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Explore the Breadth of Past TALYR Presentations


At TALYR, we take immense pride in the calibre, intellectual rigour, and diverse expertise of the presenters who share their insights with our community. Over the years, our members have explored a rich tapestry of subjects, spanning world history, leading-edge science, global politics, social issues, literature, economics, and the arts. 


A chronological list of past topics can be accessed below. Simply click on any entry in the list if you want to retrieve detailed information about that particular presentation. 


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Past Topics and Speakers

May 11, 2026 Voyage of the Vikings
May 04, 2026 Anne Innis Dagg: A Life of Courage, Curiosity, and Conservation
April 27, 2026 Vanished Beyond the Map
April 20, 2026 Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour
April 13, 2026 Optimism About Defeating Cancer - Realizing Terry Fox's Dream
March 30, 2026 Tom Thomson? The Art of Authentication
February 02, 2026 The Life of a Concert Pianist
January 26, 2026 The Acadians: from Nova Scotia to Louisiana
January 19, 2026 M.A.I.D. /Advance Care Planning
January 12, 2026 Evolution of a Crime Fiction Writer
November 03, 2025 Aging in the Right Place—Navigating Through Community-Based Services
October 27, 2025 Addressing Loneliness: Strengthening Social Connection As We Age
October 20, 2025 Hope to Action: A Path Towards a Healthier Planet Where Animals, People and the Environment Can All Thrive
October 06, 2025 Life Beyond Earth: From Ancient Asteroids to Future Explorations
September 29, 2025 Qausuittuq National Park in the Canadian Arctic
September 15, 2025 Island on Fire: Inside the Demise of Slavery
September 08, 2025 Connect, Don't Retreat: Practical Tips for Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division
May 12, 2025 Cold War 2.0: What it Means for Canada
May 05, 2025 Steven Spielberg: An Undercover Maverick Hiding in Plain Sight
April 28, 2025 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Healthcare
April 14, 2025 Conversations with a Former Canadian Spy
April 07, 2025 Crime Prevention for Seniors
March 31, 2025 Managing Canada-U.S. Relations in the Second Trump Era
May 13, 2024 The Gordon Lightfoot Story
May 06, 2024 Picasso and Matisse Reinvent the World
April 29, 2024 How Reading Chekhov Can Change Your Life
April 22, 2024 We Meant Well: International Development
April 15, 2024 Food Insecurity and Food Banking: The Rising Trend
April 08, 2024 The Idea of North: Contemporary Canadian Architecture
February 05, 2024 Black Canadian History - Let's Get Educated!
January 29, 2024 NEPAL IT'S NEVER TOO LATE: Rediscovering Love, Connection and Personal Resilience on Nepal's Great Himalayan Trail
January 22, 2024 Unveiling the Cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope
January 15, 2024 FREE Winter 2024 Speaker Event Series (via Zoom)
January 15, 2024 A Good War: mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency
November 06, 2023 Migration and Culinary Change
October 30, 2023 What's Really Going On In The South China Sea?
October 23, 2023 Policymaking in Times of Crisis
October 23, 2023 Agatha Christie and Archaeology
October 16, 2023 The Right to Learn - Why Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Matters to All Of Us
October 02, 2023 Battle of the Atlantic
September 18, 2023 AI, Wearables, and our Future Digital Lives
September 11, 2023 Laughing in the Dark: The Art Of Comedic Filmmaking
May 15, 2023 Living the Medicine Wheel Teachings
May 08, 2023 Lessons Learned on the Frontlines: The Daily Work of MSF from Crisis to Care
May 01, 2023 150 Years of Canada Taiwan Relations and no Embassy Yet - Does it Matter?
April 17, 2023 The Trial of Leo Frank: Precursor to Peril?
April 03, 2023 While Nations Talk, Cities Act
January 16, 2023 FREE Winter 2023 Speaker Event Series (via Zoom)
February 07, 2022 They Call Me George: Black Sleeping Car Porters and the making of Modern Canada
January 31, 2022 Lahore - The Cultural Heart of Pakistan
January 24, 2022 Home as Memory, Home as Witness
January 17, 2022 FREE Winter 2022 Speaker Event Series (via Zoom)
January 17, 2022 Medieval Anatomy and the Rise of the Renaissance
November 01, 2021 Architecture: Now I Get It! Understanding the Elements of Architecture
October 25, 2021 Indigenous ethnies and Nations
October 18, 2021 Aging: Fact and Fancy
October 04, 2021 Decarbonizing our cities: going beyond transit and intensification
September 27, 2021 A Cybersafety Intro: Understanding Where Your Data Goes and Why It Matters
