MCLL Summer Lecture Program
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The summer term only includes lectures, which are offered in-person and online. These lectures are presented by MCLL members, other lifelong learners and guest lecturers. The fee is $10 per lecture, and does not include MCLL membership benefits.
Summer Term duration: July 2 – August 20, 2025
MCLL Fall Lecture Program
Available below the Summer Program
Fall Term Duration: September 8 - November 20
Registration for the Fall Term Lectures will start on August 5, 2025 at 9 a.m.
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Maximum in-person attendance is 16 unless otherwise specified.
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Registration closes at midnight two days before the lecture date. The Zoom link for online lectures will be sent to attendees the previous day.
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In case of technical problems, an emergency, or an illness, a refund is available through your Athena account until one day after the lecture.
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MCLL Workshops
YCLML 899 Enjoying Our Time with the Elderly (in person)
Time: Wednesday, July 23, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Grace Rostig
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
My presentation/interactive workshop will focus on ways in which we, as spouses, lovers, friends, children of the elderly, can bring joy, meaning and compassion to the daily lives or weekly visits with the elderly people we love. It will begin with suggestions based on an approach I have honed over 15 years of education and work with the elderly, coupled with 40 years of spiritual practice and exploration. Equally important, I will encourage participants to share their experiences. The workshop will also include a few one-minute periods of meditation. In this video, watch the magical Naomi Feil interact with Gladys Wilson, an elderly woman suffering from dementia.
MCLL Lectures
YCLML 908 Creative Writing with an AI Chatbot (online)
Time: Wednesday, July 23, 10:00 a.m.
Presenters: Romano De Santis & Giovanna De Santis
Attendance: Online
After a life centered on technical and scientific endeavors, I recently developed a passion for creative writing. Particularly in crafting short non-fiction family stories and composing sonnets (in several languages). In this new creative area of interest, I have replaced the traditional writer’s toolbox—dictionaries, thesauruses, rhyme manuals, poetry anthologies, and similar resources—with the assistance of an AI chatbot. I have found this experience not only exciting, but also deeply enriching and personally most rewarding. The idea of the lecture is to share my journey and show how this approach might open creative doors for equally minded and motivated others.
YCLML 909 Écrire pour faire tourner les pages (online)
Time: Wednesday, July 23, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Anne-Marie Hubert
Attendance: Online
En français avec participation dans les deux langues officielles
Techniques d’écriture pour captiver les lecteurs dès les premières lignes, incluant l’introduction, les personnages (même s’il s’agit de vous-même!), la création de liens émotionnels avec le lecteur, maîtriser la tension et le rythme, ainsi que la prose. La séance comprendra des exemples concrets. The lecture will be in French, but questions in English will be answered.
YCLML 910 Dame Vera Lynn and Marlene Dietrich (in person)
Time: Wednesday, July 23, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Paul Kuai-Yu Leong
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
Dame Vera Lynn and Marlene Dietrich were enchanting singers known as the "WWII (Allied) Forces Sweethearts". Their songs We'll Meet Again, The White Cliffs of Dover, and Lili Marleen uplifted the spirits and hopes of the fighters and strengthened a resilient mood, despite the harsh reality of war. It was said that Winston Churchill didn't (alone) beat the Nazis, but those two singers sang them to defeat as well.
YCLML 911 Travels in South America (in person)
Time: Wednesday, July 30, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Tony Frayne & Hélène Robillard-Frayne
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Our presentation will show photos of Peru in 1972 and of Chile in January earlier this year. Two neighbouring countries but with very different cultures and landscapes. The photos include Cuzco and Machu Picchu in Peru, and Valparaiso and the The Road to the End of the World, (Torré del Peine) in Chile.
YCLML 912 America’s Robber Barons (online)
Time: Wednesday, July 30, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Barry Lane
Attendance: Online
The years between the end of the Civil War and the early 20th century became known as the Gilded Age because the country was glittering on the surface but problematic underneath. In this period, the U.S. became an economic powerhouse with its railroads and its steel, oil and banking industries, and the “captains of industry” - Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt and the like - amassed vast wealth while many citizens crowded into tenements and worked in factories under dangerous conditions.
YCLML 913 Joan Didion (online)
Time: Wednesday, July 30, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Marna Murray
Attendance: Online
Didion chronicled the world as she saw it from the middle of the 20th century forward. Her insights provided in essays, novels, and screenplays, articulate the idealized vision we have and offers us a different reality. Her poignant Year of Magical Thinking on the illness of her daughter and death of her husband helps many to understand the complexities of grief.
