Date: Thursday October 8 th
Time: 10 am
Location: Sun Hop Park on the corner of Main and 18th Street.
Cost: $20
This tour is limited to 20 Probus members
We have another treat for you. Earlier this year we visited Strathcona with John, and he has agreed to take us around Mount Pleasant this time. The tour usually takes about 1 1/2 hours and we get to learn all about the history of the area and the building styles and lots of interesting stories of the inhabitants over the years.
John Atkin is well known locally as a civic historian and heritage consultant. He is very active with the Heritage Foundation of Vancouver, and many of us have probably been on one of his walking tours of various places or areas that he conducts for them in the summertime.
If you would like to attend this tour, please register here:
Register Here
For more information contact: Faith Thesingh
Guided Tour of Greg Gerard's Work
Date: Wednesday October 14 th
Time: 10:00 (please arrive by 9:50)
Location: Polygon Gallery
101 Carrie Cates Court
North Vancouver
Cost: Free ( limited to 15 Members )
Please wear your nametag
The tour will start at the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver, Admission is free, and we will have a one hour private guided tour of Greg Girard's work
Acclaimed Canadian photographer Greg Girard receives his first-ever career survey at The Polygon Gallery this summer. Running July 10–October 25, the exhibition features more than 160 photographs spanning over five decades, tracing Girard’s evolution from documenting 1970s Vancouver to capturing the dramatic transformations of cities across Asia, including Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City and the rapidly changing streets of Shanghai.
If you would like to attend this Polygon Tour
If you need more information contact
Margaret McNeil
Note Meeting Time
Revert to Usual 10:00 AM Meeting Time
Speaker: Dr. Masoud Zamani,
Lecturer of International Law and International Relations,
Faculty of Arts/Department of Political Science
The University of British Columbia
AI-controlled drones could conceivably launch an attack without any human input. A look at how artificially intelligent warfare may clash with ethics like never before. Can the use of AI in weaponry be regulated? Is it already too late? Who’s going to enforce any regulations?
Speaker: Russ Taylor, President,
RUSS TAYLOR GLOBAL – Wood Business & Market Consulting
Speaker: David Thomas
Thomas Mediations
Note Meeting Date FRIDAY January 22 2027
Speaker: Dan Levitt
BC Seniors Advocate
Every second month, join other Probus members to dine out at some of Vancouver’s finest restaurants. We’ll choose a restaurant, let you know where and when, and you let us know if you’re available to join and we’ll make the reservation. Multiple tables for 6, and we’ll mix up the seating for each event. Not only will you eat great food, you’ll make great friends. If the numbers permit, we may even grab a private room, and all sit together.
Ladies Who Lunch
Would you like to meet new people? Be part of scintillating conversations? Sample different cuisines? Try new places for lunch? Socialize with other Probus members? Then Ladies Who Lunch is the club for you. We will meet monthly for lunch and conversation at a range of different restaurants.
If you would like to join this club, then click on the link and you will be placed on the list to be contacted by Patti with the lunch details.
We have formed a second Lunch meeting at 12:00 pm on the last Thursday of each month. This activity is hosted by Peter Kaiser and the lunches will be held at the Sylvia Hotel, English Bay.
If you would like to join us for food and fellowship please register here.
Intermediate Bridge
Join us and play bridge once a month in a local church. This group is for players with an understanding of modern bidding conventions and play.
We have now found a room in a local church for our Bridge Club to meet one afternoon a month from 1-4 p.m.
If you would like to participate in the Intermediate Bridge Club, then please Register to be placed on the list and contacted by Wendy.
Probus Book Club
Probus Book Club meets monthly at a member's home to discuss a recent book selection. Books are chosen by the members. The club is limited to 10 members and we can start a second club if we have more members interested.
If you would like to participate in the Book Club, then click on the link below to be placed on the list and contacted by Nancy.
A small group of men have been meeting at the Milltown pub in Marpole for lunch after each Probus Vancouver West speaker event and we’d like to extend a welcome to other men to join us. We meet at noon each month following the speaker. Please register to join the Men’s Pub Lunch if you’re interested in food and fellowship and we’ll take care of making the reservation.
