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February 19th, 2026

Speaker: Elizabeth Brown

Single Seniors for Tax Fairness

Elizabeth Brown is the Director of Single Seniors for Tax Fairness (SSTF). She is a retired, 63 year old woman who has worked in both the public sector and consulting careers in human resources and information technology. She is based in Toronto. As a lifelong single, she wishes to address the tax inequalities facing single seniors.

Our group is called Single Seniors for Tax Fairness. We are a nationwide organization lobbying for revisions to the Income Tax Act to provide fairness and equity for single seniors (lifetime single, widowed, divorced, or separated seniors 65+)

Here is our website if you want to learn more. Single Seniors for Tax Fairness | SSTF Single Seniors for Tax Fairness

This information will be relevant to seniors who are single already but it will also apply married members as one member of a couple will eventually become single due to the death of a spouse or, in some cases, divorce. Many people are not aware of how significantly their taxes increase when they lose a spouse.

March 19th, 2026

Speaker: Vintage Soul

Live Musical Performance

Vintage Soul is a live performance duo featuring the musical
talents of Nick Reynolds and Cheryl Gow.

During our time working together over the past decade or so in
various bands we decided we should celebrate our shared
passion for ‘vintage” music and create our own working duet.

Covering a wide selection of songs spanning 4 decades
beginning early 1930’s thru late1970’s with music

from artists such as Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Ella
Fitzgerald, Etta James and Nat King Cole and also Elton John,
The Monkees, Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison and The Beatles.
Vintage Soul is the ideal ﬁt for the more mature crowd.

April 16th, 2026

Speaker: Diana Trepkov

Forensic Artist

Diana P. Trepkov is a Forensic Artist, Author, Lecturer, Women’s Transformational Coach, Mastermind Course Creator, Producer & Host of the Podcast, “Can I Help Find Your Missing Loved One?” She is best known for her work in forensic art. She started off her career volunteering at the Durham Rape Crisis center to help victims of crime. Throughout Canada and the United States, she has been an artist for many years and has been involved in 249 law enforcement cold cases to date, which involved her forensic artwork techniques. Ms. Trepkov has helped to solve high profile cases in the United States.

Ms. Trepkov has appeared on national television shows, such as CTV’s Canada AM, CTV news, Global News, Rogers TV, CTV National News, Mystery TV, WINK Florida News,GTA’s Most Wanted, First Local, My Community Rogers TV, CP24 NEWS, ABC 15 Phoenix, History Channel, Nancy Grace, CNN World News Live, CNN Headline News live with Ali Velshi, CNN Breaking News with Brooke Baldwin regarding Baby Doe from Boston and News 14 Carolina, and was featured as the cover story for PI Magazine, which is an international magazine and the cover story for Blue Line Magazine. She was recently on CBC Radio, The Current – to catch a criminal, police sketches. Her forensic artwork has been published all over North America in various newspapers. Ms. Trepkov has written articles for the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police Agenda. She was a presenter for the FBI Conference and was awarded a plaque.

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