Past Events

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.

Members of CURAC are invited to attend the third of 4 Webinars via Zoom on November 22, 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.

Members of CURAC are invited to attend the second of 4 Webinars via Zoom on November 15, 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.

TALG 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 9am 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

In this talk, hosted by the University of Calgary, Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon will explore the interaction between policy, business, and technology as drivers of energy transition with examples, including the history and key mechanisms of energy and climate policy and important policies today, the role of incumbent industries during transition, and the factors shaping the pace of technological change including the need to manage the “mid-transition”.

Members of CURAC are invited to attend the first of 4 Webinars via Zoom on November 8, 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 "From Stuck to Soaring: How to Successfully Change Your Career".

Alzheimer Disease International (ADI) invites you to a webinar on ADI's World Alzheimer Report 2023 on risk reduction. Leading experts will take a further look at key risk factors including head injury, hearing loss, lack of physical activity, and brain health. This will be followed by an open Q&A where the panellists will answer your questions. The webinar will be delivered by Zoom.  Visit the webpage for more details, panellist bios, and to register.

Climate change promises us more smoke, less permafrost, higher sea levels, and stronger storms. It also almost certainly portends a more volatile world. In a series of three lectures, Andrew Leach, Economist, Writer & Univ. of Alberta Professor will examine this and other lies, half-truths, and easy soundbites that define Canadian climate change debates in conversation with Gerald Butts. The lecture will be livestreamed on youtube.