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• Massey Lectures

  • Start
    09 Apr 2021
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  • End
    29 Oct 2021
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  • Schedule
    13 sessions
  • Location
    Online

  In 1961 H.G. Walker, the general manager of the English CBC network, announced that each year the CBC would invite a noted scholar to present a series of ½ hour radio broadcasts.   Entitled “The Massey Lectures,” the series has been presented annually with a few exceptions.  Although international in scope, the list of lecturers includes many Canadian authors, scientists, and academics such as John Kenneth Galbraith, Michael Ignatieff, Thomas King, Stephen Lewis, and Margaret Atwood to name but a few.  The lectures are available through the CBC website, as well as print and E-book format from both the Calgary Public Library and the Canadian publisher, House of Anansi Press.
  

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• Improvers Bridge

  • Start
    21 Apr 2021
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  • End
    22 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    36 sessions
  • Location
    Online

  improvers bridge

  Improvers Bridge welcomes players at the advanced beginner & intermediate levels to improve their skills. Players are expected to be familiar with Stayman, Transfers, and Doubles and willing to learn other conventions such as Jacoby 2NT, strong 2 Club opening, preemptive bidding, some cue bidding, and others. Links to good videos and other study material will be provided. 

  We use BridgeBase and Zoom. 

  *Before you register, you must be a member of CALL. 

  For more information and to register click here: details. 

  
  

  
  

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• Hags & Crones 3

  • Start
    24 Jun 2021
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  • End
    09 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

  Hags and Crones 3: A Conversation Group

  Now Online 
  During July and August, weather permitting, the group will meet outdoors.

  We are a group of CALL women who meet to share our stories, to discuss public issues and personal challenges, and to explore our power and possibilities as women and as elders. Our group has eclectic interests.  Discussions so far have included topics on feminism, Sally Armstrong’s Massey Lectures, women's ailments and treatments as we age, "The Alphabet versus the Goddess” and world death rituals.
  

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• World Events Group 1 Mondays

  • Start
    05 Jul 2021
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  • End
    20 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    13 sessions
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  World Events Discussion Group 1 

  This group focuses exclusively on international current events and related background issues. Members seek to broaden our knowledge and understanding about all regions of the world in a friendly, informal atmosphere.

  For a full description click here.
  

  
  

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• World Events Group 2 Wednesdays

  • Start
    07 Jul 2021
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  • End
    15 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    Marda Loop Community Assoc. Board Room

  World Events Discussion Group 2 

  This group focuses exclusively on international current events and related background issues. Members seek to broaden their knowledge and understanding about all regions of the world in a friendly, informal atmosphere.

  For more information click here.

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• Hags & Crones 1

  • Start
    20 Jul 2021
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  • End
    21 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

  Hags and Crones Group1

  Hags and Crones 1 is now full. Please contact the facilitator to register to the wait list if interested.
  

  This group seeks to hear women’s voices and value their thoughts, opinions and stories.
  
  We share experiences, learn from each other and talk about current issues, challenges and concerns. Our conversations examine “where we are now” in terms of identity, power and collective voice.

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• Creative Projects

  • Start
    01 Sep 2021
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  • End
    17 Nov 2021
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Creative Projects

  This fall, we will start with developing the perceptual and observation skills related to drawing faces.  This will include human and animal, and range from the cartoon through to the mystical as well as realistic.  
  

  Facilitator: Barbara Amos

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• Coffee By Zoom Group 2

  • Start
    01 Sep 2021
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  • End
    15 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Online

  COFFEE BY ZOOM

  Group 2 (Wednesdays)

  Are you missing the chance to visit with your CALL friends? Do you want to meet new members of CALL? Coffee by Zoom may be the answer for you! These chat groups are designed to provide opportunities to discuss topics of interest to the group members. 

  Click here for more information and to register. 

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• Coffee By Zoom Group 3

  • Start
    02 Sep 2021
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  • End
    30 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    18 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Online

  COFFEE BY ZOOM 

  Group 3 (Thursdays)

  Are you missing the chance to visit with your CALL friends? Do you want to meet new members of CALL? Coffee by Zoom may be the answer for you! These chat groups are designed to provide opportunities to discuss topics of interest to the group members. 

