Health and Wellness
2025-02-10 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-10 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-04-14 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
If you are interested in the latest science and what’s new and exciting in the fields of Health and Wellness, please join us for discussion and insights.

Pre-Forum Lunch
2025-02-12 12:15 - 13:15, 2025-02-26 12:15 - 13:15 | Tartu College Lounge, 310 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1W4, Canada
Bring your lunch to Tartu Lounge at 12:15 PM to enjoy with conversation before the Forum at 1:15 PM

Coffee: Free

Sandwiches: $5 Cash

The Lives of Others: a Biographer’s Journey
2025-02-12 13:15 - 14:15 | Tartu College Lounge, 310 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1W4, Canada
In 15 books Rosemary Sullivan has told stories, from biographies of Elizabeth Smart, Margaret Atwood, and Stalin’s daughter, to an account of the Otto Frank family. Now her own story: how she came to be a biographer, whom she met, what drew her to them and what surprised her most about them. Twenty-one stories in her book “Where the World Was” reveal what she learned in years of travel worldwide. She will bring copies with her to the Forum.

Poet, biographer, anthologist, activist, world traveller, and professor emeritus, Rosemary Sullivan was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada and awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She received the Lorne Pierce Medal from the Royal Society of Canada for her contribution to Canadian literature and culture.

Gardening
2025-02-18 16:30 - 17:30 | https://allto.ca/event/gardening/2025-02-18/
The Gardening Club is for anyone who loves growing things, whether in a garden, on a balcony or indoors. We meet very informally, year round, with no set agenda or presentations. We share updates on the health of our plants, and how best to maintain them, soil cultivation, watering schedules, pruning, pest control, etc., etc. We admire photos of luxuriant blooms and commiserate over scrawny failures! Upcoming garden tours may be recommended, or unsatisfactory tree service companies advised against. We had a very successful field trip to Spadina House Garden last year and hope to arrange more trips in the future.

Book Club A
2025-02-25 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-25 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-04-22 16:30 - 17:30 | Zoom
Love to read but yearning to discuss what you’ve read with others? Join one of the book clubs to discuss interesting works of fiction and non- fiction. Details will be confirmed via email. All meetings are conducted on Zoom.

Academy Debate - STEM vs The Humanities
2025-02-26 13:15 - 14:15 | Tartu College Lounge, 310 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1W4, Canada
Debate: “Be it resolved that STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) courses must push Humanities aside in our education system to adequately prepare students for the challenges of the 21st Century.”

The Pro team:

Sheila McCook and Daryl Landau

The Opposition:

Linda Tu and Paul Marmion

Book Club B
2025-02-26 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-26 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-04-23 16:30 - 17:30 | Zoom

Take a Hike!
2025-03-03 11:00 - 12:30 | Summerhill Subway Station, 24 Shaftesbury Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 1A1, Canada
Join the next Academy Walk on Monday, March 3rd. Meet Walk Leader Donna Oke at 11am, at Summerhill Subway Station.
We will travel through the pretty architectural-filled streets of Summerhill north to South Forest Hill, incorporated as a Village in 1923 and incorporated into the City of Toronto in 1967. Every house is unique. We will view Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Upper Canada College, Lonsdale United Church and Bishop Strachan Private School as we make our way to Forest Hill Village.
Lunch 12:30 pm, Cafe Landwer Spadina, 383 Spadina Road (Spadina and St. Clair). Meeting location

RegisterDate:January 5 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pmVenue:Tartu College – G1Click to register Register Already a member? Click here to login. Join the next Academy Walk on Monday, March 3rd. Meet Walk Leader Donna Oke at 11am, at Summerhill Subway Station.
We will travel through the pretty architectural-filled streets of Summerhill north to South Forest Hill, incorporated as a Village in 1923 and incorporated into the City of Toronto in 1967. Every house is unique. We will view Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Upper Canada College, Lonsdale United Church and Bishop Strachan Private School as we make our way to Forest Hill Village.
Lunch 12:30 pm, Cafe Landwer Spadina, 383 Spadina Road (Spadina and St. Clair). RegisterWednesdays, Bi-Weekly10:00am – 12:00pm (Two Terms)In-person Register Already a member? Click here to login.

Disruptive Technologies
2025-03-04 16:45 - 17:45, 2025-04-01 16:45 - 17:45 | Zoom
Join fellow ALLTO members to chat about what’s happening in the field of Disruptive Technologies including artificial intelligence, drones, robotics, security, and any other technology-related topics the group would like to discuss. Details will be confirmed via email.

