Nicola Hadwen answering members questions on her BIFHSGO award winning entry in the Ottawa Regional Historica Fair held in April at the Museum of Civilization.

The May meeting presenters. John Sayers gave a talk on the British Immigration and Colonization Association (BICA) of Canada covering its founding, function and eventual demise. Patricia Roberts-Pichette (left) and Caroline Herbert (right) talked about the Middlemore Home children. Middlemore encouraged children to write home at least four times a year. The contents of those letters formed the basis for the talk with Patricia setting the context in which the letters were written and Caroline reading the contents of these letters. A novel approach which made for an interesting presentation.