  
  

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• Canadian Authors Plus

  • Start
    02 Sep 2021
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  • End
    02 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Varies - cSpace/ Zoom online

  CANADIAN AUTHORS PLUS BOOK CLUB

  The focus of this club is on Canadian fiction and non-fiction. Non-Canadian authors are also considered. Books are selected in collaboration with the group. Members commit to regular meetings and volunteer to facilitate book discussions alone or with a partner. The book club is limited to twelve and membership in CALL is required.  

  Room 310, c-Space for September to December
  

  Zoom online for January to March

  April to June TBD

  For details and to register click here

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• World Events Group 3

  • Start
    03 Sep 2021
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  • End
    17 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    ZOOM until further notice

  World Events Discussion Group 3 

  This group focuses exclusively on international current events and issues. Members seek to broaden their knowledge and understanding about all regions of the world in a friendly, informal atmosphere. For a full description click here. 

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• Indigenous Awareness

  • Start
    06 Sep 2021
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  • End
    20 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    20 sessions
  • Location
    online

  Indigenous Awareness

  We are a growing group of CALL members interested in expanding our awareness of Indigenous history, culture and issues. We let each other know about various exhibits, performances and events that take place in and around Calgary.

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• Bridge Intermediate Online

  • Start
    06 Sep 2021
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  • End
    20 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    16 sessions
  • Location
    online

  Bridge Intermediate Online

  This friendly bridge group has players at intermediate and advanced skill levels. At the moment we are accepting people for our spare list (which is also our waitlist).  Spares usually play at least several times each month, and know by Friday if there is an available spot the following Monday.

  Contact one of the facilitators if you’d like to be part of the group or have any questions.
  

  When: Monday afternoons, weekly
  

  Cost:   A one time $10.00 fee for supplies
  

  Facilitators:  
  Chris MacKimmie 

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  Before you register, you must be a member of CALL. 

  
  

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• Coffee By Zoom Group 1

  • Start
    07 Sep 2021
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  • End
    28 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    17 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Online

  COFFEE BY ZOOM 

  Group 1 (Tuesdays)

  Are you missing the chance to visit with your CALL friends? Do you want to meet new members of CALL? Coffee by Zoom may be the answer for you! These chat groups are designed to provide opportunities to discuss topics of interest to the group members. 

  
  

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• "So Many Books, So Little Time" Book Club

  • Start
    07 Sep 2021
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  • End
    07 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom online

  “So Many Books, So Little Time” Book Club

  “Another” CALL Book Club has formed. Members of the group decide, by consensus, what books will be read.  There really are so many books!

  Facilitator: Janet Warner

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• Reading Non-Fiction

  • Start
    08 Sep 2021
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  • End
    20 Apr 2022
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  • Schedule
    16 sessions
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Reading Non-Fiction  2021/ 22

  We will consider recent works of non-fiction, allowing two sessions for each book. Our goal is to have lively discussions of significant non-fiction works. At each meeting, we will consider assigned sections of a recent non-fiction work, providing a thoughtful space for exploration of a work that addresses topical and wide-ranging issues. 

  Meetings are via Zoom until further notice. 

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• Writing Fiction

  • Start
    09 Sep 2021
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  • End
    01 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Zoom

  The draft fiction novel or novelette needs structure and polish provided by an audience that understands the full creative writing process. We writers want someone who will listen with careful attention to our budding stories.

  The Fiction Writing group will:

  • provide support and structure for those working with a rough first draft of a novel or novelette.
  • provide tips for self-editing a rough draft.
  • develop methods of building characters, converting experiences or observations into engaging story plots.

  For more details visit Writing Fiction

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• Modern Poetry: Discussion Group

  • Start
    09 Sep 2021
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  • End
    09 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Modern Poetry: Discussion Group

  Did you enjoy poetry back in high school but have lost touch since?  Would you like to find out what happened after TS Eliot and Yeats and William Carlos Williams?  Join a lively zoom discussion group of the poets of the later 20th century and early 21st and their varied responses to modern events and society.  All levels of experience in enjoying poetry are welcome. We will meet once a month and take turns in selecting a poet and poems to read.  Assistance is available and pressure is low. 
  

  Visit the details page to register.

  Before you register, you must be a member of CALL.

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• Current Events

  • Start
    09 Sep 2021
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  • End
    23 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    cSpace, Room 310

  Current Events Discussion Group 

  Participants discuss national, local and international** current events. Our format can vary. Usually, participants are encouraged to lead a detailed investigation in the first hour on a topic of interest to them, and topic material is distributed beforehand to the group. The second hour is then devoted to a group discussion on a handful of topics current to the previous weeks. At other times, every member brings a current topic of interest to them, and we discuss it for 10 minutes or so.

