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March 2018
Lunch and Learn: “Cercle de Fermières, age and looms”
Nora T. Lamontagne will present her research, Weaving memories : Cercle de Fermières, age and looms Date: Friday, March 16 Time : 12:30 pm - 2 pm Location : EV 2.776 , Concordia University (SGW Campus, downtown: 1515 Saint-Catherine St W) All are welcome to attend. Please bring your lunch. Weaving memories : Cercle de Fermières, age and looms
Find out more »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 »Beyond Disciplines: Where Passion Meets Curriculum
Students on a mission: The power of experiential learning Thursday, April 19, 5 – 7 PM in the GE Building (Concordia University's Loyola Campus), Room 110 Host: Andrew Woodall, Dean of Students Presenters: Constance Lafontaine & Kendra Besanger, ACT Project (Ageing + Communication + Technology) Gabriel Desjardins (Theology) Meghan Gagliardi & Annick MF, C-FAR (Critical Feminist Activism and Research) Paola Andrea Rojas Gutiérrez (Lanthanide Research Group, Science Odyssey) Annick Davignon (U.Lab Social Innovation Hub) Marie-Eve Skelling Desmeules (Centre national des…
Find out more »Research in Aging: Dispelling Myths and Building Bridges
ACT Director, Kim Sawchuk, will give a keynote presentation entitled, "A Digital Solution? : Public consultations and the age-friendly city agenda." ACT researcher, Barbara Marshall, will present "Romancing 'successful aging': gender, (hetero)sexuality and dilemmas of difference." Emerging scholars, Constance Lafontaine and Lisa F. Carver will also present. More information: This one-day symposium is sponsored by the Dean’s Office, Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen’s University. Faculty of Arts and Science Dean, Barbara Crow PhD is hosting this symposium to engage researchers and community…
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 »Film screening – Cracked: new light on dementia
Join us for the Montreal premiere of CRACKED: new light on dementia. The one hour film screening will be followed by a Q & A with researcher Dr. Pia Kontos and director and playwright Dr. Julia Gray. Monday, May 7, 2018 3pm - 5pm (doors open at 2:30pm) DeSève Cinema, LB Building, Concordia University 1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal (Guy-Concordia Metro) Free admission. Venue is wheelchair accessible Cracked: new light on dementia is an innovative research-based theatre production and film…
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
ACT Kiosk at CAG
From October 18 to 20, 2018, ACT will hold a kiosk at the Canadian Association of Gerontology (CAG) Conference in Vancouver, British Colombia.
Find out more »CAG panel on “Critical approaches to research on aging and digital technologies”
Several ACT members will present as part of a panel title "Critical approaches to research on aging and digital technologies," as part of the Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference, to be held in Vancouver from October 18 to 20, 2018. The panel will take place at 4:00pm on October 19, in the Parksville room. Critical Questions: Digital Culture, Personal Technologies and Quantified Aging. Stephen Katz, Barbara L. Marshall Trent University, Canada Understanding the complex link between aging and technology: does…
Find out more »ACT Presents at CRTC Hearing (2018-246)
Presentation of ACT's report, "Experiences of older adults with abusive sales practices of Canadian telecommunication providers" to CRTC panel members. Other presenters: Union des consommateurs (int. #1371) Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) (int. #1100) The Fair Communications Sales Coalition, consisting of the Public Interest Advocacy CentreACORN Canada, National Pensioners Federation and Canadian Association of Retired Persons (int. #1400) Consumers Council of Canada (int. #1405) Mary Cavanagh, Kristianne Anor, Sean Grassie and Tara Hristov (int. #1372) Manitoba Coalition (Winnipeg Harvest and…
Find out more »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 »ACT Annual Meeting: Brunel University
The annual ACT meeting will take place from October 27 to 29, 2018, near Uxbridge, UK. More details to follow!
