Past Events

York University Retirees' Association presents: Getting to know Africa and its people: Confronting popular stereotypes. As the world gets more connected, due primarily to contemporary globalization and international migration, it is important to understand other people and their cultures.  In this presentation, Dr. Joseph Mensah will discuss the continent of Africa and its people and culture in an effort to subvert prevailing negative stereotypes surrounding Africa.

The McGill Demenita Education Program presents a seminar entitled "Let's talk about dementia".   The Speakers are: Dr. Serge Gauthier, Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Department of Psychiatry, Academic Co-Lead, Dementia Education Program, McGill University Mrs. Claire Webster, Founder, Ambassador and Lecturer, Dementia Education Program, McGill University Founder and President, Caregiver Crosswalk Inc.

The U of Toronto Mississauga is hosting a free Zoom session entitled "Canada's Homelessness Crisis". In this presentation, Professor Alison Smith from UTM’s Department of Political Science will discuss the recent history of homelessness in Canada, and consider why a country as rich and as cold, as Canada, continues to fail to provide safe, adequate, and affordable housing for everyone.

York University Retirees' Association presents: Surviving our fiery future: Learning to live with wildfire In this presentation, Dr. Eric Kennedy discusses the interconnected sources of our wildfire crisis and what can be done to address it. We consider some of the challenges with our emphasis on firefighting and suppression, and discuss some of the paradigm shifts that will be needed if we want to live safely with wildfire in the future.

The University of Calgary Retirees Association presents a 2-part lecutre on 'Housing in Calgary'. In part 1, Jeannette Waegemakers-Schiff, PhD, Emerita Professor-Research, Faculty of Social Work discusses the Shifting Landscape of Homelessness in Post-Pandemic Calgary. In part 2, Lara Nixon, MD, Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine discusses Later Life Homelessness: Structural Drivers and Opportunities

Third Age Learning Guelph offers four lecture series annually, two in the fall session, two in the winter. Each series includes eight lectures, over eight Wednesdays (one series in the morning, another in the afternoon). Registration opens November 13 at 9 am and ends January 3 at midnight. The cost is $55.00 per person per series. The Winter Lecture Series will run from January 10 to February 28, 2024

The University of Toronto Alumni Association invites you to attend a webinar entitled:  Healthy planet, healthy lives: climate resilience and sustainability in health care. The Globe and Mail’s André Picard joins a panel of experts to discuss what our health care system can – and must – do now. Visit the webpage to register and receive a link to the session.

Members of CURAC are invited to attend the last of 4 Webinars via Zoom on November 29, hosted by the Dalhousie University Association of Retirees and Pensioners. The speaker for the webinar series is Dr. Susan Hutchinson, recently retired from Dalhousie.  You can read her recent publication entitled 'Re-imagining yourself after retirement' in CURAC’s Academic for Life column in University Affairs.

The McMaster Alumni Association presents "ADHD: How it Manifests and Effective Steps to Address It".

In this presentation, McGill Professor Bruno Tremblay will discuss the causes for the differences between ice cover in the two polar oceans, and the response of each to global warming, set in a historical context from the onset of glaciation millions of years ago, to today. Dr. Tremblay will be a study leader on the upcoming Epic Antarctica with the Falklands and South Georgia expedition for Canadian university alumni in 2024. Visit the webpage for more information and to register.