  
  

  Online with Zoom or outdoors during summer.

  Starting in September, cSPACE, room 310.
  

  For more information and to register visit Current Events Discussion

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• Readers Theatre

  • Start
    10 Sep 2021
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  • End
    24 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    19 sessions
  • Location
    On-line by Zoom

  Readers Theatre
  

  Readers Theatre is for those who enjoy reading aloud with expression. It requires only the voice to provide meaning to the text.
  

  As a group, we have evolved from reading complete plays to reading scenes or short plays.  This gives us the opportunity to bring our interpretation to the character and scene.  Our intent is that we should all participate and have fun.

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• UkeFest

  • Start
    11 Sep 2021
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  • End
    11 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

  UkeFest

  Mornings.

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• Buddha, Body and Brain

  • Start
    13 Sep 2021
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  • End
    27 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    16 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Online

  Buddha, Body and Brain
  

  The practice and health benefits of Mindfulness Meditation has gained much attention in the last decade in the western world. The popularity of Jon Kat Zinn’s courses in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, have lead neuroscientists to validate the effects of meditation in the brain.

  In this course we will experience the health benefits of the meditative practices of, “paying attention on purpose, in the moment, without judgement”, as well as the benefits to health and well being of paying attention to the transitory nature of experience. The connection of these processes to the brain will also be discussed.
  All are welcome.

  Click here for the full web page.
  

  Register with the Facilitator:  Anne Shaw MSW
  

  Before you register, you must be a member of CALL.

  
  

  
  

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• Religions of the World

  • Start
    13 Sep 2021
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  • End
    09 May 2022
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Other

  Religions of the World

  This group will provide an overview of how different religions answer existential questions, such as the purpose of life, the nature of God, how do we know what is a good or a bad action, etc. Participants will have the chance to listen to guest speakers representing different religions, while also engaging with them in lively discussion.

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• Bridge Intermediate in person cSpace

  • Start
    13 Sep 2021
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  • End
    20 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    15 sessions
  • Location
    cSpace Room 310

  Bridge Intermediate In Person cSpace

  This friendly bridge group has players at intermediate and advanced skill levels. At the moment we are accepting people for our spare list (which is also our waitlist).  Spares usually play at least several times each month, and know by Friday if there is an available spot the following Monday.

  Contact one of the facilitators if you’d like to be part of the group or have any questions.
  

  When: Monday afternoons, weekly
  

  Cost:   A one time $10.00 fee for supplies
  

  Facilitators:  
  Chris MacKimmie 

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  Before you register, you must be a member of CALL. 

  
  

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• Our Lives Our Stories Group 1

  • Start
    14 Sep 2021
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  • End
    14 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    18 sessions
  • Location
    Online

  Our Lives Our Stories Group 1 

  Since we began in 2014, we have shared stories on our childhoods and careers, on facing retirement and travel.  We share our stories by emailing them to each other thus having time to offer thoughtful ideas for improving our writing.  We have shared in the pleasure of watching each other grow as writers.

  We usually spend time doing impromptu writing at our meetings.  We offer prompts to spur our creativity. For the full web page click here.
  

  
  

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• Prairies and Quebec Literature

  • Start
    14 Sep 2021
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  • End
    09 Nov 2021
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    online

  The Prairies and Quebec Through Their Literature

  A collaborative effort between the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners (CALL) and the McGill Community of Lifelong Learning (MCLL) this discussion group will provide participants with an opportunity to increase, through literature, their appreciation of two distinctive places—the Canadian prairies and Quebec.

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• Mystery Book Club

  • Start
    14 Sep 2021
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  • End
    14 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Online

  Mystery Book Club

  If you enjoy reading mysteries, whodunnits, espionage stories, detective fiction and other kinds of mysteries, this might be the group for you! Members of the group suggest and decide on what books will be read.

  Click here to open the Mystery Book Club  page.

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• Asian Mah Jong #1

  • Start
    14 Sep 2021
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  • End
    17 May 2022
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  • Schedule
    34 sessions
  • Location
    Marda Loop Community Centre 3130 16th St. SW

  Asian Mah Jong #1

  The purpose of the group is to play mah jong once a week. We use A Mah Jong Handbook by Eleanor Noss Whitney as our resource for playing and scoring.

