COURSES & EVENTS COURSES LIFE INSTITUTE WINTER 2020

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MISSION Enable adults age 50+ to pursue their passion for life-long learning through a wide range of educational courses, activities and related opportunities to volunteer.

VISION LIFE Institute, a leader in life-long learning, inspiring and fulfilling a community of adults 50+ through Continuing Education at Ryerson University.

CORE VALUES

Learning - LIFE believes learning is core to healthy ageing, and strive to include educational opportunities in all it does.

Community – Create a convivial environment which supports learning, building relationships and enables everyone to contribute.

Inclusion - Listen to each other, seek to understand and broaden LIFE’s viewpoint. LIFE welcomes people of all backgrounds and abilities.

Integrity - Truthful and honest in all it does. When faced with difficult decisions and hard choices, LIFE does the right thing.

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About Contents LIFE About “Learning is Forever” … LIFE! LIFE/acknowledgements /disability notice/dates to WINTER LIFE INSTITUTE is the largest program partner in Programs for remember ...... 3 50+ in The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ombuddy/20 min reminder 4 Ryerson University. LIFE offers lifelong learning programs to No scents policy ...... 4 adults 50+ who are retired or preparing for retirement. Members of

LIFE can attend stimulating daytime classes and participate in Winter welcome/wait lists/ 2020 creative learning at Ryerson or at off-campus locations. All refunds/classroom times members have full access to Ryerson facilities—the library, and locations ...... 5-6 audiovisual materials, bookstore, cafeteria, the Image Arts Centre, LIFE Board members ...... 6 and the Ryerson Athletic Centre. Courses and activities LIFE INSTITUTE offers a wide variety of study groups and lecture by category ...... 7-8 courses in the arts, humanities, sciences, technology, and Accessibility at Ryerson .... 8 contemporary issues. Computer classes, theatre outings, and TAN ...... 8 creative writing classes are just some of the many programs Course details ...... 9-31 offered in daytime classes throughout the Fall, Winter, Spring and Clubs ...... 32-34 Summer semesters. Courses at a glance ...... 35 LIFE INSTITUTE is a non-profit organization managed by a board LIFE registration form ...... 36 of directors elected annually by members of LIFE. Members are LIFE additional info .... 37-38 encouraged to participate in the many facets of the board’s activities in furthering new concepts in lifelong learning programs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Disability Notice Thanks to: If access to classes is difficult • Sharon Zeiler, Eva Bell, Lori Cornwall, Mark Fernley, Glenn due to a disability (mobility, Frost, Wendy Nurgitz, Simon Pearson, Dorothy Rubinoff, and hearing, vision, or other), Martha Wall who formed the core committee please advise your class host or the office at • Elaine Goldbach, Cherie Ferrari, and Marcel Deurvorst, who e: [email protected] provided invaluable help t: (416) 979-5000 • Rosanne Bernard, LIFE Institute, Program Manager Ext. 556989. • Mackenzie Deane, LIFE Institute, Office Assistant • Denise Smith, LIFE Institute, Manager Volunteer Services

DATES to REMEMBER – Winter 2020 Session Monday, December 2, 2019 at 7 a.m. Registration commences Thursday, December 12 at 11:30 a.m. Winterfest, LIFE’s Annual Holiday Party Mid-Year Break; Ryerson University closes at Friday, December 20, 2019 – noon on Friday, December 20, 2019 and Monday, January 6, 2020 re-opens on Monday, January 6, 2020 Thursday, January 23 Winter Welcome Back Event Monday, February 17 Family Day; Ryerson University is closed Monday, March 30 Partners in Learning Event Friday, April 10 Good Friday; Ryerson University is closed

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LEARN We are committed to WINTER ensuring the enjoyment of all in participants. SOCIALIZE In consideration of

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allergies and chemical T S WHAT IS ABOUT I ’ LIFE sensitivities, please refrain from wearing cologne, perfume, Want more activities? Look on Pages 32 – 34 in this calendar and after-shave or other discover all the clubs that LIFE offers. scented products. Also, please view our WEBSITE’s ACTIVITIES page where CLUBS and other LIFE’s OMBUDDY will assist VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES are listed members who have special financial needs. If you are

experiencing difficulties paying

WEATHER ALERT your fees, or if you have any other If weather necessitates problems you wish to discuss cancellations, Ryerson confidentially, please contact your advises media of closures; Ombuddy, Jack Marmer call 416.979.5000 or [email protected] check the For all other enquiries, Chang School web page. call the office at (416) 979-5000, staff ext. 556989

Be aware Remember: As more and more of LIFE’s courses are You have 20 minutes being held off-campus, please consider between morning classes the possibility that and noon classes. You have 20 minutes between back-to-back classes noon classes and afternoon classes. Plan . may not be ideal for you accordingly!

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Welcome to Winter 20 20 at LIFE Institute

The calendar for Winter 2020 offers a varied register by mail, you will be notified by mail or selection of courses reflecting a range of styles email that your registration has been processed. WINTER and delivery. NOTE ON WAIT LISTS Membership and course registration Some courses are extremely popular and fill up • Both membership purchase and course very quickly. If you do not get in, you may remain 2020 registration can be done on-line (payment by on the wait list or choose a different course. credit card) at www.thelifeinstitute.ca. Mail-in registrations are also accepted (payment by BE CONSIDERATE

individual cheques ONLY; no cash). We regret, As a courtesy to your fellow LIFE members, if you we do not accept walk-in registrations in the know that you are going to be away for several weeks prior to and during registration. classes, please do not register for the course. If • Only LIFE Institute members can enroll in you do register but find that you cannot attend, courses and activities (except as specified in please withdraw as soon as possible so the LIFE the calendar). Membership for the year ending office can add a member from the wait list. Your June 30, 2020 is $80 per person. cooperation is greatly appreciated. • Registration is required for all classes, walks, and events you wish to attend, even for those LIFE policy for refund of fees that are free, except as specially marked in the Refund of course fees, less a $20 administration calendar. charge, will be made upon written application

received by The LIFE Institute no less than three • Registration process – please read: business days before: Registration commences Monday, December - the first session of a 1 - 4 week course 2, 2019. On-line registration will begin at 7 a.m. each day. You will enroll for your: - the second session of all courses 5 weeks or more • Monday courses on Monday, Dec. 2

• Tuesday courses on Tuesday, Dec. 3 • Wednesday courses on Wednesday, Dec. 4 Course materials, admission, or other unique • Thursday courses on Thursday, Dec. 5 and costs included in the fee may not be refundable. • Friday, Saturday and Sunday courses on Friday, December 6 If a course is cancelled, the entire fee is refundable, and the administration charge will not For those who wish to register by mail, please apply. submit separate cheques and course registration forms for each course so that the same process No refunds will be made for Theatre Alive, any can be observed. Important: The LIFE office does single-session course, or event. not open until 9 a.m.; consequently, your mailed- in form and cheque will not be processed until after the office opens on each day of registration. Refund of membership fees will be considered only upon written request and may be subject to Priority of registration: registrations are an administration charge. Please mail your processed as received, on a first received, first written withdrawal request to: processed basis. LIFE Institute The Chang School, Ryerson University confirmation is Confirmation of registration: 350 Victoria Street immediate when you register on-line. If you Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 or email it to: [email protected]

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2020 Class times and dates BE AWARE Class times and dates are usually as shown in the calendar. Occasionally, due to

circumstances beyond our control, class In the Winter, many of our classes are held off

times and/or dates may be changed. Classes campus, due to the University’s space

start and end on different dates; please read the constraints. LIFE strives to find offsite locations course descriptions carefully. in close proximity to the main campus, but there WINTER From time to time, due to unforeseen are occasions when the distance between ‘back- circumstances, a class (or classes) in a course in to-back’ classes is an issue. Please check the may have to be cancelled. Should this happen,

location of your courses before you enroll so that your understanding will be very much you are prepared. appreciated. As more and more of LIFE’s courses are being LIFE held off-campus, please consider the possibility Classroom location that back-to-back classes may not be ideal for Some rooms for our LIFE courses will not be you. assigned until the week before classes start. As soon as they are available, the full list of rooms Please advise the LIFE office at (416) 979-5000, will be posted on the LIFE website ext. 556989 if you have difficulty with a class due (www.thelifeinstitute.ca), with notification sent by to a disability (mobility, hearing, vision, or other). email to members who have email. Sometimes we can work out a solution. Due to class size based on registration, classroom locations may change.

LIFE Board of Directors 2019-2020 .

Chair - Milvi Ester Vice Chair – Lorne Bernstein Vice Chair - Angèle Mongul Treasurer - Alan Lavine Secretary - Phillip Abrahams Immediate Past Chair - Virginia Bosomworth Executive Director - Deborah Bonk Greenwood

Barbara Atlas Harvey Bernstein Tracy Eckebrecht Paul Herbert Rhonda Singer Janice Winton Donna Woolcott

Sandra Kerr (ex officio)

To reach any of our board members, please contact the LIFE office.

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Winter 2020 courses and activities by category WINTER CATEGORY CODE TITLE INSTRUCTOR PAGE DAY ART / ART HISTORY W20-36 Art and Life in 19th Century Paris Mainzer 23 THURS ARCHITECTURE W20-42 Caravaggio and Vermeer Lippa 25 THURS W20-6 Drawing: Freehand Basics 2 Ericsson 10-11 MON

W20-17 Fabulous Women Artists Krieger 14-15 TUES 2020 W20-43 Female Gaze: Arbus and Sherman Lippa 25-26 THURS W20-32 Museum Madness (WED) Jordan 20-21 WED W20-53 Museum Madness (FRI) Jordan 29-30 FRI W20-58 Signature Architects and City Skylines Beg 31 SAT W20-54 Social Documentary Photography 1900-2020 Laredo 30 FRI CULTURAL STUDIES W20-49 Let’s Go North of Bloor, Part Three Krieger 37 THURS FILM W20-50 Art of the Hollywood Musical Terry 28 FRI W20-2 Legendary Film Directors Rosenberg 9 MON W20-18 Lights! Camera! Music! Silent Movies Klapman 15 TUES W20-9 Martin and Lewis: Kings of Comedy Arnold 11-12 MON W20-48 Meaning of Cinema Schwartzberg 27 FRI W20-40 Screen Goddesses Gorica 24 THURS HISTORY W20-57 History of the Hapsburgs Courteaux 31 SAT W20-56 History of Scotland Courteaux 30-31 SAT W20-31 History of Serial Killers, Stone Age to Present Vronsky 20 WED W20-28 History of US/Russian Relations 1867-2019 Vronsky 18-19 WED W20-8 Lost Monarchies and their Lost Treasures Thompson 11 MON W20-21 Major Conflicts in the Post World War II Era Zohar 16 TUES W20-22 Makers and Shakers of 19th Century France Nicholson/Holloway 16-17 TUES W20-52 Road to Brexit: British Politics, Culture, Society Bannerman 29 FRI W20-4 Trusted Like the Fox: Tudor Monarchs of England Curtis 10 MON LANGUAGE W20-11 Discussion de films francophones XIII Mugnier 12-13 MON LITERATURE W20-16 Book Talk Various 14 TUES W20-44 Hardboiled: American Noir Detective Fiction Canton 26 THURS W20-10 Walk into the World: Great Writers of Great Walks Canton 12 MON MISCELLANEOUS W20-41 Speakeasy: Let’s talk about what’s on our minds Poulton 25 THURS W20-55 Wine By Grape Pinkus 30 FRI MUSIC W20-5 Classical Music – It’s Everywhere Mednick 10 MON W20-26 Thunder: Duke Ellington’s Music-Seven Themes Chambers 18 WED W20-37 Thursday Morning at the Opera Deurvorst 23 THURS W20-45 Understanding Today’s Music Fallah 26 THURS PHILOSOPHY/ W20-20 Do People Deserve Second Chances? Forgiveness Salvatori 15-16 TUES RELIGION W20-35 Eight Women Philosophers Loranger 22-23 THURS W20-23 End-of-Life Decisions Wilkinson 17 WED W20-39 Power of Mythology: Stories, Belief, Civilization Chandross 24 THURS W20-15 World Religions Knight-Messenger 14 TUES

