Fall 2025 Study Groups Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, study groups are 10 weeks in duration and begin in the week of September 8. 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 458 Introduction to Digital Art | Romano DeSantis & Giovanna DeSantis   Online  
YCMS 249 Writers' Circle | Liliane Aberman & Maureen Wilson   Online  
YCMS 667 Food Glorious Food! | Diana Ooi - 5 weeks, starting September 8 In person   243
YCMS 512 The Eclectic Shakespeare | Clifford Parr In person   225
Tuesday  
YCMS 671 (in person)/YCMS 672 (online) Revolutions in History | Colin Hudson - starting September 16 (moved from September 9) In person Online 241
YCMS 662 Creative and Mundane Writing with AI Chatbots | Romano DeSantis & Giovanna DeSantis   Online  
YCMS 675 Archeology Adventures: From Neolithic Europe to China & the Americas | Michel Lamarche - 5 weeks, starting October 14 In person   243
YCMS 677 Cognitive Function in Aging | Michelle Gadoury - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 16 In person   245
YCMS 686 (in person)/YCMS 687 (online) Trump 2.0: The Only Thing We Have to Use, Is Fear Itself | Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks, starting September 9 In person Online 225
Wednesday  
YCMS 132 A History of the Caribbean - Peter Berry   Online  
YCMS 679 Jazz: America's Classical Music | Philip Ehrensaft & Rick Jones   Online  
YCMS 300 (in person)/YCMS 344 (online) L‘Actualité: perspectives des media Québécois | Anthony Frayne - 5 weeks, starting September 10 In person Online 225
YCMS 692 “Zero-Waste” In Montreal by 2030 - A Bold Initiative…? | John Pivnicki - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 10 In person   243
Thursday  
YCMS 318 Edward Maxwell, Architect: Works of A Master | Michael Moore - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 18   Online  
YCMS 047 (in person)/YCMS 342 (online) Inside The New Yorker | Kay Palkhivala In person Online 241
YCMS 678 The Music We Love | Dan Babineau In person   225
YCMS 684 The Global and Canadian Economy | Bruce MacLeod & Rick Jones - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 11   Online  
12:00-2:00 p.m. Monday Attendance Room
YCMS 661 Mansfield Park by Jane Austen | Maggie Benfield In person   245
YCMS 676 A History of Modern Iran | Soheila Raesinezhad In person   241
YCMS 647 Théâtre à la Carte: Lecture à Haute Voix de Scènes de Théâtre | Jacques Lalanne In person   243
YCMS 680 19th Century Grand Opera | Clifford Parr & Tony Wait In person   225
YCMS 079 Drama for Fun   Online  
Tuesday
YCMS 685 Falsehoods, Fakes and Frauds | Marjorie Northrup & Suzanne Alleyn In person   225
Wednesday  
YCMS 681 Skills for Engaging in Africa and its Diaspora | Nii Addy & Raphael Ajima - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 17   Online  
YCMS 682 Africa Intergenerational Study Group | Nii Addy & Brian Webber - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 10   Online  
YCMS 683 Fascism | Laura Grunberg In person   225
YCMS 688 Trump 2.0: The Only Thing We Have to Use, is Fear Itself | Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks, starting September 10   Online  
YCMS 606 A Smörgåsbord of Science and Technology | Peggy Leech & Rick Jones - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 17   Online  
Thursday  
YCMS 660 Old Master Art Works in the MMFA | Laurence Nixon - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 11 In person   241
YCMS 668 The Golden Period of Spain | Silvia San Miguel - 8 weeks, starting September 11 In person   245
YCMS 673 The Silk Roads | Roger Humphrey & Jim Wyant In person   225
2:30-4:30 p.m Monday Attendance Room
YCMS 487 (in person)/YCMS 488 (online) Parlons Français | Jacques Lalanne In person Online 225
YCMS 389 (in person)/YCMS 390 (online) Ancient Worlds: Uncovering the Past | Robert Winters In person Online 241
YCMS 648 Famous Francophone Singers | Nadine Ozkan, Frank Nicholson & Elisabeth Robino - 5 weeks, starting September 8   Online  
Tuesday  
YCMS 402 Creative Writing I: Structure and Development | Michael Moore   Online  
YCMS 664 George Eliot, Judaism, and Daniel Deronda | Gabrielle Soskin - 5 weeks, starting September 9 In person   243
YCMS 665 Once Upon a Time - Sharing Our Stories | Lorne Huston - 5 weeks, starting October 14 In person   245
Wednesday  
YCMS 666 Learning by Asking: Voilà la question! | Michel Lamothe In person   245
YCMS 669 (in person)/YCMS 670 (online) Napoleon, Nelson, Wellington: Lives, Loves, Politics, Battles | Peter Blaikie In person Online 241
YCMS 674 Indigenous: Respect or Aggregation? | Randy Kritkausky - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 10   Online  
Thursday  
YCMS 663 Création Littéraire I Anne-Marie Hubert   Online  
YCMS 644 How Movies Are Made | Dan Babineau In person   225
YCMS 349 (in person)/YCMS 350 (online) World Topics of Interest for Discussion | Paul Kuai-Yu Leong In person Online 241
YCMS 690 Hi-tech Risks: Digital Dominoes and Genetic Gambles | Philip Ehrensaft & Jean-Denis Gingras - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 11   Online  
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