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SCS 2168 Food Regulation: Food Safety and Nutritional Quality
 

Stavroula Andreopoulos, BSc, MSc, PhD
Dr. Stavroula Andreopoulos obtained her undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in the department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto. Her post-doctoral fellowships were at the University of Athens and Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, examining both the molecular mechanisms aspects of soluble guanylyl cyclase and lithium regulation of TRPC ion channels in bipolar disorder. Dr. Andreopoulos has taught biochemistry at the second and third year undergraduate level for ten years. She coordinates and teaches in both BCH210 and BCH311. She is the recipient of several awards, including: the NCDEU New Investigator’s Awardee – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); the University of Toronto Master’s Fellowship; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award; the CCNP W. G. Dewhurst Travel Award; and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences Award.

SCS 2472 Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective
 

Frederick Appah, B.A., M.A., M.A. Ph.D.
Frederick Appah is a graduate of the doctoral program at the Department of Political Science, West Virginia University (WVU). His major areas of specialization are Comparative (American) Public Policy, International Relations and Comparative Politics. He has taught a host of courses in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin—Rock County, WVU and Ohio University. After a BA (Honours, Political Science with Philosophy, University of Ghana), he received an MA in Political Science and another MA in International Affairs from Ohio University in 2001. Originally from Ghana in West Africa, Frederick and his family moved to Canada in the summer of 2008 from Janesville, Wisconsin. Frederick’s favourite sport is soccer and he is a proud Arsenal fan (English Premier League).

SCS 2181 Diverging at the 49th Parallel: American and Canadian Public Policies

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Roy Baker, Ph.D.
Dr. Roy Baker is Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator and Associate Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Co-Director of Metabolism and Nutrition in undergraduate medical education. He obtained his Bachelor and Doctoral degrees in Biochemistry at the University of Toronto and completed postdoctoral work at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, and at the Montreal Neurological Institute in the areas of brain lipid metabolism and synaptic transmission. He joined the University of Toronto as a research scientist in Medicine and Biochemistry. Dr. Baker has taught a variety of courses within Arts and Science and Medicine. He often uses a well-received Case Study approach to education, with applications to disease. Dr. Baker is the recipient of teaching awards in Medicine including the prestigious W.T. Aikins Award and the Harry Whittaker Memorial Teaching Award.

SCS 2472 Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective
 

Raj Balkaran, B.A., M.A.
Raj Balkaran holds a B.A. in comparative religion and an M.A. in Hindu studies from the University of Toronto. With overarching interests in world mythology and manifestations of the feminine divine, he is engaged in doctoral work on the ancient Indian narrative, Devi Mahatmya (“The Greatness of the Goddess”) at the University of Calgary. Concurrent with his academic training, Raj is engaged in the exegesis and assimilation of Indian philosophical texts pertaining to the nature of consciousness (e.g., Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras) through a living oral tradition. In his classes at the School of Continuing Studies, he combines lecturing and story-telling in order to offer an enriched experience of the world’s religious traditions.

SCS 2629 Telling Stories: Myth and Meaning
 

Kate Banks, BSc., MSc., DVM
Dr. Kate Banks is an Associate Director in the Division of Comparative Medicine and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Banks received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at McGill University. She is also a graduate (with honours) of the Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph. She has lectured in several courses in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and is also co-coordinator in an undergraduate laboratory-based physiology specialist course. She has supervised summer students as part of the Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Program. She also provides technical advice to the Division of Teaching Laboratories. The Faculty of Medicine recognized her sustained contributions to laboratory teaching in 2009 with the Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Teaching in Life Sciences Award.

SCS 2159 Basic Human Physiology
 

Katherine Barber, B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Lettres françaises)
Known as “Canada’s Word Lady” for her frequent and popular media appearances discussing language in general and Canadian English in particular, Katherine supervised the publication of two editions of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary and many other smaller dictionaries. She is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Canadian English and is known to legions of fans for her knack for making word histories lively and entertaining. Her book Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to do With Pigs, a romp through the history of the English language, was a Canadian bestseller. Since before she could read dictionaries, she has had another passion: ballet. She has taken ballet classes for almost forty years, and has seen thousands of performances all over the world. A popular “Ballet Talk” presenter for The National Ballet of Canada, she vivaciously communicates her knowledge of the art form while demystifying its sometimes intimidating aspects.

SCS 2414 History of the English Language
SCS 2415 Ballet: National Ballet of Canada’s Current Season
 

Leslie Barcza, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Cand.)
Leslie Barcza is a professional composer and musician whose research centres on opera, film, adaptations and the relationship between originality and the mainstream. Leslie’s interactive style of teaching tailors the curriculum to the experience and interests of the student. Visit his bloghttp://barczablog.com/.

SCS 1903 Cinematic Music: How We Hear Film
SCS 2040 The Most Popular Operas
 

Meghan Bauer, BSc., ND
Before entering the field of naturopathic medicine, Meghan received a bachelor of science degree in biology and the social studies of medicine from McGill University and worked for two years conducting research in the field of sensory perception and alternative pain management. Although she always knew she would pursue health care in some regard, she was attracted by the philosophical principles which underlie naturopathic medicine, primarily to treat the whole individual and to address and treat the underlying cause of disease. Meghan graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2006 and is licensed in the Province of Ontario. She is now a practising naturopathic doctor at the Sage Health and Wellness Clinic in downtown Toronto. With a background in science and a love for the qualities that make us unique and individual, Meghan is well suited to both the art and science of naturopathic medicine.

SCS 2054 Your Health: Naturopathic Medicine
SCS 2018Naturopathic Medicine: Natural Treatment Options
 

Tupper Bean, M.B.A., M.H.Sc.
Tupper is the founding Executive Director of the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP). CEP is a self-funding, not-for-profit organization that has partnered with many Canadian academic and primary care providing bodies. CEP was launched in 2004 by the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine to develop inter-professional outreach and knowledge products to make health care practitioners more effective.

A cancer survivor and co-leader of several cancer support groups, Tupper is interested in patient advocacy and support, especially via emerging technologies.