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CATEGORY CODE TITLE INSTRUCTOR PAGE DAY PHOTOGRAPHY/ W20-19 Organizing, Managing, Enhancing Photographs Hutner 15 TUES VIDEO W20-25 Photo Editing Programs: A Sneak Peak Various 17-18 WED POLITICS/ W20-8 The 2020 United States Elections Zohar 11 MON PUBLIC AFFAIRS W20-34 Currents in Events – What Matters Hungate 22 THURS

W20-47 The Economist Seminar Cadsby/Waterman 27 FRI W20-3 Politics, People, and Other Issues Cadsby/Waterman 9-10 MON W20-XX Socialism and Communism (Postponed to Spring 2020) Altrows 27-28 FRI PSYCHOLOGY/ W20-30 Dare to Dream Comley 19-20 WED PERSONAL W20-38 Get Psyched with Ryerson Research Students Various 23-24 THURS DEVELOPMENT W20-29 Resilient Living Mills 19 WED SCIENCE W20-27 Amazing Creative Nature – Part Two Dimanche 18 WED W20-1 Animals in Archeology Lipovitch 9 MON W20-46 Arctic: Life on the Top of the World Terry 27 FRI W20-24 Nature Journaling: Origins of Citizen Science Beaton 17 WED W20-14 What’s Up Doc? Wise 13-14 TUES TECHNOLOGY W20-13 Studies in the History of Technology Bousfield 13 TUES THEATRE W20-12 Shaw Festival Preview Ivonoffski 13 TUES W20-33 Theatre Alive! Various 21-22 WED WRITING W20-51 Leaving A Legacy: Your Life Story Handler/Olynyk 28-29 FRI

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Class Times and Locations Instructor: Dr. David Lipovitch

Course times, dates and locations W20-2 The Legendary WINTER listed in this document are subject Hollywood Film Directors NEW to change. Should this occur it is in order to obtain the best possible If you watch TCM, the Turner Classic Movies classroom space for members. Thank you for channel, – or even if you don’t – you’ll know these names: Capra, Hawks, Sturges, Cukor, Wyler, your flexibility, understanding and patience.

Wilder, Zinnemann, Curtiz, and many more. We’ll 2020 MONDAY talk about their accomplishments, their battles for W20-1 Animals in Archeology artistic integrity under the Studio System that reigned in Hollywood from the ‘20s though the NEW ‘50s, the enormous challenges some of these The famous cave paintings in Lasceaux, France, artists faced creating the ‘American Experience’ reveal that a close connection between humankind on film when English was their second, or even and animals has existed for thousands of years. third or fourth, language. You’ll experience the Initially we hunted them for food, using more and good (for instance, the fabulously productive year more sophisticated weapons and strategies, but of 1939) and the no-so-good (the infamous Red eventually we learned to domesticate them, which Scare witch hunts led by Joe McCarthy). And we’ll enabled us to raise them for food, wool, hides, acknowledge the women who directed films back labour, transportation, and as pets. Some animals in the 1920’s. Enjoy clips of some of the most became worshipped as gods or represented them, famous lines in cinema history: “Here’s looking at and even today for many in India the cow is a you, kid;” “Fasten your seat-belts, it’s going to be sacred animal not to be slaughtered. In this a bumpy night;” “Well, nobody’s perfect;” course, participants will learn about the vital role “Tomorrow is another day;” “There’s no place like animals have played in the development of home;” and many others. But most of all, we’ll get complex societies, how domestication occurred, to know these brilliant directors, and perhaps and the symbolic importance of animals in ancient even a few whose names you might not societies. Within this context we will discuss a recognize, but who have also left us with a great variety of animals, important over the millennia to legacy of cinema. human cultures, including dogs, cats, horses, This course will consist of lecture, film clips, and cattle, camels, llamas, sheep, and bears. time for questions and answers. Participants will learn from an expert in the field Alan Rosenberg reveres, and has studied, the through a series of illustrated lectures and works of Frank Capra, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, discussions. Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, Michael Curtiz, Dr. David Lipovitch (Harvard, ’99) is an and many others. And he has seen Casablanca archaeologist who has worked with archaeological 36 times and is shocked – shocked – when he excavations in southern Ontario, Israel, Jordan, encounters anyone who hasn’t! the Republic of Georgia and Turkey. He has been Limited to 100 participants lecturing since the 1990s and is a course instructor Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) in Wilfred Laurier University’s history and Time: Mondays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. archaeology departments, as well as a Research Fee: $95 Affiliate at the University of Toronto. He is also the Instructor: Alan Rosenberg zooarchaeologist at University of Toronto’s excavations at Tell Ta’yinat, Turkey and Gadachrili W20-3 Politics, People, and Gora, Georgia. Other Issues Limited to 60 participants Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) We face many important and challenging issues Time: Mondays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. today, issues that will have far-reaching impact on Fee: $95 our lives. We focus in this group on the fundamental questions and key people driving

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which make for a stimulating dialogue, carried on Instructor: John Curtis in a collegial and respectful manner. Participants choose the topics for discussion at the W20-5 Classical Music – It’s

beginning of each semester. Everywhere NEW

This is a discussion class, led by its course Perhaps you began music lessons when you were leaders.

WINTER young and became proficient playing your scales Jay Waterman has been a member of the class and arpeggios, but then dropped the study of for many years and has served as a Board in music long ago. Well, come and take another look member of LIFE. He is a Toronto native and

– this class will open up the world of classical retired lawyer. music - and discuss many of those aspects of Lloyd Cadsby is also a retired lawyer who is music that you never thought or dreamed of when intrigued by the political and financial issues that LIFE you were struggling at the piano or violin. You’ll dominate our lives. His background in mediation discover how classical music is woven into and is useful in the give-and-take of class discussion. related to our everyday lives. We’ll move from the Limited to 30 participants music of Italy – Bellissimo! – to ballet where we’ll Dates: Jan.27 – Apr.6 (10 sessions, no class Feb. 17) omit the leaps and turns and just listen to the Time: Mondays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. gorgeous music. The music of love and romance Fee: $75 will be served next – for mature audiences only! Instructors: Lloyd Cadsby and Jay Waterman We’ll go on to sail through some great water music and discover how composers used animals and W20-4 “Trusted like the Fox” – their movement as a source of inspiration. The A History of the Tudor Monarchs of movie scores that add so much to our film-going England NEW experience and the music of Mahler who mirrored The Tudors governed England ruthlessly and, for his life story in his symphonic work will end our the most part, efficiently. Their remarkable political exploration of the world of classical music. No lives and extraordinary personal stories have practice required! captured the attention of literature, television, and The course, taught by an expert in the subject, will cinema for years. Writers, directors, and producers include lectures along with extensive video and have embellished and manipulated this history. music recordings. This course will set the record straight. Each of the Howard Mednick has been an avid listener to governing Tudors will be analyzed against the classical and orchestral music for many years. He tapestry of their times. Their domestic and foreign has offered many music presentations at Baycrest, policies and their dramatic personal lives will be in public libraries, and for social groups. His presented from the accession to power of Henry objective is to give you a taste of this great music VII to the succession of the Stuart dynasty. as you learn more about it. This is a lecture class supported with audio visual Limited to 100 participants presentations which will provide a focus for Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) discussion. There will be a course website to Time: Mondays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. support ideas presented in class and provide Fee: $95 additional resources. Instructor: Howard Mednick John Curtis graduated in English Literature and History and has taught drama and Canadian W20-6 Drawing: Freehand history with the Toronto District School Board for Basics II 30 years. He is currently retired but remains active Freehand drawing is a natural human function. in various fields of education. Drawing is not a talent: it is an in-built language, a Limited to 100 participants skill that builds with practice. It is a means of Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) gathering information, germinating ideas, and Time: Mondays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. communicating observations. If you attended Freehand Basics or have the equivalent of

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beginner drawing, you are well-suited to this Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) course. Come with whatever your level of skill, to Time: Mondays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. pick up wherever you left off. Fee: $95

This is a participatory class and a repeat of a Instructor: James A.S. Thompson WINTER course previously offered at LIFE. *Please Note: Bring whatever drawing materials W20-8 The 2020 United States you already own. Do not buy any new supplies. Elections NEW A list of required materials will be given out at the The upcoming US elections are probably the most first class. consequential in modern times. The surprise 2020 Sue Ericsson has taught Drawing Fundamentals election of President Donald Trump in 2016 and for Ryerson since1974. The City of Toronto the political turmoil that ensued during his first Archives owns three of her works. three years of office are making either his re- Limited to 21 participants election, his one-term office, or even his possible Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) impeachment a deciding factor in the future of the Time: Mondays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. world order. The role of the United States and the Fee: $95 Western alliance within a liberal democratic world Instructor: Sue Ericsson, BFA, SCA order or the entrenchment of populism and nationalism as the new world order are in the W20-7 Lost Monarchies and balance. This course will include updates in real Their Lost Treasures NEW time with weekly polls, news, and analysis as the Did the House of Romanov create the House of election momentum builds up. Most importantly, it Fabergé? Was the last Emperor of China really an will prepare participants to follow the 2020 US Empress? The answers to these questions await elections with a much greater understanding of the you in Lost Monarchies and Their Lost Treasures country’s political process and its main as we meet those powerful European and Asian constitutional pillars, that is, the separation of monarchs who also were great art connoisseurs, powers, federalism, and democratic elections. and collectors. Beginning with the Stuart Kings, This is a lecture course led by an expert in the field. James I and Charles I, we will explore their Amnon Zohar is a retired hi-tech entrepreneur. magnificent art treasures and tour their palaces. Born and educated in Israel, he is a graduate of After a quick visit to France to view Louis XIV’s the Israeli Military Academy for Computer fabulous Versailles, we’ll examine several extinct Sciences. Amnon studied Political Science at York dynasties – the Qing in China, the House of University and International Relations at Tel-Aviv Bourbon in France, and the Russian Romanovs. University. He has offered several courses at LIFE We will end our treasure hunt with the collection of on the Middle East, football (soccer), and modern art assembled by the wife of the Shah of leadership. Iran but rarely seen since the fall of the Shah. Limited to 100 participants This will be a lecture course conducted by an Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) expert in the field with extensive visual material, Time: Mondays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. including PowerPoint slides, YouTube clips, and Fee: $95 DVD excerpts. There will be some time for Q&A. Instructor: Amnon Zohar An extensive reading list will be provided for those interested. W20-9 Martin and Lewis: Kings James A.S. Thompson has over ten years’ of Comedy and Showbusiness NEW experience in Continuing Education. He has a Before Jim Carrey, before Michael Bublé, before Master of Arts degree from Durham University and Martin Short, there was Martin & Lewis, one of a diploma in Art History from the Courtauld the greatest musical comedy duos of all time. As Institute, London. He obtained his Bachelor of the first entertainers to tackle every medium – Education degree from OISE/University of nightclubs, movies, TV shows, radio, comic Toronto. books, and more - the unique manic style of Dean Limited to 60 participants Martin and Jerry Lewis ushered in a new era of

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comedy acts in the following decades. Explore as at the Baycrest Learning Academy. He was for the humble beginnings of this engaging duo, their many years a lecturer in the Children’s Studies long partnership, and the break-up that shook the program at York University. He’s also a writer and

entertainment world and horrified their fans. performer and has appeared as part of the Toronto

Participants will be transported back to the 1940s, Storytelling Festival, Myseum Intersections, Nuit travelling forward to the modern day, gaining a Rose and the Hamilton Fringe Festival. He is the WINTER deeper understanding of the roots of today's 2019 winner of Storytelling Toronto's Alice Kane entertainment and comedy. The lives of Martin & Award and is currently the Children's Book in

Lewis provide a powerful story about friendship, columnist for The Globe and Mail.

