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  • January 16, 2017 9:00 AM | Barrie Braiden

    Welcome to "Third Age Learning - York Region" - TALYR! 

      The SPRING 2017 Speaker Events is listed below as well as on the TALYR.ca HOME page under Upcoming Events and on the Events page.             


                 Further speaker and topic details, plus the Spring Registration information, will be available prior to the February 27, 2107 date for Series Ticket sales at 9:00AM. 



    April 3

    Dr. Laurence Packer

     

    Bees, Importance and Diversity


    April 10

    Professor Momo Kano Podolsky

     

    Understanding Japanese Society and Culture


    April 24

    Professor Adam Chapnick

     

    Canada on the World Stage: Past, Present and Future


    May 1 

    Dean Hollin

     

    The Great American Songbook 101 -Dissecting the American Songbook


    May 8

    Professor Jennifer Bonnell

     

    The Great Lakes: A History of Water Quality and Water Politics


    May 15

    Professor Philippa Sheppard

     

    Shakespeare – Confronting the Vexed Authorship Question


    We look forward to seeing you all at the Spring Registration season kickoff on April 3, 2017.


    The TALYR Program Committee.                                                   Third Age Learning - York Region Inc.


    Welcome to "Third Age Learning - York Region" - TALYR!


    HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!  


     

      The SPRING 2017 Speaker Events is listed below as well as on the TALYR.ca HOME page under Upcoming Events and on the Events page.             


                 Further speaker and topic details, plus the Spring Registration information, will be available prior to the February 27, 2107 date for Series Ticket sales at 9:00AM. 



    April 3

    Dr. Laurence Packer

     

    Bees, Importance and Diversity


    April 10

    Professor Momo Kano Podolsky

     

    Understanding Japanese Society and Culture


    April 24

    Professor Adam Chapnick

     

    Canada on the World Stage: Past, Present and Future


    May 1 

    Dean Hollin

     

    The Great American Songbook 101 -Dissecting the American Songbook


    May 8

    Professor Jennifer Bonnell

     

    The Great Lakes: A History of Water Quality and Water Politics


    May 15

    Professor Philippa Sheppard

     

    Shakespeare – Confronting the Vexed Authorship Question


    We look forward to seeing you all at the Spring Registration season kickoff on April 3, 2017.


    The TALYR Program Committee.                                                   Third Age Learning - York Region Inc.

  • September 12, 2016 5:00 PM | Barrie Braiden

    Professor Lee Bartel is pleased to provide TALYR Members with Internet website LINKS to access more information and details relating to his well received lecture - "How Music Can Impact Health". 

    And further information on the VTS1000 is provided as well.

    Click here to access these sites for TALYR Members-Only 




  • August 09, 2016 9:00 AM | Barrie Braiden

    Good day, Members.

    The FALL 2016 Event Series has sold out in ONE day - all 170 seats.

    Thank you, Members,  for your continued confidence and support for our Programs.

    See you on Monday September 12, 2016.

    Regards,

    The TALYR Board Members


  • July 10, 2016 1:40 PM | Barrie Braiden

    Good day, Members and Guests.

    We have posted the details of the TALYR Fall 2016 Speakers Series on our HOME page, as well as on the EVENTS page for your consideration.








    The Program Announcement and Sales details will be issued to all of our Contacts, Members and Non-members.shortly. 

    Please note that CREDIT CARD ONLY Purchases/SALES of the FALL 2016 Series will start at 12:00 AM Monday Aiugust 8, 2016. 

    We are not accepting cash or cheques payment for Membership or Series.

    We look forward to seeing you at this great series of diverse speakers and topics beginning September 12 2016.

    Kind regards,

    THe TALYR Program Committee

  • May 26, 2016 9:00 AM | Barrie Braiden

    Please note that the Fall 2016 Series is being planned at this time. 

    Events & speakers will be announced by email and on the Events page.

    The Fall 2016 event dates are Sept 12, 19 and 26 and 
    October 17, 24 and 31.

    Thank you for your patronage - see you in September 2016!
  • March 01, 2016 12:00 PM | Barrie Braiden

    The 2016 Program for the Spring Series has sold out in less than one and a half days. It is getting very popular in York Region.

    Thank you for your encouragement and support.

    We hope that you will enjoy the 2016 Spring Series - remember to arrive early for the first event, to pick up you Spring Program "Name Card" and to pick up your Program that outlines the series, the speakers and our survey at the end of the program. Please hold on to your Program - write in notes, comments and ratings throughout the Series.

    See you on April 11, 2016!

    The Program Committee

    TALYR INC.

