ROOM LOCATIONS FOR FALL 2011 CLASSES

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1) Please note the times have changed for F-11 & F-45

2) Please note off-campus location addresses:

Bond Place Hotel: 65 Dundas Street East at Bond Street

NFB: 150 John Street at Richmond St. West

Salvation Army: 160 Jarvis St at Shuter

Textile Museum: 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto ON

Wellesley Central Place: 160 Wellesley Street East at Sherbourne St.

F-30 CUBA AT THE CROSSROADS -- A couple of changes

NEW START DATE: October 12th 2011.
Don't change the number of sessions, as we'll probably add 2 more either in December or nearer to the time of the trip.

Moderator: Simon Pearson, assisted by Bob Biderman

Simon Pearson is very active in LIFE, and is chair of LIFE Travels. This course enables him to combine his interests in Latin America and in social justice issues. He will be assisted by Bob Biderman, a retired teacher who has taught students of all ages. He lived in Havana, Cuba for 18 months, where he learned Spanish and taught English at Cuba's only Arts University.

Added note: Provisional dates for the LIFE Travels trip to Cuba are March 14-24, 2012.

Sustaining Memories Information Session

LIFE COURSES STILL AVAILABLE

Good News!

Many LIFE courses are still open for registration.

Although you may be on a wait list, why not look at the interesting selection still available and make a new choice.

We're waiting for your call or e-mail!

F-02 Exploring the Gardens of Europe
F-04 Reader's Theatre
F-06 The History of Comedy
F-11 Medical Issues That Tear Your Heart Strings -- please note - there has been a time change
F-13 Bewitchment in Fairy Tales
F-16 The History of Hollywood
F-20 Protecting Your Money
F-21 How Energy Will Shape Our World
F-25 The Arts and Canadian Identity
F-26 Digital Photography: Intermediate Level
F-27 Immigration as a Global Phenomenon
F-30 Cuba at the Crossroads
F-32 Canada's Wrongfully Convicted
F-33 Conversations et lectures de textes litteraires varies de langue francaise
F-38 The NFB at the Oscars
F-39 Johann Sebastian Bach
F-40 Psychology Lunch n Learn
F-43 And All that Jazz
F-44 Great Women Photographers
F-50 Five Operas Inspired by Shakespeare
F-56 Wine Tasting

Please consult the Fall 2011 Curriculum

for dates, times and descriptions.

http://ryerson.ca/~lifeinst/pages/PDF/calendar%20fall%202011.pdf

WELCOME DAY FALL 2011 REMINDER

Please join us as a new season of LIFE opens again with Welcome Day!

When: Monday, September 19, 2011

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Doors open at 12:30 p.m.)
Where: POD 250 Jorgenson Hall, 380 Victoria Street

Meet old friends and make new ones as LIFE members greet the Fall semester.
Enjoy updates and information, refreshments, and lots of conversation.

Special guest speaker: Katherine Barber, an authority on English usage, particularly in Canada, is “Canada’s Word Lady,” bestselling author, and founding editor of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, with a knack for making words lively and entertaining. Her intriguing title is:

Bachelor for Rent: Things You Never Knew About Canadian English

 No charge … no RSVP …Just COME!

Free Lecture - Ryerson Speakers Series - Water Ethics

LIFElines needs an Art Director

LIFE has entrusted me with LIFElines as its new editor, not knowing that my brilliant school career was marred by one failure in High School -- I failed Art.

LIFElines needs an Art Director, i.e. someone to advise me on keeping the appearance of LIFElines up to the high standard set by my predecessors.

If you are interested please e-mail me, Ken Smookler keymos6@gmail.com , with a little information about yourself and your contact information.

The next edition comes out in November but assembling it begins much before that, so I would like to hear from you as soon as possible.

Ken Smookler, Editor of LIFElines
keymos6@gmail.com

LIFElines is The LIFE Institute's Newsletter

and is published three times a year

Free Ryerson Lectures

Book Club: Novels of the 19th Century

Is this you?

• You enjoy reading those great works of literature from the 19th century and earlier that have stood the test of time

• You find that authors such as Dickens, Hugo, Tolstoy and Melville mean much more to you now than they did when you were a callow undergraduate/adolescent

• You would like a good excuse to read or re-read some of them

• You would like to share your enthusiasms, insights and questions with other like-minded LIFE members

If so, join LIFE’s newly-formed Book Club: Novels of the 19th Century, which will be starting this month. Come to our first meeting on Saturday, September 24th from 10:00 a.m. to noon; our first book is Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary.

To refresh your memory, the story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. The novel was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors, resulting in a trial that made the story notorious. After the acquittal, it became a bestseller and is now seen as one of the most influential novels ever written. (write-up freely adapted from Wikipedia!)

The book club will be meeting on the 4th Saturday of most months. You are encouraged to come to as many meetings as possible.

The coordinators of the book club are Simon Pearson, Martha Wall and Patricia Wilkes.  If you’re interested in joining us or if you have any questions, please contact Simon Pearson at 416-489-1727.

Two Fundraising Book Sales This Month

FABULOUS BOOK SALES

Kenner Books' Fundraiser for LIFE Institute's Legacy for Learning Campaign.

When: September 12 - 14, 2011.
Where: North York Civic Centre.

When: September 27-29, 2011.
Where: Metro Hall.

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