fame, and the American dream. Limited to 40 participants This is a course presented by an expert in the Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) Mondays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. LIFE field and accompanied by numerous slides, and Time: video and audio clips. Fee: $95 Nicholas Arnold is an international entertainer. Instructor: Jeffrey Canton He has made a career of paying tribute to the comedy of Jerry Lewis in shows such as A W20-11 Discussion de films Tribute to Jerry Lewis and the concert Dean and francophones XIII Jerry: What Might Have Been. Here's the course for those of you who wish to Limited to 60 participants practise and improve your French skills in a Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.16 (7 sessions, no class Feb.17) relaxed cultural context. Shared subject matter for Time: Mondays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. discussion is provided by viewing consecutive Fee: $85 segments of films with English or French subtitles, Instructor: Nicholas Arnold followed by class discussion to analyze and discuss their historical, cultural, and social W20-10 A Walk into the World: elements. The necessary vocabulary will be Great Writers of Great Walks NEW provided for each film so that you can participate Take a walk through the world with some of the in the conversation and exchange of ideas. As world's great travel writers who have explored it on always, the films selected for this course are new foot. From Rebecca Solnit's quirky history of to continuing participants. It is open both to new walking, Wanderlust, to the experiences of Bill members and to those who have already taken the Bryson along the Appalachian Trail, Eric Newby in previous courses. the Hindu Kush and Patrick Leigh Fermor in This course follows previous courses, Discussion Mitteleuropa, you'll have a chance to see how de films francophones I to XII, and does require a different things are when you're experiencing the solid background in French. world on foot. Writers like Robert Macfarlane and Dr. Françoise Mugnier taught French language, Olivia Laing explore how differently we talk about culture, and civilization courses at the University landscape when we're closer to the ground while of Toronto for 40 years and has been teaching Lauren Elkin shows us how distinctly women walk this course on francophone films with the LIFE through cities. And we'll even have a chance to see Institute for the last several years. Toronto through new eyes, when we take a psycho-geographic stroll through the city with Occasionally, due to writer Shawn Micallef! This is a lecture course, taught by an expert, with circumstances beyond our opportunity for discussion. A list of suggested control, class times, dates, or readings will be made available, which will enrich your enjoyment of the classes, but they are not locations may be changed. required reading. Back-to-back classes Jeffrey Canton has lectured on great travel may not be ideal for you. writers, contemporary essayists, the memoir and

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Limited to 25 participants Enlightenment. This course looks at the basic Dates: Jan.27 – Mar.23 (8 sessions, no class Feb.17) concepts and principles underlying the march of Time: Mondays, 4:10 – 5:50 p.m. technology, as an advancement of science and as

Fee: $65 the driver of economic expansion. The first session WINTER Instructor: Françoise Mugnier commences with the concepts, historical origin, TUESDAY and development of the principles and terminology of intellectual property, particularly patent law, W20-12 Shaw Festival Preview over the last 800 years. In the second and third

sessions we will look at the development of the These spirited lectures will enrich your theatre‐ 2020 going experience. Talks on selected plays being printing press and advances in navigational offered this season at the Shaw Festival will be abilities that have had profound consequences. These technological advances changed the world. spiced with lively anecdotes, readings, short scene presentations, discussions, and background In the last session we will look at developments in information on authors and theatre history. Enjoy the cyber world to examine issues of the collection, coffee, tea, and cookies along with informal use, and abuse of big data, privacy, theft of trade discussion during the half‐time break. List of plays secrets, examples of the spread of false in order of presentation: Shaw’s provocative information and other problems that have arisen in Devil’s Disciple; J.M. Synge’s poignant Playboy of our times. It will also touch on new regulatory the Western World; Alice Childress’ scathing regimes that attempt to address a number of these comedy, Trouble in the Mind; the ageless epic known problems. Mahabharata; Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the This is a lecture course with some time for Elms; and Sondheim/Weider’s musical revue questions and discussion. An electronic reading about attempts on presidents, Assassins. list will be distributed to interested participants. Vrenia Ivonoffski is founding artistic director of Ken Bousfield is a Patent Lawyer (University of ACT II STUDIO and professor of acting at George Toronto) and Professional Engineer (Mech. Eng., Brown Theatre School. She has over 30 directing U of W). He has practised patent law for 25 years. credits, has written 14 produced plays. and has He has significant experience with railroad taught at Ryerson Theatre School, University of equipment and previously worked for an aircraft Guelph and Sheridan College. She is a member of manufacturer. Theatre Ontario’s Talent Bank, has won Ryerson’s Limited to 40 participants GREET teaching award (2002), and her show, Dates: Jan.28 – Feb.18 (4 sessions) Leacock Live! was Patron’s Pick at the 2010 Time: Tuesdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. Toronto Fringe Festival. She is a past president of Fee: $45 the Toronto Association of Acting Studios (TAAS) Instructor: Ken Bousfield and received the 2014 Maggie Bassett Award by Theatre Ontario for her contribution to theatre in W20-14 What’s Up Doc? Your Ontario. Health and the Healthcare System Limited to 30 participants Most of us feel fortunate to have our universal Dates: Mar.24 – Apr.14 (4 sessions) healthcare system in Ontario. But it is not perfect Time: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.* – it never was and never will be. How to interact Location: VIC502 successfully within this system and with your Fee: $85 family doctor should be of utmost importance to Instructor: Vrenia Ivonoffski you. This course will give you insight into many *Please note starting and ending times aspects of our healthcare system, including its history and organization, how your family doctor W20-13 Studies in the History of thinks, the role of preventive medicine, studies, Technology NEW guidelines, regulations, and select medical We live in the knowledge-based economy, the conditions and legends, as well as some origins of which are rooted in the path taken by controversies, and the risks and benefits of our advances of science since the Age of myriad of pills and tests. Having taken the course,

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each participant will be in a better position to Testament, and other early Jewish and Christian 2020

interact with their doctor and weigh the advice he literature. or she dispenses. Hopefully you will end up better Limited to 60 participants

able to navigate our system as a more informed Dates: Jan.28 – Mar.17 (8 sessions)

and critical patient. Since we have all been Time: Tuesdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m.

personally involved with our healthcare system Fee: $95 and are all “experts” in our own way, class Instructor: Andrew Knight-Messenger WINTER participation is greatly encouraged. This course is a series of lectures, case W20-16 Book Talk in

presentations, crosswords and questionnaires, Come and join the discussion about books in this with ample opportunity for discussion. lively, thought-provoking group where we explore, Please note that this course was previously debate, and enjoy an assortment of contemporary offered at LIFE in the 2019 spring term. LIFE novels and biographies. You will be notified of the Dr. Mark Wise recently retired from a 40-year first book once you have enrolled in the course. career as a family doctor in Toronto. During that Books for the remaining classes will be decided time, he worked in private practice, emergency by the group at the first meeting and presented by departments, seniors’ residences, tropical and members at each subsequent meeting. travel medicine clinics and overseas in lesser Participants are encouraged to bring their own developed countries. He spent 15 years as the book suggestions. medical advisor to CUSO-VSO and several other This class involves participant presentations and NGOs. He continues to study and teach. lively discussion. Limited to 40 participants Deborah Wingate, Patricia O’Sullivan, Dates: Jan.28 – Mar.3 (6 sessions) and Lindy Small are pleased to moderate this Time: Tuesdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. longstanding group for LIFE. Deborah and Fee: $55 Patricia are retired librarians, and Lindy is a Instructor: Dr. Mark Wise retired educator. They enjoy books of all types and have been avid readers since childhood. W20-15 World Religions NEW Limited to 16 participants Humans have long speculated about their origins, Dates: Feb. 11, 25 and Mar. 10, 24 (4 sessions) wondered about their relationship with the world Time: Tuesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. around them, and pondered the meaning of life. Fee: $45 Different answers to these issues have been Instructors: Lindy Small, Deborah Wingate, and offered by the world’s religions. In this course, we Patricia O’Sullivan examine the founding narratives and figures, beliefs, development, understanding of life and W20-17 Fabulous Women Artists death, ethics, and rituals of seven major religions You May Never Have Heard Of NEW (Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, While the work and lives of female artists like Frida Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). The course Kahlo, Helen Frankenthaler, and Annie Leibovitz provides an opportunity to explore these religious have received lots of well-deserved attention, it’s traditions and illustrates the diversity of world time to open ourselves up to the offerings of other religions. exciting female artists. This course will delve into Participants will learn from an expert in the some of the underdiscussed female artists like subject in a series of illustrated lectures. Nona Faustine, Annie Wang, Ellen Gallagher, Andrew Knight-Messenger is an adjunct Ness Lee, Amy Sherald, Mikalene Thomas and professor at Brescia University College (Western more. This course may include at least one class University), Sheridan College, and McMaster in which we will venture out to experience female- University. He is currently completing his doctoral created art and meet its creators or a talk from a degree in early Judaism and early Christianity at local female artist. McMaster University. His research focuses on the This course is a combination of lecture, film clips Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible/Old and discussion, taught by an expert.

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Rosalin Krieger earned a master’s degree in organizing programs that either come with your Sociology and Equity Studies at Ontario Institute computer or can be downloaded free from the for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and internet.

is a global lecturer, academic coach, writing Prerequisite: For PC users with a working WINTER instructor, editor, writer, visual artist, and food knowledge of computer basics. Students are cultural guide based in Toronto. encouraged to bring their own computer to class, Limited to 60 participants but it is not necessary. Dates: Jan.28 – Mar.17 (8 sessions) Harold Hutner is a life-long photography buff who

Time: Tuesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. has taught photography courses at LIFE for 2020 Fee: $95 several years and enjoys helping others learn how Instructor: Rosalin Krieger to manage their digital photographs.

Limited to 4 participants W20-18 Lights! Camera! Music! - Dates: March 3 - 24 (4 sessions) Silent Movies Were Never Silent NEW Time: Tuesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. Professional musician/musicologist Jordan Location: VIC607A Klapman introduces, discusses and accompanies Fee: $45 a remarkable collection of classic film comedies, Instructor: Harold Hutner dramas, and scenes made prior to the sound era. Learn about the fascinating lives of the famous W20-20 Do People Deserve pioneers of American cinema, including Charlie Second Chances? The Value of Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and several Forgiveness NEW Canadians: Quebec-born Mack Sennett, Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge. Coburg’s Marie Dressler, Toronto-born Mary William Shakespeare Pickford, and many other legends of the early This course will explore the idea of forgiveness to silver screen. discover why it is difficult and under what This course will include lectures, high-quality conditions it should be granted. Drawing from key video film restorations, and live musical thinkers within diverse religious and secular accompaniment by Jordan Klapman. traditions, such as Desmond Tutu, Martha Jordan Klapman is a professional pianist, Nussbaum, Martin Luther King Jr., and Martin accompanist, bandleader, music director, Buber, we first will examine what is involved in composer, and music educator. Since 2005 he genuine forgiveness – on the part of both the has presented unique popular musical lecture forgiver and forgiven – so that the forgiven are series throughout the GTA and beyond, including allowed to make up for the harm or injury they have over 16 music history courses at Ryerson’s LIFE caused others, while reintegrating into the Institute since 2012. community from which they’ve been ostracized. Limited to 60 participants We’ll ask what kind of responsibility a wrongdoer Dates: Jan.28 – Mar.17 (8 sessions) must take before forgiveness is possible and Time: Tuesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. whether some acts, whether or not sanctioned by Fee: $95 law, are beyond forgiveness. We’ll examine the Instructor: Jordan Klapman goal of forgiveness from both the individual and community standpoint and how forgiveness helps W20-19 Organizing, Managing, rebuild trust. Finally, we’ll consider to what extent and Enhancing Your Photographs our individualistic society can be a forgiving one This course is for those people who want to better and which personal and collective virtues can be organize and manage their digital photographs developed in this process. Participants may and learn basic photo enhancement and editing choose to think about and discuss wrongs techniques. In addition, the course will introduce committed against them and whether and how various photo-sharing techniques so that you can they are prepared to forgive those responsible; share your photos with friends and family. The conversely, they may also choose to remember course will utilize photo enhancement and wrongs they have committed and what it means to

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forgive themselves. University. He has offered several courses at LIFE 2020 Participants will learn from an expert in the field on the Middle East, football (soccer), and leadership. through a series of illustrated lectures and discussions. A list of selected readings for the Limited to 60 participants

course will be distributed on the first day of class. Dates: Jan.28 – Mar.17 (8 sessions) In addition, handouts will be provided throughout Time: Tuesdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. Fee: $95

