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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
“Simpler Than Ever? Online Grocery Shopping With Seniors” by Nora Lamontagne
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Kendra BesangerACT research assistant, Nora Lamontagne’s article, “Simpler Than Ever? Online Grocery Shopping With Seniors” was published in the September issue of Milieux’s Pause Button, on online publication about technology and culture.
Creating spaces for dialogue and critical exploration at GUSEGG 2018
/in In focus, Uncategorized /by Kendra BesangerEach year in July, GUSEGG provides a unique opportunity for professors and students from around the world to explore new ideas and dive into challenging topics. It is intensive, personal, intimate, and distinct from a typical university setting. Students and professors learn together from early morning until late evening in a setting where critical thought and challenging conversations extend beyond the walls of the classroom.
Martine Lagacé named to the National Seniors Council
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineACT co-applicant Martine Lagacé, a professor at the University of Ottawa was recently named to the National Seniors Council (NSC). The NSC’s mission is to consult with Canadian seniors, experts and other stakeholders so as to advise the federal government and inform public policy on matters related to the health and well-being of older adults. Lagacé […]
CRTC opens inquiry into misleading or aggressive practices of telecommunication services providers
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Kendra BesangerThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has recently opened an official inquiry into the “use of misleading or aggressive telecommunications services providers.” And, as of August 2018, we are actively encouraging Canadians – especially older adults – to participate in this important consultation process.
Coding old age in social imaginaries
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineThis month’s In Focus article comes to us from Dr. Sakari Taipale at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Taipale is a research group leader for the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (CoEAgeCare), which studies the transformations in ageing in a digital age through analyses of everyday life and societal and policy change. In his paper, Taipale considers the ways in which digitalization of everyday life has shifted the ways we think about age and ageing.
ACT releases the report on the first wave of its cross-country longitudinal study
/in ACT Scroll, Ageing and ICT Stats, News, Older audiences in the digital media environment /by Constance LafontaineACT is pleased to announce the release of the report of the first wave of its cross-country longitudinal study. The report, which is titled Older audiences in the digital media environment: A cross-national longitudinal study, provides an overview of some key findings about seniors’ uses of media from a 2016 wave of quantitative data collection, undertaken in seven […]
RECAA’s activism and World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
/in ACT Scroll, In focus, Uncategorized /by Constance Lafontaineune 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). It was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations in 2006, and serves as a day for the world to voice its opposition to the mistreatment of seniors. In Montreal, ACT’s community partner Respecting Elders: Communities Against Abuse (RECAA) uses the day to inclusively raise awareness of elder mistreatment and elder abuse, by way of theatre practices, creative interventions and hand-to-hand leafleting in the streets.
Sarit Okun and Karine Bellerive are awarded ACT doctoral student bursaries
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineACT is pleased to announce the recipients of the ACT Student Bursaries, which are awarded annually to students enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs in ACT partner universities, and who are conducting research on the intersections of ageing, communication and technologies as part of their thesis projects. Sarit Okun is a doctoral student in the […]