SCS 2000 Mini-Med School at the University of Toronto
 

Tommaso Bianchi B.Sc., M.Ed.
Tommaso prides himself on creating a student-centred learning environment that helps students excel and meet their full potential. In addition to teaching at the School of Continuing Studies, Tommaso is an instructor at Sheridan College in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Access, and the Continuing Education Department. Tommaso spent four years as a semi-professional soccer player in the United States and Canada. His passion for soccer has led him all around the world chasing “the beautiful game” both as a competitor and a fan. An avid supporter of AS Roma, Tommaso is a member of the Roma Supporters Club of Canada. Tommaso received his Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Science from Vanguard University of Southern California while on a full soccer scholarship. He went on to complete a Masters of Education in Distance Education from Athabasca University. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies and documentaries about medieval Europe.

Keith Bolender , Freelance Journalist
Keith Bolender is an award winning journalist, former community newspaper editor and freelance Toronto Star reporter, author of numerous articles on American foreign policy and US-Cuban relations, has worked in Cuba as an American media contact for Cuban information and culture. He is the author of Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba. [Pluto Press, (London, England) 2010. Spanish version Editorial Jose Marti, (Havana) 2010]. The book examines the history of the more than 1000 acts of terrorism committed against Cuba since the earliest days of the Revolution, told through the personal testimonials of dozens of Cubans either directly victimized by the acts or who have lost loved ones. Included is the bombing of Cubana Airlines in 1976, the second worst act of air terrorism in the Americas after 9/11.

SCS 2036 Cuba: The Evolution of a Revolution
 

Ed Borczon, B.Sc.F., R.P.F.
Ed Borczon is a forestry consultant and a Registered Professional Forester with 30 years experience in resource management with the Ministry of Natural Resources.

SCS 2265 Trees: An Ecological Approach To Their Care
 

Lorraine Bryers, C.E.L.T.A. T.E.S.L., B.A. (pend.)
Lorraine has been teaching English as a Second Language since 2003 and is currently working on a degree in Linguistics and Anthropology. She is also a musician who plays drums with a UofT charity band. The Semiotones play at many UofT functions to raise money for The Hospital for Sick Children. Along with Lorraine’s teaching experience, and love of music, she has several years experience in small business management and proprietorship.

SCS 2482 Rock and Roll Classics of the 1950s: Sheboom!

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Sophia Chadwick, HB.Sc
Originally from British Columbia, Sophia Chadwick is a recent graduate from the University of Toronto completing a double major in Human Biology and Social Anthropology. During her time at the University, she was involved in many extracurricular activities including math tutoring, marathon running, Residence Advisor, youth and gang researcher, cystic fibrosis researcher, and her personal favorite, member of the 1950′s rock band “The Semiotones”. She has been one of the lead singers as well as a back-up member since the very beginning and is looking forward to spreading her newfound love for the music of the 1950′s!

SCS 2482 Rock and Roll Classics of the 1950s: Sheboom!
 

Penny-Lynn Cookson, B.A (Anthropology), B.A. (Art History), M.A (Art History)
Penny-Lynn Cookson is an art historian, art consultant and writer on art and culture. After a career in television, advertising and film, she did graduate work in art history, became a department head at the Art Gallery of Ontario and subsequently an art-gallery owner. Now, she is doing what she loves best – enthusiastically researching and teaching at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.

SCS 2049 Contemporary Art and How to Collect It
SCS 2419 Caravaggio: Violent Realism, Divine Salvation
 

Michael Corbett, Ph.D., LL.M., D-ABFT, FFSSoc.
Michael Corbett is a board-certified forensic toxicologist who has worked on thousands of criminal and Coroner investigations for over twenty years. He first practiced full-time for the Government of Ontario for thirteen years, and then as an independent consultant. He regularly attends trials to provide expert-witness evidence in forensic toxicology. Dr. Corbett is actively involved in attendance and presentations to professional peer groups including lawyers, and he belongs to more than a dozen organizations in forensic toxicology and science. Dr. Corbett received a prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award from the School of Continuing Studies in 2001.

SCS 2246 Drugs and the Law: On Matters of Life and Death
 

Joan E. Crosbie B.A. (Hons.), M.A.
Joan was born in Glasgow but raised in Northern Ontario. Her MA thesis focused on the Gothic Revival architecture, literature and landscape gardens of 18th-century Britain. Currently working in the museums and heritage field, Joan has enjoyed many years teaching courses in art and architectural history at a variety of Toronto institutions.

SCS 2601 Homeward Bound: A Social History of the House

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Marcel Danesi, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., A.R.C.T.
I adore the classroom. It is where I get my ideas to conduct research in the areas in which I deal and it is a locus where I can enter into a very important dialogue with people about life. The course that really “touched me” aesthetically and humanely has been Opera Italian, which combines art with language into a seamless learning experience. I am excited to start this up again and to extend the same approach to the rock and roll course.
I have taught at SCS since 1974. I am also a member of the Department of Anthropology where I teach courses that I really love as well, including one on language and society, one on youth culture, and one on advertising. I teach semiotics at Victoria College and love that as well. Teaching this discipline has been a wonderful experience, since it has shown me that there are many connections among disciplines and thus that understanding the world and oneself is truly a semiotic process.

SCS 0620 Opera Italian
SCS 2482 Rock and Roll Classics of the 1950s: Sheboom!
 

Paul Davenport, O.C., Ph. D.
An economist by training and a Francophile by marriage and experience, Dr Paul Davenport completed his third and final term at The University of Western Ontario in June, 2009. He has also served as President of the University of Alberta (1989-1994) and a professor and an academic leader at McGill University (1973-1989). He was a monthly guest on a campus radio jazz show at Western for many years. Each fall he has taught “In the Footsteps of the Impressionists” at Western, and he is delighted to bring it to the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. In 2001, he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Republic, and in 2002 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Marcel Danesi, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., A.R.C.T.