WINTER the course to explore the virtues and challenges of real-life cases of forgiveness. Instructor: Amnon Zohar

in Dr. Paul Salvatori, PhD from the University of W20-22 Makers and Shakers of Ottawa (Philosophy), is a philosopher, educator, th and journalist. He is a regular contributor to NOW the 19 Century France NEW Magazine and other publications, writing on issues Calling all history and biography fans and lovers

LIFE of community and social justice. He has also of active learning! Join us to study the history of taught in the liberal arts, social science and France from Napoleon I’s abdication in 1814 to humanities at both the university and junior college the outbreak of the First World War 100 years levels. His interest in forgiveness stems from a later. During this turbulent period, the country saw concern about the growing “culture of outrage”, repeated violent uprisings as it moved haltingly where many are prone to condemn wrongdoers from autocratic government to a democratic rather than ever forgive them. Aside from his republic, while Paris served as the world’s cultural academic work, Paul is a reggae artist who capital. We’ll learn about such dramatic events as incorporates themes of love and forgiveness in his the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, the Commune music. of 1871, and the Dreyfus Affair of the 1890s Limited to 50 participants through examining the lives of notable figures Dates: Jan. 28 – Mar. 3 (6 sessions) from the realms of politics, literature, art, music, Time: Tuesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. entertainment, and science and technology. The Fee: $55 list of figures to choose from will include Instructor: Dr. Paul Salvatori Napoleon III, Victor Hugo, Hector Berlioz, Claude Monet, Sarah Bernhard, Louis Pasteur – and two W20-21 Major Conflicts in the dozen more. Post World War II Era NEW This course will employ LIFE’s study group Since the end of World War II, by comparison, the format. Each class member will research, world has experienced relative stability. Yet major prepare, and make a 20- to 25-minute regional conflicts and wars have ensued that still presentation on an historical figure of their threaten world peace and stability. This course choice, based on reading a biography. There examines the political history of some of the major will also be two guest presentations. All lingering conflicts of the post-war 20th century right presentations will be followed by questions up to the present. These include the India-Pakistan and group discussion with the instructors dispute over Kashmir, the breakup of Yugoslavia, serving as content consultants. the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian conflict, the Iraq War, Frank Nicholson, PhD (history), is a retired civil the Syrian Civil War, the rise of Islamic Jihad, and servant and association executive and long-time more. The course chronicles the origins of these Francophile and history addict, who has travelled modern-day conflicts, their tragic consequences, widely in France and co-moderated several and the successful and often failing efforts for their history-related courses at another later-life peaceful resolution. learning organization before joining LIFE. This is a lecture course led by an expert in the field. Randal Holloway is a retired provincial public Amnon Zohar is a retired hi-tech entrepreneur. servant whose hobbies include scuba-diving and Born and educated in Israel, he is a graduate of amateur astronomy. Randal has been involved in the Israeli Military Academy for Computer later-life learning for several years and moderated Sciences. Amnon studied Political Science at York a study group course on 19th-century France at University and International Relations at Tel-Aviv another later-life learning organization before

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joining LIFE. citizen scientist and use your nature journal as a Limited to 16 participants tool to become one yourself! Most importantly, you Dates: Feb.4 – Mar.31 (8 sessions, no class Mar.10) will acquire the skills you need to continue your

Time: Tuesdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. nature journaling practice beyond this course. WINTER Fee: $65 Emily Beaton is the Adult Programs Coordinator Instructors: Frank Nicholson and Randal at the High Park Nature Centre. She enjoys Holloway helping students build a greater relationship with WEDNESDAY the natural world through outdoor games, interactive hikes, and other environmental 2020 W20-23 End-of-Life Decisions education activities. This course aims to help you better understand All sessions will begin inside with a lecture-style introduction and will then move on to hands-on your rights concerning end-of-life decisions under current law and to consider the complex issues activities. Whether or not we will spend much time involved as the legislation evolves in the outside will depend on the weather. future. We will review the recent history of the Limited to 20 participants “right to physician-assisted dying” debate and how Dates: March 4 – 25 (4 sessions) Canadian legislation compares with other Time: Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. countries. Palliative care vs. the right to die will be Location: High Park Nature Centre considered; are they incompatible alternatives or Fee: $60 two complementary aspects of late life care? We’ll Instructor: Emily Beaton look at the difficult issues not yet covered by legislation, including mental illness, access for W20-25 Photo Editing Programs: minors, and advanced directives for dementia. A A Sneak Peek NEW core question in all cases is how should “capacity” This is a demonstration course comparing four be defined and evaluated. Come with an open photo editing programs. The programs will be mind to consider these ethically and emotionally compared on criteria such as ease of learning, complex issues. Each session of this course will cost, etc. The four programs to be demonstrated include an introduction by the instructor or a guest, are: Polarr (a free, basic editing program), followed by small group discussion and final Photoshop Elements, ON1, and Lightroom. Please presentation of group conclusions. note that this is NOT a hands-on course. Rather, it Please note that this course has been previously is intended to help students decide which editing offered at LIFE. program will best meet their photographic needs. Dr. Frances Wilkinson is Professor Emerita, Harold Hutner is an accountant with a lifelong York Centre for Vision Research and Dept of interest in photography. He enjoys sharing his love Psychology at York University of photography with others and has presented a Limited to 25 participants number of photography programs at the LIFE Dates: Jan.29 – Mar.4 (6 sessions) Institute over the last few years. Time: Wednesdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. Nan Weiner cannot decide if she likes shooting Fee: $55 photos or editing photos the most; typically, it is Instructor: Dr. Frances Wilkinson whichever she is doing. Nan has taught numerous photography, photobook and photoshop elements W20-24 Nature Journaling: The courses at LIFE. Hugh Wilson has been Origins of Citizen Science NEW interested in photography for over 50 years, and Hone your skills of observation and become that interest led him to a career in visual familiar with the practice of nature journaling. You neuroscience, where he is now a Professor will sketch and record nature in High Park using a Emeritus at York University in the Centre for Vision variety of techniques to discover your own nature Research. Edward Zamble has been making journaling style. You will also be introduced to the photographs for almost seven decades, during the history of nature journaling and its impact on the last of which he has moderated or co-moderated scientific community. Learn what it means to be a

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half a dozen LIFE photography courses and also to overcome. A fascinating question along the way 2020

initiated the Photography Club. is to consider whether a virus is a living organism. Limited to 25 participants Then, animal behavior will be examined – how do

Dates: Jan. 22, 29 and Feb. 5, 12 (4 sessions) they mate, take care of their offspring, and why do

Time: Wednesdays, *10 – 11:50 a.m. they hibernate or migrate? Find out how living

Fee: $45 organisms sense the world. And are there really Instructors: Harold Hutner, Nan Weiner, Hugh only five senses? What is aerobic respiration and WINTER Wilson and Edward Zamble photosynthesis and how do these systems work *Please note start time and interact? Join this eight-week exploration of in

our amazing living world! W20-26 Duke Ellington’s Music in This course is a series of illustrated lectures taught Seven Themes NEW by an expert in the field. It is a revised, expanded version of a course previously taught at LIFE. LIFE Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974) produced some of the most enticing, provocative, Christine Dimanche is an enthusiastic higher and enjoyable music of the 20th century. His legacy education professional with over 20 years of is so vast – almost 3,000 compositions comprising international experience in teaching with a focus pop songs, dance tunes, soundtracks, revues, on biology, human biology, nutrition, health, and orchestral suites, symphonies – that finding an wellbeing. She has taught varied student entry-point can be challenging. This course will populations, including adults with special needs pursue seven themes that fascinated Ellington and seniors, and is experienced in health and throughout his 50-year career. In the end, we will fitness program development. Christine is visit the whole range of Ellington’s genius from low currently teaching biology and nutrition courses for to high, including gutbucket brass and absinthe George Brown College. ballads, jitterbugs and pas de deux, stride piano Limited to 60 participants and indigo moods, and so much more. Dates: Jan.29 – Mar.25 (8 sessions; no class Feb. 26) This course is an illustrated series of talks, taught Time: Wednesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. by expert in the subject, with many opportunities Fee: $95 for discussion. Instructor : Christine Dimanche Jack Chambers is a professor at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Sweet Thunder: W20-28 A History of US/Russian Duke Ellington’s Music in Nine Themes (2019) Relations, 1867 – 2019: From and and a prize-winning biography of Miles Davis. Seward’s Folly to US Election He presents annual talks to the Duke Ellington Interference NEW Society, Toronto, and has published many Since the United States’ purchase of Alaska from articles on Ellington and others. Russia in 1867, US/Russian relations have Limited to 100 participants lurched back and forth between allied-in-common- Dates: Jan.29 – Mar.25 (8 sessions, no class Mar. 11) causes and adversarial to the point of near-war. In Time: Wednesdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. the second half of the 20th century, US-Russian Fee: $95 relations were deeply rooted in the Cold War with Instructor: Jack Chambers the North American side determined to contain the W20-27 Amazing Creative Russian “missionary” expansionism of communism into Europe, and the rest of the world Nature – Part Two caught in a bi-polar rivalry between the two nuclear Nature is truly amazing! And there is so much to superpowers. After the fall of Communism in the explore. This course will examine some of the 1990’s, Russian archives were briefly opened to natural world’s most fascinating aspects. It will Western scholars, and the history of the Cold War begin at the beginning—evolution—moving from was substantially revised during a period when the origin of life to today’s extraordinary diversity Russia and the US appeared to mend their of living forms. Discover how organisms moved relations. All that changed in 2000 when Putin from water to land and what challenges they had came to power and accused the US of violating

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promises made in the 1990’s, with the result that Although some material will be presented in Russia and the US returned to their previous lecture format, this class is essentially an adversarial positions. This course explores both interactive workshop. Be prepared to participate in

sides of the historical grievances between the two large and small group discussions. WINTER superpower adversaries. Lillian Mills, BS, M Ed, BCC, is a former special This is a lecture course taught by an expert in the education teacher and now a professional life subject. coach who uses the principles of Positive Peter Vronsky, PhD, is a former television news Psychology to inspire her local and international

and documentary producer, investigative historian, clients to attain their personal and professional 2020 and bestselling author. During the decline and goals. Lillian is currently, and has been for several collapse of Soviet Russia, he worked in Russia years, a faculty member at the Institute for Life producing news reports and documentaries on Coach Training

subjects ranging from Lee Harvey Oswald’s Limited to 16 participants sojourn in Russia; nuclear weapons smuggling in Dates: March 4 - 25 (4 sessions) Chechnya; revival of Stalinism; Soviet era Time: Wednesdays, 12:10 –1:50 p.m. “underground” rock music; reform of the KGB, and Fee: $45 other stories in the era when the Communist Party Instructor: Lillian Mills lost its grip on Russia. Limited to 100 participants W20-30 Dare to Dream? How do Dates: Jan. 29 – Mar. 18 (8 sessions) you really want to spend this time Time: Wednesdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. period in your life? NEW Fee: $95 Instructor: Peter Vronsky It is well known that many adults 50+ find these years the best times of their lives. For those who W20-29 Resilient Living NEW are interested in expanding their options, this course might be for you with lively conversation, Our focus on resilience is not about bouncing resources, and guest speakers. Participants will back, rather bouncing forward. It doesn't rest have the opportunity to discover various prospects simply on getting through or employing proper to add to their ‘bucket list’. A wide variety of options tools and practices, which are still important. It will be explored to help you consider: Where are grows most powerfully when we come to you now? Where do you want to go? How are you recognize that we can be the heroes in our lives. going to get there? This approach will make it It lies in our capacity to honor our suffering, personal as well as practical! A series of carefully respect our needs for self-care, and shape each selected speakers will share their stories and day toward a more inspiring future. strategies for success with you. Topics range from The study of resilience is not only about navigating starting your own business, volunteering, working challenges in the present, but also about mining in not-for-profit agencies, pursuing higher gold from the past to prepare us for missteps education, transforming a hobby into a thriving and unexpected situations. It is about leveraging business, travelling while working online, the joy of the good within us during easier times so that we mentoring, and much more. A career practitioner move closer to a sense of thriving right now. We will also offer valuable tips and a representative will look at the hidden power of everyday positive from the Ryerson Career Centre will help you tap experiences, connection, and meaningful support, into all the possibilities. Throughout the course you fixed/growth mindset, transforming stressful are invited to apply a simple, systematic method moments into opportunity, character strengths, the for decision making, as plans, hopes, and dreams ideal resilient self. We will examine the can also present many decisions to make, research on the importance of positive emotions, challenges to meet, or unforeseen changes in mindfulness, meditation, and exercise. You will be plans along the way. Several self-assessment given practical, easy-to-use strategies in which lie questionnaires will also be available. the possibilities for finding meaning, purpose, and This will be a lecture series with guest speakers a life of well-being.

