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November 2016
Gabrielle Lavenir on “Older adults and videogames: At the margins of productivity, acceptability and deviance”
As part of the "ACT Lunch & Learn" series, PhD student Gabrielle Lavenir will present on her project titled "Older adults and videogames: At the margins of productivity, acceptability and deviance". Pack a lunch and join us at the ACT offices in the Samuel Bronfman (SB) Building at Concordia University!
Find out more »December 2016
Screening of Fingers on the line in Montreal
There will be a screening of the ACT-sponsored film Les mains au bouts du fil/Fingers on the line on December 7 at 6pm. The projection is part of the exhibit “Le peuple de l’œil. 160 ans d’histoire de la communauté sourde/People of the Eye. 160 years in the history of the Deaf community,” presented at the Écomusée du fier monde in Montreal from October 13 to February 5. The creators of the video, Line Grenier, Véro Leduc et Pamela Witcher will be…
Find out more »January 2017
Nora Lamontagne on “Old, crafty and connected: The Cercle des fermières community in the age of digital networks”
In this month's edition of the ACT lunch and learn, ACT-affiliated student and MA student in Communication Studies at Concordia University, Nora Lamontagne, will present on her project Old, crafty and connected: The Cercle des fermières community in the age of digital networks. Pack a lunch and join us in the ACT offices! Monday, January 23, 2017 12:20-13:30 Samuel Bronfman Building, 4th floor 1590, ave. du Docteur Penfield, Montreal
Find out more »February 2017
March 2017
Ageing (Wo)Men and their World
Ageing (Wo)Men and their World will showcase the cross-cultural complexity of the ageing experience through a medley of still and moving images of elders in Montreal. It is a response to the limited (and often, white) representations of ageing in popular culture. The exhibition’s theme is guided by a remix of Nuit Blanche’s Expo theme—the Man and his World. Ageing (Wo)Men and their World will demonstrate the enthusiastic and active world of elders in Montreal and the different projects that they do, specifically their relationship…
Find out more »Véro Leduc presents at Beyond Disciplines at Concordia University
ACT-affiliated Postdoctoral Fellow Véro Leduc will present at Concordia University' Beyond Discipline event on "Body and Mind". The event takes place on March 9 from 5pm to 7pm, at the Loyola campus (Room 130.00, Loyola Jesuit Hall and Conference Centre). More information is available on the Concordia website.
Find out more »Kim Sawchuk speaking at the University of South Australia
Kim Sawchuk has been invited to present on "Co-Researching with Seniors: Lessons from the ACT Project" at the University of South Australia.
Find out more »Seniors Media Day at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre
The Atwater Library and Computer Centre is hosting organizing a full day of events for Seniors Media Day. More information here.
Find out more »RECAA-ACT Pop up restaurant in Montreal
RECAA and ACT invite you to a Pop up restaurant in Montreal to mark the end of the FoodTalks project. More information here.
Find out more »Kim Sawchuk & Constance Lafontaine at Université de Sherbrooke
Kim Sawchuk and Constance Lafontaine will present on ACT and participatory research methods at the Université de Sherbrooke on March 30, 2017.
Find out more »April 2017
Barbara Marshall on “Our Fitbits, our (aging) selves?”
Barbara Marshall will present on her ACT-funded research "Our Fitbits, our (aging) selves? Wearables, self-tracking and embodied aging" at the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging at McMaster University on April 4 from 2pm to 3pm.
Find out more »Dawn, Life, Moonlight – Photography Exhibit
Over the course of the last two months, ACT research assistants and students, Ashley McAskill and Kelly Leonard, alongside ACT community partner, Groupe Harmonie, have been facilitating a creative digital photography workshop with three participants at an HLM downtown Montreal. On April 20th, we invite you to come and see the final outcome of this workshop, a photography exhibit entitled, “Dawn, Life, Moonlight”- a beautiful collection of photos taken by the participants in a mixture of black and white, and colour photos. Not…
Find out more »Digital Photography Vernissage in Montreal
On April 20th, we invite you to come and see the final outcome of this workshop, a photography exhibit entitled, “Dawn, Life, Moonlight”.
Find out more »RECAA benefit concert “Friendly Neighbours”
On April 26 at the Rialto Theatre, ACT partner Respecting Elders: Communities against Abuse (RECAA) and Montreal Assault Prevention are hosting a benefit concert, featuring some great local talent. The concert is organized by Pop Montreal. Tickets are $25 and some of the performing guests include Brad Barr (the Barr Brothers), Jordan Officer, Katie Moore, Plants and Animals, Patsy Gallant and Jason Ford, Beatrice Deer, uRockaoke, Little Scream, Bud Rice, Lisa Moore (Cowbella). Get more information and tickets here.