SCS 2245 The Impressionists’ Footsteps: Paris Suburbs
 

Gordon F. Davies, B.A., B.Th. SS.L (Licentiate in Scripture), S.T.D. (Doctorate in Theology)
Dr. Gordon Davies went to Trinity College, University of Toronto where he studied English, French and Chinese. After a period of volunteer work in Taiwan, he did graduate work in Theology at the Toronto School of Theology (U of T), then in Rome and Jerusalem (Licentiate in Scripture; Doctorate in Theology). He has lived and worked in France, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Israel. His areas of scholarly research are the early and late biblical books of Exodus and Ezra-Nehemiah, and the emerging areas of cross-cultural studies and political theology. Everywhere he has lived, he has brought energy, wit and learning to popular courses in public education.

SCS 1220 Religions of the West: Reason and Mystery
SCS 2421 Reading and Misreading the Bible
 

Naomi Duguid, B.A., LL.B.
A traveller, writer and photographer, Naomi is often described as a culinary anthropologist. A lively speaker and experienced teacher, she uses photographs and stories, and often tastings too, to engage her audience. Naomi has travelled widely in pursuit of basic foods from rice to flatbreads to Tibetan butter tea to Thai fish sauce. She is the co-author of six award-winning books of food and travel, including Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey through South-East Asia; Seductions of Rice; Flatbreads and Flavors; and Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Stories from the Other China. She is a contributing editor of Saveur magazine, writes a weekly blog, www.naomiduguid.blogspot.com, and conducts intensive cultural-immersion- through-food sessions in northern Thailand each winter (seewww.immersethrough.com). Her next book, Rivers of Flavor, celebrates the food cultures of Burma in recipes, stories and photos; it will be published in September 2012.

SCS 2412 Foods That Changed the World

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Patrick Farrell, B.A. (Hon., Philosophy), M.A. (History)
Patrick Farrell was born in Vancouver and grew up outside of Edmonton. Long walks in nature led him to ponder the larger questions of life’s meaning and purpose. He obtained both a BA (Hon.) in philosophy and an MA in the history of science from the University of Alberta. Patrick has lived and worked abroad in Britain, Italy, Greece and Turkey, where he was an editor and writer at an English-language newspaper. He enjoys literature from around the world and believes in the renaissance maxim that to read widely is to travel widely. He is a long-time volunteer with the Royal Ontario Museum’s Hands-On Biodiversity gallery.

SCS 2066 The Meaning of Life
 

Michelle Fish, B.F.A., B.A., M.A.
After completing her Fine Arts and teaching credentials at the Rhode Island School of Design, Michelle established the Painted Word Studio, a private art school in Ottawa. Spanning a decade, she sponsored a beginner drawing program for diverse groups of adults and teens with and for whom she developed an innovative method of instruction. During this period, she also completed a B.A. in Psychology from Carleton University. Her studies included Cognition and Instruction, Theory and Methodology of Art History, as well as studies in Canadian and Native Art. Michelle has offered art workshops to street youth and teen mothers through community organizations and services. She holds teaching qualifications in Visual Arts and has developed expertise in teaching art to special-needs populations. Besides belonging to several artist groups in Toronto, she acts as a teacher in the private school system.

SCS 2035 Beginner Drawing: Theory and Practice
 

Susan Fyshe, BAA, MHSc, RD
Susan Fyshe is a registered dietitian. She consults to a variety of health-related organizations in the public and private sectors. She also conducts nutrition seminars in worksite wellness programs, and she consults to the media on a variety of nutrition topics. But her real passion and skill is working with individuals in a clinical setting to help them reach their weight and health goals. Recognizing the pressures of our obesogenic culture, she helps her clients understand both the art and the science of weight loss, so that they may establish a foundation for long-term healthy eating and weight control.

SCS 2624 Beyond Calories: What’s New in Weight Loss

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Sydney Goldenberg, B.A., M.A., LL.B.
Sydney Goldenberg practiced law ( civil litigation ) for 37 years, beginning with the Attorney General of Ontario in 1970. He acted as counsel for the Ontario Human Rights Commission and appeared pro bono in Charter cases for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which he continues to serve as a member of its executive. He represented people from all walks of life before the Courts and tribunals of Ontario. He also lectured, published articles, and over 30 of his cases appeared in the Law Reports and became part of the fabric of the law. His first love was philosophy (M.A. 1965), and he created and taught courses in the philosophy of law at Glendon College, York University for 15 years. He is now teaching his two passions, the philosophy of law, at U of T’s School of Continuing Studies.

SCS 2454 Philosophy of Law: Justice and Power
 

John Greenwood, B.E.S., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
John Greenwood is a 2003-2004 recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Awards from the School of Continuing Studies. His book on Shakespeare, entitled Shifting Perspectives and the Stylish Style: Mannerism in Shakespeare and His Jacobean Contemporaries, published by the U of T Press, relates trends in Shakespeare’s late plays to contemporaneous trends in the visual arts. He has taught at U of T, Western, Carleton, Laurier, Waterloo, in the Classical Pursuits “Great Books” Seminars at St. Michael’s and in a similar program at St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo.

SCS 1668 The Great Books: Part I
SCS 1670 The Great Books: Part III
SCS 1740 The Great Books: Part IV
SCS 2068 The Bible as Literature
 

Ned Gudinskas
Ned Gudinskas has been studying at the University of Toronto for three years. He is a student of Semiotics and Communication theory and Book and Media studies. Together with Dr. Marcel Danesi and several other semiotics students, he has been playing in a 1950s musical group for over a year in order to raise money for the Hospital for Sick Children, through live performances and the release of an upcoming CD.

SCS 2482 Rock and Roll Classics of the 1950s: Sheboom!

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Ibrahim Hayani, B.A., M.A., D.Ed.
Ibrahim Hayani is an economist whose life-long sub-specialty and passion have been Islam, the Middle East and their relationship with the west. He has written extensively on this subject and he has been involved with the World Bank, the U.N. and the International Development Centre of Ryerson University. He participated in Canadian educational and trade missions to the Middle East, both government and private. At Seneca College he developed a course on “Middle Eastern Society: Unity & Diversity,” and he received Seneca’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Currently at Ryerson University, he is one of the more popular teachers. His knowledge of Islam in the contemporary world is both intellectual and hands-on. In recognition of his work with Muslims and other immigrants, Ibrahim received the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship & Culture’s Award for Community Services.