Academy Walk: Allen Gardens to the Distillery
2025-03-11 11:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
Walk Leader Rene Laukat will lead us to Allan Gardens Greenhouses, through historic Cabbagetown and new Corktown to Distillery District. This is a walk of approximately 5.5km of even grade sidewalks.
Meet time: 11:00 a.m.
Meet Place: College Park Food Court. Exit TTC College Subway Station (Yonge/Carlton), remain on the lower-level entrance to College Park. Food Court on right.
Lunch: Mill Street Brew Pub, 21 Tankhouse Lane
Lunch time: approx. 1:00pm (depending on length in greenhouses) InformationMarch 10, 202511:00am

Gardening
2025-03-18 16:30 - 17:30 | https://allto.ca/event/gardening/2025-03-18/

Jazz in the Afternoon
2025-03-20 14:30 - 16:30 | Tartu Event Hall, 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1W3, Canada
Enjoy the Jonno Lightstone Trio as they play a selection from the great American songbook, and jazz standards by George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Cole Porter, etc.
The Trio will also play some rarely performed klezmer repertoire that brings together a multitude of musical styles and experience.
Bring a Friend and give them the chance to experience what you love about the Academy.
A cash bar for wine, beer and soft drinks will be offered. Doors open at 2pm.

Registration begins for workshops
2025-04-01 | Ontario

The Brickworks
2025-04-07 11:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
We first walk through the Summerhill LCBO, an amazing historic cavernous space (35K sq. ft). It is the magnificent former CPR Railroad Station, Toronto’s main station from 1915 until the opening of Union in 1927.
From here we walk through Rosedale to the ravine path leading down to Brickworks. After a tour we can pause for refreshments and then take the free shuttle to Broadview/Danforth TTC. Alternatively, we can walk back up to Rosedale for lunch there.
Leader: Mike Foss
Lunch: TBV
Lunch time: TBC InformationApril 7, 2025Summerhill subway station11:00am

The Lives of Writers
2025-04-09 09:30 - 12:00 | Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1J5, Canada
Eleanor Wachtel, former host of CBC Radio’s Writers & Company, will talk about the relationship between writers and their work. She’ll discuss the appetite for literary biography and how greater knowledge of the life of an author may affect the reader’s appreciation of their work; how writers reveal themselves in their writing; and the self-proclaimed image of the writer as an outsider. InformationCoffee at 9:30amSpeakers at 10:15amInnis College Town, 2 Sussex Ave. at St. George St., one block south of Bloor St. WestRSVP

ALLTO Board Meeting
2025-04-11 09:30 - 12:00 | Ontario

Historic Homes (and Famous People) of the Annex
2025-04-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
This gorgeous neighbourhood has a long, rich history with an incredible collection of Edwardian houses set against an idyllically tree-lined urban landscape. Here we find, at one time or another in history, Margaret Atwood, McDonald’s George Cohen, Ex-GG Adrienne Clarkson, and a blend of many successful professionals, prominent artists, university students and faculty.
Leader: Cindy Bromley
Lunch: Duke of York pub, 33 Prince Arthur Ave. InformationApril 14, 2025Tartu entrance, Madison Ave & 310 Bloor St.11:00am

Gardening
2025-04-15 16:30 - 17:30 | https://allto.ca/event/gardening/2025-04-15/

Thinking Out Loud Together: Why civil discourse matters on and off campus these days
2025-04-16 09:30 - 12:00 | Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1J5, Canada
Professor of English Randy Boyagoda on the importance and challenges of civil discourse on and off campus, by way of his experiences as the University of Toronto’s advisor on civil discourse, the first such position in Canada. InformationCoffee at 9:30amSpeakers at 10:15amInnis College Town, 2 Sussex Ave. at St. George St., one block south of Bloor St. WestRSVP

Road People: The challenge of history’s largest stateless population
2025-04-23 09:30 - 12:00 | Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1J5, Canada
Never have so many people been displaced from their home countries and denied a place to settle. Award winning author, journalist and international affairs columnist for the Globe and Mail, Doug Saunders has spent two years tracking these “road people” on the world’s busiest migration paths using their stories to describe the origins of the crisis and workable solutions. InformationCoffee at 9:30amSpeakers at 10:15amInnis College Town, 2 Sussex Ave. at St. George St., one block south of Bloor St. WestRSVP

The Leadership Forum and Volunteer Lunch
2025-04-24 09:00 | Ontario

Humber, North of Bloor
2025-04-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
The route is all on paved parkland or sidewalks and goes north on the west side of the Humber, across the Dundas bridge and back down the east side to Jane/Bloor’s Dark Horse Pub. Jane subway station is across the street from the pub.
Leader: Josie Szczasiuk
Lunch: Dark Horse Pub, 2401 Bloor St. West InformationApril 28, 2025Old Mill Subway Station11:00am