Find out more »Unsettling Activisms – Book Launch: Peterborough, Ontario
Unsettling Activisms: Critical Interventions on Aging, Gender, and Social Change - (co-edited by May Chazan, Melissa Baldwin and Patricia Evans), is now available! Unsettling Activisms has been in the works since late 2015. The project has entailed ongoing storytelling and relationship-building, poetry, life writing, orality, photography, performance, and research – all with the aim of challenging and extending dominant ways of understanding both activisms and aging. BOOK LAUNCH & CELEBRATION: Nogojiwanong (Peterborough) October 27th from 2-4pm in Bagnani Hall (Traill College, 310 London…
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 »November 2018
Cultural Perspectives on Ageing
A number of ACT network members will be attending the Cultural Perspectives on Ageing conference, taking place in Hannover Germany. Stephen Katz will give a keynote entitled, "Cultural Gerontology" and Kim Sawchuk will give a talk called, "Participatory Media-Making with Older Adults: Promising Practices."
Find out more »Vibrations Symposium
ACT is supporting a unique, three-day symposium at Concordia. The symposium will bring together disabled artists from East London and Montreal to co-produce a suite of new digital artworks that explore sensorial relationships to the world through "vibrational" tactility. Read more about the event here. Schedule here: http://vibrations.participatorymedia.ca/vibe-symposium-2018/ litnetworks
Find out more »February 2019
ACT Student Bursaries: Application Deadline
The ACT Student Bursaries are awarded 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 project. ACT will award up to four competitive bursaries per year: two for doctoral students ($2,000 CAD each) and two for master’s students ($1,000 CAD each). More info here: http://actproject.ca/act-student-bursaries-2019/
Find out more »March 2019
Statistics Don’t Hurt (II) Workshop
The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania, is hosting a 3-day hands-on workshop as part of the Longitudinal Study on Older Audiences, which gathers data on the media practices of older adults over three waves and in seven countries. The workshop will bring together ACT researchers who are exploring the data from the recently-collected Wave 2 of the data collection from multiple perspectives. Through the face-to-face meetings, we seek to strengthen our collective quantitative analysis and find opportunities…
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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…
Find out more »April 2019
“Dissent in/with (Con)Science” International Workshop
"We Tell: Storytelling and Civic Awareness" at the University of Bologna proudly presents DISSENT IN/WITH (CON)SCIENCE Bologna, Italy, at the Piccolo Teatro del Baraccano This international workshop event aims to investigate the variety of forms and ways in which the industry of culture (in all its expressions) affects the development of all mechanisms of construction and deconstruction of individual and collective civic awareness. The ultimate purpose is to reflect on those mechanisms that make institutions, ruling bodies, governments, as well…
Find out more »May 2019
B/OLD: Aging in our city – Viellir dans notre ville 2019
Thursday May 16 9am to 5pm and Friday May 17 9am to 5pm All B/OLD events took place on the ground floor of the the J.W. McConnell Building (LB), at the downtown campus of Concordia University. From ‘age friendly cities’ to ‘smart cities’ and ‘sustainable cities’, how we live together in urban spaces is on the public agenda here in Montreal and around the world. But who are the citizens that are imagined and implied by these terms? How can…
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Escape Room on Elder Abuse
The escape room on elder abuse is an interactive, educational and immersive space to grapple with the sensitive issue of elder abuse.
Find out more »B/OLD: Aging in our city
B/OLD: Aging in our city is a free and bilingual two-day event taking place in Montreal, at Concordia University. It invites citizens, researchers, artists, policy makers and activists to consider what it means to grow older together in the city. From ‘age friendly cities’, to ‘smart cities’ and ‘sustainable cities’, how we live together in urban spaces is on the public agenda. Yet, questions of innovation and transformation too often focus on young people. As we imagine and create the cities…
Find out more »CREGÉS presents: “Experiences, abilities, and potentialities: Enrich your work with the senior and disabled population” Conference
Le Centre de recherche et d'expertise en gérontologie sociale/The Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS) of CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal is proud to invite you to its' 2019 annual conference "Experiences, abilities, and potentialities: Enrich your work with the senior and disabled population", "Expériences, capacités et potentialités : Enrichir nos pratiques auprès des personnes aînées Sourdes ou ayant des incapacités ". This event is co-organized by The ACT - Ageing + Communication + Technologies Project and l’Équipe de recherche…
Find out more »Caravan of Democracy
Do you want to contribute to the future of our city? Meet and speak with your elected officials and representatives of the City to learn more about citizen participation. The Caravan of Democracy travels to meet the citizens of Montreal. The Caravan is an initiative of the Office of the Council Chair, and it is part of its mandate to build trust and active participation in public life for all citizens.
