Learning in Retirement

If you are 50 or older, interested in connecting with others, learning new skills, sharing your experiences and generally having fun, consider joining our community of around 400 lifelong learners in Nelson, BC.

Learning in Retirement (LiR) is a non-profit society run by volunteer seniors for seniors, working in partnership with Selkirk College.

Join us for:

Friday drop-in presentations
Multi-session courses
Informal interest groups

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Courses

Armchair Travellers

Enjoy stories, pictures and experiences from travels in Japan, Iceland, Egypt, the Baltics, Poland, Greenland and Africa—all without updating your passport.

Basic Reed Basket Making for Beginners

Learn how to weave your first reed basket.

Beginner Line Dancing

This class will introduce dances to all kinds of music, mostly country. We will learn about 10 dances, keeping steps and dances at a beginner level.

Brain Games - Intermediate

Come tie your brain into knots! Work out the kinks! A change of thinking is as good as a rest!

Cultivating Gratitude and Other Mental Health Practices for Resiliency

Humans worry a lot, losing gratitude and happiness. This workshop helps cultivate positivity, making us sleep better, love better and appreciate more.

Drawing Essentials

This is an introductory course on basic drawing techniques using line and shading to define shapes.

Dreamplay

Discover meaning in dreams based on Jungian psychology, become more aware of unconscious impulses that drive us, learn emotional differentiation and tap into dream-based creativity.

Fun Trivia

Enjoy team-based quizzes on a variety of subjects that will stretch your little grey cells.

Gentle Fitness

Each class will include a warm-up, light cardio, muscle conditioning and stretching, with options for different fitness levels.

Healthy Feet

This course is designed for seniors and persons with diabetes to promote foot health.

Herbal Medicine for Cancer Care

In this class, we will discuss herbal medicines that can help reduce cancer risk, provide support during cancer treatment and assist with recovery.

How to Detail Anything Like a Pro

Learn how to detail the interior and exterior of everything that has tires, floats or flies.

How to Use Walking Poles

Participants will learn to how to use their own Nordic walking poles effectively for a good workout. We will use the poles in the gym, so rubber feet

Humour 101

In this six-week course, we will explore the humour in our lives and find creative ways to express this humour.

Intro to Four-Part Harmony a Cappella Singing

Join us to work on some basic singing techniques and sing some unaccompanied four-part harmony songs together.

Intro to Rug Hooking

Learn a contemporary approach to this traditional craft and hook a 14" round chair pad or pillow. Finishing will be demonstrated at the Senior's

Iona's World—More than a Book Club! Adventure #5

Join us to explore the world of the Iona Wishaw book series.

Landscape Painting in Acrylic

The course is designed for artists looking for a refresher on the painting process and one-on-one instruction.

Learn with the Nelson Public Library

Learn all about what the Nelson Public Library has to offer and find out how to access all those services.

Life Planning: Advanced Care & Estate Planning

We plan for tomorrow so we can live for today—a good motto for life!

Playing with Shakespeare

Shakespeare wrote plays to be performed. This course will give the participants the tools necessary to confidently lift Shakespeare's word off the page and into performance.

Stage/Broadway Dance

Have fun learning dance steps culminating in a dance number or two done to musical theatre songs.

Understanding and Exploring Artificial Intelligence (AI)

This workshop will do a deep dive into one of the most exciting, yet scary, developments of our time.

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