Hello Friends!

Hello Friends! 2024

Tips for navigating the Photo Gallery: Just use your cursor to hover over over each photo to see the captions. Better still, click on photos to enlarge.

(See also photographer Maureen Murphy’s photos from Hello Friends! national gatherings in 2013, 2015, and 2018)

Setting Up

GTA GRANs last-minute details

GTA GRAN Lynne Latulippe and Hello Friends! Registrar Mia Overduin at welcome table

Sally Armstrong, Keynote Speaker

"The Room"

Janet Siddall Hello Friends! Planning Committee Chair

Diane Scaletta and the "GRAN House"

Kathleen Wallace-Deering talks about GRAN's beginnings

Kathleen Wallace-Deering and Pat Evans Early Leaders of GRAN

Dr. Elizabeth Vibert receives Order of GRAN

Diane Scaletta, Kathleen Wallace-Deering, Mary Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth Vibert

Cathy Thompson and Sharon Graham music break!

Movement break!

Learning about our issues: Susan Carter reviews priorities of African grandmothers

Learning about our issues: Bunny Keeley reports on GRAN's Right to Food Campaign

Breakout group discussions

GRAN friends old and new

Ruthann Hicks GTA GRAN member speaks about planning a public event

Role-play: Visiting Your MP - with Pat Dolan (MP) and Janet Siddall (GRAN advocate)

Guest speaker Ama Deawuo with GRAN Co-Chair Linda Kulkarni

Ama Deawuo Guest Speaker "Conversations with my Grandmother"

Ama Deawuo in conversation with her Ghanaian grandmother

Music and dance!

GRANs have the moves!

Saskatoon GRAN Jenny Neal and Ottawa GRAN Bunny Keeley longtime Hello Friends! friends

Hello Friends! 2024 group photo (minus our online friends)

Peggy Edwards (L) and Myrtle Blinn (R) present Maureen Murphy (C) with the Order of GRAN 2024

Hello Friends! 2018