Guest Speaker: Chef Jessica Rosval - January 5, 2022

At the age of 35, Montreal-born Jessica Rosval has been named Chef of the Year by L’Espresso 2021 and her Take It Easy Sunday Brunch was recognized as Best Brunch 2022 by 50 Top Italy Luxury. Jessica is Chef the Cuisine at Casa Maria Luigia, the guesthouse that Chef Massimo Bottura and his wife Lara Gilmore opened in the Emilian countryside, while remaining in charge of the kitchen for events through Osteria Francescana, Bottura’s three-Michelin-star restaurant in the heart of Modena. Rosval also finds time to help migrant women develop new job skills for the Italian market with the Association for the Integration of Women, which she co-founded at the beginning of 2020.

This Q&A session will be moderated over Zoom by Rome-based Canadian foreign correspondent Megan Williams. Please send your questions for Jessica to us in advance so that we can organize them appropriately.

 
When: Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Time: 6 p.m. (Italian time) 
Meeting Place: wherever you are -- remote interactive talk on Zoom.
Cost: free
RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Marielle.

Guest Speaker: COVID-19 Q&A with Dr Allison McGeer - January 19, 2021

Here's your opportunity to get answers on COVID-19 directly from one of the top experts in the field in Canada!

Dr Allison McGeer is a professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and a senior clinician scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of the Sinai Health System in Toronto. Her research interests are in the prevention of healthcare associated infection, the use of epidemiology to reduce the burden of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in adults, and adult immunization. She has worked on outbreak investigations for SARS COV-1 in Toronto and MERS in Saudi Arabia, and on infection prevention for the World Health Organization during the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Since January, 2020, she has been working on research related to understanding the clinical features and epidemiology of COVID-19.

You may submit potential questions in advance when booking your spot.

When: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Time: 7 to 8 p.m. Rome time (1-2 p.m. Toronto time)

Meeting Place: wherever you are -- remote interactive talk on Zoom.

Cost: free

RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Marielle.

The Future of Air Travel: A Talk with Roberta of Air Canada - December 10, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned many aspects of our lives upside down, including our travel habits. CCR members and friends tend to be avid world travellers and many of us live far away from family and friends, so there's no doubt we've felt the impact. We're all wondering when and how we can go back!

Roberta Cavallini of Air Canada Italy, a CCR sponsor for years, will talk about the uncertainties the airline and travel industries have faced and what they are doing at Air Canada to adjust and plan for the future. She has very kindly agreed to include a useful Questions & Answer opportunity for participants.

You may submit potential questions in advance at the time of booking your spot.

When: Thursday, December 10, 2020

Time: 6 p.m.

Where: remote interactive talk by Zoom

Cost: Free.

RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Mariele by Dec. 9, 2020 COB or while spaces last.