Winter 2026 Study Groups Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, study groups are 10 weeks in duration and begin in the week of January 12. 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 & Laura Malbogat   Online  
YCMS 715 The Basics of the Study of the Universe | Lawrence Lincoln & Suzanne Alleyn In person   243
YCMS 702 (in person)/YCMS 703 (online) Peace in Our Time? | Mark G. Peacock, Denis Thompson, Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks
In person Online 225
YCMS 708 More Eclectic Shakespeare | Clifford Parr
In person   241
Tuesday  
YCMS 694 From Visual Art to Creative Writing and Back | Romano DeSantis & Giovanna DeSantis
  Online  
YCMS 712 (in person)/YCMS 713 (online) Trump 2.1: "We will not live on our knees...." | Jeff Sidel
In person Online 225
YCMS 704 (in person)/YCMS 705 (online) The Cold War: Truth and Fiction | Colin Hudson & Russell Chapman - 6 weeks, starting January 20
In person Online 241
Wednesday  
YCMS 677 (in person)/YCMS 706 (online) Cognitive Function in Aging | Michelle Gadoury
In person Online 225
YCMS 711 Music and the Brain | Richard Jones & Philip Ehrensaft
  Online  
YCMS 402 Creative Writing I: Structure and Development | Michael Moore
  Online  
Thursday  
YCMS 699 Let's Do Philosophy: Big Ideas! | Alan Belk
In person   241
YCMS 300 (in person)/YCMS 344 (online) L'Actualité: perspectives des medias Québécois | Anthony Frayne
In person Online 225
12:00-2:00 p.m. Monday Attendance Room
YCMS 707 Théâtre à la carte: lecture expressive de scènes de théâtre | Jacques Lalanne - 5 weeks, starting week of February 16
In person   241
YCMS 709 More Grand Opera | Clifford Parr & Tony Wait
In person   225
YCMS 079 Drama for Fun | Freda Segal   Online  
Tuesday
YCMS 714 Finding Hope in a Challenging World | Marjorie Northrup
In person   225
YCMS 700 (in person)/YCMS 716 (online) Conflicts as Turning Points in World History | Michel Lamarche - 5 weeks, starting February 17
In person Online 241
Wednesday  
YCMS 406 For the Love of Travel | Peter Liontos - 5 weeks, every other week
  Online  
YCMS 717 Trump 2.1: "We will not live on our knees...." | Jeff Sidel - 5 weeks
  Online  
YCMS 606 A Smörgåsbord of Science and Technology | Peggy Leech & Rick Jones - 5 weeks, every other week, starting January 21   Online  
Thursday  
YCMS 696 Writing Studio | Elizabeth Moes
  Online  
YCMS 701 The Silk Roads Continued | Roger Humphrey, Jim Wyant, Wendela Stier In person   241
2:30-4:30 p.m Monday Attendance Room
YCMS 487 (in person)/YCMS 488 (online) Parlons Français | Jacques Lalanne - 5 weeks, starting February 16 In person Online 225
YCMS 693 Edward Maxwell Architect - his Québec Works | Michael Moore - 5 weeks, every other week, starting January 19
  Online  
YCMS 389 (in person)/YCMS 390 (online) Ancient Worlds: Uncovering the Past | Robert Winters
In person Online 241
Tuesday  
YCMS 486 Creative Writing II: Flash Fiction, Short Story Development | Michael Moore
  Online  
YCMS 698 Indigenous Literature: The Back Stories | Randy Kritkausky - 5 weeks, every other week
  Online  
YCMS 666 Learning by Asking: Voilà la question! | Danielle Cinq-Mars & Claire Booth
In person   225
Wednesday  
YCMS 697 How Comedians Make Us Laugh | John LeGuerrier
  Online  
YCMS 498 What's All the Percussion About? | Lanny Levine - 5 weeks, starting February 18
In person   225
Thursday  
YCMS 710 Great Pianists of the 20th Century | Peter Margo
In person   225
YCMS 695 Mark Twain's Jim vs. Percival Everett's James | Brian Moore & Barbara Karasek
In person   241
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