Today ( Friday), we were able to return to our CORAH classes: Men’s strength and fitness for me, and Chair Yoga for Heather (check out previous post A Geographic Proposal and Community Mapping Plans).
Checking my calendar, I realized that the last class was on December 5th. The NSCC campus in Middleton was closed over Christmas and New Year. It is unfortunate that these classes are not available over the holiday. I can feel the difference.
The upside is that I was able to pick up the program flier for February. I found three talks of interest.
- “Love where you live: community mapping with purpose“. This is hosted by Ed Symons Geomatics instructor and his students, and includes mapping local resources and identifying local challenges.
- ‘New Year, New Page : an Intro to Bullet Journaling“. This interests me because I am curious how it overlaps with blog writing. Offered by Elizabeth Garcin.
- Deb MacBean offers “Wired Wisdom: Tech Talk Trivia“. This is of interest because changes in technology occur all the time. Without institutional technical support, there are endless small changes that arrive on your iPad or cellphone.
The CORAH message is that WE ALL NEED TO BELONG TO A COMMUNITY.
Access to these educational resources is critical to quality of life in rural Nova Scotia, especially within the context of “rural aging and health“.
I also noted that Howard Selig of Valley Flaxflour Ltd. (see Buy Local and Support Local) is giving a talk entitled ‘Nourish and Flourish : delicious healthy cooking, for one or a few“. Sounds good !
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Jaime and Jennifer at CORAH. They offer an efficient, empathetic learning environment for everyone. Edward added the graphics, the map and the links.
POSTSCRIPT
Check out the CORAH-NSCC Participants & Communities map collaboration showing CORAH participant numbers throughout Nova Scotia. Middleton is pinned in the image below, for example.
Ernest Blair Experiment 