, $20.00 student membership), please include them in your
payment.
Seating
at the dinner, at tables of 8, will be pre-arranged. If you wish to sit
with any particular person(s), please indicate this below. A seating plan
will be posted outside the dining room; please check it before entering.
The
Warrant Officers' and Sergeants’ Mess at 4 Queen Elizabeth Driveway sits
alongside Lisgar Collegiate, facing the Rideau
Canal, south of the Laurier Avenue bridge. Parking is available in front of
the Mess and in adjacent lots and is free; it is also available at City
Hall, a short walk away.
Thomas
Frisch
Secretary
613 725 2221; tfrisch@sympatico.ca
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SPEAKERS PROGRAMME
2025-2026
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 October 14 Dr. Trevor Bell
Memorial University
"SMARTICE"
October 27 John Wright
“Historic dog sleds”
November 14 Pierre Fogal
University of Toronto
“Polar Environment Atmospheric
Research Laboratory (PEARL)”, Eureka, NU
December
9 Tom Frisch
Secretary of the Arctic Circle
"The History of Investigations of the Haughton Asteroid Impact
Crater on Devon Island"
January 13
Annual General Meeting and Tom Zagon
Environment and Climate Change Canada
“Ice Conditions Along the Northwest Passage: From Franklin
to the Present and Beyond”
February 12 Scott Rufolo
Canadian Museum of Nature
“Life Onto Land: The Devonian”
March 10 The Arctic Circle
meets Isaruit Inuit Arts
April 16 Joint Session with
the Canadian Nordic Society
“Arctic Security: Lessons Learned from the Nordic Countries”
April 23 - Annual Banquet Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North
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