winter 2012 - Creative Retirement Manitoba Home Page

Baby, it’s Cold Outside
CRM programs are a great way to beat the winter doldrums
Warm up with us at Creative Retirement
Manitoba this winter. Have you just retired?
If you have a hankering to discover
new ideas, learn new skills and meet new people,
join us at one or more of the 85 courses
being offered.
LECTURES
Is America in Decline? A Canadian Perspective
In the wake of the 2008 American economic
meltdown, arguments surrounding the decline
of the United States and related rise of new
power centres, generally China, emerged from
the shadows to prominence. This presentation
critically examines these arguments to shed
W W W. C R M . M B . C A
light on the potential future of international
politics from a Canadian perspective.
Ukrainian Settlement in Western Canada: Building
Communities in the Canadian Parkland
This lecture examines the circumstances of the
arrival and early settlement of Ukrainians in
Canada. Presented by University of Winnipeg Geography
Professor John Lehr, author of the recently
published “Community and Frontier: A
Ukrainian Settlement in the Canadian Parkland”.
Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Impressions and
Images of North Korea
North Korea is seldom visited by western
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