Celebrating Julia Henderson’s Election

July 15, 2020/in ACT Scroll, News /by Scott

ACT celebrates as post-doctoral fellow Julia Henderson has been elected as a member-at-large of the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS). Henderson brings an energetic and professional attitude to the position with a focus on bringing awareness of age studies to the theatre and performance disciplines. Involved in NANAS for some time, she earned […]

A Year of Aging Available

June 30, 2020/in ACT Scroll, News /by Scott

Paper or Plastic Right to Your Door

June 19, 2020/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Scott

When the pandemic rolled into Montreal in the early days of March, ACT decided to work with its local Montreal allies to support older adults in the Montreal community. We set up a grocery delivery project for older adults who were asked by government authorities to remain confined in their homes. ACT partnered with […]

ACT develops flyer for community resources in NDG, Montreal for COVID-19

June 1, 2020/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance Lafontaine

In collaboration with community organizations, ACT has developed a bilingual flyer that outlines COVID-19 community resources in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood of Montréal, Québec. ACT has been working with allies in the community to develop an outreach strategy, especially to reach older adults who are not online. This flyer is currently being distributed at COVID-19 […]

ACT Presents Findings on Cell Phone Affordability For Canadian Older Adults to the CRTC

March 11, 2020/in ACT Scroll, News /by Scott

In Focus Piece- Julia Henderson Joins ACT as a Post Doc Exploring Dementia and Age-Related Memory Loss Through Theatre

February 14, 2020/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Hannah

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR Special Issue CFP: “Age and Performance: Expanding Intersectionality” (TRiC/RTaC) – March 1 2020

February 13, 2020/in ACT Scroll, CFP /by Scott

Theatre Research in Canada/ Recherches théâtrales au Canada “Age and Performance: Expanding Intersectionality” Special Issue CFP Guest Editors: Benjamin Gillespie (Graduate Center, CUNY), Julia Henderson (University of British Columbia), Núria Casado-Gual (University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) As aging populations continue to expand rapidly, generating what Robert N. Butler has called the “longevity revolution,” cultural awareness is growing about […]

New report on the affordability of mobile services in Canada

October 27, 2019/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance Lafontaine

ACT researchers Catherine Middleton, Kim Sawchuk, Constance Lafontaine, Scott DeJong and Julia Henderson submitted a report as part of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) review of the affordability of mobile devices in Canada (2019-57) on October 23. ACT researchers conducted 62 interviews with older adults in four provinces over the span of four […]