Lifelong Learning Mississauga
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Announcing the Winter Lecture Series
Both Winter lecture series will be offered VIRTUALLY as Zoom webinars
Recordings will be available to registered participants for one week after each lecture
On Tuesdays from January 7 to February 25, 2025, Martin Bush will present the Earth’s Changing Climate
Registration begins on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. and tickets will be on sale until Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. After Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 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
On Thursdays from January 9 to February 27, 2025, Laura Carlson will present Living the Good Life
Registration begins on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. and tickets will be on sale until Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. After Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 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
The Earth’s Changing Climate
The Earth’s Changing Climate will review the global impacts of the increasingly damaging climate. After an overview of the worsening impacts of wildfires, heat waves, storms and floods, the course will examine the geophysical and socioeconomic drivers of these unprecedented changes. Solutions to the climate crisis will be presented and discussed: renewable energy, electrification, decarbonization and energy efficiency. The future impact of climate change on Canada will be examined and ways to protect Canadians from the increasingly dangerous threats posed by the climate will be proposed.
Brief Introduction to Living the Good Life: A Philosopher’s Guide to Happiness
This series will explore how philosophers, writers and artists have approached big-picture questions over the last 4,000 years. We will examine the universe around us and what it means to be human. Then we will drill down into human society: what is it for and what do we owe each other (if anything). Finally, we will investigate the many ways philosophers have imagined a “good” life for humans: Is being a “good” human now any different from what it was in ancient Greece or in the Incan Empire? To close, we will explore the very thorny question of happiness: Is being happy now any different from what it was a millennia ago?
