Spring 2026 Study Groups Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, study groups are 10 weeks in duration and begin in the week of April 13. All times are stated in Eastern time. All on-campus study groups take place on the second floor of 680 Sherbrooke St W.

9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday Attendance Room
YCMS 737 All Things Hamlet | Clifford Parr In person   225
YCMS 726 Two Novels: Small Island & Small Things Like These | Maggie Benfield & Susan van Gelder In person   243
YCMS 727 Le bonheur de lire et d'apprendre le français | Suzie Bogos - 5 weeks, starting April 13 In person   245
YCMS 744 (in person)/ YCMS 745 (online) Women of Power | Tony Frayne - 5 weeks, starting April 13 In person Online 241
YCMS 662 Creative and Mundane Writing with AI Assistance |  Romano De Santis & Giovanna De Santis   Online  
Tuesday
YCMS 043 Current Events: Global Crises | Mireille Coulourides In person   243
YCMS 728 Glorious Food I (Appetizers and Entrees) | Diana Ooi - 5 weeks In person   245
YCMS 733 (in person)/ YCMS 734 (online) The Adventure of Archeology | Michel Lamarche - 5 weeks, starting week of May 11 In person Online 241
YCMS 741 (in person)/ YCMS 742 (online) "U.S. elections are always rigged" | Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks, starting April 14 In person Online 225
YCMS 249 Writers' Circle | Laura Malbogat - 6 weeks, starting April 14   Online  
Wednesday
YCMS 344 L‘Actualité: perspectives des médias Québécois | Tony Frayne   Online  
YCMS 739 Music, Mathematics and Science | Philip Ehrensaft & Rick Jones   Online  
YCMS 386 A History of South Africa | Peter Berry   Online  
YCMS 736 When Christianity Encountered Indigeneity | Randy Kritkausky & Chukwuemeka Antansi - 5 weeks, every 2nd week, starting April 15   Online  
Thursday
YCMS 678 The Music We Love | Dan Babineau In person   225
YCMS 732 Let's Do Philosophy! As a Way of Life. | Alan Belk In person   241
YCMS 300 L‘Actualité: perspectives des médias Québécois | Tony Frayne In person   243
12:00-2:00 p.m. Monday
YCMS 709 More Grand Opera | Clifford Parr & Tony Wait In person   225
YCMS 720 Exploring the British Legacies in India | Vikram Bhatt - 5 weeks, starting April 13 In person   241
YCMS 079 Drama for Fun | Freda Segal   Online  
Tuesday
YCMS 724 To Observe, To Understand, To Appreciate...Art | Barbara Karasek - 6 weeks, starting April 14 In person   243
YCMS 722 (in person)/ YCMS 723 (online) Documentary Photography | Gordon Campey In person Online 225
Wednesday
YCMS 683 Fascism | Laura Grunberg In person   225
YCMS 749 Appreciating Aging with the Aging | Grace Rostig - 5 weeks, starting April 15 In person   241
YCMS 606 Smörgåsbord of Science and Technology | Peggy Leech - 5 weeks, every 2nd week, starting April 22   Online  
YCMS 743 "U.S. elections are always rigged" | Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks, starting April 15   Online  
Thursday
YCMS 437 An Ocean Voyage Around the World in 140 Days | David Grogan  In person   245
YCMS 735 India and the Silk Road | Roger Humphrey & Jim Wyant - 6 weeks, starting April 16 In person   241
YCMS 730 (in person)/YCMS 731 (online) Who...and What Makes You Laugh? | Linda Sidel & Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks, starting April 16 In person Online 225
2:30-4:30 p.m Monday
YCMS 389 (in person)/YCMS 390 (online) Ancient Worlds: Uncovering the Past | Robert Winters In person Online 241
YCMS 487 (in person)/YCMS 488 (online) Parlons Français | Jacques Lalanne In person Online 225
Tuesday
YCMS 725 Great Writers: George Eliot's Creative Journey | Gabrielle Soskin In person   243
YCMS 746 Homelessness: Causes, Pathways, & Myths | François Labonté & Brian Webber - 5 weeks, starting April 14 In person   241
YCMS 747 (in person)/ YCMS 748 (online) History and Science of Food and Agriculture | Wolfgang Schneider, Muriel Herrington & Catherine Main-Oster In person Online 225
Wednesday
YCMS 498 What's all the Percussion About? | Lanny Levine - 5 weeks In person   225
YCMS 721 Debate Club - with a twist!? | Daniel Lemay In person   243
YCMS 740 Do We Have Economic Democracy? | Nadia Alexan CANCELLED       
YCMS 718 (in person) / YCMS 719 (online) Russian Tsars: Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin | Peter Blaikie In person Online 241
Thursday
YCMS 547 Fairy Tales : Once Upon a Time--Today | Barbara Karasek In person   245
YCMS 738 Movies Behind the Scenes | Dan Babineau In person   225
YCMS 349 (in person)/YCMS 350 (online) World Topics of Interest for Discussions | Paul Kuai-Yu Leong In person Online 241
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