Course Description: This course covers the period from the entrance of Canada into NATO in 1949 to the NORAD modernization process of 2024 posing the question: what does it mean to “defend” Canada?  The topics that will be discussed are: Coming out of the Second World War, Canada had the 4th largest military, but how […]

Course Description: We will explore human health and disease. We discuss what your immune system does to protect you from the thousands of threats you encounter daily – and how, like us, it sometimes makes incorrect decisions – with serious consequences.  We examine the silent goings-on inside which allow most of us to experience lifespans […]

Course Description: This course will explore the complex dynamics of Jewish and Christian self-definition, experience, and interaction in the context of Hellenistic and then Roman imperial rule, focusing on the years 200 BCE to 200 CE. Topics covered will include: The history and diversities of “second temple Judaism.” The impact of Greek political domination and […]