SCS 2244 Islam and Contemporary Issues
SCS 2600 Middle Eastern Societies: Diversity and Unity
 

Barry Henaut, Ph.D.
Barry Henaut holds degrees in History and Religious Studies from the University of Toronto. He has taught numerous credit courses on Christian Origins at three different Canadian universities (including U of T), and popular studies at various Toronto congregations. He is the author of Oral Tradition and the Gospels: The Problem of Mark 4 and numerous press articles in The Toronto Star and The Anglican including “Several Arguments for Jesus’ Existence,” a critical response to Tom Harpur’s The Pagan Christ.

Alexandra M. Hines, B.A. (Hons.), B.Ed., M.A., M.T.S.
Alexandra Hines brings over thirty years of study in French, classical languages, history and theology to the School. She was a recipient of the School’s Excellence in Teaching Awards in 2000 and in 2009.

SCS 2262 Thomas More
SCS 2431 Inventing Witchcraft
 

William Huffman, B.A. (Hons; Art & Art History, U of T Mississauga) , Dip. (Art & Art History, Sheridan Institute)
Widely recognized for his breadth of knowledge in the visual arts William Huffman is an advocate, administrator, curator, writer and educator. Active at the grassroots locally and in international forums, he has a comprehensive insider’s perspective on the who, what and where of the field. Currently Associate Director of the Toronto Arts Council, he works closely with a range of artists and cultural organizations in the development of strategies that bring the visual arts to a broad viewing public.

SCS 2277 Beyond the Canvas: Visual Arts Revealed

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Barbara Isherwood, M.A.
Barbara Isherwood (M.A., Art History, University of Toronto) has curated exhibitions, and produced and hosted a radio program on the arts. She has published numerous articles and essays on visual arts and contemporary craft in national and international publications. She is the recipient of the Ontario Crafts Council’s 2005 Critical Craft Writing Award. Barbara is also a host of ArtSync TV, seen weekly on Rogers Channel 10.

SCS 2595 Art: It’s All Connected
SCS 2256 The Art of Photography: A History
SCS 2259 Arts of Latin America
SCS 2432 Art Treasures from Around the World
SCS 2590 Art Through the Ages Part I
SCS 2596Art through the Ages Part II
SCS 2257 Photography in Focus

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Susanne Jeffery, Dip.Photo., B.A., B.Ed., M.F.A.
For more than three decades, Susanne has balanced lecturing at universities, colleges, galleries and museums with extensive practical work as a commercial and artistic photographer in the US, Canada, the UK and France. Susanne studied art, photography and French at the University of Toronto, Goddard College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Her personal focus is fashion photography in the context of art, history, fashion and society. Picture Perfect, her best-selling book on photography sold a record 30,000 copies in Canada.
Her popular courses are enormously effective and focused. Susanne enjoys excellent rapport with her students and encourages meaningful questions and discussion. Knowledge of most fields in photography coupled with great enthusiasm for the subject inspires confidence in her abilities.

SCS 2450 Art and Society in Fashion Photography
SCS 2602Great Houses: A Nation’s History and Art
 

Sheldon Joseph, Hons. B.Sc., Ph.D.
Sheldon is the President and CEO of Rejuven8Labs.com, a biological sciences company specializing in knowledge transfer, research and product development. Following his Bachelor of Science (biology) and an internship at the Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway, NY, he earned his Ph.D. in cell physiology and biophysics at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Sheldon then trained as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in cancer genetics at the world-famous Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s Center of Excellence in Buffalo, NY. He has taught at both U.S. and Canadian institutions of higher learning and won academic awards based on his exemplary communication skills. He is happily in pursuit of his passion for teaching, engaging his students with humour, graphics and real-world examples. Meanwhile, he continues to create and develop novel products that improve the quality of life.

SCS 2604 How Your Brain Works, Part 2
SCS 2598 How We Connect with the World: The Five Senses
SCS 2599 How We Move: The Musculoskeletal System
SCS 2603 Our Sexual Selves

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Neemez Kassam, M.Sc., N.D., R.Ac.
Neemez Kassam was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. He received his B.Sc. in Life Science from the University of British Columbia. He graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington with an M.Sc. in Acupuncture, and obtained a degree in Naturopathic Medicine from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in Toronto. Currently he is the department head of Asian Medicine and an associate professor at CCNM, and is the owner of the West Coast Wellness Centre in Toronto where he practices as a licensed Naturopathic doctor. He specializes in infertility, sports injuries, and weight management. Neemez has been the sole recipient of the “Excellence in Teaching Award” at CCNM from 2005-2010. He is the author of the “Fundamentals of Clinical Acupuncture”, a textbook and reference for acupuncture-point location published in 2009.

SCS 2626 Acupuncture: Balancing Life and Health
 

Marc Kates, B.A. (Hons.), B.Ed., M.Ed.
Marc has been teaching Yiddish language and culture to students of various ages since he was first hired to teach Yiddish through North York’s Board of Education at the age of 16 in Its Heritage Language Program. Since then, Marc studied Yiddish both in Toronto and in Jerusalem, and he holds the first major-studies degree awarded in Yiddish Language Studies from the University of Toronto. Marc looks forward to imparting his love of the Yiddish language and its spirit to his students at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto.

SCS 2267 Yiddish: “A Bisl Yiddish”

Nohjin Kee, Ph.D.
Dr. Nohjin Kee is an educator in the Department of Physiology and the Course Director for human physiology courses and human physiology laboratory courses that are designed to translate conceptual learning to hands-on experiences, reinforce and consolidate concepts taught in lectures, foster critical thinking, and develop problem-solving strategies. Dr. Kee also lectures in several physiology courses at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kee obtained his bachelor and master degrees from McGill University, and a doctoral degree from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Kee is a recipient of several teaching awards, including the Innovative Course Design Award and Excellence in Teaching Performance from the University of Toronto in 2011, the Department of Physiology’s Excellence of Teaching Award in 2008 and the Brain Star Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in 2008.

SCS 2159 Basic Human Physiology
 

Shana Kelley, Ph.D.
Dr. Shana Kelley is a Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She is the Director of the Division of Biomolecular Sciences in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and was a NIH postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute. Her research interests are the development of new technologies for disease diagnosis and drug delivery. She has taught Biochemistry to undergraduate students for the last 10 years.

