Where the love of learning gets better with age.
The Academy is unique among the lifelong learning opportunities available to older adults with more than 30 interactive workshops/courses, talks, walks and clubs to satisfy your intellectual curiosity.
City Walks
It’s time again to explore parks, ravines, urban art, and historic locations, followed by lunch at a local pub. Below are the walks this month. Click here for more walks information and a list of upcoming walks, or here for a list of the whole series through August.
Events
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery: History, Art, and Nature
Just a five-minute walk brings us to the Yonge Street entrance of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, one of Toronto’s most beautiful and fascinating spaces. Often described as an arboretum and open-air…
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Hidden Histories of the U of T
Let’s start on St. George Street and step into nearly two centuries of Toronto history. We begin at the elegant Gooderham House and wind past hidden ravines, grand academic halls,…
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Bracondale: Hills, History, and Homes
Wells Hill Park 145 Hilton Ave, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDiscover the historic village of Bracondale, named after the rolling hills of England where its early settler John Turner was born. Perched high above the city north of Davenport, this…
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Membership for 2026/27
Join the Academy today, or login in and renew your membership for the coming year.
Check out the Workshop Listing
Our new Workshop lineup is ready and posted for the 2026/27 Academic year! Check it out and make a note of your favourites.
Workshop selection is open. Register for up to three workshops and plan for an exciting 2026/27 academic year.
Why join?
The Academy for Lifelong Learning Toronto offers the opportunity to stay intellectually engaged, pre-and-post retirement. We offer our members a uniquely engaging experience, with peer-to-peer learning with more than 30 workshops/courses to choose from.
Workshops are the centerpiece of the Academy and are more than a lecture series. Members are active participants in workshops, taking turns leading a discussion of their choice. Workshops focus on a wide range of topics across a broad spectrum including the arts, science, history, current affairs, and film, both documentaries and popular features.
In addition, members can attend inspiring talks, specialty clubs, community walks and many social opportunities.