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When the pandemic rolled into Montreal in the early days of March,…
A Year of Aging Available
/in ACT Scroll, News /by ScottPaper or Plastic Right to Your Door
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by ScottWhen the pandemic rolled into Montreal in the early days of March, ACT decided to work with its local Montreal allies to support older adults in the Montreal community. We set up a grocery delivery project for older adults who were asked by government authorities to remain confined in their homes. ACT partnered with […]
ACT develops flyer for community resources in NDG, Montreal for COVID-19
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineIn collaboration with community organizations, ACT has developed a bilingual flyer that outlines COVID-19 community resources in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood of Montréal, Québec. ACT has been working with allies in the community to develop an outreach strategy, especially to reach older adults who are not online. This flyer is currently being distributed at COVID-19 […]
ACT Presents Findings on Cell Phone Affordability For Canadian Older Adults to the CRTC
/in ACT Scroll, News /by ScottIn Focus Piece- Julia Henderson Joins ACT as a Post Doc Exploring Dementia and Age-Related Memory Loss Through Theatre
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by HannahEXTENDED DEADLINE FOR Special Issue CFP: “Age and Performance: Expanding Intersectionality” (TRiC/RTaC) – March 1 2020
/in ACT Scroll, CFP /by ScottTheatre Research in Canada/ Recherches théâtrales au Canada “Age and Performance: Expanding Intersectionality” Special Issue CFP Guest Editors: Benjamin Gillespie (Graduate Center, CUNY), Julia Henderson (University of British Columbia), Núria Casado-Gual (University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) As aging populations continue to expand rapidly, generating what Robert N. Butler has called the “longevity revolution,” cultural awareness is growing about […]
New report on the affordability of mobile services in Canada
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineACT researchers Catherine Middleton, Kim Sawchuk, Constance Lafontaine, Scott DeJong and Julia Henderson submitted a report as part of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) review of the affordability of mobile devices in Canada (2019-57) on October 23. ACT researchers conducted 62 interviews with older adults in four provinces over the span of four […]
New report to British Columbia government on mobile services
/in ACT Scroll, News, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineACT researchers were invited by the British Columbia government to submit an intervention as part of the province’s public engagement and legislative review to identify ways to improve cell phone contract and billing transparency. The ACT report, titled “Fair Sales Practices and Affordable Services: The Cell Phone Needs of Canadian Seniors,” emphasizes the need for […]