Find out more »ACT at the ENAS-NANAS conference
The NANAS-ENAS conference is taking place at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, from May 28 to 31, 2018, under the theme "Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination". This is the joint conference of the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS) and the European Network in Ageing Studies (ENAS). ACT is sponsoring a keynote address by Kathleen Woodward. In addition to this, a number of ACT researchers will present their ACT-funded research at the conference. Stay tuned for more updates…
Find out more »June 2019
Public Consultations and Media Policy: Challenging A “digital First” Approach
Public consultations and media policy: challenging a “digital first” approach Presented by Constance Lafontaine at the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2019/ Colloque annuel de l’Association canadienne de communication (ACC) 2019, which will take place at the 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted by The University of British Columbia Public consultations and media policy: challenging a “digital first” approach will be presented as part of the following Panel: Creative Industries-Cultural Policy III - Policy participation paradoxes in CRTC…
Find out more »Forum 2019: À l’ère du numérique: défis des soins et services aux personnes âgées
Des patients, des soignants et des proches aidants connectés Véronique Dubé, professeure adjointe à la Faculté des sciences infirmières de l’UdeM, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche Marguerite-d’Youville d’interventions humanistes en soins infirmiers et chercheuse régulière au Carrefour de l’innovation du CRCHUM Line Grenier, professeure titulaire au Département de communication de l’UdeM Dr Philippe Karazivan et Ghislaine Rouly - Centre d’excellence sur le partenariat avec les patients et le public À l'ère du numérique: défis des soins et services aux personnes âgées Pour…
Find out more »“Ageing and music making with older adults” at the John Molson Business School, Concordia University.
Line Grenier will present "Ageing and music making with older adults at The Digital Music Club, at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre" The talk is part of the Labo de musique contemporaine de Montréal 2019, co-sponsored by the Société Québécoise de recherche en musique (SQRM), and will explore The Digital Music Club project at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.
Find out more »Solidarity Walk to stop planetary Abuse: “Planetary Abuse…….Elder Abuse Connecting the Dots”
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 2019 Planetary Abuse......Elder Abuse A Solidarity Walk and Awareness Raising on the Climate Crisis and its impact on Seniors world wide and locally Date: June 20, 2019. 13:00 -14:00 Meet in Cabot Square (Atwater Metro, across from Atwater Library) 14:00-15:00 Solidarity walk down St. Catherine’s Street 15:00-17:00 Meet at EV Bldg. Concordia University 11th floor (1515 St. Catherine W.) for talks and exchanges between scientists, activists and walkers). We welcome seniors from community centres,…
Find out more »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 current European and international affairs by studying and discussing global developments and challenges within the context of transformation processes and demographic change reflecting aspects of individual, social, political, religious, cultural, literary, regional, economic, cohort and national identities. This year, as part of the…
Find out more »July 2019
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 through an evolving city with an intergenerational creative workshop that took place from May to June 2019. Come see what has been captured through the lens of a camera and expressed through pen and paper. What: Art Meets “Schmatta” Vernissage When: July 4th, 5-7 PM (with…
Find out more »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 older women popular music stars. The research discussed will focus on performers such as Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Marianne Faithfull and Kate Bush; female popular music performers who have established long and notable careers. The analysis presented will examine the…
Find out more »WAM present: Creative Methods in Ageing Studies Research Symposium
WAM present: a one-day Creative Methods in Ageing Studies Research Symposium, which will take place on Wednesday 24th July at the University of Gloucestershire.
Find out more »September 2019
Governing Board meeting
Members of the ACT governing board will meet at the Université de Montréal from September 13 to 15 2019.
