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.
We are on a summer break now but will return in September with two topics: Fall 2026, AM - The Future of Health, and PM - The Global Shift. Watch the website for full details by the end of July; registration will begin Monday August 10th.
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
The World Health Organization defines “good health” as a dynamic balance involving physical, mental, and social well-being. This series explores the intersection of technological innovation and health care, examining how research breakthroughs can improve our daily lives, whether it’s related to monitoring our physical health, or developing techniques to improve memory and hence mental and emotional well-being. Advances in nanomedicine are enabling a more targeted treatment for certain conditions, and a global pandemic reignited interest in vaccines for zoonotic diseases such as Lyme, while researchers continue to grapple with the challenge of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
Developing a variety of tools for building and maintaining physical, mental, and emotional well-being is a good strategy for healthy aging. We begin this series by looking at the dynamic balance between Indigenous ways of knowing and Western medicine which is fundamental to the Two-Eyed Seeing approach to promoting Indigenous health equity. We conclude with a big-picture look at human potential from a physician who contributed a great deal to medical research and then literally reached for the stars.
PM Series
The Paradox of Renewable Energy: Decarbonization in the Age of Disruption Electrification has become an indispensable part of decarbonizing the Earth system, but the technologies that are used to reduce global emissions (including energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and – less commonly – mass transit solutions) are themselves highly dependent on destructive forms of mining and resource extraction that have significant social, economic, and ecological consequences. This is the paradox of renewable energy: as the green energy transitiongathers pace, so too does its material and ecological footprint. Drawing on five years of empirical research, Dr. Johnson explores the conflicts and trade-offs that are currently reshaping the global political economy of lithium extraction in five of the world’s largest lithium-bearing frontiers: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, and Chile. With funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), he seeks to foster a broader public understanding of energy security, resource nationalism, and the politics of miningfor a green and sustainable energy transition.
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!
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