Our Goal
We aim to enrich the lives of semi-retired and retired individuals by providing lifelong learning opportunities and fostering fulfillment, love, and abundance. Ultimately, our goal is to broaden their horizons and help them to build a purposeful and meaningful life.
Our Mandate
Helping Other Adults to discover new passions, new purpose and new learning.
Our Belief
- Lifelong learning regardless of qualification, age, gender, religion, and ethnicity
- Pleasurable learning to sustain contributions to society
- Fostering a peer support system
We invite you to be an Abundant Life Institute member.
It is our hope that you will discover new passions, new purpose and new learning here. Your abundant life begins here!
Membership Fees:
| 55 – 64 | 65 and above | |
| Full-year membership (January 1 – December 31) | $20 | $15 |
| Half-year membership (July 1 – December 31) | $10 | $7.5 |
For those 65 and above, a 50% discount will be applied on all courses unless otherwise specified.
There are three terms each year:
Winter: January to April
Summer: May to August
Fall: September to December
First two months of each term is “Term 1” and last two months of each term is “Term 2”.
How to Register
Our interface for enrolling classes and services provided by 105 Gibson Centre offers a comprehensive and user-friendly experience. Come and check this out!
ALI Courses are classified into the following 5 tracks. It is our hope that you will discover new passions, new purpose and new learning here. Your abundant life begins here!
Literacy
Sample Courses:
- Android Mobile Apps
- Art in Chinese Tea
- Calligraphy 101, 201, 301
- Conversational Mandarin
- Perspectives in Chinese Culture
Wellness
Sample Courses:
- Brain Beat Dance / Line Dance / Praise Dance / Zumba
- Chinese Medicine Talk
- Pickleball
- Six Circulation Fist
- Stretching Exercise
- Tai Chi Sword
Art
Sample Courses:
- Chinese Dance Class
- Chinese Landscape, Floral and Bird Drawing
- Creative Card Making
- Singing Class
Spirituality
Sample Courses:
- Abundance 101
- Life Story Sharing
- The Challenge of Older Adults
Community
Sample Courses:
- Community Volunteering
Credit System
Courses that we are two months in duration weigh 0.5 credit. Courses that are four months in duration weigh 1.0 credit. Members are required to attend 80% of each course to be credited.
Graduation Application
Members can request for a graduation certificate once they have accumulated 12 credits. The 12 credits must include at least one course from each track and a mandatory course.
We are offering classes onsite and online! We hope that this can encourage our community to stay connected with their favourite instructor and fellow classmates through online learning. Please check the class locations shown in the pamphlet.
OLDER ADULTS SERVICES
105 Gibson Older Adults Services (OAS) provides programs to the semi-retired and retired by bringing fulfillment, love and abundance to their lives. Our programs offer to help expand their horizon and empower them for life-long continuous learning.