All-Zone Virtual Meeting 2026

Please join us for our All-Zone Virtual Meeting on Wednesday November 25, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET) hosted by Executive Director, Ken Noakes. This meeting is online, like our monthly webinars, and will be available on Zoom.

You will hear from our President, Keith Robicheau, a short greeting from all Zone Directors, information from Renata Ledo, Senior Relationship Manager at Victor Insurance and a presentation from OMERS.

*Please note for those of you that can’t make the live virtual meeting it will be recorded and posted for future viewing in the Member Area under Past Webinars.

Meeting Information:

All-Zone Virtual Meeting in 2026
Date:Wednesday November 25, 2026 
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)
Platform: Zoom (Virtual)

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Schedule for All-Zone Virtual Meeting

Introduction

9:00-9:01

Ken Noakes, Executive Director 

Welcome

9:01 - 9:10

Keith Robicheau, MROO President 

Introduction and Welcome from Zone Directors 

9:10 – 9:30 

Various, Introduced by Ken Noakes 

Update from Victor Canada, MROO’s Health Insurance Provider 

9:30 – 10:00

Renata Ledo, Head of Retiree Benefits, Vice-President, Victor Retiree Benefits

Introduction of Guest Speaker 

10:00 - 10:03

Keith Robicheau, MROO President 

Special Guest Speaker 

10:03 – 11:00 

Yvonne Heath, 

Topic: Just Show Up, How to Have the Conversations We’re Afraid to Have

Introduction of OMERS 

11:00 – 11:03

Keith Robicheau, MROO President

OMERS 

11:03 – 11:45 

TBD

Q & A Session 

11:45-12:00 

To MROO 

 

The highlight of the event will be our special guest speaker Yvonne Heath.

Guest Speaker: Yvonne Heath

Our special guest speaker will be Yvonne Heath, a nurse who worked for 27 years in Canada and the United States in emergency, chemotherapy, palliative care, and hospice. She became disheartened by our society’s reluctance to talk about, plan, and prepare for grief, and life's challenges —causing excessive suffering. She suffered too, not knowing how to do it differently.  

Yvonne's presentation “Just Show Up, How to Have the Conversations We’re Afraid to Have" will discuss the following:

  • how to have the conversations we're afraid to have in life

  • how to talk about ageing, retirement, grief, and mental health addictions

  • prepare for all of life's challenging moments – so we're ready when they happen

 

About the Guest Speaker: Yvonne Heath

In her 27-year nursing career, Yvonne Heath worked in the United States and Canada in many areas including emergency, chemotherapy, palliative care and hospice. She became disheartened by our society’s reluctance to talk about, plan and prepare for grief, and life's challenges (whatever they may be) — causing excessive suffering. She suffered too, not knowing how to do it differently. 

In 2015 she blazed a new trail to create social change. She shares her message with heart and humour. In 2019, she delivered her TEDx Talk—Transforming our Grief, by Just Showing Up. She is most passionate about Supporting the Supporters and Creating Compassionate Communities. When they are not travelling, Yvonne and her husband Geordie can be found wearing socks and sandals in their happy place in Huntsville with their cats, Calvin and Hobbes.