Lectures and Events
Engage with the community through one of SFU Continuing Studies’ public lectures, events, or forums. Most are free, and admission is open to anyone. Some events require reservations.
Community Building
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Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:30 PM
SFU City Conversations – Urban Universities: Who benefits? Who doesn’t? -
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 4:30 PM
A Third Emergent Migrant Subject Not Recognized in Law
Creative Writing
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Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:00 PM
Lunch Poems -
Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Sprints -
Tue, 01 Oct 2019 4:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Writing Consults -
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series in Vancouver -
Sun, 13 Oct 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Chats -
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:00 PM
Lunch Poems -
Sun, 20 Oct 2019 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: Telling it Right: Story, Plot and Structure -
Sun, 27 Oct 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Sprints -
Tue, 05 Nov 2019 4:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Writing Consults -
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series in Vancouver -
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Chats -
Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: Writing from Life: Rewards and Challenges -
Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:00 PM
Lunch Poems -
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Sprints -
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 4:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Writing Consults -
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series in Vancouver -
Sun, 15 Dec 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Chats -
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:00 PM
Lunch Poems -
Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:30 AM
The Writer's Studio Twitter Sprints -
Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: Invention: Explore Ideas -- and Write! -
Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: The Writer's Notebook: Capture Gems and Spark Creativity -
Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: World Conjuring for Fiction Writers -
Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: Writing the Short Story -
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:00 AM
TWS Community Workshops: Beginning the Poem
Liberal Arts
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Fri, 20 Sep 2019 9:30 AM
Liberal Arts and 55+ Program Orientation -
Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:00 AM
End of Life Matters -
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 2:00 PM
FLASHPOINT | The Great Global Shake-up -
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 4:00 PM
Liberal Arts and 55+ Program 45th Anniversary Celebration -
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 4:00 PM
Student Mingle -
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 9:30 AM
Free Workshop: Writing an Essay for the Liberal Arts Certificate -
Sat, 02 Nov 2019 1:30 PM
Free Forum | Mind Full or Mindful: Building a Practice of Being Present -
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
Free Workshop: Writing an Essay for the Liberal Arts Certificate
Philosophers' Café
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Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | When doing business within Canada and internationally, how much should ethics matter? -
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Racialized propaganda: how has this strategy affected modern times? -
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is it worth trying to plan a city? -
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What is the impact of trauma in our lives? -
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What keeps Canadian parents up at night? -
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | How can we heal the divisions in our communities? -
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Was Socrates correct when he said the unexamined life is not worth living? -
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 7:00 PM
Russian Café | The Beilis Trial, and some philosophical aspects of antisemitism. -
Tue, 24 Sep 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | According to Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” If so, this must apply for the opposite of excellence. Is this true? Why or why not? -
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | When recycling offers no tangible benefit in our lives, why do it? -
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | There is a saying, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” How true is this in your own life? -
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the humanistic cost when our culture champions science and technology? -
Thu, 26 Sep 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Should barriers to Artistic freedom exist? -
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 6:30 PM
Pop Up Café | Do humans have a soul? Do animals have a soul? -
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Can we know god? -
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What are the main challenges of the parent-adult child relationship and what approaches can be used to navigate or renegotiate it? -
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are you a critical thinker or are you a contrarian? -
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café| Is an independent voter the same as a centrist? -
Tue, 08 Oct 2019 5:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How is reconciliation working for you? -
Tue, 08 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are there limits to creativity? -
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How are we affected by our lack of relationship with the food we eat? -
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Society has made significant changes in our treatment of animals. Should we continue to raise that moral arc until animals have the same basic rights as humans or is there a limit? -
Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Where do creative ideas come from? -
Thu, 10 Oct 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Where do self-worth and self-esteem come from? -
Thu, 10 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosopher's Café | Henri Matisse stated, “Creativity takes courage.” Does creativity then equate to courage? Why or why not? -
Sat, 12 Oct 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How critical is critical thinking really? -
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What does being elderly mean to a person, to society or to the government in the larger world? -
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 5:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Why are we so lonely? -
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Disinformation, complexity and integrity: when there are so many sources, where can we get information we trust? -
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Where do you feel at home? -
