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  3. Aging & Society Seminar Series

Aging & Society Seminar Series

The TCAS Aging & Society Seminar Series is a set of guest lectures hosted by the Centre each year. We bring in researchers from a wide range of disciplines to discuss their work and illuminate current issues facing older adults and their supporters. Critical dialogue is most encouraged at these free events. All welcome.

Upcoming Seminars

TBD

Recent Seminars

Aging From a Cellular Perspective

May 23rd, 2023

Featuring Dr. Stephanie Tobin (Department of Biology, Trent University), this seminar introduced some molecular aspects of aging which are conserved from the water flea, Daphnia, to humans and offer an opportunity to reflect on whether prospective "anti-aging" therapies are based on reality or are a thing of science fiction. 

Watch the recording here!

Book Launch: Dance, Ageing and Collaborative Arts-Based Research

March 22nd, 2023 

TCAS celebrated the launch of a new book co-edited by TCAS members Dr. Mark Skinner (Trent's Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences), Dr. Rachel Herron (Canada Research Chair at Brandon University) and Dr. Rachel Bar (Director of Research at Canada's National Ballet School). The co-editors were joined on a panel with Dr. Stephen Katz (Professor Emeritus, Trent University) and Trent alumni An Kosurko (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Helsinki) who discussed the creative collaboration behind the book project and its impact on early career aging researchers and the field of interdisciplinary aging studies.

Watch the recording here!

 

Immigrants, Aging, and Caregiving: Fostering Social Inclusion Amongst Older Immigrants

February 14th, 2023

Dr. Bharati Sethi (Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Care Work, Ethnicity, Race and Aging) provided an overview of her CRC research program, and presented findings of an SSHRC-funded multi-site study ‘Aging Well’ of older immigrants in Ontario.

Watch the recording here!

Decolonizing Dementia: Deconstructing a Critical Indigenous Health Inequity

November 23rd, 2021

The 2021 Aging & Society Seminar Series, in partnership with the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, featured a talk by Cliff Whetung, a fourth year Ph.D. student at New York University's Silver School of Social Work. In this talk, Cliff discusses and critiques existing research about Indigenous cognitive health and its connection to colonialist perspectives. He then considers tangible steps toward the equitable inclusion of IOAs in cognitive health research, policy, and intervention. 

Watch the presentation here!


Past Seminars

2020

Dr. Kirsten Ellison, "Aging and the Language of Intervention: How We Make Sense of Living Beyond the Bounds of Age"

2019

Dr. Outi Hakola, "Constructing Good Death in End-of-Life Documentaries

Dr. Nicole Dalmer, "Informing Care: Tracing Tensions in Everyday Information Work in Dementia Care"

2018

Dr. Janine Wiles, "Managing Health and Well-being in Advanced Age"

2017

Dr. Neil Hanlon, "Voluntarism, Community Development, and Aging in BC's Northern Interior: Prospects for Place Integration"

2016

Dr. Pauline Marsh, "Walking Each Other Home: Weaving End-of-Life Supports into a Community Garden"

Dr. Áine Ní Léime, "Active Ageing and Extended Working Life Policy: Older Workers in Secure and Precarious Occupations"

Dr. Rachel Winterton, "Exploring the Nexus Between Rural Citizenship and Retirement Migration: Reflections from the Australian Context" 

2014

Dr. Linn Sandberg, "Sexuality, Intimacy & Gendered Subjectivity in Couples with Alzheimer's Disease: Some Early Reflections"

Dr. May Chazan, "Resisting Invisibility, Mobilizing for Change: Feminist Perspectives on Aging, Activism and Being Remembered"

Events and Activities

  • The Stephen Katz Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Interdisciplinary Aging Studies
  • Aging & Society Seminar Series
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