YCLML 914 The Franck Report and the Fate of Hiroshima (in person)
Time: Wednesday, August 6, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Lewis Cattarini
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
How did a group of American scientists in June 1945 try to prevent the nuclear bombing of Japan? This lecture examines the diplomacy behind the Franck Report, including the involvement of Szilard versus Oppenheimer.
YCLML 915 Charles Aznavour: From Paris to the World (online)
Time: Wednesday, August 6, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Frank Nicholson, Nadine Ozkan, & Elisabeth Robino
Attendance: Online
Born in Paris to Armenian refugees in 1924, Charles Aznavour went on the stage at age nine. After earning a reputation as a singer and songwriter in Montreal, Aznavour launched a career lasting seventy years, in which he wrote or co-wrote 1,000 songs, sang in several languages, visited 90 countries, sold 180 million records and became an international star. Lecture attendees will watch and discuss videos of Aznavour singing five of his classics first in English and then in French, and then five other songs sung in French accompanied by English lyrics onscreen.
YCLML 916 Is Translation Possible? (online)
Time: Wednesday, August 6, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Iryna Malynovska
Attendance: Online
By posing such a provocative question, I invite the audience to reflect on the challenges that people face when trying to communicate their ideas to others. If reaching mutual understanding between people is never easy, then these difficulties increase tenfold when it comes to communication between people who speak different languages. We will try to understand the reasons for such difficulties and the ways of overcoming them. Examples from political, mass media and literary discourses will be considered.
YCLML 917 Nostalgia and Us (in person)
Time: Wednesday, August 13, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Eduardo Cabrera
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Nostalgia may be one of the deepest feelings socially shared and dearly celebrated. This sometimes-overwhelming longing for the past, for our common history, for our personal memories or for an idealized long-gone era, can shape our identity, influencing our behaviour. This lecture is an invitation to immerse ourselves through the diverse ways and mechanisms used in art to evoke the past and its regrettable absence.
YCLML 918 Canadians Fighting Over Malta 1940-45 (in person)
Time: Wednesday, August 13, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: André Berdais
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Malta was the most heavily bombed location during the Second World War. Twenty-five percent of the aviators on the island were Canadians. They flew fighter planes against Axis attacks on the tiny Mediterranean island and used reconnaissance and bomber aircraft to stop supply convoys to German and Italian armies in North Africa. Their actions and sacrifices directly contributed to Allied victories at the Battle of El Alamein, the invasion of Sicily and the liberation of Italy. If Malta had fallen, the war in Europe would likely have had a different ending.
YCLML 919 An introduction to Chinese Language (in person)
Time: Wednesday, August 20, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Doug Woolidge
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
After looking at a map of China and learning about regional dialects, we will focus on the sounds of Mandarin, and the way that Chinese characters are written and classified. Finally, we will look at aspects of Chinese language that might interest those with a casual interest as well as people who are considering learning Chinese.
YCLML 920 Old Master Art Works in the MMFA (in person)
Time: Wednesday, August 20, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Laurie Nixon
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
In this lecture, I will go over the iconography, the historical context, the original location and the original function of several of the art works, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, in the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
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YCLML 921 Lighten Up! The Healing Power of Laughter
Time: Friday, September 12, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Robert Paris
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
A two-hour interactive workshop focused on rediscovering the joy and health benefits of laughter in today’s often negative world. Through shared stories, classic comedy clips, and lighthearted group activities, participants explore how laughter reduces stress, boosts mood, and fosters connection. With a mix of science, silliness, and soul, the workshop offers practical tools to help participants bring more humor into everyday life—leaving them uplifted, energized, and smiling.
YCLML 922 Population, Pronatalism, & Ecocide
Time: Friday, September 12, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Nandita Bajaj
Attendance: Online
Human population has doubled from 4 billion in 1970 to 8 billion currently and is a key driver of climate change, resource scarcity, and biodiversity collapse, yet it's a taboo topic. Nandita will discuss how growth-biased economies, pronatalism, and anthropocentrism drive population growth and undermine social and ecological justice, and how we can elevate this important discussion. She recently wrote on the subject for The Toronto Star, and was interviewed on Toronto 640 AM Radio, click here.
YCLML 952 The Bayeux Tapestry
Time: Friday, September 19, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Alana Gowdy
Attendance: Online
Soon after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, a remarkable work of art was created. The Bayeux Tapestry is an outstanding piece of embroidery that is 20 inches high and over 200 feet long. It tells the story of events leading up to the battle and then shows the battle itself. This world-renowned piece of needlework will be discussed in its historical context.
