To join or learn more: www.quillkingston.org

SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES

2:00 – 3:30 (143 Union St. unless otherwise indicated – see map)

TUESDAY DISCUSSIONS

1:30 – 3:30 (Royal Kingston Curling Club – see map)

The Sunday Lecture Series features guest speakers who share their knowledge and areas

of expertise with participants. Each lecture is followed by a question period.

For more information please contact: Gerard Chouest 613-549-3089

September 9

QUILL Celebrates 25 Years of Lifelong Learning

Tom Harris, Interim Provost, Vice Principal (Academic), Queen’s University I Walk on This Land as a Treaty Person: Language, Land and Identity as a Settler Canadian Jill Scott, Vice-Provost, Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Culture, Queen’s University

September 16*

Keeping It In The Family: The Experience of Writing “Emancipation Day” and “Up From Freedom” Wayne Grady, Author, Kingston September 23 Smart Machines: A New Vision of Human Potential or Just More of the Same Old? Merlin Donald, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University

September 30 A Visit to City Point Civil War Park: Headquarters of Ulysses S. Grant Tarun Roy, Scientist (Retired), Kingston October 7

Thanksgiving – no lecture October 14 Who Are We? Our Personal Identity and Its Historical Context David Russo, Professor Emeritus of History, McMaster University, Hamilton October 21 Reading Indigenously: Cultivating Indigenous Relationships and Literature Through the Public Library Jacob Miller, Kingston Frontenac Public Library Outreach October 28 Urban Nature Conservation: Attracting and Understanding the Wild Bird in Your Backyard Paul Oliver, Owner, Urban Nature Store, Kingston November 4 Local Boy Makes Good: Edward “Eddie” Robert Peacock (Qu MA 1894) Finds Fame and Fortune in London Duncan McDowall, University Historian and Adjunct Professor of History, Queen’s University

November 11 Of Plagues and Vampires: Believable Myths and Unbelievable Facts from Medical Practice Michael Hefferon, Author, Pediatrician (Retired), Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and

Oncology, Queen’s University November 18 Lemkin’s Legacy: The Passage into Law of the UN’s (1948) Genocide Convention Michael Kocsis, Adjunct Professor, Utica College, Master of Laws Student, Queen’s

University November 25 Kingston During the American Civil War Bruce Cossar, Academic Librarian, Presbyterian Minister (Retired), Kingston December 2 A Walk in Longwood Gardens, PA, and Albuquerque, NM Peter Ashley, PhD, Queen’s University, Alcan Research, Norton Co. (Retired) *This lecture is presented with the financial assistance of the Canadian Council through

the Writers’ Union of Canada

Individual participants speak on their special areas of

interest and invite discussion (as listed below). For more

information contact: Bill Reid 613-542-8590

September 11

What Did You Read This Summer?

Group Discussion

September 18 Field Trip: Meet at Kingston City Hall 1:30 pm

Tour and Discussion

September 25 Eileen: The Making of Orwell

Presented by Author Silvia Topp

October 2 What Were You Doing When ‘Such and Such’

Happened?

Group Discussion

October 9 Thanksgiving – no meeting

October 16 According to Marshall McLuhan “Art is whatever you

say it is” or “Anything you can get away with”

Group Discussion

October 23 Your Smartphone Is Making You Stupid, Antisocial and

Unhealthy

Group Discussion

October 30 Whatever Happened to the Art of Conversation?

Group Discussion

November 6

How Confident Are You of Your News Sources, or Does

It Matter?

Group Discussion

November 13 Technical Advance by Itself Creates More Problems

Than It Solves

Group Discussion

November 20 Do Political Parties Matter Any More to the Masses?

Group Discussion

November 27 What Is ‘The Middle Class’ and Who Is ‘The Little Guy’?

Group Discussion

December 4 Is Religion Understated in Dealing With Social

Problems?

Group Discussion

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”

~ George Santayana

Fall 2018

Fall 2018

Sunday Lectures Tuesday Discussions

Rm 101, Goodes Hall, School of Business Royal Kingston Curling Club

143 Union St. (use main entrance) 130 Days Rd.

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meet our board members and more. Visit us today.

APPLICATION FORM

Fall & Winter Sessions (September 2018 – March 2019) $50 Fall Session only (September – December 2018) $35

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