CCV Canada Club of Victoria - Australia

22/10/2026

As we pass the other side of Thanksgiving, a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for a wonderful lunch full of joy and good cheer!

20/10/2026

Planning to watch the 2026 Grey Cup? Join us at the King Hotel in Melbourne for a Canada Club Grey Cup Watch Party!

Get your RSVP in today to help us book enough space: https://www.canadaclub-vic.org.au/grey_cup_2026_20261116

18/10/2026

Just two weeks into his mission, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk is already keeping busy aboard the International Space Station!

This week, Josh advanced Canadian science and helped unload the newly arrived SpaceX Dragon.

He captured this beautiful photo of Dragon just before it docked to the Station. And he’s already looking ahead to another major milestone: his upcoming spacewalks! 👨‍🚀

18/10/2026

18/10/2026

A HISTORIC VICTORY FOR CANADA 🇨🇦

Canada's Women's Rugby Team wins 24-21 over England in Toronto.

Scorers: Savannah Bauder (1T), Alysha Corrigan (1T), Daleaka Menin (1T), Shoshanah Seumanutafa (1T), Sophie de Goede (2C)

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UNE VICTOIRE HISTORIQUE POUR LE CANADA 🇨🇦

L'équipe féminine de rugby du Canada s'impose 24-21 contre l'Angleterre à Toronto.

Marqueuses: Savannah Bauder (1e), Alysha Corrigan (1e), Daleaka Menin (1e), Shoshanah Seumanutafa (1e), Sophie de Goede (2t)

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09/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

Anne Carson was born in 1950 in Toronto, Canada. In 1981, she published her doctoral thesis in Classics entitled ‘Odi et Amo Ergo Sum’, and has, throughout her entire career, combined poetry writing with translation work and teaching at various universities. Almost all her literary production has centred upon the intersection between the philologist’s obsession with words and the poet’s desire for new meaning. She has herself identified the etymology of words as the starting point for all her work. Her translations from Classical Greek may be regarded as independent works in their own right. Among these is her interpretation of Sappho’s poem fragments, ‘If Not, Winter’ (2002), along with tragedies such as Sophocles’s ‘Electra’ (2001) and ‘Antigone’ (2015) and Euripides’s ‘Bakkhai’ (2015).

In the 1990s, Carson published a series of notable works. Among these is ‘The Glass Essay’ in ‘Glass, Irony, and God’ (1995), which demonstrates the potential of the long poem where genre boundaries are seen to blur.

The same decade saw the publication of another work, often heralded as Carson’s greatest, entitled ‘Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse’ (1998). This demonstrates her eminent ability to actualise the classical literary tradition. With a precise feel for contemporary idioms and experiences, she takes as her starting point poem fragments by the sixth century BC Greek poet Stesichoros concerning the winged red monster Geryon.

Throughout her entire authorship, Carson with a light touch explores the possibilities of writing, a process by which the literary sketch has become of particular value to her. Bearing witness to this is ‘Float’ (2016), a work consisting of twenty-two chapbooks on different subjects, capable of being read in any order. Another is ‘Wrong Norma’ from 2024, a diverse combination of texts with a strongly performative aspect in which Carson crosses over into various artistic and academic fields. Her collaborations with visual artists and choreographers and with opera and theatre directors demonstrate the freedom with which she relates to literary expectations and rule systems. It is this that lies behind the outstanding importance her work since the 1990s has had for the international art and literature scene.

Anders Olsson
Chair of the Nobel Committee

Learn more about the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature: https://bit.ly/4hnkhNO

01/10/2026

“On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and acknowledge the enduring impact of residential schools on families and communities.

Many Canadians, myself included, did not grow up knowing this history. Facing it can be painful and unsettling, but understanding the truth is essential to building a more just future.

We cannot change the past, but we can choose how we move forward.

It begins with listening with empathy to First Nations, Inuit and Métis voices. It continues through honest dialogue, ongoing learning and concrete action to address the inequities inherited from past wrongs.

Together, we can build a country where these injustices are never repeated” – Governor General Arbour

01/10/2026

01/10/2026

CT-114 Tutor - September 2026 Farewell Tour Operations Beyond Toronto

Having completed their final historic appearance over Lake Ontario during the Canadian International Air Show over Labour Day weekend, the RCAF Snowbirds are navigating the final six engagements of the CT-114 Tutor's 55-year display era. The aircraft's final circuit includes regional flypasts in Kapuskasing, Spencerville, and Gatineau, followed by two US airshows in California before heading to its permanent retirement flypast at the 113th Grey Cup on November 15, 2026.