by Linda Tu Beluga whales like this one at Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium sport a blob of forehead fat called a “melon.” The cetaceans contort the melon into different shapes, possibly to communicate with each other. Beluga whales are extraordinary animals…
by Brenda Doyle In February of this year my husband Peter and I joined a G Adventures tour – seven Americans, our van driver and our guide Abdellah – for a nine-day tour of Morocco. The itinerary took us on…
by Caroline Gray When we stop working for a living, our brains don’t stop learning and exploring. We are designed to never stop learning and exploring! Our ability to learn throughout our lives is a big part of what has…
In intimate terms, six women members of the Academy for Lifelong Learning Toronto set out their memories of their mothers and their own mothering. Often, mother figures were grandmothers, aunts, sisters, daughters and friends. Brenda M. Doyle, Melanie Faye, Nancy…
By Don Plumb Prohibition in Toronto and Montreal The Academy workshop, “Tale of Two Cities”, is a unique collaboration between two “third age” organisations, our own ALLTO and the MCLL (McGill Community for Lifelong Learning). Facilitated by Lorne Huston in…
by Ron Miller You do, but not necessarily the images. Abigail Robinson – “Flour of the Family” On December 15, 1890, Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren published an article titled “The Right to Privacy” in the Harvard Law Review. This became the…
Congratulations to long-time Academy member LORNA POPLAK whose new book THE DON: THE STORY OF TORONTO’S INFAMOUS JAIL has just been published and is readily available. As always, you are encouraged to support local booksellers. Conceived as a “palace for prisoners,”…
… and enhanced physical capacity and greater life satisfaction! Now is the time to test this research yourself, and, as an added benefit, get to know members from different workshops. The Academy has a unique governing style. We have no…
“Gender has a tremendous impact on health.” Kudos and congratulations to Academy member May Cohen who has been recognized as one of the Government of Canada’s Women of Impact in Canada. She has been recognised in the STEM category. Dr…
Bridget Hough captured some of Toronto’s interesting street art As Webmaster, I am lucky enough to see a number of wonderful photographs that cross my “desk” for use on the Academy website. From time to time a photo stands out…