Har Elders Seniors’ Lunches are back! 
Join us once a month on Wednesday at noon for seniors' lunch!
It's an opportunity to catch up with friends, listen to an interesting talk and have a tasty lunch together. 
Please contact Har El's office by phone or email if have any questions, or need assistance with registration or transportation.

Join our opening event, with gust speaker Jonathan Berkowitz, "The Word Guy": 
"Our Marvelous and Humorous English Language"

We read and speak our English language every day, but do we think about where words come from? What exactly is a “word” and why do we spell and pronounce them the way we do? When English is used properly and well, communication flows, reducing or eliminating misunderstandings. But when language goes wrong, when words are mixed up or misused, either unintentionally or intentionally, hilarity can ensue. Join me in an educational look at our marvelous and humorous English language.

Dr. Berkowitz loves sharing his passion for statistics, words, puzzles, and ideas. For the past seven years, he has appeared as the Word Guy (and for one year as the Puzzling Professor) on CBC Radio One’s weekend morning program, “North by Northwest”, educating and entertaining about all aspects of the English language.

Professionally, Jonathan is a consulting statistician and full-time lecturer at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. He has taught over 18,000 students, won major teaching awards, and co-authored two Canadian editions of a statistics textbook, He has been involved in a wide range of collaborative and interdisciplinary research and has co-written many academic publications. He also has a long track record of volunteerism and currently serves on the board of the Vancouver Symphony Society.

Jonathan has also written two books about words: The Whirl of Words: Puzzling Past and Present (www.thewhirlofwords.com) in 2021, and Tales From the Word Guy: What Your English Teacher Never Taught You (www.talesfromthewordguy.com) in 2022.

To learn more about his wide-ranging interests, activities, and accomplishments, please visit his website: www.berkowitzandassociates.ca.

This event is by donation. We kindly suggest a $5 donation.