About Our Winter 2024 Programming
This January through March, we are offering eight engaging lecture, workshop, and gallery series hosted by some of our most acclaimed LLeaP lecturers. Register before the series begins, or join part-way through at the pro-rated price.
Below are the details for our Winter 2024 session.
Winter Lecture and Workshop Series:
ONLINE LECTURE SERIES:
Behind the Headlines: Current News and World Events
Art and Narrative: Critically Acclaimed Animated Film
Exploring Popular Music: 1980s to the Present
IN-PERSON LECTURE SERIES:
IN-PERSON WORKSHOP SERIES:
Writing the Stories of My Life: Remembering Through Caring and Healing
IN-PERSON GALLERY SERIES:
Muses and Makers: Women in Art at the National Gallery
ONLINE LECTURE SERIES
Behind the Headlines: Current News and World Events
Lecturer: Dr. Elliot Tepper
Series description: In this World Affairs lecture series, we will discuss current events making the news, affecting our lives and our world. Hot topics of the week will be explored in-depth, providing context and background for stories in the headlines. We will also be exploring some topics that did not make the headlines, but should have. The content will be determined weekly by emerging issues of importance to Canadians. Come for lively discussions of the news that matters, led by a veteran Carleton University political scientist and media commentator. Perspective and analysis will be provided by the lecturer, followed by a discussion with participants. Come see why this series is an engaging and enlightening favourite for so many.
- Days: Wednesdays, January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21
- Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern Time
- Format: Online
- Location: Zoom (This lecture series is offered via Zoom, which can be used on computers and mobile devices. We recommend you use a computer/laptop with high-speed internet. A camera and microphone will enable you to participate more fully, but they are not required. See our Support Page for details.)
- Lecture Series Outline: Each lecture will cover up-to-the-hour information on current news and world events, so an outline is not available
- Fee: $150.00 (plus HST)
- Enrolment Capacity: 150 participants
- Registration: Open, register here
Lecturer biography: Dr. Tepper is a veteran professor of comparative politics and international relations at Carleton University. He regularly provides media commentary at home and abroad on a wide range of topics, providing context and deep background to the news stories of the day.
Dr. Tepper’s career in academia and public policy provides the basis for thoughtful analysis on current events, and his lifetime of teaching on-campus and through the public media provides the basis for an engaging, interactive classroom experience. An internationally recognized scholar, Dr. Tepper provides analysis and policy advice to national and international organizations.
Understanding ADHD
Lecturer: Dr. Barry Schneider
Series description: It is not just about challenges with paying attention and being over-energetic. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is difficult to recognize and characterized by many obstacles in addition to attention problems. The name of the disorder changes every few years as do the criteria for its diagnosis. In this series, we will briefly trace the history of the concept of ADHD and theories about what causes it. The majority of the series will be devoted to the assessment and treatment of ADHD in children, adolescents and adults, focusing on recent research. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own perspectives about the disorder and its treatment.
- Days: Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 5, 12
- Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am Eastern Time
- Format: Online
- Location: Zoom (This lecture series is offered via Zoom, which can be used on computers and mobile devices. We recommend you use a computer/laptop with high-speed internet. A camera and microphone will enable you to participate more fully, but they are not required. See our Support page for details.)
- Lecture Series Outline
- Fee: $150.00 plus HST
- Enrolment Capacity: 150 participants
- Registration: Open, register here
Lecturer biography: Barry H. Schneider is a retired clinical psychologist and professor of psychology. He has taught full-time at the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto and Boston College as well as visiting professor appointments in 11 countries. He also has some background in film studies, including academic coursework and consulting work with independent filmmakers.
Art and Narrative: Critically Acclaimed Animated Film
Lecturer: Dr. Eric Weichel
Series description: Explore the power of animation as a creative, conceptual, and imaginative medium. Learn how to critically explore the animated feature’s sourcebook of visual art, literature, storytelling, and performance, in order to better understand animation’s historical and contemporary role as a powerful and potentially subversive aesthetic form and tool of sociocultural analysis.
Note: This lecture series is fast-paced.
- Days: Thursday, February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14
- Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern Time
- Format: Online
- Location: Zoom (This lecture series is offered via Zoom, which can be used on computers and mobile devices. We recommend you use a computer/laptop with high-speed internet. A camera and microphone will enable you to participate more fully, but they are not required. See our Support Page for details.)
