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.
March 16, 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.
March 7, 2018
Deadline for applications for ACT bursaries for graduate students
See the full call for applications here.
February 15, 2018
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.
February 7, 2018
InterACTion: Fragment of Life
February 6, 2018
Deadline for applications for Concordia University ACT scholarships
See full call for applications here.
February 1, 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 […]
January 29, 2018
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.
December 14, 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 […]
December 8, 2017
ACT GB meeting
December 8, 2017
Screenplay Workshop
December 1, 2017
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.
November 22, 2017
Focus group on television and radio ahead of CRTC call for input
November 16, 2017
Age 3.0: Aging in the City [2017]
November 1, 2017
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 […]
October 21, 2017
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 […]
October 13, 2017
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 […]
October 13, 2017
‘Old age’, gender and the silvering of contemporary Hollywood cinema: economics and ideologies.
A Public Talk by Josephine Dolan
October 5, 2017
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
October 5, 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 […]
October 5, 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.
August 21, 2017
ACT panel at IAGG in San Francisco
July 27, 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.
July 2, 2017
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, […]
June 27, 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.
June 2, 2017
