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Elder Learners An Association of Life Long Learners Lectures are held at St Mary's University. You will find yourself engrossed in one of our many fascinating lectures with entertaining and well-informed presenters who make their stories come alive. Come and enjoy the fellowship and stimulating topics on lecture day. A further advantage of membership is your invitation to join in the fun of tours, visiting interesting locations in the company of friends. Fall 2019 Lectures FIGHTING FIRES SINCE 1754. Firefighters Jeff Brown and Christian Ruel Saturday, September 21, 2019 McNally Theatre - 9:45am THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR SANDFORD FLEMING Syd Dumaresq, Architect, NSAA, FRAIC Saturday, October 19, 2019 Scotiabank Theatre, Sobey Building - 9:45am SS ATLANTIC: COURAGE FOLLY, AND LIES IN THE WHITE STAR LINE’S WORST DISASTER BEFORE THE TITANIC Robert Chaulk Saturday, November 30, 2019 McNally Theatre - 9:45 am Winter 2020 Lectures THE UNDERWATER WORLD: WHALES, SHARKS, RAYS, etc. Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark, Dalhousie University. Saturday, January 18th, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45am DEMENTIA/FRAILTY AND NEW RESEARCH. Lindsay Wallace, Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University. Saturday, February 22nd, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45am LYME DISEASE, TICKS, NEW RESEARCH Jane Bailey,Mount Allison University . Saturday, March 28th, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45 am |
SS ATLANTIC: COURAGE FOLLY, AND LIES IN THE WHITE STAR LINE’S WORST DISASTER BEFORE THE TITANIC
Robert Chaulk Saturday, November 30, 2019 McNally Theatre - 9:45 am While Nova Scotia’s worst shipwreck featured shocking ineptitude by the ship’s officers, it also features dramatic heroism from the people of Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. They rescued 370 of the 420 saved from the disintegrating ship. Of nearly 1,000 people aboard, some 550 died, including all the women and children, except one. Bob Chaulk is a scuba diver, writer and historian at the SS Atlantic Heritage Park Society and museum in Terence Bay. He is busy completing his second book about the loss of the Atlantic, the biggest and most modern ship of her day. Bob is an authority on the maritime history of Nova Scotia and has delivered presentations from Yarmouth to Sydney. |
If you are planning to attend our talk on November 30th, please contact Elderlearners c/o Jennifer MacKeigan at j.mackeigan@bellaliant.net
or phone at 902-883-9766. Membership for the year is $20, and the fee for each lecture is $20 for members and $25 for non-members, including coffee break and lunch. |
