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Upcoming EventsAnnual General Meeting at Petroleum Club - 4:oo p.m. March 27, 2024Guest speaker Dr. Sabrina Peric, Associate
Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archeology at the University of Calgary More Luncheon Meetings with speakers at Petroleum Club - noon May 1 and June 12 - details to be announced Past EventsFebruary 28, 2024: Jaremko Jottings - by David FinchGordon 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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