Plan to attend our Annual General Meeting on May 15
This year it will be held
​ at the Cataraqui Golf Club
The meeting will get underway at 11:00. Coffee will be available from 10:30. Lunch will be served at noon (for those who wish to stay).Three menu choices are offered at a total cost (including taxes and tip) of $20 per person. 
#1. Thai Chicken Wrap
Grilled chicken breast tossed in sweet Thai chili sauce, pickled carrots, micro greens
#2. Montreal Style Smoked Meat, Light rye bread, dill pickles, mustard
Both 1 and 2 are served with a choice of fries or mixed green salad
#3. Chicken Penne Pasta in a creamy Dijon sauce
With spinach, red onion, bell pepper topped with Romano cheese
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If you plan to attend the AGM, please email  Dick Tindal at slcretiress@gmail.com no later than Friday May 10. If you will be staying for lunch, please specify, and also indicate your menu choice (1, 2, or 3 above) and any dietary requirements you may have. 

AGM agenda

  • ​President’s Opening Remarks                                    
  • Adoption of the Agenda
  • Approval of the Minutes of the 2018 AGM (see special links on the right))
  • Membership Report and Treasurer’s Report              
  • Social Convenor’s Report                                          
  • Report on Association-College MOU meeting  
  • Amendments to Association constitution ( see special links on the right)
  • Election of Executive Officers
  • (Report of Nominating Committee)                          
  • Selection of Charitable Organization for Support in 2019-2020
  • Presentation on Travel Planning and Trips by  Erin Billings, Manager, Expedia Cruise Ship Centers, Kingston.                                                                
We are an organization dedicated to facilitating contact between former staff members of St. Lawrence College. Our focus is primarily on social activities but we also advocate on matters of interest to our members, including pensions.
Membership Application Form
 If you are interested in joining us. Just Click the button below, print the PDF, fill in the information and mail it with your membership fee. Or join at any meeting of the Association.
​You're welcome!
Members of Executive
(Elected at the 2018 AGM)
  • Nancy Sudak, President 
  • Pennie Carr-Harris, Vice-President 
  • Thelma Mott, Treasurer and Membership
  • Anne Breault, Secretary 
  • Dick Tindal, Social Convenor
  • Ron Kelly, Webmaster
  • Bill Kirby, Founder
  • John Anderson Immediate Past President

Nancy, Pennie, Thelma, Anne, Dick, Ron, Bill and John
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The agenda includes motions to amend the Association's constitution

Clck these links to read:

1.  SLC Retirees Association Constitution
2. Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
3.  AGM Minutes 2018
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Coffee & Conversation
​very popular

Some three dozen retirees turned up for our "Coffee & Conversation" gathering on April 11, 2019.
     Our intrepid reporter Dick Tindal (aka the Association's social convenor) says It was nice to see some new or fairly recent members of the Association, along with “the usual suspects” – many of whom you will doubtless recognize in the photos below  ( or click on the Events link in the navigation bar.)
     In addition to the retirees assembled, there were (a) some containers of honey from “Bill and the Bees” (mostly spoken for in advance), (b) some copies of a CD of Irish songs by retiree Eithne Dunbar (also featured at our website), and (c) an impressive number of donations by attendees for Dawn House, the charity which our Association chose to support over this past year. Maggie McLaren is Executive Director of Dawn House.
     Members of our Association were invited to donate items that are often in short supply at Dawn House. The generous response from those attending is evident from the well-filled trunk  of Hugh McLaren’s car, seen in photos below, leaving Coffee & Conversation,  enroute to Dawn House. 
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Eithne Dunbar, SLC Brockville, along with superb Irish music instrumentalists, Stéafán Hannigan and Saskia Tomkins, have collaborated in producing a new CD called “Songs For Ireland” with many of the traditional songs that Eithne has brought from Ireland and others picked up along life’s way.
   If you would like a CD send email to eithne@myhighspeed.ca
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Two hand-made birch bark canoes have been installed
in the main stairwell of the
Student Life and Innovation Centre
​on SLC’s Kingston campus

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 The canoes were created by Algonquin Master birch bark canoe builder Chuck Commanda who is from Kitigan-Zibi, Quebec. Chuck is one of the few traditional canoe makers in Canada; he grew up learning how to build birch bark canoes from his grandparents.   
           The installation features two canoes built specifically for SLC. One canoe is historic, the other newer in design. The historic canoe (which features etchings of animals) anchors the installation, representing the historical foundation of our area.   
           The choice to display canoes was an obvious one. Our communities are linked by the mighty and historically significant St. Lawrence River, which is our namesake. The river was the main highway for Canada’s Indigenous People going back thousands of years. The canoes in this area would have been made from birch bark, using the same methods as those used to create our canoes. The canoes provide a link and serve as a meaningful reminder of our region’s history and the journey taken by many who came before us. Our Kingston ca mpus is situated on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe people.

2018 IN REVIEW

Last year was a good year
​ for our association. Here are some of the highlights​
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Read Dick Tindal's newest
Retiree Reflections,
Ruminations, and Ramblings (R4)

Click the Title below
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The Book of Memories

highlighting the first half century of SLC has been published! You can read an electronic copy HERE
Or order a printed copy with a click of this button

 Root Cellar Memories

Dick Tindal's Retiree Association column in a recent issue of Voyageur will focus on the Root Cellar and its role in the rich social life of the college in the early decades. Dick  issued an invitation to our members to share their memories of this venerable site.  He is pleased to pass along this contribution from John Mason which illustrates the extensive volunteer activities of early Root Cellar members.
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No Rocking Chair Yet!
Volunteering
Many, many retirees are actively volunteering throughout the community. 
Here is Dick Tindal's surprising REPORT

You can reach the Volunteer page anytime
by clicking on the drop-down tab Volunteers
under Bulletin Board
Check our most recent listing Ryandale Shelter