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³Ô¹ÏÍø Association for Lifelong Learning offers wide-ranging lectures in Waterloo and Brantford

³Ô¹ÏÍø Association for Lifelong Learning offers wide-ranging lectures in Waterloo and Brantford

Jan. 25, 2023

The ³Ô¹ÏÍø Association for Lifelong Learning is offering a series of lectures and courses this winter on a wide variety of topics, including the science of memory, the history of the Soviet Union, archaeological excavations of an ancient city in Jordan, the history of the Canadian Machine Telephone Company in Brantford, and the importance of exercise and nutrition in older adults.

Events will be held at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex or the Carnegie Building on ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Brantford campus and are open to ³Ô¹ÏÍø students, alumni, faculty and staff, as well as members of the public. Tickets are non-refundable and must be purchased in advance.

“We have a fantastic lineup of fascinating and engaging lectures to offer the community this winter, with speakers ranging from ³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty members to community fitness instructors,” says Lindsay Tayler, director of the Office of Continuing Education at ³Ô¹ÏÍø. “Members of the community can join us in Waterloo and Brantford for single lectures or multi-week courses.”

For more information, visit the registration page for each event or the course offerings page.

A Voice for Our Time: Reading the Poetry of Louise Gluck

  • Instructor: James Weldon, retired ³Ô¹ÏÍø English and Film Studies professor
  • Date: Wednesdays, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8, 1 to 3 p.m. 
  • Location: Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion, Program Room 1 (101 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo)
  • Cost: $40 for the two-part series, plus tax

Mosaics and Moabites: 5,000 years of history on the Madaba Plain

  • Instructor: Debra Foran, assistant professor of Archaeology and Heritage Studies and Medievalism and Medieval Studies at ³Ô¹ÏÍø
  • Date: Monday, Feb. 13, 1:30 to 3 p.m.
  • Location: Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion, Program Room 1 (101 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo)
  • Cost: $14, plus tax

Making it Stick: Memory

  • Instructor: Eileen Wood, professor of Psychology at ³Ô¹ÏÍø
  • Date: Thursday, Feb. 23, 1:30 to 3 p.m. 
  • Location: Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion, Program Room 3 (101 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo)
  • Cost: $14, plus tax

Active Aging through Exercise and Nutrition

  • Instructor: Stefanie Kubacki, learning consultant at ³Ô¹ÏÍø and certified fitness professional
  • Date: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1:30 to 3 p.m. 
  • Location: Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion, Program Room 1 (101 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo)
  • Cost: $14, plus tax

Brantford’s Other Telephone Company – The Canadian Machine Telephone Company

  • Instructor: Jack Jackowetz, artist and columnist
  • Date: Wednesday, March 1, 1 to 2:30 p.m. 
  • Location: ³Ô¹ÏÍø Brantford campus, Carnegie Building, CB206 (73 George St., Brantford)
  • Cost: $14, plus tax

The Uncertain Future of Peace

  • Instructor: Timothy Donais, associate professor of Global Studies at ³Ô¹ÏÍø
  • Date: Thursday, March 2, 1 to 3 p.m. 
  • Location: Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion, Program Room 3 (101 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo)
  • Cost: $14, plus tax

Joseph Stalin and the making (and unmaking) of the Soviet State

  • Instructor: Leonard G. Friesen, professor of History at ³Ô¹ÏÍø
  • Date: Tuesdays, March 7 to 21, 1 to 3 p.m. 
  • Location: Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion, Program Room 1 (101 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo)
  • Cost: $60 for the three-week course, plus tax

Activity: Thriving with Age

  • Instructor: Patricia Barlow, older adult fitness consultant
  • Date: Wednesday, March 15, 1 to 2:30 p.m. 
  • Location: ³Ô¹ÏÍø Brantford campus, Carnegie Building, CB206 (73 George St., Brantford)
  • Cost: $14, plus tax
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