Receding Glaciers - Vanishing Glaciers
Hester Jiskoot
Thursday, May 15, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and proclaimed 21 March the annual World Day for Glaciers. Related initiatives are highlighting the importance of glaciers worldwide, including their role in freshwater supplies and sea level rise, and the increasing threats of glacial hazards, while illustrating the impacts of climate change on the critical role that glaciers play in our Earth’s systems. Professor Hester Jiskoot will present the trends and future projections in receding glaciers and ice sheets worldwide and the related implications for humanity.
The evolution of tea - are there any health benefits drinking specific varieties?
Sampath Walgama
Thursday, May 8, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Tea’s origins are widely believed to be in China, with the tea plant, Camellia Sinensis, native to the southwest of the country, particularly the Yunnan province. It’s an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia Sinensis. While tea has been initially considered as a “beverage” it is no longer considered just a “beverage” by itself but rather a drink with medicinal value.
Storage losses in all kinds of agri food crops are substantial - are they largely preventable?
Dr Chandra Singh
Thursday, May 1, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
More information coming soon. Date/Time: Thursday, May 1, 2025. The session begins at 12 noon and concludes at 1 pm. Cost is free, donations however, are gratefully accepted. Location: SACPA sessions are held at Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO), Atrium Dining Room, 500 -11 Street S, Lethbridge Lunch and Refreshments: Please arrive early to patronize the LSCO cafeteria and enjoy their excellent variety of good-value food options. The Atrium Dining Room is available by 11:15 am
Is the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen needed now more than ever?
Bill Ginther
Thursday, April 24, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
The Lethbridge Soup Kitchen (LSK) has been serving meals to the less fortunate for the past 40+ years and will continue to do so as long as there is a need. LSK is blessed to have a great core of volunteers from many churches and service clubs in Lethbridge and surrounding area, many of whom have served for as long as the soup kitchen has been in existence. Upwards of 800 volunteers representing all ages and walks of life are gratefully doing much of the daily work to compliment the many suppliers, who provide most of the supplies needed to prepare the meals that are served three times a day, seven days a week.
What will it take to make Lethbridge the healthiest city in Canada for all to live, thrive and age well?
Jason Shriner & Kathy Lewis
Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
This is the Question that inspires Imagine Lethbridge, a grassroots organisation of residents passionate about a prosperous and sustainable future for our community. To answer this question, Imagine Lethbridge centres its thinking, activities, and processes around a unique and fresh perspective on economic activity known as regenerative economics by academics, and affectionately called “Doughnut Economics” by communities worldwide adopting and applying its principles. Our speakers will present the core principles and visual framework of Doughnut Economics, and share perspectives from a global, provincial and municipal viewpoint on practical considerations for ethical community prosperity and sustainability.
Land Use Bylaw Renewal: Shaping the Future of Lethbridge
Genesis Molesky and Ross Kilgour
Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
The Land Use Bylaw is the rule book that regulates development on private land in the city and the last time it was comprehensively reviewed and rewritten was 1986. The Land Use Bylaw Renewal project is an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come as a city and establish regulations to shape the future of Lethbridge. This presentation will examine how the Land Use Bylaw shapes where we live, work, and play, and how the new Land Use Bylaw will be created.
Chess for Life at University of Lethbridge - How might chess help those involved in the criminal justice system?
Dr. Lance Grigg, Joel Fortier & Jade Oldfield
Thursday, April 3, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Friday afternoons in a southern Alberta classroom, youth may be learning how to keep their troubles in check. Leaning over chess boards at the ULethbridge, teens and young adults who are at-risk or have been convicted of various crimes are taught to think, think again, then think some more as they move their pawns, kings, queens and rooks across 64 black and white spaces. The founder of Chess for Life says the program helps them learn how to accomplish short-term goals, like completing community service hours, following a curfew and staying out of trouble.
What story do we create about the homeless?
Yale Belanger
Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
When we think about how storytelling shapes our understanding of community, we often turn to historians, musicians, and other public commentators to help us make sense of our shared narrative. However, the role of policymakers and journalists in shaping this understanding is often overlooked. This presentation explores how two key institutions—the Lethbridge Herald and Lethbridge City Council—have shaped public discourse about local homelessness. The speaker will explore how their framing of this issue has influenced the community’s ability to respond.
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.
How does Biological Technology play into the practice of Sustainable and Regenerative Farming?
Joshua Day Chief, Chief Executive Officer of AdvancedAg
Thursday, March 13, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Sustainable practices, by definition, seek to maintain the same, whereas regenerative practices recognize that natural systems are currently impacted and it applies management techniques to restore the system to improved productivity. Regenerative and sustainable actions can use essentially the same practices, the difference is the application and the management of those tools. Farmers are faced with skyrocketing input costs, declining product efficiency and industry pressure to implement sustainable and regenerative practices.
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.
A Panel Discussion - Coal Mining in the Oldman Watershed: Are there Potential Risks?
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 6:00 PM
Southminster Church
There is significant interest in establishing metallurgical coal mining operations throughout the eastern slopes of Alberta. The areas residing within the Oldman watershed are no exception. Currently, there are four companies exploring potential mining operations in the region. All of the currently proposed coal mines are open-pit “mountain top removal” mines and are located in the Crowsnest Pass area. Coal mining exploration is also happening along the Livingstone Range and in the Bighorn area west of Red Deer.
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?