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SENIORS' COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA
SENIORS' COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA
Continue your life-long learning by joining the Seniors’ College Association of Nova Scotia, a volunteer-based registered non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable non-credit academic courses to seniors (age 50+) in Nova Scotia. Courses are for your learning enjoyment, without tests or assignments. Membership entitles you to enrol in any number of the courses offered per year. It also allows you to participate in further developing this dynamic learning organization. Classes are offered in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Chester, Liverpool, Mahone Bay, and Truro.
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Lyme Disease in Nova Scotia
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in Nova Scotia and is only one of a number of tick-borne illnesses that can result from the bite of a tick. Uncertainty is associated with this complex zoonotic disease as well as the political landscape that influences diagnosis and treatment. With changes in land use coupled with global climate change, humans are finding that ticks are a formidable foe. But forewarned is forearmed and there is much that people can do in their own backyards.
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JANET SPERLING is an entomologist based in Edmonton, Alberta and is the president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation. Dr. Sperling started her academic journey with a bachelor’s degree in plant science (1983) followed by her MSc in Entomology (1988). After experiencing difficulties in obtaining the diagnosis of Lyme disease in Canada for her son, she pursued a PhD in Systematics and Evolution (2021). Her current research is focussed on the diversity of bacteria associated with ticks and exploring limitations in detection. This research is inspired by a need to improve diagnostics and care for people suffering from Lyme disease and the multiple coinfections carried by ticks. Most recently, she has been a lecturer at the University of Alberta teaching introductory biology of insects.
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SPRING TerM (APRIL - MaY 2022)
The spring term will offer 2 Zoom webinar courses, 9 in-person courses in Halifax-Dartmouth, and 2 in-person courses in each of the other chapters of Chester, Mahone Bay, Liverpool, and Truro, for a total of 19 courses in all.
Online registration for the 2022 spring term is now closed. Please contact Sue Hawkes by email or telephone if you wish to submit a late registration for any of the courses.
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