Later Life Learning Belleville

Later Life Learning Belleville announces its Spring 2018 Lecture Series! "Great Cities of the World!" First Lecture: Wednesday, April 4, 10 am at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, 201 Church Street, Belleville, Ontario. Check out the details at our website. (LaterLifeLearningBelleville.ca)

Dr. Charles Pentland gave the final lecture today in Later Life Learning Belleville's Fall 2018 series "Canada at 150". Dr. Pentland spoke knowledgeably on the theme of "Canada: In a New World Orbit." Thank you, Dr. Pentland! Also, the theme and dates for the Spring 2018 series were announced today! The theme is "Great Cities of the World."... Wednesday, April 4: The Genesis of Cities Wednesday, April 11: London Wednesday, April 18: Cairo Wednesday, April 25: Lisbon and Seville Wednesday, May 2: Hong Kong If you would like to receive details about the Spring 2018 series in mid-March, please contact Larry Tayler ([email protected]). Thanks!

Our second last lecture of the Fall, 2017, series, featured a dynamic presentation by Dr. Janet Hiebert, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University. Her topic was "Canada: The Age of the Charter." Thank you, Dr. Hiebert! Our final lecture is next Wednesday, October 18. The speaker will be Dr. Charles Pentland from the Centre for International and Defence Studies, Queen's University. His topic will be: "Canada: In a New World Orbit". St. Thomas' Anglican Church, 201 Church Street, Belleville, 10 am. Tickets are $15 at the door. Email [email protected] for details.

The slides that Dr. Duncan Sinclair used in his presentation about "Canada: The Triumphs, Troubles, and Travails of Canadian Medicare" can be found at www.laterlifelearningBelleville.ca .

Dr. Duncan Sinclair, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University, spoke eloquently today on the topic "Canada: The Triumphs, Troubles, and Travails of Medicare", an insightful analysis of Canada's health care systems. Next week, the second last speaker in the current series will be Professor Janet Hiebert from the Department of Politics, Queen's University, who will be speaking on the topic "Canada: The Age of the Charter". Join us at 10 am on Wednesday, October 11 at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Belleville to hear Dr. Hiebert. Single tickets are $15 at the door. For more information, email [email protected]

Dr. Kyle Hanniman, Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University, spoke to us this morning on the topic, "Canada: The Fiscal State of the Federation," an informed overview of the state of Canada's finances. Thank you, Dr. Hanniman! Next week's speaker, Dr. Duncan Sinclair, the distinguished former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Queen's University, will be speaking on the topic, "Canada: The Triumphs and Travails of Medicare." Join us on Wednesday, October 4, at 10 am at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, 201 Church Street, Belleville, for Dr. Sinclair's presentation. Single tickets are $15 at the door. Contact Larry Tayler for more information. ([email protected])