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ElderCollege announces preview of fall courses

Capilano University

Sunshine Coast ElderCollege invites the community to attend a free fall 2017 course preview on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Sechelt Campus of Capilano University. 

ElderCollege is a community of individuals aged 55-plus with a zest for learning and exploring life as they continue to broaden their horizons. ElderCollege offers a wealth of valuable courses and activities through the year to the Sunshine Coast community. ElderCollege works in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Regional District for registration and publicity, and in association with Capilano University. Course fees have been reduced a further 12.5 per cent this year. 

Fall courses are: Why Indigenous Literatures Matter, Hot Topics, iPad for Beginners, Create Stunning Photos With Your iPad, Artists in the Studio, Adventures in Travel, Trace Your Ancestors, Music to My Ears, Dialogue Circles: Towards Reconciliation, Foraging for Mushrooms, The History of Readers and Reading, Canada and the Second World War, Shakespeare: Contemporaries and Conspiracies, and A New History of Life: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable. 

Students can register by phone (604-885-6801), on the SCRD website (www.scrd.ca/recreation) or in person at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre or the Gibsons and Area Community Centre. 

For more information, contact Keith Maxwell, chair of Sunshine Coast ElderCollege, at [email protected] or 604-740-8124, or see www.sunshinecoasteldercollege.ca.

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