  Participants will play in tables of 3 or 4. Groups will change each week so players have an opportunity to play with everyone. Mah jong sets will be provided by the facilitators or other participants. Participants are expected to email one of the facilitators if they are unable to attend.

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• CALL to the Cinema

  • Start
    14 Sep 2021
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  • End
    14 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Online via zoom

  CALL to the Cinema

  We are a group of film lovers who meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays (Sept - Dec 2021) Online via Zoom to intensely discuss the best films currently showing in Calgary theatres.

  Films are chosen democratically. This process often allows us to discover the best in contemporary cinema before the films are widely known.

  Discussion centers on both the literary aspects of film such as character, story, symbolism and theme as well as the cinematic elements of music, costume, lighting and camera work. The goal of the group discussion is to bring out subtleties individual members might have missed.

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• Wordfreaks Rosedale

  • Start
    14 Sep 2021
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  • End
    14 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    14 sessions
  • Location
    Rosedale Community Centre - 901 - 11 Ave NW, upstairs in the Beguin Hall

  ROSEDALE WORDFREAKS

  If you enjoy word games, you might be interested in learning to play Royalty. Each TUESDAY afternoon, the Word Freaks gather to battle wits over creating words with the letters they are dealt. Not easy to make a word if you have a fistful of vowels or indeed if you have no vowels! There are some rules to learn but you will have very willing helpers as guides. We have Lots of laughs and some serious debates about whether a word is legitimate.

  For those interested, we are also learning how to solve Cryptic Puzzles under the guidance of one of our members.

  If you are not sure, join us on a TUESDAY and give it a try. At this time we have room for a few more members.

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• Short Reads

  • Start
    16 Sep 2021
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  • End
    16 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    On-line by Zoom

  Short Reads

  If you think you’re too busy for a book club, this is the group for you!  Our focus is short texts - short stories and novellas.  At the first meeting, group members will suggest and decide which titles to read, and the format of the meetings will be discussed.  
  

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• Asian Mah Jong #2

  • Start
    16 Sep 2021
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  • End
    19 May 2022
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  • Schedule
    34 sessions
  • Location
    Marda Loop Community Ass'n, 3130 - 16 St SW

  Asian Mah Jong #2

  The purpose of the group is to play Mah jong once a week. We use A Mah Jong Handbook by Eleanor Noss Whitney as our resource for playing and scoring.

  Participants will play in tables of 3 or 4. Groups will change each week so players have an opportunity to play with everyone. Mah jong sets will be provided by the facilitators or other participants. Participants are expected to email one of the facilitators if they are unable to attend.

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• Pan Canadian Book Study

  • Start
    16 Sep 2021
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  • End
    25 Nov 2021
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Online

  Pan Canadian Book Study Group

  This is a collaborative pilot project between 4 adult learning organizations across Canada:

  -Calgary Lifelong Learners

  -McGill Community for Lifelong Learning, Montreal

  -Society for Learning in Retirement, London, Ont.

  -Comox Valley Elder College

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• Islam 201

  • Start
    16 Sep 2021
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  • End
    02 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Other

  Islam 201

  "Islam 201" will be applying the theoretical/historical knowledge acquired in "A Look at Islam" to studying how Islamic beliefs and practices play out in contemporary lives. Topics will be decided on by participants.

  Prerequisite: "A Look at Islam"
  

  Register with facilitator from details page.

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• Wordfreaks cSPACE

  • Start
    16 Sep 2021
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  • End
    16 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Suite #310, 1721 29 Ave S.W., in the historic King Edward School

  cSPACE Wordfreaks
  

  This is an ongoing group that meets throughout the year, on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in cSpace. Address is 1721 – 29th Ave SW; room is on 3rd Floor, right next to the elevator.

  If you enjoy word games, you might be interested in learning to play Royalty. Each Thursday afternoon, the Word Freaks gather to battle wits over creating words with the letters they are dealt. Not easy to make a word if you have a fistful of vowels or indeed if you have no vowels! There are some rules to learn but you will have very willing helpers as guides. We have lots of laughs and some serious debates about whether a word is legitimate.

