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Annual General Meeting at Petroleum Club - 4:oo p.m. March 27, 2024

Guest speaker Dr. Sabrina Peric, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archeology at the University of Calgary

Sabrina has been conducting research on Dr. Ted Link, one of the giants of Canadian petroleum history. Link is credited with the discovery of the Norman Wells Field in the Northwest Territories in 1920 and was Imperisl Oil’s Chief Geologist when Leduc was discovered in 1947. Between those dates, Link was very active in trying to pull together the geological history of Western Canada. This promises to be an excellent talk!

More Luncheon Meetings with speakers at Petroleum Club - noon

May 1 and June 12 - details to be announced

Past Events

February 28, 2024: Jaremko Jottings - by David Finch

Gordon Jaremko changed the way people see the petroleum industry. And he recorded the story of oil with unique intelligence, insights, passion and clever wit. David Finch, also a graduate of the University of Calgary history department with an MA in History - Gordon's was in 1973 - will discuss several aspects of the bibliography of Jaremko. As a journalist, Gordon was also a philosopher, social historian, political commentator and so much more. While other newspaper hacks fell into the easy pattern of writing daily articles on deadline based on little more than a news release from a company flack, Gordon insisted on slogging through the trenches. He was always downtown in the middle of the action - in Edmonton and Ottawa and Calgary - notebook in hand, jotting down quotes and facts in his own self-styled shorthand. His sly, straight thin-lipped smile always kept the person he was interviewing engaged, and talking, even revealing more than they had intended. Using excerpts from Gordon's writings, this presentation will cover topics from the five decades of Gordon's writing career.

Past events, including summaries of speakers' presentations, are recorded in Archives newsletters.

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