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Author (aut): Roberson, Michael, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): Obungah, Jackie, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-07-10
Author (aut): Krakovska, Olga, Author (aut): Christie, Gregory, Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew, Author (aut): Ester, Martin, Author (aut): Moreno, Sylvain
Date created: 2019-03-21
Author (aut): Dilley, Laura, Author (aut): Gray, Samantha, Author (aut): Zecevic, Aleksandra, Author (aut): Gaspard, Gina, Author (aut): Symes, Bobbi, Author (aut): Feldman, Fabio, Author (aut): Scott, Vicky, Author (aut): Woolrych, Ryan, Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew, Author (aut): McKay, Heather, Author (aut): Robinovitch, Steve, Author (aut): Sims-Gould, Joanie
Date created: 2014
This conference will explore the range of technologies available or under development for adults 55+ in British Columbia looking to age in place. These include “smart” homes and "smart" cars, wearable sensors, websites, smart phone and tablet applications for use by seniors, caregivers or family living at a distance who want to stay in touch, electronic health records and more. Keynote speakers and expert panels will discuss the pros and cons of each option and the type of senior for whom it is best suited. To the extent possible research findings and consumers’ first hand reactions to current and emerging aging-in-place technologies will be presented. The objective of the conference is to provide information that will enable people aged 55+ to plan ahead and make informed choices about whether to stay put in their current home or move to alternative accommodation. As well, it will provide a forum for developers (private & non-profit) to learn what adults aged 55+ are looking for in the way of housing and supports for their later years. Andrew Sixsmith PhD, Professor and Director, SFU Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) & President, International Society for Gerontechnology, Friesen Conference ChairGloria Gutman PhD, Professor/Director Emerita SFU GRC & Dept. of Gerontology, Friesen Conference Program Chair & Conference Manager;Habib Chaudhury PhD, Professor and Chair, SFU Department of GerontologyRaymond G. Adams MLIS, Information Officer, SFU GRC Host organizations:Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research CentreAGE-WELL Network NCE, North American chapter of the International Society for GerontechnologySimon Fraser University Lifelong Learning Adult 55+ ProgramWe also gratefully acknowledge a grant from the SFU Library's Scholarly Digitization Fund for videography and post-production editing.
Author (aut): Kearns, William, Author (aut): Kaufman, David, Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew, Author (aut): Gutman, Gloria, Author (aut): Beringer, Robert
Date created: 2015-06
This conference will explore the range of technologies available or under development for adults 55+ in British Columbia looking to age in place. These include “smart” homes and "smart" cars, wearable sensors, websites, smart phone and tablet applications for use by seniors, caregivers or family living at a distance who want to stay in touch, electronic health records and more. Keynote speakers and expert panels will discuss the pros and cons of each option and the type of senior for whom it is best suited. To the extent possible research findings and consumers’ first hand reactions to current and emerging aging-in-place technologies will be presented. The objective of the conference is to provide information that will enable people aged 55+ to plan ahead and make informed choices about whether to stay put in their current home or move to alternative accommodation. As well, it will provide a forum for developers (private & non-profit) to learn what adults aged 55+ are looking for in the way of housing and supports for their later years. Andrew Sixsmith PhD, Professor and Director, SFU Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) & President, International Society for Gerontechnology, Friesen Conference ChairGloria Gutman PhD, Professor/Director Emerita SFU GRC & Dept. of Gerontology, Friesen Conference Program Chair & Conference Manager;Habib Chaudhury PhD, Professor and Chair, SFU Department of GerontologyRaymond G. Adams MLIS, Information Officer, SFU GRC Host organizations:Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research CentreAGE-WELL Network NCE, North American chapter of the International Society for GerontechnologySimon Fraser University Lifelong Learning Adult 55+ ProgramWe also gratefully acknowledge a grant from the SFU Library's Scholarly Digitization Fund for videography and post-production editing.
Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew, Author (aut): Kearns, William
Date created: 2015-06
This conference will explore the range of technologies available or under development for adults 55+ in British Columbia looking to age in place. These include “smart” homes and "smart" cars, wearable sensors, websites, smart phone and tablet applications for use by seniors, caregivers or family living at a distance who want to stay in touch, electronic health records and more. Keynote speakers and expert panels will discuss the pros and cons of each option and the type of senior for whom it is best suited. To the extent possible research findings and consumers’ first hand reactions to current and emerging aging-in-place technologies will be presented. The objective of the conference is to provide information that will enable people aged 55+ to plan ahead and make informed choices about whether to stay put in their current home or move to alternative accommodation. As well, it will provide a forum for developers (private & non-profit) to learn what adults aged 55+ are looking for in the way of housing and supports for their later years. Andrew Sixsmith PhD, Professor and Director, SFU Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) & President, International Society for Gerontechnology, Friesen Conference ChairGloria Gutman PhD, Professor/Director Emerita SFU GRC & Dept. of Gerontology, Friesen Conference Program Chair & Conference Manager;Habib Chaudhury PhD, Professor and Chair, SFU Department of GerontologyRaymond G. Adams MLIS, Information Officer, SFU GRC Host organizations:Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research CentreAGE-WELL Network NCE, North American chapter of the International Society for GerontechnologySimon Fraser University Lifelong Learning Adult 55+ ProgramWe also gratefully acknowledge a grant from the SFU Library's Scholarly Digitization Fund for videography and post-production editing.
Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew, Author (aut): Kearns, William, Author (aut): Kaplan, Rosalyn
Date created: 2015-06
Author (aut): Nyx, Eris, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-08
Author (aut): Nahanee, Ta7talíya Michelle , Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-13
Author (aut): Savoy, Jessica , Author (aut): Villanueva-Cruz, Edgard , Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-22
Author (aut): Sungshine, Jen, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-27
Author (aut): Savoy, Jessica , Author (aut): Villanueva-Cruz, Edgard , Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-22
Author (aut): Livingston, Ann, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): Obungah, Jackie, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-08-07
Author (aut): Battersby, Lupin, Author (aut): Canham, Sarah, Author (aut): Fang, Mei Lan, Author (aut): Sixsmith, Judith, Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew
Date created: 2016-10-13
Author (aut): Battersby, Lupin, Author (aut): Canham, Sarah, Author (aut): Krahn, Dayle, Author (aut): Sixsmith, Andrew
Date created: 2017-02-09
Bob Williams is a former British Columbia cabinet minister who played a key role in establishing the Agricultural Land Reserve and Insurance Corporation of British Columbia during BC's first NDP government in the 1970s. More recently, Williams was influential in building the Vancity Credit Union into the leading co-operative financial institution in Western Canada.
Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author (aut): Bob Williams
Date created: 2022-06-20
Michael Roberson is a public health practitioner, advocate, activist, artist, curator, and leader within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation's only Black Gay Research group and National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition. He holds two Master degrees from Union Theological Seminary NYC, and is Adjunct Professor at both The New School University/Lang College NYC, and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitled "Ultra-red." Michael is scholar in residence for the Center for Race, Religion, and Economic Democracy, as well as a recent TED Media Resident, where he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community, entitled "The enduring legacy of ballroom."For Black History Month 2021, Michael co-authored an article in Time Magazine titled "Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter Now More than Ever." Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for Pose, the FX television show. Additionally, he is a public health advisor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract tracing initiative.Travis Salway (he/him) is a settler of German and English descent and queer man from Ohio (Shawnee, Myaamia/Miami, Kaskaskia, and Kiikaapoi territories), currently living as an uninvited guest on unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. He is a social epidemiologist who works to understand and improve the health of Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2S/LGBTQ) populations. Since 2019, Travis is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and conducts research in affiliation with the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity. In 2019-2020, he testified for two standing committees of the Canadian House of Commons, to inform federal policy to promote 2S/LGBTQ health equity. This resulted in the passage of Bill C-4, making it a crime to perpetrate anti-2S/LGBTQ practices, otherwise known as "conversion therapy." Travis directs the REAFFIRM Collaborative, an interdisciplinary team committed to researching 2S/LGBTQ+ health and co-directs the Two-Spirit Dry Lab, Turtle Island's first research group exclusively dedicated to understanding the health of Two-Spirit Indigenous people. He is the founder of MindMapBC.ca, a 2S/LGBTQ-affirming mental health service finder. In 2022, his team is administering the UnACoRN.ca survey, to understand the range of settings where Canadian youth have their sexual and gender identities supported or threatened.
Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author (aut): Michael Roberson, Author (aut): Travis Salway
Date created: 2022-06-15
Michael Roberson is a public health practitioner, advocate, activist, artist, curator, and leader within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation's only Black Gay Research group and National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition. He holds two Master degrees from Union Theological Seminary NYC, and is Adjunct Professor at both The New School University/Lang College NYC, and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitled "Ultra-red." Michael is scholar in residence for the Center for Race, Religion, and Economic Democracy, as well as a recent TED Media Resident, where he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community, entitled The enduring legacy of ballroom.For Black History Month 2021, Michael co-authored an article in Time Magazine titled Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter Now More than Ever. Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for Pose, the FX television show. Additionally, he is a public health advisor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract tracing initiative.
Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author (aut): Michael Roberson
Date created: 2022-06-16
Author (aut): McGregor, Hannah, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-09-08