YCLML 924 Harvest Dreams for Practical Benefit
Time: Friday, September 19, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Craig Webb
Attendance: Online
Enjoy an engaging presentation by an experienced dream analyst/author and learn how to cultivate, remember, harvest and enact your nighttime dreams for surprising, practical benefits such as deeply inspired creativity, emotional and even physical healing, learning new skills, personal growth, and helping make important choices in life. Presenter’s website.
YCLML 925 The Life and Art of A.Y. Jackson
Time: Friday, September 19, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Wayne Larsen
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
This illustrated lecture follows the maverick Group of Seven and Beaver Hall artist on his lifelong quest to paint the various regions of Canada, battling harsh weather and hostile critics along the way. We will examine Jackson’s landscapes and working techniques through colourful anecdotes from his prolific career as both artist and champion of modern Canadian art.
YCLML 926 George Takei - Actor, Author, Activist
Time: Friday, September 19, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Paul Kuai-Yu Leong
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
This lecture focuses on George Takei's life voyage: as a kid growing up in a U.S. internment camp, as a star in the popular Star Trek television series, and as an activist for DEI (Diversity; Equity; Inclusion). At 80+ years 'young', George continues 'To Live Long and Prosper'. For more information, please click here.
YCLML 927 Artemisia Gentileschi’s Trials and Triumphs
Time: Friday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Sharon Harris
Attendance: Online
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654) was a trailblazing Italian Baroque painter whose genius defied the limits placed on women of her time. Though celebrated today, her talent was long overshadowed by scandal—she was at the center of history’s first documented rape trial. But Artemisia refused to be defined by tragedy. Through her bold, dramatic paintings, she turned pain into power and revenge into art and cemented her legacy as both a master artist and a 17th-century feminist icon.
YCLML 928 Mandarin Language
Time: Friday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Doug Woolidge
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
After looking at a map of China and the learning about regional dialects, we will focus on the sounds of Mandarin, and the way that Chinese characters are written and classified. Finally, we will look at aspects of Chinese language that might interest those with a casual interest as well as people who are considering learning Chinese.
YCLML 929 Food Security in a Warming World
Time: Friday, September 26, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Ron Krystynak
Attendance: Online
Ensuring that everyone on our planet has enough to eat has become a major global challenge. The World Health Organization reports that one in 11 people faced hunger in 2023, while 2.33 billion faced moderate to severe food insecurity. Climate warming is a major contributing factor, especially in poorer countries. There are measures that can be taken to address the issue, but they will require developed countries to contribute more resources. Ron will lay out the problem along with steps that could be taken to address it.
YCLML 930 Parsing a Text from Sunzi's Art of War
Time: Friday, September 26, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Doug Woolidge
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Participants will examine a selected text from Sunzi’s classic, and in that process, learn about how Chinese characters are written, and how classical Chinese grammar functions, while gaining an appreciation of this ancient text.
YCLML 931 From Turmoil to Joy: Rodin’s Sculptures
Time: Friday, October 3, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Chris Dowrick
Attendance: Online
While acknowledging Auguste Rodin’s abusive relationships with women, Chris Dowrick, a distinguished British academic and clinician specializing in primary mental health, is an admirer of the sculptor’s ability to portray intense emotional states in physical form. The talk will focus on Rodin’s most famous works: The Burghers of Calais, with its stoicism in the face of despair; The Gates of Hell, with its turmoil and chaos, and his many sculptures of the human hand, which the artist felt were as expressive as faces.
YCLML 951 The Collection of Richard von Kaufmann
Time: Friday, October 3, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Harald von Cramon
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
In 1917, a major collection of art from the 14th through 16th century (including Botticelli, Bosch, Holbein et al) was auctioned off in Berlin. As a grandson of German jurist Richard, I have always wondered where these treasures might be found today. With the help of the computer, I have been able to trace about half of the 164 paintings in the auction catalog, and I now know what they really looked like in full colour. Let me share them with you.
YCLML 932 National Security
Time: Friday, October 3, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: François Labonté & Paul Doucet
Attendance: Online
National security refers to the protection of stability and well-being for a nation or continent, or group of nations from various threats, e.g., military, economic, social, environmental. These threats can significantly impact the quality of life and choices available to governments and people. This is an intergenerational panel discussion with a mix of McGill students and MCLL members participating. The two-hour session would include five presentations, approximately 10 minutes each by five panelists, followed by a 45-minute Q&A.
YCLML 933 The Ancient Carbohydrate Revolution
Time: Friday, October 3, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Wolfgang Schneider
Attendance: Online
It is often assumed that hunter-gatherers ate mostly meat, nuts, fruits and a few root vegetables, and didn’t eat much starch. However, well before the advent of agriculture, humans in the Middle East were busy grinding grains to make porridge and bread, and to brew beer, probably for use in feasts. Intriguingly, Homo sapiens have developed genetic adaptations to a starch-rich diet. These findings change our view of the role of carbohydrates in human evolution and history.
