Music, Ageing, Technology Symposium - University of Eastern Finland
The University of Eastern Finland, the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology and the project Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT, Concordia University) bring together researchers from music studies and various other disciplines in order to discuss music in relation to ageing and technology. The symposium “Music, ageing, technology symposium” will be held in the Joensuu campus of the […]
May 11, 2016
Music, Ageing, Technology : Symposium on Music Research
May 11, 2016
CREGÉS Symposium/Colloque, Aging & Engaging in a Digital World
May 6, 2016
Aging Activisms Media Capsules: Workshop
This is a four-day workshop in which participants will co-create a series of short videos that tell the stories of four generations of women who have done work related to social change and activism throughout their lives. Workshop participants will learn to interview, record, and photograph one another to produce “media capsules” that tell the […]
April 29, 2016
Aging Activisms Media Capsules: Raging Grannies Workshop
April 29, 2016
Aging Activisms Media Capsules Workshop
The Aging Activisms Media Capsules Workshop has its genesis at the Aging Activisms Symposium held at Trent in October of 2015. Responding to a call from participants to continue the conversations and build relationships, May Chazan (Trent) partnered with Kim Sawchuk from ACT and a number of their talented grad students and associates, to dream […]
April 29, 2016
ACT at COST Action on Ageism in Prague
April 28, 2016
Speaker Series: Barbara Ratzenböck, "Talking and Walking Together in the Home: Painting a Fuller Picture of Older Women’s Media Experiences"
All are welcome.
April 21, 2016
Ageing and Place: Working Group Meeting
April 8, 2016
Older Women Live - Podcast Launch
March 11, 2016
Atwater Library + ACT present Moving Pictures: Moving Histories Out of the Attic and Into the Public
February 27, 2016
Ageing & Intervention in Wikipedia: A Virtual Summit
February 26, 2016
Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews on Cultural Representations of Widowhood
Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT) is pleased to host Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia and former Director of the CIHR Institute of Aging on Dr. Martin-Matthews will present her talk “Cultural Representations of Widowhood: Insights from Social Media”. She will discuss her current research on cultural […]
February 24, 2016
Les mains au bout du fil / Fingers On the Line : Brunch-Vidéo
La vidéo a été réalisée dans le cadre d’une recherche exploratoire intitulée « Technologies de communication d’hier et d’aujourd’hui : Réflexions d’aiînes-es Sourd-es » menée par Line Grenier et Véro Leduc de département de communication de l’Université de Montréal, en collaboration avec Pamel Witcher. This video has been produced in the context of an exploratory […]
February 21, 2016
Intergenerational Scratch Workshop with Giuliana Cucinelli and Margarida Romero
February 20, 2016
Academic Publication Review Workshop
February 19, 2016
Bob de Schutter Workshop
Details TBA.
February 13, 2016
La musique en action. Vieillir et chanter en public
Groupe Théma (Théorie sociale – Enquête critique – Médiations –Action publique) de l’Université de Lausanne.
February 10, 2016
Ageing & Intervention in Wikipedia: A Virtual Summit
February 8, 2016
Grannie's On the Net
POSTPONED Shannon Hebblethwaite will present her study on the uses of Facebook for family communication. This comparative case study brings together research on social media use, specifically Facebook, in Romania and Canada. The purpose of the study is to investigate how grandmothers communicate with grandchildren who move far away from home.
January 19, 2016
ACT Governing Board Meeting
January 14, 2016
Address Known
Join us at Café l’Extension on Friday November 20th as we share stories and experiences from the Parc Extension neighbourhood. AddressKnown is an interactive documentary that weaves several stories of residents living in Parc Extension. The stories bring forth a multiplicity of perspectives which, together, provide a glimpse into a diverse neighbourhood that has undergone […]
November 20, 2015
ACT at the NWSA
Constance Lafontaine & Kim Sawchuk of Concordia University are presenting a paper titled “The Heterogeneity of Aging: Precarious Indeed” in a special panel on ageing at the National Women’s Studies Association’s conference.
November 12, 2015
ACT at ENAS meeting at University of Graz
October 22, 2015
Ageing Activisms Symposium at Trent University
Some ACT members are participating in the Ageing Activisms Symposium at Trent University. More details to follow.
October 16, 2015
