Events List
Events
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Fortunes and Fiascos
Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNew this year!This workshop explores what makes companies tick. How should success be defined? Are there behaviours, conditions or opportunities that tend to generate winners? Focus will be placed on…
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Memoir Writing and Reading (FULL)
Tartu College – G6 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMemoir, unlike autobiography, is the art of reminiscing about particular events, people and/or time periods in our lives and is becoming increasingly popular. As in previous years, participants will present…
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Democracy: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCan democracy be saved? Join us for a wide-ranging discussion about democracies; how they flourish and how they fail. How do democracies become dictatorships and how do dictatorships become democracies?…
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Short Stories: The Long and the SHORT of It (FULL)
Virtual EventA short story is a love affair; a novel is a marriage. Short stories are one of the oldest types of literature and are a growing and important aspect of…
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Health and Wellness
ZoomVirtual EventIf 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.
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Henry James Novels Adapted to Film
Virtual EventNew this year!Henry James is considered among the greatest of English novelists and was nominated for the Nobel literature prize three times. He was born into a wealthy American family.…
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Canada on the Edge: China + the US in the Evolving World Order (FULL)
Virtual EventChina’s rise coupled with “America First” are fundamentally changing the dynamics of the world order. Canadian alliances and trade have been tied to the U.S. for decades. Recent events suggest…
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Documentary Films
Virtual EventDocumentary films are a powerful medium that can be used to inform, educate, observe, persuade, expose, improve, and challenge ideas. In this workshop, participants will watch documentary films available on…
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Exploring the World of Podcasts
Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPodcasts are a relatively new use of technology to share information, expand our understanding of the world as well as to entertain us while we go about our active lives.…
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Canada in the Twentieth Century
Tartu College – G6 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNew!In 1904, Canada’s Prime Minister, Wilfred Laurier, predicted that “the 20th century will be the century of Canada.” Looking back at the end of the first quarter of the 21st…
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Contemporary Film A
Tartu College - G2 Tartu College, Toronto, ON, CanadaPlease join us for lively discussions of contemporary films. At each meeting we choose two films released since 2019 and available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Kanopy, to view before…