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.

9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday
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  
YCMS 512 The Eclectic Shakespeare | Clifford Parr In person  
Tuesday
YCMS 671 (in person)/YCMS 672 (online) Revolutions in History | Colin Hudson In person Online
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  
YCMS 677 Cognitive Function in Aging | Michelle Gadoury - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 16 In person  
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
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
YCMS 692 “Zero-Waste” In Montreal by 2030 - A Bold Initiative…? | John Pivnicki - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 10 In person  
Thursday
YCMS 318 Edward Maxwell, Architect: Works of A Master| Michael Moore - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 18   Online
YCMS 663 Création Littéraire I | Anne-Marie Hubert   Online
YCMS 047 (in person)/YCMS 342 (online) Inside The New Yorker | Kay Palkhivala In person Online
YCMS 678 The Music We Love | Dan Babineau In person  
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
YCMS 661 Mansfield Park by Jane Austen | Maggie Benfield In person  
YCMS 676 A History of Modern Iran | Soheila Raesinezhad In person  
YCMS 647 Théâtre à la Carte: Lecture à Haute Voix de Scènes de Théâtre | Jacques Lalanne In person  
YCMS 680 19th Century Grand Opera | Clifford Parr & Tony Wait In person  
YCMS 079 Drama for Fun   Online
Tuesday
YCMS 685 Falsehoods, Fakes and Frauds | Marjorie Northrup & Suzanne Alleyn In person  
YCMS 689 Alberta and Quebec: What's Behind the Headlines? | Brian Webber & Ron Foyer - 5 weeks, every other week, starting September 9   Online
YCMS 691 Agriculture: The Good, Bad and the Ugly | Muriel Herrington   Online
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, starting September 10   Online
YCMS 683 Fascism | Laura Grunberg In person  
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  
YCMS 668 The Golden Period of Spain | Silvia San Miguel - 8 weeks, starting September 11 In person  
YCMS 673 The Silk Roads | Roger Humphrey & Jim Wyant In person  
2:30-4:30 p.m Monday
YCMS 486 Creative Writing II: Flash Fiction, Short Story Development   Online
YCMS 487 (in person)/YCMS 488 (online) | Jacques Lalanne In person Online
YCMS 389 (in person)/YCMS 390 (online) Ancient Worlds: Uncovering the Past | Robert Winters In person Online
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  
YCMS 665 Once Upon a Time - Sharing Our Stories | Lorne Huston - 5 weeks, starting October 14 In person  
Wednesday
YCMS 666 Learning by Asking: Voilà la question! | Michel Lamothe In person  
YCMS 669 (in person)/YCMS 670 (online) Napoleon, Nelson, Wellington: Lives, Loves, Politics, Battles | Peter Blaikie In person Online
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  
YCMS 349 (in person)/YCMS 350 (online) | Paul Kuai-Yu Leong In person Online
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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