WEAAD 2024 – Age with Attitude National Virtual Event by Raeann Rideout June 13, 2024 Moderator: Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEo, CanAge Opening Remarks : Debra Sayewich Member of the Wasauksing First Nation, Founder – Age-Friendly Consulting and Co-Founder – OAKS – Older Adults Knowledge Sharing Speakers: Dr. Saskia Sivananthan, leading healthcare leader and advocate, Affiliate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University Alyssa Brierley, Executive Director of the National Institute on Ageing (NIA). Julia Gersovitz O.C., Architect, educator, architectural historian, author and activist. Co-founder of EVOQ Architecture Gregor Sneddon, Executive Director of HelpAge Canada #AgeWithAttitude #bOld #WEAAD2024 WEAAD Dedication to Elizabeth PODNIEKS Obituary WEAAD Social Media/toolkit – ACCESS to download https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/12XXckD7FG67NPG3CdA7v_BKOFHpYBWZ2 https://eapon.ca/weaad/ Resources Shared Canadian Centre for Care Giving Excellence National Caregiving Strategy consultations:” https://canadiancaregiving.org/national-caregiving-strategy/ Loneliness: https://www.niageing.ca/loneliness23 2023 NIA report on “Growing Older in Canada” – perspectives survey of older Canadians https://www.niageing.ca/2023-annual-survey In-the-care-of-the-older-person Book Book “Aging in Cool – everyone’s doing it!” https://www.reframingaging.org/About-Us/Impact/Aging-So-Cool-Everyone-is-Doing-It StatsCan on dementia: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2016005/article/14613-eng.htm https://brainwellinstitute.org/ CanAge’s Dementia Report in Canada 2022 https://www.canage.ca/advocacy/dementia-report-2022/ WHO report on Ageism https://www.who.int/health-topics/ageism#tab=tab_1 Stats Can Discussion Guide on Ageism https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/seniors/forum/consultation-ageism/discussion-guide.html CCAA Canadian Coalition Against Ageism https://www.ilccanada.org/ccaa Speaker Websites: Alyssa Brierley, Executive Director of the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) https://www.niageing.ca/ https://www.niageing.ca/report https://www.linkedin.com/in/abrierley/ Julia Gersovitz, O.C. OAQ, OAA, FRAIC, FAPT, CAHP [email protected] linkedin.com/in/julia-gersovitz-o-c-oaq-oaa-fraic-fapt-cahp-099843227 http://evoqarchitecture.com/en/people/julia-gersovitz/ HelpAge Canada https://helpagecanada.ca Welcome to #OlderNotOver Partner Website: Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse www.cnpea.ca Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario www.eapon.ca CanAge www.canage.ca Manitoba Elder Abuse Prevention Network peam.ca British Columbia Coordinated Community Response Networks Bccrns.ca Newfoundland Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse nlnpea.ca Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Council www.albertaelderabuse.ca la Fédération des aîné.e.s et retraité.e.s francophones de l’Ontario farfo.ca Réseau de prévention de la maltraitance des aîné.e.s francophones de l’Ontario. farfo.ca/rpmafo-maltraitance age with attitude,ageism,WEAAD 228 views