YCLML 934 Historic Montreal Conflagrations
Time: Friday, October 10, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Robert Wilkins
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
This presentation will cover some of the city's more momentous fires - from the Longue Pointe Asylum Fire of 1890 in which approximately 100 people perished, to the destructive blaze that engulfed the High School of Montreal later that same year, to mention just two. Later in the session, if time permits, I will share with participants the story of one of the most unusual and controversial deaths ever to take place in Montreal, and the authorities’ botched attempt at explaining it.
YCLML 923 Mrs. Astor's 400: Manhattan’s Social Elite
Time: Friday, October 10, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Barry Lane
Attendance: Online
In 1853 Caroline Schermerhorn, a member of a New York aristocratic family of Dutch origin, married the grandson of John Jacob Astor, America’s first millionaire, cementing the relationship between old and new money. Caroline went on to define the city’s social elite with the 400 invitations she issued for her annual ball. Nouveau riche families like the Vanderbilts were initially left out, but ultimately pushed their way in. Come hear the fascinating story of how ancestry, wealth, class, culture and ambition combined to decide who was who in America’s Gilded Age!
YCLML 935 Sabotaging Nazi Heavy Water Atomic Plan
Time: Friday, October 10, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Paul Kuai-Yu Leong
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
Before the Nazi occupation of France and Norway in 1940, Frederic Joliot-Curie (1935 Nobel Chemistry Laureate & son-in-law of Madam Curie) warned of the peril of Norwegian heavy water falling into Nazi hands. Subsequently, efforts were made to limit German access to heavy water for its atomic plan. This lecture focuses on those efforts to sabotage. For more information, click here or google The Battle for Heavy Water.
YCLML 936 What We Do/Don’t Know About Language
Time: Friday, October 10, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Iryna Malynovska
Attendance: Online
This lecture is devoted to the evolution of views on language from ancient times to the present day. Particular attention is paid to linguistics of the 20th-21st centuries: the emergence of new areas of linguistic studies and interdisciplinary connections, the identification of new subjects of research, and the development of new methods. Prospects for further research are outlined: how linguistics can contribute to society.
YCLML 937 Turner and Impressionism
Time: Friday, October 17, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Allen Chubb
Attendance: Online
With 2025 marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of the British Romantic artist J.M.W. Turner, Chubb will take us through Turner’s life and work, starting with his birth and humble childhood in a crime-ridden red-light district, before being accepted as a student at the Royal Academy of Arts. A workaholic who drew and painted thousands of landscapes in Britain and later in Europe, Turner is regarded by many art historians as the founder of Impressionism, even though he died 23 years before the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris.
YCLML 938 Comparison Between Ancient Greek and Roman Architecture
Time: Friday, October 17, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Raymond Stern
Attendance: Online
There were significant differences between Ancient Greek and Roman architecture - not simply with the built form but driven by the contrasting cultures which became expressed in stone. Whereas the Ancient Greeks sought sublimity in design, the Ancient Romans strove for an expression of power. Each had three basic design concepts, which explain their priorities. Theirs were fundamentally different patterns of life and architecture. This period greatly affected all walks of life, particularly the path taken by architecture, and still affects us today in many ways. This lecture will have a dynamic image-driven format.
YCLML 939 Luther's Masterpiece at 500
Time: Friday, October 17, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Lewis Cattarini
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
It was exactly 500 years ago that Martin Luther printed what many claim as his theological magnum opus: The Bondage of the Will. The lecturer will attempt to assess Luther's achievement in his dispute with Erasmus and against the perspective of humanism.
YCLML 940 1812 The Second Attempt of the USA to Annex Canada
Time: Friday, October 17, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Jean-Pierre Raymond
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
Colonel R.H. Bruyère, Royal Engineer, born in Montreal in 1765, was chief engineer of Upper and Lower Canada. I will re-enact the Flanders battle in which he fought François-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, the chief engineer of the French Republican Army, with his brother Alexandre-André-Victor. He fought alongside the other two brothers who remained faithful to the king and fought in the Austrian and the Russian Armies. For this re-enactment I will wear a Royal Engineer uniform of 1812. I was at the commemorations of the New-Orleans battle of 1815 and served as aide de camp of the ambassador for the UK in the USA.
