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April 2018
A year in my life: A listening party
Church bells ringing. The sound of chalk on a blackboard. Leaves blowing in the wind. These are sounds you will hear in these pieces, accompanied by the compelling stories of 3 seniors of the Du Fort seniors’ residence.
Find out more »May 2018
Aging in the City: What is it like to age in a changing neighbourhood?
ACT is collaborating with Concordia University's University of the Streets Café for a public conversation about ageing in urban spaces.
Find out more »Workshop: “A Year in Ageing”
This one-day workshop brings together researchers, students and community group members from the Montreal community. Participants will present written or visual pieces that they have prepared in reaction to the data collected through ACT's media monitoring project.
Find out more »ICA Mobile: Voiceless, Invisible, Silenced … What about the older people?
ACT members will present their research at the International Communication Association (ICA).
Find out more »IASPM: Time is of the Essence: Popular Music, Ageing, and Memory
ACT panel at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Canada conference in Regina
Find out more »July 2018
GUSEGG 2018: Module on Ageing, Communication and Technologies
The 2018 edition of the Graz University Summer School Seggau will take place in Austria from July 1 to July 14. ACT Director, Kim Sawchuk, will teach the ACT-sponsored module on Ageing, Communication and Technologies.
Find out more »September 2018
Premiere of Madhu’s Saris
Join us for the premiere of the short documentary film Madhu's Saris, which will be screened during the AGM for Respecting Elders: Communities Against Abuse on September 20, 2018. The film is the outcome of a collaborative research creation project between ACT and RECAA, and was directed by Dr. Mariam Esseghaier. The film features RECAA member Madhu Nambiar as she discusses how her own life in India and Canada is intertwined with the stories of her many saris.
Find out more »October 2018
Ageing, the Digital and Everyday Life
Ageing, the Digital and Everyday Life: One Day Seminar Brunel University London, UK. Friday 26th October 2018. Brunel University and ACT are delighted to co-host a one day seminar entitled ‘Ageing, the Digital and Everyday Life’. The speakers are an interdisciplinary group of academics and researchers from the arts, the social sciences and Science and Technology Studies (STS) and include both members of the ACT partnership, and wider international colleagues whose work focuses on ageing, the digital and everyday life.…
Find out more »Symposium on Popular Music and Ageing: Brunel University
Following the Annual ACT meeting, the members of the Popular Music and Ageing working group will hold a one-day symposium on October 30, 2018 at Brunel University in Uxbridge, UK. More details coming soon!
Find out more »March 2019
Seniors and Digital Technology
We are very excited to invite our collaborators, followers, friends, and supporters, to join us at the Atwater Library for this special talk by Dr. Kim Sawchuk, Concordia Communications Studies Professor, and the Principal Investigator of the Act Concordia Project team. During this presentation, which is part of the "Connecting People to a Digital Lifestyle" project, Professor Sawchuk will share the results of her work with seniors and digital technology, and tell stories of them making practical and creative uses…
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