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PROBUS Club of Clarington
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Monthly Meetings
When: second Wednesday of every month
Time: 10:00 am - Noon
Location for in person meetings: 1685 Bloor St., Courtice (Hope Fellowship Church).
Guests may be registered by a member or contact the Membership Chair.
Speaker: Dan Carter
Topic: Journey from tragedy and personal challenge to triumph and success
Elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, Dan Carter is serving his second term as Mayor of Oshawa. At the Region of Durham, he currently serves as a member of the Health and Social Services Committee and the Police Services Board.
Carter campaigned on the theme that his background gave him special insight into how to manage the city's social and economic problems. He struggled with severe dyslexia as a child, leaving him functionally illiterate. After his older brother Michael was killed in a motorcycle accident when Carter was 13, he fell into drug and alcohol addiction, and was homeless for most of his late teens and 20s.
But when his sister Maureen gave him an ultimatum at age 31 that it was time for him to either sober up or die, he entered rehab and began to rebuild his life.
He went onto a successful career in broadcasting, becoming executive producer of programming for the city's CHEX-TV as well as serving as a motivational speaker on topics including leadership, challenges of living in poverty, mental health and addiction.
