Upcoming Events
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Recent events
Lecture by Mireia Fernández-Ardèveol: “Older people go mobile… their way”
Mireia Fernández-Ar...
Sexism, ageism and ‘late style’: Popular music and older women performers
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InterACTion vernissage 2019
InterACTion vernissa...
“B/OLD: Aging in our city-Vieillir dans notre ville”
By Bipasha Sultana
Thinking about age-friendly cities…
Intervention for CRTC Wireless Code
/in News /by ACTThe Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recently issued a call for comments about the creation of “a mandatory code for mobile wireless service providers to address the clarity and content of mobile wireless service contracts and related issues for consumers” (call for comments, p.1). Dr. Catherine Middleton, Dr. Tamara Shepherd, Dr. Leslie Regan Shade, […]
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 […]