Travel Pursuits are learning vacations rooted in place and transcending time. See with your own eyes and through discussion of the works of some of a country’s most celebrated authors and artists. Explore the mutual influence of artist on place, and place on artist.

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About 150 people from across Canada and at least 20 states gather each year on the shady garden campus of the University of St. Michael's College to immerse themselves for a week in the great classics of music, philosophy and literature.

Toronto Pursuits in the Summer 2008 was a great success! We celebrated our Tenth Anniversary with “LATE EDITIONS”, an entire week will focused on creativity in later life – crowning achievements of Beethoven, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Dostoevsky and many others. The week included ten small group seminars; a featured series on late works of five opera composers, a Late Beethoven Piano Recital with William Corbett-Jones, talks mediated by the AARP’s Harry Rick Moody, art walks, small group dinners, and an optional trip to the Stratford Festival.

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We design literary trips for affinity organizations and groups, such as university classes, alumni groups, and book clubs, with a focus on small group discussion of great works of literature in the destination where the book(s) were written or set. We have 20 trips that have already been carefully designed, reflecting extensive research and experience. We can either modify an existing trip or design a brand new one to suit your travellers' preferences.