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.
May 14, 2019
B/OLD: Aging in our city - Viellir dans notre ville 2019
May 14, 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 […]
April 11, 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” […]
March 12, 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 […]
March 6, 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 […]
February 1, 2019
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
November 30, 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.”
November 28, 2018
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!
October 30, 2018
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 […]
October 27, 2018
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!
October 27, 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 […]
October 26, 2018
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 […]
October 23, 2018
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 […]
October 19, 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.
October 18, 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 […]
September 20, 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.
July 1, 2018
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
May 27, 2018
ICA Mobile: Voiceless, Invisible, Silenced … What about the older people?
ACT members will present their research at the International Communication Association (ICA).
May 23, 2018
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.
May 15, 2018
Film screening - Cracked: new light on dementia
May 7, 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.
May 3, 2018
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 […]
April 26, 2018
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 […]
April 19, 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.
April 18, 2018