Dr. Kelley’s work has been recognized with a variety of distinctions, including being named one of “Canada’s Top 40 under 40″ and a NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellow. She has also been recognized with the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award, a NSF CAREER Award, a Dreyfus New Faculty Award, and was also named a “Top 100 Innovator” by MIT’s Technology Review.

SCS 2472 Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective

Jennifer Knelman, A.R.C.T. (Teachers’); Bac. Mus. Perf. (U. of T.); M. Mus. (U.W.O.)
Although she possesses degrees in classical piano performance, Jen’s music heart is in her thirty years of teaching, enjoying students of all ages and levels. She has received many honours, most recently the Provost’s Award from the University of Guelph for Innovation in Teaching and Technology for her online music courses. She is co-founder and Music Director of the Mississauga Music Festival and with her husband Kevin directs the Knelman Music Studio in Brampton. Together they have produced several CDs, including Vintage Beatles for classical guitar.

SCS 2276 The Key to Music: An Introduction
 

Stanley Kotick , L.L.B.
A retired Barrister, Stanley was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1981 and has delivered lectures in law to trade associations and other groups. Over the years he has maintained an active interest in Great Wits and often quoted them in the courtroom.

SCS 1820 Great Wits of All Time
 

Sehdev Kumar, Professor Emeritus
Sehdev Kumar has written extensively on ethical/scientific issues. A frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail, he is currently writing a book on the subject of forgiveness. He is the winner of Templeton course prize for Science-Religion dialogue, and author of Vision of Kabir and Lotus in the Stone.

SCS 2084 An Encounter of Science with Religion
SCS 2248 India and Its Place in the Modern World
SCS 2065 International Films and the Spiritual Quest
SCS 2247 Issues in Bioethics: Cultural and Legal Challenges

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Lawrence LeDuc, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Larry is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and has taught Political Science at U of T since 1986. His recent publications include Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics, The Politics of Direct Democracy, and Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam and at Florida State University. During the 2010-11 academic year, Larry served as visiting professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies in Berlin. His German students, like many Canadians, found American politics fascinating, but a bit strange.

Danny C. Li, Ph.D.
Danny Li obtained his doctoral degree in Chinese medicine from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. He has been involved in teaching, researching and practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for over thirty years. He was the academic coordinator and chief instructor of TCM at Ryerson University School of Continuing Education where he received the teaching award in 2004. As a consultant for the Canadian Alliance of Regulatory Bodies for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists (CARB), he is involved in the development of TCM occupational competencies, performance indicators and the blueprints of the licensing examination. Danny is the author of 35 research articles published in prestigious international journals, and an English-language textbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

SCS 2630 Traditional Chinese Medicine
 

Jack Lipinsky , B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Jack Lipinsky specializes in ethnic and immigration history. His latest book, Imposing Their Will: the Organizational Behaviour of Toronto Jewry, 1933-48, will be published in 2011 by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Jack is interested in the history of societies under stress, and in the history of science and technology. He is passionate to make his students excited about history and its fascinating stories and characters who have shaped our current world.

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Alistair Macrae, B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.
Alistair’s teaching experience divides neatly into three parts: ten years with the Peel Board of Education, ten years with the Toronto District Board of Education and ten years with a Toronto private school. A passionate teacher and lifelong learner, Alistair has presented workshops on philosophy, psychology, anthropology and mythology at conferences hosted by the Ontario History and Social Science Teachers’ Association. He is also a regular presenter at the annual meetings of the Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association. Upon retiring from teaching in June, 2009, Alistair immediately re-enrolled as a part-time student at his alma mater: Victoria College, University of Toronto.

SCS 2628 Film and Philosophy
 

Bernadene A. Magnuson, Ph.D.
Bernadene A. Magnuson is currently a Senior Scientific and Regulatory Consultant at Cantox Health Sciences International in Mississauga, Ontario and newly appointed Adjunct Professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She was formally an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland where she taught courses on food science and food toxicology and conducted research on food toxicology, and diet and cancer prevention. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and professional articles and is on the editorial board of two journals. She is an active member of various committees of the Institute of Food Technologists and the Society of Toxicology.

SCS 2168 Food Regulation: Food Safety and Nutritional Quality
 

Sara Maida-Nicol, B.Mus., M.A.
Sara is a lyric soprano who studies under Professor Jean MacPhail in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from the Faculty of Music at University of Toronto in Voice Performance. She discovered her love for opera and the bel canto genre in Italy where she studied with Daniel Ferro (The Juilliard School) for four summers in Tuscany. Other teachers/coaches with whom she has worked individually include Carol Vaness (IU), Patrizia Morandini (Italy), Giovanni Reggioli (Washington Opera), Robert Kopleson (Juilliard, MSM), Janice Harper Smith (Germany), Bruno Rigacci (Italy), Monica Whicher (RCM) and Stuart Hamilton (COC). While completing her M.A. in Florence, Italy she developed a passion for her Italian experience leading her to pursue a Ph.D. in linguistic-anthropology integrating the various areas of her expertise into an overall anthropological-semiotic analysis of the phenomenon of Italian dialect in music.

SCS 0620 Opera Italian
 

Tara Marshall, B.A., M.A. ( Art History)
Tara is an art historian, art consultant and writer. She earned her B.A. in Art History at McGill University and M.A. at York University where she wrote her thesis on the use of irony in the films of Joyce Wieland. Tara is the Director of Red Head Gallery in Toronto and works as an animateur at Oakville Galleries. She has written for exhibition catalogues and magazines including Canadian Art and Green Living. She has also worked as a curatorial assistant at the Varley Art Gallery, catalogued private art collections and worked for the Canadian Art Foundation and the Toronto International Art Fair.

SCS 2050 After 1945: Abstract Expressionism to Postmodernism
 

Robin Marushia, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Robin Marushia is an ecologist and botanist who has spent the last decade researching exotic plant invasions. The author of several peer-reviewed publications and non-profit education articles, Robin is the recipient of a National Science Foundation fellowship and other scientific awards. Inspired by her enjoyment of native landscapes and ecosystems, she is continually engaged in issues of environmental education and policy. She has a certification in secondary education and experience in California’s state-wide weed management program, as well as in U.S. federal and state projects managing land and monitoring endangered species. Currently, Robin conducts ecological research on local and global plant invasion patterns with Dr. Marc Cadotte at U of T Scarborough. Robin has been a long-time volunteer and speaker for organizations advocating education and science-based management of ecological issues.

