SENIORS’ PROGRAM—HAPPINESS?

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole
aim and end of human existence.
Aristotle

What is happiness? How do we assess it? Are we genetically predisposed to being happy or unhappy? Do we each have a happiness threshold? When in life can people expect to be at their happiest? Can happiness be taught? The concept of happiness can be traced back to the origin of Western thought. We will explore this fundamental, yet elusive, concept in the hope that we can each arrive at our own understanding of what it means to be happy.

In RESIDENCES AND MEETING PLACES OF OLDER ADULTS throughout the Montreal area, discussion groups will spend 18 weeks looking at history, literature, poetry, the social sciences and other fields relating to the study of happiness. Reading selections are provided in large print.

BENNY FARM COMMUNITY, 3510 Benny Ave., Montreal
(Monday: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)

LE CHÂTEAU ROYALE, 185 Thornhill St., Dollard-des-Ormeaux
(Tuesday: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm)

CONTACTIVITY CENTRE, 4695 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.,
Westmount (Friday: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)

LE GRAHAM, 1935 Graham Blvd., Town of Mount Royal
(Thursday: 2:00 pm -3:30 pm)

MAISON DESAULNIERS, 574 Notre Dame St., St. Lambert
(Friday: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)

MANOIR WESTMOUNT, 4646 Sherbrooke St. W., Westmount
(Monday: 10:30 am - 11:30 am)

ST. PATRICK SQUARE, 6767 Cote St. Luc Rd., Cote St. Luc
(Tuesday: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)

THE TEAPOT - SENIOR CENTRE, 2901 St. Joseph Blvd., Lachine
(Thursday: 10:00 am - 11:30 am)

LE WELLESLEY, 230 Hymus Blvd., Pointe-Claire
(Wednesday, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm)

WESTMOUNT ONE, 4800 Côte-St-Luc Rd., Montreal
(Thursday: 2:00 pm -3:30 pm)

FEE: $20.00 full course, $10.00 for one term only.

FIRST SESSION (F): Le Graham starts on Thursday, Sept. 29, Le Chateau Royale on Tuesday, Oct. 4, The Teapot on Thursday, Oct. 6, Contactivity & Maison Desaulniers on Friday, Oct. 7, St. Patrick Square on Tuesday, Oct. 11, Le Wellesley on Wednesday, Oct. 12, Benny Farm & Manoir Westmount on Monday, Oct. 17.
FIRST SESSION (W): Week of January 16, 2012.
MEMBERS OF THE DISCUSSION TEAM: Elke Attal, Vivianne Boucher, lleana Cusiac, Michael Dawson, Kathleen Dunn, Margaret Nicoll-Griffith, Laura Grunberg, Ann Lloyd, Joan Machnik, Barbara Miller, Lois Mumley, Irene Menear, Clifford Papke, Jenny Patton, Erika Podesser-Romwalter, Doris Rooney, Jacky Ross, Olga Sher, and Patricia Sikender.
COORDINATOR: Laura Grunberg