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Graduate Summer School – Beyond the Body: Recasting Aging
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineFrom July 3 to 10 ACT collaborator engAGE: Concordia University’s Centre for Research on Aging will host its first intensive and experiential international graduate summer school. The title of the summer school is Beyond the Body: Recasting Aging. Keynote speakers include Toni Calasanti (Virginia Tech), Paula Negron (Université de Montréal), Ros Jennings (University of Gloucestershire), […]
New Research Grant on Intelligent Personal Assistants
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineGalit Nimrod and Yael Edan of Ben Gurion University of the Negev were awarded a research grant from the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology to study processes of assimilation of Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) among older users. IPAs combine features of both service and companion robots, and have great potential to promote subjective wellbeing […]
Shirley Curry Slays (Dragons)
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Kendra BesangerFrom behind two monitors, a custom-built computer and a high-quality keyboard and mouse, Shirley Curry says, “give me that soul of the dragon.” She has just fired an iron arrow into its hide. After weeks of preparing for this battle, the 82-year-old gamer is content with her victory.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15: ACT Student Bursaries 2019
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineThe ACT Student Bursaries are awarded to students enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs in ACT partner universities, and who are conducting research on the intersections of ageing, communication and technologies as part of their thesis project. ACT will award up to four competitive bursaries per year: two for doctoral students ($2,000 CAD each) and […]
Beyond saris and stereotypes: Sharing a lifetime of experiences
/in In focus /by Kendra BesangerAgeing, the Digital and Everyday Life
/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Kendra BesangerThis short piece, written by Dr. Wendy Martin, serves as a follow-up to a one day seminar held at Brunel University on October 26, 2018. The seminar was organized by Wendy Martin and Paul Higgs (University College London) and was funded by ACT. Digital devices, information technologies and mediated systems of communication increasingly shape the […]
Vibrations
/in Events /by Kendra BesangerACT is supporting a unique, three-day symposium at Concordia. The symposium will bring together disabled artists from East London and Montreal to co-produce a suite of new digital artworks that explore sensorial relationships to the world through “vibrational” tactility. Learn more about the event here.
ACT attends CRTC public hearing on telecom sales practices
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Kendra BesangerOn October 23, 2018, Kim Sawchuk, Anne Caines, and Kendra Besanger attended the CRTC’s public hearing. Kim and Anne gave an important testimony to the CRTC commissioners about the impact aggressive, misleading, and abusive sales tactics have on seniors.