SCS 2155 Naturalist Training-Discover Oak Ridges Moraine
 

Stephen Matthews, Ph.D.
Stephen is the Ernest B. and Leonard B. Smith Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology. His research interests are the regulation and plasticity of neuroendocrine systems during development.

SCS 2159 Basic Human Physiology
 

David Miller, Professor Emeritus.
Ph.D., Harvard, Professor Emeritus, Concordia University, taught courses in world faiths and Hindu and Buddhist studies until retirement in 1998. He has won awards for Teaching Excellence and Innovation. He is a recipient of the 2002 SCS Excellence in Teaching Award.

SCS 1820 Great Wits of All Time
 

Frankie Mohammed , B.Sc., M.Sc.
Frankie Mohammed is enthusiastically committed to lecturing to adult learners who wish to have the key to the code in order to understand and access the world of statistics.

SCS 1133 Statistics Made Easy
 

Stephen Moore, B.A., M. A., Ph.D.
Steve Moore thrives in the classroom, using his enthusiasm and a variety of techniques and media. He engages students and challenges them to form conclusions about historical debates. He holds a M.A. in medieval history from Carleton University and a Ph.D. in eighteenth-century British history from York University. He has taught courses on British history, twentieth-century history and global history at York University. His work has been published in the Journal of British Studies and the Canadian Journal of History. Steve also works as an editor for the Office of Legislative Counsel, the legislative branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General. He teaches adults fut gar kung fu in Kensington Market.

SCS 2606 Outlaws, Gunslingers and Gangsters: Society and its Malcontents
SCS 2607 So You Say You Want a Revolution: Western Culture 1950-1980
 

Ian C. Munro, Ph.D.
Ian C. Munro is currently a principal with Cantox Health Sciences International in Mississauga, Ontario, an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences of University of Toronto, and Co-Director of the Program in Food Safety, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs. He is a leading authority on toxicology and has over 30 years’ experience in dealing with complex regulatory issues related to product safety. He has over 150 scientific publications in the fields of toxicology and risk assessment. Formerly he held senior positions at Health and Welfare Canada as director of the Bureau of Chemical Safety and director general of the Food Directorate, Health Protection Branch.

SCS 2168 Food Regulation: Food Safety and Nutritional Quality
 

Robert Murray, M.B., Ch.B., M.S., Ph.D.
Dr. Robert Murray is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry. He received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow, an M.S. degree in Physiology from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto. He did post-doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin, and returned to the University of Toronto to pursue a career in research and teaching medical students over the next 30 years. Dr. Murray was the Director of the Metabolism and Nutrition Course in the Faculty of Medicine for three years. His main educational interest is to help students appreciate the importance of Biochemistry in the understanding of health and disease. Dr. Murray is the recipient of several teaching awards in Medicine, including the prestigious W.T. Aikins Award and the Harry Whittaker Memorial Teaching Award.

SCS 2472 Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective

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Marta O’Brien , B. Tech (Hons., Arch.), M.E.S.
Marta O’Brien is an architectural historian who is passionate about Toronto’s architecture. For the past fourteen years Marta has enjoyed sharing her photographs of Toronto buildings and her knowledge of the city’s architectural history with students and members of historical societies. Through her company, Citywalks, Marta develops and conducts walking tours featuring distinctive neighbourhoods and districts in Toronto. Marta is a member of the Heritage Toronto Board and belongs to several other heritage organizations.

SCS 2591 Architecture: All around Us
SCS 2033 Toronto’s Residential Architecture: A History
SCS 2438 Toronto’s Neighbourhood Architecture
 

Shari Orenstein, B.F.A., M.Arch.
For the past fifteen years, Shari Orenstein has been involved in researching and collecting contemporary Canadian art, with a focus on artists in Toronto. She is an accomplished residential architect with many publications to her credit. She has also assumed the role of art consultant for many of her clients. Shari is familiar with galleries, art events and art fairs both locally and abroad. She is well positioned to bring to her course a number of notable speakers, including artists, gallery owners and writers to speak about their work and participate in discussions.

SCS 2597 Conversations from the Toronto Art World

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Sian Tzi Patterson, Ph.D.
Dr. Sian Patterson is currently a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto and is responsible for the coordination and running of the undergraduate laboratory courses. She holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto where she examined the role of molecular chaperones in the biosynthesis of the human anion exchanger 1 membrane glycoprotein in both erythroid and kidney cell systems. Dr. Patterson has extensive experience in academia and the pharmaceutical industry, completing the co-operative education program during her B.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Guelph. She has facilitated workshops to train other TAs through the TA Training Program at the University of Toronto. She has received three teaching awards in the Department of Biochemistry as well as a nomination in 2010 for the TATP Teaching Excellence Award for TAs at U of T.

SCS 2472 Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective
 

Chris Perumalla, Ph.D.
Dr. Chris Perumalla is an Educator in the Department of Physiology and the Director of the Division of Teaching Laboratories in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Perumalla obtained his Bachelor and Masters Degrees from Osmania University in India, and a second Masters and Doctoral Degrees from University of Waterloo. Dr. Perumalla lectures in three physiology courses and also coordinates physiology laboratory courses that are designed to translate conceptual learning to hands-on experiences, reinforce and consolidate concepts taught in lectures, foster critical thinking, and develop problem-solving strategies. Dr. Perumalla is the recipient of several teaching awards, including the Faculty of Medicine’s most prestigious W.T. Aikins Award in 2006, Excellence in Arts and Science Award, and he is the three-time recipient of the Department of Physiology’s Excellence of Teaching Award.