YCLML 941 A Comparison of Constitutions in Several Countries
Time: Friday, October 24, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Anthony Frayne
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
The word constitution has been defined as “the supreme law of the land” and “a set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run”. This lecture is based on a participant presentation study group held previously in the spring term. Over 10 countries were selected for comparative analysis. Are they closer to the British Parliamentary model or to the American separation of powers? Audience participation in discussion will be encouraged.
YCLML 942 Health Literacy and Healthcare
Time: Friday, October 24, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Nancy Posel
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
Changes in healthcare delivery call for shared and proactive patient and family involvement, particularly for post-discharge and chronic conditions. Clinicians must be aware that difficulties can arise when knowledge gaps are overlooked. These in turn can result in suboptimal outcomes. Solutions to ensure better understanding, support and clear communication are available when this need is recognized and addressed. These issues will be explored in this lecture.
YCLML 943 Understanding Hearing Loss and What You Need to Know
Time: Friday, October 24, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Dale Bonnycastle & Debra Fisher
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Hearing loss affects at least 30 per cent of persons over the age of 60. It is invisible and insidious, but its impacts are serious. This talk will focus on the basics of hearing loss, and why it is so important to treat hearing loss in a timely manner. We will provide practical information about services and technology, and constructive communication tips.
YCLML 944 Le français et le voyage des mots
Time: Friday, October 31, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Suzie Bogos
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
En français avec participation dans les deux langues officielles
Honni soit qui mal y pense. Pourquoi cette devise est-elle inscrite sur le château de Windsor? Challenge, mushroom, bowl, sont-ils d’origine française ou anglaise? Explorons l’incroyable histoire d’amour entre le français et l’anglais et les 1001 mots venus de l'arabe comme magasin, sofa, hasard, jupe et chimie. Découvrons le fabuleux voyage des mots et la ressemblance entre la langue du roy de France et le québécois: on va en placoter!
YCLML 945 Weather Data Rescue for McGill
Time: Friday, October 31, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Gordon Burr
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
This presentation will cover the history of the McGill Observatory. It will feature the online Data Rescue: Archives and Weather (DRAW) project, which rescues data hidden in the analogue registers for climate scientists and its journey to become a participatory archive for individuals. The presenter teaches in McGill’s School of Information Studies, where he regularly uses DRAW as an example of a participatory archive. DRAW website.
YCLML 946 Managing Finances in Retirement
Time: Friday, October 31, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Thomas Conway
Attendance: In person
Room: 241
Learn how to better manage your finances and make your money stretch for you in your retirement. The presenter is a retired Chartered Accountant and Certified Financial Planner. The objectives for participants are to understand why it is so important to manage finances in retirement, to learn the art of budgeting, to understand how to stretch your retirement resources, and to learn about the different stages of retirement.
YCLML 947 Nutrition Is What We Eat and Digest
Time: Friday, October 31, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Prithu Mukhopadhyay
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Not only do diet and nutrition play key roles in our body functions, but they also have significant effects on our mood and mental well-being. We tend to focus on food tastes and search for superfoods. Here’s the thing: It is the digestive system that matters most. Without digestion, ingested food becomes waste, called stool. Can food improve our brain health? How does food relate to our mental well-being?
YCLML 948 Murder in the Cathedral
Time: Friday, November 7, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Frank Nicholson
Attendance: Online
Midway through the Easter Mass on April 26, 1478, in Florence’s grand cathedral, the Duomo, assassins supported by the Pope struck at the heart of the Medici regime. Come hear the full story of the event known to history as the Pazzi Conspiracy — its roots in family rivalries and papal politics, the savage attack on Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici and the brutal aftermath that shook Renaissance Italy.
YCLML 949 Capt. Bernier: Quebec's Arctic Hero
Time: Friday, November 7, 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Brian Webber
Attendance: In person
Room: 225
Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, perhaps Quebec's greatest sea captain, was Canada’s champion during the heyday of polar exploration in the early 1900s. Stephen Harper, speaking in 2008, said that Bernier's 1908–09 mission to Melville Island was “as important to our national destiny in the North as the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway was in the West.” Bernier, raised in L'Islet-sur-Mer, was nurtured by a long tradition of shipping and shipbuilding on the Saint-Lawrence River. Aided by photos, old and new, I will elaborate on the man, his achievements, the milieu from whence he came, and his legacy.
YCLML 950 State of Democracy
Time: Friday, November 7, 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: François Labonté & Paul Doucet
Attendance: Online
The global state of democracy, as assessed by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) indicates that “while democracy faces challenges globally, it continues to be a valued system for citizens worldwide.” This is an intergenerational panel discussion with a mix of McGill students and MCLL members participating. The two-hour session would include five presentations, approximately 10 minutes each by five panelists, followed by a 45-minute Q&A.