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and some time for questions and interactive psychopathology of serial killers, the forensics 2020

discussion. and techniques of investigating and profiling them, including the recent new strategy of

Dr. Patricia Comley is happiest when training, networking, or coaching others to a new level of ‘familial’ DNA analysis of ancestry website

effectiveness and personal growth in their submissions, geo-forensic profiling and the new

everyday lives. Her career spans almost all work advances in psychiatry and brain imaging that sectors. Over the last twelve years, Pat built her challenges our traditional understanding of WINTER own business, Better Conversations: Better psychopathy and its relationship to serial murder. Results®, and has truly enjoyed the life of an This is a lecture course by an expert on the topic. in

entrepreneur, working in various organizations,

WARNING: This course will feature graphic large and small. This led her to international travel violent descriptions and forensic crime scene working as a speaker/trainer. She also loves to photographs that some may find disturbing.

LIFE work in the volunteer and not-for-profit sectors. Pat Peter Vronsky, PhD, is an investigative historian also worked part-time as an undergraduate and the author of three bestseller histories of serial psychology instructor at Ryerson University for 23 homicide, Serial Killers: The Method and Madness years and enjoyed a long educational career with of Monsters (2004), Female Serial Killers: How the TDSB, as Head of Student Services where and Why Women Become Monsters (2007) and career education was critical to her work. the recent New York Times Editors’ Selection, Limited to 60 participants Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Dates: Jan. 29 – Mar. 18 (8 sessions) Stone Age to the Present (2018). He holds a PhD Time: Wednesdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. from the University of Toronto in criminal justice Fee: $95 history and the history of espionage in international Instructor: Dr. Patricia Comley relations. Dr. Vronsky is currently advising in the capacity of an investigative historian, the NYPD W20-31 A History of Serial Killers Cold Case Homicide Squad, the New York State from the Stone Age to the Present Police, and the North New Jersey Cold Case Joint NEW Task Force (Bergan, Passaic, and Essex County Although the term ‘serial killer’ only entered into Prosecutor’s Offices) on a series of unsolved our popular culture and vocabulary in the early murders in their jurisdictions from 1963-1980, and 1980s with a wave of notorious murderers like in the process, he is debriefing the incarcerated Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, the popular serial killer Richard Cottingham (“Times Square concept of ‘multiple murderers’ has been with us Torso Ripper”), a suspect in some of those since 1888 when London’s infamous Whitechapel murders. murders committed by the unidentified “Jack the Limited to 100 participants Ripper” became the subject of lurid newspaper Date: Jan. 29 – Mar. 18 (8 sessions) reports. This course looks at the long history of Time: Wednesday, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. serial killers from long before the mysterious Fee: $95 Ripper. Starting from the middle ages, when Instructor: Peter Vronsky serial killers were regarded as supernatural monsters like werewolves and vampires, the W20-32 Museum Madness NEW lectures will explore some of the “rippers’' in 19th Winter is the perfect time for cultural and century US, France, Italy and Spain. We will also intellectual exploration. Directed by an art insider examine the ‘serial killer epidemic’ of the 1970s to and professional tour guide, you’ll visit key 1990s, a three-decade period in which 82 percent exhibitions in museums, public galleries, and of the 20th century American serial killers made cultural enclaves, getting the most out of these their appearance, and when the FBI launched its encounters in the company of engaged fellow- “Mindhunter” program at the Behavioral Sciences travellers. Expect guided and impromptu Unit (BSU), which profiles and tracks serial discussions, practical art-appreciation tips, and killers. The lectures will explore, through a encounters with movers-and-shakers in art, design number of case studies, the evolution and

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and architecture. We’ll be mostly indoors at Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner venues accessible by public transit. Music by Jeanine Tesori Please note: Participants will be responsible for A Musical Stage Company and Obsidian Theatre their own admissions fees and several surcharges Production WINTER for institutional guided tours. Free Museum Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Admission Passes can be obtained, and some Kennedy assassination and the Civil Rights participants will already have memberships at Movement, Caroline, or Change uses fantasy and museums which include guest privileges. This is reality to explore a story about ordinary people an interactive, hands-on course. Itineraries will be facing extraordinary change. With a musical score 2020 emailed to participants in advance of each that blends blues, soul, gospel, classical and session. traditional Jewish melodies, this ‘modern is an art commentator and masterpiece’ is a timely story of change for our Betty Ann Jordan principal of Art InSite tours. socially conscious world. Featuring “Canada’s Limited to 40 participants Queen of R&B” Jully Black in her musical theatre Dates: Jan. 29 – Mar. 18 (8 sessions) debut as Caroline, internationally renowned Time: Wednesdays, 1 – 3* p.m. Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman as Fee: $95 The Moon and an all-star Canadian cast, Instructor: Betty Ann Jordan Caroline, or Change will play the world-renowned *Please note beginning and ending times. This Winter Garden Theatre. course is offered on both Wednesdays and “One of the most potent musical theatre forces in Fridays. Please enroll in one class only. the country.” - Richard Ouzounian, The Toronto Star W20-33 Theatre Alive! Wednesday, March 18, 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 1 p.m. Tarragon Theatre Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre 30 Bridgman Avenue (Bathurst Dupont area) (formerly Berkeley Street Theatre) The Runner 26 Berkeley Street (Front and Yonge area) Human Cargo A Canadian Stage and Studio 180 Co-Production By Christopher Morris Toronto Premiere “That’s all that matters. Kindness. An act of Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Drama kindness.” Z.A.K.A is an Orthodox Jewish volunteer force in Sweat by Lynn Nottage Israel. They collect the remains of Jews killed in For twenty years, a group of friends at a steel mill accidents. When Jacob, a Z.A.K.A volunteer, decompress at the local bar. When rumours makes the split-second decision to treat a young surface the company is considering layoffs and woman, instead of the soldier she may have flyers are hung to recruit non-union workers for killed, his world is changed forever. A powerful less money, the war between community and thriller from Toronto’s Human Cargo and winner capitalism begins, and tensions start destroying of the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for not only jobs, but also relationships. Filled with Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction heart and humour, Sweat is a searing examination and Outstanding New Play. of industrial decline, race, politics and friendship by one of the US’s most decorated playwrights. Tickets for all performances will be given to “A must see! Scorching. Superb. Vital! -The New you at the theatre before the first play. They will York Times not be mailed to you. A reminder will be sent by email before each performance.

Wednesday, February 5, 1 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: No exchange or refund will be Winter Garden Theatre given after the final ticket order has been placed. 189 Yonge Street (Yonge and Queen) Please address any concerns or complaints to Caroline, or Change the LIFE office and not to the theatre.

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believes strongly in collaborative learning 2020 Limited to 90 participants

Dates: January 29, February 5, and March 18 approaches. Time: Wednesday afternoon (see times above) Limited to 25 participants

Fee: $125 Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.26 (8 sessions, no class Mar. 19)

Coordinator: Rayna Jolley, assisted by Sharon Time: Thursdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m.

Stibbard Fee: $65 Instructor: Jess Hungate WINTER IMPORTANT: Please be aware of the start times Please note: There will be no class during the of each performance as some theatres do not week of March 16. In addition, two classes may in

allow latecomer seating. have to be rescheduled. Theatre Web Sites: canadianstage.com W20-35 Eight Women studio180theatre.com LIFE Philosophers You Should Know musicalstagecompany.com About NEW obsidiantheatre.com tarragontheatre,com Can you name the contemporary female humancargo.ca philosophers who have transformed the intellectual landscape of the past few decades? Well, this course will introduce you to eight of them THURSDAY who have contributed significant and ground- W20-34 Currents in Events – breaking ideas across all fields of western philosophy from metaphysics to political theory, as What Matters well as in other areas such as biology, ethics, This is a participatory class, and everyone should ecology, economics, and law. You’ll be given some want, and will be expected, to join in the critical background on the philosophical concepts discussion. General participation helps the group that influenced these women so that their ideas better understand the complexity of the topics and contributions will become clearer. Among the being discussed, and the variety of views and innovative philosophers you’ll encounter will be feelings that they evoke. It also minimizes the Elizabeth Anderson, whose work centres on the possible “lecturing” tendencies of anyone else in philosophy of economics; Donna Harraway, author the group. In our weekly sessions the group will of A Cyborg Manifesto; Kate Kirkpatrick, whose discuss two topics of major interest in current interests lie in feminism, theology, and the French events, as previously selected by class existentialists, such as Simone de Beauvoir; participants. The objective of such discussions, Carolyn Merchant, eco-feminist and author of The over the course, will be to deepen participants’ Death of Nature; and more. Critical thinking, (and the moderator’s) knowledge of significant questions and discussion about these current events and expose the variation in philosophers and their ideas will be an integral part viewpoints that sometimes makes reasoned of this course. discourse difficult. These discussions may be This is a lecture series with PowerPoint notes, particularly relevant to those with strong views, video clips, and some discussion, presented by an since they will be especially challenged to consider expert in the field. other points of view. Marianne Loranger holds a doctorate in the field As described above, this is a discussion class with of Philosophy and Education, with additional member participation expected. postgraduate degrees in Philosophy, Science, and Jess Hungate, BA and JD (Harvard), and MPA Theology, which includes a unique combination of (Princeton), has worked as a lawyer in New York graduate specialties in Global and Humane City and Toronto, and currently volunteers in Education and Eco-spirituality. Dr. Loranger has various capacities in the public and private sector. held academic positions at the University of He is interested in public policy, politics and board Toronto, OISE, and Niagara University. She has governance, among many other things, and previously taught other philosophy courses at LIFE.

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Limited to 50 participants W20-37 Thursday Morning at the Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.19 (8 sessions) Time: Thursdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. Opera

Fee: $95 La Nozze di Figaro by Mozart WINTER Instructor: Marianne Loranger Anna Bolena by Donizetti I puritani by Bellini W20-36 Art and Life in 19th- La Juive by Halévy Century Paris NEW Opera, with its combination of music and drama,

delivers an emotional impact as no other artistic Let’s take a visual trip to 19th-century Paris to form can, and here for the winter term are four 2020 consider the city as a living entity and see how it works that do just that! was transformed over the next 100 years. During First up is Mozart’s joyful comic opera La Nozze di that period, a series of coup d’états and revolutions Figaro which conveys the delights of love, both resulted in a succession of political regimes which pure and adulterous, through gorgeous melodies strongly impacted the city’s life and art. We’ll also and clever lyrics, providing us with a dazzling analyze other decisive factors that changed the musical treat. Then, a turn to the tragic with nature and face of Paris, including the social and Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, the story of the economic effects of the Industrial Revolution; unfortunate second wife of Henry Tudor, her Paris’s place in the limelight of five World’s Fairs; suffering so effectively conveyed through dramatic the role of photography as both a documentation song. I puritani, Bellini’s final masterpiece, is a of the city’s transformation and its own relationship romantic tale of passionate love and madness set to the visual arts; and the undoubted hegemony of during the English Civil War, with a magnificent bel Paris as the cultural and artistic centre of Europe. canto score. Finally, we’ll hear La Juive by the Applying an interdisciplinary approach, we’ll French composer Halévy. a dramatic story of the explore common themes and how they were plight of outsiders, a Jewish goldsmith and his treated throughout that century in various beautiful daughter who loves a Christian man, in a disciplines: visual and performing arts, literature, city gripped by religious fanaticism. music, social histories, popular imagery, painting, This class is led by a LIFE instructor, and the full- sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts. And length performances of the operas (on DVD) are we’ll meet some of the important personages of introduced by an expert in the field. the age, luminaries such as Napoleon I and III, Marcel Deurvorst, lifelong opera and classical Baron Haussmann, Balzac, Zola, Manet, and music aficionado, continues in his fourteenth year more. of presenting superb music to LIFE members from This is an illustrated lecture series with some his own and David Gates’ CD/DVD collections. As opportunity for discussion. A reading list will be always, Professor Eric Domville, University of available for interested participants. Toronto Professor Emeritus, lecturer, broadcaster, Claudette Mainzer, PhD, has taught art history at and writer, will introduce these four operas. the University of Toronto and Wilfrid Laurier Limited to 100 participants University. She has lived and traveled extensively Dates: Jan. 30 – Mar. 19 (8 sessions) in France and also led a one-week, art history tour Time: Thursdays, *10 a.m. – 12 p.m. of Paris. She has offered this course, Art and Life Fee: $75 in Nineteenth-Century Paris, to varied audiences Instructor: Marcel Deurvorst from university students to adult education *Please note starting and ending times programs Limited to 60 participants W20-38 Get Psyched with Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.19 (8 sessions) Time: Thursdays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. Ryerson Research Students! Fees: $95 Come and hear about the latest research in Instructor: Claudette Mainzer psychology. The speakers will be outstanding graduate students from the Ryerson Psychology Department, and all presentations will include time for dynamic interaction and meaningful discussion.

