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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
ACT Researchers in the Media
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Kendra BesangerThe work of ACT Associate Researcher, Andrea Charise, was featured on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition on October 15. In this episode, Andrea Charise discusses the importance of choosing our words (and metaphors) wisely when we talk about aging. Learn more about the episode and listen here.
Annual ACT meeting at the University of Ottawa
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineOur Fitbits, our (aging)selves? Digital self-tracking and embodied aging
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineAt the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung surprised business-watchers with a shift in market development plans. Expected to focus on robots, they instead announced a focus on wearable health devices, such as fitness trackers, believing that (according to their CEO) “an aging society will help this market segment grow more quickly”. This article explores the different ways that self-tracking technologies depending on age. For older adults, conversations ten toward mitigating risks, and identifying onsets of, age-related decline.
October 13: Bridging Research and Public Policy: Matters of Ageing and Technology
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineAs part of the ACT annual meeting, we are holding a public keynote address and round table discussion at the University of Ottawa. This event will take place on October 13, 2017 in Simard Hall (SMD) 125, located at 60 University Street in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Marcel Mérette, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at […]
ACT panel selected as a “divisional symposium” at CAG2017
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineThe ACT Panel titled “Ageing, Communication, Technologies : Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life” has been selected as the divisional symposium for Social Sciences at the Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference (CAG), to be held from October 19 to 21 in Winnipeg, Canada. The panel will take place on October 21 from 11am to […]
Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellow Symposium: Emerging Research on Later Life
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineOn October 5, ACT is hosting its first ever graduate student and postdoctoral fellow symposium at the Loyola campus of Concordia University, specifically in the Department of Communication Studies. With the exception of the public keynote by Josephine Dolan, this is a closed event. SCHEDULE 9:30-10:00 (CJ 2.130) – Welcome and Introductions Josephine Dolan and […]
An Update from WAM Summer School
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Étoile des aînés, In focus, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineThe Centre for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) celebrated its ten year anniversary at its sixth international summer school in June this year. This took place in Gloucestershire in England. WAM2017 took ‘Noisy Women’ as its theme and the summer school lived up to the promise.
Kelly Leonard defending MA thesis on “Exploring Community Inclusion in Older Adulthood through the use of Computers and Tablets”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Bringing the Community to You!, News, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineKelly Leonard, a Research Assistant who has been working with ACT for two years, will soon defend her MA thesis titled “Exploring Community Inclusion in Older Adulthood through the use of Computers and Tablets” on August 21 at Concordia University. Her project was supervised by ACT co-applicant Shannon Hebblethwaite. Exploring Community Inclusion in Older Adulthood through […]