Lifelong Learning Mississauga
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Announcing the Fall Lecture Series
The Tuesday lecture series will be provided IN-PERSON ONLY. The Thursday lectures will continue to be offered VIRTUALLY ONLY as Zoom webinars.
On Tuesdays from October 14, 2025 to December 2, 2025, Brian Carwana will present Religion: The Hard and the Beautiful.
| Where | Burnhamthorpe Community Centre |
| Applewood Hills Room | |
| 1500 Gulleden Drive, Mississauga L4X 2T7 | |
| (Vicinity of Burnhamthorpe Road East and Dixie Road) |
IN-PERSON lecture presentations ONLY
Neither online lectures nor recordings will be available for this in-person series
Registration begins on Monday, September 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and tickets will be on sale throughout the series until Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. However, it will be possible to register ONLY for the entire eight-week series and not for individual lectures or a partial lecture series.
Cost $40 per person for this lecture series
Format
9:30 a.m. Doors open
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Lecture
11:00 a.m. Refreshment break
11:20 a.m. Q & A
12:00 noon Lecture ends
On Thursdays from October 16 to December 4, 2025, Sonia Halpern will offer a series of lectures called A Brush with Fame: Some Stars in the History of Western Art.
VIRTUAL lecture presentations ONLY – as Zoom webinars
Recordings will be available to registered participants for one week after the lecture
Registration begins on Monday, September 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and tickets will be on sale throughout the series until Monday, October 13, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. After October 13, it will not be possible to register for individual lectures or a partial lecture series.
Cost $40 per household for this eight-lecture series
Format
9:50 – 10:00 a.m. Participants can join the webinar
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Lecture
11:00 a.m. Refreshment break
11:10 a.m. Q & A
12:00 noon Lecture ends
Religion: The Hard and the Beautiful
Religions are often described as a set of beliefs to adhere to (or not). In this two-part series, we will see how religion is so much more than that. The first four lectures will explore hard things, such as religion’s role in politics, including how it shapes identity for individuals and sometimes for nations. The latter four lectures will shift gears and look at how religion shapes our experience of the everyday through cherished holidays and through our senses. We will examine traditions that lend meaning to our lives and explore the beautification of space and sound and how religions create the sensorium that makes us feel a sense of belonging, community, love or God.
A Brush with Fame: Some Stars in the History of Western Art
This lecture series will highlight some of the most important artists and works in the history of Western art from the Renaissance period to the end of the twentieth century. You will learn how certain paintings, sculptures and other forms of art changed the trajectory of art history and why we still consider them to be game-changers. The lectures will incorporate often beautiful and sometimes perplexing images and will offer the opportunity to explore the worlds of artistic motivations and stylistic choices. Ultimately, this course will facilitate understanding of many artistic celebrities and periods, and will enable you to engage confidently in those “What did you think of the Picasso exhibit?” conversations.