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• Our Lives Our Stories Group 3

  • Start
    16 Sep 2021
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  • End
    16 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    18 sessions
  • Location
    Online by Zoom

  Our Lives Our Stories Group 3

  Our life stories may not have changed the course of history, but our stories shape us. We want to invite you to be part of a group interested in writing stories based on our life experiences. We will share and discuss approaches to writing our memories. What gives our stories life will be explored together. As a group we will use prompts, old pictures and special mementos to start our writing process. Some of our writing can be done in the meeting and more can be done at home between meetings. We will be sharing our writing by providing an audience for each other. We hope, through practice and encouragement, to improve our written stories. 

  Facilitators: Terry Lende and Pat Hogan. 

  For the web page click here.
  

  Register by emailing Facilitator

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• Sunday Urban Walks

  • Start
    19 Sep 2021
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  • End
    17 Apr 2022
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Calgary

  Sunday Urban Walks 

  CALL is now offering this monthly walking Interest Group while following COVID-19 relaunch protocols with some additional measures for this activity.

  Theme: Using the source book "Calgary’s Best Hikes and Walks" by Lori Beattie, and the urban knowledge in the group, participants will experience walks of interest and explore the cultural history and geography of the urban areas that we walk in.

  How: A limit of 8 people including the leader will be preregistered for each walk. 

  Facilitator: Jennifer MacDonald

  Everyone is asked to arrive 10 - 15 minutes prior. Please be dressed for varying winter weather conditions. As you know, Calgary weather can change at a moment's notice. Walks for the most part will be planned to travel on city pathways usually cleared, however icy spots can be unpredictable so poles and icers are a good accompaniment.

  Weather cancellation policy: If Environment Canada website predicts at the start time of the walk temperature of -15 Celsius or -20 C windchill, check email for an eblast from the facilitator who will advise if the walk is cancelled.
  

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• Our Lives Our Stories Group 4

  • Start
    21 Sep 2021
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  • End
    21 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    17 sessions
  • Location
    Online

  Our Lives, Our Stories Group 4

  Do you want to leave stories about your life for your children and grandchildren? Do you want to write stories to help you make sense of your own life? Now is the time to start. No experience necessary, you will learn as you go along. 

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• Walrus Magazine

  • Start
    21 Sep 2021
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  • End
    21 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    TBD

  The Walrus Magazine Discussion Group

  Every month Walrus (www.thewalrus.ca) has articles that intrigue, provoke and challenge and beg conversation. And that’s what we do. Members take turns leading a discussion on an article, and we cover 3 or 4 articles per meeting.

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• Vive La Différence --NON!

  • Start
    21 Sep 2021
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  • End
    16 Nov 2021
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom online

  VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE—NON!
  

  Alberta and Quebec seem to have many political differences. What are the reasons for this, how can they be better understood, and can one province learn from the experience of the other? This study group will bring together up to eight participants each from CALL and the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL) to compare their societies and look for alternative approaches to issues.

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• Hags & Crones 2

  • Start
    21 Sep 2021
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  • End
    21 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Online using Zoom

  Hags and Crones 2

  
  

  Hags and Crones 2 is now full. Please contact the facilitator to register to the wait list if interested.

   

  Hags and Crones Group 2 meets on the third Tuesday of each month for discussion based on topics agreed upon at the previous meeting. We focus on issues of immediate interest to our group members. These may be political, economic, social, cultural, literary, etc. The scope may be international, national, local, or individual. We share ideas, perspectives, experiences, and further sources of information such as books, articles, films, websites, etc. We have found that current events tend to drive our choices and discussion.

  
  

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• We Love a Good Mystery

  • Start
    21 Sep 2021
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  • End
    21 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  We Love a Good Mystery

  This is a mystery interest group.
  

  Drop ins welcome.

  After there are 12 registered, a waitlist will be established.

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• Men's Sheds

  • Start
    22 Sep 2021
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  • End
    22 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Online Using Zoom

  Men's Sheds - Now Online

  Through our working careers, perhaps too many of our social contacts and activities are work related, and it may be that too many of our friends are really colleagues. Men's sheds are an opportunity for men to get together in a relaxed and informal way, and establish new connections. We are hoping to have ongoing small building projects that will give us a chance to collaborate, and to give back to our community.
  

  Learn more at http://menssheds.ca

  Dates & Locations:

  We meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, at 10:00 a.m. using Zoom, beginning September 22, 2021.
  

