MCLL Spring 2025 Study Groups Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, study groups are 10 weeks in duration and begin in the week of April 14. All times are stated in Eastern time.

9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday
YCMS 249 Writers' Circle| Liliane Aberman & Maureen Wilson   Online
YCMS 643 Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation | Lawrence Lincoln & Suzanne Alleyn - 8 weeks, starting April 14 In person  
YCMS 649 The Plays of George Bernard Shaw | Clifford Parr - 8 weeks, starting April 14 In person  
YCMS 658 Recycling Waste in Greater Montreal | John Pivnicki - 5 weeks, every other week, starting April 14 In person  
Tuesday
YCMS 633 (in person )/YCMS 634 (online) Children's Literature - What Is It For? | Kay Palkhivala - 5 weeks, starting April 22 In person Online
YCMS 638 The Adventure of Archeology in Greece and the Middle East | Michel Lamarche - 5 weeks, starting May 6 In person  
YCMS 639 (in person )/YCMS 640 (online) Vietnam: A War of the 60s? | Jeff Sidel In person Online
YCMS 656 How Can AI Chatbots Help Lifelong Learners? | Romano De Santis & Giovanna De Santis   Online
Wednesday
YCMS 327 The Immigration Experience | Peter Berry   Online
YCMS 646 America’s Operetta: Broadway Musicals | Philip Ehrensaft & Rick Jones   Online
YCMS 300 (in person)/YCMS 344 (online) L‘Actualité: perspectives des media Québécois | Anthony Frayne - 8 weeks, starting April 16 In person Online
Thursday
YCMS 644 How Movies Are Made | Dan Babineau In person  
YCMS 653 (in person)/YCMS 645 (online) Constitutions, the Backbone of a Democratic Society | Anthony Frayne - 8 weeks, starting April 17 In person Online
YCMS 655 Defending Canada’s Arctic Archipelago | Denis Thompson - 5 weeks, starting April 17 In person  
12:00-2:00 p.m. Monday
YCMS 647 Théâtre à la carte: lecture à haute voix de scènes de théâtre | Jacques Lalanne - 8 weeks, starting April 14 In person  
YCMS 650 Bel Canto Opera II | Clifford Parr & Tony Wait In person  
YCMS 079 Drama for Fun | Freda Segal   Online
Tuesday
YCMS 626 (in person )/YCMS 627 (online) Photography: Historical Milestones, Iconic Photographers | Gordon Campey In person Online
YCMS 290 The West and Quebec Through Their Literature | Andrew Macdougall (MCLL) & Sandra Ens (CALL) - 5 weeks, every other week, starting April 15   Online
YCMS 586 Five Discoveries that Changed the World | Beverley Ann Lee - 5 weeks, starting May 20 In person  
YCMS 645 Commodification of Ageism: The Substance | Marlene Chan - 5 weeks, starting May 20 In person  
Wednesday
YCMS 630 "Literature adds to reality, it does not simply… | Barbara Karasek In person  
YCMS 406 For the Love of Travel | Peter Liontos - 5 weeks, starting April 16   Online
YCMS 641 Vietnam: A War of the 60s? – Section 2 | Jeff Sidel   Online
YCMS 498 What's All the Percussion About? | Lanny Levine - 5 weeks, starting April 16 In person  
YCMS 606 A Smörgåsbord of Science and Technology | Peggy Leech - 5 weeks, every other week, starting April 23   Online
Thursday
YCMS 628 (in person )/YCMS 629 (online) Street Art, a.k.a. Graffiti | Linda Sidel - 5 weeks, starting May 22 In person Online
YCMS 635 Aperçu de la culture et de l'histoire de l'Espagne | Silvia San Miguel & Suzie Bogos - 8 weeks staring April 17 In person  
YCMS 636 Byzantium - The New Rome, Part III | Roger Humphrey, Jim Wyant, & Wendela Stier - 6 weeks, starting April 17 In person  
YCMS 501 (in person )/YCMS 502 (online) The Life, Times and Music of Leonard Cohen | Linda Sidel & Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks, starting April 17 In person Online
YCMS 659 Healing Grief: A Journey of Renewal | Georgia Remond - 5 weeks, starting April 17 In person  
2:30-4:30 p.m Monday
YCMS 487 (in person)/YCMS 488 (online) Parlons Français | Jacques Lalanne - 8 weeks, starting April 14 In person Online
YCMS 389 (in person)/YCMS 390 (online) Ancient Worlds: Uncovering the Past | Robert Winters In person Online
Tuesday
YCMS 402 Creative Writing I: Structure and Development | Michael Moore   Online
YCMS 437 An Ocean Voyage Around the World in 140 Days | David Grogan In person  
YCMS 462 (in person)/YCMS 463 (online) The Evolution of Eighteenth-Century Celebrity | Belinda Beaton - 8 weeks, starting April 15 In person Online
YCMS 642 World History Explorer (Tours of Bygone Worlds) | Petre Strobach & Marna Murray   Online
Wednesday
YCMS 631 Creative Writing II: Part 2 Flash Fiction, Short Story Development | Michael Moore - 5 weeks, every other week, starting April 16   Online
YCMS 632 Healing Through Writing – Part II| Michael Moore - 5 weeks, every other week, starting April 23   Online
YCMS 637 Indigenous Clowns and Tricksters | Randy Kritkausky - 5 weeks, every other week, starting April 16   Online
YCMS 651 (in person)/YCMS 652 (online) How Is AI Changing Our World? | Nadia Alexan In person Online
Thursday
YCMS 592 Music in the Cinema | Dan Babineau In person  
YCMS 349 (in person)/YCMS 350 (online) World Topics of Interest for Discussion | Paul Kuai-Yu Leong In person Online
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