Find out more »May 2017
ACT Lunch and Learn: Myriam Durocher & Maude Gauthier
Please join us for an ACT Lunch and Learn on Wednesday May 10th from 12:30-1:30pm, located at 1590 Docteur Penfield, 4th floor conference room (SB Building). Myriam Durocher, ACT Research Assistant, and Maude Gauthier, ACT Affiliate Researcher, will be conducting a presentation called The creation of a food blog by and for elders: A political gesture in response to the pressure to "age well". The purpose of their presentation is to present the results of their research project about the constitution of a foodblog by RECAA, a community partner…
Find out more »Ros Jennings on “Sexism, ageism and ‘late style’: Marianne Faithfull and Kate Bush”
ACT Collaborator, Director of the Centre for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) Founding member of the European Network in Ageing Studies (ENAS) is giving a public lecture at the University of Gloucestershire on May 11, 2017, from 6 to 7pm. Ros, whose research explores music and ageing, including ageing pop and rock stars, will present a talk titled "Sexism, Ageism and 'Late Style': Marianne Faithfull and Kate Bush". Those interested in attending should register on the eventbrite page.
Find out more »Impacts de l’austérité sur les conditions de vie et de santé des personnes âgées
Our partner, the Centre de recherche et d'expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGÉS) and the groupe Vieillissements, exclusions sociales et solidarités (VIES) are organizing a free one-day conference to be held at Concordia University. More information can be found on the CREGÉS website.
Find out more »Perspectives culturelles sur le vieillissement avec Martine Lagacé
Le 18 mai 2017 à 14 h, Martine Lagacé, une chercheuse membre de ACT, participera à la série de conférences donnée à Montréal et qui est intitulée Où en est la recherche sur le vieillissement ? Cette série est organisée par le Centre de recherche de l’IUGM, en collaboration avec Le Groupe Maurice. L'intervention de Martine Lagacé portera sur les Perspectives culturelles sur le vieillissement.
Find out more »Accessibility Gamepad Challenge
On May 24, we’re having an Accessibility Gamepad Challenge and you’re invited! Have you ever wished that your gamepad design was different? Do you or someone close to you have a reduced mobility or live with accessibility limitations that requires modifications to the objects you use daily? Then we have a challenge for you! Come join a collaborative team and tinker with capacitive sensors, gamepads, arcade buttons and joysticks, and more! Our team has been tinkering around the usability challenge…
Find out more »Myriam Durocher at Congress 2017
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, PhD student and ACT RA Myriam Durocher presents From “Healthy Nutrition” to Successful Aging as part of the Canadian Association of Food Studies conference.
Find out more »Kim Sawchuk presenting on SSHRC panel at Congress
Kim Sawchuk will be presenting at a panel organized by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on the topic of Managing Large-scale Partnerships as part of Congress 2017 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
Find out more »Ann-Louise Davidson & Giuliana Cucinelli at Congress 2017
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Affiliated researcher Ann-Louise Davidson, Co-applicant Giuliana Cucinelli, Nathalie Duponsel and Nadia Naffi present Learning and Making with Tiny and Affordable Computers and Open-source Platforms: What Does Maker Culture Teach Us? as part of the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) conference.
Find out more »David Madden at Congress 2017
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Postdoctoral Fellow David Madden presents Vers L’or And Quebec’s Ondists part of the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) conference.
Find out more »June 2017
Myriam Durocher at Congress 2017
As part of Congress 2017, Myriam Durocher presents Quand La Biomédicalisation De L’alimentation Contribue à L’injonction Au Vieillissement Réussi as part of the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) conference.
Find out more »Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) Research Summer School
The 2017 International Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) Research Summer School (at the University of Gloucestershire) will take place in Gloucester and Cheltenham (UK) on 27th, 28th and 29th June. It will bring together international postgraduate researchers across disciplines, whose research engages with women and ageing in relation to popular cultural forms (e.g. popular music, film, television, literature. dance, fashion and digital social media) and any of the following approaches and/or issues: identity, activism, representation, cultural activity, creativity, lived experience.…
Find out more »July 2017
GUSEGG Module on ageing
The Graz University Summer School Seggau will take place in Graz, Austria from July 2 to July 15 2017. This year's ACT-sponsored module on ageing will be co-taught by Line Grenier and David Madden.
Find out more »August 2017
Kelly Leonard defending MA thesis
Kelly Leonard, a Research Assistant who has been working with ACT for two years, will soon defend her MA thesis titled “Exploring Community Inclusion in Older Adulthood through the use of Computers and Tablets” on August 21 at Concordia University. Her project was supervised by ACT co-applicant Shannon Hebblethwaite.
