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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES
2:00 – 3:30 (143 Union St. unless otherwise indicated – see map)
TUESDAY DISCUSSIONS
1:30 – 3:30 (Royal Kingston Curling Club – see map)
The Sunday Lecture Series features guest speakers who share their knowledge and areas
of expertise with participants. Each lecture is followed by a question period.
For more information please contact: Gerard Chouest 613-549-3089
September 8
Tattle Tales from a One-Room Schoolhouse Faye Batchelor, Retired Educator with the Limestone District School Board, and Charlotte Clark, Retired Music Teacher with the Kingston/Frontenac/Limestone School Boards September 15
The Mad and the Bad: Transinstitutionalization in the Kingston Penitentiary and Rockwood Asylum Chantal Valiquette, Queen's Medical Student Class of 2020, History of Medicine Enthusiast September 22 Security, Defence and Political Demography Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada
September 29
The Americas Before 1492 David Patterson, The “1492 Guy” who specializes in the history and culture of the pre-1492 Americas October 6
The Russian Revolution as Turning Point of 20th Century History John Berry, Member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers with a passion
for 19th and 20th century Russian literature and history October 13
Thanksgiving – no lecture October 20
French Canadian Mariners and Old Kingston David More, Scholar with a special interest in the story of French-Canadian mariners between the American invasions of 1775 and the end of the War of 1812 October 27
How Changing Technology Has Affected the Makeup of the Whig-Standard Ian McAlpine, Multi-media Journalist at the Whig-Standard November 3
Why We Travel Neil Hobbs, Family Physician with particular interests in medicine in remote areas of the world who, like Odysseus, has seen many cities and shared the thought of their citizens
November 10
Nursing on the Labrador Dana Edge, Associate Professor in the Queen's School of Nursing, who has practised nursing in six jurisdictions in North America, including Alaska and Labrador November 17
Medicine and Physicians in Renaissance Theatre Peter Aston, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Queen's University November 24 Commemoration of Molly Brant Susan Bazely, Professional Archaeologist with lengthy commitment to study of the Kingston area, former Executive Director of the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation, current doctoral student at Queen’s University December 1 Flora and Fauna and What’s Down the Road Peter Ashley, PhD, Queen’s University, Alcan Research, Norton Co. (Retired)
Individual participants speak on their special areas of
interest and invite discussion (as listed below). For more
information contact: Deborah Wintrob 613-777-8835
September 10
How Safe is Your Personal Data, In the Cloud and
Elsewhere?
Group Discussion
September 17 First Past the Post versus Proportional Representation
Sean Ahern
September 24 Who is Your Favourite Author and Why?
Lars Thompson
October 1 What Is a Trade? Where and How Should It Be Taught?
Hal Boden
October 8 Who Are Our International “Friends”?
Group Discussion
October 15 Is a Cell/Smart Phone Now a Necessity?
Group Discussion
October 22 Is Canada’s Claim to the North in Danger?
Lars Thompson
October 29
Should Canada Have a Military?
Peter Ashley
November 5
How Does Quebec Politics Affect the Federal
Government?
Barry Young
November 12 Social Media and Its Effect on the Young
Deborah Wintrob
November 19 Happiness and How to Measure It
Group Discussion
November 26 Images From Wilderness Travels
Jerôme McDuff
December 3 What Does It Mean to Be Free?
Peter Ashley
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Fall 2019
Fall 2019
Sunday Lectures Tuesday Discussions
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