Academy News

Guided by Toronto Public Health, the Academy’s primary concern is the well-being of our members.

The Board continues to monitor the incidence of COVID including plans to deal with COVID increased incidence.

We will be having an Academy Town Hall on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. at Tartu (with refreshments starting at 1:00 p.m.).

We will be having an Academy Town Hall on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. at Tartu (with refreshments starting at 1:00 p.m.).

Her cancellation is due to ill health. We are fortunate to have The Honourable David Crombie speak to us for our talk.

Registration for 2023 / 24 Workshops is now open. Click the Join / Renew button at the top of our website to renew or join the Academy and then you will be able to select your preferred workshops / courses. Note that it is NOT first come, first serve. You have an equal chance of getting into a workshop until we do Randomization in early June (date TBD). Check out our Workshops Page for a list of the workshops the Academy is offering for the coming year.

Workshops are beginning at Tartu College, 310 Bloor Street West on Monday, September 12th for Week 1 and on Monday, September 19th for Week 2.

The Special Interest groups meeting in September are Coffee Chat, Gardening, and Book Club.

We are thrilled to announce that the Board has approved having in-person Workshops, Forums and Talks starting in September (except Zoom Tuesday workshops) at our new home at Tartu College at 310 Bloor St. West (Madison Avenue entrance). As an introduction to Tartu, we are planning a Welcome Launch on September 8th from 2:00 pm to 4 :00 pm where you can become familiar with the facility, meet fellow Academy members, facilitators, and Board members, and have some treats.

Our curriculum committee and facilitators have been hard at work preparing the slate of workshop offerings for next year. As of March 16, you can find the new schedule and full descriptions on our website. In addition, we are pleased…

As our president, Sue Kralik, communicated a few weeks ago, the Academy has revised its name to include “Toronto”.    Our new name is Academy for Lifelong Learning Toronto – to make it more closely aligned with who we are…

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