  For more information and to register click here

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• World Events Group 4 Thursdays

  • Start
    23 Sep 2021
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  • End
    26 May 2022
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Marda Loop Community Assoc. Board Room

  WORLD EVENTS DISCUSSION GROUP 4 

  This group focuses on international current events and related background issues.  Members seek to broaden their knowledge and understanding in a friendly and informal atmosphere.

  
  

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• Indigenous Literature

  • Start
    23 Sep 2021
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  • End
    23 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    online

  Indigenous Literature

  An Indigenous Literature Discussion Group

  A reading and discussion group focusing on Canadian Indigenous writers, including Richard Wagamese, Drew Hayden Taylor, Eden Robinson, Wab Kinew and Lee Maracle.

  Open to CALL members; registration required; 15 maximum. Waitlist will be set up at capacity.

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• Our Lives Our Stories Group 2

  • Start
    23 Sep 2021
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  • End
    23 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    18 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom online

  Our Lives, Our Stories Group 2 

  Our life stories may not have changed the course of history, but our stories shape us. We want to invite you to be part of a group interested in writing stories based on our life experiences. We will share and discuss approaches to writing our memories. What gives our stories life will be explored together. As a group we will use prompts, old pictures and special mementos to start our writing process. Some of our writing can be done in the meeting and more can be done at home between meetings. We will be sharing our writing by providing an audience for each other. We hope, through practice and encouragement, to improve our written stories. For the full web page click here.
  

  Facilitators: Deborah Alexander

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Alberta Views

  • Start
    23 Sep 2021
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  • End
    23 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    TBD

  Alberta Views Magazine Discussion Group

  Alberta Views (http://albertaviews.ca) is an award-winning magazine that has published in-depth coverage and analysis of the political, economic, social and cultural issues of Alberta for the past 20 years.
  

  Our group meets monthly on Zoom to discuss two to four topics covered in the latest Alberta Views issue. Members can volunteer to lead the discussion of a chosen article.  Facilitators will advise which articles are coming up for discussion, so members can read them in advance.

  Click here for the web page with complete information.

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• Finding Peace and Joy Within

  • Start
    23 Sep 2021
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  • End
    11 Nov 2021
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom On-line

  Finding Peace and Joy Within 
  

  Many ancient traditions teach there is a source of peace and peace and joy within, that is independent of circumstances (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic).  The easiest way to connect to this inner source is through meditation and its sister practice, mindfulness.  Over 50 years of scientific research have clearly demonstrated there are significant social and health benefits to these practices.

  In this newest eight week session we will explore the ideas behind these ancient practices, and the modern understandings about how and why they work on both your inner and outer world.

  Register with facilitator.

  Facilitator: Barry Ronellenfitch P.Eng.
  

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  Meeting in-person at cSpace and on Zoom on-line
  

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• Buddhism Foundational Texts

  • Start
    27 Sep 2021
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  • End
    20 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Recreational Centre of Prominence Hts. SW

  Buddhism--Foundational Texts
  

  We read and discuss foundational texts of Buddhism in English translations. We shall explore the cultural, historical and philosophical background of these texts.

  For the fall, we will be discussing two texts from Thich Nhat Hanh: "The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching" and "Call Me By My True Names".

  
  

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• Not So Common Law

  • Start
    27 Sep 2021
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  • End
    27 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    100

  Not So Common Law

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• How Can You Think That? A Political Book Club

  • Start
    28 Sep 2021
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  • End
    28 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    cSpace Room 310 or Treehouse South

  How Can You Think That? 

  A Political Book Club
  

  Are you frustrated by the current level of political discussion and the polarization of opinions? 
  
  There must be a better way to discuss politics than what we see on the internet and television or hear in shouting matches between people who disagree with each other.

  Our political book club members are interested in  bridging political divides and having intelligent, civilized conversations about why conservatives and liberals often find it hard to meet on common ground.

  We are a diverse group of people from a variety of backgrounds and ways of thinking.

  Fall meetings in cSPACE Room 310; Jan. - June meetings in cSpace Treehouse South
  

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• Variety Book Club

  • Start
    28 Sep 2021
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  • End
    27 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Zoom
  • Spaces left
    12

  Variety Book Club

  A variety of genres such as biographies, historical fiction, mysteries etc. will be chosen by the members of this group at the first meeting. Members are asked to have read the book and be prepared to share their impressions.

  Online until the end of 2021.

  Participants must register before attending the meetings.

