Submarines, brain health, CCP and other TALK courses for 50+ at KPU Surrey

Submarines, brain health, CCP and other TALK courses for 50+ at KPU Surrey

Published 7:00 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026

A wide variety of courses for people aged 50+ are coming to the Surrey campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) this fall.

Registration opened Sept. 9 for TALK sessions (Third Age Learning at Kwantlen), a non-profit volunteer organization now in its 27th year of presenting short, informative non-credit courses at KPU sites in Newton, Langley and Richmond, also online.

Annual membership costs $10, while individual courses costs $20 to 25 depending on the number of sessions.

Courses start Oct. 2 at the 72 Avenue campus in Surrey with Ancient Communities and Vanishing Places, with guest presenter Dr. Ross Pink, KPU Department of Political Science.

Others this fall include Basic First Aid at Home (Oct. 9 with Dan Amos, Surrey Firefighters), The Curious History of Colour in Art (Oct. 19, Linda Quigley, retired art history instructor), How Prescription Medicines Affect Cognitive Health (Nov. 18, Alan Glasser, owner of Marks Pharmacy in Delta), Submarines in Canada (Nov. 23, Rod MacKinnon, former navy officer and lawyer), Hands-On Tech Support (Dec. 2-3, Rahim Varani, KPU) and Xi Jinping and Chinese Communist Party (Dec. 11, Dr. Jack Hayes, KPU History Department).

TALK field trips are to KPU Farm & Garden at Bog (Sept. 29), Fraser Valley Rose Farm in Deroche (Oct. 7) and Oughtred Roasting Works in Delta (Nov. 27).

Online courses include Sticks and Stones: The Power of Words (Oct. 6), The State of the World’s Birds (Oct. 13), Financialization Strangled Economy (Oct. 14), Understanding Musical Biography (Oct. 29), B.C.’s Marvellous Mushrooms (Dec. 7) and more.

Click through the 44-page brochure on kpu.ca/Talk.

In addition to courses, TALK hosts Philosophers’ Corner open forums, no TALK membership required. Sessions are by donation at Crescent Gardens (1222 King George Blvd., South Surrey) on the second Thursday of the month, 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. (optional fee of $20 for lunch). Fall sessions include To Infinity and Beyond. Really? (Oct. 8), Environmental Report Card (Nov. 12) and The Notwithstanding Clause: Uses and Abuses (Dec. 10).