Offering special events throughout the year, ERAO exists to provide camaraderie through social, recreational and educational activities, and to promote members' life-long learning.
2026 UPCOMING EVENTS
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Final Breakfast Meetup!
Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
Save the Date! Come and visit with friends one last time. The final "To Hell with the Bell" Breakfast Meetup will take place on Wednesday, September 9th at 9:30.
2026
Zoom - Canadian Snowbirds Travel Regulations
Zoom - Climate Change
Zoom - Vikki Zulpo - Travels in Africa
Breakfast gathering at Perkins Restaurant
Zoom - Ottawa RiverKeeper
Zoom - Goulbourn Wetlands
In Person Container Gardening
In Person Traffic Control Tour
Zoom - Coyote Watch Canada
Tour of Beechwood Cemetery
Annual General Meeting and lunch
Christmas Luncheon 2025
Lunch at the Ashton Pub
Breakfast at Miller's Oven, Manotick
Zoom - "Tea & Toast"
Zoom - "Women in UN Peacekeeping"
Breakfast - "To Hell with the Bell"
Zoom & in-person - 2025 AGM
Tulip Festival WalK & Lunch
Zoom - “Exploring Our Modern World of Technology”
Breakfast with “Gimli Glider” Captain Bob Pearson
The Ottawa Food Bank - Guided tour
Zoom - "Dry Stone Diaries"
Zoom - Paul Chislett
Zoom - author James Powell: “Weird and Wacky and Wonderful Tales” from Ottawa
Lunch at The Bridge Public House on the Rideau
Zoom - Historian and inventor Fred Kallin: “Alfred Nobel & Canadian Nobel Prize Winners”
Tribute to longtime member, John Harding
Christmas Luncheon 2024
Tribute to long-standing member, Fran Cooper
Zoom - Dr. Ian MacKay: “Amelia Earhart’s Fate is Not a Mystery"
Breakfast at the Miller's Oven Tea Room & Cafe
Breakfast with Gary Smith
Tour of Suntech Greenhouse
Tour of the Canadian Space and Aviation Museum
Breakfast - “To Hell With the Bell"
Spring Luncheon & AGM
Tour of Beechwood Cemetery & lunch
Zoom - “Preparing Your Financial Umbrella”
Zoom - “Let’s Learn a Bit About A.I.”
Breakfast with author Charlotte Gray
Spring walk and lunch
Zoom - “European Bicycle/Barge Trips”
Lunch at Chances R Restaurant
St. Patrick’s Day live music and dancing
Zoom - “Navigating New Horizons: The Ever-Changing
Travel Landscape Since Covid”
Zoom - “Discover the Carp River”
Breakfast at Broadway Bar & Grill
Lunch at the Cheshire Cat Pub
Zoom - “So You Want To Go On A Cruise”
Zoom - “Climate Change in the High Arctic”
Zoom - “All About Bees”