November 12, 2026 - Malcolm Kelly
Talk Title: Yellow Perils: The story of how tens of thousands of young men were inspired to join the RCAF at the beginning of the Second World War because of the aviation heroes of the 1930s, including the two superstars of that time, Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson.
Malcolm Graham Kelly was a professional sports, news, and arts journalist and writer for 40 years. He worked for CBCSports.ca, the National Post, Canadian Press, Ottawa Citizen, Southam News, the Town Crier, and Thomson Newspapers.
He is the author of SPROG: A Novel of Bomber Command, that tells of kids training in Canada during 1941-1942 for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
A Governor General’s Award winner for community service, Malcolm is the founder, coordinator, and a full Professor in the Graduate Sports Journalism program, at Centennial College in Toronto.
He is the son of two Second World War veterans, his father being one of the famous 47 men pulled off the East Mole at the end of the Battle of Calais, in May, 1940, and his mother, who survived the destruction of her street during the Blitz on Britain, in the fall of 1940. She then joined the British Army’s women’s service.
Malcolm’s main interest in his study of military history lies in the human stories of those in combat.