SCS 2159 Basic Human Physiology
 

Harley Price , B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
After receiving his B.A. from the University of Toronto, Harley Price completed masters degrees at the Centre for Medieval Studies and in medieval and Renaissance English Literature at Princeton University. In the ensuing years he wrote political commentary and arts reviews for a number of Canadian and American newspapers and journals, before returning to his Ph.D. dissertation, Christian Harmonistics, which he completed at Princeton in the year 2000. He has subsequently taught writing, Chaucer, and The Western Tradition at U. of T, and is currently working on revisions in preparation for publication of his dissertation, as well as pursuing his abiding scholarly interests in ancient myth, analytical psychology, and the history of religious symbols and ideas.

SCS 2593 Arthur: The Once and Future King
SCS 1959 Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
SCS 2270 Dante’s Divine Comedy
SCS 2188 Paradise Lost
SCS 2445 Virgil’s Aeneid: Of Arms and the Man I Sing
 

Doug Purdon, A.O.C.A., S.C.A.
A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, S.C.A., a professional painter, a veteran art educator and a writer, is currently an educational and technical advisor for WINSOR & NEWTON, where he lectures for colleges and universities on the proper use of materials. His book Colour Secrets for Glowing Oil Paintings was published by Northlight Publications in 1998. His work is shown in galleries in North America and Britain.

SCS 2618 The Great Illustrators
SCS 2264 Mistresses and Muses: Love Lives of Great Artists
SCS 2455 Swindles, Forgeries and Frauds: Great Crimes in Art

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Mary Redekop , B.A., M.A.
Mary Redekop is an art historian and a faculty member at University of Western Ontario. Mary teaches armchair travel courses to introduce individuals of all ages to her favourite treasures that delight the eye. She is one of those rare educators who is gifted at imparting both in-depth knowledge and an enduring passion of the subject matter. It is not unusual for her students to say, “she is a real inspiration”; “she is an absolute joy to listen to as she takes us on visual tours of Italy and France while interjecting personal anecdotes”; and “she is the best lecturer I’ve experienced, ever,” “what generosity of spirit!” She is a recipient of the 2003 SCS Excellence in Teaching Award.

SCS 2441 The Art and Archaeology of Turkey
SCS 2592 Art, Food and Wine in Tuscany and Umbria
SCS 2440 Fabric and Costume in Medieval and Renaissance Art
SCS 2611 The Flowering of Medieval Florence
SCS 2612 The Flowering of Renaissance Florence
SCS 2223 Iconography: Reading the Subject Matter of Medieval and Renaissance Art
SCS 2613 Rome to Paris and Back Again: Church Architecture to 1600
SCS 1610 Travels along the Silk Road: Uzbekistan
 

Reinhart Reithmeier, Ph.D.
Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Biochemistry at Carleton University in Ottawa and his doctoral degree in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia where he worked on bacterial outer membrane proteins. Following post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard and the University of Toronto, he joined the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Alberta where he developed his research program on the structure and function of membrane transport proteins. He joined the University of Toronto in 1986 where he continues his research on membrane proteins. An active and enthusiastic teacher, Dr. Reithmeier has taught biochemistry at the graduate and undergraduate level. He is a recipient of the prestigious W.T. Aikins Teaching Award.

SCS 2472 Biochemistry with a Medical Perspective
 

Natalie Ribkoff, B.A. (Hons), M.B.A.
A fine-art consultant, Natalie has over 21 years of experience providing art advice and collections-management services to a number of Canadian corporations and private individuals.An energetic educator with a passion for the visual arts, Natalie has travelled extensively throughout North America, Western Europe and Japan. She brings to the School of Continuing Studies her enthusiasm for diverse cultures as well as a comprehensive knowledge of the great masterpieces created by generations of artists and architects. Natalie specializes in Canadian and Inuit art. She was the co-curator of “Itukiagatta”, an exhibition focusing on Inuit art that was organized and circulated across Canada by the National Gallery of Canada in 2005. She is also the co-curator of the exhibition entitled “From Pellan to Ferron” featured at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec in 2010. She is the co-author of the catalogues that accompanied both exhibitions.

SCS 2594 Art Deco: Art in the Age of Decadence
SCS 2444 Art Nouveau: Decadence and the Limits of Form
SCS 2443 Chicago: the Skyscraper and Modern Architecture
 

Sandra Romano Anthony , Ph.D.
Sandra Romano Anthony is a nutrition educator. Sandra helps to coordinate activities for the Program in Food Safety, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine.

SCS 1580 Nutrition: Miracle of the Human Body
 

Ellen Roseman, B.A. (Hons.), M.A.
Ellen Roseman is a personal finance columnist and former business editor at the Toronto Star. She is the author of Money 101: Every Canadian’s Guide to Personal Finance , and she has been President of the Credit Counselling Service of Toronto. She has had a long career as a journalist specializing in consumer advocacy and personal finance.

SCS 1907 Investing For Beginners
SCS 2308 The Facts of Life about Your Finances

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Jonathan Salem-Wiseman, Ph.D. (York)
Jonathan Salem-Wiseman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Jonathan Salem-Wiseman is a philosopher with extensive teaching experience at Humber College, York University and Seneca College. His areas of expertise include Continental, social and political, and early Modern philosophies; aesthetics and philosophy of literature; and ethics. Dr. Salem-Wiseman is an interdisciplinarian by nature and by training, with an oft-noted talent for communicating complex ideas with clarity and passion.

SCS 1724 Essential Philosophers: Part I
SCS 1725 Essential Philosophers: Part II
SCS 1726 Essential Philosophers: Part III
 

Philippa Sheppard, B.A., M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Philippa Sheppard fell in love with Shakespeare when she was twelve and acted out the cauldron scene in Macbeth with two other young witches. It’s been an enduring love-affair — she went on to study for her Master’s degree at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-on-Avon, treading the streets where he lived every day, and watching and acting in his plays. As a Commonwealth Scholar at Oxford, she wrote her doctoral dissertation on Shakespeare. She has been teaching him at the university-level ever since in Dublin, Newfoundland and Toronto. Philippa Sheppard has written many articles on Shakespeare in both academic and popular publications; now she divides her time between brainwashing her children into becoming Shakespeare fans, and completing her book on the last two decades of Shakespeare on film.

