Amazing People

Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

by Ron Foreman January 20, 2009 Amazing People

My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now [...]

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Victoria and Eamonn Nolan with Brian McLean of Achilles Canada

by Ron Foreman December 6, 2008 Amazing People

Vicky (Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Rowing Coxed Four LTAMix4) and husband Eamonn Nolan with Brian McLean, president of Achilles Canada at the Annual Christmas Party. Achilles Canada is a non-profit organization that provides people with various disabilities an opportunity to receive the physical, psychological, and communal benefits of running. Vicky and her seeing-eye dog Angus [...]

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An Evening with Tony Blair

by Ron Foreman May 29, 2008 Amazing People

For the Women’s College Hospital Foundation

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Alliance for a New Humanity

by Ron Foreman January 18, 2008 Alliance for a New Humanity
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Sarah Evans

by Ron Foreman June 1, 2006 Amazing People

My friend Sarah Evans, founder of Sarah Evans Writes I’m helping Sarah build her e-zine called Living Beyond: “Living your best with a Diagnosis.” Slide Show

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What would the world be like if everyone acted like Kevin Gosling?

by Ron Foreman April 22, 2006 Amazing People

Giving the gift of life — to a total stranger LISA PRIEST Globe & Mail Kevin Gosling was sent to three psychiatrists to see whether he had a death wish, was seeking atonement for a past sin or was just plain crazy when he offered to do something no other Canadian had ever done: donate [...]

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Maybe there is hope for mankind

by Ron Foreman April 22, 2006 Amazing People

Ivy League next chapter for book-loving native girl LISA FITTERMAN Special to The Globe and Mail MONTREAL — When she was 13, Skawenniio Barnes just wanted a quiet place to read after school on the Kahnawake Reserve outside of Montreal. So the Mohawk teenager — whose first name means “beautiful word” — fought to build [...]

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George Lengvari Sr. 90th Birthday Celebration April 27, 2005, Montreal, Canada

by Ron Foreman April 21, 2006 Amazing People

Created by Ron Foreman on behalf of the Lengvari family (42mins 56secs, 134MB)

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Sarah Evans & Dave Carlson

by Ron Foreman April 13, 2006 Amazing People

Sarah Evans of Ability Culture asked me and Dave Carlson to help her build a website called Living Beyond, “Living Your Best with a Diagnosis”. Dave will do the logo and help me build the site. Dave is very knowledgeable about website accessibility. Slideshow

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It’s hard not to sympathize with this idea!

by Ron Foreman March 30, 2006 Amazing People

Venezuela Promotes Microsoft Alternative – By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, March 29, 2006 (03-29) 16:11 PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp. Venezuela’s science and technology ministry recently held the Latin American Free Software [...]

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Yesterday I met a journalist….

by Ron Foreman March 19, 2005 Amazing People

Yesterday I met a journalist named Sarah Evans, 23. She is an intern at the Town Crier group of local newspapers. She is writing an article about my new venture, Family Memories. We met at the Indigo Book Store Starbucks at Yonge and Eglinton here in Toronto. Sarah used a tape recorder to record our [...]

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