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  • Inspiring Talks: Academy Showcase

    Tartu Event Hall 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    The following Academy members created interesting and unique presentations for their workshops over the past year. Now, they’ll share them with you! Suzanne Valadon: The Life of a Bohemian Artist…

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    Economist Readers (FULL)

    Magazine Journalism
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Virtual Event

    This group will meet to extract the wit and wisdom in politics, business, finance, culture, literature and science from this influential international journal. Subscription copies can be delivered by mail…

  • Nobel Prize medal with a side portrait of Alfred Nobel on it in bronze

    Nobel Prize Winners in Science and Medicine

    History
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Nobel Prizes for Science and Medicine have been awarded since 1901. In this workshop, participants will explore the winners in the four categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and the…

  • Wildfires on a hillside. Orange sky. Trees burning.

    Climate Change—Challenges And Opportunities

    Science and Technology
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    New this year!This workshop will help you go beyond the headlines to explore the complex issue of climate change and its global impact. Grounded in science and cutting-edge research, participants…

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    The Golden Age of Entertainment: TV, Film, Music

    Visual and Performing Arts
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    New this year!Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Sullivan, Alan Alda, Bea Arthur, Carroll O’Connor, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Sammy Davis…

  • Celebration of Song

    Music
    Virtual Event

    Songs are a vital part of our lives. First, participants will give presentations on their choice of performers (e.g., Tiny Tim, the Beatles, Mel Torme), composers (e.g., Cole Porter, Jim Webb, Lennon…

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    Events of the Fortnight

    Socio-Political
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    At the start of each session the participants suggest topics from the recent newsworthy of further discussion. The discussion of each topic starts with a brief introduction by the person…

  • A laptop on a table with financial graphs displayed on screen

    Fortunes and Fiascos

    Business and Finance
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    New 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)

    Personal Interests
    Tartu College – G6 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Memoir, 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…

  • Silhouette of a hand dropping a ballot into a box.

    Democracy: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Socio-Political
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Can 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?…

  • Painted portrait of Henry James

    Henry James Novels Adapted to Film

    Film
    Virtual Event

    New 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.…