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ACT and CREGÉS Give Talk about Sandra’s Keys
Supporting World Eld...
ACT panel at the Gerontological Society of America
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Lunch-and-learn on ageing and activism
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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
New Concordia University research centre on aging is looking for a coordinator
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineThe newly-formed engAGE: Concordia Centre for Research on Aging at Concordia University in Montreal is looking to hire a coordinator to oversee and manage its daily administrative and research operations. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2017. Interested candidates are invited to apply, and can download the complete job posting by clicking here.
Notes on the Aging Graz 2017 ENAS & NANAS Conference
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineFrom April 27 to 30, 2017, the conference AgingGraz2017: Cultural Narratives, Processes & Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging took place at the the Medical University of Graz in Austria. AgingGraz2017 was the third conference of the European Network in Ageing Studies (ENAS), and also the first conference to be jointly organized by ENAS and its counterpart the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS).
Elders Make Waves for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2017
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Activist Ageing, Events, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineACT partner RECAA co-organizes public walk for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2017.
Skyping with Grandma: the role of ICTs in everyday family life
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Grannies on the Net, In focus, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineTricia Toso met with Shannon Hebblethwaite to discuss her most recent research and to learn a little more about the complexities of family communications, in particular the challenges grandparents experience.
Dawn, Life, Moonlight
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Media, Pictures /by ACTPhotography Exhibit
“Fingers on the Line” wins prize for best short documentary film
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Les aînés sourds et la technologie, News, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineLine Grenier, Véro Leduc and Pamela Witcher took home the prize for best short documentary film at the Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts.
ACT at Congress 2017
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineSeveral ACT members will present their research at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, to be held at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada from May 27 to June 2, 2017.
Older adults reflect on austerity
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineWe asked five Montreal seniors what austerity means to them, and how the politics of austerity and ageing intersect in their lives.