Winter 2024 (January – February)

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, 2024
• Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern Time
• Fee: $150.00 (plus HST)

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, 2024
• Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am Eastern Time
• Fee: $150.00 + HST

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.

• Days: Thursday, February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14, 2024
• Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern Time
• Fee: $150.00 + HST

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 21^st 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
• Fee: $150.00 + HST

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, 2024.
• Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Time
• Fee: $150.00 + HST

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, 2024.
• Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern Time
• Fee: $150.00 + HST

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
• Price: $150 + HST

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
• Price: $182 + HST