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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
RECAA-ACT Pop Up Restaurant
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, FoodTalks /by Constance LafontaineRessources ethnoculturelles contre l’abus envers les aîné(e)s (RECAA) and ACT invite you to their POP-UP Restaurant at Place Commune on March 25th, from 12pm to 2pm in Montreal. This event is part of a food blog project, Food Talks, À table with RECAA and friends, developed in partnership with ACT. The project has unfolded through […]
WAM Summer School: Celebrating 10 Years of WAM
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP /by Constance LafontaineCall for Papers – Summer School 2017 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF WAM “Noisy Women!”: The Women, Ageing and Media International Research Summer School 2017 27th – 29th June 2017 University of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester and Cheltenham The 2017 International Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) Research Summer School (at the University of Gloucestershire) will take place […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Concordia University on “The Politics of Social Gerontology in Asian Post-Industrialised Societies”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP, News /by Constance LafontaineThe Concordia University Research Chair in Aging and Public Policy is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral fellow position to conduct research on “The Politics of Social Gerontology in Asian Post-Industrialized Societies.” The selected candidate will work with ACT Collaborator Patrik Marier, as well as Meghan Joy at Concordia University. Applications are due April 1, and the […]
ACT members on CKUT radio in Montreal
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, FoodTalks, Media watch, News /by Constance LafontaineACT members will be alongside partners Respecting Elders Communities against Abuse (RECAA) on the Older Women Live (OWL) radio programme on CKUT in Montreal. They will discuss the recent food blog project, and will talk about the longstanding collaboration between ACT and RECAA that spans creative and research projects. Listen in on Wednesday, March 8 […]
Spotlight on Technology and Dementia Research
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineThis month’s In Focus piece brings an overview of an EU-funded research project on ageing and technology; one that approaches the topic from a health perspective, with a specific focus on dementia.
Ageing (Wo)Men and their World
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineAgeing (Wo)Men and their World will showcase the cross-cultural complexity of the ageing experience through a medley of still and moving images of elders in Montreal.
Stereotypes Contested: A Case Study on Older People’s Political Activism, ICT Usage, and Intergenerational Solidarity
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Daniel Blanche-T.It has become common to think about older people as engaged voters and thus more politically involved than younger people. Studies have suggested that in some European countries older people seem to participate more than younger people in elections (Goerres, 2007; Quintelier, 2007). However, not many people envision older people’s political participation within social movements, in the form of protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, blockades, and other non-institutionalized ways of participating in the political sphere. This piece reflects on some of the stereotypes of older activists.
Loredana Ivan on “Seniors, risk and mobile communication” at IN3
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineOn July 9, 2015, Loredana Ivan, ACT co-applicant and Professor at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Romania, spoke at IN3 at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona. Loredana was at IN3, a ACT partner institution, as a visiting scholar. Below, you can see a presentation she gave during her stay […]