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Academy for Lifelong Learning Bloor Street St. George Station
Harbord Street
St. George Street
Sussex Avenue
Hoskins Avenue
Spring Talks Wednesdays, April 13 to May 18, 2016 Coffee at 9:45 a.m. • Speaker at 10:15 a.m. Academy Members Free Non-Members $10 per Talk (All are welcome. No reservations required.) Location:
College Street
Innis College Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue at St. George Street, one block south of Bloor
59 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 2E6 416-946-5185 • www.allto.ca offering programs for adult learners in collaboration with the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto
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Wednesday April 13, 2016
Wednesday May 4, 2016
Roy McMurtry
Molly Shoichet
Reflections on a Life of Public Service
Engineering strategies to overcome blindness and brain injury
The Honourable Roy McMurtry has had a varied and influential career in many aspects of public service, from politics to diplomacy to the judiciary. As a reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Chief Justice of Ontario, he has made a large and enduring contribution to public life, which continues with his work on public inquiries.
Dr. Molly Shoichet is an award winning Canadian biomedical engineer known for her work in tissue engineering. She is the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering and is a professor of chemical engineering and applied chemistry and biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto. She is an expert in the study of polymers for drug delivery and regeneration, which are materials that promote healing in the body.
Wednesday April 20, 2016
Wednesday May 11, 2016
Prhabat Jha
Mark Saunders
How to avoid childhood deaths, cancer and heart disease - and live forever
From Guns to Gangs: How Safe is Toronto?
Dr. Prhabat Jha is an epidemiologist and founding Director of the Centre for Global Health Research. He is also the Inaugural University of Toronto Endowed Professor in Disease Control, Canada Research Chair at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, co-investigator of the Disease Control Priorities Network and expert advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Chief Mark Saunders is in his 32nd year with The Toronto Police Service. He has had an extensive background within the portfolios of Professional Standards, Urban Street Gangs, Drug Squad, Intelligence Division, Community Safety Command, Specialized Operations Command, Emergency Task Force and he served as the Unit Commander of the largest homicide squad in Canada. He is currently Co-Chair of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police - Organized Crime Committee.
Wednesday April 27, 2016
Wednesday May 18, 2016
Carolyn Harris
David Crombie
Magna Carta and its Gifts to Canada
Toronto - Past, Present and Future
Dr. Carolyn Harris is an expert in the history of European monarchy and well deserves her sobriquet of ‘royal historian’. She is a teacher at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies, a media commentator and popular lecturer on all things royal and the author of two related books, Magna Carta and its Gifts to Canada and Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe.
The Honourable David Crombie served as mayor of Toronto from 1972-1978. In federal politics he held office from 1978-1988 and was Minister of Health and Welfare for a period of time. He has been consulted by city and provincial governments on many matters and has written numerous reports addressing planning, most recently a report entitled, Planning for Health, Prosperity and Growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe: 2015-2041.
