Luncheon tickets and memberships can be purchased online using the below store; in person at each preceding luncheon; via e-transfer to payments@wcccalgary.com (including your name and names of your guests in the comment section), or by mailing your cheque to 227 Arbour Ridge Way NW, Calgary, Alberta T3G 3Z3. Tickets or memberships cards must be picked up at the luncheon.
CEO Edmonton Screen. Tickets on sale until February 23rd
After 18 years of helping to bring film, TV and media productions to Calgary, Luke Azevedo left Calgary in March of 2025 to take on the esteemed position of CEO of Edmonton Screen. In his new position, Luke is working to elevate the creative economy in Edmonton and across the province.
As the Calgary Commissioner for Film, Television and the Creative Industries, Luke worked with companies, government, unions & producers in Southern Alberta to facilitate and develop local projects and attract new foreign film and television productions to the area. He was also the lead in the development of COO of the Calgary Film Centre. Prior to joining CED, Luke was the Director of the Creative Electronic Environment and the Acting Director of Literary Arts at The Banff Centre, where he developed and directed television and interactive media facilities. Luke has worked as the broadcast liaison for the Calgary Flames and video and television consultant to Hockey Canada through world championships and Olympic Games. Luke was named to Venture magazines 50 most Influential Albertans, and was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee medal for his leadership in Alberta’s creative industry.
Historian, Legacy of Calgary General Hospital. Tickets on sale until March 30.
Deb Lee spent her formative years in Manitoba and came to Alberta in 1975, arriving in Calgary in 1982. Deb worked as a registered nurse and her career spanned hospital work in three different provinces, education at Foothills Hospital, administration at the Fanning Centre and stints in the Canadian north, a refugee camp in southeast Asia and as a school nurse. Her later years of employment were spent in Seniors Health and Home Care where she came to appreciate the role of a strong and caring community more fully in supporting the successful ageing of older adults. She is a 28+ year resident of Bridgeland Riverside. After a 40 year career in Nursing – as a front-line nurse, educator, director of care and clinical nurse. After her retirement, Deb has spent much time writing and working within the community of Bridgeland.
October 4, 2023, marked 25 years since the implosion of the Calgary General Hospital. Perhaps you were born there, or were a patient or did you work there? The Calgary General Hospital was the primary centre for health care in our city for many decades. Deb Lee will tell us about the 108-year history of the CGH and how the community worked to regain community spirit after this historical building closed and how they keep the story of the ‘The General’ alive.
CEO, Calgary Public Library Foundation. Tickets on sale until April 27.
Tracy joined the Calgary Public Library in 2013 in the most junior position, campaign assistant. In 2019 Tracy became the CEO of the Calgary Public Library at age 29! During her time as CEO donorship has grown from 900 to more than 27,00 donors raising over $80 million. Tracy oversaw the expansion of LibraryStore.ca , a fundraising e-commerce site, to an in-person, volunteer run care at the Central Library that has since raised more than $23,000. Tracy’s “A Ladder Up on Literacy” initiative saw a decommissioned fire truck, Engine 23, arrive at the Fish Creek Library to serve as an interactive early learning centre for children. Tracy and her team are working to raise the standard for what public libraries can achieve. She is well known for her passionate strategic leadership. Tracy holds strong to the belief that “People are going to judge a book by its cover, but you have the potential to change minds.”
If you would like to join the Women's Canadian Club of Calgary for the 2025/2026 season (September-June), please add a membership to your cart, and proceed to checkout.
Membership cards can be picked up at the membership table before luncheon.
We look forward to having you join us!
