Gordon Cressy Tells Great Stories
Wed, Apr 09
|Haliburton Fish Hatchery
A Telling Our Stories Speakers Event
Time & Location
Apr 09, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Haliburton Fish Hatchery, 6712 Gelert Rd, Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0, Canada
About the event
Gordon Cressy is a superb and often funny story teller and he has stories to tell. Sharing stories from his recent book, Gordon will take on us on a fascinating journey spanning 60 years, including his time in Trinidad and Tobago, the south side of Chicago, 50 plus years in Toronto, with stops along the way in Africa and China.
Bio
Gordon has been a swim instructor, youth worker, community organizer, teacher, politician, fund raiser and senior executive. Gordon has sold Canadian Christmas trees in Trinidad, pioneered diversity work with the United Way of Greater Toronto, created Canadian Tire Jump Start and Take Our Kids To Work Day and on two occasions played a key role in bringing Nelson Mandela to Toronto.
In addition, he is an outstanding auctioneer, a keen competitive senior table tennis player and an entertaining and inspiring story teller