Find out more »October 2017
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Symposium: Emerging Research on Later Life
On October 5, ACT is hosting its first ever graduate student and postdoctoral fellow symposium at the Loyola campus of Concordia University, specifically in the Department of Communication Studies. With the exception of the public keynote by Josephine Dolan, this is a closed event. SCHEDULE 9:30-10:00 (CJ 2.130) - Welcome and Introductions Josephine Dolan and Kim Sawchuk 10:00am-11:00am - Exploring and challenging the normativities of later life Older adults and videogames: at the margins of productivity and play. Exploring the intersecting…
Find out more »Josephine Dolan on ‘Old age’, gender and the silvering of contemporary Hollywood cinema
ACT invites you to public lecture by Josephine Dolan and a subsequent reception, to be held in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University on October 5, 2017. More information Registration
Find out more »Annual ACT meeting at the University of Ottawa
The annual ACT meeting will take place from October 13 to 15 at the University of Ottawa in Canada's capital. Over the three days, ACT members, including co-applicants, collaborators, community members and students from over ten countries, present and discuss research, participate in meetings and work to strategically steer the collective work of ACT. An agenda for the meeting will be circulated in August.
Find out more »Bridging Research and Public Policy: Matters of Ageing and Technology
As part of the ACT annual meeting, we are holding a public keynote address and round table discussion at the University of Ottawa. This event will take place on October 13, 2017 in Simard Hall (SMD) 125, located at 60 University Street in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Marcel Mérette, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Ottawa, will provide the keynote address on the topic of "Public Policy in the…
Find out more »ACT Panel at CAG2017
The ACT Panel titled "Ageing, Communication, Technologies : Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life" has been selected as the divisional symposium for Social Sciences at the Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference (CAG), to be held from October 19 to 21 in Winnipeg, Canada. The panel will take place on October 21 from 11am to 12:30pm in the York room. You can consult the full program here. Activist ageing and the “tactical theatrics” of RECAA Kim Sawchuk,Concordia University, Constance Lafontaine, Concordia…
Find out more »November 2017
Age 3.0: Aging in the City [2017]
Cliquez ici pour la version française de cette page. Wednesday, November 1, 2017 9am to 5pm Concordia University SGW campus (downtown) EV Building A welcome table is located in the atrium of the EV building From age friendly cities, to smart cities to sustainable cities, how we live, work, play, engage and negotiate the urban environment is on the public agenda. Age 3.0: Aging in the city considers the multiple intersections of innovation, technologies and aging, and brings together voices…
Find out more »Shannon Hebblethwaite presenting at Beyond Disciplines at Concordia University
Beyond Disciplines: The Art of the Interview is happening on November 22, 2017, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. What role does interviewing play in research? Attend next week’s Beyond Disciplines event to take a close and personal look at interviews in an academic context. More information here.
Find out more »December 2017
University of the Streets: La Tertulia
On Friday, December 8, the University of the Streets will host its last storytelling event of 2017 and they’re calling it la tertulia. A tertulia is a social gathering with literary or artistic overtones: an informal meeting of people to discuss current affairs, arts, etc. Anne Caines, the coordinator and one of the founding members of RECAA, will tell a story on Friday and we invite the ACT community to attend. Find the Facebook event here. Check out the University of the Street’s website here.
Find out more »Your City out Loud: A Listening Party in Montreal
Residents the Dutaud seniors' residence recorded their stories and experiences of living and Montreal with digital recording devices, through the course of an intergenerational workshop.
Find out more »January 2018
Statistics don’t hurt (I) – European team Workshop
The Statistics don’t hurt (I) – European team workshop is a three day, hands-on workshop on statistical tools for analyzing the first wave of the Longitudinal Study of Older Audiences. The workshop will reinforce the quantitative analysis dimension of the ACT project with a focus on techniques for analyzing the cross-sectional data that has been gathered. The workshop will primarily focus on developing statistical skills with SPSS software, with some training in open access softwares as well. The event will…
Find out more »February 2018
Deadline for applications for Concordia University ACT scholarships
See full call for applications here.
Find out more »Grannies on the Net: Understanding Well-being, Aging, and Digital Technologies
ACT co-applicant Shannon Hebblethwaite will present on her ACT-funded research project Grannies on the Net, as part of the PERFORM Colloquium series at Concordia University. More information here.
Find out more »Deadline for applications for ACT bursaries for graduate students
See the full call for applications here.
Find out more »March 2018
Ethical Dilemmas inside the Breast Cancer Movement: When Big Pharma Comes Knocking
Sharon Batt will read from her new book, Health Advocacy, Inc.: How Pharmaceutical Funding Changed the Breast Cancer Movement. A discussion will follow.
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