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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+). Courses are for your learning enjoyment, without tests or assignments. Full membership entitles you to attend any number of the courses offered per year whether they are delivered in-person or online. Online membership entitles you to attend any number of courses that are delivered online. It also allows you to participate in further developing this dynamic learning organization. In addition to online courses, in-person courses are offered in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Liverpool, Mahone Bay, and Truro.
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Annual general Meeting
March 14, 2026, 1:30 pm
Hope United Church, Halifax
Hope United Church, Halifax
SPRING TERM 2026
Information Sessions
- LIVERPOOL: March 16, 11:00 AM, Trinity Anglican Church, 196 Church Street, Liverpool
- MAHONE BAY: March 17, 10.30 AM, Mahone Bay Centre, 45 School St., Mahone Bay
- TRURO: March 18, 1:30 PM, Douglas St. Rec Centre, 40 Douglas St., Truro
HALIFAX - March 16, 1:30 pm
Hybrid Session
Hybrid Session
- In-person: The Sanctuary, Hope United Church, 3055 Connaught Ave., Halifax
- Online: YouTube livestream
All courses are subject to change
Free Public Presentation
March 9, 2026 (Monday)
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Hybrid presentation
In-person at Hope United Church, 3055 Connaught Ave., Halifax
Online via Zoom webinar
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Hybrid presentation
In-person at Hope United Church, 3055 Connaught Ave., Halifax
Online via Zoom webinar
TAYLOR SWIFT'S AMAZING SOCIETAL INFLUENCE
Taylor Swift’s influence and wealth are staggering, her reach, spectacularly global. Her appeal to hundreds of millions of people, her power and her influence are astounding. Celebrity is a social construct, the product of the public’s interactions with the entertainment industry, and in this Swift stands out. Anthropologist Rylan Higgins will explore Swift as a global celebrity juggernaut, unpack the complexity of Swift’s celebrity status, and describe the impact of that status.
Taylor Swift’s influence and wealth are staggering, her reach, spectacularly global. Her appeal to hundreds of millions of people, her power and her influence are astounding. Celebrity is a social construct, the product of the public’s interactions with the entertainment industry, and in this Swift stands out. Anthropologist Rylan Higgins will explore Swift as a global celebrity juggernaut, unpack the complexity of Swift’s celebrity status, and describe the impact of that status.
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RYLAN HIGGINS is a Professor of Anthropology and the Associate Dean of Arts at Saint Mary’s University. He encourages students to reflect on their own lives and the influences, such as Taylor Swift, on the society in which they live.
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Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is protected by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship that did not surrender Indigenous land, resources or sovereignty but instead established rules for an ongoing relationship between nations. Further, we recognize and commit to addressing the need for continual engagement and learning in the spirit of Peace and Friendship and in the work of Truth and Reconciliation. Msit No’kmaq. (All My Relations}
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is protected by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship that did not surrender Indigenous land, resources or sovereignty but instead established rules for an ongoing relationship between nations. Further, we recognize and commit to addressing the need for continual engagement and learning in the spirit of Peace and Friendship and in the work of Truth and Reconciliation. Msit No’kmaq. (All My Relations}