- Lecture Series Outline
- Fee: $150.00 plus HST
- Enrolment Capacity: 150 participants
- Registration: Open, register here
Lecturer biography: Dr. Eric Weichel has taught several popular lecture series for the Lifelong Learning Program. He received his PhD in Art History from Queen’s University (Kingston) in 2013, and completed a SSHRC-funded Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Concordia University (Montreal) in 2015. His research specialties involve the role of palace women in facilitating visual and literary cross-cultural exchanges in the courtly sphere.
Eric has curated an exhibition on eighteenth-century French prints for the Carleton University Art Gallery, and was a research assistant at the prestigious Rembrandt Specialist conference at Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex. Eric currently teaches at Nipissing University.
Exploring Popular Music: 1980s to the Present
Lecturer: Keith McCuaig
Series description: From major pop and rock stars, to more obscure underground styles, get ready to listen and learn about a vast array of music! Discover and enjoy the wide range of musical styles from the 1980s through to the 21st century, with LLeaP lecturer Keith McCuaig. Explore the social and historical context of this music, its major figures, and descriptions of musical characteristics and sounds.
This series will focus on various rock-related styles, but many other popular music forms will also be examined. We will discuss most of the major figures from this 40-year period, including 80s legends Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and Madonna; 90s rockers Nirvana, the Tragically Hip and Alanis Morissette; and 2000s retro icons Amy Winehouse, Adele, and the White Stripes. This series picks up where “Rock in the Late 1960s and Beyond” left off. There’s no perquisite for this series, but if you enjoyed Keith’s first two rock courses, you’ll enjoy completing the journey!
- Days: Thursday, February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14
- Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern Time
- Format: Online
- Location: Zoom (This lecture series is offered via Zoom, which can be used on computers and mobile devices. We recommend you use a computer/laptop with high-speed internet. A camera and microphone will enable you to participate more fully, but they are not required. See our Support Page for details.)
- Lecture Series Outline
- Fee: $150.00 plus HST
- Enrolment Capacity: 150 participants
- Registration: Open, register here
Lecturer biography: With an MA in Music and Culture, and over twenty years’ experience as a musician, Keith McCuaig is dedicated to all things music and art. He loves exploring the histories of popular music, especially the interconnectedness of genres, and the socio-cultural significance of music.
Keith has extensive experience in researching, writing and teaching a variety of music-related topics; he has taught courses through Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, and presented at international musicology conferences. From performing, writing, and recording, to lecturing, giving music lessons, and working with community music programs, Keith’s life and passion is music. Keith is a popular Lifelong Learning Program lecturer who has taught over a dozen offerings in the last three years.
IN-PERSON LECTURE SERIES
Crime, Law, and Politics
Lecturer: Dr. Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich
Series description: The Canadian legal landscape, while rooted in tradition, must evolve in order to meet the needs of the people it serves. The aim of this series is to develop a critical understanding of the constant evolution of criminal law in Canada. We will examine the way Canadians think, talk and act on criminal justice and how this has shaped the criminal justice system today. The series will be taught from a legal-process perspective that will concern itself with legislative, administrative, judicial and private ordering and their interactions. This process is also rooted in a pragmatic approach to politics which attempts to understand competing perspectives and achieve some form of reconciliation between them.
- Days: Tuesdays, February 13, 20, 27, March 5, 12, 19
- Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Time
- Format: In-person
- Location: Carleton University Teraanga Commons
- Parking: Parking is not included in the lecture fee. A parking discount link and code will be emailed within two weeks of the series start date
Lecture Series Outline- Fee: $150.00 (plus HST)
- Enrolment Capacity: 50 participants
- Registration: Registration Closed
Lecturer biography: Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich is an adjunct professor with the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Rebecca received her Ph.D. in 2015 from the Carleton University Department of Law and Legal Studies. She has an LL.M. and LL.B., received from Queen’s University in 2002 and 2001 respectively, and holds a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Cincinnati.
In addition to several years teaching at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, Rebecca has taught at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law, and at the University of Cincinnati. She has been a columnist for the Lawyers Weekly and has authored and co-authored several legal textbooks for students and legal system practitioners, including lawyers, paralegals and police. Rebecca is a co-editor of Robson Hall Law School’s criminal law and justice blog and is a research associate with the UK’s Restorative Justice for All Institute.
Rebecca has been an Ontario lawyer since 2003. She worked in private practice from 2003 – 2009, performing a wide range of litigation work. She has worked for six years as Staff Lawyer, Law Reform and Equality, to the Canadian Bar Association, then as a Policy Counsel with the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Subsequently, Rebecca did criminal prosecution work as a per diem Crown Attorney with the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ottawa.