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This six-part series will introduce you to a variety College where he leads initiatives in simulations 2020

of cutting-edge ideas and findings in the following and serious game development. He is a two-time areas: award-winning game designer who collaborates

• Stress and the brain – what we know and with numerous organizations to improve learning.

what we can do about it Clients include the Faculty of Medicine, University

• Visual face processing across our of Toronto, Elections Canada, the Canadian lifespans Armed Forces, the Senior Executive of the Chang WINTER • Interrogation techniques, false School at Ryerson, Baycrest Health Sciences and the College of Family Physicians, Ontario.

in confessions, and wrongful convictions • Fatigue and insomnia across the lifespan Limited to 50 participants

• Orthorexia Nervosa: pathological healthy Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.19 (8 sessions) eating Time: Thursdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. $95 LIFE • Understanding behaviour in digital Fee: environments and developing ways to Instructor: David Chandross change their design NEW Bring your lunch and enjoy learning what’s here W20-40 Screen Goddesses now and on the horizon in these areas. Experience the glamour of the silver screen as we This course will include research presentations learn about the lives and enjoy the movies of with time for questions and discussion. Hollywood’s most luminous screen goddesses. Limited to 70 participants We will explore their early days, find out how they Dates: Feb.6 – Mar.12 (6 sessions) rose to stardom, view clips of their greatest Time: Thursdays, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m. movies, revel in their fashions, and discuss their Fee: $55 enduring influence on the cinema. Goddesses will Coordinator: Danielle D’Amico include Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Vivian Leigh, and Ava Gardner. W20-39 The Power of Mythology: This will be a lecture course with numerous film Stories, Beliefs, and Civilization NEW clips and time allowed for questions. Felice Gorica is a Ryerson professor in the Film In this fascinating course we will learn about the and Television departments. She has worked world’s great mythologies and how they impact our extensively in the media and entertainment lives. Myths are stories about our world and businesses and has published books and articles contain explanations for how it operates. We all in these areas. She is a frequent and popular live within mythologies, although to us they are lecturer on the entertainment industry. indistinguishable from reality. Many myths are Limited to 100 participants deeply embedded in our minds and may even be Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.19 (7 sessions, no class Feb. 13) genetically determined according to the theories of Time: Thursdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. Carl Jung and his archetypes. Mythology shapes Fee: $85 society and our behaviour to this day, and inspires Instructor: Felice Gorica writers, artists, theologians, and historians. Myths form the basis of great novels, and can be seen reflected in video games, films, and spiritual practice. Today’s social media gives myths new life as they often supersede rational thought, taking the form of racism, religious movements, social media memes, cults, and social revolutions. Understanding our own mythologies and those of others can allow us to see life in a whole new way. Participants will learn from an expert in the subject in a series of illustrated lectures. David Chandross, BSc, MSc, MEd, PhD is currently a professor in residence at Humber

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W20-41 Speakeasy: Let’s talk experimental milieu in a household frequented by Galileo, who was then developing the telescope. about What’s on Our Minds And half a century later in the Netherlands This course is for people who enjoy absorbing Vermeer painted very differently, but with the same WINTER heaps of knowledge about current events and breathtaking intensity and realism. Other painters diverse other things, but lack sufficient used optical devices, but Caravaggio and Vermeer opportunities to discuss them with others. What made them a central technique in how they do we talk about in Speakeasy classes? portrayed the world. We will look at the body of Generally, current events and important social work of these two masters to discover the issues, with discussions usually widening to 2020 innovative techniques they used in their deeper issues and implications. Terry gets the masterpieces that were far in advance of their weekly ball rolling by emailing potential topics to time, long before the reality of photography and the class, and members also suggest topics and film. lead the discussion of each. This is a lecture course taught by an expert in the Mandatory Rule: The tone is upbeat, and field. every member will be given ample chance to Osnat Lippa graduated in art and design from speak. When opinions diverge, we politely London Guildhall University, with postgraduate agree to disagree and never indulge in work in digital imaging. She has taught at George personal criticism. Brown College, worked as a freelance illustrator, Terry Poulton moderated LIFE’s popular and presented workshops in the Silver Screens memoir-writing courses (Recording Arts Festival in digital media. She has presented Recollections and Leaving a Legacy) for many popular art history courses at LIFE. seven years. She is a former journalist and Limited to 100 participants author who now focuses on freelance Dates: Jan.30 – Feb.20 (4 sessions) editing and helping people write their life Time: Thursdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. stories. Fee: $60 Limited to 12 participants Instructor: Osnat Lippa Dates: Jan. 30 – Mar. 19 (8 sessions) *Please note: This course, Caravaggio and Time: Thursdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. Vermeer: Masters of Drama and Optical Illusion, Fee: $65 and the course The Female Gaze: Diane Arbus Instructor: Terry Poulton and Cindy Sherman, run consecutively, and therefore both may be taken. W20-42 Caravaggio and Vermeer: Masters of Drama and Optical W20-43 The Female Gaze: Diane Illusion NEW Arbus and Cindy Sherman, Two In his book, Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Trailblazing Women Photographers Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, David NEW Hockney argues that optical devices such as This winter, the AGO will honour Diane Arbus with mirrors and lenses were used by the great masters a major solo exhibition of 150 works. The first in to create their highly detailed and realistic Canada in almost three decades, Diane Arbus: th paintings and drawings from the early 15 century Photographs, 1956–1971, will explore her artistic on. He notes that in 1600, the look of European evolution and the most compelling and demanding painting changed, and the agent of that change body of portraits the 20th century had seen to that was Caravaggio. Some, not all, of Caravaggio’s point. Meanwhile in London last fall a major new work displays unique optical novelty and disturbing retrospective explored the development of Cindy immediacy, at once coldly precise and yet Sherman’s work from the mid-1970s to the present hauntingly real, and completely alien to the day. Focusing on the artist’s manipulation of her geometrical perspectives of Renaissance art. own appearance and her deployment of material These particular paintings were done in Rome derived from a range of cultural sources, including where Caravaggio was part of a scientific and film, advertising and fashion, the show explored

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the tension between façade and identity. We will has lectured on great travel

2020 Jeffrey Canton

explore the works of these two fascinating female writers, contemporary essayists, the memoir, and photographers and how they reinvented the novella at the LIFE Institute at Ryerson and the themselves and the medium of photography in the Baycrest Learning Academy. He was for many th st

20 and 21 centuries. years a lecturer in the Children’s Studies program

This is a lecture course taught by an expert in the at York University. He’s also a writer and field. performer and has appeared as part of the Toronto WINTER Osnat Lippa graduated in art and design from Storytelling Festival, Myseum Intersections, Nuit Rose, and the Hamilton Fringe Festival. He is the in London Guildhall University, with postgraduate

2019 winner of Storytelling Toronto's Alice Kane

work in digital imaging. She has taught at George Brown College, worked as a freelance illustrator, Award and is currently the Children's Book and presented workshops in the Silver Screens columnist for The Globe and Mail.

LIFE Arts Festival in digital media. She has presented Limited to 50 participants many popular art history courses at LIFE. Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.19 (8 sessions) Limited to 50 participants Time: Thursdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. Dates: Feb.27 – Mar.19 (4 sessions) Fee: $95 Time: Thursdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. Instructor: Jeffery Canton Fee: $60 Instructor: Osnat Lippa W20-45 Understanding Today’s *Please note: This course, The Female Gaze: Music NEW Diane Arbus and Cindy Sherman, and the course Do you want to learn more about today’s music Caravaggio and Vermeer: Masters of Drama and and what makes it so popular? Surprise your Optical Illusion, run consecutively, and therefore grandkids with your up-to-date musical both may be taken. knowledge? Join us for a course that is part music appreciation and part critique. Together, we will W20-44 Hard Boiled: Classic listen to the top three songs on the Billboard American Noir Detective Fiction NEW Charts from 2010 to the present and discuss the This course offers participants a lively look at melodies, messages, and motives therein. Not what's been dubbed the “Hard-Boiled” School of only will you gain a better understanding of today’s Detective Fiction – grittier, more violent, and more music, but you might also expand your own likely to blur the line between the detective and the musical interests! crimes committed than “Golden Age” writers like This course is a lecture series, with video clips, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. We’ll taught by expert in the subject, with opportunities examine the lives and times of writers as diverse for discussion. as Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Sina Fallah is the Music Education Program Raymond Chandler, and through an examination Coordinator at the SMART Lab, as well as an of their books, we’ll explore the conventions and active musician and composer. He is currently clichés of the genre. Most importantly, in these teaching at the Chang School of Continuing hard-boiled mysteries we’ll meet a range of tough, Education and is the first violinist at Strings edgy characters new to the mystery genre, Attached Orchestra, in addition to being active in including Sam Spade, Mike Hammer, and Lew other musical groups. Archer amongst others. We'll also look at why Limited to 40 participants there weren't any really notable women writers in Dates: Jan.30 – Mar.19 (8 sessions) this genre and how it has played an important role Time: Thursdays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. in contemporary approaches to mystery fiction. Fee: $95 This is a lecture course, taught by an expert, with Instructor: Sina Fallah opportunity for discussion. A list of suggested readings will be made available, which will enrich your enjoyment of the classes, but they are not required reading.

