I want to advise you that there will be two Canadian astronauts giving public lectures in Kingston, at the Grand Theatre in January and February 2018.
Read more: Canadian astronauts giving public lectures in Kingston
Lectures at 10am, Crossroads United Church, 690 Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd
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Books and Websites of Potential Interest to Later Life Learning Patrons and Their Friends.
More from Stan, today here are a few websites I recommend checking out if anybody wants related information to some of the L.L.L. Winter, 2018 future lecture series topics.
Members and community members at large might enjoy hearing what the Queen's University author Edward Struzik has to say about enivronmental issues impacting our world in the 21st century.
Queen’s Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Thursday, Nov. 23rd
There is a new political lecture series starting at Queen’s Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Thursday, Nov. 23rd., 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in honour of Dr. John Misel.
The first guest lecturer is Debra Thompson, from the University of Oregon. The title of this upcoming lecture is “Trump,Race and the Rise of Populism”.
See Queen’s University Political Science Department website for more information.
http://www.queensu.ca/politics/about/john-meisel-scholar-series-contemporary-controversies
Toronto - Winter 2017/18
Later Life members might want to check out a winter lecture series coming to the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto that may be of special interest to some.
Two of the guest lectures at the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto this winter will be the Newfoundland comedian Mary Walsh, Mina Farrow and the British actor/comedian John Cleese.
More information on all of the upcoming Roy Thompson Hall winter lecturers can be found by going to the Roy Thompson Hall web site. https://www.roythomsonhall.com
Thanks to Stan Sherry for the tips!
Our member Stan Sherry pointed out two special guest speakers coming to two different locations in Kingston in the next few months that you might want to go hear.
Professor ZotanTakats, from the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery at Imperial College, London, UK, will be a guest speaker at Queen's, Dept. of Surgery, On THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 2017, 5:00 P.M. , AT QUEEN'S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 15 ARCH STREET, ROOM 132 A.
The Canadian astronaut CHRIS HADFIELD will be at our local GRAND THEATRE on Feb. 24th 2018.
Steve Manders, who has given a number of lectures with Later Life learning, is promoting his new book, The First Spike, a history not only of the K&P but also of much that went on in Kingston and southeastern Ontario in the 19th century insofar as it related to transportation and communication.
K&P stands for "Kingston and Pembroke," and was the first railroad to link Kingston with the timber and mining hinterland to the north. It opened in 1878. In 1885, the little railway station that now stands across Ontario Street from City Hall was built from cut stone that originally formed part of the battery wall that defended Kingston from American attack.
A graduate of Queen's University in geography and education, Steve has spent much of his spare time hiking and paddling the transportation routes north of the city. It was during these many hikes and portages that he realized that some of the trails he was hiking were old railway lines that had fallen into disuse and grown over. He started bringing a metal detector with him and mapping the places where he found railway spikes, bits of rail, and metal railway and logging tools. Gradually he was able to trace the old K&P line all the way north to Renfrew.
One of our recent lecturers was in the Whig.
Dr. David Lyon, professor at Queen's Surveillance Studies Centre.
Big Data 175, part of the much larger Big Data Surveillance project, will be hosting (Jan 16 2017) a screening of Citizenfour at the Screening Room in Kingston. After the Academy Award-winning documentary about American Edward Snowden, who helped expose the depth of big data and its many uses in society, there will be a discussion and Q&A on the "Big Brother" topic.
Read more: Dr. David Lyon, professor at Queen's Surveillance Studies Centre
Wawahte tells the story of Canada's residential schools from the perspective of three of its survivors. They tell their very personal, and often tragic stories, so that all Canadians may find healing and understanding.
Also available is the Wawahte documentary which can be viewed on YouTube and Wawahte.com
This is an extract from the recent article ran as part of the Women Mean Business Network in Nov 2016 and printed in Kingston Whig. Natalie is one of the 2016 nominees!
Life Learning was started 30 years ago by Bunny Singer. The concept of the business arose when Bunny was completing a Master's degree while she was over the age of 50. She wanted to inspire other members of her generation to continue learning. When Bunny retired, Later Life Learning was left in Natalie Holland's good hands. Natalie describes Later Life Learning as "a wonderful concept within the community."
Read more: Natalie Holland Brings the Community Together Through Later Life Learning
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