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ACT and CREGÉS Give Talk about Sandra’s Keys
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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
Les TIC pour le vieillissement socialement actif et en bonne santé
/0 Comments/in Events, News /by Constance LafontaineOn March 20, 2015, several members of ACT presented on the topic of Les TIC pour le vieillissement socialement actif et en bonne santé. The presentation, held at the Musée des civilisations in Québec City, took place as part of the Rencontres science et société de Québec, an event that attempts to create bridges between the university […]
Ageing (with) animals
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineACT is organizing a brainstorming day on the theme of Ageing (with) animals on Saturday, April 4th, 2015 on the SGW campus of Concordia University in Montreal from 10 am to 4 pm. Humans share life courses with other species: often willingly with cats, dogs and other “pets” in tightly tangled relationships. We age with pets. And […]
Marlene Goldman and Larry Switzky on Playing Age
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Kendra BesangerOn February 27th and 28th, the University of Toronto’s Literature Department will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to ask questions, tell stories, and initiate conversations about age and the processes involved in ageing.
Playing Age Symposium to be held February 27-28, 2015
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineACT is co-sponsoring the Playing Age symposium, to be held February 27 and 28 at the University of Toronto. The inter-disciplinary symposium is co-organized by ACT collaborator and Professor Marleen Goldman and Professor Lawrence Switzky of the University of Toronto. Kim Sawchuk, Director of ACT, will discuss “Challenging Digital Ageism through Research Creation” and Stephen Katz, ACT […]
Jiayin Liang on qualitative research and the “one child policy” generation
/0 Comments/in In focus /by Kendra BesangerJiayin (Jaylene) Liang on the importance of qualitative research and how growing up in the “one child policy” generation has shaped her research.
La précarité, l’âge et le genre au Québec
/0 Comments/in Research contributions /by ACTAu Canada, plusieurs femmes canadiennes continuent de dépendre sur des programmes d’assistance comme le supplément de revenu garanti (SRG) ou le revenu à la retraite de leur conjoint. Le fait d’être une femme retraitée accentue le risque de recevoir le SRG de 91% mais la présence d’un conjoint, réduit le risque de le recevoir de […]
Kim Sawchuk named Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Arts and Science
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Kendra BesangerThis month ACT Director, Kim Sawchuk will assume her role as the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Arts and Science. “Her innovative thinking, combined with a pragmatic approach, will allow our faculty to reach the next level in research and graduate studies. She is a wonderful leader by example.” […]
Barbara Crow and Kim Sawchuk publish “New and Old, Young and Old: Aging the Mobile Imaginary”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineACT co-applicant Barbara Crow and Director Kim Sawchuk co-authored an article titled “New and Old, Young and Old: Aging the Mobile Imaginary” for the new edited collection Theories of the Mobile Internet: Materialities and Imaginaries. The collection is edited by Andrew Herman, Jan Hadlaw and Thom Swiss and part of the series Routledge Studies in […]