The Agriculture of the Future
Lecturer: Dr. Alberto Suarez Esteban
Series description: From degradation to regeneration, how do we cultivate a sustainable future for our food and planet? Industrial agricultural practices undermine the ecological systems we depend on under the pretext of “feeding the world”. More specifically, industrial agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss, water pollution and overuse, and a major contributor to climate change. If society wants future generations to have a healthy, happy future, undoubtedly we need to change our food system. Regenerative agriculture offers alternative methods of food production that not only prevent the degradation of ecosystems, but enhances them. In this series, we will dive into how food is produced currently and its effects, and how the agriculture of the future could look like.
- Days: Wednesdays, February 14, 21, 28, March 13, 20
- Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern Time
- Format: In-person
- Location: Carleton University Southam Hall
- Parking: Parking is not included in the lecture fee. A parking discount link and code will be emailed within two weeks of the series start date
- Lecture Series Outline
- Fee: $150.00 (plus HST)
- Enrolment Capacity: 50 participants
- Registration: Registration Closed
Lecturer biography: Alberto was born in Asturias (NW Spain), where he developed a deep fascination for Nature. This fascination led him to a B.Sc in Biology, a M.Sc in Conservation Biology and a PhD in Ecology. While doing research and teaching for a few years in the Yukon, he realized the huge impact that agriculture has on biodiversity, and decided to start a farm and show that it is possible to grow food while supporting the health of humans and non-humans alike.
These days developing and running Nature’s Apprentice Farm takes most of Alberto’s energy and focus. Some winters, Alberto gets to teach courses at Carleton University, Algonquin College and Gaia College. Alberto enjoys whitewater canoeing, playing basketball and pickleball, rock climbing, and cross country skiing.
IN-PERSON WORKSHOP SERIES
Writing the Stories of My Life: Remembering Through Caring and Healing
Lecturer: Dr. Anna Rumin
Series description: Does writing stories about “caring for”, “being cared for”, and “healing from” provide an opportunity to look backwards and forwards with a new set of eyes and with empathy? This is a workshop for those who are interested in understanding how the stories of healing and caring from our lives play a role in helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. How do you define “caring”? How do you define “healing”? What is the difference between “caring” and “healing”? What does isolating the stories of “needing to care” and “wanting to care” reveal to us about who we are, why we do what we do? Through answering these questions, we seek to reflect on the past and explore how these themes shape our experiences.
- Days: Mondays, January 29, February 5, 12, 26, March 4, 11
- Time: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm Eastern Time
- Format: In-person
- Location: Carleton University Nicol Building
- Parking: Parking is not included in the workshop fee. A parking discount link and code will be emailed within two weeks of the series start date
- Workshop Series Outline
- Fee: $195.00 (plus HST)
- Enrolment Capacity: 12 participants
- Registration: Registration Closed
Lecturer biography: Dr. Anna Rumin is a native Montrealer whose identity has been shaped by the political landscape of her home province, her Russian roots, a passion for lifelong learning that has been woven both formally in academia and informally through travel, voracious reading and writing, and a love for the stories hidden in our natural world.
Her interest in narrative inquiry stems from her belief that not only do we all have a story to tell but that our stories help us to better understand who we were, who we are and who we are becoming. She has now designed fifteen memoir-based writing workshops that invite participants to think of themselves as the narrators of their lives, as seen and written through a particular lens. Anna is committed to supporting those with whom she works by providing them with opportunities to set and meet their goals. In her spare time, Anna writes short fiction and has been the recipient of numerous awards.
IN-PERSON GALLERY SERIES
Muses and Makers: Women in Art at the National Gallery
Lecturer: Angela Marcus
Series description: Join LLeaP lecturer Angela Marcus at the National Gallery to consider women in art: women as inspiration for male artists, and as brilliant makers of their own art, working against cultural odds to achieve their artistic aims. This small-group series will reference European, Canadian and American artworks in the National Gallery, as well as other sources. You will begin with Renaissance representations of the Virgin Mary and follow female artistic participation and accomplishment in art up to the modern era and evolving feminism.
- Days: Wednesdays, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6, 13
- Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Eastern Time
- Format: In-person
- Location: National Gallery of Canada
- Parking: Parking is not included in the lecture fee (see the National Gallery of Canada website for more details)
- Lecture Series Outline
- Fee: $182.00 (plus HST)
- Enrolment Capacity: 15 participants
- Registration: Registration Closed
Lecturer biography: Angela Marcus (BA Hons/78 MA/93) has taught in Art History and Art Appreciation for over two decades. She is an independent researcher, art writer, and curator, and has taught for several years for the Lifelong Learning Program.