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FRIDAY issues that are raised in those articles. Join us in a lively and respectful exchange of views. W20-46 The Arctic: Life on the Please Note: Class members will be able to Top of the World subscribe to The Economist at a considerably WINTER reduced annual rate. The global Arctic is comprised of eight nations: This is a discussion class, led by the course Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland & leaders. The Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Lloyd Cadsby and Jay Waterman are both Sweden, Russia, and the US. And while these retired lawyers who have found there is LIFE after nations represent millions of people, very few of 2020 law by pursuing their interest in world events. their populations actually live in the Arctic, and Limited to 30 participants even fewer have ever visited. This course Jan.31 – Apr.3 (10 sessions) Dates: examines the beauty, mystery, and dangers of Time: Fridays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. today’s Arctic: the impacts of climate change, Fee: $75 environmental transformations, geopolitical land Instructors: Lloyd Cadsby and Jay Waterman claims, the Northwest Passage, the flora and fauna, and the people who live there. Film W20-48 The Meaning of Cinema: screenings will supplement lectures to demystify this beautiful and unusual part of our world. More Than Just Entertainment NEW This is a lecture course accompanied by slides, While movies are loved by many for their sheer film clips, and videos, with time for class entertainment value, cinema has often been seen discussion. as a threat by governments, a rallying cause for Please note: this class has been previously activists, and emblematic of something deeper offered at LIFE. than just mere storytelling. Whether it be the liberal Mark Terry is a course director and teacher at films of Weimar Germany or the freewheeling late York University. He has travelled throughout the 20s and early 30s American cinema, movies have global Arctic on several occasions, documenting often been seen as damaging to a nation’s moral the research of ArcticNet (2010), serving as the fabric. Other times, specific films, The Rules of the Scientist-in-Residence on Adventure Canada’s Game, The Battle of Algiers, have upset the circumnavigation of Iceland (2018), and making powers that be or inspired people around the world the first documented video of a crossing of the to rise up against injustice. This course will Northwest Passage, The Polar Explorer (2011). examine those key movies and filmmakers who Mark has given classes in Arctic documentary made a difference in our cultural consciousness. filmmaking for the American Conservation Society Shlomo Schwartzberg has been an arts and at the Arctic College of the Peoples of the reporter, film critic, and programmer for over 30 North in St. Petersburg, Russia. years. He is the former chair of the Toronto Limited to 100 participants Jewish Film Society and a co-founder of and Dates: Jan.31 – Mar.20 (8 sessions) regular contributor to the Critics at Large website. Time: Fridays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. (http://www.criticsatlarge.ca/). Fee: $95 Limited to 60 participants Instructor: Mark Terry Dates: Jan.31 – Mar.20 (8 sessions) Time: Fridays, 10:10 – 11:50 a.m. W20-47 The Economist Seminar Fee: $95 Our stimulating discussions are based on articles Instructor: Shlomo Schwartzberg from this prestigious and influential magazine. The topics dealt with are broad in scope: issues relating W20-49 Socialism and to nations, the economy, the arts, science, and the Communism: Are they now part of people influencing these concerns. We will focus the dustbin of history? NEW on specific articles that the class members have Do you wonder why the Russian inspired / enforced been directed to and discuss the challenging communism we all grew up with collapsed so suddenly after the fall of the Soviet Union? After those dramatic

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all meant, there seemed to be little discussion – startling explore. in comparison to the noise that followed the failures of This is a lecture course accompanied by slides, fascism and the debacle of the Vietnam War. And so, film clips, and videos, with time for class there are still many questions to consider. Was this

discussion. experiment with an entirely new world order nothing but a blip in history? Did communism fall because Please note: This course was offered in the LIFE capitalism proved to be a better adaptation to human 2019 summer session. WINTER nature? Was this system mainly the result of malevolent Mark Terry is a postdoctoral fellow, course manipulation of evil and/or misguided men? What director, and professor at York University. He has in

exactly were the failures that led to its downfall even had a long career as a filmmaker, working primarily though its achievements were remarkable? And now, in documentary, but also spending five years in what is Bernie Sanders really proposing when he Hollywood working in the studio system (1993 to advocates the new socialism, and why are the youth so 1998). Before this, Dr. Terry owned and operated LIFE attracted to the idea? Let’s explore these and many Toronto’s Bayview Playhouse theatre, staging more questions about two of the most influential political such popular musicals as The World Goes ‘Round ideologies of the modern age. This is a small-group discussion course. Articles will and Nunsense. His theatre productions outside of be distributed to participants prior to each session. Toronto include the first Canadian production of a Lawrence Altrows, Professor of Urban and Fringe play mounted on Broadway: Caged (1991), Regional Planning at Ryerson University, is very and a five-year run of The Best of Times, the Worst interested in active learning, and community and of Times: An Evening with Charles Dickens in international development. He founded an London’s West End. Today, Dr. Terry sits on the International Field Experiential Learning studio in Board of Directors of two theatre companies: the Havana, Cuba and in South Riverdale in Toronto Beech Street Theatre Company (Whitby) and the and was the Chair of the Elspeth Heyworth Centre Bygone Theatre Company (Toronto). for Women in North York. Limited to 100 participants Limited to 23 participants Dates: Jan.31 - Mar.20 (8 sessions) Dates: This course has been postponed until Time: Fridays, 12:10 – 1: 50 p.m. Spring 2020 Fee: $95 Fee: $60 Instructor: Mark Terry Instructor: Lawrence Altrows W20-51 Leaving a Legacy: Your W20-50 The Art of the Hollywood Life Story Musical You don’t have to be famous to have an interesting The Golden Age of Hollywood is a category of life story that deserves to be told and that will be cinema occurring between the late 1920s and the treasured as a one-of-a-kind legacy by those you early 1960s. During this time a particular genre love today and by heirs you will never meet. In flourished – the musical. Usually themed around bygone days, this happened naturally because romance, the musical was often light-hearted and handwritten letters were passed from generation provided many with a much-needed escape from to generation. But today’s communications are the horrors of World War II. But the genre was usually by phone, email and text, resulting in too unique in another less-studied way. It provided few personal archives being preserved. This visual artists an opportunity to create some of the course, which evolved from LIFE’s long-running most breathtaking scenes in cinema history: the Recording Recollections, will help you create your “wedding cake” dance numbers of Busby Berkeley life story by breaking the mammoth process into (1930s); Vincent Minnelli’s surreal stage small chunks of memories. This is a participatory productions of An American in Paris (1951); the class. You will be expected to write a new 500 – reality-bending set pieces of George Cukor’s A 1,400-word memoir to read aloud each week. For Star is Born (1954). And these are just some of the those who would like to produce a complete examples of the artistic experimentation in the autobiography, you will weave your individual pieces together outside of class. This is not an

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instructional class as the time is spent listening to discerning underlying and deep-seated attitudes and commenting positively on each of the memoirs towards Europe and the world. presented. Before the semester begins, you will be This is a lecture series taught by an expert in the

sent a comprehensive “starter” package. And field. WINTER there is a valuable after-class opportunity (at the Dr. Gordon Bannerman received his Ph.D. from nearby Oakham Cafe) to chat with your fellow King’s College London in 2005 and has an memoirists about the projects we are all working extensive publication record of books, articles, and on. reviews. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal

This is an interactive course involving participant Historical Society in 2015 for his contribution to 2020 participation and interaction. historical scholarship. Dr. Bannerman has taught Tamara Handler is a former schoolteacher and an British history at the London School of Economics, accomplished and enthusiastic memoirist. Dundee University, and King’s College London.

Martha Olynyk has been a long-time avid He currently teaches The History of Business and participant in Recording Recollections and Government and Business at the University of Leaving a Legacy. Guelph-Humber, Ontario. Limited to 12 participants Limited to 50 participants Dates: Jan.31 – Apr.3 (10 sessions) Dates: Jan. 31 – Mar. 20 (8 sessions) Time: Fridays, 12:10 –1:50 p.m. Time: Fridays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. Fee: $75 Fee: $95 Instructors: Tamara Handler and Martha Olynyk Instructor: Gordon Bannerman W20-52 The Road to Brexit: W20-53 Museum Madness NEW

British Politics, Culture and Society, Winter is the perfect time for cultural and 1945 to Present Day NEW intellectual exploration. Directed by an art insider The Brexit vote of 2016 came as a major shock to and professional tour guide, you’ll visit key the political classes at Westminster and the main exhibitions in museums, public galleries, and political parties, most of whose members basically cultural enclaves, getting the most out of these supported a continuation of Britain’s membership encounters in the company of engaged fellow- in the European Union (EU). The prospective exit travellers. Expect guided and impromptu of Britain from the EU represents a seismic shift in discussions, practical art-appreciation tips, and British politics and is perhaps a template for further encounters with movers-and-shakers in art, secessions by other member-states. Yet, in design and architecture. We’ll be mostly indoors seeking to explain Brexit, it is useful to examine the at venues accessible by public transit. extent to which Britain has historically ever been Please note: Participants will be responsible for committed to the EU. their own admissions fees and several surcharges The formidable legacy of the British Empire forged for institutional guided tours. Free Museum a separate political culture and identity from that of Admission Passes can be obtained, and some mainland Europe: the commitment to Europe has participants will already have memberships at always been controversial. This course examines museums which include guest privileges. This is British politics and society in historical context to an interactive, hands-on course. Itineraries will be help analyze why the Brexit vote occurred. We will emailed to participants in advance of each consider long- and short-term factors, from the session. “Little England” emphasis on national Founder of Art InSite tours, Betty Ann Jordan is independence, to the complexities of changing an arts commentator and cultural tour maven. demographics and mass immigration. We will Trained as an artist, she also gives talks on art consider successive governments, institutions, appreciation. political parties, prominent individuals, and the Limited to 40 participants wider society to shed light on the nature of Britain’s Dates: Jan. 31 – Mar. 20 (8 sessions) relationship with Europe and the world. We will Time: Fridays, 1 - 3 p.m. * also examine popular culture as a means of Location: Participants will be advised of each

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week’s meeting point by e-mail prior to the 2020 W20-55 Wine By Grape: session. Fee: $95 Exploring Wine One Grape at a Time NEW Instructor: Betty Ann Jordan

*Please note beginning and ending times. This A rose is a rose is a rose – that might be true for

course is offered on both Wednesdays and Fridays. Please enroll in one class only. roses, but not for wines. A Merlot from Chile is

WINTER quite different than one from Ontario, France, W20-54 Social Documentary California, or even Italy. The same is true for in Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling, or Photography 1900-2020 NEW Shiraz, which is Australian and Syrah is French – This lecture series will examine the history of but the same grape. What? Join our resident social documentary photography from the wine expert, Michael Pinkus, the Grape Guy, as th LIFE beginning of the 20 century to the present day. he compares grape varieties from different Highlighting the work of noteworthy photographers regions of the world. All you need is a set of wine in successive decades including Alfred Stieglitz, glasses, your palate and your opinion. Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke White, and war This is a wine-tasting class offering expert photographer Robert Capa – many of the most information and sound advice. important photographs of the modern age will be Michael Pinkus has a love affair with wine that shown and discussed. We will look at Lewis Hine’s goes back over 20 years and continues to this photographs that helped to alter child labour laws day. He is a multi-award-winning journalist, as th in the United States early in the 20 century and well as a national and international wine judge, consider images from the Great Depression. and is a freelance writer whose articles have Iconic photos that helped to promote the civil rights appeared in numerous national and international movement and fuel anti-war sentiments during the magazines. He is also the sole writer for his Vietnam War will also be discussed. Moving website MichaelPinkusWineReview.com (formerly through time, we will examine the personalities, OntarioWineReview.com) and was President of the issues of the times and the role photography the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada (2000 – has played, and continues to play, in shaping 2015). social change and modern history. Limited to 40 participants This is a lecture class by an expert in the subject Dates: Jan. 31 – Mar. 20 (8 sessions) with opportunities for discussion. Time: Fridays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. Andre Laredo has over 40 years’ experience in Fee: $139* the photographic industry as a commercial Instructor: Michael Pinkus photographer, exhibition art printer and teacher. *Cost of course includes $44 non-refundable The son of well-known documentary materials fee. photographer, Victor Laredo, Andre grew up in the world of photography in New York City. Emigrating to Canada in 1990, Andre founded D- SATURDAY Max Laboratories, the foremost art printing facility W20-56 The History of Scotland in Canada at the time. Andre has a Bachelor of NEW Fine Arts from OCAD University and is currently Scotland may have been politically united with teaching at Gallery 44. England since the 17th century, but it has Limited to 60 participants nonetheless never been transformed into an Dates: Jan. 31 – Mar. 20 (8 sessions) English province. One of the oldest nations in Time: Fridays, 2:10 – 3:50 p.m. Europe, Scotland has successfully managed to $95 Fee: maintain its distinctiveness. Its people, its Andre Laredo Instructor: language, its social organization, not to mention its feuding clans, its alliances, and even its unique approach to the 16th century Reformation, differentiate Scotland greatly from its southern

