Upcoming Events
Recent events
Sexism, ageism and ‘late style’: Popular music and older women performers
You are invited to attend a public keynote by Prof. Ros Jennings, from the University of Gloucestershire, where she will question the dominant ageist discourses in the West and their impact on the late style identities and performance strategies of o...
InterACTion vernissage 2019
InterACTion vernissage 2019 You are cordially invited to the vernissage of Art Meets “Schmatta” on July 4th from 5-7 pm at Habitations Durocher. ACT and Groupe Harmonie worked collaboratively with a Durocher resident to explore the experiences ...
The Graz International Summer School Seggau
June 30 – July 13, 2019 – Seggau Castle | Leibnitz | Austria The Graz International Summer School Seggau is designed for internationally oriented, highly motivated students from all disciplines, who wish to deepen their understanding of c...
Call for Papers- Differential Mobilities
/in News /by ACTThe Mobile Media Lab in the Communication Studies Department at Concordia University in Montreal will be hosting a conference entitled “Differential Mobilities: Movement and Mediation in Networked Societies.” The conference will be held in Montreal from May 8th-13th, 2013. The deadline for abstracts is November 21st, 2012. For a full call for papers and more […]
CFP: Mobile Communications 10th Anniversary Pre-Conference Workshop
/in News /by ACTThe Mobile Communications 10th Anniversary Pre-Conference Workshop has issued a call for papers for their workshop to be held from June 16th-17th, 2013 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Media and Communications Department. A 250-500 word abstract and 50 word bio are due by November 16th, 2012 and should be sent to […]
Dr. Kim Sawchuk and Dr. Mireia Fernandez-Ardèvol present at the 4th ECC 2012
/in News /by ACTDr. Kim Sawchuk and Dr. Mireia Fernandez-Ardèvol, two members of the Active Ageing Network, are presenting papers at the 4th European Communication Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. The theme of the 2012 conference is “Social Media and Global Voices.” The conference is organized by the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the Turkish Communication Research […]
Giuliana Cucinelli presents her work “AddressKnown: Working with Geolocation Based Storytelling”
/in News /by ACTGiuliana Cucinelli, a member of the Active Ageing team, will present her research on the Park Extension project, entitled “AddressKnown: Working with Geolocation Based Storytelling,” at the International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership Annual Conference. The conference will take place in Noto, Sicily (Italy) from October 14th-18th, 2012.
Upcoming Ageing-Communications-Media Open Workshop in Barcelona
/in News /by ACTThe Ageing-Communications-Media International Network has an upcoming Open Workshop to be held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, October 17th, 2012. For a full list of presentations, click here. For more information about the Open Workshop in English, click here. For more information about the Open Workshop in Spanish, click here. For more information about the Open Workshop in Catalan, click […]
Exhibition- “MemorySpace: private memories, public histories” at the Atwater Library
/in News /by ACTFrom September 20th to October 7th, 2012, the exhibition “MemorySpace: private memories, public histories” is being held at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre, 1200 ave., Atwater. All are welcome! Please click here for more information.
Dr. Kim Sawchuk and Dr. Line Grenier present at Crossroads 2012
/in News /by ACTDr. Kim Sawchuk and Dr. Line Grenier, two members of the Active Ageing Network, are presenting papers at the “Crossroads 2012” conference in Paris, France. The conference takes place from July 2nd to July 6th, 2012. Their panel is entitled “Ageing Cultural Studies.” For a full list of papers and events for Crossroads 2012, click […]
14 June, 2012- Together: respecting elders from all our communities
/in News /by Kim Sawchuk7th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2012,“Together Respecting Elders from all our communities”, June 14, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:30 pm, Salle communautaire Galeries du Parc, 3575 Park Avenue, Montreal.