Victoria Hall Volunteers presents ViewPoint 2006

The 2006 series opens with Terence Dickinson on Wednesday October 4 Exploring the Final Frontier - A Personal Tour of the Universe. Terence Dickinson is Canada's foremost astonomer and best-selling author of astronomy books for adults and children. His illustrated talk takes us on a voyage toward the edge of space and time in search of the limits of the cosmos. Appearing regularly on CBC Radio and the Canadian Discovery Channel for many years, he is currently editor of the Canadian magazine Sky News. He has received numerous national and international awards including the Order of Canada, an honorary Ph D. from Trent University and an award for his renowned abaility to explain the universe in easy-to-understand terms fron the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

On Wednesday October 11 Charlotte Gray speaks of Capturing a Life: My Hunt for Alexander Graham Bell. Charlotte Gray is one of Canada's best known and highly respected writers. She has contributed to all of Canada's major magazines and newspapers and frequently appears as a commentator on CBC Radio and Television and TVO Ontario. Charlotte Gray is the author of five award-books including Sisters in the Wilderness, Canada, A Portrait of Letters 1800-2000 and A Museum called Canada. Having beena political commentator in Saturday Night magazine for eight years she then switched to a focus on histry in 1994. She is currently an adjunct research professor in history at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Exhilarating, Soulful, Hurtin' Design - Why Architecture Moves Me is the topic of Lisa Rochon on Wednesday October 18. Lisa Rochon is the architecture columnist/critic for the Globe and Mail. She speaks across Canada about architecture and cities and participates often on design juries. Her book Up North: Where Canada's Architecture meets the Land was launched in October 2005. Ms. Rochon's national column City Space explores the complex favric of Canadian cities and towns - their public spaces, their trophy buildings and contextual architecture. She teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Architecture; Landscape and Design and her graduate seminar on the reconstruction of dvastated cities was introduced following 9-11.

The series closes on Wednesday October 25 with Murray Elston and Bridging the Energy Supply Gap. Murray Elston was a lawyer before being a member of the Ontario Legislature from 1981 to 1994 where he held many positions including Minister of Health and Minister of Financial Institutions. He served as President of Canada's Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies from 1998 until 2004, when he was appointed President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association. The association is a non-profit organization extablished in 1960, representing the nuclear industry in Canada and promotion the development and growth of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes. Mr. Elston is chair of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre and also serves on numerous boards involved with environmental and medical concerns.

All lectures take place at the Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Series tickets are $35.00. Cash and cheque only, please.