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What do we expect of our political leaders? -
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Russian Café | How some latest achievements of modern physics converge to ancient mystical revelations. -
Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | How does Greta Thunberg's age affect the climate crisis activist movement? -
Tue, 22 Oct 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is guaranteed basic income a solution to growing social inequality and structural unemployment due to technology and globalization? -
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How does consumer and marketing literacy impact our ability to find and afford healthy food? -
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is toxic masculinity and is there a feminine counterpart? -
Mon, 28 Oct 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Religious freedom and secularism: how should we understand the constitutional principles in Canada? -
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Canadians owe about $1.75 for every dollar they make. Do we live beyond our means? -
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | When do we persuade and when do we prove? -
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is there a relationship between Buddhist ethics and ecological understanding? -
Mon, 04 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Does critical thinking play a role in your voting choices or is it all about your heart? -
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | One mountain, many paths: does perennialism help or hinder us in the study of religion and anomalous experiences? -
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café| What is the difference between fitness and health? -
Sat, 09 Nov 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What, or who, do we remember during Remembrance Day and why? -
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 5:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | We don’t know much about how the brain works. How are we able to diagnose and treat mental illness? -
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Will climate change necessarily be bad for Canadians? -
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Can art be morally corrupt? -
Wed, 13 Nov 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Emotional IQ has been identified as a key predictor of success. What options do you have if your emotional intelligence is weak? -
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Do we have to search to find meaning or does meaning find us? -
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Feminism and MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) – are these social movements actually two sides of the same coin? -
Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | Minimalism at home: Does living with less make you happier? -
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What would you consider to be a “good” death? -
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Relativism: We are all aware that different cultures have different values. Does it follow that all values/morals are equal and that moral judgment is relative to the culture? -
Wed, 20 Nov 2019 5:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Trouble-maker or champion: When is it morally just to stand up for what is right instead of letting things go? -
Wed, 20 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Have we successfully eliminated meaningful difficulties from modern, first-world life? -
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | How do you make a home? -
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Self-care—it’s more than bubble baths. What does self-care mean? -
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What are the most pressing issues we expect our federal politicians to address in this new term of governing? -
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Russian Café | About some spiritual techniques which help people to feel better physically and mentally. -
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What responsibility does the present generation have to correct the injustices of past generations? -
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the relationship between feminism and capitalism in the 21st century? -
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How do we honour the elders of all cultures? -
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What do you know for sure to be true from your own life experiences? -
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Should our leaders be relatable? -
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | High weirdness: can paying attention to and engaging with the weird or synchronistic in our lives benefit us? -
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How do the genres of autobiography and fiction cross over? -
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What role have different immigrant communities played in B.C.? -
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Can extreme alterations of consciousness give us knowledge? -
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café| What are the joys of winter? -
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 5:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is happiness something we hope for but never achieve? -
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | If you were a culture minister, what would you do first and why? -
Wed, 11 Dec 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | How does Greta Thunberg's age affect the climate crisis activist movement? -
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Diversity and inclusion: is participating in or emulating another group’s practices a form of socio-cultural appropriation or a show of respect? -
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | How much control do we have over our lives? -
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Philosopher's Café | According to Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown, “The best things in life are free.” What are the best things in life and are they really free? -
Sat, 14 Dec 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the proper role of the media and how well are they fulfilling it? -
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | Emotional IQ has been identified as a key predictor of success. What options do you have if your emotional intelligence is weak? -
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Democracy is, at best, an imperfect system. What would make it better? -
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Russian Café | Evolution of Architecture – from dreams to realities (technological revolution). -
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What does Christmastime mean to you? -
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is karma and do you believe in karma? -
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How do you define intelligence? -
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | How do we make peace in our world? -
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Where do we find light in our darkness? -
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is human activity destroying the earth?