Our membership year begins on October 2nd, the date of King Richard’s birthday. Renewal notices are sent out in June in the pages of our journal.
Membership Rates for the 2024-25 year are:
SINGLE member: $65 Cdn., Online publications only
FAMILY membership (2 people): $80.00 Cdn., Online Publications only
SENIOR member (65+): $50.00 Cdn., Online Publications only
SENIOR FAMILY membership (Two SENIOR members living at the same address): $60.00 Cdn., Online Publications only
STUDENT member (full time secondary or post secondary: $40.00 Cdn., Online Publications only
For all FULL members, Add $30.00 postal supplement to receive printed publications as well.
CANADIAN BRANCH Only: $30.00 Cdn.
If you already pay your membership fees directly in £ Sterling to the Richard III Society in Britain, you can become an AFFILIATE member of the Richard III Society of Canada for $30.00 Cdn. If you live in Canada, we urge you to join through us.
Full membership includes The Ricardian, an annual journal from England, and the newsletters The Bulletin from England, and the RIII from Canada. Emails from the Chair keep members up to date.
Monthly meetings are scheduled from September to June online via Zoom. The dates, speakers and meeting locations are published in the RIII, and below.
Meetings are held at 2 p.m. EDT on Sundays with the exception of the AGM. For all meetings via video conferencing such as Zoom, members will receive the link from our Chair, Tracy Bryce. If you are not a member and wish to attend, send an email to Tracy at Chair@RichardIII.ca
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September 8, 2024 Free For All! Favourite fiction/non-fiction Ricardian/Medieval books and why you recommend it/them. Meeting via Zoom
October 26, 2024 2:00 p.m. AGM In person & via Zoom. Guest Speaker: Matthew Lewis via Zoom
November 17, 2024 Ray Rawlings – “Crime and Criminals in Medieval England” via Zoom.
January 12, 2025 Guest Speaker: Katie Dungate – “‘He was an Earl, all Wales was his’
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (c. 1423-1469) and the Yorkists in Wales” via Zoom
February 9, 2025 Guest Speaker: Stephen David – “What Richard, Duke of Gloucester had to fear from the Woodvilles” via Zoom
March 9, 2025 Sheilah O’Connor – “Food for the Everyday Medieval Person” via Zoom.
April 13, 2025 Sheila Smith – “Representations of Animals in the Middle Ages” via Zoom
*May 25, 2025 Margaret Dunsdon Topic -“Chaucer, his descendants, and their ties to the British throne” Zoom
June 22, 2025 Juliet Howland -“Perkin Warbeck in Literature and History” via Zoom
* Note: the May meeting is not the 2nd Sunday as is usual.
Membership also includes access to the Buyers’ Library, a resource library of books, tapes, videos and articles on Richard III and his period in history.
To receive information about membership by mail, please send a request to the address included on the membership application below. To receive information by e-mail, please complete the online form directly below.
This form uses your e-mail settings to submit the data. If you encounter problems please manually e-mail the information to membership@richardiii.ca.
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Print out the membership application below, and return with your cheque in Canadian funds, payable to The Richard III Society of Canada to the address listed on the form.
If you wish to pay by e-transfer, simply use the email address treasurer@richardiii.ca from your banking website or app.
Important! Include a note in the e-transfer comment space indicating the name of the member(s) joining or enrolling, as the sender is not always evident from the associated email account. Be sure to also send along the full membership form to membership@RichardIII.ca
If you wish to pay by credit card via PayPal, email the membership address above for details.
Membership Application Form (Requires Adobe Reader)
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