  • February 29, 2016 12:30 PM | Barrie Braiden

    The Spring 2016 Event Series is available for purchase as of Midnight February 29, 2016.

    The series is selling fast - already 130 seats were sold before NOON today.

    Only 40 seats left - don't delay - they are going very fast!

    Thanks for your continued support of TALYR in our Region.

    Sincerely,

    The Board - Third Age Learning - York Region Inc.

  • January 17, 2016 12:00 PM | Barrie Braiden

    Happy New Year 2016!

    The SPRING 2016 Program of 6 Weekly Lecture

     Presentations  are scheduled to run from 

    April 11 to May 16, 2016 - on 6 consecutive Mondays, 

    10:00 - NOON.

            Here is the lineup of our Spring 2016 Speakers and their Topics:  

    April 11th         Prof. Claudio Colaguori     

                             Food Insecurity, Consumerism and the Corporation of Food

    April 18th         Prof. Jamie Cameron

                             How the Supreme Court of Canada chooses its Cases?

    April 25th         Dr. Julia Zarankin

                             St. Petersburg and the Hermitage

    May 2nd             Prof. Ken Weber

                             Why Canadian History is not Boring

    May 9th             Dr. Stanislav Kirschbaum FRFC

                             Is war still a rational option for conflict resolution

    May 16th            Dr. Michael Daley, PHD Music 

                             Tin Pan Alley: The art and business of popular song

    More details about the SPRING 2016 Program will be announced by email on February 29, 2016. 

  • November 02, 2015 3:00 PM | Barrie Braiden
    The FALL 2015 Program of 6 Weekly Lecture Presentations
    has concluded on Monday, November 2, 2015 @ 10:00 AM.

    The SPRING 2016 Program of 6 Weekly Lecture Presentations
    will run from April 11 to May 16, 2016 - 6 consecutive Mondays.


    Details about the SPRING 2016 Program will be announced by email in mid- March 2016.


  • September 21, 2015 4:00 PM | Barrie Braiden

    The TALYR Inc. "By-Laws" have been revised, subsequent to an approved motion, as presented at the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 21, 2015.

    The change is to have the "Annual General Meeting" moved from the LAST event of the SPRING Series to the FIRST of the FALL Series. This allows for the presentation of the audited financial statements, after the June 30th Year End.

    Under Section 7) MEETINGS, the following change in now in effect:

    The Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held on the FIRSTlecture date of the FALL series.

    The By-Laws can be found under the "Who we are", bottom section of our webpages, under Governance & Compliance - By-Laws.

    Should you have any questions, please email us at TALYR@rogers.com 

    The Board of TALYR Inc.

Results of Audience Survey 

May 2014

Your pick for future speaker topics


Topic
 Rating
Social Issues
 1
History
 2
Countries
 3
Music
 3
Theatre
4
People
5
Health
 6
Architecture
7
Art
7
Geography
8
 Science 8
 Politics 9
 Medicine 10

Formation of TALYR

There have been several Third Age Learning (TAL) groups successfully providing quality and informative lectures for those who wish to acquire knowledge without having to be tested afterwards. It became important to a group of six people that a similar organization should exist in York Region. With that in mind, in order to test this assumption, posters were made, sponsors obtained, and two lectures in May 2014 were presented at the Aurora Cultural Centre in Aurora, ON. These lectures, provided by Dr. Mike Daley and Dr. Peter Russell were extremely well received as well as very well attended.

In answer to this response, the TALYR organization committee decided to follow through with a series of six (6) lectures in the fall of 2014 and potentially another 6 lectures in the spring of 2015.  We agreed to centre the topics on “Innovation “.  Whether future topics will be discussed as six different topics, or as a series of six lectures on one topic, will be decided by the committee in the future.

In that regard, a website has been established and the first opportunity to become a member of TALYR occurs on Friday, August 15, 2014.  It was decided that a membership fee will be $10.00 for the year of July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. It was also decided that, to attend any future TALYR lectures, one must first become a member of TALYR.  At the same time, the first series of six (6) lectures is available as a group of six, rather than six individual lectures. The cost of the series is $50.00.

On August 15, 2014, we are providing the initial opportunity to become (1) a member of TALYR, and (2) register for the first series of six lectures in the fall of 2014.

Currently we have over 215 contacts but know that we are limited to a maximum of 150 attendees at any lecture at the Aurora Cultural Centre. It is for this reason that we are using the “First Come, First Served” approach to determine which of our contacts will be able to attend our first lecture series.  In the event that the maximum of 150 is not attained, the committee will determine if individual lectures may be purchased at the price of $10:00 per lecture.

We are very excited about the potential of this new technology for Third Age Learning in York Region.

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