About us
McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL), part of McGill University, is a non-profit, volunteer-based learning center for seniors and lifelong learners. MCLL allows seniors to share their knowledge, experience and interests with others through informal study groups and lectures.
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Harry Kessler: The Lifetime Observer
McGill Community for Lifelong Learning, 680 Sherbrooke West, suite 229, Montréal, QC, CACount Harry Graf Kessler (1868-1937) lived a remarkable life. His diaries record the intellectual, historical, and artistic events of the times. He spends time with Auguste Rodin, Vaslav Nijinsky, Sergei Diaghilev. Kessler works on a Nietzsche archive and planned monument, collaborates on The Rosenkavalier, is patron to artists, meets with imprisoned Polish leader Jozef Pilsudski just prior to his release in 1918. This is a remarkable record of La Belle Époque, World War I, and post-war tumult in Germany.
🎫Register Now for $10. Registration closes on May 6 at 11:59 pm. You can still walk in and pay with cash, provided there will be spots available.
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MCLL offers a program of lectures both online and on campus, presented by MCLL members, other lifelong learning centres and faculty members who share their research on a variety of topics. The fee is $10 per lecture, and does not include MCLL membership benefits.2 attendees
An Engineer's Take on Dieppe
McGill Community for Lifelong Learning, 680 Sherbrooke West, suite 229, Montréal, QC, CAThe Dieppe Raid of 1942 remains highly contested: Some view it as a tragic, avoidable failure, while others argue it provided essential lessons for the Normandy landings. This lecture explores the debate through an engineer’s lens.
🎫Register Now for $10. Registration closes on May 6 at 11:59 pm. You can still walk in and pay with cash, provided there will be spots available.
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MCLL offers a program of lectures both online and on campus, presented by MCLL members, other lifelong learning centres and faculty members who share their research on a variety of topics. The fee is $10 per lecture, and does not include MCLL membership benefits.3 attendees
In Memoriam: JOSE MUJICA (1935-2025)
McGill Community for Lifelong Learning, 680 Sherbrooke West, suite 229, Montréal, QC, CAThe late (40th) president of Uruguay, Jose "Pepe" Mujica, was the opposite of Donald Trump in terms of FRUGALITY, HUMILITY, PROGRESSIVENESS, PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING... He was an ex-guerrilla who spent 13+ harsh years in military captivity (where he used to speak with the ants to avoid craziness). Please see this BBC article: "Uruguay's Jose Mujica, world's 'Poorest president' dies" (2025.5.13), and come to discuss this unusual person.
🎫Register Now for $10. Registration closes on May 13 at 11:59 pm. You can still walk in and pay with cash, provided there will be spots available.
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MCLL offers a program of lectures both online and on campus, presented by MCLL members, other lifelong learning centres and faculty members who share their research on a variety of topics. The fee is $10 per lecture, and does not include MCLL membership benefits.1 attendee
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