OIW Meetings Schedule

When and Where

All meetings take place in Room 156 at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St. Socializing starts at 6:30 pm and the program gets rolling at 7 pm. Guests are welcome and must pay a fee of $10, which is deducted from the annual membership fee should they join OIW.

Please visit the Library's web site for parking and accessibility information (www.lac-bac.gc.ca/visit-us/). Attendees with accessibility or hearing issues are encouraged to inform members of the OIW executive upon arrival at the meeting room. We will be glad to provide you with a seat at the front of the room and request our speakers to accommodate your needs as well.

2012-13 Season: General Meeting Dates

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Thursday May 30: General Meeting and Speaker Event: Personal historians and family histories

Personal historians and family histories

One of OIW’s Past Presidents, Bill Horne, accidentally became a personal historian due to an innocent inquiry from a neighbour. Join Bill on his tale of morphing from freelance business writer to personal historian, and how he lived to tell about it. And made a few dollars as well.

If you like people, and if you like writing, you’ve got a couple legs up on this fascinating genre. Everyone has a life story to tell, and they all deserve to be captured and preserved. From a simple Word document to a “full court press” book with family pictures and genealogical charts, personal historians contribute to the vibrancy of Canada and its people.

Brooke Broadbent is an avid family historian. Working with a couple of writing groups, he wrote 34 short stories about his maternal ancestors and published them in a book. He leads workshops on writing family history and memoirs and he coaches clients who are writing family histories.

He will share some techniques for making family stories memorable and engaging.

Contact: email: communications@oiw.ca web: http://www.oiw.ca

Thursday June 20: Members` Reading night

Members will read short pieces of work. This will be the last general meeting until September. Details to come soon.