OLLI101606 - Understanding Canada [In-person at TUCC]
Course Description
Understanding Canada
Instructor: Robert Timko
Day of Week: Tuesday
Dates: October 1 – December 10 (10 sessions)
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: In-person at TUCC
We will look at how history and geography helped define the Canadian identity and how that identity is demonstrated in the Canadian institutions of state, social programs, arts and literature, the economy and foreign policy, and Canadian popular culture (sports, music, television and film). Additionally, we will talk about bilingualism, multiculturalism, and Indigenous culture in Canada together with Canada’s differences from the United States and its culture and identity.
Maximum: 40
Instructor Bio: Robert Timko is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Canadian Studies at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield. He served as President of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers and the Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies and held Visiting Teaching and Research Professorships in Philosophy and Canadian Studies in Russia, Canada, and the U.S. He is an enthusiastic fan and devoted student of the Murdoch Mysteries.
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