BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//YP Speakers Series - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:YP Speakers Series X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for YP Speakers Series REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T190000 DTSTAMP:20260602T042639 CREATED:20260408T180716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022932Z UID:2549-1776452400-1776452400@ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com SUMMARY:Building Culture: Restoration & Additions to Massey Hall and Koerner Hall DESCRIPTION:Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, we’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marianne McKenna\, founding partner of KPMB Architects\, reflects on her career creating cultural spaces\, including The Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall\, Massey Hall\, the Jenny Belzberg Theatre\, and the Yale Repertory Theatre. \nBIOGRAPHYMarianne McKenna\, the 2025 RAIC Gold Medalist\, is a founding partner of KPMB Architects and an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is internationally known for her leadership on major cultural landmarks\, including the Royal Conservatory of Music’s TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning and Koerner Hall\, the revitalization of Toronto’s historic Massey Hall\, the renewal of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis\, and the Jenny Belzberg Theatre at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Her approach balances deep respect for architectural legacy with contemporary interventions that support new uses\, improved performance\, and broader public access. She is a passionate advocate for design excellence\, sustainability\, and community‑building through architecture. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ← Previous Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join our email listJoin our email list to get an email advising you of our next event\, as well as a reminder email thirty minutes before each event with a link to watch online\, for those unable to attend in person. \n \n \n \n \n \n Success!\n \n \n \n \n First Name\n \n \n \n \n Last Name\n \n \n \n \n Email\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Send Me A Reminder\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, we’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu. URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/event/2549/ LOCATION:Cameron Hall\, 1585 Yonge Street\, Toronto ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Web_Banner_no_header_March20.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T190000 DTSTAMP:20260602T042640 CREATED:20260429T165258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T185501Z UID:2579-1778266800-1778266800@ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com SUMMARY:An Unorthodox Journey to the Published Land DESCRIPTION:Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, we’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The conventional road to publishing entails writing a book\, finding an agent\, and then landing a publisher. Easier said than done. Terry Fallis – not by choice – adopted a different approach. His unorthodox but charmed journey to the published land is funny\, enlightening\, and hopeful to those harbouring the desire to write a book. From the bleak and discouraging early days when no publisher would even send him an automated rejection letter\, to winning a major literary prize\, signing with Penguin Random House/McClellend & Stewart\, and living his dream. Now\, nearly twenty years later\, with nine national bestsellers\, multiple awards\, a TV miniseries\, a stage musical\, and over 1\,100 book talks under his belt\, Terry shares his literary origin story with humour\, heart\, insight\, and a love for the writing life. \nBIOGRAPHYA two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour\, Terry Fallis is the award-winning author of ten national bestsellers – six of them #1 bestsellers – all published by McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House\, including his latest novel\, The Marionette. His debut novel\, The Best Laid Plans\, won the 2008 Leacock Medal\, the 2011 edition of CBC Canada Reads\, and was adapted as a six-part television miniseries\, as well as a stage musical. He won the Leacock Medal a second time in 2015 for No Relation. His eleventh novel\, An End in Itself\, will be released in November 2026. Terry has written for Maclean’s\, Canadian Geographic\, Reader’s Digest\, Leaside Life\, Toronto Life\, The Globe and Mail\, the National Post\, and the Toronto Star. He also teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n ← Previous Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join our email listJoin our email list to get an email advising you of our next event\, as well as a reminder email thirty minutes before each event with a link to watch online\, for those unable to attend in person. \n \n \n \n \n \n Success!\n \n \n \n \n First Name\n \n \n \n \n Last Name\n \n \n \n \n Email\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Send Me A Reminder\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. 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URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/event/an-unorthodox-journey-to-the-published-land/ LOCATION:Cameron Hall\, 1585 Yonge Street\, Toronto ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Web_Banner_no_header_May_8-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260605T190000 DTSTAMP:20260602T042640 CREATED:20260528T161215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T134305Z UID:2601-1780686000-1780686000@ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com SUMMARY:In Search of the Sea-Kings: the lost Kingdom of Man and the Isles\, 1079-1275 DESCRIPTION:Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, we’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nine hundred years ago\, in the central Middle Ages\, a small island became the nexus of a maritime empire ruled by formidable sea kings.  Although this resembles something from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth\, or George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones\, in fact\, the island is the Isle of Man in the middle of the Irish Sea\, which lay at the heart of the largely forgotten medieval maritime kingdom of Man and the Isles. In this talk\, Brock University Professor of History Dr. R. Andrew McDonald introduces the medieval Isle of Man and the Norse-Gaelic Vikings / sea kings who dominated the western seaways of Britain between the 1070s and 1260s. \nBIOGRAPHYDr. R. Andrew McDonald is Professor of History at Brock University in St Catharines. He has a longstanding interest in medieval Manx and Hebridean history and has published widely in the field. His books include A Visitor’s Guide to the Medieval Kingdoms of Man and the Isles (2023)\, The Sea Kings: The Late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles\, c. 1066–1275 (2019)\, Manx Kingship in its Irish Sea Setting (2007)\, and The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland’s Western Seaboard c. 1100–c. 1336 (1997). He is also co-editor with Angus Somerville of The Viking Age: A Reader (4th ed. 2025). His passion for the history of the region is matched by his enthusiasm for exploring historical sites\, and he has made many visits to Man and many of the Hebridean islands. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ← Previous Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join our email listJoin our email list to get an email advising you of our next event\, as well as a reminder email thirty minutes before each event with a link to watch online\, for those unable to attend in person. \n \n \n \n \n \n Success!\n \n \n \n \n First Name\n \n \n \n \n Last Name\n \n \n \n \n Email\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Send Me A Reminder\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. 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