Our hybrid format allows you the choice of attending lectures in person at Harcourt United Church in Guelph or watching the livestream lecture, from home.
Please join us for our Winter 2027 series beginning January 20th. AM series: The Alchemy of City Making. PM series: What's For Dinner? Details are posted on our LECTURES page. Registration begins Nov 23rd
TALG offers four lecture series annually, two in the fall session, two in the winter. Each series includes eight lectures, over eight Wednesdays (one series in the morning, another in the afternoon).
All lectures are held at Harcourt United Church, 87 Dean Avenue in Guelph and simultaneously streamed online. Registrants can choose which way they want to attend.
TALG is a volunteer run organization which has been offering lecture series over a broad range of topics, since 1988. If you’re looking for stimulating opportunities to learn, question, and share knowledge in a friendly, social environment, we hope you’ll join us. We are mostly retirement age, but all are welcome.
Third Age Learning Guelph offers four lecture series each year, two in the Fall and two in the Winter. Each series comprises of 8 individual lectures given by experts in their various fields. All lectures are held at Harcourt United Church, 87 Dean Avenue in Guelph and simultaneously streamed online.
The Fall Lecture Series will run from September 16 to November 4, 2026; watch the website for full details by late July. The cost is $55 for an 8-lecture series.
AM Series
Cities are complex entities, dramatically shaped by the physical, biological, and especially human landscape. And while sometimes their size alone makes them seem beyond the scope of humans to enact meaningful changes, there are individuals doing just that, sometimes in ways that affect their local community, and sometimes in ways that start new trends or practices that spread worldwide. In this series, we will hear some of the story of Guelph’s own growth and development as a city. We will also hear about the remarkable efforts of a major city, in this case Toronto, to reclaim its previously neglected waterfront land for use by the community. We will learn about practical research on the importance of well-situated and well-used public space in urban design, and about the importance of green space — mini-forests and public gardens — in building a sense of community. Finally, we will hear about some of the housing options available for “third agers”, and where development of the University of Guelph campus and its extensive real estate holdings may be headed.
PM Series
Drawing on a wide range of research in the field, this series will be both informative and fun. We will explore a variety of food-related topics such as how our evolving diets are changing us, the joy of cereal and grains, nutrition for seniors, the role of meat in our evolutionary diet, chocolate and ice cream! We will also explore Canadian food and what our culinary choices say about concepts of national history and identity.
Our FYI page is a digital "bulletin board," where you’ll find information on special TALG events and other interesting opportunities happening in the Guelph area. You’ll also find links to groups with whom we have a connection, given our mutual involvement with lifelong learning experiences and activities. We hope you’ll check it out!
TALG welcomes your enquiries, input and feedback! We’d love to hear from you, whether you have a question, a great topic or speaker to suggest, or are interested in volunteering.
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