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Fascinating Intellectual Topics (FIT)

 

 Fascinating Intellectual Topics (FIT)

 

Keep your mind active and FIT with these Fascinating Intellectual Topics. The commitment is small with just one or two evening classes (depending on the topic). Take one, some or all of the topics in this series – the choice is yours! Come learn from some of the community’s finest as you delve into fascinating subject matter and spend a bit of time with like-minded individuals. Fun and affordable at just $49 plus GST per topic. This is a great opportunity to learn about a topic of curiosity and stay FIT!

 

FIT Courses:

NEW! Unlocking the Vault of Memory: Writing Memoir
We all have within us a wealth of stories waiting to be told. How do we give these stories shape and discover the deeper meaning beneath the surface of events? Learn more
Instructor: Karen Barnstable

 

NEW! Diversity & Inclusion 1: Tilting our Lenses to Create Inclusive, Intercultural SpacesKCR logo
We all view the world through different cultural lenses, based on things like our own experiences, our heritage, our values, and so much more. As we become more aware of our own cultural influences, our unconscious biases, and the fact that people around us are viewing the world through lenses different from our own, we are better able to understand and communicate with one another. Learn more
Instructors: Doreen Rosvold and Leah Sanford, KCR Community Resources

NEW! Fat is Not a Four Letter Word
This two-part lecture series explores our cultural preoccupation with losing weight, arguing that fatphobia is a form of social oppression that reinforces sexist and racist ideas. Learn More
Instructor: Emma Lind


NEW! Who Cares About the Sustainable Development Goals?
In 2015 the world committed to work toward achieving 17 Goals by 2030. These Goals set down an agenda for thinking and acting on social, economic and environmental problems that are experienced by people all over the world. Learn More
Instructor: Dr. Rosalind Warner plus Global Citizen Kelowna and the Global Empowerment Coalition of the Central Okanagan (a Chapter of the British Columbia Council on International Cooperation)


NEW! A World of Change: Climate and Community
By 2100, if we continue to develop as we are today, the earth will be virtually unrecognizable. The future is uncertain, yet there are things we know now about how the climate changes will effect development,ecosystems, and species and the direction of human and natural worlds. Learn more
Instructors: Team facilitated with members of the Okanagan Sustainability Leadership Council
NEW! Urbanization, Migration and the Path to Housing in Kelowna
Urbanization, with its attendant rapid development and population growth, is defining not only the socio-cultural, demographic, and economic aspects of Canada’s diverse communities, but also its complex real estate/housing markets as well as its urban social geographies. Learn more
Instructor: Dr. Carlos Teixeira (UBCO)

NEW! The “Take Steps” Program – an experiential walk through homelessness…
More impactful and educational than simply “living an hour in their shoes” this homelessness simulation session will challenge you to explore the causes, systems and barriers that exist and that need to change in order to find solutions to one of our most pressing social issues. Learn more
A Journey Home partnership project powered by United Way, John Howard Society, Okanagan Boys & Girls Club, with pilot funding from Central Okanagan Foundation.

NEW! Diversity & Inclusion 2: Cultural Reciprocity and Creating Meaningful ConnectionsKCR logo
In this interactive-style course, we will delve a little deeper and continue on our intercultural and inclusion journey. We will discuss what it means to create a space of real inclusion – where our colleagues, neighbours, students, leaders, clients, or everyone with whom we come in contact
feels they truly belong. We will touch upon topics such as power, privilege, intersectionality, and
positionality. Learn more
Instructors: Doreen Rosvold and Leah Sanford, KCR Community Resources

NEW! The Financial System and You: How Global Big Finance Affects Everyone
The financial system suffers from regular, periodic crises. Otherwise it works quite well, and has furnished us with an exceptional standard of living, and incredible societal progress in the last few hundred years. How was this possible? Learn more
Instructor: Bevan Ferreira

NEW! "Why we do dumb things"
Why does a limit on quantity at the grocery store cause us to double the amount we would buy? How could thinking about a random number cause us to pay more for something? Why do people continue to gamble even after losing money? Find out why we do dumb things in our lives. Learn more
Instructor: Brad Clements

NEW! Greece on Fire: the First "Global" Conflict of the Ancient World
More than 2,000 years ago, the Persian Empire launched an ill-fated series of assaults on the scattered, isolated cities of Ancient Greece that would ultimately result in the complete collapse of the Western half of the Empire a few decades later.  Learn more
Instructor: Bevan Ferreira

 







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