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Making Strides Episode 1: Aging is Not a Crisis
Canada’s future is older, but we can be wiser
Canada is aging — quickly. By 2030, seniors will outnumber children for the first time in history, placing unprecedented pressure on housing, health care, and caregiving systems. Yet despite growing need, older adults are often overlooked or underestimated, and communities across the country are struggling to keep up. In this episode, Professor Russell, along with Dr. Nadine Changfoot, director of the Trent Centre for Aging & Society, shares why it’s time to shift how we think about aging — not as a burden, but as a strength — and how research, policy, and intergenerational learning can help Canada prepare for what’s ahead.
How Old is Old? It's More Than Just a Number
Dr. Nadine Changfoot (past TCAS Director) provides thoughts for shifting how society thinks about aging for better experiences of aging. Creating inclusive spaces is one of the most powerful ways to challenge stigma, prejudice, and fear around aging. Events like the Anishinaabe Indigenous Intergenerational Growing Old/Aging Gathering (hosted by TCAS) help to bring people from different age groups and cultures to exchange cultural perspectives and lived experiences. These conversations, along with interdisciplinary research led by TCAS, help reframe aging not as decline or something to dread, but as a complex, meaningful process that touches every stage of life.
Trent Centre For Aging & Society Information Booklet
The Trent Centre for Aging & Society fosters meaningful dialogue that challenges entrenched ideas about aging, old age and older people.
This booklet offers an overview of TCAS’s mission, vision and key objectives.
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