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A "think-tank" for a Happy Simple Life with People, Plants, and Animals (Queens County)

A “think-tank” for a happy simple life with people, plants, and animals, as we move through the cycles of life. Focus is on sharing information: find what we can, use what we can, plan what we can, and change what we can. The discussions will have a multi-disciplinary flavor. The facilitator has a multi-cultural, multi-lingual background with specializations in Urban Sociology, Social Inequality, and Social Psychology and has her own Linnaean collection of plants, a “Herbarium” to share.

Course Locations and Times

	Offering Period & Time	Location	Status
Fall	10/03/2024 - 11/14/2024 Thursday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Cornwall Town Hall 15 Mercedes Drive Cornwall	Open
Winter
Spring

Requirements	Interest and willingness to share life’s experiences and knowledge. Access to two textbooks, available as eBooks: Local library has a copy of these two books. 1. Diana Beresford-Kroeger. The Sweetness of a Simple Life: Tips for Healthier, Happier, and Kinder Living Gleaned from the Wisdom and Science of Nature. 2013. Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-345-81295-7 also as eBook. 2. A. L. Sinikka Dixon. The Fabric of Your Life: the five cycles of change. 2013. FriesenPress.com Distributed by The Ingram Book Company. ISBN 978-1-4602-2064-1 (Paperback) 978-1-4602-2065-8 (eBook)
Objectives	To have an opportunity to interact with one another and share, how as participant observers, we are master weavers of our own fabric of life. Whether rich or poor, our ultimate human capital is the type of character we develop in social interaction, based on the value systems we have made our own and the life chances we create for one another as we share the bond with plants and animals.
Teaching Process	Present multi-disciplinary insights in everyday language and provide exercises to facilitate sharing. The aim is to provide a comfortable place to share and enrich each other’s lives by what we have learned in life, and new directions we might take.
UPEI Parking Pass Required?	No
Additional Costs?	No
Additional Costs or Information	For more information about this course you can reach out to Sinikka Dixon - email dixosin@bellaliant.net

Course Facilitator

Sinikka Dixon

Dr. Sinikka Dixon is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual Sociologist with a passion for the human story. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of California in 1982, with specializations in Urban Sociology, Social Inequality, and Social Psychology. She is Professor Emeritus of Sociology from Burman University, Alberta, and is active in Research on Aging RC11 of International Sociological Association. Her hobbies are: travel, weaving, gardening, swimming and learning new things. Having lived and traveled in many countries, she has experienced first-hand cultures in Africa, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Indonesia, North and Central America, Philippines and Suriname. As a member of Canadian, American and International Sociological Associations, she has presented papers in many Sociological Congresses.