The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health is excited to share a new resource: Planning a Virtual Conference: A Practical Guide. This toolkit covers the strategic and technical aspects of executing a virtual conference and can be tailored to meet the goals and capacity of your team. While the scope of this document pertains to virtual conferences, its core strategy may be useful for other events such as virtual workshops or webinars. Click here to view the guide and workbook.

Thank you to everyone who joined our February webinars. The webinar recordings and resources are now available:

• Ontario Age-Friendly Community Planning Pre and Post-COVID: Looking Back to Plan a Path Forward (Recording, Slides, Resources) 
   
• Exploring the Intersections between Caregiving and Age-Friendly Communities (Recording, Slides, Resources)

Keep reading for a selection of age-friendly news, events, and resources.

Kind regards,
Emily
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Emily Mullins
Age-Friendly Communities Knowledge Broker
mullinse@providencecare.ca

Age-Friendly News
Ontario

• Ontario: Population Aging is One of Our Most Urgent Challenges (Toronto Star)
• Simcoe County: County offering $500K in Age-Friendly Housing Funding (Bradford Today)
• Lincoln: Event Guide the Next Step in the Journey toward Accessibility for All in West Niagara (St. Catharines Standard)
• Waterloo: Lessons from the Blue Zones Teach Us How to Age Properly (The Record)
• Waterloo: GRT mulling Seniors’ Organization Proposal as it looks to Boost Ridership (Woolwich Observer)
• Orillia: City to Reduce Transit Fares for Seniors, Won't Cut Back Service (Orillia Matters)
• Ontario: Walking can be Key to Women Aging Well (Hamilton Spectator)
• Caledon: Caledon Fire and Emergency Services Partners with Age-Friendly Caledon to Launch Older Adult Home Safety Program (Caledon Enterprise) 
• Ontario: Home-Care Agencies Cut Services in Wait for Promised Ontario Funding (Ottawa Citizen)
• Kirkland Lake: Town Working to Make Kirkland Lake more “Age-Friendly” (Northern News)
• Orillia: Artists Needed to Create ‘Momentum’ for Orillia Project (Simcoe.com)

• National: A National Strategy on Aging? Health Leaders are asking Trudeau to Heed their Call (Toronto Star)
• National: Government of Canada invests $2.5 million in the Mental Health of Older Adults and Caregivers (CISION)
• National: The Big Idea: Help Seniors Age at Home (Maclean’s)
• National: Canadians facing Challenges with Caregiving for Aging Parents (Global News)
• National: Meet the ‘Oldfluencers’—Canadian Baby Boomers Putting a New Face on Aging (Global News)
• British Columbia: Faculty of Medicine Researchers Awarded Funding to Promote Healthy Aging (University of British Columbia)
• Edmonton: Recipe for Healthy Aging: U of A Study Draws on Experiences of Edmonton Muslim Women (CBC News)

• New York: NYC to Introduce Pilot Program on Ageism for High Schoolers (Chalkbeat New York)
• United States: Survey Says: The Most Age-Friendly States (Age-Friendly.org)
• United States: 9 Tips for Creating a Home that is Safe for Aging in Place (The Washington Post)
• International: Aging Societies (New York Times)

Upcoming Events

Resources

• Ageism: What’s the Harm? (Centre for Ageing Better)
• Silver Empowerment: Fostering Strengths and Connections for an Age-Friendly Society
• Profiles of Socially Isolated Community Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Latent Class Analysis (Maturitas)
• A mixed-methods investigation of older adults’ public transit use and travel satisfaction (Travel Behaviour and Society)
• Socially Active Neighbourhoods: Construct Operalization for Aging in Place, Health Promotion, and Psychometric Testing (Health Promotion International)

Community of Interest on Social Isolation and Loneliness

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