SCS 2608 Love and Marriage in Shakespeare’s England
SCS 2449 Modern Drama
 

Daniel So, B.A.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.
Daniel So migrated to Canada from Hong Kong when he was a teenager. After obtaining a degree in engineering, he pursued graduate studies in physics and then philosophy. He received his Ph.D. from McMaster University, specializing in philosophy of religion and Continental thought. His research interests include mysticism, theology, phenomenology, Eastern thoughts, and many other interesting topics. For years, Daniel has taught at the SCS and the Toronto School of Theology while enjoying a career in the engineering industry.

SCS 2272 Religions of Asia: Philosophy and Ritual
 

Reginald Stackhouse, M.A., L.Th., B.D., Ph.D., D.D.
Prof. Stackhouse is Principal Emeritus and Research Professor at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. His lecturing on theories and beliefs about the end of the world comes after years of teaching in the Toronto School of Theology and writing his book, THE END OF THE WORLD? A New Look at an Old Belief. Active in public affairs, he is a former Member of Parliament, Chair of the House of Commons Standing committee on Human Rights, and a Canadian Representative to the United Nations General Assembly, as well as a member of both the Canadian and Ontario Human Rights Commissions. He is the author of ten books as well as over 400 articles, columns and reviews.

SCS 2272 The End of the World — in 2012?
 

Fredrick Sweet, Ph.D.
Frederick Sweet has spent much of his career teaching Greek mythology and tragedy, particularly at York University and Seneca College. He retains a passionate interest for the subject, which has been recognized on several occasions, by the Award for Excellence in Teaching at Seneca College in 2001 and the Master Teacher Award from The College Association for Language and Literacy in 1991. Dr. Sweet is further distinguished by having earned three degrees in Latin. While some consider this a dead language, among his colleagues and students, Dr. Sweet has a reputation for bringing the classics to life.

SCS 2625 Euripides and the Perverse: Variations on Tragedy
SCS 2071 Troy: The First Tragedy
SCS 2307 The Age of Heroes: Greek and Roman Epic

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Suzanne Tevlin, AOCA
An art historian, artist and writer, Suzanne has lectured on the history of art at the University of Toronto for several years, as well as at Parsons-Paris, Le Musée Ephrussi de Rothschild, and major museums in Europe. Exhibiting in Paris, Monaco, the Côte d’Azur, London, and Canada, she is represented in collections throughout Europe and North America. She is also the author of “The Conspiracy of Silence: Géricault’s ‘Raft of the Medusa’ and the Abolitionist Movement” (2010). She will be participating in the exhibition “Gold” at the Museum Belvedere in the Imperial Belvedere Palace, Vienna along with the works of Klimt, Kapoor, and Baselitz. In Toronto Suzanne is represented by Gallery Moos.

SCS 2627 Art in Place
SCS 2622 The Northern Renaissance
SCS 2062 Picasso and Way Beyond: Art of the 20th Century
SCS 2182 Romanticism
SCS 2042 Works of Genius in Focus
SCS 2623 Works of Genius in Focus: Eight Impressionists
 

James A. S. Thompson, B.A., B.Ed., M.A., Dip. Art
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Education, and a Diploma in art history from the Courtauld Institute, London. With a strong background in European political history ( MA Durham University, UK) and art history, he has taught “Robespierre, Hitler and Mao: Masters of Propaganda” at the School of Continuing Studies in 2007, and “Adolf Hitler” at the School of Continuing Studies. He also taught a course on the radical Victorian English designer William Morris for the ROMlife continuing education program at the Royal Ontario Museum. James was a researcher for the TV series Building Faith ( Omni: 2003 ) and also a researcher for the series Toronto City of Dreams ( CTV 2000 ). James is also passionate about Toronto’s heritage and architecture. In 2000, he re-published with some changes, Spadina: A Story of Old Toronto (Boston Mills Press). He has served on a city-appointed heritage board and currently sits on the Bishop White Committee of the Royal Ontario Museum which promotes its China, Japan and Korea galleries.

SCS 1889 Robespierre, Hitler and Mao: Masters of Propaganda
 

James F. S. Thomson, B.A., LL.B.
James Thomson studied history at the University of Toronto before receiving his law degree and has had a lifelong interest in the fascinating history of Toronto, and in family history generally. He has designed and taught nine well-received (and generally sold-out) classroom courses in advanced-level family history research, with a particular enthusiasm for promoting the close connection between local history research and genealogical research. For these courses, as well as for his articles and his conference papers, he draws upon over 25 years of experience. James is an alumnus of Trinity College, University of Toronto, and in 2002 received an Arbor Award from the University for outstanding voluntary service.

SCS 2034 Toronto’s Past: Your City, Your House, Your Family
 

Alan Toff, B.A.
Alan Toff has studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He is past president of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. His undergraduate degree is from Trinity College, University of Toronto. He was a recipient of the 1987 SCS Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2001 SCS Citation for Exceptional Commitment and Achievement within University Continuing Education. He also leads art tours to Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.

SCS 2090 Paris as the Centre: 19th-Century European Painting
SCS 1305 Renaissance Italy and Ancient Rome
SCS 2099 Rome as the Centre of the High Renaissance
SCS 2098 Twentieth-Century Modern Masters
 

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Tina Urman, B.A. Hons.
By integrating her widespread knowledge of art and literature with a teaching background, Tina Urman brings a unique and creative approach to learning. She conducts sessions incorporating both disciplines at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. Her one-of-a-kind series have been featured at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Canyon Ranch, and elsewhere. Tina travels extensively as a guest speaker, in addition to presenting literary reviews to various private and public groups throughout Toronto, including MaRS Discovery District, the Royal Ontario Museum and Indigo Book Stores.

SCS 1758 A Unique Book Club: Words and Images
 

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Doug Watson, B. Mus., B.A., M.A.,
Doug Watson, host of JAZZ FM91′s “Groove Yard” Jazz program, is passionate about imparting the love of Jazz music performance and Jazz history to listeners and adults of all ages.

SCS 2084 Jazz and Pop Music of the 1950s and 1960s
SCS 2313 Jazz in the Golden Era: The 1930s and 1940s
 

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Agnes Zsigovics, Vocalist
Zsigovics, a voice educator, is a member of Bell’arte Singers and an accomplished vocalist.

SCS 0620 Opera Italian

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