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90th Annual Gala Dinner with Charlotte Gray, award winning historian and biographer
May 6, 2016 @ 6:30 PM EDT - 10:30 PM EDT EDT
Tickets: Please visit the EventBrite page to purchase tickets, as we are currently experiencing difficulty displaying ticket purchases on the website.
The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto cordially invites Alumni and their families and friends to the
90th Annual Gala Dinner
Friday, May 6th, 2016
Guest Speaker: Charlotte Gray
“The biography of my biographies”
with the awarding of the fifth Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto Canada Scholarship
The King Edward Hotel, Sovereign Ballroom
37 King Street East, Toronto
Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
Black Tie, Boat Club Jacket or Business Attire
All proceeds from the evening will go towards funding scholarships.
A tax receipt will be issued for the charitable portion of the ticket price.
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray (St. Hilda’s College, Oxford) is author of nine non-fiction bestsellers including The Massey Murder; Gold Diggers, Striking It Rich in the Klondike; Reluctant Genius, the Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell and Sisters in the Wilderness, The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill. Well-known across Canada as an author and public speaker, Charlotte explores the past with wit and a sense of drama. Charlotte is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CHEQUES: Those who are unable to book online may reserve a place by calling Annemarie Pallister at (647) 402-9053. Cheques should be made payable to “Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto” and mailed to Annemarie at 1224 Broadview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4K 2T2.
SUPPORTING ACCESSIBILITY & OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND: This year we have made our tickets more affordable in order to improve accessibility, we do however encourage you to make a donation to support our scholarship fund. You can do this during the ticket purchasing process on eventbrite or by sending a cheque as detailed above. In addition we have some wonderful sponsorship opportunities and we encourage you to take advantage of those if you are able to.
SPONSORS’ TICKETS AND TABLES: If you are interested in a sponsorship package for this exciting event, please contact the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto at ocstoronto@gmail.com for further information. Sponsor benefits will include acknowledgement in the evening programme and preferred seating at the dinner.
CANNOT ATTEND: If you cannot attend the dinner but would like to donate to our student scholarships, please contact the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto at ocstoronto@gmail.com or use the “Donation” ticket on this website.
TAX RECEIPTS: Will be provided for charitable donations and, where applicable, for the charitable portion of your ticket price.