This session will familiarize prospective travelers with a general sense of what life is like here and what to expect at different times of the year. Recommendations will be tailored to lifestyle preferences of the individual. Car or public transport? Hotel room, B&B or apartment? Mostly bars and beaches, or quiet mountain retreats? Sight seeing […]

A fun look at the many ways our thinking is distorted and how we delude ourselves to protect our self-image. Over the years, psychologists have used the scientific method to better understand how humans think. They’ve discovered that we all have cognitive biases and we use mental shortcuts to solve problems but these shortcuts often […]

While most people are familiar with the two great wars of the past century, many additional conflicts took place during this time. Focus will be upon these lesser-known combats with emphasis on how and why they each started and the influence they had upon future wars. Some of the topics covered will include; the confrontation […]

For many years, Hot Topics has offered an opportunity to present and discuss ideas and events of interest. Join us and bring your ideas and concerns to the discussion. Not a formal debate with winners and losers; but a moderated open discussion between members of our community. Subjects are chosen by the members. Registrations are […]

A course for ordinary people who wish to write their life stories as a gift to their children and grandchildren. Our aim is not to correct spelling and grammar. We merely want writers to tell and write their stories if they so wish. Join us for a ride and share in a wonderful journey of […]

In this session, Daniel Livermore looks at the phenomenon of Islamic Fundamentalism and assesses how best to deal with this issue as a foreign policy issue. He will then look at the extremist variations of Islamic Fundamentalism, and examine some of the Canadian cases that have made headlines since the events of 9/11. He will […]

"Education and Society in Crisis” by John E. Milnes sets out to expose the weaknesses in the modern education platform with emphasis on the way in which it wrongly treats the children it is supposed to be helping. The book describes a looming disaster under the guise of the technological revolution moving into place, ready […]

While most people are familiar with the two great wars of the past century, many additional conflicts took place during this time. Focus will be upon these lesser-known combats with emphasis on how and why they each started and the influence they had upon future wars. Some of the topics covered will include; the confrontation […]

For many years, Hot Topics has offered an opportunity to present and discuss ideas and events of interest. Join us and bring your ideas and concerns to the discussion. Not a formal debate with winners and losers; but a moderated open discussion between members of our community. Subjects are chosen by the members. Registrations are […]

A course for ordinary people who wish to write their life stories as a gift to their children and grandchildren. Our aim is not to correct spelling and grammar. We merely want writers to tell and write their stories if they so wish. Join us for a ride and share in a wonderful journey of […]

The Camino de Santiago, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a network of pilgrimage routes converging on the shrine of Saint James the Greater in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The Camino Francés was traditionally the main route of this most important Christian pilgrimage during the Middle Ages. […]

Mackie Robertson is a retired farmer, amateur historian, wood worker, and a 30 year lay minister with the United Church of Canada. A member of Toastmasters International, he speaks often on historical subjects, has conducted over 2,000 church services in more than 100 different churches. This particular presentation will offer his personal ideas on mankind’s […]