Fall 2019 Mini-Session

THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE OF 1919: THREE PERSPECTIVES: THREE WEEKS

Registration is now open for the Fall 2019 mini-session of the Seniors’ Alumni Learning for Life Program! This exciting program of three sessions is for seniors 60-plus and is open to alumni and friends of the University of Manitoba.

Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Runs November 6 until November 27

NOVEMBER 6

TOPIC: Winnipeg General Strike of 1919

Presenter: Dr. Julie Guard, Professor, History and Labour Studies

NOVEMBER 20

School of Art Gallery Visit: Robert Kell’s Winnipeg General Strike, 1919/ Bloody Saturday: The Making of a Monument| Noam Gonick and Bernie Miller

Presenter: Dr. Shep Steiner

** please note that this session will begin at 2:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 27

Spies and Secret Codes of the Winnipeg General Strike

Presenter: Wayne Chan, Research Computer Analyst, Centre for Earth and Observation Science

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