Canterbury ElderCollege
2500 University Avenue W N9B 1E7 Windsor, ON, Canada

The National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) would like to invite you to their upcoming workshops on elder abuse. Turning Seniors’ Voice into Action: A Conversation about Elder Abuse, is a government-funded project aiming to provide a forum for older adults to speak about elder mistreatment. The event is free and open to seniors, caregivers, and community members who are interested in learning more about the types of abuse and available resources. You ran regist...er online at http://www.nicenet.ca/elder-abuse-workshop See below for details of the workshop being held in Windsor and Leamington: Windsor Friday February 28, 2020 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Hospice of Windsor & Essex County 6038 Empress Street Windsor, ON N8T 1B5 Leamington Friday February 28, 2020 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Chartwell Leamington Retirement Residence 1 Henry Avenue Leamington, ON N8H 5P1

Back by popular demand! All are welcome to attend Patrick McLean's talk, November 17th on campus, exploring the finer details of the Gerald Ford Presidency.

The woman known as the ‘Jane Goodall of trees’ is coming to speak in Windsor, November 3rd and 4th. Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist, biochemist, author and the subject of a documentary, Call of the Forest: the Forgotten Wisdom of Trees. Her visit comes at a time when concern for the effects of our changing climate is extremely high. She will talk about recent scientific discoveries that can play an important role in protecting the environment. Beresford-Kroeger’s latest... book, To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest is now on Canada’s best seller list. Tickets for the Green Carpet event with Diana Beresford-Kroeger are available now at the SRC office, Biblioasis Bookshop, the University of Windsor in Essex Hall Room 3-885 and online at Eventbrite. The event is 5 dollars for students and 10 dollars for adults. Eventbrite ticket sales: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-green-carpet-event-withdiana- tickets-72949067625 Contact: Mary-Jo Rusu, Education Coordinator, (519) 562-1195

If you love ballet you will not want to miss out on this rare opportunity! Two historically significant Canadian Dance Masters will perform in our area for the first time. Riverfront InterArts presents "Four Old Legs" - for one night only - on Friday October 11 at The Capitol Theatre. The performance features Canadian Ballet Icon Evelyn Hart and will tour through Windsor before being presented to four sold our audiences at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. To provide more insight... into this work and the artists there are a couple of articles linked below. Tickets can be purchased online or in person at The Capitol Theatre Windsor. HISTORICAL NOTE: Members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada have not toured to Windsor in over 25 years. https://nowtoronto.com//review-four-old-legs-james-kudelk/ https://www.thestar.com//james-kudelka-and-evelyn-hart-tea

The books are in! If you are interested in seeing what great courses ElderCollege has to offer this Fall 2019 semester, you can come by the office and pick up one of our beautiful new Course Listing booklets! Of course, the Course Listing is also available electronically on our website at www.uwindsor.ca/canterbury . This week we will be working on dropping off the books at various locations throughout the city and county as well, so keep a look out for these fancy new covers!