RESCHEDULED – MARCH 6 2024

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024      7:00 pm.

Lianne Harris, B.A., B.F.A(Ed), T.E.S.L., Presents  THE VIKINGS.

Great burly, blonde warriors wearing horned helmets and wielding axes stepping out of their dragon boats, women and children screaming in fear, priests hiding books and scrolls, farmers awaiting the destruction of their village. Such vivid imagery of Vikings pervasively exists more than 1000 years later. Is it all true? In this 1-hour visual presentation, Lianne Harris will reveal the truths about the early Scandinavian colonization of the Western world and dispel the myths that still cling to our understanding of these tenacious people. Insight will prove that their exploration, practices, industry, and artistic achievements are still being felt today in ways we have not credited them.

Lianne Harris is a former History, Culture and Social Studies resource specialist with the Toronto District School Board and curriculum advisor to Upper Canada College and Brankson Hall. She has taught over 70,000 teachers and students. In 2003, she was selected by W.O.M.A.D. as one of Toronto’s Women of Influence. Appearing on TV and interviewed many times on the radio, she has been the keynote presenter at many professional, academic and organization events. She is an honors graduate of York University.