The evolution of tea - are there any health benefits drinking specific varieties?
Sampath Walgama
Thursday, May 8, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Tea’s origins are widely believed to be in China, with the tea plant, Camellia Sinensis, native to the southwest of the country, particularly the Yunnan province. It’s an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia Sinensis. While tea has been initially considered as a “beverage” it is no longer considered just a “beverage” by itself but rather a drink with medicinal value.
Receding Glaciers - Vanishing Glaciers
Hester Jiskoot
Thursday, May 15, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and proclaimed 21 March the annual World Day for Glaciers. Related initiatives are highlighting the importance of glaciers worldwide, including their role in freshwater supplies and sea level rise, and the increasing threats of glacial hazards, while illustrating the impacts of climate change on the critical role that glaciers play in our Earth’s systems. Professor Hester Jiskoot will present the trends and future projections in receding glaciers and ice sheets worldwide and the related implications for humanity.
What does the recent federal election results in Alberta and Saskatchewan tell us about Canadian unity?
Dr. Duane Bratt
Thursday, May 22, 2025 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Many Canadians may be seeing red, but nearly as many are seeing blue. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Mark Carney will form a new minority government in Canada after his Liberal Party secured the most seats in parliament in the recent federal election, completing a remarkable political turnaround amid a growing confrontation with President Trump and the United States. Although opposition leader Pierre Poilievre lost his own seat, the Conservatives grew their proportion of the popular vote substantially and made inroads in Ontario with 44 per cent of the vote there.