How do Neighbourhood Connections support a Stronger, more Resilient City?
Jerry Firth, Community Development Officer
Thursday, March 20, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Neighbourhood connections are the foundation of a resilient city. They enhance safety, well-being, and local engagement, strengthening Lethbridge as a whole. This session explores why these connections matter, insights from the Neighbourhood Engagement Project, and the role of neighbourhood associations—like the League of YQL Neighbourhoods—in fostering community. Beyond discussion, this is a call to action: whether by engaging with neighbours, supporting local initiatives, or simply being a friendly presence, small efforts make a big impact.
Lethbridge Policing: After Four Years of Change and Progress, what is Different?
Shahin Mehdizadeh, Lethbridge Police Service Chief
Thursday, March 6, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Building a stronger, more accountable and community-driven police service is paramount to fostering public trust. “Lethbridge Policing: Four Years of Change and Progress” highlights the transformation of the Lethbridge Police Service from late 2020 to today. When Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh was sworn in, LPS faced a series of internal morale issues and significant public scrutiny. His presentation will discuss the reforms that have taken place since that time to change organizational culture, prioritize employee well-being and the journey to rebuild fractured relationships.
Coal Mining in the Oldman River Watershed: What are the Risks - and Benefits?
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 5:00 PM
Southminster Church
More details on our special panel discussion coming soon
Why will your food prices remain elevated?
Derek Melting Tallow, Program Director of Secure Your Food (SYF) Program
Thursday, February 27, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Since 2017, the Secure Your Food Program (SYF) has known that food prices will rise due to systemic issues. Other contributing factors such as history, war, climate change, etc., will also keep prices elevated for the foreseeable future. SYF can confidently summarize for you and your family why this is happening and why it’s important to prepare during these volatile times. SYF works at all levels of society to improve food security.
The disappearing Alberta Advantage – what can be done to reverse Alberta’s collapsing standard of living?
Gil McGowan, Pres., Alberta Federation of Labour
Thursday, February 6, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Overwhelmed hospitals. Overcrowded schools. Threats from Donald Trump. Coal mines that could contaminate our water supply. If all that wasn’t enough for Albertans to worry about, Alberta wages and living standards are also falling. Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan will explain what’s behind the disappearance of the Alberta Advantage – and what we can do about it. Speaker: Gil McGowan Gil McGowan is a passionate labour leader, advocate for workers’ rights, and dedicated champion of social and economic justice.
What are the Roles and Rules of Community Television?
Ryan Cradduck
Thursday, January 30, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Community television programming is considered an important source for information and provides a reflection of local realities that few other television services currently showcase. All programming on Rogers TV must be “Community Programming”, which is defined by CRTC regulations as programming that refers directly to the community, which could be defined as the station’s contours, broadcasting distribution undertakings service area, municipality, census metropolitan area or census agglomeration; and is produced by the personnel of the local station, independent local producers or members of the community for the local station.
How can we make a difference in our community with evidence-based public safety projects?
Dr. Kirsten Fantazir, President’s Applied Research Chair in Public Safety and Dr. Jami Albright-Tolman, Principle Investigator, Researcher and Faculty, Lethbridge Polytechnic
Thursday, January 23, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Lethbridge Polytechnics’s Centre for Public Safety Applied Research (CPSAR) has been embracing Klose’s (2024) re-definition of evidence-based policing approach that entails decision-making, “which integrates the best available evidence, professional judgement and community values, preferences and circumstances”. CPSAR currently supports over 14 different research projects, 15 researchers, 14 student researchers that involve meaningful collaborations with over 28 Canadian policing, public safety, academic, and community partners across five provinces. We hope to share the benefits and potential of using “research-informed, practitioner-centred, and community-oriented” (Klose, 2024) evidence-based policing practices overall.
Can Alberta rice fields be engineered to supply us with novel proteins?
Illimar Altosaar, CEO of Proteins Easy Corp.
Thursday, January 16, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Our human body comprises 20,000 different essential proteins, each made up of a unique sequence of amino acids, unique in length, composition and three-dimensional structure. If our genome, or epigenome, fails to nourish us with one or more of our own proteins, say insulin, to whom do we turn in order to acquire such essential biomedical proteins or biologics? If our industries require biocatalysts like food processing enzymes or biomaterial proteins such as silk, how easily could our Prairies produce such otherwise expensive and exclusive proteins?
Why the change from Lethbridge College to Lethbridge Polytechnic?
Dr. Brad Donaldson, Lethbridge Polytechnic president and chief executive officer
Thursday, January 9, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
What is the difference between a college and a polytechnic and how long has this change been in the works? How much will this change cost and will it change the funding the institution receives from the Government of Alberta? Other changes at Lethbridge Polytechnic will be addressed by the speaker - among them, what does it mean for applied research and will programs be modified from present teaching methods? For example, will more programs be compatible - and or transferable with the University of Lethbridge?