Posts Tagged ‘Special Events’
Join an Academy Book Club!
There are now two Book Clubs as well as Special Interest Groups that are running in the Fall and Winter (these groups run monthly online via Zoom and are available to all members).
Read MoreResponse To COVID Incidence at The Academy for Fall 2023
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.
Read MoreAcademy Town Hall – Wednesday, September 20, 2023 @ 1:30 pm at Tartu
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.).
Read MoreNew Member Welcome Event – September 7, 2023 @ 1:00 p.m.
The Special Events and Activities committee invites all new members of the Academy to join us on September 7, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Tartu for an orientation to the Academy.
Read MoreAcademy Town Hall – Wednesday, September 20, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
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.).
Read More10 Benefits of Lifelong Learning
Experience the Benefits of Lifelong Learning! When we reach “retirement age”, we have also gained a lot of wisdom to share with others. If we can all integrate lifelong learning into our lives, we will reap many benefits. The following are ten specific benefits that lifelong learning brings to our lives.
Read MoreCathy Crowe – Dying for a Home: The Chronic Crises of Homelessness and Housing in Canada on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 2:30 pm (Winter Forum #2)
Cathy Crowe is a long-time Street Nurse who works in the area of social justice nursing. She prefers to be known as “Street Nurse” even after a full career as advocate, writer, film maker, Atkinson Fellow, recipient of the Order of Canada, and six honorary doctorate degrees. Her experience in the issues of homelessness and housing policy has made her a well-known voice for the homeless and for social housing.
Read MoreMichael Layton – Personal Reflections Reaching Net Zero Housing Standards on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 2:30 pm (Winter Forum #3)
Lessons learned by Mike Layton and his family on their journey to make their home fossil fuel free. Mike will share further information about the technologies used and incentives available to decarbonize.
Read MoreProfessor Ann Shteir – Women and Plants: A Fruitful Topic on Wednesday, March 15 at 2:30 pm (Winter Forum #5)
Professor Ann Shteir, professor emerita, York University recently edited and published “Flora’s Fieldworkers: Women and Botany in 19th Century Canada” ( 2021) (McGill/Queens Press). She and her team uncovered about ten neglected women who contributed to botany in Canada during this era. Some collected seeds; some developed gardens; some wrote guides to plants; some made quilts depicting Canadian and British plants. This book is the outgrowth of an earlier conference she organized to focus on women and botany in the 19th century.
Read MoreJan Wong – “My Half Century with China: Reflections from the Cultural Revolution to COVID to Xi Jinping” on Wednesday, March 1 at 2:30 pm (Winter Forum #4)
Canadian academic, journalist and writer Jan Wong was the first Canadian and one of a very few Westerners to study in China during the Cultural Revolution. Later, as a foreign correspondent for the Globe and Mail, she witnessed the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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