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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
Seminar: Becoming old in the age of mediatization (ABSTRACTS DUE SEPT. 15th 2016)
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP, News /by Kendra BesangerReminder: Our deadline for abstract submissions is Thursday 15 of September. Here for more details. We are proud to present our two keynotes for our seminar: Andreas Hepp and Kim Sawchuk: Keynote: Media generation as a process: The generational self-positioning of elderly people in times of deep mediatization Professor Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, Germany Does […]
ACT internship on Ageing, Technology and the City at Concordia University
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineACT has obtained funding to host an international intern through the Mitacs Canada Globalink program. This internship will take place at Concordia University in Montreal over three months in the summer of 2017. We seek a senior undergraduate student to work as a researcher within ACT in collaboration with plural actors in the Montreal community to find […]
Age 3.0: The Creative Aging Fair
/0 Comments/in In focus /by Kendra BesangerOn August 25, 2016, Concordia University opened its doors to the Montreal community, and Montreal showed up! Throughout the day, an estimated 1,000 people met to engage in conversations about creativity and aging with local startups, artists, activists, researchers, students and community groups.
My Experience at GUSEGG 2016: Transformation, Transgression and Trust
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News, Uncategorized /by Kendra BesangerIn the Aging, Communication and Technology seminar (Ageing with Technology: “Digitally Ageing/Digital Ageism”), professors Dr. Kim Sawchuk, Dr. Line Grenier and Dr. Stephen Katz led my classmates and I through interdisciplinary approach which considers the “art of ageing” in connection to computer-mediated communications and networked societies.
It’s never too late
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by ACTEarlier this spring, I met up with my dad as he finished hiking the final kilometres of the Bruce Trail, which is a 900 km trek through South-Central Ontario. As a master’s student with a background in leisure studies, I was curious to learn about my dad’s decision to hike this strenuous trail and to know why he decided to do it now, in retirement.
Work Opportunity for Students, August 23rd – 26th
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Kendra BesangerInterested in social media, living labs, creativity and innovation? We have an opportunity for you this August. Deadline for application August 5th, 4pm EST.
ACT members at the International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, Intergenerational comparison of online activities, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineACT members Andrea Rosales, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Margarida Romero and Eugène Loos were involved in the Second International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population (http://2016.hci.international/itap), 17-22 July 2016, Toronto, Canada. They organized and chaired the following invited sessions: New media in the everyday life of older people and Silver Gaming. They also presented several papers, published by Springer; J. Zhou & G. Salvendy (Eds.) […]
Age 3.0: The Creative Aging Fair is coming to Concordia on August 25
/3 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Kendra Besanger and Constance LafontaineRight now, Canada has more people over the age of 65 than under the age of 15, and in 40 years, seniors will make up one quarter of the country’s population. Terms like “silver tsunami” alongside headlines like “Baby boom to ageing gloom” indicate the negative light that is often cast onto this demographic shift. […]