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neighbour. In 1997, the Scots voted in favour of of life, but the name Hapsburg continues to shine the establishment of a new devolved Scottish to this very day. Parliament in Edinburgh and, in 2014, they Participants will learn through a series of

rejected independence by referendum, ironically illustrated lectures, taught by an expert. WINTER for fear of being left out of the European Union. Olivier Courteaux received his BA in history, MA With Brexit, they will likely be called to vote on the in war and conflict studies and PhD in independence issue once again before long. This contemporary international relations from the course will help discover or rediscover the long University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has lectured at

and complex history of Scotland and the Scots. various Canadian universities, including Ryerson 2020 Participants will learn through a series of and the Royal Military College of Canada. He is illustrated lectures, taught by an expert. the author of The War on Terror: the Canadian received his BA in history, MA Dilemma (2009), Canada Between Vichy and Olivier Courteaux in war and conflict studies and PhD in Free France, 1940-1945, (2013) and Quatre contemporary international relations from the Journées qui ébranlèrent le Québec on Charles University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has lectured at de Gaulle’s famous 1967 “Vive le Québec Libre,” various Canadian universities, including Ryerson (2017). and the Royal Military College of Canada. He is Limited to 120 participants the author of The War on Terror: the Canadian Dates: Feb.1–Apr.4 (8 sessions, no class Feb.15, Mar.21) Dilemma (2009), Canada Between Vichy and Time: Saturdays, 1 – 3 p.m. Free France, 1940-1945, (2013) and Quatre Fee: $95 Journées qui ébranlèrent le Québec on Charles Instructor: Olivier Courteaux de Gaulle’s famous 1967 “Vive le Québec Libre,” (2017). W20-58 Signature Architects and Limited to 120 participants City Skylines Dates: Feb.1–Apr.4 (8 sessions, no class Feb.15, Mar.21) Imagine the Florentine skyline without Time: Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Brunelleschi’s majestic Duomo or Barcelona Fee: $95 without Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia or Istanbul Instructor: Olivier Courteaux without the plethora of mosques that are attributed to Mimar Sinan. This course takes participants on W20-57 The History of the a journey through cities where architects and Hapsburgs NEW engineers have defined the skylines we have This course presents the fascinating destiny of yet grown familiar with. Each week we will look at a another exceptional European dynasty: the different city and the architect who would make an Hapsburgs. Born in a Swiss canton back in the 11th indelible mark upon it. And we’ll also visit cities like century, the Hapsburg dynasty rose to political Paris and Berlin, cities that owe their skyline not to prominence in the late 13th century when Count one but to many prominent architects from around Rudolf was elected emperor of the Holy Roman the world. Empire, the multi-ethnic patchwork of territories This is a lecture series taught by an expert in the that developed in Central Europe following the field. collapse of ancient Rome. On November 11th, Please note this course was offered at LIFE 1918, his descendant, Charles, renounced the during the Spring 2016 term. Austrian imperial crown. From Rudolf to Charles, Shermeen Beg is an architect turned educator the Hapsburgs politically dominated a large swath and combines all her interests in art, architecture, of Europe for 700 years and transformed Vienna and history by working at the Aga Khan Museum into a beacon of cultural enlightenment. The reigns in Toronto. of Marie-Theresa, the mother of Marie-Antoinette, Limited to 70 participants Francis I, Napoleon’s father-in-law, and Franz- Dates: Feb. 1 – Mar. 14 (6 sessions, no class Feb. 15) Joseph, the husband of the famous Elizabeth Time: Saturdays, 1 – 3 p.m. (Sisi), will be discussed. The collapse of the Fee: $78 Austrian Empire in 1918 marked the end of a way Instructor: Shermeen Beg

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BLUE ZONE CLUB This new club is based on the Blue Zones that were discovered by Dan WINTER Buettner and the National Geographic over a decade ago, but practiced for hundreds of years. It has been discovered that these Blue Zones have in

the highest rate for longevity and healthy living in the world. We will be hosting our Blue Zone Information Session where we will discuss diets, recipes that are Mediterranean based, meditations, activities (walks) and support which will anchor our social interest within the group. Our future LIFE meetings, along with assessing the numbers of meetings, will be determined at this session with your input and guidance. Together we will outline topics of discussion and the goals of this club. You must be a LIFE member to attend.

First Meeting: Tuesday, November 26 Time: 12 - 2 p.m. Coordinator: Leo Greenberg To Register: [email protected]

CLASSIC NOVELS BOOK CLUB Let’s revisit and rediscover the great works of fiction that have stood the test of time. Their themes are universal, their characters memorable, their scope large, and their insight profound. Join us as we meet - usually on the fourth Saturday or Sunday of every month - to savour some literary classics. All LIFE members are welcome to join.

Dates: Saturdays and Sundays (Jan. 25, Feb. 23 and Mar. 28) Time: 10 a.m. – 12 noon Coordinators: Patricia Wilkes (416) 766-0833, Simon Pearson, Martha Wall LIVING LIFE AND LOVING IT! CLUB The Club normally meets the fourth Wednesday of the month and is meant for people whose aim is to love the life that they live. As we all know, challenges do come up and they are usually, if not always, opportunities for growth and/or change for the better. In the club we will focus on enjoying life and yet when challenges do come up transform them into opportunities. This club is recommended for people who took the course 'Live Life! Love Life!' and for members who are considering taking the course.

Day: Wednesdays (dates to be confirmed) Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m. Location: The Verity Club, 111 Queen Street East Coordinator: Christina Demeester To Register: [email protected]

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LUNCHEON CLUB

The luncheon club usually meets the fourth Thursday of the month, from WINTER September to June (not running during the Summer semester), at an ethnic restaurant or one that is a neighbourhood favourite or unique in some other way. Members recommend restaurants that are reasonably priced and accessible via TTC and share in the responsibility of organizing lunches. Members are sent notices of up-coming lunches beforehand and must reply if they plan to attend.

Most restaurants are small and space is limited so reservations are necessary. 2020 Coordinator: Pam Hitchcock at [email protected].

MOVIE CLUB: LIFE Goes to the Movies

All LIFE members are welcome to join the Movie Club for monthly matinees. Membership is free and emails are sent to club members with complete details regarding each month’s film. Check the club blog to get a sense of the types of movies we enjoy: http://www.lifemovieclub.blogspot.ca/. Many members like to get together at a nearby restaurant afterward. If you plan to join in the noshing and nattering, RSVP is required the Monday before the film. No need to RSVP if you’re not going to the restaurant.

Day: First or second Tuesday of each month, depending on the arrival date of new films Time: Early to mid-afternoon Location: A cinema easily reached via TTC Coordinator: Terry Poulton To register for membership: Send an email to [email protected]

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Are you interested in photography? Do you want to be able to make better images? Our meetings will feature discussions of ideas and techniques, equipment, computer software, common problems, etc. In addition to professional photographers who speak to our club, we include sharing and constructive feedback for each other’s images, and sometimes group shoots or gallery visits. The club is aimed at those who already have some experience making photos, but LIFE members at any level of expertise are welcome. A schedule of topics will be chosen at the beginning of each term.

You must be a LIFE member to attend. Dates: Wednesdays (Feb. 5, 19, Mar. 4, 18 and Apr. 1) Time: First and Third Wednesday of each month during term, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. Location: TBA To Register: Pay $10 fee online once per academic year to join this club. Questions? Contact [email protected]

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2020 TABLE TENNIS CLUB

How about playing table tennis? In the LIFE Table Tennis Club, you can learn a new skill, choose to add to your table tennis skills, or participate in friendly matches, all within a fun social setting. Games are played in the historic Maple Leaf Gardens (4th floor). The club brings together former, current, and

WINTER new players in a friendly social environment and strives to meet members' interests; be it casual play, informal instruction, or friendly matches. Bring a in paddle if you have one... if not, no problem, we have extras. Come join the fun – as one member wrote – “I’m absolutely delighted with the club” – come experience it yourself. You must be a LIFE Member to participate.

LIFE Dates: Weekly as posted to members; 2:30 – 4:30pm Location: Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carleton Street, 4th Floor mezzanine Coordinators: Michael Berger; Kerry Markle To Register: [email protected]

TRIPLE ‘E’ INVESTMENT CLUB The Triple-E Investment Club meets monthly to monitor the investment scene, to learn how to put together portfolios, and to enhance our investing knowledge. At club meetings we review the economic events of the past month, make presentations, review reports and books, and discuss issues raised by members. You must be a LIFE member to attend. Dates: Tuesdays (dates to be confirmed) Time: Second Wednesday of each month, 2 – 4 p.m. Location: TBA Annual Fee: $5 Coordinator: Harold Brief Register and pay online at http://www.thelifeinstitute.ca Questions about the club? Contact [email protected]

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WINTER 2020 COURSES AT A GLANCE

TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY WINTER 10:10 Animals in Shaw Festival End-of-Life Art and Life in The Arctic: Life 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. To Archeology Preview Decisions 19th Century on the Top of 11:50 Paris the World The History of a.m. A History of the Studies in the Nature Scotland Tudor Monarchs History of Journaling Currents in The Economist

of England Technology Events – What Seminar 2020 Photo Editing Matters The Legendary What’s Up Programs The Meaning of Film Directors Doc? Eight Women Cinema: More

Thunder: Duke Philosophers Than Just Politics, People, World Religions Ellington’s Music Entertainment and Other Thursday Issues Morning at the Opera 12:10 Drawing Book Talk Amazing Get Psyched Art of the 1 - 3 p.m. to 1:50 Freehand Creative Nature: with Ryerson Hollywood p.m. Basics 2 Fabulous Part 2 Research Musical The History of the

Women Artists Students! Hapsburgs

Lost A History of Let’s Go North Leaving a Lights! Camera! US/Russian Legacy: Your Signature Monarchies and of Bloor, Pt. 3

Their Lost Music! Silent Relations, 1867 Life Story Architects and Movies Were to 2019 The Power of City Skylines Treasures Mythology: Never Silent The Road to Resilient Living Stories, Belief, Brexit Classical Music and – It’s Organizing, Civilization Everywhere Managing, and Enhancing Screen

Your Goddesses

Photographs Speakeasy 2:10 to The 2020 Classical Music Dare to Dream: Caravaggio Museum 3:50 United States How do you and Vermeer Madness* p.m. Elections Do People really want to Deserve spend this time Hardboiled: Social Martin & Lewis: Second period in your Classic Documentary Kings of Chances? life? American Noir Photography Comedy and Forgiveness Detective Show Business A History of Fiction Wine By Grape Major Conflicts Serial Killers from the Stone A Walk into the in the Post The Female World: Great World War II Age to the Present Gaze: Two Writers of Great Era Trailblazing Walks Museum Women Makers and Photographers th Madness* Shakers of 19 : Diane Arbus Century France Theatre Alive!* and Cindy Sherman

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W20-49 Let’s Go North of Bloor, Part Three: Food Culture Tours in North Toronto, Markham, and Scarborough NEW

We will experience an eclectic mix of delicious foodie epicenters in North York, North Toronto, Markham, Richmond Hill and Scarborough. Each tour will begin with a short talk about the historical/cultural distinctions and foods. Each location is accessible by public transit or car. Venues will be chosen based on proximity to one another with some possible exceptions. New tour locations and extra stops of interest may be added. Walking will be minimal and shopping time will be provided for everyone.

The itinerary for this course will be different from Part 2. It is not necessary to have participated in the previous courses to take Part 3. Participants will have the opportunity to purchase food items during the walks.

Rosalin Krieger earned a master’s degree at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto and is a global lecturer, education consultant, literary advisor, editor, writer, and visual artist based in Toronto. She is an award-winning broadcaster, a member of Canadian Women in Food, and an intrepid food consultant/enthusiast. She hosts social-historical food tours in North Toronto, Markham, Thornhill, and Richmond Hill.

Limited to 30 participants

Dates: January 30 – March 19 (8 sessions) Time: Thursdays, 12:10 – 1:50 p.m. Fee: $95 Instructor: Rosalin Krieger

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Office location: The Chang School, 3rd floor, room 306 297 Victoria Street Programs for 50+ Office hours: The G. Raymond Chang School Monday - Thursday 9 a.m.–3 p.m. of Continuing Education Friday 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Ryerson University Tel: 416.979.5000, ext. 556989 Tel: 416.979.5103 Fax: 416.979.5286 Fax: 416.979.5286 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]