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• Human Conflict and its Impact

  • Start
    29 Sep 2021
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  • End
    08 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    cSpace, Room 310

  HUMAN CONFLICT AND ITS IMPACT **Full**

  “Throughout the ages, humankind has engaged in conflict and wars that have shaped the course of history. From the building and dismantling of empires and nations through to the dissemination of strongly held ideologies, ordinary people have been caught up in extraordinary events – from leaders to despots; from generals to soldiers; and from those who aspire to power and greatness through to everyday citizens. The group continues to expand on its historical focus, looking at conflict and its ramifications across the centuries and around the world.”
  

  Registration is limited to 18 participants.

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  *Before you register, you must be a member of CALL.
  

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• HK Mah Jong 1

  • Start
    01 Oct 2021
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  • End
    31 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    14 sessions
  • Location
    cSpace

  Hong Kong Mah Jong (Fridays) Group 1

  This is a fun, recreational game of mah jong based on Hong Kong rules. 

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• CALL to the Theatre

  • Start
    02 Oct 2021
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  • End
    23 Oct 2021
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Multiple Locations

  CALL to the Theatre

  For the remainder of 2021, we will select productions by professional theatre companies, to be viewed online. They will be announced individually rather than as a CALL to the Theatre season. Discussion of each play and production will be on Zoom.

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• CALL-ing All Poets

  • Start
    13 Oct 2021
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  • End
    22 Jun 2022
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  • Schedule
    18 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom On-line

  CALL-ing All Poets

  CALL-ing All Poets provides opportunity for poets, experienced and aspiring,  to meet with other poets in CALL.  Members will present their poems and provide feedback to each other in a supportive environment.  Only constructive feedback will be permitted.

  For more information and to register click here

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• 2021 CALL AGM

  • When
    18 Oct 2021
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Online - via Zoom
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  2021 CALL AGM will be held via Zoom

  Monday, October 18,  10:00 AM

  Plan to attend on-line and participate in decision making for your organization. The agenda and other AGM-related documents can be accessed at AGM Documents

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• Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy

  • Start
    18 Oct 2021
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  • End
    29 Nov 2021
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    3

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  Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy

  This series will weave together many of the themes in Compassion and attempt to stimulate debate about why very different attitudes to social policy exist across the world.  

  Presenter: Dr. Alvin Finkel, Professor Emeritus of History, Athabasca University

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• Treks & Travels

  • When
    20 Oct 2021
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    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
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    432

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  INDIA--Mumbai to Kochi

  The presentation will include descriptions of several interactions with local people as well as some of the history and natural history highlights including Nagarhole National Park.
  

  Presenter: Andrew Hart

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• Needlecraft

  • Start
    26 Oct 2021
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  • End
    28 Dec 2021
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Online with Zoom

  Needlecraft Now Online

  Relaxing, Rewarding and Fun!

  This group welcomes CALL members interested in being creative with needles and in pursuing their craft in the company of others.  Knitting, crochet, beading, embroidery of different sorts.  Some of us have even started needle felting little creatures.

  The Needlecraft ZOOM group meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 1:00-3:00 pm. Members need to have at least basic knitting or crochet skills as members work on their own projects and share ideas and techniques.
  

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• Science & Environment

  • When
    02 Nov 2021
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    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
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    262

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  The Return of Bison

  Tens of millions of bison, commonly known as buffalo, once roamed the Great Plains and Eastern Slopes but the rapid decline of this population more than a century ago almost led to their extinction. In 2017, Parks Canada initiated a five year project to reintroduce this keystone species into Banff National Park*. This presentation will provide a progress report and update on this important project.
  

  Speaker: Karsten Heuer

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• Indigenizing Curriculum

  • When
    06 Nov 2021
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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online with Zoom
  • Spaces left
    83

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  Indigenizing Curriculum

  In this presentation Eileen Clearsky will discuss her current doctoral work on Indigenizing curriculum for preservice teachers at Mount Royal University. She will describe her findings and respond to questions including those about how decolonization, indigenization and reconciliation action can be applied in other workspaces.
  

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• Money Sense

  • When
    10 Nov 2021
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    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
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    41

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  Money Sense

  DIY Investing: Understanding the Fundamentals of Investing On Your Own

  Join us for the third and last in the presentation series of Money Sense.

  Presenter: James MacTavish, Senior Advisor, Investor Educator, ASC (Alberta Securities Commission)

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