Find out more »Lecture by Mireia Fernández-Ardèveol: “Older people go mobile… their way”
Mireia Fernández-Ardèveol, who is visiting the Université de Montréal from the Open University of Catalonia, is giving a public lecture on September 13, 2019. "Older people go mobile... their way" reviews empirical evidence on the intersection of older age and mobile communication from a non-patronizing perspective. It examines the ways heterogeneous groups of older individuals appropriate mobile devices, the meanings of these uses, and the paramount role of the mobile phone. By acknowledging the heterogeneity often hidden in under the…
Find out more »October 2019
Lunch-and-learn on ageing and activism
Join us on October 7 for a lunch-and-learn session with Daniel Blanche, who is visiting Concordia University from the Open University of Catalonia. Most people associate activism as the domain of youth, even though many older people have been involved in activism for much longer than their younger counterparts. Sociopolitical activism comes in many forms, and it is not always a uniform activity throughout life. Some people become involved since a very young age, others are more or less…
Find out more »ACT at the Canadian Association of Gerontology in Moncton
For the fourth consecutive year, ACT will hold a kiosk at the annual Canadian Association of Gerontology (CAG) conference. In addition, several ACT researchers will present their research. Julia Henderson, Shannon Hebblethwaite, Kim Sawchuk, Constance Lafontaine and Scott DeJong will present as part of a panel on "Challenging normative assumptions of aging," organized by engAGE, Concordia's Centre for Research on Aging. Meanwhile, Patrik Marier and his colleagues will present papers on precarity and home care delivery. This year's conference will…
Find out more »November 2019
ACT panel at the Gerontological Society of America
ACT members Stephen Katz, Kim Sawchuk, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol and Constance Lafontaine are presenting in a panel titled "Technology and Aging Futures: Discovering The Consumer Electronics Show (CES)" at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. The Meeting is taking place from November 13 to 17 2019 at the Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Wednesday November 13, 12:30-2:00pm Austin Convention Center, 5C, Level 3 Technology and Aging Futures: Discovering The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Private Parts: Aging, AI, and the…
Find out more »Master class by Sonja Klinksy on climate change policy
More details coming soon!
Find out more »December 2019
Intergenerational world café on the climate emergency
With some support with ACT, the organization Rapid Decarbonization Group (RDG) is organizing an intergenerational conversation on the climate emergency at Concordia University. The event will draw from the method of the "world café" to bring young adults and older adults in dialogue. Registration is mandatory for this event. If you are interested in participating, please contact us.
Find out more »June 2020
ACT and CREGÉS Give Talk about Sandra’s Keys
Supporting World Elder Abuse Awareness Team, ACT members Constance Lafontaine, Scott DeJong, and Dr. Kim Sawchuk gave a talk with CREGES member Sarita Israel about the Sandra's Keys. Outling the collaborative design process and partnerships that went into making the game, the talk highlighted the value of creating an escape game about Older Adult Mistreatment. The talk discusses the importance of iterative design when implementing sensitive and multi-faceted issues into a game. You can find the full recording of the…
Find out more »June 2021
Workshop on OP-ED Writing for Ageing Studies (Day 1)
Do you want to bring your research into public and media discussions on age and ageing? You should write an Op Ed! Op Eds are short commentaries that are generally published in newspapers or magazines, and centred on presenting an opinion and argument on a socially-relevant matter. Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) Lab and the engAGE centre for research on aging are teaming up with Informed Opinions to organize a two-day workshop for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This…
Find out more »Workshop on OP-ED Writing for Ageing Studies (Day 2)
Do you want to bring your research into public and media discussions on age and ageing? You should write an Op Ed! Op Eds are short commentaries that are generally published in newspapers or magazines, and centred on presenting an opinion and argument on a socially-relevant matter. Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) Lab and the engAGE centre for research on aging are teaming up with Informed Opinions to organize a two-day workshop for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This…
Find out more »Workshop on Demystifying Policy Interventions for Emerging Researchers
How can our research findings help build evidence-based public policy that promotes better ageing futures? This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in mobilizing and communicating their research findings to policy makers to help promote societal change. From reports, to white papers, to engagements with decision makers in multiple echelons of society, workshop participants will learn more about the different forms that policy interventions can take. They will discover tips on how to translate…
Find out more »Workshop – COVID Conundrums: Rethinking Research Methods in a Pandemic
As a pandemic has upended our lives, the ways in which we do research have also shifted. Students and other emerging researchers, in particular, are asked to make impactful decisions about their own academic practices and research projects. Social distancing measures have altered fieldwork and disrupted academic plans. The predominance of online tools have posed challenges for data collection. How can we adapt, rethink or shape our research methods in ways that are attuned to an era of profound and…
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