Guest Speaker

Joan O'Malley

Details

When Prime Minister Lester Pearson called up Joan’s father at the last-minute, urgently needing samples (by the next morning!) of the final three choices for the new Canadian flag, it was 20-year old Joan who came to her father’s rescue, sewing Canada’s first maple leaf flag.

Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.

Note that this presentation will coincide with the annual Canada Army Run, which will entail some street closures east of the Library.  It is recommended that attendees consider arriving by public transit or, if driving, approach and locate parking west of the Library. 

Road closures in the timeframe of Sunday’s speaker series presentation will be east of the Library.  While we recommend accessing our event by public transportation, all streets and parking lots west and south of the Library will also be accessible.

(An additional closure of Laurier between Metcalfe and O’Connor will end at 11 a.m.)

From 6 a.m. until 2 p.m.:

• Laurier Avenue West between Nicholas and Metcalfe streets.
• Elgin Street northbound between Lisgar and Queen streets.
• Mackenzie Avenue between Sussex Drive and Rideau Street.
• Rideau Street between Elgin and Dalhousie streets.

From 6 a.m to 3 p.m:

• Elgin Street northbound between Queen and Wellington streets.
• Queen Elizabeth Drive between Lawrence Freiman Lane and Somerset Street West