The Seniors’ College Association of Nova Scotia (SCANS) is a volunteer-run nonprofit that offers engaging, academic courses for lifelong learners aged 50 years and up.
Why Join SCANS?
Discover intellectually stimulating courses with no exams, no pressure—just the joy of learning alongside peers who share your curiosity.
Classes run once a week for 2 hours over 6 weeks. You can join us in person in Halifax, Truro, Liverpool, or Mahone Bay.
Prefer to learn from home? Many of our courses are live streamed and recorded, so you can participate from anywhere in Nova Scotia.
Visit www.theSCANS.org to learn more, become a member, and register.
Our Featured Fall 2025 Course
“Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life?”
By Professor Susan Hutchinson
Other Fall Courses include:
- Everything You Wanted to Know About the Canadian Healthcare System But Were Afraid to Ask by Mary Jane Hampton (Halifax and Zoom Webinar)
- Introduction to Birding by Sheila Brown and Donald Wyllie (Halifax)
- Only the Dead Can Dance: Choreographies of Mortality by Steven Bruhm (Liverpool)
- The Highland Bagpipe: Its History and Cultural Significance for Nova Scotia by George Macintosh (Truro)
- Topics in Cyber Security by James Farmer (Mahone Bay)
- Plus eleven more intellectually engaging courses to choose from
📅 Fall 2025 registration opens September 8th and closes September 17th.
Classes begin the week of October 6th.
We’d love to have you join us! Visit www.theSCANS.org to learn more.