September 20, 2021 Canada Needs a New Seniors’ Strategy: Lessons from the Pandemic
September 13, 2021 FREE Fall 2021 Speaker Event Series (via Zoom)
September 13, 2021 In Praise of Walking
January 18, 2021 Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
January 18, 2021 FREE Winter 2021 Speaker Event Series (via Zoom)
November 09, 2020 Mozart - The Musicians’ Musician and Everyman's Composer
November 02, 2020 Is cannabis a cure all?
October 26, 2020 Human Trafficking: Hidden in Plain Sight in Our Backyard!
October 19, 2020 New Approaches for Treating Cancer
October 05, 2020 Hong Kong, China and the deep roots of the ongoing crisis
September 21, 2020 To See, To Be, To Do: The Landscape of the World's Religions
September 14, 2020 Forensics in Crime Solving
September 14, 2020 FREE Fall 2020 Speaker Event Series (via Zoom)
November 04, 2019 Rush to Danger - Medics in the Line of Fire
October 28, 2019 A Tale of Two Museums: Louvre of Paris, Victoria & Albert of London
October 21, 2019 The Symphonies by Beethoven – the Universe in Music
October 07, 2019 The Fall of the Roman Empire and Why it Matters Today
September 23, 2019 Does Canada really have an immigration problem? Here are the facts
September 16, 2019 True story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz
September 09, 2019 On the Disruptive Technologies of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Virtual Reality
April 29, 2019 Forbidden Fruit: Banned, Censored, and Challenged books from Dante to Harry Potter
April 23, 2019 TALYR Members Only - REGISTER NOW! Dr. Brian Goldman: The Power of Kindness in Healthcare
April 23, 2019 Non-TALYR Members - PURCHASE NOW! Dr. Brian Goldman: The Power of Kindness in Healthcare
April 15, 2019 Truth and Reconciliation - what does it really mean for Canada ?
April 08, 2019 Maintaining the Best of Both Worlds
April 01, 2019 The Road to Marylake
April 01, 2019 Spring 2019 Speaker Event Series - Sold Out
November 05, 2018 Does the Punishment fit the Crime? How Judges Sentence Offenders in Canada
October 29, 2018 End of WWII
October 22, 2018 How to Protect Your Privacy Before it’s Taken Away: Embed Privacy, by Design
October 15, 2018 Wrongful Convictions in Canada
October 01, 2018 Surnames and History
September 24, 2018 Use of Music in Film
September 17, 2018 Ridgeway 1866: The Hidden History of Canada’s First Modern Battle and the Last Battle Fought in Ontario.
August 06, 2018 Fall 2018 Speaker Series - SOLD OUT
May 14, 2018 Perspectives on the Federal Government
May 07, 2018 Bomb Girls: Trading Aprons for Ammo
April 30, 2018 Richard III: Monstrous or Misunderstood
April 23, 2018 Gardens: A Microcosm for the World’s Environmental Health Issues
April 16, 2018 Engineering Moneyball in Hockey, Baseball and Beyond
April 09, 2018 Orphan 32
October 30, 2017 Designing a good community to live in
October 23, 2017 Triage for Extinction – Which Species should we Save?
October 16, 2017 The Amazing Universe
October 02, 2017 The United Nations in the Modern World: Blessing or Burden
September 25, 2017 Where Ideas Come From
September 18, 2017 Canadian Fascination with Weather
September 11, 2017 The Symphonies of Mozart - the evolution of genius
May 15, 2017 The Great Lakes: A History of Water Quality and Water Politics
May 08, 2017 Shakespeare – Confronting the Vexed Authorship Question
May 01, 2017 The Great American Songbook 101 - Dissecting the American Songbook
April 24, 2017 Canada on the World Stage: Past, Present and Future
April 10, 2017 Understanding Japanese Society and Culture
April 03, 2017 Bees, Importance and Diversity
October 24, 2016 Come from the Shadows: Tales of Ontario Archaeology
October 17, 2016 Brazil: Past and Present
September 26, 2016 The Great Escape: A Canadian Story.
November 02, 2015 We Animals: Jo-Anne's Journey and Adventures as an Animal Rights Photographer
October 26, 2015 Footbridges as Philanthropy: Bringing Social Change to a Walking World
October 19, 2015 Sir Winston Churchill - A True Renaissance Man
October 05, 2015 How to become an opera buff in under an hour!
September 28, 2015 Ontario’s Opportunities in a Changing Climate
September 21, 2015 The Russia-Ukraine Affair – “my lie is truer than your lie"
August 03, 2015 Fall 2015 Speaker Event Series
November 03, 2014 Pursuit of the Real
October 27, 2014 Prisoners of Tehran
October 06, 2014 Loving Water
September 29, 2014 The European Union: Innovation from Crisis
September 22, 2014 The Aging Brain: Opportunities & Challenges
September 15, 2014 The Play's the Thing - or Is It?

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