Anatomy of a Course Design: Linda Benguigui’s Courses

Anatomy of a Course Design: Linda Benguigui by Imogen Brian, February 2025 Passionate about art and art history, Linda pursued a BA and an MA in art history. Her graduate studies led her to discover that, as much as she still loved art, the academic side of the subject wasn’t where she wanted to devote …

Read More

Anatomy of a Course Design : Jane Eyre and Her Heirs

Anatomy of a Course Design: Jane Eyre and Her Heirs   Charlotte Boatner-Doane  By Dominic Varvaro, Fall 2024 Prompted to think of TMI course designs in anatomical terms, I immediately zero in on the brain and the heart. In my interview with Charlotte Boatner-Doane about her upcoming course, Jane Eyre and her Heirs, it is clear …

Read More

Spring 2025 Courses

The Thomas More Institute has a variety of courses on offer this spring. Whether you’re looking for a deep dive into literature or philosophy, or a shorter but no less compelling look at cultural topics, you will find something to tempt you. Sign up early; courses are filling quickly.   Twelve-Week Courses A Disturbing Disquiet: …

Read More

A Tribute to Judith Gray: Student, Course Leader & Designer, and Past President

A Tribute to Judith Gray: Student, Course Leader & Designer, and Past President  Fall 2024 On May 9, 2024, TMI past president Judith Gray passed away peacefully at 85 years old. Judith is remembered fondly as a brilliant woman known for her generosity, curiosity, and wit.  Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Judith was the daughter …

Read More

TMI Student Profile: A Conversation with Charlotte de Neeve

TMI Student Profile: A Conversation with Charlotte de Neeve By Dominic Varvaro, May 2024 Featured image: Charlotte de Neeve speaks with the TMI community at Spring Convocation Savouring her hot chocolate, she displays a youthful bohemian spirit belied only by greying hair. Her soft-spoken responses to my questions in the cavernous market café cause me …

Read More

TMI Volunteer Profile With Jim Cullen

TMI Volunteer Profile with Jim Cullen  by Dominic Varvaro, November 2024  We’re surrounded by a collection of sculptures and paintings “conceived in the young minds of Quebec’s artist community,” he tells me. The stacked bookshelves on an adjacent wall—replete with Plato, Ovid and Homer—hold the tomes that “founding members had in hand” when first building …

Read More