To join or learn more: www.quillkingston.org

SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES

2:00 – 3:30 (143 Union St. unless otherwise indicated – see map)

TUESDAY DISCUSSIONS

1:30 – 3:30 (Royal Kingston Curling Club – see map)

The Sunday Lecture Series features guest speakers who share their knowledge and areas

of expertise with participants. Each lecture is followed by a question period.

For more information please contact: Gerard Chouest 613-549-3089

September 8

Tattle Tales from a One-Room Schoolhouse Faye Batchelor, Retired Educator with the Limestone District School Board, and Charlotte Clark, Retired Music Teacher with the Kingston/Frontenac/Limestone School Boards September 15

The Mad and the Bad: Transinstitutionalization in the Kingston Penitentiary and Rockwood Asylum Chantal Valiquette, Queen's Medical Student Class of 2020, History of Medicine Enthusiast September 22 Security, Defence and Political Demography Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College of Canada

September 29

The Americas Before 1492 David Patterson, The “1492 Guy” who specializes in the history and culture of the pre-1492 Americas October 6

The Russian Revolution as Turning Point of 20th Century History John Berry, Member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers with a passion

for 19th and 20th century Russian literature and history October 13

Thanksgiving – no lecture October 20

French Canadian Mariners and Old Kingston David More, Scholar with a special interest in the story of French-Canadian mariners between the American invasions of 1775 and the end of the War of 1812 October 27

How Changing Technology Has Affected the Makeup of the Whig-Standard Ian McAlpine, Multi-media Journalist at the Whig-Standard November 3

Why We Travel Neil Hobbs, Family Physician with particular interests in medicine in remote areas of the world who, like Odysseus, has seen many cities and shared the thought of their citizens

November 10

Nursing on the Labrador Dana Edge, Associate Professor in the Queen's School of Nursing, who has practised nursing in six jurisdictions in North America, including Alaska and Labrador November 17

Medicine and Physicians in Renaissance Theatre Peter Aston, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Queen's University November 24 Commemoration of Molly Brant Susan Bazely, Professional Archaeologist with lengthy commitment to study of the Kingston area, former Executive Director of the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation, current doctoral student at Queen’s University December 1 Flora and Fauna and What’s Down the Road Peter Ashley, PhD, Queen’s University, Alcan Research, Norton Co. (Retired)

Individual participants speak on their special areas of

interest and invite discussion (as listed below). For more

information contact: Deborah Wintrob 613-777-8835

September 10

How Safe is Your Personal Data, In the Cloud and

Elsewhere?

Group Discussion

September 17 First Past the Post versus Proportional Representation

Sean Ahern

September 24 Who is Your Favourite Author and Why?

Lars Thompson

October 1 What Is a Trade? Where and How Should It Be Taught?

Hal Boden

October 8 Who Are Our International “Friends”?

Group Discussion

October 15 Is a Cell/Smart Phone Now a Necessity?

Group Discussion

October 22 Is Canada’s Claim to the North in Danger?

Lars Thompson

October 29

Should Canada Have a Military?

Peter Ashley

November 5

How Does Quebec Politics Affect the Federal

Government?

Barry Young

November 12 Social Media and Its Effect on the Young

Deborah Wintrob

November 19 Happiness and How to Measure It

Group Discussion

November 26 Images From Wilderness Travels

Jerôme McDuff

December 3 What Does It Mean to Be Free?

Peter Ashley

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Fall 2019

Fall 2019

Sunday Lectures Tuesday Discussions

Rm 101, Goodes Hall, School of Business Royal Kingston Curling Club

143 Union St. (use main entrance) 130 Days Rd.

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APPLICATION FORM

Fall & Winter Sessions (September 2019 – March 2020) $50 Fall Session only (September – December 2019) $35

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Please make cheque payable to QUILL and mail to: Glenn Torrie, 41 Dickens Drive, Kingston, ON, K7M 2M5. Please do not send cash in the mail. For further information call 613-549-7304 or email quill@quillkingston.org or visit www.quillkingston.org.

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